i voted 'Alive' - for me it's completely tied down to that time, fall 2001, along w/ 'Youth of the Nation' and 'Boom.' the premise of the 'Alive' video was some Final Destination shit iirc, like there's a big bus crash and car accidents and these people barely survive and it's like 'omg life comes at you fast, it can change at any moment, value every second,' and of fucking course it was reevaluated after 9/11 to be unintentionally meaningful. i would've voted 'Fat Lip' because it's a better song and i still blast it semi-reg
― flappy bird, Monday, 13 March 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Whoa. Someone who's not me did one of these!
― billstevejim, Monday, 13 March 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
i picked this date because all these songs/videos - and others like 'How You Remind Me,' 'Chop Suey!,' 'IZZO (Hova),' 'Stay Together for the Kids,' and that Ryan Adams song with the Twin Towers in the background are burned into my brain. I watched a lot of MTV after 9/11. the VMAs happened on 9/9/01 - I vividly remember seeing the videos for 'Hash Pipe' and 'Get Ur Freak On' for the first time that night. that was also the night I found out Limp Bizkit was a band and not a rapper. a couple weeks later MTV repurposed an all-star cover of 'What's Goin On' that was originally supposed to be about AIDS for 9/11 first responders relief.
The Elton John video "I Want Love" with Robert Downey Jr was def in heavy rotation.
VMAs that year was def on a Thursday night - Sept 6. There was a very brief half-assed Aaliyah tribute. Pretty sure this was the same day they taped most of the video for "What's Going On" since a large fraction of the contributors were also present at this show. A good poll (if it hasn't been done already) might be to choose the worst post-9/11 reaction song since all of them were flaming garbage.
― billstevejim, Monday, 13 March 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
I fondly recall being 11 and knowing these songs, but Bubba Sparxx' Ugly is the only one that really holds up. One of my favorite music videos of all time.
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Monday, 13 March 2017 21:46 (seven years ago) link
I'm surprised that Puddle of Mudd track was pre-9/11
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 02:45 (seven years ago) link
My 6th birthday! I think i got stung by a bee that day.― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, March 13, 2017 12:23 AM (twenty-two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, March 13, 2017 12:23 AM (twenty-two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
damn i'm old af
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 02:48 (seven years ago) link
what is/was TRL?
― piscesx, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 02:50 (seven years ago) link
"ugly" is all time timbo
― a but (brimstead), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 02:50 (seven years ago) link
xp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Request_Live
ah gotcha.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 02:57 (seven years ago) link
that was the 'why they hate us' vmas. missy dedicated 'one minute man' to aaliyah, britney and the snake, macy gray's 'MY ALBUM DROPS' dress, alicia keys doing (lol) 'für elise' into 'fallin,' DAPHNE AGUILERA
i watched it in canada
― maura, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 12:24 (seven years ago) link
anyway the obvious winner here is the dream song. they had some jams
― maura, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 12:25 (seven years ago) link
I might recognize them if I heard them, but I genuinely have no idea what any of these songs are. Carson would be so ashamed.
― Milkwalker's World (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 12:35 (seven years ago) link
the riff in bad boy for life bangs
Yes. It's ridiculous. I got a Yamaha RS7000 that summer and I remember the first beat I made with it was unintentionally a BB4L rip-off. It's so jerky and the sound quality is terrible, it just needs a saxophone solo.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 13:32 (seven years ago) link
don't think cuz i'm iced out i'ma cool off
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 14 March 2017 13:41 (seven years ago) link
i think this was the last year that i watched a lot of mtv, including lots of this show
― dyl, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
"Alive" on instinct, having not heard it in 15 years. Listening now it holds up IMO.
― ƒ©˙∆˚¬ (Whitey on the Moon), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
The drums on 'Bad Boy for Life' are soooo nasty.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 22:37 (seven years ago) link
#3 an eerie title considering
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 01:40 (seven years ago) link
i heard "alive" on the radio today coincidentally, hadn't heard it in ages. i liked it better in 2001.
― dyl, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 06:18 (seven years ago) link
further proof we are living in a simulation
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link
i have had "fat lip" stuck in my head since this poll started
― na (NA), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
hell yea
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:48 (seven years ago) link
The chorus of "Alive" sort of always reminded me of the chorus in Paul McCartney "No More Lonely Nights."
― billstevejim, Sunday, 19 March 2017 06:26 (seven years ago) link
hahaha i kinda hear it
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 March 2017 12:09 (seven years ago) link
oh wow
― maura, Sunday, 19 March 2017 14:50 (seven years ago) link
lol
― how's life, Monday, 20 March 2017 12:28 (seven years ago) link
Don't hear that at all
― flappy bird, Monday, 20 March 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
I'm surprised anyone else hears it. When I first heard the chorus, it sounded really familiar & '80s. And I've never been able to figure out a closer cognitive match.
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 March 2017 16:34 (seven years ago) link
Puddle of Mudd was a good band.
― hhoffman, Monday, 20 March 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link
enjoy that FP
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 March 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
they had some good singles
― flappy bird, Monday, 20 March 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link
oh hey whadya know another one
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 March 2017 21:35 (seven years ago) link
god this list is depressing. it is certainly the late 90s. the ugliest trashiest year for pop imo. pretty sure this is the year i decided fuck the this i am only listening to Beck and indie rock from now on.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 20 March 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link
certainly not
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 20 March 2017 22:22 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
voted for dream!!
― joshywinty (josh), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 00:06 (seven years ago) link
the boy in that Michelle Branch video is very very cute
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 08:40 (seven years ago) link
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifeel so aliveFOR THE VERY FIRST TIMEi can't deny youI FEEL SO ALIVE!
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 22:12 (seven years ago) link
Voted for "Fat Lip." Mostly for the PG13-version-of-Gummo vibe of the video.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 22:15 (seven years ago) link
abortion abortion abortion abortion abortion
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 23:58 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link