Secret Smile is the only Semisonic song I know and I hear it all the time in the uk
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Saturday, 29 December 2012 09:40 (eleven years ago) link
I like that New Radicals guy switched to his sad times bucket hat
― los blue jeans, Sunday, 30 December 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
dog latin - wow, that amazes me! Standard UK/US shock I guess, but "Closing Time" was huuuuge in the US - #1 on Modern Rock, #1 on airplay, nominated for a Grammy, lots of TV show usage, and:
The song was prominently featured in the 2011 film Friends with Benefits where, in the climax, Justin Timberlake's character points out that the song is by Semisonic and not, as he previously believed, Third Eye Blind.
Whereas "Secret Smile" went straight to nowhere. Weird.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 30 December 2012 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
haha, i was just about to propose Natalie Imbruglia's "Wishing I Was There," stopped, checked, and, yup, huge hit in the UK. Wow.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 30 December 2012 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
This one might be a bit too big in comparison to the other songs on the list, but in comparison to his other singles at the time, I'd say it's pretty forgotten:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cugj6EBvkiA
― MarkoP, Sunday, 30 December 2012 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
Wow. I'm not entirely sure I've ever heard that. #56 on the Hot 100...might have slipped right past me. Nice pick!
hahah, the video is pretty great too. Transforming jet-car! Now that's crusin'.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 31 December 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
'Closing time' was pretty big in the UK. All the Semisonic and New Radicals rubbish was played all the time on Radio 2, which I could not escape at work :(
― kinder, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
Cowboy Mouth - Love of My Life
(only live vids on Youtube - added the studio one to the Spotify playlist though)
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 04:30 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEfbL53jhN4
Alana Davis - 32 Flavors. A 1997 McLachlanization of Ani's less anthemically presented original, with added "I am who I am" chorus replacing the wandering oh-hoo-eee-a-hoo-la-de-heyya-whaaaaaa stuff. I remember hardcore Ani fans spitting at this whole business. It sounds okay now but not great. Sort of weirdly Sandi Thom-esque.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 11 July 2013 04:16 (ten years ago) link
A few more things from the CC Rock Station:
Blues Traveler: "Carolina Blues"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYdKho_5Y9A
Their follow-up to the big hits. More like Carolina BLOOZ, amirite?
Brother Cane: Lie In The Bed I Make (studio version not on youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ-TxlD1OMU
Follow-up single to "And The Fools Shine On", big in '95 and already mentioned upthread. In my neck of the woods, this one was just as ubiquitous spring/summer '96.
Jerry Cantrell: Cut You In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b36pJh8Didg
Second Solo hit & Lead single from his initial post-AIC lp. "Second Solo Hit"? Cause this...
Jerry Cantrell: Leave Me Alone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYXHoxCSO9g
THE CABLE GUY SOUNDTRACK
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 July 2013 04:41 (ten years ago) link
I actually had a cassette single of "Cut You In".
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 July 2013 04:42 (ten years ago) link
Can't say as I've ever heard any of those before, though there was a moment when "Carolina Blues" sounded like some shadow of something I might have heard once. Added 'em to the playlist, except the Brother Cane, which isn't on Spotify, and "Leave Me Alone," available only in karaoke form (?!). I do love how the video tries its best to make all the "Cable Guy" footage seem creepy and sick and wrong. I mean, moreso.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 15 July 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
PM Dawn - Downtown Venushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT34WfGD6Ew
― MarkoP, Monday, 15 July 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
Ok I remember these two getting airplay and nowadays only a couple of friends remember them. I don't consider them memorable but they probably were to a grade if you're into christian rock (one is about keeping your virginity and the other about the story of Noah.
Sense Field - Save Yourselfhttp://youtu.be/s__QUKSWrK0
Jars of Clay - Floodhttp://youtu.be/EfAhpX_wIBk
― Moka, Monday, 15 July 2013 17:59 (ten years ago) link
Wait, is that what PM Dawn sound like? That's great!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 13:26 (ten years ago) link
Added, in honor of Somebody helped me figure out what fucking song this is! - MC Breed, "It's All Good"
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 10 February 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
kind of hard for me to believe that #8 "The Fix (remix)" is real even though it shows every indication of being an actual video that was played on MTV2
― Heroic melancholy continues to have a forceful grip on (bernard snowy), Thursday, 18 June 2015 14:06 (nine years ago) link
do we have a "Directed by: Paul Hunter" appreciation thread yet
― Heroic melancholy continues to have a forceful grip on (bernard snowy), Thursday, 18 June 2015 14:09 (nine years ago) link
WAOOOW! AWRIGHT Y'ALL!
