Modern Rock #1 Hits of 2000

I had completely blocked this Green Day song from my mind, too

I am boggling that I am seriously considering voting for Papa Roach

as much as i hate elements of american idiot, the bright side is that they turned billie's guitar back up after this album

merican idiot is gr8

Since I voted for Blink 182 last time, I think this might be the end of the line for me. (I don't know--maybe something will turn up.) The early 2000s for me were all about Missy Elliot.

yeah yeah we know

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i didnt know Minority was a #1. i remember seeing them playing it on letterman that year and thinking 'man these guys are washed up' lol

they were def going down the mellow pearl jam path until they apparently saw a U2 show and realized there was another option

voted Last Resotr

I don't give a fuck if I cut my arm bleeding

I sometimes feel sorry for people who were born five years later than me.

I often feel sorry for ILXers born five years earlier than me.

lol, Blink's going to win two in a row

I really, really like "Adam's Song." It's sad in the most maudlin way possible, but the "please tell Mom this is not her fault" line gets me every time.

^yeah. that being said, it will be hilarious when ATST wins second poll in a row

not gonna xpost, since Eric refused to acknowledge that it's not just same band but same song

(tho I don't think it's a point lost on anyone)

not to into "Minority" but Warning era Green Day >>> any Green Day since

you should just write pre-2000 Green Day >>>>> any Green Day since

"Otherside" was the only thing from Californication that I kinda liked, so that. That Fuel song got played. the. fuck. out. on the radio back in the early '00s.

actually never mind, I'm voting for "All the Small Things." Even though it was on the 1999 poll too.

Hm, I haven't heard Warning but I really like American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown. I heard "Longview" the other day. All it did for me was make me feel old.

I think modern rock radio made a major resurgence in 2004 with American Idiot and Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. (People 10 years younger than me get no pity.)

From about 2000 through 2008, most modern rock sucked. After that, some good bands started creeping back onto the top of playlists (Black Keys, Phoenix, Silversun Pickups).

Three Cheers is a classic to me, but imo the only time Green Day have been true to their fast fun roots in the last 10 years was on the album they released as the Foxboro Hottubs

I actually enjoyed Silversun Pickups when they came out but there's no way I'd rank them over the best emo of the mid-2000s or the White Stripes' hits from that time.

xpost Well yeah, they're not staying true to their pop-punk roots, which is why I like them.

Enjoy the Black Keys though.

Oh yeah... forgot to mention the Stripes. My favorite band of the nu-metal hangover era.

if we wanna talk about the whole decade there's a thread about one of my lorax-loved lists: al ship's top 50 rock singles of the 00s -- which is your favorite?

woah this is dire

Good list!

the only songs that i don't like are the rhcps and green day but it's definitely not the nineties no more

Blink 182, "All the Small Things" - Nope.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Otherside" - I don't remember this.
3 Doors Down, "Kryptonite" - LOL
Papa Roach, "Last Resort" - It's fun to sing along to.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Californication" - HATE
Green Day, "Minority" - Meh.
Fuel, "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" - Don't know this.

I might have to abstain.

E I guarantee you know that Fuel song

Oh I remember Otherside now. Might actually be more annoying than Californication.

cut my life into pizzas / i'm voting for papa roach

brb youtubing the fuel song . . .

I actually enjoyed Silversun Pickups when they came out but there's no way I'd rank them over the best emo of the mid-2000s or the White Stripes' hits from that time.

man "Lazy Eye" is better than anything the White Stripes have ever done imo. total banger.

I was an announcer at a modern rock station on the weekends during this time and remember all of these songs not very fondly at all. It's what made me go, you know? fuckit for the next dozen years and just listen to 80s punk bands all the time.

Franz Ferdinand and Spoon may have been worthwhile bands to get into, but I'm sorry, Fuel ruined it for you guys.

DJP - lol oh God yeah that's awful

Franz Ferdinand are not a worthwhile anything

I like a couple FF songs a lot. :/

there's a remix of "Outsiders" that I like

you don't remember, but iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii do

YOU NEVER EVEN TRIIIIIIIIIEEEEED

idk what to vote for

don't vote for 3 doors down

ok i just did

thank u for making up my mind 4 me

This must be where I got off the bus because I have no idea what any of these songs are. I mean, there is little question that most if not all of these would be familiar to me if I played them. But this is the first poll where I just can't associate music to a single one of the song titles.

