Modern Rock #1 Hits of 1995

There must be something we can eat
Maybe find another lover
Should I go to Redbox
Rent Our Idiot Brother

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hahahahaha

Now that has the feel of a genuine slacker anthem.

Bush in general seemed to really ride the long loud grunge thing hard on their singles - - wonder if they'd be more fondly remembered if they'd been a little more punchy in their delivery.

This was extrapolated in their live performances too. The version of Everything Zen they played at HFStival had to have been over ten minutes long.

The lyrics to Silverchair's 'Tomorrow' are just as terrible, but at least Daniel Johns had the excuse of being 15 or something when he wrote them.

very hard to drink

YOU GONNA WAIT 'TIL, FAT BOY, FAT BOY, WAIT 'TIL TOMORROW!

morrisseyesque

thing is, very hard to drink is very fun to sing

VERY HAHD TO DRAAYYYAAANKKKK
Fat BOOH-OOOHY! Fat BOYEEEE! WAIT TEW TOMARROOOOOOOOOOH

I'll always remember when the video to 'Tomorrow' appeared on Beavis & Butthead; when the drums kick in after the opening guitar arpeggios, and Beavis goes "MORE THAN A FEEE-LIIIING!".

I think "Everything Zen," "Comedown" and perhaps even "Glycerine" had radio edits that made them much more concise.

Ogling Billie Joe Armstrong was all the pleasure this era could offer.

"What I Got" deserves the firing squad.

I saw the #1 and was like...

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But then I saw the rest of the list and I was like...

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Lump gets stuck in my head the most these days out of this crew.

Most of these songs are catchy like herpes.

This is making me realize just how short-lived was my intense affair with the Alternative Nation. Lots of strained smiles and forced conversation by the time '95 rolled around.