#3 Modern Rock Hits: Nevermind thru Kurt Cobain's Death

there is a liiiight through that window - hold on say yes, while ppl say no - life carries onooooowon it goes on: i will eat this shit up all day. i remember 'kiss from a rose' being a huge hit in europe right when i got to iceland in august 94 (when the video was still this version - http://youtu.be/Z9aiBlIpyKU) and being mystified that it wasn't a hit in the states, just a ridiculously gorgeous song. that plus being somewhere where prodigy's 'no good' could be the unavoidable playing from every radio smash were pretty thrilling. the unavoidableness of wet wet wet's 'love is all around' not so thrilling. then a year later batman forever came out and 'kiss from a rose' became the sorta smash that makes listening to it w/ that orignial sincerity difficult.

<i>hold on say yes, while ppl say no</i>

God I love that line so much.

the first 2 Seal albums were both in heavy rotation at my dad's house so yeah i got to enjoy "Kiss From A Rose" for a good long while as just a song before it became ubiquitous

The woodwind arrangement is particularly beautiful.

Lemon and I Can't Explain Exactly What I'm Doing Standing in the Rain placing higher than No Excuses is a bit of a crime.

Jar of Flies is a great EP. The first album of theirs I bought, actually. I Stay Away kills it.

i remember buying Jar Of Flies like "huh, what's an EP?" and enjoying it, it never left a big impression on me though, Superunknown came out right after that and commanded all my attention

Yeah, I Stay Away is a beast.

I'm really not getting the love for "Lemon." Is this some sort of put-on?
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Monday, December 23, 2013 12:51 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

Well Brian Eno sings on it and co-produced... so that's kinda cool. I don't really care for U2 overall but it always stuck with me as one of their best songs.