MTV Buzz Bin: Volume 1 - The Zen of Buzz Clips: From a Guy Named Buzz

oh i forgot which one "Plush" was, i kinda liked that one back in the day too

voting for zombie cause apparently i'm the only one here who doesn't hate it

You might be! I don't hate it, but I think it's easily their worst high-profile single.

voted No Rain which is sweet

it's just like, chill out music for a good day w/ your bros

mutha

tell your children not to walk my way

I just heard Cantaloop yesterday, weirdly

dip flip, trip fantasia

"mother" = perfect riff, over which there is danzig's characteristic lowing, which is totally theatrical i.e. capable of high ridiculousness but also there's this unsettling quality to an unbroken character, and then the song also captures a kind of metal appeal by delivering something distant and dark and nightmarish in a totally visceral way

mother

aw mother

just thinkin' unordered thoughts about "mother" at midnight

best song on that first Danzig album is "Twist of Cain" though

quality comp

oh absolutely yeah

thank you thread, i am now listening to danzig

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What's wrong with Us3?

best song on that first Danzig album is "Twist of Cain" though

― plastic surgery dizbusters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:23 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm, but Mother is still gr8 obv.

Tough call, this is kind of right when I was starting to get my own music taste so I have feelings for quite a few of these.

I like to sing "more cumin than cumaaaaannnn" when I use cumin; voted White Xombie.

gin blossoms duh

This looks to be stuff from '93 and '94. To give you an idea of just how much other stuff MTV discarded to pare things down to just these tracks, may I propose a pair of alternate universe Buzz Bin variants...

1993:
4 Non Blondes - "What's Up?"
Beck - "Loser"
Belly - "Feed The Tree"
Bjork - "Human Behavior"
Breeders - "Cannonball"
Digable Planets - "Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"
Dinosaur Jr. - "Start Choppin'"
Frank Black - "Los Angeles"
Juliana Hatfield 3 - "Spin The Bottle"
Lemonheads - "Into Your Arms"
Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way?"
Matthew Sweet - "Girlfriend"
Nirvana - "Heart-Shaped Box"
Pearl Jam - "Daughter"
Porno For Pyros - "Pets"
The Proclaimers - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Soul To Squeeze"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Disarm"
Spin Doctors - "Two Princes"
Tool - "Sober"
U2 - "Numb"
Ween - "Push Th' Little Daisies"

1994:
Alice In Chains - "No Excuses"
Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
Candlebox - "Far Behind"
Collective Soul - "Shine"
Counting Crows - "Mr. Jones"
Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
Green Day - "Basket Case"
Hole - "Violet"
Lisa Loeb - "Stay"
Live - "I Alone"
Mazzy Star - "Fade Into You"
Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"
Oasis - "Live Forever"
The Offspring - "Self Esteem"
Pavement - "Cut Your Hair"
REM - "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?"
Sheryl Crow - "All I Wanna Do"
Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun"
Tori Amos - "God"
Urge Overkill - "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon"
Veruca Salt - "Seether"
Weezer - "Buddy Holly"
Whale - "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe"

...which will likely make you nostalgic or nauseous. Or, as is so often the case with these things, a combination of both.

those weren't actual buzz bin stuff videos. though, thats just stuff you made up

No Whiney I literally tapped into the alternate universe and brought these through from the other side do you see because that's what I am actually claiming here.

I'm saying a list that has multiplatinum band u2 on it and a whale video that never made it out of Alt Nation rotation wouldnt be in the Buzz Bin even in an alternate universe.

Pearl Jam's "Daughter" didn't even have a video. This is a list of nonsense from your iTunes

Also, I didn't check beforehand, but it appears that most of those artists qualify. And considering that the videos of most of those songs were effing ubiquitous during that time, the objection is overruled. (gavel sound)

best song on that first Danzig album is "Twist of Cain" though

Truth x 1000

Still from this list I go mother, more human and

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I like that this is apparently actually making you angry. Such are the passions stoked when the conversation turns to the Alternative Nation.

Hey man nice shot in #3. But actually I like most of this in at least an inactive way.

Ha wait I just reread the list, I am a liar, I actually hate about half these songs, I think I was just caught up in a nostalgic moment there for a second

im disappointed in you jjj for liking filter

Hey man nice shot is totally acceptable and the remixes on the maxi-single (old man moment) are pretty awes, def the best fake swing industrial outside of course of empire. Also I am watching the twist of Cain video atm and Danzig is wearing martial arts gloves for no discern able reason, which is awesome.

