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Middle-aged Dummies are back and bursting at the "themes" to get going! Full theme ahead! (3 Viewers)

jwb – songs that sound great on a decent 2-channel system

Smooth Operator – Sade

Like @Charlie Steiner said, this song sounds great anywhere. But it just floors me every time I hear it on my office system. There's really not too much to say here - just listen. It's wide, deep, buttery smooth, with nice little keyboard fills, and Sade's voice is perfect. She has that smokey jazz club thing down. The bassline is perfect, and as to the sax... well, I could easily see this song appearing twice more in this thread.
 
25s and 24s were't particularly great for my tastes.

The 24s didn't grab me much, either, but I do want to call out "Tuscola" by Nathan Hamilton as my favorite new-to-me song.
At the turn of the century Nathan Hamilton was a bright shining star on the Texas alt-country music scene (if only to me), and then later, in 2007, he released the rockin' Six Black Birds, which seems heavily influenced by the music of Alejandro Escovedo. I long ago lost track of him in my abyss, but I'm glad he rolls around once in a while.

A couple of recommendations for anyone interested:

Now Again
Let it Lie - for those into gut-punch breakup songs. More of a Slaid Cleaves vibe with this one.
 
No surprise I've been digging @Yambag's playlist and his experience with metal in the 80s/90s. I made and sent him my version of 31 songs/artists from that time frame (+ 1 year in my case :bag: ). I also badgered him with questions and guesses of what his playlist was. Not going to post anything that might come in the future, but I thought the comparison of the first 7 would be interesting to some others in here as well. I don't think he minds commenting on bands that won't come up because of the alphabetical flow of the playlist.

My first 7 songs:


I didn't get as much into the speed/death stuff back then. I did struggle a little bit with putting more grunge/alternative bands on there, but I only included something that I thought had a metal edge to it and went for a song that could be held up as a good example. If it showed up on a list as metal on wiki I at least considered it. I've been enjoying the trip down memory lane and the differences between two versions of the same theme.

Missed this somehow but wanted to add a few comments as I love this playlist:

-I struggled with whether or not to include "grunge" like AIC, Soundgarden, etc. Decided against it as, for me, the grunge era was a natural break in my music journey where I pretty much strayed away from metal.
-Now that my list is past the letter "F", my biggest miss was Faith No More. I am a huge fan of Angel Dust and would have included something from this album, which I feel still feels unique.
-Most of the ones not included in my list are just for lack of awareness at the time. My listening was pretty much limited to what we found at the local record shop.
 
No surprise I've been digging @Yambag's playlist and his experience with metal in the 80s/90s. I made and sent him my version of 31 songs/artists from that time frame (+ 1 year in my case :bag: ). I also badgered him with questions and guesses of what his playlist was. Not going to post anything that might come in the future, but I thought the comparison of the first 7 would be interesting to some others in here as well. I don't think he minds commenting on bands that won't come up because of the alphabetical flow of the playlist.

My first 7 songs:


I didn't get as much into the speed/death stuff back then. I did struggle a little bit with putting more grunge/alternative bands on there, but I only included something that I thought had a metal edge to it and went for a song that could be held up as a good example. If it showed up on a list as metal on wiki I at least considered it. I've been enjoying the trip down memory lane and the differences between two versions of the same theme.

Missed this somehow but wanted to add a few comments as I love this playlist:

-I struggled with whether or not to include "grunge" like AIC, Soundgarden, etc. Decided against it as, for me, the grunge era was a natural break in my music journey where I pretty much strayed away from metal.
-Now that my list is past the letter "F", my biggest miss was Faith No More. I am a huge fan of Angel Dust and would have included something from this album, which I feel still feels unique.
-Most of the ones not included in my list are just for lack of awareness at the time. My listening was pretty much limited to what we found at the local record shop.
Faith No More and Fastway were my guesses for F.
 
No surprise I've been digging @Yambag's playlist and his experience with metal in the 80s/90s. I made and sent him my version of 31 songs/artists from that time frame (+ 1 year in my case :bag: ). I also badgered him with questions and guesses of what his playlist was. Not going to post anything that might come in the future, but I thought the comparison of the first 7 would be interesting to some others in here as well. I don't think he minds commenting on bands that won't come up because of the alphabetical flow of the playlist.

My first 7 songs:


I didn't get as much into the speed/death stuff back then. I did struggle a little bit with putting more grunge/alternative bands on there, but I only included something that I thought had a metal edge to it and went for a song that could be held up as a good example. If it showed up on a list as metal on wiki I at least considered it. I've been enjoying the trip down memory lane and the differences between two versions of the same theme.

