"Wonderwall"
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 May 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
i got nothin here at all
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
these polls are just making me realize how intolerable "modern rock" from the past is to me today
― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
I liked lots of stuff on 94 and 95 but this is where it really drops off the cliff for me. "What I Got" wins for me, and it's not even a song I'd listen to on purpose, just something I'd cheerfully bob my head to if it came on the radio.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
the rock/alt sections of my top 100 singles of '96:
Top 100 Singles of 1996:
1. Spacehog - "In The Meantime"3. Cake - "The Distance"4. Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People"5. Soul Coughing - "Super Bon Bon"6. Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight, Tonight"7. Mariah Carey - "Always Be My Baby"13. Beck - "Where It's At"14. Soundgarden - "Burden In My Hand"15. Oasis - "Don't Look Back In Anger"16. Rocket From The Crypt - "On A Rope"21. Counting Crows - "Angels Of The Silences" 22. Stone Temple Pilots - "Big Bang Baby"23. Dave Matthews Band - "So Much To Say"24. Metallica - "Hero Of The Day"28. Social Distortion - "I Was Wrong" 29. Bjork - "Hyperballad" 31. Dishwalla - "Counting Blue Cars" 32. Pearl Jam - "Who You Are"33. Geggy Tah - "Whoever You Are"35. Smashing Pumpkins - "Muzzle"36. The Chemical Brothers - "Setting Sun" 37. Kula Shaker - "Tattva"38. No Doubt - "Sunday Morning"39. The Squirrel Nut Zippers - "Hell"40. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Aeroplane"41. Matchbox 20 - "Long Day"42. Tori Amos - "Caught A Lite Sneeze"44. Jewel - "Who Will Save Your Soul" 46. Tracy Bonham - "Mother Mother" 47. Goldfinger - "Here In Your Bedroom"48. Semisonic - "F.N.T." 50. Alanis Morissette - "Head Over Feet" 51. The Cranberries - "Salvation"52. Stabbing Westward - "Shame"53. Weezer - "El Scorcho"54. Rage Against The Machine - "Down Rodeo" 55. The Verve Pipe - "Photograph"56. MxPx - "Chick Magnet"57. R.E.M. - "Bittersweet Me" 58. Soul Coughing - "Soundtrack To Mary"59. Semisonic - "If I Run" 61. No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"63. Sponge - "Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)" 66. Chavez - "Unreal Is Here"67. Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"69. Pearl Jam - "Leaving Here" 71. Kula Shaker - "Hey Dude" 78. Primitive Radio Gods - "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth"80. Everclear - "Heartspark Dollarsign"81. The Wallflowers - "6th Avenue Heartache"82. Lush - "Ladykillers"83. Sebadoh - "Willing To Wait"84. Hootie & The Blowfish - "Old Man & Me (When I Get To Heaven)"85. Van Halen - "Me Wise Magic"89. Rage Against The Machine - "Bulls On Parade" 91. Blues Traveler - "But Anyway"92. The Refreshments - "Banditos"93. Superdrag - "Destination Ursa Major" 98. Local H - "Bound For The Floor"99. Sublime - "What I Got" 100. Smashing Pumpkins - "Zero"
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
There was real good modern rock in '96 though! It just wasn't hitting #1.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
Well from that list Lush - "Ladykillers".
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
The '96 song I play most often these days is "Un-break My Heart."
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
I know I've been hating on Alannis a lot but "Head Over Feet" is the only song that I ever sort of maybe liked. It's kind of sweet.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
^^
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
these threads making me wish i had my headphones at work
― ciderpress, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
Alanis Morissette, "Ironic"Oasis, "Champagne Supernova"Cranberries, "Salvation"Tracy Bonham, "Mother, Mother"Dishwalla, "Counting Blue Cars"
all-time worst sequence
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
I can't remember the Dishwalla song because I just keep thinking about that song that went "Tell me all your thoughts on God, cause I'd really like to meet her". Was that them? If not it must have been around the same time.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
That indeed is the song you're thinking of.
It's a weird love/hate year for me, where I realize the difference between what I love ("Wonderwall," "1979," "Salvation," "Pepper," "What I Got," "Swallowed") and what I have no desire to ever hear again ("Champagne Supernova," "Counting Blue Cars," "Down") is pretty small and maybe can just be chalked up to adolescence.
