Modern Rock #1 Hits of 2000

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

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

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Daddy needs his medicine.

Green Day got their wish.

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at least theres no godsmack.

poor green day, i've never heard that 3 doors down song but my prediction is that it's worse than 'minority'.

so we have ten lurking papa roach fans who have, ten years on, finally made an impact on ilm.

shockingly, the 3DD song is NOT worse than "Minority" (they really should have tied tho)

I wish I knew what the story was behind using the line "I saw the world float to the dark side of the moon" twice.

Cannibalizing the mid-70s was apparently a "thing" around this time

Also: I tend to link Enema of the State in my head with some really awful times during my freshman year in college. I don't think I've ever forgiven Blink-182. (Though I confess to liking "Adam's Song")

please tell blink that it's not their fault

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