Missed this somehow but wanted to add a few comments as I love this playlist:

-I struggled with whether or not to include "grunge" like AIC, Soundgarden, etc. Decided against it as, for me, the grunge era was a natural break in my music journey where I pretty much strayed away from metal.
-Now that my list is past the letter "F", my biggest miss was Faith No More. I am a huge fan of Angel Dust and would have included something from this album, which I feel still feels unique.
-Most of the ones not included in my list are just for lack of awareness at the time. My listening was pretty much limited to what we found at the local record shop.

I always say grunge was where I started checking out. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, AIC... that's the last of the "new" music that was important to me. I was 28 in 94, and started dating my first wife (who had a child) so, like many in their mid-to-late 20's, my life changed and new music became less of a priority.

Looking back, I don't think I missed much, but there's probably a lot of 'get-off-my-lawn' in that statement too. In all of these MAD threads, I doubt I've had even five post-2000 songs.
 
#23 songs

Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag


You Could Be Mine - Guns N' Roses
Summary: Duh! Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1985, as the result of a merger between local bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose. Their album, Appetite for Destruction is the highest-selling debut of all time in the United States and is often credited with the shift from hair metal to more edgy sound.

Times Seen Live in Concert: 1 = 1992 (with Metallica). I had tickets to see them a few years ago, but after seeing a YT video of Axl trying to sing November Rain, I sold them.

Personal Connection: No list from this timeframe can exist without some GN’R. In fact, according to my friend, Appetite for Destruction was the first cassette tape he ever bought and one of the first band shirts we each owned. Unfortunately, that album was released in 1987 so I could not pick a song from it. While I now prefer other songs from the Use Your Illusion albums, I went with one of the big guns as our school (like many others) used it when introducing football lineups before games.

Other songs to consider: If I had used Appetite for Destruction, I would have gone with It’s So Easy. Something about that one and its rawness hit me big time when I was young.

I never did see the Gunners. Managed to finally catch Metallica at the Global Citizen festival a couple yrs ago, so, only about 8 songs, but was still Metallica.

But yes, the more recent videos I've seen of Axl show his voice is shot. But I remember that tour well, as I recall Metallica saying they preferred going on first, because they were pretty much all business (it was how they approached Woodstock '99 as well, as they could see what kind of frenzy the crowd was whipped into, so they didn't embellish at all, didn't stir anyone up, just did their songs and got off the stage). And so you'd see Faith No More, Metallica, and then G'nR was a hit-or-miss proposition.


I gotta throw a flag on this one, @Eephus ... this warrants a hell of a lot more detail here.

I guess you had to be there in 1984/85. David's theory had nothing to do with the "party over, out of time" line in the lyrics; it was based on how much "1999" was overplayed at the time. You could probably substitute "Hey Ya" or "Not Like Us" at other points on the timeline. All great songs but you couldn't go anywhere without hearing them for a while.

Ah, like "What's Up" by Four Non-Blondes back in 1994. Except it's not a good party song, and actually sucks.
 
No surprise I've been digging @Yambag's playlist and his experience with metal in the 80s/90s. I made and sent him my version of 31 songs/artists from that time frame (+ 1 year in my case :bag: ). I also badgered him with questions and guesses of what his playlist was. Not going to post anything that might come in the future, but I thought the comparison of the first 7 would be interesting to some others in here as well. I don't think he minds commenting on bands that won't come up because of the alphabetical flow of the playlist.

My first 7 songs:


I didn't get as much into the speed/death stuff back then. I did struggle a little bit with putting more grunge/alternative bands on there, but I only included something that I thought had a metal edge to it and went for a song that could be held up as a good example. If it showed up on a list as metal on wiki I at least considered it. I've been enjoying the trip down memory lane and the differences between two versions of the same theme.

Missed this somehow but wanted to add a few comments as I love this playlist:

-I struggled with whether or not to include "grunge" like AIC, Soundgarden, etc. Decided against it as, for me, the grunge era was a natural break in my music journey where I pretty much strayed away from metal.
-Now that my list is past the letter "F", my biggest miss was Faith No More. I am a huge fan of Angel Dust and would have included something from this album, which I feel still feels unique.
-Most of the ones not included in my list are just for lack of awareness at the time. My listening was pretty much limited to what we found at the local record shop.
Faith No More and Fastway were my guesses for F.

I had Fates Warning and Faith No More there, and Mrs. R. surprised me with the pick. You did it by letter also, huh? I tried to come up with X and couldn't think of anybody but . . . well . . . X, so I skipped the letter. Turns out that wasn't how Yambag was actually doing this, but oh well.
 
