actually that's a pretty good analogy
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm working class and I understand the deep hurt caused to others by Common People. I feel the same way about The Chauffeur by Duran Duran, Smooth Operator by Sade, Country House by Blur, How To Be A Millionaire by ABC, I've Never Been To Me be Charlene and many other songs that rub the restrictions of my damn class in my face! I could only dream of visiting Niece, and the Isles of Greece and sipping champagne on a yacht! When will these people think of the emotional turmoil they're wreaking on the listeners! But at least I had the class solidarity of my brothers in arms Wham! on such socialist sons of toil classics as Everything She Wants and Young Guns! I can only dream of what it must be like to be on the other side of the fence... to not be invited to be part of Jarvis Cocker's gang of misfits... whom I imagine to be slightly like the cast of the Breakfast Club but with odd teeth and jackets from Oxfam.
Loser is such a shit song.
― Duran (Doran), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Doran: go fuck yourself, you unpleasant dickwad.
― cymose corymb (Karen D. Tregaskin), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
jesus christ this thread cannot die fast enough
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 September 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
wow!!
― dy (max) ia (crüt), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?" classic song obv but definitely not her best single of the 90sAphex Twin - "Windowlicker" cool song but i guess i dont 'get' how important it was so it being in the top 20 is kinda confusingBeck - "Loser" annoyingBelle and Sebastian - "The State I Am In" never heardBjörk - "Hyperballad" love bjork, but NO she has soooooooooo many better singles from he 90sDaft Punk - "Da Funk" classiqueDepeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence" yesssssssssDJ Shadow - "Midnight in a Perfect World" eh i guessDr. Dre [ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg] - "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" played out but obv classicMazzy Star - "Fade Into You" i think i heard this onceMy Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow" - fucks with thisNeutral Milk Hotel - "Holland, 1945" i like this song but noNirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" obvThe Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy" never gets old, still he has much better singles from 90s but i guess this is his most seminal...OutKast - "Spottieottedopalicious" - rosa parks, elevators, playas ball, art of storytelin etc. >>>Pavement - "Gold Soundz" - never heard thisPulp - "Common People" - never heard this, i am not a britishes so don't care about ur boring ass class conflicts or boring indie bandsRadiohead - "Paranoid Android" - yepWeezer - "Say It Ain't So" - um, "buddy holly" pwnz this songWu-Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck" - not a top 20 single or even the best wu single from that album but i guess
voted for depeche mode
which is weird because if i made a top 100 of the 90s list that probbaly wouldn't crack it all even tho its an amazing song
― / (The Brainwasher), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i would have voted for juicy but that feels to obvious
― / (The Brainwasher), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:35 (thirteen years ago) link
The crudeness might be regretable but seriously. His reading comprehension is so low and his level of projection of things that were never actually said was so high that I just wanted to make sure my response was absolutely unequivocaly clear.
― cymose corymb (Karen D. Tregaskin), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
ummm, no problem in that regard, KDT
but you may have mistaken light whimsy for a declaration of war...
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
how long until kate is banned again
― max skim (k3vin k.), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
hopefully not too long
― "bubbling" pictures for mormon approved j0hn (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i am always so amazed i am not banned
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:59 (thirteen years ago) link
wait ur name is kate
does that mean ur a girl
― / (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
hai guys! I'm back from happy hour and I ordered pizza. What class warfare did I miss?
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Friday, September 3, 2010 6:18 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
what r u talkin about this thread is hilar
― the embrace of waka flocka is v pertinent (deej), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
just walked by north coast fest in chicago, the one being headlined by the chem bros, nas, damien marley & umphreys mcgee. i can confirm that, contrary to reports, everyone is not 'a hipster'
also, baggy cargo pants & shell toes = still a thing
― the embrace of waka flocka is v pertinent (deej), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm wearing baggy cargo shorts. Would I be a thing?
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link
what r u talkin about this thread is hilar HITLER
― dy (max) ia (crüt), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
oops good catch crut
― the embrace of waka flocka is v pertinent (deej), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/25/weekinreview/chotiner-600.jpg
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
juicy. i like some of these other songs, but c'mon
― momus comes out of the sky and he stands there (del), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Alfred - is that a photo of Pulp? Being an American I don't understand what they're supposed to look like.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
LAWLZ
― / (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
The one on the left is Jarvis Cocker, meeting Beck (right) at Pitchfork '95.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
http://news-political.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Hitler_laughing.jpg
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh - so "Loser" is the song Hitler sang to Eva Braun! Now it all makes sense.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
no, that was "Holland, 1945"
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha!
