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101 Best Songs of 1994 - #1 - Notorious BIG - Juicy (1 Viewer)
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rockaction
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That fargin' piano. Locked up right tight in the old cranium.
My grandmother made me listen to Van Hagar once...
Once.
My grandmother made me listen to Van Hagar once...
Once.
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scorchy
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Heading into the top 30 after lunch. Just a little (hopefully not too much) self-spotlighting:
- The remaining 30 tracks are from 23 artists/bands
- 9 of the 23 artists/bands have already appeared on the list in spots in 31-101.
- In a sad testament to the 90s, a primary vocalist for 9 of the 23 acts has died, and for a 10th, a founding band member.
- 11 of the final 30 entries are included on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs (and a 12th appeared earlier). That list gets a lot of well-deserved flack, but RS nailed it for 1994.
- If you hate hip-hop or grunge, get your hate mail ready.
- Only a single one-hit wonder, but it's among my two or three favorites from the entire decade.
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I don’t think that Divinyls song was ‘94.
They may have been an inspiration to touch myself once or twice.
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My tangential relationship with Veruca Salt is that my high school buddy played drums in a band that was scouted by a major label. The band also consisted of a female bassist/vocalist and a male guitarist/vocalist. The label said they were looking for the next Veruca Salt and would sign them only if the female bassist did all the singing. The band said no.scorchy said:
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zamboni
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otb_lifer
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whiny, unwashed wusses and tuneless ####house "poets".
WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE??!?!?
(ok, hate mail done).
massraider
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#30 - The Toadies - Possum Kingdom
I'm not gonna lie
I'll not be a gentleman
Behind the boathouse
I'll show you my dark secret
How many times did I sing those words before I gave a single thought to how creepy they were? The proliferation of "modern rock" radio in the 90s gave us so many of these great one-offs from interesting but unknown bands that likely would never have been heard otherwise.* The Toadies had spent a few years toiling in the Texas club circuit and recording self-released cassettes and EPs before getting signed by Interscope and putting out debut album Rubberneck. Possum Kingdom was the second single, retelling some sort of local legend about cults living around Possum Kingdom Lake (or something like that) in northern Texas. Though the label pressed and sent out the track in August of 1994, it didn't get any serious airplay for a full year, finally hitting #9 on alternative charts in late 1995.
Possum Kingdom
* Like Possum Dixon, who had a minor hit in 1993, It always confused me to have multiple possums showing up on the radio in the same general time period.
I'm not gonna lie
I'll not be a gentleman
Behind the boathouse
I'll show you my dark secret
How many times did I sing those words before I gave a single thought to how creepy they were? The proliferation of "modern rock" radio in the 90s gave us so many of these great one-offs from interesting but unknown bands that likely would never have been heard otherwise.* The Toadies had spent a few years toiling in the Texas club circuit and recording self-released cassettes and EPs before getting signed by Interscope and putting out debut album Rubberneck. Possum Kingdom was the second single, retelling some sort of local legend about cults living around Possum Kingdom Lake (or something like that) in northern Texas. Though the label pressed and sent out the track in August of 1994, it didn't get any serious airplay for a full year, finally hitting #9 on alternative charts in late 1995.
Possum Kingdom
* Like Possum Dixon, who had a minor hit in 1993, It always confused me to have multiple possums showing up on the radio in the same general time period.
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FairWarning
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I thought the Toadies would have made it bigger. Seems like there were a lot of one-hit bands in 94 as this style of music flamed out fast.
foxco
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A fave of mine and one that I still listen -- the whole Rubberneck album is solid, love I Come From the Water, Tyler (similarly creepy lyrics) and I Burn is great.
Was in the car driving with my daughters singing along to this song; they were like WTF? Do you wanna die sung over and over? What's wrong with this band, dad, what's wrong with you for singing this??!
Bogart
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Fort Worth's own, and my favorite band of all time. Still to this day I play more Toadies than anything else. Counting Toadies, Burden Brothers and Vaden Lewis solo, have probably seen over 100 shows. Getting to buy Vaden a beer after he played a solo acoustic set and talk Mavs 2011 title run might be my greatest moment. The band has found their niche as a one/two hit wonder for a while, they put out new music here and there, and tour quite a bit still, and even have their own festival locally, where they play acoustic one night and plugged in the next. Most concerts now include a full playing of Rubberneck from front to back. They know why people are there and they always play the hits. Too many drunk people yelling "PLAY TYLER!!" not too.
Cover of LCD Soundsystem's Someone Great that my brother knows to play at my funeral
"Beside You" - which I would play in the car with my kids every Sunday after single Dad weekend (acoustic solo version)
Anyone that likes Rubberneck but is older now, I recommend Heretics which has stripped down versions of most songs you know. Sorry for the rant.
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rockaction
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This album is a really, really good album, IMO. So isn't their next one. Tyler is one creepy ####### song.
I hear her call out to me
I hear the fear in her voice
She pulls the covers tighter
I press against the door
I will be with her tonight
rockaction
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And how many of those redneck freaking creeps sing it full-throated in their car while driving down the highway?
Huh?
Oh, that's me?
Never mind.
Bogart
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Nope, same here. Even with the kids in the car. There is about a half dozen of us that make the 3 or 4 shows a year and after Tyler, someone (and by someone, normally me) says, "best song about nonconsensual sex ever. Name another one that's close."
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Getting back on course, "Motivational" from Hell Below Stars Above is their finest hour, and it doesn't require any shenanigans about cults or preying on the innocent or anything.
The end is fantastic. Always wanted to sample it and loop it and see if someone could rap over it.
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Bogart
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This makes my whole day. Talking Toadies deep cuts is something I never thought I would see here. The fact that it took seven years for that album to come out after Rubberneck just wrecked things completely. Music had moved on without them.
