shout out to all the dudes who downloaded this song from limewire and think it's by paul simon
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 July 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
these fucking bastards
― omar little, Thursday, 19 July 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
I find it vaguely fascinating to consider the confluence of events that resulted in this band making it any further than the freshman dorm of the drummer's cousin who popped by one of their underattended shows with a tape recorder and later blew the minds of his suitemates after they heavily partook from a carton of whippets. Like, this was actually on the radio, nationwide.
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
i mainly associate this song with movie trailers in the '90s (*camera pans across mountainside as "send me on my way" plays and jonathan taylor thomas gets into some shenanigans*) and matilda
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 July 2018 15:40 (five years ago) link
(a photo from the nitrous-saturated evening in question)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/GordonBarenakedLadies.jpg/220px-GordonBarenakedLadies.jpg
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
idk if that first impression is accurate, it's just the way the song lives in my memory xp
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 July 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
i mostly hear this song now in ads for enterprise rent-a-car
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 July 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
i had a friend in college who exclusively listened to street rap...and this song
Sounds about right.
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
'I'm really into '50s ska and the song 'Detachable Penis' by King Missile. Wanna go to the quad for some ultimate?'
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
My wife and her sister worked in the same food coop as some of them, back in the 90s. I have been that close to genius.
It's been decades since I've heard this. It now sounds like U2's "Bad" played by the Talking Heads.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Thursday, 19 July 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
Imagine the hijinks at that coop.
'Hey, what's wrong with these carrots? The radishes are weird, too. They're all covered in something. And this cassava. If I didn't know any better...'
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
Whenever I hear the song 'Love Shack' in public, say at a Walgreens or the Starbucks, I like to say 'tiiiiiin Root...Rusted' real loud over the music because I love the band Rusted Root. People really dig it, I think.
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
It promotes awareness of Rusted Root.
I recall "Rusted Foot" being slug around by musicians envious of their fame.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
Good one.
I mean 'Busted Root' is the one I just came up with in .00000000005 seconds that's a much better one, but still...good one, bands.
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, July 19, 2018 9:14 AM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
my mom had this CD back in the 90s for some reason. the other music she liked then was linda ronstadt
this video is completely hilarious btw
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
"crusted boot" was mine.
― how's life, Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
Crusted Boot would have been a good name for a band from the other contingent in that co-op.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
What I do enjoy about the quote; he marvels at the neologisms as though they sprung from the deep unconscious, when you know they just sounded like words he heard in South African music. Indestructible Beat of the East End of Pittsburgh.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
in a moment of weakness, i listened to 1 minute and 35 seconds of this as a result of this unfortunate lapse in judgement, i have now hired a deep web hitman to assassinate old lunch
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 July 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
https://images.wolfgangsvault.com/rusted-root/promo-print/memorabilia/ZZZ009697-PP.jpg
I'm pretty sure many of these vowels can't be properly transcribed in the absence of the "e with three dots" character, so I propose we suspend this poll until the Unicode Consortium stops ignoring the rightful demands of a certain lobby.
― mick signals, Thursday, 19 July 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
Mods, my life has been threatened by bizarro for no greater crime than exposing his ears to the transformative sounds of love and of brotherhood. I demand that you impose the strictest possible sanctions upon him, with extreme prejudice if necessary. Namaste.
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
I never would have imagined, of all the threads about terrible music which I start/revive, that a Root poll would've been the one to take off, but I must say I'm pleased.
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
Simmyommaway.
(Ommaway.)
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
mods, i believe i acted in the best interests of ilxor dot com and furthermore i think it’s obvious that no court would convict me for my actions
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
Count me as a write-in vote for "sussudio."
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
are these guys like phish or something
― brimstead, Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
If Phish were paragons of their craft, they would be Rusted Root, yes.
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
Can't wait to see the Root at the state fair this summer. They're co-headlining with Sponge, Tracy Bonham, and Morcheeba. It's gonna be a slice.
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
Disappointed this poll doesn't include an option for the phrase that he repeats in the verse, which I believe to be ehbubadeesaybubadeeyon.
^^massive oversight imo
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
You are correct, of course, as that is the most epic of their neologisms. A contribution to our language which will significantly impact generations to come.
'What are you doing, my son?''Well, father, simply put: ehbubadeesaybubadeeyon.''Ah, I see. Please, carry on, my special boy. Namaste.''And a Namaste to you, o father.'
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
Trick question, because "oombayseeyou" is short for "ehbubadeesaybubadeeyon."
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
Fake news!
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
Luv this thread! Rusted Root has an extremely abbreviated Wikipedia page for a band that's been around 25+ years, and has released four major-label albums, four independent albums (one of them double-live), a "20th Century Masters" best-of, and five EPs...
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
not abbreviated enough imo
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
Hearing this song makes me feel ashamed that we beat up on "What I Am" for so many years.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
The video, and every move the guy busts in it, are wonderful and hilarious.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
In the interest of full disclosure, I was prompted to start this thread this morning when I heard a Spin Doctors song and my immediate thought was that the Spin Doctors were probably the favorite band of at least one member of Rusted Root.
