Modern Rock #1 Hits of 1995

when i think about the 90s, i think about adina howard

"Freak Like Me" was my #2 that year, behind "Be Happy."

one of the guys that produced "Freak Like Me" is from Baltimore! i saw the platinum plaque in his basement studio

when i think about the 90s, i think about paying five bucks to see pavement play at the bar across the street from the record store where i worked.

lots of these Alanis songs actually have pretty nice backing tracks...

when i think about the 90's i think about my little blue fm radio tuning in to richard marx and bryan adams on 99.5 WGAY

okay come on now, no way was that the station's call sign

totally was!

AND it was soft rock

/ easy listening

WGAY AM 1050 and FM 99.5: radio stations in Silver Spring, Maryland that later became WFED and WIHT, respectively

this is still my favorite radio station of all time:

http://www.ontheradio.net/KLIT

they pronounced it "K-lite"

just watched the first 1:30 of the "Isn't It Ironic" video
erase the fucking 90s imo
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:52 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

there are embarrassing things from every decade so maybe we should just erase all of human history

Fucking love "J.A.R.". I'm looking forward to this period when my blog project gets up to '95.

lol mine just got to '96: http://narrowcast.blogspot.com/2012/05/1996-reconsidered.html

http://thealternativetowhat.wordpress.com/

Mine is a little more focused, tracking all of the songs on the Billboard Modern Rock Top 10 between January of 1990 and December of 1999. Just getting started though.

Which is everybody's favorite Alanis from the Ironic video? I think I'd rank mine:

2nd crazy Alanis (you are an extrovert and a little wild, probably very fun on a road trip)
Raver Alanis (you have braids and maybe...drugs?)
Ski Hat Alanis (you have a sweet hoopty, I guess)
1st crazy Alanis (you were an extra in Jacob's Ladder)

Mine is a little more focused, tracking all of the songs on the Billboard Modern Rock Top 10 between January of 1990 and December of 1999. Just getting started though.

nice! Your "House" entry is terrific, btw.

Thanks! I really enjoyed putting that one together.

You may be on to something re its forebear status.

Man, I dont think I will ever not love the video fro "No Myth"

but 6/10 for "Roam"? ;_;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UG9PQDth28

"Hand in my Pocket" still resonates a little bit. I'm an Ottawa kid, so Alanis was unavoidable in 1995.

Remember when she made the front page of the Citizen for wearing dark makeup?

Singing this at karaoke once got me laid, although according to the girl my dancing had more to do with it but I still have a soft spot for the song.

A little off-topic, but this and your mention of Liz Phair remind me of the time I got my ass grabbed after karaoke-ing "Fuck And Run". Which I was really excited to see on the playlist, but whose lyrics I didn't really think about until I'd already started my performance. And although I'm not gay, you probably would've had a hard time convincing that particular barful of gay men of that fact after I'd just spent four minutes singing about wanting a boyfriend. But no one can question my commitment to the performance when it's showtime.

If this doesn't explain the levels of vitriol for the Alanis song then I don't know what will:

I thought about making a youtube poop for 'You Oughta Know' where I'd repeat the you you you you you you you to emphasize the broken record effect that Alanis excels at. I'd probably play about 30 seconds of that. Then I would take the OUGHTA KNOwOHngh! and repeat that a few times so that you can hear the powerful, heartfelt release of EMO desperation that really kills any kind of mood that the listener might have.

Have you ever heard that noise of someone about to cry? - that ungh-ungh-ungh sound. The you-you-you in all of its EMOness sort of reminds me of that.

OK, I'm done

rip rev 105

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

oh the humanity

sucks

only one of these songs mentions a placenta iirc

You oughta be ashamed.

i don't especially like YOK but honestly there wasn't very robust competition for it

6 votes for "Hand In My Pocket" is far more shocking

If you six JAR voters had strategically voted for When I Come Around . . .

JAR >>>> When

^^^^

And I'm here
To gloat at you
Because this song is awesome
It's not fair
It's so awesome
But that's just the way it goes sometimes
You
You
You gotta suck it

lol

Uhhh...huh. I don't think I got a chance to actually vote. Oh, well. There's nothing in the list that I actively hate, despite how objectively terrible it may be. I think I've even developed a level of nostalgic affection for "Good", which was one of my worst and most hated songs on the radio back then (There was something about the opening line, "Lookin' around the house", which indicated to me a distinct lack of trying, akin to opening with "Twiddlin' mah thumbs" or "Readin' my Froot Loops box". Like, COME BACK AND WRITE THE SONG WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.)

the u2 and pusa voters are the ppl who have some explaining to do

i can't even conceive of a reality in which the U2 and PUSA songs aren't easily among the better options

Seriously.

no those songs are.....not good

yeah but i don't think there are >6 songs on that list that are better

i just realized that Green Day is the one band where my enjoyment of any given song is directly linked to the BPM. "Basket Case" is great, "Longview" is good, "When I Come Around" gets my attention wandering, and anything as slow as "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is torture.

Dan, which gives you more joy, You Oughta Know lyric parodies or Video Games lyric parodies?

i can't even conceive of a reality in which the U2 and PUSA songs aren't easily among the better options

otm

no those songs are.....not good

otm

^ gets it

dear god lump

Song meanings page for Lump is a treat.

Sorry for this, but I don't see why it hasn't been mentioned.

The line, "mud flowed up into lump's pajamas"...

She's bedridden and incontinent.

She has accidents.
greyoak

She's lump, meaning she's pretty lazy and emotionless, but still alive. She spent her twenties in between sheets...maybe all she did was have sex with people...or party. And she lingered last in line for brains, the one she has is sort of rotten and insane...she's not all that smart or sane.
ashballsack

This song is written about "the load" a guy is about to blow by jacking off. Not trying to be graphic, but I thought it was obvious. "Lump" is semen. He is trying to get it out of his "head" which is basically his dick.

It seems obvious the song is about sperm that is ejaculated and they are making some funny play on words describing this.
drumcomposer

yeah i'm prettty sure its about an inactive tumor. makes sense mostly
LifeLikeWeeds

It sounds to me like he's talking about a girl who used to be really wild, but then drugs turned her into a boring lump.