harvey danger - flagpole sitta

has anyone else heard the new Long Winters album? the lead singer of H.D. is a member of the band, and it is incredible pop music.

I really should listen to King James Version again (I have in a big box of promos somewhere) but Sad Sweetheart Of The Rodeo was a nice song.

I have no capacity to dislike them.

Haha, I never did. But I do have a Dirk Nowitzki action figure on my desk.

And a Nick Van Exel figure to stand on the side and fume that he got traded to a shitty team.

Marcy Playground, on the other hand, had a few good tunes.

and since when did milo have a "desk"?!?!???!?

an interesting taking sides might be this vs. "semi-charmed life."

Wish Johnny Cash had covered this one, slow and somber.

had to stop the video at curves of your body / feel a bit naughty 🤢

i swear they played it on morning “alternative” radio for 12 months straight

it was borderline abuse

"Run it up the flagpole" is such a 90s ad agency / James Carville phrase (appropriately played with in this song).

don't wanna think about that lead singer playing with anything

song is still played on radio constantly, very much part of the oppressive 'safe list'

When this song comes up, I think of the review (Charles Aaron in Spin?, who knows) that had a line like – "He claims 'I don't even own a TV,' which means he must have copped those Elvis Costello moves while doing laundry at his parents' house."

i have now got this bile stuck in my head on repeat but in the same way it always used to be which is (on a loop)
“paranoia paranoia everyone is coming to get meeee / dat da data dat da data data da da da daaaaaada (but in like a Jerry Lewis bellhop nasal whine)

kill me god

For years I woke up every single day with this song stuck in my head.

the part that gets stuck in my head is 'butnooneeverdoes!'

vg otm

good hate watch fodder (todd in the shadows - "one hit wonderland: harvey danger").

I mean

I love this song and always have.

Eazy OTM about a Johnny Cash cover

fun fact: Bean Dad was once a touring member of this band

noooooooooo

I really hate this song!

Absolutely love it--had it on my decade-end list. I published a zine, I hate(d) Rage Against the Machine, I did and do own a TV.

Reviews from 1998, the last issue of said fanzine:

http://web.archive.org/web/20001120133200/http://www.popped.com/radioon/98/ro011.html

I can't help it and love this song. It does seem to be one of those songs that people either love or hate.

I didn't hate it, just thought it was "trying too hard"... I would choose "Sex and Candy" over this one (they sort of go together in my mind).

See, “Sex and Candy” was one of (many songs) from that time I couldn’t stand.

I would choose "Sex and Candy" over this one

100%

sex and candy...not sexy, no appearance by cameo or mandy moore, what gives

singer sounds a bit like darkest timeline J0hn D@rni3ll3

another terrible song!

picking "Sex and Candy" over this is insane

if i am chosing between those two things then my life has already gone to a terrible place so i would end it all

Death is not an option.

“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice” — Geddy “Choose Yr Fake Indie Poison” Lee

i choose death

I choose going back in time and forcing the band to I unwrite the song.

Then they release "I Don't Write the Songs" instead

Huh, the lead singer wrote a 33 1/3 book about Joni Mitchell.

(not sure that Todd in the Shadows video is a hate watch though, since Todd seems to be on the correct side of this debate)

i saw him open for Robyn Hitchcock 12 or so years ago, he had some nice tunes and sang harmony during some of Robyn's set. Also met him years later at a book swap at a bar, iirc he brought several Philip Roth books.

vg just be glad your brain didn't choose this song as its permanent wake-up alarm. I don't honestly think "Sex and Candy" would have been an improvement but I never got the choice.

It could be worse, the “come my lady come come my lady” song was only a couple of years after this.

Or the “when I’m horny like thirsty she’s a cool drink of water” song.

A few things I didn't know...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cu3MMzfpww

^ Interesting.

I may not have heard this in full since before Peep Show was a thing. Watching the video now (for the first time, IIRC) I just keep hearing where the Peep Show edits AREN'T.

I really don't hate it. Judge me harshly if you must.

Go, my lady

"butterfly" >> this

(not really but idk, i'm generally happier to hear it nowadays than "flagpole sitta" tho)

what was the genre of pseudo-inspirational rock-infused hip hop that had lame rhymes that seemed like cliches out of a middle school English class?

I like both this song and "come my lady," sorry not sorry

But not "Sex and Candy" really

the only Marcy Playground song worth a shit is A Cloak of Elvenkind

(not sure that Todd in the Shadows video is a hate watch though, since Todd seems to be on the correct side of this debate)

― enochroot, Monday, May 23, 2022 8:12 PM

yeah, i regretted my wording as soon as i hit submit. i meant it's a good hate watch for folks like me who can't stand this song. todd is charming and informative, as always.

of course “butterfly” is better than this, that song rules!!!!

Yeah, I like "Butterfly" (I don't think of it in the same "category," tho)

At a party the other night, we did karaoke to both “Flagpole Sitta” and “Sex and Candy” (neither was my choice). They were both pretty fun!

My mom used to think that Marcy Plaground song said "Asthma, sex and candy".

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:40 PM (nineteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

This is the thrilling conversation I've been waiting for.