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Thanks for sharing all this.the entire post.
yes, i'd like to echo the sentiment of the host - they were never a band i got into, but i appreciate when the words/experiences come straight from the chest -
foxco
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Also enjoy Toadie's version of Blondie's Heart of Glass.
When Possum Kingdom started getting airplay I was at my first job out of college and me and a work buddy were arguing over what it was about.
-Dude, it's about a serial killer.
-No, it's about a vampire.
-Bro, it is not about a vampire.
-Sure it is, when he says she'll stay beautiful forever it's cause he turned her into a vampire dude.
-Wrong, when he promises she'll stay beautiful forever it's because he murdered her and stuffed her corpse and keeps her in his basement.
This woman walked by on the way to the copy machine, her eyes getting wider as she overheard our heated debate. Don't know that she ever came back by our desks again for some reason...
When Possum Kingdom started getting airplay I was at my first job out of college and me and a work buddy were arguing over what it was about.
-Dude, it's about a serial killer.
-No, it's about a vampire.
-Bro, it is not about a vampire.
-Sure it is, when he says she'll stay beautiful forever it's cause he turned her into a vampire dude.
-Wrong, when he promises she'll stay beautiful forever it's because he murdered her and stuffed her corpse and keeps her in his basement.
This woman walked by on the way to the copy machine, her eyes getting wider as she overheard our heated debate. Don't know that she ever came back by our desks again for some reason...
rockaction
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I'm that Huckleberry. Naw, I went through a Toadies sort of phase in my late twenties/early thirties. I really dug those albums. You're right -- the world of music had passed them by during the time it took to release their next album after Possum Kingdom. It had already turned to screamo and emo, even.
Jayrod
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I love this song.
In college and a few years beyond (late 90's/early 00's) my friends and I would do a Thursday night karaoke night at a local dive bar. I always had a desire to do this song as the vocals are right in my wheelhouse and it was a personal favorite, but the old CD style setup meant a limited selection and they never had it available.
Then about a year or so ago my sister turned 40 and wanted to hit a local karaoke bar, which now uses an online database with like a million songs and this one was available.
However, my wife was with me and I was afraid the whole thing would creep her out too much so I settled for White Wedding instead.
Do you want to die? Doooo yoooou waannnt tooooo dieeeeeee??!!
I think I made the right choice.
rockaction
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Sail on, sailor. I'd say you chose wisely. foxco's copier story had me thinking back to my days of temping after I'd flamed out in D.C., and the girls' reaction to anything out of the ordinary. Like discussing Possum Kingdom loudly. Or accidentally playing "There She Goes" when the hottest girl, initialed M.G., walked by your cubicle. Fun times.
rockaction
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There she goes
(fake injecting heroin into vein)
There she goes again
Bracing through my brain
And I just can't contain...
(fake injecting heroin into vein)
There she goes again
Bracing through my brain
And I just can't contain...
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Indeed.
My Carole King joke just slipped right on by, huh? Or it wasn't that good. LOL.
Carole King stepped on everyone's ding.
massraider
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wikkid always appreciated a good ding stomping at the hands of "Tapestry" ... maybe he can weigh in.
rockaction
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That's the joke, otb and massraider. wikkid's obsession with his dingus set to Carole King. I figured Pip would pick up what I was laying down.
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rockaction
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No sweat. wikkid's hatred of King's stomping on his libido has been discussed and joked about lots between he and Pip, so I figured Pip would catch on. That's all. No big deal.sorry, dude ... i didn't track up that far
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scorchy
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# 29 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Things I would rather do than try to come up with semi-interesting things to write about a four-song run of above-average grunge classics:
1. Read another @Bogart/ @rockactiondeep-dive into the catalog of a relatively obscure 90s band.
2. Discuss my own minor run-ins with 90s PC culture and how that would play out today.
3. Search the archives to learn more about the bad blood between wikkid and Carole King.
Alas, I'm stuck here with a Soundgarden song that Rolling Stone ranked as the 368th best of all time. Which makes me want to add another thing to the list:
4. Tag @plinkoso he can retell how he pissed off Kim Thayill.
Black Hole Sun
Things I would rather do than try to come up with semi-interesting things to write about a four-song run of above-average grunge classics:
1. Read another @Bogart/ @rockactiondeep-dive into the catalog of a relatively obscure 90s band.
2. Discuss my own minor run-ins with 90s PC culture and how that would play out today.
3. Search the archives to learn more about the bad blood between wikkid and Carole King.
Alas, I'm stuck here with a Soundgarden song that Rolling Stone ranked as the 368th best of all time. Which makes me want to add another thing to the list:
4. Tag @plinkoso he can retell how he pissed off Kim Thayill.
Black Hole Sun
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She stepped on wikkid’s ding (and dong). There was still plenty of libertine-ing until AIDS hit.
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I did, and I meant to say something, but I forgot, and then I went to dinner. Aging is fun!
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I played the #### out of Superunknown back in the day. I prefer its rockers, but this is a cool slice of psychedelic pop.
Bogart
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During his acoustic solo sets, Vaden tells the story of when Toadies was making the circuit of all the radio stations to promote Rubberneck. He says their PR person would show up at the stations before the band and make a big deal about telling the DJs "whatever you do, do not ask if Possum Kingdom is about vampires. If you ask if it's about vampires, the band will get super pissed and storm out in the middle of the interview. DO NOT MENTION VAMPIRES."
The band would come into the studio, start the interview, get the puffball questions, and finally someone would ask "So, what is Possum Kingdom about?" Vaden would get really close to his microphone, and in a really deep but soft voice would whisper: "It's about vampires."
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