MOTHER

if you want to find hell with me
i can show you what it's like...

also: "hey man", "low", "cantaloop", "zombie", "more human", "creep", even "everything's zen"

Why isn't Dig on there?

re: gloves: i always thought they were just punching gloves

and there is no sense in which "twist of cain" is better than "mother", except boogie, and that is a small sense

more human > mother > low > what would you say > everything zen > hey man nice shot > creep > hey jealousy > cantaloop > no rain > plush > zombie

I think "Zombie" is the clear winner for worst song on this

"what would you say" - once you get past the vocal delivery this isn't half bad.

for DAVE BRAH DAVE, that's one of his three-at-most stomachable songs

White Zombie or Danzig, not keen on anything else here. Worst of the bunch by a country mile: 'Zombie'.

john popper's illest 16 bars too

The realest shit he ever honked

you people

More Human Than Human > Mother > Creep > Hey Jealousy > Low > Everything Zen > Cantaloop > No Rain > Zombie > Plush > What Would You Say? > Hey Man Nice Shot

i'd been meaning for a while to start a white/rob zombie singles thread to talk about how classic "more human" is but i guess i don't need to

Saying this is the fourth best song on this is insane, but I fuck with "WWYS," "Too Much" and "Dont Drink the WAHTAHHH"

"Don't Drink" has a nice Peter Gabriel quality if you believe in nice Peter Gabriel qualities

if bush had just made "everything zen" and then disappeared i'd probably be like yeah bush, they were alright

Otm

I think "Hey Man" is the only song I'd actually switch off if I was driving during some Nineties Rock Block

richard patrick's brother should cover it as "HAAAAAVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU SEEEEN THIIIIS BOYYYYY"

Danzig is wearing martial arts gloves for no discern able reason, which is awesome.

otm

there must be some difference between mtv and college radio, let me think real hard

― ffun. (Whiney G. Weingarten),

how's that going for you

lol oh god i very much remember seeing 'hey jealousy' on mtv late at night and being like 'whoa awesome who was that!!"

Whiney hedged his bets by putting "new artists" in quotes, not sure what criteria is being used to designate "new" tbh

I have no memory of when I first became aware of the Gin Blossoms. It's possible it was earlier (Request Video - respeck knuckles) but I don't really remember.

xp

― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:56 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Of course I mean, "new to MTV" stop being an Algerian Goalkeeper about this

stop being so defensive, whiney! You know these threads are often an excuse to discuss other related maters.

"new to MTV" = 120 Minutes and Headbanger's Ball don't count...?

you hipster, of course your hipster ghettos don't count

Headbanger's Ball was a hipster ghetto?

how heavy are those goalposts btw

you're out of your element, shakey. that element being mtv has known to kids who didn't get to stay up late on school nights.

as known

lol oh god i very much remember seeing 'hey jealousy' on mtv late at night and being like 'whoa awesome who was that!!"

This reminds me of when I heard and enjoyed "Hey Hey What Can I Say" on that Led Zep tribute album, Encomium and then rushed out to buy the Hootie and the Blowfish album. Um.

Shakey gtfo of this thread

hahahaha deric

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

xp IIRC Weezer was a buzz clip at least 3 times (Sweater, Buddy Holly and El Scorcho)

also in 1994 lots of kids (like me) were dumb and didnt know any dinosaur jr songs until "feel the pain"

whether it was a corporate scheme or not, it exposed people to decent music they wouldnt have heard otherwise.

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

There's an odd double bill. If I never hear the Gin Blossoms again it will still be too soon.

Apparently Hey Man Nice Shot is way worse than either Zombie or WWYS

i figured g.bloss would landslide so i switched my vote to danzig at the last second.

thank you.

man...

top half of this poll really is the top half, tho, even if its out of order

Whoa dude did you just say something less-than-disparaging about a Radiohead song?

Hey Man Nice Shot at least has a good Wikipedia entry.

Sport
• Used as the theme song for 2009 National Hockey League (NHL) Playoff broadcast
• Used in Australia's National Rugby League (NRL)
• Used as the theme song for Sky Sports coverage of Rugby League's Super League between 2003 and 2004

Other
• After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the song was placed on the list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles distributed by Clear Channel Communications.

My band does a passable cover of HMNS

We've never played it live but if we do, I'm gonna see if I can get my lead singer to introduce it as 'nobody's favorite song'