Modern Rock #1 Hits of 1996

Hey, y'all remember this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk_qO1CqSC0

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

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.

http://www.classificaitaliana.com/imgvideo/TheCranberriesSalvation.jpg

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

my sister played the Bush remix album over and over.

she was last seen alive in the spring of 1998

to the faithful departed was a pretty good album actually

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.

they were perceived that way by Americans too

they were the Flock of Seagulls of the mid nineties, down to the ludicrous hair and non-entity band mates.

to the faithful departed was a pretty good album actually

― fauxmarc, Friday, May 25, 2012 6:23 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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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, 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.

ha I'd totally read a 600-word defense.

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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.

ha I'd totally read a 600-word defense.

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― 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!

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.

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

see also: "Hail Hail" trying and failing to save No Code from driving away fans in droves

That's true. I remember reading in Rolling Stone that Warners begged them to have "The Wake-Up Bomb" as the first single.

that '96 RS interview is terrific btw

do u feel the way u hate
do u hate the way u feel

link? (xp)

meanwhile "Electrolite" lives on in supermarkets across the land

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.

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

hell even "Star 69" got airplay in my neck of the woods

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!"

"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

Monster charted like 8 songs in the Modern Rock surveys.

'Star 69' definitely was neither a single here and nor did it get any airplay.

I don't think it was a single here either: one of those things we call airplay or album rock tracks.

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.

"Bulls On Parade" only hitting #11 is pretty crazy

tahitian moon got a lot of mtv play

can't wait for 1997, that's when things REALLY go off the rails.

I saw a lot of E-Bow on Muchmusic, I loved it in the same way I love Video Games - laidback melancholia kinda vibe.

1997 - The Verve Pipe, Third Eye Blind, The Wallflowers, Chumbawumba, Marcy Playground, Tonic, "Good Riddance"...good riddance

Smash Mouth

"Swallowed" sounds like Pixies B-Sides.

"Bulls On Parade" only hitting #11 is pretty crazy

The album went #1

oh i know, but the single was pretty inescapable on radio

YO IT'S TIME FOR RAGE

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.

YO IT'S TIME FOR RAGE

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

Well, remember too that this was right before the age of Clear Channel (iirc, the bill allowing "Big Radio" was signed in late '96).

"Bulls On Parade" only hitting #11 is pretty crazy

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).

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