Finished the 23's today. Still missing a few playlists but at least made some progress.

had a few more to add to my favorites , only 1 new-to-me

Rain King
Just a Girl
Hooked on a Feeling :heart:
1979
Hard To Laugh - spoiler alert - I was very close to including Pursuit of Happiness
Smooth Operator - silky
*Be The One
Our House
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Le Freak
Everybody Wants to Rule The World
Love Is the Drug
Amazing
 
Saw Guns N' Roses twice, both were theater shows at the Warfield on Market St. The first time they were the openers for The Cult. It was a couple of weeks after Appetite was released and they were still relatively unknown. The Cult were touring behind the Electric LP and were in their peak heavy metal cosplay mode but GNR was the band were we talking about after the show. I went out and bought their album a few days later.

The second time in 1991 was the band's first proper US show in a year and a half after they laid low in 1990 recording Use Your Illusion. It was a surprise show announced the morning of the event. I worked four blocks from the venue at the time so I raced to the box office and scored tickets. The show itself was kind of anticlimactic. Axl came on at least 90 minutes late and the setlist was heavy on unreleased UYI material. But it was cool being in the center of the rock 'n roll universe at the moment. Mrs. Eephus discovered she was pregnant a week or so later.
 
Chaos34 - Post Surf Rock Surf Rockish (80s fwd)

Mrs. Moto - The Sufrajettes

Back to back Canadian surf revivalists breaks my pattern of alternating between revival and non-revival. Non-revival takes a good lead before I wrap up.

I'm the one with the typo to whom Krista referred. The SuRfrajettes have a theme too, like another band I chose. An all female quartet, they dress as waitresses in identical outfits. They are prolific both in studio doing surf revival's King Gizzard Lizard thing, and touring touring touring. Their strength is surprising audiences with covers. Paint it Black adopted nicely to surf. My kid recognized Britney Spears' Toxic when I did not. There's many more, but I gave myself a rule. No covers.

Mr. Moto by the Bel-Airs is surf rock royalty. Top five seminal track? Pipeline, Wipe out, Miserlou, Walk Don't Run, Mr. Moto? I think that's right. Well, Mrs. Moto isn't a cover. More of an homage. The ladies feature two lead guitars and I almost chose Double Reverb from them, because neither of them can shred the gnar like the Bel-Airs' virtuoso, Eddie Bertrand, making the homage somewhat wanting. Eddie once had **** Dale sit in as a sax player (hi shuke) to show him what for. Anyway, Mrs. Moto captures the beach blanket bingo vibe and there ya go.
 
No surprise I've been digging @Yambag's playlist and his experience with metal in the 80s/90s. I made and sent him my version of 31 songs/artists from that time frame (+ 1 year in my case :bag: ). I also badgered him with questions and guesses of what his playlist was. Not going to post anything that might come in the future, but I thought the comparison of the first 7 would be interesting to some others in here as well. I don't think he minds commenting on bands that won't come up because of the alphabetical flow of the playlist.

My first 7 songs:


I didn't get as much into the speed/death stuff back then. I did struggle a little bit with putting more grunge/alternative bands on there, but I only included something that I thought had a metal edge to it and went for a song that could be held up as a good example. If it showed up on a list as metal on wiki I at least considered it. I've been enjoying the trip down memory lane and the differences between two versions of the same theme.

Missed this somehow but wanted to add a few comments as I love this playlist:

-I struggled with whether or not to include "grunge" like AIC, Soundgarden, etc. Decided against it as, for me, the grunge era was a natural break in my music journey where I pretty much strayed away from metal.
-Now that my list is past the letter "F", my biggest miss was Faith No More. I am a huge fan of Angel Dust and would have included something from this album, which I feel still feels unique.
-Most of the ones not included in my list are just for lack of awareness at the time. My listening was pretty much limited to what we found at the local record shop.
Faith No More and Fastway were my guesses for F.

I had Fates Warning and Faith No More there, and Mrs. R. surprised me with the pick. You did it by letter also, huh? I tried to come up with X and couldn't think of anybody but . . . well . . . X, so I skipped the letter. Turns out that wasn't how Yambag was actually doing this, but oh well.
I mentioned to you, but for a peek behind the curtain for all the other MAD31ers: after I sent @Yambag my playlist, he gave me some very infuriating clues as to what is coming up in the playlist and what we might/might not have agreed on with the lists. Main ones were that we had about 1/2 the same artists and 3 songs the same. I proceeded to badger him with another couple shots at his list. Even with more info on his thinking, I was still whiffing. I had Entombed and Exodus (I skipped D and F in my guesses), but that was before Deicide I believe.