― here i am in the land of large breakfasts (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 18 June 2015 15:53 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ5av3dglzY
Stroke 9 - "Letters." Followup to the unexpected success of the re-release of four-year-old track "Little Black Backpack." A Modern Rock #27 "hit"; pretty sure I haven't heard it since a week or two in early 2000. You're leaving me here. Dear. Alone with all your lettERS.
― here i am in the land of large breakfasts (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 27 June 2015 19:48 (eight years ago) link
I've never heard that song before, but I am aware of Stroke 9 through their song "Kick Some Ass", which I've often thought of it as one of the last songs of the "90s" since I only saw the video for it once and that was on like September 9, 2001.
― MarkoP, Saturday, 27 June 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-0Ds0sYARY
Pushmonkey - "Handslide." Also known as "the 'break that water' song."
― here i am in the land of large breakfasts (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 28 June 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
I remember that Stroke 9 song but prob less from the radio and more from my dad playing the CD in the car all the time
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 28 June 2015 23:47 (eight years ago) link
God, Pushmonkey were fucking HUGE on Houston Rock radio in '96.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 29 June 2015 01:31 (eight years ago) link
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:47 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm having trouble imagining a dad playing this CD a lot in the car, was your dad a member of stroke 9?
― here i am in the land of large breakfasts (Doctor Casino), Monday, 29 June 2015 14:14 (eight years ago) link
Playlist updated btw! Found a bunch of things not previously available, and purged some karaoke versions. Threw in K's Choice - Everything For Free, which somehow hasn't come up here already.
Still missing, for future checkup reference:
Billy Lawrence - Come OnLL Cool J, "Deepest Bluest"Warren G's "Smokin' Me Out"Little T and One-Trick mike - Shaniqua Don't Live Here No MoreB-Real, Busta Rhymes, Coolio, LL Cool J and Method Man - "Hit Em High (Monstar's Anthem)Salt-n-Pepa - "Champagne"Tracy Lee - "The Theme (It's Party Time)"Imperial Teen's "You're One"Jamie Blake's "Runaway"Tatyana Ali - "Daydreamin'"Forest For The Trees, "Dream"sun 60 c'mon kiss meAmateur Lovers - consolation prize702 - steeloqkumba zoo - the child insideLiquido - NarcoticLiquido - Play Some RockChopper One - Punk Named JoshCarnival ArtMoxy Fruvous - King of SpainPatti Rothberg - InsideSylk E Fyne, Romeo & JulietSylk E Fyne - Keep It RealAsante "Look at What You've Done (Refugee Camp Remix)"Dayna Manning - My AddictionEve's Plum - I Want It AllFluorescein - Cathy's On CrankSprung Monkey - Get 'Em Outta HereHuffamoose - WaitFilter - JurassitolMemory Dean - So ComplicatedCardigans - My Favorite GameJerry Cantrell - And the Fools Shine OnJerry Cantrell - Leave Me Alone
― here i am in the land of large breakfasts (Doctor Casino), Monday, 29 June 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
that's https://open.spotify.com/user/doctorcasino/playlist/2taIeJ0IhYbdEJWgGXJBsK
― here i am in the land of large breakfasts (Doctor Casino), Monday, 29 June 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link
Billy Crawford - Urgently in Lovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp1oAy5lwZQ
― MarkoP, Monday, 29 June 2015 15:14 (eight years ago) link
I remember that Stroke 9 song but prob less from the radio and more from my dad playing the CD in the car all the time― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:47 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalinki'm having trouble imagining a dad playing this CD a lot in the car, was your dad a member of stroke 9?
We just listened to a lot of modern rock radio!
