Modern Rock #1 Hits of 1995

this morning some DJ on a popular ATL radio station said that Breeders "Cannonball" ('93) and Garbage "I'm Only Happy When It Rains" ('95) are the same song. what a dumbass

this should of been the RHCP song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FFtlCtbtC8

"You Oughta Know" has more hooks in it than all these other songs combined.

the whole yoUu youUU youUu OUGHTA KNOE line is balls

"You Oughta Know" has more hooks in it than all these other songs combined.

Come on, "Wonderwall" is all hook.

it's like she's choking on a dick when she sings that

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp171/deathguardian08/kAlRu.gif

it's so weird, given how alanis turned out, how fucking brilliant "you oughta know"s lyrics are, how viciously and concisely she tells her story

lol some of the worst lyrics ever written matched only by how wretched the delivery is. "in...a thyatrrr" is like a master class in how to be a terrible singer

that said, from this horrible list I actually take "hand in my pocket," a pleasant enough tune despite yet more horrible delivery in the verses. I stab myself in the stomach with a kitchen knife every time I hear her say "I...certainly do" or even think it. fuckin ouch

You're wrong: "All I Really Want" is worse. Much worse. She sounds like a chimp chewing on your earlobe.

I heard "Good" on the radio today and while I never liked it as much as "In The Blood" or "Desperately Wanting" it has kind of grown on me over the years.

I confess before Almighty God and before you my brothers and sisters that I don't really think "Glycerine" is all that bad

Does she know how you told me you'd hold me
Until you died, till you died
But you're still alive

This is some proto-Lavigne, right here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JAEbgyxDHM

That's a fast poll. Agree with everyone who sees decline from the '94 list. I'm bleah or worse on almost everything here except (blushing) Better Than Ezra's goofy song (which I used to like and had to check to discover it still sounds pretty good) and "Wonderwall," which I've heard too often. So another one for "Good"!

the harmonica 'solos' on "hand in my pocket" and "head over heels" are the biggest pile of crap ever. she actually plays these annoying circular motifs around the same two notes in every fucking tune of her. shit gets on my nerves

"in...a thyatrrr" is like a master class in how to be a terrible singer

OTM

even at age 12 I realized that Alanis was total shite...though to be fair that was after liking the album (one of probably ~15-20 I owned) for a couple months. I remember hearing her perform on Loveline around the time the CD came out and she did a pretty cracking rendition of "YOK".

alanis weird melisma predates shakira, that's for sure

Am I the only one who thought Alanis Morrissette's shtick was kind of a glossy ripoff of Ani DiFranco's style (similar to the Goo Goo Dolls' cut-rate 'Mats vibe)? There were a handful of mainstream artists around this time who I felt were probably signed on the basis of their ability to ape some unsignable quantity or another.

i'm voting for JAR which is a nice lil tune that i'm not sick of

Never forget.

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I'm in throes of grunge nostalgia, wishing for Mad Season's "River of Deceit."

is she perverted like me? would she go down on you in a theater?

― The Reverend, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:56 PM (6 hours ago)

every song on this list is pretty dire; i was a dj at a modern rock radio station at the time, so i was all too familiar with them. Somehow I managed to come away with fond memories involving the Alanis song, so that gets my vote.

clemenza, I'm witchoo. I started listening to that album a little while back to hear "River Of Deceit" and I just kept on going. It's pretty decent! Much better than an Alice In Chains side project had any business being, for sure.

really dismayed that there are people reppin for alanis here

^^^

the way she pronounces "thyatrrr" is hilarious

man i love "when i come around" for some reason

the other songs on this list are hilarious but evocative. i totally remember this year.

"j.a.r." but this is least-diseased-of-all-the-lepers territory here.

I forgot to mention before that "You Oughta' Know" feels, to me, like a series of messages left on an ex's answering machine (while he and his current girlfriend are trying to eat dinner in the next room, obvs).

I wish I could find the chainsaw version of you oughta know. It was dead-on. (and I'm not talking about some Jackyl thing either.)

i voted for "you oughta know" although i was realll suspicious of it when it came out.

ALAN1S

"in...a thyatrrr" is like a master class in how to be a terrible singer

Says the death metal fan.

God why must people be so fucking tiresome

Too much time online maybe?

Whoever first mentioned Laroquette - thank you! It got Night Court on my mind & that ended up being the answer to a question at my weekly trivia game. Yay!

I've got no love for Alanis, especially since I grew up in her hometown and could not avoid her shit as a teenager, but what's wrong with her pronunciation/vocal delivery on the "theatre" line? The enunciation is a little exaggerated. Is that it?

I don't really see anything technically weak about "You Oughta Know". I can appreciate why it's a well-crafted song. I just always take the guy's side when I hear it.

votin lump

I forgot to mention before that "You Oughta' Know" feels, to me, like a series of messages left on an ex's answering machine (while he and his current girlfriend are trying to eat dinner in the next room, obvs).

this is kind of the point/why it's great

I just always take the guy's side when I hear it.

this is worse than just disliking it tbh

i will never ever ever ever ever ever ever get tired of JAR

"Thyatrr" cribbed wholesale from Natalie Merchant

I liked Glycerine and When I Come Around quite a bit when I was 14, but they were def the twin points of no return as far as modern rock was concerned...

Green Day, "When I Come Around" - probably my least favorite track on Dookie, never got it as a hit at all. zzzz.
Live, "Lightning Crashes" - hated this at the time, have warmed up to it a bit, not at all their best though
Better Than Ezra, "Good" - harmless, enjoyable, catchy
Soul Asylum, "Misery" - don't know
U2, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" - i only ever heard the weird al version which sucked
Alanis Morissette, "You Oughta Know" - effective but its shrillness does put me off even though i actually really admire what it's doing
Green Day, "JAR" - don't remember this
Silverchair,"Tomorrow" - this is really good IMO - catchy...weird hook, some surprises, pretty little guitar bit in the middle, doesn't overstay its welcome
Bush, "Comedown" - grating, easily the weakest of the sixteen stone singles
Goo Goo Dolls, "Name" - this is really well-done, blows "Iris" away for sure.
Alanis Morissette, "Hand in My Pocket" - i like this a lot, recently been undermined by weird popularity as a bad choice of songs to sing at live-piano karaoke, which is not a format that favors this song
Presidents of the USA, "Lump" - great, doesn't really transcend its goofiness although the first verse is pretty great lyrically
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "My Friends" - i only remember this from a weird al polka medley and it seemed boring
Bush, "Glycerine" - better than "comedown" but still ugh. i remember mtv later lionizing that spring break performance, like he was a heroic tragic figure because singing in the rain like that meant he was risking being electrified
Oasis, "Wonderwall" - excellent songwriting, nice clear production, memorable on every level - probably the best thing here but just ruined by overplay.

voting for silverchair.

man i love "when i come around" for some reason

― horseshoe, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:45 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that said, i'm voting for "lump"

― The Reverend, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Read an interview with Flea around that time in which he bragged about having bought the fretless only a day or so before recording "You Oughtta Know". Anybody with ears already knew that, dude, sorry.

the two green day tracks here are way above the rest, which is saying something. alanis always has been and always will be terrible.

oh wow i'd been blocking out "lump" in this thread the entire time... the presidents were so effing bad