'The Trick is to Keep Breathing'
Still holds up well, although I prefer the debut.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 9 May 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
(and I speak as someone who thought they sucked in the '90s)
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 9 May 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
every song is shrinkwrapped
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, February 4, 2013 9:16 AM bookmarkflaglink
only learned about this today, perfect:
https://i.imgur.com/5frr6yY.jpg
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 23 September 2023 02:17 (six months ago) link
is that a shrinkwrapped 3" cd single on a card
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 23 September 2023 02:47 (six months ago) link
that’s what it is
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 23 September 2023 04:26 (six months ago) link
well, in a blister pack.
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 23 September 2023 04:31 (six months ago) link
I love this thread
― Tim F, Saturday, 23 September 2023 05:20 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKAUQCQhkbc
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 23 September 2023 22:06 (six months ago) link
I understand at last: the Pumpkins leave me cold because Garbage's plastic gothic overstatement exists.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn),
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 September 2023 22:28 (six months ago) link
In a few weeks it'll be the 25th anniversary of the one time I saw them live, the first show I saw on my own. Girls Against Boys opened. Between sets I unexpectedly ran into a female classmate who was there with her Mom. Come Monday morning at school, she must have told her friends that I was at the show, because I had girls coming up to my locker the rest of the day asking about it and telling me how cool they felt Shirley was.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 23 September 2023 22:56 (six months ago) link
"stupid girl" is one of those cases of "obvious sample makes song kind of surprising forever" re: the "train in vain" drums
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson)
Huh? TIL
it is quite obvious when you know it but never connected the two of them before.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 23 September 2023 22:57 (six months ago) link
The Parallel Lines of the nineties.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, February 4, 2013 2:23 PM (ten years ago)
otm
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 September 2023 23:13 (six months ago) link
Supposedly they had to put up some serious $$$ for that Clash sample (they didn't name names in interviews, only alluding to dealing with a 'seminal band' who were surprisingly uncool about clearing samples, and they ultimately had to meet all of that group's demands to secure it).
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 23 September 2023 23:14 (six months ago) link
“… but you didn’t charge Big Audio Dynamite anything!”
― Tim F, Saturday, 23 September 2023 23:31 (six months ago) link
Weird that they’d be fixed on using the sample, they could have brought a drummer and copy it and it would’ve been difficult to prove it as a rip-off. It’s a fairly common drum groove.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 24 September 2023 01:08 (six months ago) link
"the trick is to keep breathing" was my mantra in high school partially thanks to this album.
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Sunday, 24 September 2023 01:18 (six months ago) link
Apparently there’s also an REM sample but I’m not noticing it.
It’s been a while since I listened to it, I just noticed there’s also some creepy noises that sound like digital pig grunts.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 24 September 2023 01:21 (six months ago) link
There was a Todd Terry remix of "Stupid Girl" that used the opening of "Orange Crush"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkzKNAySas8-
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 September 2023 01:25 (six months ago) link
Supposedly the original one also has the “orange crush” sample at 1:23
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 24 September 2023 01:27 (six months ago) link
I remember Beautiful Garbage was a bit of a letdown after the brilliant first two albums. Might need to give it a second chance because the first two are really good and the singles are some of the best of the decade.
Even non album singles for soundtracks like Crush #1 and the james bond song are the best things on those movies.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 24 September 2023 01:36 (six months ago) link
It's so badly sequenced.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 September 2023 01:39 (six months ago) link
Version 2.0 is probably the album I listened to the most in ‘98. Just ALL THE TIME.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 24 September 2023 02:39 (six months ago) link
Me too. I'm pretty sure I wore out the plastic nub in the jewelbox tray by '99.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 September 2023 05:33 (six months ago) link
It’s one of the first 10 albums I bought based on how impressed I was by “push it” when I was 12. It sounded like no other pop song I had heard in my life and it was glorious
Debut album has aged better though.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 24 September 2023 06:32 (six months ago) link
Debut album I was obsessed with. 2.0 I don't like quite as much but I remember getting excited the first day I heard "Push It" drop on radio.
And it's a great album that I played non stop regardless. Mad consistent.
Used to be the album I would put on at bedtime.
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Sunday, 24 September 2023 14:27 (six months ago) link
Don't think there's a song on here I love as much as "Vow", my fav Garbage tune, but "Special"'s my high water mark, that chorus.
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Sunday, 24 September 2023 14:30 (six months ago) link
i want a whole album that sounds like that todd terry remix
― ufo, Sunday, 24 September 2023 14:35 (six months ago) link
"I Think I'm Paranoid" and "Dumb" are here, ready for you to ask'em out.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 September 2023 14:37 (six months ago) link
well i never.i had never noticed the clash sample before.the todd terry remix was on the second cd of absolute.
― mark e, Sunday, 24 September 2023 17:42 (six months ago) link
i mean fuck. i seriously can't get enough of some of these songs.
― Swen, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 06:36 (one month ago) link
i was so baked listening to i think i'm paranoid in my gf's car at the time and paranoid af tbh
― Swen, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 06:40 (one month ago) link