Modern Rock #1 Hits of 1995

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9ai5cgFar0

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

Been away from my computer, so I just saw this. I know "Roam" is totally beloved around ilm, I've just never been that enamored with it. Although there was some more discussion about the song here shortly after I wrote that post and I think I may just bump it up to a 7 in retrospect.

Alanis Morissette, "Hand in My Pocket" 6

You couldn't resist the shitty faux-Dylan harmonica solo.

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

Yeah but JAR is a less boring/predictable choice and it rules

"Hold Me Thrill Me" are some lyric changes and a completely revamped arrangement away from being a good song, and that is closer than any of these other toonz.

reen 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.

"Macy's Day Parade"?

i don't hate it like i do "Boulevard," but i don't enjoy it the slightest bit either

some dude 100% otm. slow Green Day songs are so awful. "look, I slowed the song down, it must be more emotional." No, it's the exact same song played slower and with a hammy prom-ready chorus now. cf. Poison doing ballads, a near-exact analogue

also Crüe

Alfred's hierarchy is dead-on (although I'd make room for "Walking Contradiction" at the top, and I tired of "Basket Case" quickly)--in any event, Green Day ballads are the worst.

still not exactly sure what "Roam" people have been referring to and will just assume it's the B-52s

in honor of this thread I listened to the Green Day comp in the car -- man, it gets sludgy from tracks 10-16.

people, you're overlooking that the biggest problem with "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is that it's called "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", it's liking calling a song "Gang of Dogs Playing Poker"

Would listen to that song, tbh.

well obv it wd be better than "Boulevard of Broken Fucking Dreams"

Gotta demur on "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"--great! Even Marcus, who wrote a great long thing at the time decrying how the video represented everything evil and corrupt in pop music as Nirvana entered the picture, grudgingly conceded it was a good song (if I'm remembering his piece correctly).

You are.

people, you're overlooking that the biggest problem with "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is that it's called "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", it's liking calling a song "Gang of Dogs Playing Poker"

no it's not because the second song would rule

OKAY OKAY BAD ANALOGY

regardless of how you feel about hair metal power ballads, '90s alt-rock power ballads are worse. i mean, fucking "Lightning Crashes" is in this poll.

it always baffles me that people rep for "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", which is without a doubt one of the worst songs ever recorded in the history of mankind that doesn't feature blatant racism

You know, not to belabor the point, but especially a Green Day song called "Gang of Dogs Playing Poker".

Hair Metal guys tended to have a good voice for the ballads whereas alt-rock guys wd just be grunting in a more sincere register

do you realize that if someone had just dropped a giant boulder on Poison back before "Talk Dirty To Me" came out, the world would be a much better place today

Not a good start to the long weekend: I reread the 21st Century Breakdown thread this morning because I forgot that Green Day released another album after 2004 and it was called 21st Century Breakdown.

you'd have to say Green Day's "animals engaged in popular pastimes" concept album's probly got a 50/50 chance of appearing eventually

only if the animals lived in red states

where poker is mostly legal, strangely enough.

have to give the dogs something to do

they should title it Doggystyle, a concept album about being alienated and homosexual in a red state

That list of songs is 83 wasted mouse-clicks.

in re: "Every Rose":

To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife

all responsible for these words finding public purchase should be taken out to sea and cast into the watery depths, fuck "every rose" forever

Not a good start to the long weekend: I reread the 21st Century Breakdown thread this morning because I forgot that Green Day released another album after 2004 and it was called 21st Century Breakdown.

― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, May 25, 2012 10:14 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

put your big boy pants on, because Green Day is set to release THREE ALBUMS this year

have we ever polled one of those "monster ballads" hair metal comps they used to advertise on tv?

To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife
oh it's called love
and it's cuts through life like a broken knife
it's called love love love love love

put your big boy pants on, because Green Day is set to release THREE ALBUMS this year

Thought you were kidding on this, but wow. Creatively titled ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré!.