I didn't guess GNR for him, but we both have GNR on our playlist. My pick was:



I think that gives us only 2 artists in common after 8 through G (I think?): Anthrax, GnR
 
Single (Named) Ladies #23. Odetta - "Cool Water" (1963)
Full name: Odetta Holmes

Odetta was born in 1930 which makes her the oldest mononymous woman in my countdown. Single stage names were pretty rare prior to the 80s--the earliest example I found in pop music was the "queen of the supper clubs" Hildegarde (born 1906).

Odetta was a folk singer whose 1958 album “Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues" converted 17 year old Bob Dylan from rock 'n roll to folk music (for a while). Her huge expressive voice was one of folk music's most important and vital instruments. Folk music was the unofficial soundtrack to the Civil Rights movement and Odetta performed at the March on Washington and marched with Dr. King in Selma. I listened to her 1965 album of Dylan covers album while walking my old pal Bosley around the neighborhood which shook loose a vague memory of going with my family to see Odetta sing with the Milwaukee Symphony at the old Auditorium. So I googled it and it turns out it happened in 1969 when I was nine. My folks weren't big classical music people but we did go to some Pops concerts which I'm very thankful for in retrospect.

"Cool Water" is a folk version of the Western classic by The Sons of the Pioneers. Her rendition has more of a spiritual feel than the more literal interpretation by the cowboys. It's almost like her vocals are done acapella because her guitar accompaniment seems disconnected as it bubbles beneath her voice.

No video for the song but here's a 1959 performance of her singing a different song about water.
 
I skipped D

Given that it's part death metal, that seems like a potentially negating skip for your endeavor. I think (kind of, but retrospect colors so much) that I would have gone Death Angel off of the top of my head—Dokken and Death would have been possibilities, too. Deicide would not have occurred to me. I'd long forgotten them.
I could be wrong, but I think the 2nd wave of this conversation took place after the Death pick, and that was when I sent my final guesses. I never got as heavy as Deicide back in my day, so they didn't even cross my mind. Death Angel I had thought about, but I am not overly familiar with them either. My guesses revolved around my thinking from our back and forth that we will agree on some big names, but our differences will be I leaned more hair/grunge and he leaned more death/speed. (again, I don't know the answer to this yet as he didn't specifically verify what I was right about in my guesses) Dokken was skipped because Back for the Attack was '87.

Also part of my assumption is that as we get to monster names in the middle of the alphabet there are going to be a letter or two that have 3-4 artists represented. I have 3 letters with 3+ artists for each and at least one with 5. Some letters needed to be skipped for my guesses to be right.
 
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No surprise I've been digging @Yambag's playlist and his experience with metal in the 80s/90s. I made and sent him my version of 31 songs/artists from that time frame (+ 1 year in my case :bag: ). I also badgered him with questions and guesses of what his playlist was. Not going to post anything that might come in the future, but I thought the comparison of the first 7 would be interesting to some others in here as well. I don't think he minds commenting on bands that won't come up because of the alphabetical flow of the playlist.

My first 7 songs:


I didn't get as much into the speed/death stuff back then. I did struggle a little bit with putting more grunge/alternative bands on there, but I only included something that I thought had a metal edge to it and went for a song that could be held up as a good example. If it showed up on a list as metal on wiki I at least considered it. I've been enjoying the trip down memory lane and the differences between two versions of the same theme.

Missed this somehow but wanted to add a few comments as I love this playlist:

-I struggled with whether or not to include "grunge" like AIC, Soundgarden, etc. Decided against it as, for me, the grunge era was a natural break in my music journey where I pretty much strayed away from metal.
-Now that my list is past the letter "F", my biggest miss was Faith No More. I am a huge fan of Angel Dust and would have included something from this album, which I feel still feels unique.
-Most of the ones not included in my list are just for lack of awareness at the time. My listening was pretty much limited to what we found at the local record shop.
Faith No More and Fastway were my guesses for F.

I had Fates Warning and Faith No More there, and Mrs. R. surprised me with the pick. You did it by letter also, huh? I tried to come up with X and couldn't think of anybody but . . . well . . . X, so I skipped the letter. Turns out that wasn't how Yambag was actually doing this, but oh well.
I mentioned to you, but for a peek behind the curtain for all the other MAD31ers: after I sent @Yambag my playlist, he gave me some very infuriating clues as to what is coming up in the playlist and what we might/might not have agreed on with the lists. Main ones were that we had about 1/2 the same artists and 3 songs the same. I proceeded to badger him with another couple shots at his list. Even with more info on his thinking, I was still whiffing. I had Entombed and Exodus (I skipped D and F in my guesses), but that was before Deicide I believe.