I really do love how many of these songs are some guy rasping over a loop.
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
wait you love "Salvation"?
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
oh hell yeah.
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
seriously, anybody who has beef with the fast, hard two minute cranberries song with trumpets apparently hasn't heard 85% of cranberries songs.
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
it's basically a rocket from the crypt song
was that a trumpet or Dolores O'Riordan
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
I have never heard this Dishwalla song before in my life
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
Primitive Radio Gods for me. Never liked 1979, and No Code has some way better tracks.
Everything else listed is gross.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
oh never mind yes I have
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
i have a hard time believing this, and expect you're in for an OH THAT SONG unless this was written while listening to it
lol xpost
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
this is when KJEE in Santa Barbara started sucking
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
"Swallowed" would probably be my second place.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
― da croupier, Friday, May 25, 2012 11:10 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― da croupier, Friday, May 25, 2012 11:10 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
haha otm
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah but RFTC was way better.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
seriously though; Oasis? really, everyone?
at least we are spared "Don't Look Back In Anger" on this poll
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
'Novocaine For The Soul'.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
"Don't Look Back in Anger" as a title sums up this period of college radio well.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder if it's true that "champagne supernova" was arranged to simulate someone having an orgasm in the listener while they lie there bored
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
it's like spanish fly in your chardonnay
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
"Wonderwall" is basically to this poll as "You Oughta Know" is to the '95 one, it's fine to hate it or be sick of it but there's not really any way to look at this lineup that it's not in the upper half
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
I was weirdly really, really into that Tracy Bonham song when it first came out. For some reason that I couldn't possibly explain now.
Actually, my vote will probably wind up going one of several embarrassingly enjoyable songs by bands that I generally dislike. "Salvation" is maybe the only Cranberries song I like after their first couple of singles (although, admittedly, that's probably because Dolores' thoughtful and persuasive perspective on doing lines probably kept me off of skid row). And I really like the sound of "Swallowed", which is probably largely thanks to Albini.
I don't know. There was a lot of much better alt stuff in '96 (obvs) and I really didn't have much time for the radio at that point.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
i actually missed that pearl jam song upon first scan, it is really good but prob not enough to sway me
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
OTM
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
though i think "swallowed" and "salvation" are late high-points for the assclowns who made them, I have to vote for "Pepper"
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, better than the last list. Three new favourites: "Pepper," "1979," and "Standing Inside a Riddle Wrapped Around an Enigma Cascading Down the Mountain of History." I'm a little tired, so "Pepper."
― clemenza, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, May 25, 2012 11:03 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
feel like we've had enough time to get over '96 to the point where this should be true for everybody
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
The Butthole Surfers hit Top 40 Airplay. This is 1996 and I must celebrate it.
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
perspective:
1. Beck: Odelay 2. Fugees: The Score (Ruffhouse/Columbia) 3. Sleater-Kinney: Call the Doctor (Chainsaw) 4. DJ Shadow: Endtroducing . . . DJ Shadow (Mo' Wax)5. Los Lobos: Colossal Head (Warner Bros.) 6. Steve Earle: I Feel Alright (Warner Bros.) 7. Stereolab: Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Elektra) 8. Amy Rigby: Diary of a Mod Housewife (Koch) 9. Tricky: Pre-Millennium Tension (Island) 10. Pulp: Different Class (Island) 11. R.E.M.: New Adventures in Hi-Fi (Warner Bros.) 12. Everything but the Girl: Walking Wounded (Atlantic) 13. Patti Smith: Gone Again (Arista) 14. Wilco: Being There (Reprise) 15. Cassandra Wilson: New Moon Daughter (Blue Note) 16. [File Under Prince]: Emancipation (NRG) 17. Iris DeMent: The Way I Should (Warner Bros.) 18. Me'Shell NdegéOcello: Peace Beyond Passion (Maverick/Reprise) 19. Nearly God: Nearly God (Island)
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
"Swallowed" is a horror
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
I really like the sound of "Swallowed", which is probably largely thanks to Albini.
