Eeeeewwwww
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 18 September 2015 22:58 (eight years ago) link
lol i love that song/album
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 18 September 2015 23:04 (eight years ago) link
I jumped off the goo canoe around Dizzy up the girl...so I come in with baggage.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 18 September 2015 23:06 (eight years ago) link
that song is shitty but i can actually appreciate the earlier Goo Goo Dolls hits in 2015. it's like some sub-Westerberg pining (which i'm a sucker for) with a lot of gloss and a lot of feelings, man.
which i guess is the same for most 90's alt hits that sounded corny upon arrival but are now tugging at your heartstrings when they come on the radio
"Name" especially
― hackshaw, Friday, 18 September 2015 23:10 (eight years ago) link
Hmm yea I was into A Boy Named Goo.
Lol I remember learning to play Name from some Internet tab site. Weird fucking tuning.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 18 September 2015 23:13 (eight years ago) link
God I heard this daily on the hip hop station
https://youtu.be/GEeSSlIukng
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 18 September 2015 23:23 (eight years ago) link
^^ Case "I'm Missing You"
https://youtube/-qnSz6Lh5pY
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 18 September 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
Feckin phone. Was trying to share that dreadful Isley Bros/R Kelly joint..."Contagious"
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 18 September 2015 23:26 (eight years ago) link
"On The Roof Again" drawing a blank from me but I'm having fun imagining them being handed those awful programmed drums and saying "sure, okay" while their drummer glares at the whole room, unable to believe what's happening.
In general, I'm really struggling to think of genuinely good, not-just-mediocre picks for this thread. I'm wondering if part of it is the fact that this period brings us into the ILM era, and more generally a ramping-up of archived internet pop cultural knowledge of things, plus streaming etc., where like, I could bring up something like "Caught Out There" which most people in the (US) street probably do not remember (or haven't thought about since 2000, but which i cannot imagine is thought of as "forgotten" on ILM.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 19 September 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
on the other hand, i've always liked outkast's ropey contribution to the scooby-doo soundtrack, "In the Land of a Million Drums," complete with a plethora of references to Scooby paraphernalia, though not having seen it, I can't say whether it rises to a Will Smith/ODB/LL level of detail about the actual plot. IIRC the stocking-stuffer post-Stankonia greatest hits came out right before this, leaving it especially stranded since they never had another comp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMED7GERpeQ
Andre's bridge is a real time-filler but I like the attempts to make a "spooky cartoon" sort of sound, really does kinda feel like a van rattling down the road with a busted axle. I've also rarely enjoyed Killer Mike as much as on his completely silly verse here:
Woke up from a long night of hanging out with ShaggyOh no, lost my last bagg-ie of Scooby SnackiesShaggy wake up -- we've been had!Our Scooby Snacks, they got the whole stashHe said, "Who? Who?" I don't have a clueI suspect the thirteen ghosts of Scooby DooCall Vincent Price up, on the NextelTell him send another package right through the mailIn the meantime, imma call Velma, and tell her,To get the Mystery Machine readyI'm two-wayin' Daphne and FreddyMe and Shaggy dressed in all black, strappedDippin' through the flash, tryin' to get our stash back;Roundin' up suspects, collection' clues!I got a question, where the ---- is Scooby Doo, when you need 'em?The hound's only found when you feed himIn fact, he probably got my sack... Tell 'im holla back!
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 19 September 2015 00:51 (eight years ago) link
for a while this was how every song sounded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_pDcmDtnbM
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 19 September 2015 16:47 (eight years ago) link
OTM. lotta "Genie in a Bottle" wannabes in circulation, probably more than "Baby One More Time" wannabes.
also, is there a handy word for the guitar sound at the beginning of "leaving town," the bridge of "flavor of the weak," and the start of "she's so high"? it's this certain kind of processed prettiness that I think is supposed to add yearning-ness, maybe keep a guitar band closer to boy-band territory in terms of emotional accessibility/vulnerability. i'm imagining an effects pedal with a dial for "thoughtfulness and sensitivity," you stomp it when you're about to switch from the loud part to the quiet part.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 19 September 2015 16:55 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH8FctYMM80
Black Eyed Peas ft. Macy Gray - Request + Line. Pre-Fergie BEP, nonetheless shedding a bit of their conscious backpacker thing and stepping (especially in the visuals) towards the club-pop turf that made their fortunes. Still kind of an interesting/strange idea about a single; it's very laid-back, sounding almost like a remix of itself (especially in the most interesting touch, Gray coming in ghostily to quote "Last night a DJ saved my life"), but without any kind of urgent plot line or need to exist. I remember my roommate mishearing the chorus as "Tell me your secrets, mister radio man," which is already way more engaging. Gray's raspy voice is a good foil for the incipient techno-futurism of the rest of the proceedings, and overall I'd much rather hear this than either Madonna's "Music" or L-Lo's "Play," similarly devoted to music or the playing thereof but both much more obnoxious.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 19 September 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link
i don't think this ever got any significant radio play but it got played a lot on mtv (i apologize in advance for reminding you all of it b/c it's awful)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtcb4E0Ado0
― dyl, Saturday, 19 September 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
Probably best remembered as "That group Nicole Scherzinger used to be in before the Pussycat Dolls":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHdCSLeS2rc
― MarkoP, Saturday, 19 September 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
goddammit i had nearly forgotten about "shaniqua"
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 19 September 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link
i'd post eamon but let's be real no one has forgotten eamon
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 19 September 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
fuck it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYwyaCd8MyI
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 19 September 2015 17:40 (eight years ago) link
wikipedia claims ellie greenwich co-wrote fuck it which seems questionable at best
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
although this is the guy who added that to the article so who knows https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Giovannii84&offset=&limit=500&target=Giovannii84
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0DK-z5EXzw
Danish example. These guys were everywhere in the media at the beginning of 01, claimed they were going to 'revolutionize Danish rock', part of a wave of young bands, who were all going to modernize Danish rock out of the grunge-years, basically by copying Coldplay or Kent. Nearly everyone of them had nonsensical two-part names (Racetrack Babies, Carpark North, Moon Gringo, Racing Ape, stuff like that. Moon Gringo were awesome, though.) A few months later Is This It hit, nobody thought Coldplay-copying was actually cool anymore. Jupiter Day broke up before releasing a second album.