I like Blood Sugar Sex Magik if it makes things any better?

Maybe I just have a block with processing the RHCP as gothy mopers?

It's kind of funny that everyone who voted for Fuel seemed to do it as a 'by default' sort of deal. Maybe I should have just abstained.

I actually looked up an interview with Blink 182 to see if they pronounce "things" like that when they talk.

(They do.)

it's cool sund4r. The whole Californication album has always seemed to me like RHCP's attempt to write a whole album's worth of songs like Soul to Squeeze, which is my favorite song of theirs. I don't think they get as horrifically bland as everyone here is implying until By the Way

I also think ILX underrates the singles from One Hot Minute and am tempted to check if that album is on Spotify.

californication's a good record. but i've always hated funk RHCP.

I actually feel a little bad that all I've done here is post dismissive opinions without thinking critically about anything. Ten years ago, I hated it when people in their 30s did that about stuff I liked. So it's more interesting to hear about why people like these songs. I think I'd love to hear a defence of "Kryptonite".

lol not touching that one. i will say this:

3 Doors Down now does music for Army commercials they play before movie previews.

― LimbsKing, Thursday, May 31, 2012 8:06 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i do actually think 3DD's recent context as spokesband for the Army works really well for "Not My Time"

Wow Otherside is so much better than that overwrought Shimmer rewrite

― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, June 3, 2012 1:24 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

calling something a rewrite because it's the same band is lame, they don't really sound alike at all.

I also think ILX underrates the singles from One Hot Minute and am tempted to check if that album is on Spotify.

"Aeroplane" is my favorite of their "fast" ones.

yeah "Aeroplane" is secretly one of their best post-BSSM singles. "Warped" isn't bad too. it's just "My Friends" (and probably the rest of the album) that gives that era of the band such a stench.

calling something a rewrite because it's the same band is lame, they don't really sound alike at all.

that prechorus "too far away" is almost a direct quote from the chorus in Shimmer("too far away/for me to hold"); not the same melody, but def the same accents...which is not the same thing as a 're-write', but is some pretty bald recyclage. Of course it could also be intentionally self-referential (the immediately preceding lyrics are "don't you remember anything I said when I said") Still: lame.

That said, re-listening to this song now, it is a bit better than I remember, though I still like "Otherside" more.

Also I listened to "Parallel Universe", the only song from the first four on Californication that I didn't remember, and it was dope. That album might've aged better than I even thought.

"Aeroplane" is the worst fucking song, come on now

looking at the one hot minute tracklisting i seem to have excised most of it from my memory. 'aeroplane' is alright, 'my friends' is p dire, i vaguely remember 'walkabout' being terrible, and hey 'pea' is um some kind of charming. the rest, i've got nothing.

that prechorus "too far away" is almost a direct quote from the chorus in Shimmer("too far away/for me to hold");

To be fair, 1) he's saying "Don't fall away" and 2) the refrain's lyric is lifted straight from Bernie Taupin, so if you want to go after them for laziness, there's a pretty strong angle right there.

lol my mistake.

"Aeroplane" is the worst fucking song, come on now

you're the worst fucking song, come on now

alfred likes pleasure spiked with pain

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

lol

Daddy needs his medicine.

Green Day got their wish.

lol

at least theres no godsmack.

poor green day, i've never heard that 3 doors down song but my prediction is that it's worse than 'minority'.

so we have ten lurking papa roach fans who have, ten years on, finally made an impact on ilm.

shockingly, the 3DD song is NOT worse than "Minority" (they really should have tied tho)

I wish I knew what the story was behind using the line "I saw the world float to the dark side of the moon" twice.

Cannibalizing the mid-70s was apparently a "thing" around this time

Also: I tend to link Enema of the State in my head with some really awful times during my freshman year in college. I don't think I've ever forgiven Blink-182. (Though I confess to liking "Adam's Song")

please tell blink that it's not their fault

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