Hey, y'all remember this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk_qO1CqSC0
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
thought to myself "wonderwall, again!?!" then remembered it was at the top of the charts forever (or at least the mtv trl countdown which was the only "chart" i ever really noticed, later not caring about any) - not that i have a problem with it
anyway:- hated primitive radio gods + butthole surfers + that eels song about as much if not more than i hated beck- didn't hate counting blue cars but was a bit wary of it- love down as long as i don't comprehend the lyrics- 1979 was ok but i dunno ehhh
...i'd go with salvation. i loved salvation i still love salvation. lol that video
― fauxmarc, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
What was that album called? Deconstructed? Who thought an entire album of Bush remixes was a thing that needed to happen. But I guess the "Mouth" remix that was in that horrible Werewolf sequel wasn't awful.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.classificaitaliana.com/imgvideo/TheCranberriesSalvation.jpg
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
i got bush's "desconstructed" forced on me via columbia house, was not into it but i think it was like dance-y remixes and i hadn't gotten into dance yet
― fauxmarc, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
my sister played the Bush remix album over and over.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
she was last seen alive in the spring of 1998
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
to the faithful departed was a pretty good album actually
― fauxmarc, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
Even though Bush were nowhere near as massive in the UK as they were in the US, 'Swallowed' still managed to be a hit here and I knew more than a couple of people who were into alt. rock who owned a copy of Razorblade Suitcase at some point or another. On the whole though, and especially since 1996 was the commercial height of Britpop in the UK, they were perceived by Brits as trying too hard to be American.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
they were perceived that way by Americans too
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
they were the Flock of Seagulls of the mid nineties, down to the ludicrous hair and non-entity band mates.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
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http://jjscoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/ConfusedMan.jpg
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, May 25, 2012 6:30 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The British press found it really fucking funny that the bassist used to be in Transvision Vamp, if I remember.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
ha I'd totally read a 600-word defense.
xpost
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
This is a really, really bad list. Comes down to 1979 vs. Pepper though, and I've always loved Pepper for whatever reason so that one gets it.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, May 25, 2012 6:35 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
If only because it would be funny in ways that the actual album isn't!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
It's funny to me that "E-bow" is cited as REM's last big hit, because I don't recall ever hearing it on the radio. OTOH, "Bittersweet Me" was fairly huge here during its run, but then disappeared afterwards.
― Hare Kinsey (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
well, that was back when some bands were big enough that their 1st single would get played to death for at least a few weeks no matter what it sounded like, but there was usually a 'safter' follow-up waiting in the wings to at least attempt to restore momentum
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
see also: "Hail Hail" trying and failing to save No Code from driving away fans in droves
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
That's true. I remember reading in Rolling Stone that Warners begged them to have "The Wake-Up Bomb" as the first single.
― Hare Kinsey (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
that '96 RS interview is terrific btw
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
do u feel the way u hatedo u hate the way u feel
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
link? (xp)
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
meanwhile "Electrolite" lives on in supermarkets across the land
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
xxxxpost:
I don't recall 'E-Bow The Letter' getting much radio play either. I remember the video being broadcast on a couple of shows, but that's it. 'Bittersweet Me' seemed to get more play, but disappeared just as fast if I remember. I remember 'Electrolite' getting the most play out of all of the New Adventures In Hi-Fi songs. I saw the video to 'How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us' only ONCE, and that was a very very late night on MTV. Having said that, I don't rememeber any singles from Monster getting any kind of serious airplay here in the UK aside from 'What's The Frequency, Kenneth?' and 'Strange Currencies'. I recall 'Bang And Blame' getting one or two plays, and I don't remember 'Tongue' or 'Crush With Eyeliner' getting any at all.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
well, it might be behind the RS firewall; it was a cover story, I think.
My first issue! (But I actually got it for the Garbage story in the lol "College Section") xpost
― Hare Kinsey (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
hell even "Star 69" got airplay in my neck of the woods
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
i remember i was just getting into Patti Smith when it came out and i was like "oh jeez guys you're killing me, i was starting to really dig Horses!"
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
"Star 69" was a top 10 modern rock hit! definitely one of the bigger non-Pearl Jam radio hits without a video at the time
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
Monster charted like 8 songs in the Modern Rock surveys.
― Hare Kinsey (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
'Star 69' definitely was neither a single here and nor did it get any airplay.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think it was a single here either: one of those things we call airplay or album rock tracks.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.radiohitlist.com/KROQ/KROQ-1996.htm
E-Bow got some perfunctory play in L.A. before drowning...
"Bulls on Parade" was everywhere, did that not qualify as a "Modern Rock" track? Also surprising that "The Distance" didn't hit #1.
LOL at Porno for Pyros' Tahitian Moon in the top 10. I listened to KROQ every day and can barely remember that track.
― skip, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
"Bulls On Parade" only hitting #11 is pretty crazy
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
tahitian moon got a lot of mtv play
― fauxmarc, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
can't wait for 1997, that's when things REALLY go off the rails.
― skip, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
I saw a lot of E-Bow on Muchmusic, I loved it in the same way I love Video Games - laidback melancholia kinda vibe.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
1997 - The Verve Pipe, Third Eye Blind, The Wallflowers, Chumbawumba, Marcy Playground, Tonic, "Good Riddance"...good riddance
― skip, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
Smash Mouth
― skip, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
"Swallowed" sounds like Pixies B-Sides.
― billstevejim, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
The album went #1
― billstevejim, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
oh i know, but the single was pretty inescapable on radio
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
YO IT'S TIME FOR RAGE
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
xp I heard "Star 69" on the radio a LOT but more in 95 than 96.. At the time it seemed way easier for non-singles, album-tracks and b-sides to receive heavy spins, depending on how big the artist was.
― billstevejim, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
― billstevejim, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
i really think Pearl Jam not making videos, and not releasing some of their more obvious hits as singles, might've opened things up for radio programmers to pick songs they wanted to play
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
Well, remember too that this was right before the age of Clear Channel (iirc, the bill allowing "Big Radio" was signed in late '96).
― Hare Kinsey (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
There probably just wasn't as much room for proto-nu-metal rap/rock fusion on the charts back then. It was sorta breaking new ground. It's kinda on par with how "Have You Seen Her?" made it higher on the mainstream charts than "U Can't Touch This" (which is a fact that still stokes massive cognitive dissonance in my brain).
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
the only way I can explain the chart placement of "U Can't Touch This" in relation to how it conquered culture from my pov is that it was mostly purchased by (or for) elementary schoolers
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link