Modern Rock #1 Hits of 2000

hm, I think anything good around that time had already existed for a while (late 80s/early 90s alt/indie/college rock could be great), but any bands that actually owed their existence or sound to Grunge, or to the great 90s punk crossover, were pretty much universally awful. and the more quality acts on the margins that maybe enjoyed a hit were more likely coming from some other indie scene and likely would have had a small following anyways. just trying to think of anything good Nirvana or PJ did for music. their sonic influence was among some of the worst ever

the Nirvana meme is wrong because there was plenty of great pop and R&B and hip-hop on the charts, none of which had fuck-all to do with hair metal.

so what exactly did they save us from?

Jesus Jones

yeah, hip hop, R&B, rave, etc were the real stories of the 90s imo

god guys do we have to talk about the validity of the nirvana narrative even on a thread about the year 2000?

well of course: we thought in 2000 that our computers would explode and leave us with our old Firehouse tapes.

xp well I see these lists and I guess I blame the paradigm/format that unleashed all this stuff on us on the Nirvana narrative

Way tempted to do a Change vs. Judith poll

Judging by these polls, I think the Modern Rock #1 shit parade started in '97

LimbsKing, may I suggest a short breather after the 2000 poll, maybe punctuated by something like a "worst Modern Rock #1 to get 0 votes in any of these polls" type poll?

I don't know if ILX Blink 182 love is funny or endearing in a "he ain't heavy, he's my brother" sort of way

Same goes with Green Day. They had some good songs on Dookie and a couple from another early album but that's about it

I actually really like the parent album for the Green Day single here, but that's one of the weaker songs on it. Fuel wins this one, then, by default.

The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

still love this song. every time i hear it (which is basically like never) i am made happy.

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DESTROY THEM ALL.

I actually really like the parent album for the Green Day single here, but that's one of the weaker songs on it. Fuel wins this one, then, by default.

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, June 2, 2012 1:42 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

100% otm

It felt a little sad to vote for Fuel.

Wow Otherside is so much better than that overwrought Shimmer rewrite

(hey everybody I just got out of work and here's some opinions 4 u!!!)

I listened to "Otherside" in the past week because of this poll and I can't even remember how it goes.

(I'm not really expressing great passion about "Hemorrhage", to be clear.)

how long how long must I slide

separate my thiiiiiighs
for so long
i do believe it's haaaaaair
duh duh duh udh duh duh duh frazzle

<3 that snog

:D

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

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lol

Daddy needs his medicine.

Green Day got their wish.

lol

at least theres no godsmack.