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:18 (thirteen years ago) link
hitlar
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Daft Punk - "Da Funk"Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow"Neutral Milk Hotel - "Holland, 1945"Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
One of these. "Enjoy" is the best track I suppose, but it feels like the 80s in spite of its release date.
― Arvo Pärty (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link
lolser
― seandalai, Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Only Stalin
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
haha
― max skim (k3vin k.), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:39 (thirteen years ago) link
could it be that only shallow is a reference to stalinist death camps and the lack of human respect for even a proper burial - hence the size of the graves, ONLY SHALLOW? could it be?
― baddest boy on the internet (kelpolaris), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
let us contemplate this
Lots of songs by bands I like that aren't necessarily songs I like - Gold Soundz isn't even that great a song.
For real -- I am one of those "Pavement, best band of the 90s, I love every record" people and probably always will be. And I don't think Gold Soundz is even in the top half of that record. I feel like "coming to the chorus now" is the kind of self-referential the-song-is-about-the-song business that they carry off so gracefully elsewhere. Here it clunks.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 4 September 2010 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
fade into you is my favorite of these tbh
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 4 September 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
just wanted to pop in and say that I really enjoyed stevie's post upthread about NMH.
― shorn_blond.avi (dayo), Saturday, 4 September 2010 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, me too, and i'm not even a fan
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 September 2010 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I am a pretty big fan of that album - and I'll just say that for me, the way in was the lyrics. they are pretty special.
― shorn_blond.avi (dayo), Saturday, 4 September 2010 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
bet Anne Frank would've verbally skewered Mangum for trying to slum it in her attic.
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Saturday, 4 September 2010 03:38 (thirteen years ago) link
'slum in her attic' is a potentially great euphemism imo
― k¸ (darraghmac), Saturday, 4 September 2010 03:39 (thirteen years ago) link
slum in her attic and not long until there's one in the oven
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Saturday, 4 September 2010 03:41 (thirteen years ago) link
slummin it in her attic makes me think there's something anatomically wrong with the girl
― shorn_blond.avi (dayo), Saturday, 4 September 2010 03:45 (thirteen years ago) link
haven't read the previous 10000 responses because I'm sure people are butthurtz for no reason, but gotta go with Windowlicker. I was just listening to it yesterday again for the first time in a while, and the little blurb on the pitchfork list (sounded way ahead of its time in 1999...STILL sounds way ahead of its time in 2010) is spot on.
― Z S, Saturday, 4 September 2010 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
1. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"2. Daft Punk - "Da Funk"3. Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"4. Pulp - "Common People"5. Mazzy Star - "Fade Into You"
My Bloody Valentine, Neutral Milk Hotel and even Pavement work better as albums than songs. "Paranoid Android" to me is a remarkable song. gets my vote just because it's cool and so uncool these day (no that's a lie, i can care less about the latter).
― Bee OK, Saturday, 4 September 2010 04:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i started this, "Please Understand. We don't want no trouble, we just want the right to be different. That's all." PULP - D.I.F.F.E.R.E.N.T.C.L.A.S.S poll before bumping pitchfork 's 90's countdown thread. just a bit ironic that i decided to do that album this week.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 4 September 2010 04:34 (thirteen years ago) link
gotta admit if they were going to include snoop dogg & dre, they should've placed "hit me baby one more time" somewhere along the top 10 as well. not joking here when i say that song is a classic.
― baddest boy on the internet (kelpolaris), Saturday, 4 September 2010 04:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought it was pretty funny as well... pulp, even tho i realize they "won" the britpop war, was one of those bands i cared little if at all for and thought the same for the majority of ilxors (in the same way none of us truly like blur/oasis/etc). i'd suspect a lot of p4k writers peruse here for inspiration.
― baddest boy on the internet (kelpolaris), Saturday, 4 September 2010 04:40 (thirteen years ago) link
My favorite is the one that's still causing people to lose their shit 15 years on. Ranked from favorite to most detested.
Pulp - "Common People"Daft Punk - "Da Funk"OutKast - "Spottieottedopalicious"Pavement - "Gold Soundz"The Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"Belle and Sebastian - "The State I Am In"My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow"Wu-Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck"Mazzy Star - "Fade Into You"Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"Dr. Dre [ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg] - "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang"Aphex Twin - "Windowlicker"Neutral Milk Hotel - "Holland, 1945"Beck - "Loser"Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?"Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"Weezer - "Say It Ain't So"Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"DJ Shadow - "Midnight in a Perfect World"Björk - "Hyperballad"
― MumblestheRevelator, Saturday, 4 September 2010 08:02 (thirteen years ago) link