Swedish version:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rayIckOBmo
― Frederik B, Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
lol nope this guy either vandalized or fucked up bad
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:14 (eight years ago) link
I'm way too prepared for this.
Samantha Mumba "Gotta Tell You" is possibly my personal ultimate one of these.Dream "He Loves You Not"Korn "Word Up"Iio "Rapture"Afroman "Because I Got High"Bloodhound Gang "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo"Peter Searcy "Losing Light Fast"Velvet Revolver "Fall To Pieces"
Are these songs too unforgotten though? I'm not sure how to tell whether they fit the question.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
I guess these too:
D12 "Purple Pills" & "My Band"Elton John "I Want Love"LFO "Every Other Time"Sugar Ray "When It's Over"Kenna "Freetime"The Darkness "Growing On Me"Young Gunz "Can't Stop Won't Stop"Diplomats "I Really Mean It"G-Unit "Stunt 101" & "I Wanna Get To Know You"Lillix "It's About Time"Liam Lynch "United States of Whatever"Sleepy Brown "I Can't Wait"Cam'Ron "Down and Out"Fabolous "Breathe"Good Charlotte "I Just Wanna Live"
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
Disregard if any of these don't quite fit for whatever reason.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
I promise this was on the radio.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKsT7msbuBY
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
One of the alltime creepiest things ever on the radio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml7C-WfL8f8
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link
expected this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfo0ORyqryo
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:46 (eight years ago) link
I was gonna put SoulDecision, but it was on a Now comp. But come to think of it, I guess those are actually good resources for this.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
"I Want Love" is a good one because it was really popular for a short while for being a more understated late-era Elton track and yet, I haven't heard it ANYWHERE in over a decade.
I will mention "Because I Got High" still has some popularity - people still doing it at karaoke, etc.
lol , yes definitely LIam Lynch - I was tempted to nominate that one. God I hate that song, but itw as definitely 'of the moment'.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link
I suppose this might be a whole 'nother category, but Darude "Sandstorm," Ian Van Dahl "Castles In The Sky," that "ohohohoh" zombie 5000 whatever it was called...
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:55 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn-qE-h7s84
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:57 (eight years ago) link
OH I GOT ONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz23S9_AV4M
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udmTfK6_aM8
Good companion piece to "Land of a Million Drums"
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 19 September 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
I still do that one at karaoke night! love Mike's verse on that.
but yeah it always gets the reaction of "oh wow yeah this was a song once"....
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
or the response Frankie "Fuck You Right Back"
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
I think some have forgotten the response track!
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:10 (eight years ago) link
your local *chan poster has not forgotten sandstorm
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
(n.b. "your local poster" =/= "me")
I heard "Gotta Tell You" as muzak a few months ago
― welltris (crüt), Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:15 (eight years ago) link
Blaque - "Bring It All To Me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4mjAOgHLvU
if someone already posted this i'm sorry i'm not going to click on every unlabeled youtube video in this thread
― welltris (crüt), Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
ah i love that blaque song
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
Brian McKnight "Back At One," lol
― welltris (crüt), Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
ONE, YR LIKE A DREAM COME TRUEEEE
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
City High - What Would You Do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LahcSFleKm8
― welltris (crüt), Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:26 (eight years ago) link
haha I couldn't decide between that one or their other hit yesterday.
I always hated this song, not just because of the cheesy melody to go with the really dramatic subject matter, but how the 'narrator' of the song is all like "man just snap out of your shitty life"!
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
the standards for "forgotten" are slipping more and more
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
this song was mentioned in the princess diaries series and everything!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfoUSZ8suAM
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
idk their second hit is a lot better remembered than What Would You Do....
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 19 September 2015 19:33 (eight years ago) link