oh yeah i guess i hear that a bit too. haven't heard the latter two in a decade
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
i hate all of these songs
you steal our sunshine
― supreme court justice samuel lance-ito (voodoo chili), Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
this thread is now just dog latin going "hey, remember the '90s?"
― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
(and being racist)
I made a playlist a while ago that was very much stuff in the vibe of a few of these songs. Mostly stuff the came out in 96 or the surrounding years: https://open.spotify.com/user/hairysquishmas/playlist/29OSMeThq1N86C0P7cBSxi
― MarkoP, Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
In the 90s I knew a girl in the 90s who liked to play the Sims; the stereo in her simworld rotated between the following songs: Get What You Give, Bittersweet Symphony, and Kids in America. Just those songs in rotation. 30 seconds of each. For hours.
― can'tdelabra (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
dog latin did you not include 1979 because you knew it would win
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
this was easy though, 'Steal My Sunshine'
― MarkoP
Ah yes! These has other songs I was thinking about earlier like scooby snacks and geggy tah.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
Gah at my "In the 90s I knew a girl in the 90s."
also it was between the years 1989 and 2000, in case you were wondering
― can'tdelabra (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
The Sims was released on February 4, 2000.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 28 June 2018 17:31 (five years ago) link
owned
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 28 June 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk9-28HgxfE
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 28 June 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
I would have voted for 'Get What You Give' but 'Drinking In LA' has personal resonance for me so that.
― Visibly Over 25 (snoball), Thursday, 28 June 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
Post-Beck is a pretty otm name.
Odelayter
― President Keyes, Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
I liked the Spacehog single enough that I bought the CD, then immediately sold it back after hearing the other songs.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
Might as well link to this thread:
50 Memorable Songs Of The Late 1990s That Apparently Only You Remember, Even Though They Were Totally On The Radio And Stuff
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link
Correct link:
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
And this one:
Show me a 90's hit that is somewhere in my head but I just don't know it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Another one which sort of classifies as summer post-beck hit:
Cornershop - brimful of asha
and I like this one better from the same album even better but it wasn’t a hit:
Cornershop - candyman
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
And others that sort of fit according to me:
Lightning Seeds - you showed meMoloko - fun for meBabylon zoo - spaceman
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
It would be interesting to make a list of *pre*-Beck hits (or "MTV hits," if they didn't chart) that were rap/rock/pop hybrids. For example --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Dw6q-5iaA&list=RDK4Dw6q-5iaA
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
Just realized most if not all of these were on MTV’s Daria soundtrack at some point so if you want more of these, that’s a good place to search for.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
No idea if it’s complete but here’s one in spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/user/otro_daniel/playlist/2PeNJybKOg0KnuDCrVBYuk?si=HZPWhRrbRS62YKips79L3g
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
spagehog are originally from leeds.and the opening of that track was used in a phone advert for years in the uk, hence the inbuilt animosity for many people.
was it spacehog in the advert or the original penguin cafe orchestra track that they shamelessly ripped off?
― lana del boy (ledge), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
ha that's my fave part of the song and now that i'm aware of the source fuck spacehog.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWZ4pve5Mkc
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
well I never .. had no idea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Meantime_(Spacehog_song)
― mark e, Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
People were mad that it used a cool sample?
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
gosh no … not at all, just had no idea re the source.I unashamedly love the song as I do a lot of Spacehog.even tracked down their albums that never got a full uk release.
― mark e, Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
my point was that the advert/sample was all over the place for a very very long time.became the sonic signature for a mobile operator in the uk.hence the very possible annoyance factor that happens with over exposure.
― mark e, Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
Ah, that's interesting...
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
It would be interesting to make a list of *pre*-Beck hits (or "MTV hits," if they didn't chart) that were rap/rock/pop hybrids.
This fits in nicely from 92:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6r-k9Bk6o
and even this from 87:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwrYMWoqg5w
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
surprising myself i voted 'drinking in LA' over 'you get what you give' and 'steal my sunshine' maybe just bc the former was so underexposed for me.
the bottom two songs id never heard & i dont really get the connection
love omc 'how bizarre' though
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
this thread had a lot of discussion
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
xpost
Thanks, Dan -- btw, the one I tried to post above (it didn't seem to work) was Urban Dance Squad's "Deeper Shade of Soul," from 1990.
"Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega (DNA remix) -- also 1990 -- may also qualify.
Trying to think of others... Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" seems too "hard" to really fit the mold (...plus, the Beasties are their own thing); Deee-Lite and Neneh Cherry maybe too club/dance-oriented...
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
ilm folks are old.
― mark e, Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
If I asked all of my friends, I would guess most of them are familiar with the 4 that aren't "Drinking In LA." It was not really played on the radio at all in my area.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
The bass line in "In The Meantime" is one of my favorite things in any song.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
yeah it's a great bassline
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
"Drinking In LA" never actually charted in the States, though I guess it was in the Buzz Bin maybe?
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
I knew it from 120 Minutes and it was def on the college stations in my area and my own mixtapes, but it feels like an outsider in this group. Def closer to "Brimful Of Asha" imo.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
When I said "it was not on the radio" I meant like Alt-rock stations.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
was big in uk, top 10 hit
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
Bran Van was big on MTV and/or VH1, as with the Len, Eels, and New Radicals singles (don't know how those did at radio).
Spacehog was huge at radio. I still don't get how that one relates to these others, tho
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
(...for purposes of this thread -- it's from a few years earlier, and is pretty much a straight-up rawk song)
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
EMF/Jesus Jones etc. have to be part of lineage here
― President Keyes, Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
Numb by U2 would be considered Pre-Beck, right?
― MarkoP, Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link
the Len, Eels, and New Radicals singles (don't know how those did at radio).
Len: #9 Pop, #5 Mod. RockEels: #39 Pop (!), #1 Mod. RockNew Radicals: #36 Pop, #8 Mod. Rock
Surprised New Radicals wasn't bigger.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link
xpostYeah -- good pull on "Numb"
I'm surprised Eels charted that high at Modern Rock!
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link