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
feel like Rusted Root would predate Spin Doctors?
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
they feel modern rock not alternative
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
nah LMCBW was like '92 right?
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
shit I was thinking of Geggy Tah
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
who are even later! shit dudes my pop jam band radar is fucked
I wonder why the shot the video on such an overcast day. Wouldn't it have more impact if they were prancing on a plateau beneath a sunny, blue sky?
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
Spin Doctors and Rusted Root were contemporaries -- mid/late-'93 "alternative" radio was all "Two Princes," "On My Way," and the 4 Non Blondes song.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
They were pretty good-looking, for a bunch of crusties.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
I often find myself locked in a moment of zen-like contemplation when I realize that most bands are somebody's favorite band. Like Crazytown. Someone out there somewhere still proudly declares that Crazytown is their favorite band of all time. It's a very complex world, the one we live in.
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
Rusted Root's influence on globglogabgalab is undeniable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtER80sOjX4
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 19 July 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
bg's daughter, one certainly hopes
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Monday, 23 January 2023 14:44 (one year ago) link
https://didyouknowfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Untitled-collage-copy-7.jpg
― rick semper moranis (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 23 January 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
I was at the trampoline park for my kid's 9th birthday and the music was a pretty much equal mix of modern country, hip-hop, and pop music of the type that I hear on the radio but have zero knowledge of except for "Send me on my Way" right in the middle of it all.
― joygoat, Friday, 24 November 2023 17:10 (four months ago) link
I can't believe I missed this thread. This fucking song. It was EVERYWHERE at the hippie trustifarian-filled college I went to for a couple of years. When I hear it, I'm instantly 17 yo in a sticky-floored bar buying well-drinks and dodging frat boys. This is bad not good. Still, much like Hook by Blues Traveler, it's catchy AF and reminds me of simpler, if harrowing in their own way, times.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 24 November 2023 18:33 (four months ago) link
Welcome, ENBB. Your observations about the song and the times are accurate and relatable. But the fact remains that this is one of ilx's most epic threads, and every time I think about it, it sends me ommaway.
― Oh I believe in Yetis' Day (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 24 November 2023 19:29 (four months ago) link
(Insert pennywhistle solo here, while I go get my djembe.)
― Oh I believe in Yetis' Day (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 24 November 2023 19:33 (four months ago) link
I've inserted my pennywhistle, now what
― It is a disgusting... (Old Lunch), Friday, 24 November 2023 23:47 (four months ago) link
Oh I see what you meant (carefully retrieves pennywhisle)
― It is a disgusting... (Old Lunch), Friday, 24 November 2023 23:48 (four months ago) link
Am I insane if I don’t dislike this song?Ommaway
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 25 November 2023 00:36 (four months ago) link
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 25 November 2023 00:50 (four months ago) link
crraaaaaweeweaaaaaaaalll semme ommaway
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 25 November 2023 02:38 (four months ago) link
OMMAWAY
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 November 2023 07:01 (four months ago) link
The trick is to just keep listening to the Root until you go from SIMMYOMMAWAY to FULLYOMMAWAY.
― It is a disgusting... (Old Lunch), Saturday, 25 November 2023 14:14 (four months ago) link
Hey, anybody want to go play hackysack in the Quad?
― Oh I believe in Yetis' Day (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 25 November 2023 16:10 (four months ago) link
Sorry, bruh, I'm gonna be restringing all my puka shells today.
― It is a disgusting... (Old Lunch), Saturday, 25 November 2023 17:01 (four months ago) link
Okay. My Baja shirt is a little itchy right now anyway.
― Iris Demented (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 25 November 2023 17:10 (four months ago) link
Omfg i’m at a wedding and they are playing this song.
Ommaway
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 26 November 2023 00:41 (four months ago) link
Dearly bedabaloved, we are gathered here to ombaseeyou off to your new lives together.
You may now ombakiss the beebadibride.
― Iris Demented (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 26 November 2023 00:45 (four months ago) link
Omfg i’m at a wedding and they are playing this song.Ommaway
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 26 November 2023 02:06 (four months ago) link
Playing at the nail salon what a treat.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Sunday, 17 December 2023 11:17 (four months ago) link
They would like you to reach out your hands
― Natural Wine • Danny Devito • Virginia (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 17 December 2023 14:59 (four months ago) link
"I like this color. Can you put it ommanails?"
Also legit lol @ sufjan.
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 December 2023 15:05 (four months ago) link
ommanails
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 December 2023 15:06 (four months ago) link
thank you ilm for introducing me to this band and song I have never felt more like rush limbaugh while watching a music video
― Left, Sunday, 17 December 2023 15:41 (four months ago) link
or lionel hutz
so pat monahan spent a couple of years post divorce just wandering the desert eating mushrooms and listening to putumayo compilations on his ipod and it gave him a whole new perspective on music and life and love and stuff which has very much informed train's "new direction". he says it will be his most personal album but also says it will be "for everyone"
― Left, Sunday, 17 December 2023 16:29 (four months ago) link