My first few years of college, I had no access to MTV; wasn’t listening to the radio or reading about new music; and basically spent my time making cassettes for friends with Portishead on one side and Massive Attack on the other (“you’re gonna love this!”).
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Friday, 4 May 2018 02:49 (five years ago) link
I love this song
― well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Friday, 4 May 2018 07:36 (five years ago) link
I remember having a very strong emotional reaction to this track as a kid. It reminds me of being 9 and being driven to soccer practice on a winter night. It’d be played regularly on a rock radio station that cycled through all the other generic 90s crap rock, and this always stood out to my childish ears as being particularly sad and beautiful. I also kinda felt this way about What It’s Like by Everlast though, so...
― triggercut, Friday, 4 May 2018 10:48 (five years ago) link
Winter Song is nice
https://youtu.be/5UUQOw-reV4
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2018 11:24 (five years ago) link
This song brings to mind XTC's "Dear God" in its earnestness and oddness. No wonder they covered "Peter Pumpkinhead".
I listened to the source album recently and still mostly like it, though the debut is better what with a great cover of The Replacements "Androgynous".
If you hate Brad's voice, none of it will work of course.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 4 May 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
What is this song saying? I always assumed it was meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek or absurd. The earnestness in the message of "Dear God" is really obvious to me.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 4 May 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
fun fact: in canada crash test dummies had 6 top 10 hits, this wasn't one of them
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
I am more familiar with Superman Song than I am with this.
― MarkoP, Friday, 4 May 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
Weird al version ftw
― Main man (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
In case anyone missed it, Brad tried falsetto later on.
― everything, Friday, 4 May 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
I am very familiar with at least two CTD albums. This is not one of their best songs
― imago, Friday, 4 May 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
I think I disagree with virtually all of Alfred's opinions on music.
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Friday, 4 May 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
*raises glass*
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
Best songs these guys did - I'm thinking "2 Knights And Maidens", "An Old Scab", "My Own Sunrise", "Swatting Flies", "God Shuffled His Feet", "I Think I'll Disappear Now", "A Worm's Life", "How Does A Duck Know" (that's a controversial one but I <3 it) etc - are genuinely very, very good imo and there isn't MUCH filler on those two main albums
― Young Chizzy (country matters), Friday, 17 April 2009 02:35 (nine years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
would I stand by this now? yeah mostly. surprised I didn't mention I'm A Dog either
― imago, Friday, 4 May 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
I vote "They shook and lurched all over the church floor."
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 4 May 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link