I really think Bush in general would have a far better rep if they could somehow keep Rossdale the riff-maker from Rossdale the singer
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
Is Pearl Jam into their sensitive-guy phase yet? Add them to the Green Day list.
― clemenza, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
doesn't that sum up most acts from this era?
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
that entire bush album sounds amazing and yeah it's all albini
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
xp Looking at the Billboard 100, my most played 1996 song -must- be No Diggity, then Digging on You because I play CrazySexyCool all the time. I can dig it. /groan
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
the time between this pearl jam song and the first creed song must have been a painful time for some rock fans
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
Not just Gibby, but Lou Barlow made Top 40 Airplay this year. Their Alternapop Crossover Changed My Life.
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I totally remember it being really weird that both BS and Sebadoh got top 40 that year.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
xpost
I liked it enough to buy the album at 18 or 19 or whateverthehell. Same could not be said for "Who Was In My Room Last Night?" (those two songs marking the extent of my BS exposure at the time).
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 28 May 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
Most notable exception was Jeff Pike, who wrote "Sell out!" and gave it an 8.0.
lol, awesome.
Same could not be said for "Who Was In My Room Last Night?"
This track was so far superior to "Pepper" I was really bummed out that it didn't cross over in the same way.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
I always thought the Surfersk second biggest hit was "Hurdy Gurdy Man"
― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 28 May 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
Surfer SK was a really weird comeback album IMO although I know a lot of people stan for it.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 May 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
I like the compressed distorto-tremolo guitar sound in Pepper, and also the cheesy Bollywood synth strings.
― Carnage of PJ Soles (Pillbox), Monday, 28 May 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
while i always loved the butthole surfers' faster and more rocking songs ("butthole surfer", "human cannonball", "fast") and often at least half wished they'd do a few more of them, i wound up somewhat disappointed with independent worm saloon, their big hard rock move. "strawberry" is all time; love "who was in my room", "dust devil" and "edgar"; like at least a few more - but the constant, industrial-strength pound & grind gets kind of boring over the long haul. the first BHS album that really felt bloated, and unsurprisingly their first that was clearly sequenced for the CD era. nice to see them finally knuckle down and kick some ass, texas style, but i miss the textural variety and experimental weirdness of the early albums.
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― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Monday, 28 May 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
re: johnny's praise of "who was in my room"
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Monday, 28 May 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think "hurdy gurdy man" charted in either the US or the UK, though i'm not certain. it did get some MTV play. "who was in my room" was at least a minor modern rock hit in the US.
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Monday, 28 May 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
I loved 'Worm Saloon'-era Buttholes-as-metal-band. I bet if they kept that up, they would have never had a "Pepper" but might be still making records for The End or Hydra Head or somethin
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 May 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
I recall "Pepper" as being critically revered.. 95/96/97 had a lot of "finally" moments for long-term 120 Minutes bands finally scoring 1 hit. I don't think the song is worth being ashamed of. It still sounds like they wrote it under hallucinogens, and besides the radio-ubiquity it doesn't really feel like an obvious attempt to sell out or anything.. It fits into their late-period discography nicely.
― billstevejim, Monday, 28 May 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
At least it didn't have acoustic guitar, which is included on most of my least-favorite Butt tracks.
― billstevejim, Monday, 28 May 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
John E Smoke?!?!?
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 May 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
― billstevejim, Monday, May 28, 2012 1:49 PM Bookmark
I don't know the song but there is something beautifully Geir-ish about this, in a world where Geir was a big-time Butthole Surfers fan.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 May 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
I remember when somebody asked Marcus about one of the those Sex Pistols reunion tours (the first one, I think), he laughed and said he didn't begrudge them anything; they did so much to make the world a more interesting place, they were entitled to do whatever they wanted to do.
On a much smaller scale, that's part of what I feel about "Pepper." In the early '80s, the Butthole Surfers were about as far away as one could get from the place where people made hit records and made a lot of money. For a brief period in the mid-'90s, a window had improbably opened whereby they could get some commercial airplay and make a little money. So they wrote a (to me) really catchy song that sounded like Beck; the lyrics were more or less as weird as what they'd always written, albeit less profane (who cares). Good for them.