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 3 July 2015 12:07 (eight years ago) link
haha, fair, fair!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdAt4qWvz_8
Squirrel Nut Zippers - "Put A Lid On It," the followup to the unlikely success of "Hell." I also feel like I heard "The Suits Are Picking Up The Bill" (the go-nowhere lead single from the next album) but listening to it, it seems like there's no way this ever got on the radio -- maybe on a station promo compilation or something.
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8IPLgAIueo
The Urge - Jump Right In (1998). Featuring Nick Hexum of 311, who clearly shot all his scenes separately and is thus spared from having to perform fifteen feet in the air on a wobbling pole. So many questions about this video - why the bleak, washed-out color for this mood-boosting ska song? Why Chinatown? Why the Hare Krishnas?
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 5 July 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
I had totally missed these guys the first time around but they still have some kind of beloved institution status here in St. Louis; singer is some kind of local sausage magnate now?
― bentelec, Sunday, 5 July 2015 20:49 (eight years ago) link
I hope they have local TV ads urging people to jump right in... to a double-dog combo!
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 5 July 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
Oh man, "Jump Right In"...I saw The Urge on my first Warped Tour in '98. They were on the main stage in a mid-size arena with a shitty PA. But half the floor was a mosh pit (easily the biggest I'd seen at that point), and when "Jump Right In" started it was like getting permission to tear shit up.
I always liked how they worked the band name into the lyrics ("Fought the urge to do it..."). Imagine there was a lot of high-fiving in the studio that day.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 July 2015 22:30 (eight years ago) link
I kept thinking of that video during "Fury Road"
― los blue jeans, Monday, 6 July 2015 00:02 (eight years ago) link
hahaha, oh man, video mashup waiting to happen.
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Monday, 6 July 2015 00:49 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRQMB0tkBY
The Nixons - "Baton Rouge." This was a top 10 rock hit in 1997.
― Guy Patterson, Monday, 24 August 2015 01:25 (eight years ago) link
And I bet hasn't been played on the radio since mid-1998.
― Guy Patterson, Monday, 24 August 2015 01:27 (eight years ago) link
Wow. Really struggling to say whether I've ever heard this before. Even more grating than I remember most of this era of post-grunge being. Guy's vocal delivery should have been saved in a time capsule, along with basically everything about the video.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 05:48 (eight years ago) link
This is from 2000, so I'm not sure if quite counts:Elwood - Sundownhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu-fH2b7Pro
― MarkoP, Sunday, 13 September 2015 20:27 (eight years ago) link
Maybe about time for the early 2000s version of this thread tbh.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 13 September 2015 21:00 (eight years ago) link
Ooh I dunno like, we'll need to carry out a detailed cost-analysis. In the meantime:
top 10 hits that no one remembers
(I'm sure they accept genre chart top 10s, they're nice people)
― flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Sunday, 13 September 2015 22:49 (eight years ago) link
ha sorry, that came out weird but basically i've been thinking about launching the 'sequel' but wondering if the time was ripe in terms of enough 'distance' from the early 2000s. but i just checked and i started this thread barely seven years out from the late 90s. so...yeah.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 14 September 2015 03:14 (eight years ago) link
Now That Was Totally On The Radio and Stuff! Vol. 2: Forgotten Singles of the Early 2000s
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 14 September 2015 03:42 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibawg0lW7Kw
Presidents of the United States of America - Video Killed the Radio Star
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 05:25 (eight years ago) link
Used to love this band, thought this cover and "Cleveland Rocks" both outdid the originals
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 15:55 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Myp1plDUGA
Gangsta Boo - Don't Stand So Close
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 23:47 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQaMMJQwtgM
Goodie Mob feat. Big Boi and Backbone, "Get Rich to This"
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Friday, 23 October 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4QfYcMRN9E
Vertical Horizon - We Are (1999). First single off the album that subsequently yielded the lousy mega-hit "Everything You Want" and the less-remembered "You're A God." The video somewhat implausibly features a live crowd being super-hyped about seeing Vertical Horizon, but YMMV. Popped into my head just now for reasons I cannot explain.
― Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 22 November 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OPUY_otr-Q
Master P - Kenny's Dead (1998). Mayfield-derived tribute to the South Park character. I don't think I've posted this one before - a real artifact of the early South Park popularity phenomenon
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link