Modern Rock #1 Hits of 1995

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i liked soul asylum back then but a lot of it doesn't seem to hold up now except for maybe black gold

also, not to bring up hfs again but one of the hfstivals i went to had both soul asylum and primus during the pirner/winona years - primus going into big brown beaver while winona was in attendance at the side of the stage was hilarious

It's embarrassing that we as a society tolerated hair like Pirner's.

lol

He totally had a cameo in Reality Bites btw. That's just so perfect somehow.

one of my friends claims to have slept w/ Alanis in Holland around the time You Oughta Know was blowing up

still can't vote for it in good conscience even on this comedically bad list

anybody own that Soul Asylum record? A '95 example of ship's list of commercial failures.

I have the Soul Asylum record. I loved Misery (but voted WICA) and picked up the CD through a Columbia House or BMV spree, haha.

also, not to bring up hfs again but one of the hfstivals i went to had both soul asylum and primus during the pirner/winona years - primus going into big brown beaver while winona was in attendance at the side of the stage was hilarious

― fauxmarc, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:44 AM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol i totally remember listening to the station that weekend and hearing reports about the dustup, les claypool apparently dryly informing him that the name isn't even spelled the same in "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver"

Let me note that despite the overall crappiness of this list, there are 3 songs here that I really like "When I Come Around", "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me" (favorite U2 song by a mile), and "You Oughta Know". That's probably better than some of the later lists will hit.

i love swag U2, even "Discotheque" was cool w/ me

I'm going to have to vote for it! I didn't like it then but I do now. And I don't have the love for early Bush that lots of ILMers do.

Second would probably be "Misery."

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:53 AM (4 hours ago)

WTF Bush is definitely the worst band of the '90s! Worst! And that's stiff competition.

at some point it occurred to me that "you oughta know" kind of sounds like an angsty michael jackson song of the same era

that said, i'm voting for "lump"

"Good" over "Comedown" and "Wonderwall"

re-listening to tomorrow it sounds like an stp knockoff

You Oughta Know, easily.

i chuckle every time someone asserts that in thread

re-listening to tomorrow it sounds like an stp knockoff

― fauxmarc, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:33 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

that's almost, like, ungenerous to stone temple pilots

it's like a worn-down wicked garden really

I'm here
To remind you
That your chuckles don't mean anything
It's not fair
To pretend that
This song isn't totally awesome
You
You
You oughta know

I find it amusing that both "When I Come Around" and Good ar eon here when they are essentially the same song.

U2 - one of my fave U2 songs.
Bush were terrible, they seemed to be popular solely because of their lead singer's vague physical resemblance to Kurt Cobain.

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

lol wasn't it allegedly about some actor like john larroquette or someone

and are you thinking of me when you fuck her?

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

dude how were you alive in the 90s and don't know exactly which actor it was (xpost)

There's not a song on this list I like even a little bit.

dig, if you will, a picture of Alanis going down on John Larroquette in a theater

the ones i particularly remember hating at the time are "lump" and "wonderwall"

irl lol xp

omg dan

dude how were you alive in the 90s and don't know exactly which actor it was

that is how much i do not care for this song

wtf You Oughta Know is going to win this? really?

also wtf Bullet With Butterfly didn't hit #1

it's always interesting to see which songs hit #1 vs. which ones actually had longevity on the radio

1979 is the bigger surprise tbh (or will that show up in 96?)

I havent heard JAR in forever and it sounds p rad; You Oughta Know is probably my favorite Flea guest appearance; and I have always had a soft spot for Tomorrow, will never forget the Trouser Press 90s book comparing that song to Bad Company...

probably end up voting for one of those three

1979 was a #1

I find it amusing that both "When I Come Around" and Good ar eon here when they are essentially the same song.

― MarkoP, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:46 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Except one is the actual best song on this list and the other is by Better than fucking Ezra.

You Oughta Know is probably my favorite Flea guest appearance

"Bust a Move"!

dude how were you alive in the 90s and don't know exactly which actor it was

Two things:

1.) I have never heard that rumor and I was alive in the 90s.

2.) I just googled it and GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE WAHT.

Oasis, easily. Like Deric, I'll give Alanis credit for effectively evoking something.

xp When I Come Around and Good are not the same song. ?

I thought everyone knew who YOK was about.

Although lol at the thought of her giving JL a blowie.

Guys it's so much worse than Laroquette: Dave Coulier!

:O

yes, laroquette is a much more respectable actor to suck off in public, can't deny that.

never loved "Glycerine" but I remember fondly Michael Stipe on MTV introducing the song by explaining the title compounds uses for buggery.

voted Alanis.

I forgot the name of that really bizarre follow-up to Donnie Darko that had like 40 famous people in it, but at one point someone says a phone number and I was bored enough to try calling it, and turns out it was John Laroquette's voicemail.

Yeah anyway..

I disliked that Alanis song then and more so now. It's so horribly over the top bad.