― clemenza, Monday, 28 May 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
lol "Champagne Supernova" is not going to siphon many votes from "Wonderwall"
― some dude, Friday, May 25, 2012 1:50 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I thought this too, but here we are
― Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Monday, May 28, 2012 12:27 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark
holy fucking shit, what is WRONG with you people
― some dude, Monday, 28 May 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
"Champagne Supernova" is a fine song! Maybe a bit long but it's got some good lines, well-delivered, and a good overall wash of sound. Beats the pants off anything on Be Here Now although I know that's sort of faint praise. I'd basically rather hear it than "Wonderwall" most of the time.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 May 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
yeah comparing to Be Here Now is totally stacking the deck, let's just say it's the worst of those 10 singles from the first two Oasis albums
― some dude, Monday, 28 May 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
It sports one of the grossest guitar solos in the history of gross guitar solos.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 May 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
No way, it is definitely better than "Roll With It!"
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
This "oh no! they dumbed down/sold out/whatever!" talk is hilarious to me as someone who's never heard a Buttholes song other than "Pepper" and thinks it's great.
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
i don't even think they necessarily dumbed down or sold out, it's just horrible and tiresome to me
― some dude, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
As popular as it was with Oasis fans in 1996, and even though it had a music video made for it, 'Champagne Supernova' wasn't a single here in the UK. The video recieved a lot of airplay, but there wasn't a single release. I remember one or two people getting confused, because they'd see the video to 'Champagne Supernova' on the music channels and thought it was coming out as a single. See also: 'Morning Glory', which also had a video made for it which also received a lot of airplay in the UK, but only came out as a single in Australia(!)
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 28 May 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
dr c with the real talk itt weller backing guitar solo 4 lyfe
― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 08:36 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's funny how dramatically different Oasis's singles campaigns were in the US compared to the UK. iirc "Morning Glory" was also the first single off the album in the US, or at least the first one i heard on the radio moderately before "Wonderwall" broke huge.
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 11:12 (twelve years ago) link
prob cos 'roll with it' and 'some might say' were never really the obvious singles to lead with, tbh- almost as if mcgee was looking to lead off the weak foot wrt singles
― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
― The Reverend, Monday, May 28, 2012 3:11 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is what they used to sound like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fW0xpoGmEk
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
stay on board at least for the wet fat at 1:02
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:01 (twelve years ago) link
*fart
This is what the Eels' dude's gated snare adult contemporary sounded like before "Novacaine For The Soul Patch":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BKw2v1q_Oc
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
I had no idea that people listened to the Butthole Surfers for the lyrics.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
That's actually the only thing I've ever heard by him. It was probably my least favorite song on a taped episode of 120 minutes I had in 9th grade. Some day I'll have to get around to listening to Eels.
xp
― how's life, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
It's a shame they don't have the actual video. It had a guy jumping, trying to reach a balloon or something.
― how's life, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
"By this time I guess you've figured out about FloridaDrink the muddy water in the Vaseline stainThey be makin' tadpoles the size of Americans down in FloridaThat be tellin' Julio Iglesias what to sing, now"
I learned much wisdom from them.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
Y Kant E Read
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
LIFE IS WHITEAND I AM BLACKJESUS AND HIS LAWYERARE COMING BACK
seriously, ten of you like this garbage
― contender's game (some dude), Sunday, 5 August 2012 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
Dude, that song is cool. Yeah, some ropey lyrics, but I remind you that this is a poll about modern rock hits in 1996 - - - I think you could get fined back then if your song didn't have a labored, cynical Jesus reference and/or bold statement of personal bleak hollowness.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 5 August 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
true but ugh man
― contender's game (some dude), Sunday, 5 August 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
His next album was way better and the only thing of his I bother keeping around anymore.
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Monday, 6 August 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, 2nd Eels album is def their saving grace (although not totally devoid of the qualities i hate about their hit)
― contender's game (some dude), Monday, 6 August 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
Is it embarrassing to admit I like that song?
Although "Last Stop: This Town" is awesome, too... and probably one of the weirder songs to get Modern Rock airplay. Talking carrot video also strange.
― LimbsKing, Monday, 6 August 2012 01:49 (twelve years ago) link