I didn't guess GNR for him, but we both have GNR on our playlist. My pick was:



I think that gives us only 2 artists in common after 8 through G (I think?): Anthrax, GnR
Correct, Anthrax and GnR so far. Love Coma, a nice change of direction that really works.
 
#23 songs

Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag


You Could Be Mine - Guns N' Roses

Times Seen Live in Concert: 1 = 1992 (with Metallica). I had tickets to see them a few years ago, but after seeing a YT video of Axl trying to sing November Rain, I sold them.
I was at the first of those '92 shows with Metallica (and Faith No More) at RFK stadium in DC. GnR were good but Metallica blew their doors off that night. I saw them one other time a few years earlier with Skid Row opening (both great) and then had tickets at some point during the Buckethead years but Axl no-showed, supposedly because he wanted to catch the end of the Knicks' playoff game. Given the show was in Philly, I still can't believe there were only disgruntled rumblings and some minor vandalism instead of a full-scale riot.

Still love You Could Be Mine. The instructor on a peloton class played it last week and said to pedal like "you're John Connor and the T2 is chasing you down the LA River." I crushed that ride.
 
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No surprise I've been digging @Yambag's playlist and his experience with metal in the 80s/90s. I made and sent him my version of 31 songs/artists from that time frame (+ 1 year in my case :bag: ). I also badgered him with questions and guesses of what his playlist was. Not going to post anything that might come in the future, but I thought the comparison of the first 7 would be interesting to some others in here as well. I don't think he minds commenting on bands that won't come up because of the alphabetical flow of the playlist.

My first 7 songs:


I didn't get as much into the speed/death stuff back then. I did struggle a little bit with putting more grunge/alternative bands on there, but I only included something that I thought had a metal edge to it and went for a song that could be held up as a good example. If it showed up on a list as metal on wiki I at least considered it. I've been enjoying the trip down memory lane and the differences between two versions of the same theme.

Missed this somehow but wanted to add a few comments as I love this playlist:

-I struggled with whether or not to include "grunge" like AIC, Soundgarden, etc. Decided against it as, for me, the grunge era was a natural break in my music journey where I pretty much strayed away from metal.
-Now that my list is past the letter "F", my biggest miss was Faith No More. I am a huge fan of Angel Dust and would have included something from this album, which I feel still feels unique.
-Most of the ones not included in my list are just for lack of awareness at the time. My listening was pretty much limited to what we found at the local record shop.
Faith No More and Fastway were my guesses for F.

I had Fates Warning and Faith No More there, and Mrs. R. surprised me with the pick. You did it by letter also, huh? I tried to come up with X and couldn't think of anybody but . . . well . . . X, so I skipped the letter. Turns out that wasn't how Yambag was actually doing this, but oh well.
I mentioned to you, but for a peek behind the curtain for all the other MAD31ers: after I sent @Yambag my playlist, he gave me some very infuriating clues as to what is coming up in the playlist and what we might/might not have agreed on with the lists. Main ones were that we had about 1/2 the same artists and 3 songs the same. I proceeded to badger him with another couple shots at his list. Even with more info on his thinking, I was still whiffing. I had Entombed and Exodus (I skipped D and F in my guesses), but that was before Deicide I believe.

I didn't guess GNR for him, but we both have GNR on our playlist. My pick was:



I think that gives us only 2 artists in common after 8 through G (I think?): Anthrax, GnR
Correct, Anthrax and GnR so far. Love Coma, a nice change of direction that really works.
That had two meanings: that we matched on 2, and that we were done with the Gs.

:popcorn:
ETA: I haven't looked at the list for the #22s because I have a few more songs on the #23s to listen to.
 
Mister CIA – Texas Places in Song Titles

Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen

We got stoned along the seawall
We got drunk and rolled a car
We knew the girls at every dance hall
Had a tab at every bar


REK was our beloved Shining Path's favorite. :shiny: If folks have never seen him, he always puts on a great show and after retiring a few years back, he decided to quit drinking and go back on the road. Plus, REK is good friends with Lyle Lovett from back in their A&M days, which I know earns him bonus points with at least person around these parts.
 
Mrs. Rannous – umlauts

Queen Of The Reich – Queensrÿche
I remember first hearing this when the video came out back in 1983. The sound was pretty mind blowing at the time, even for a metalhead like me - particularly Geoff Tate's range.

The video was clearly preposterous, but just about every other video back then was some kind of futuristic/post-apocalyptic thing.
Holy hell, how have I never seen that before?? :lmao: Simply amazing.
 
Mrs. Rannous – umlauts

Queen Of The Reich – Queensrÿche
I remember first hearing this when the video came out back in 1983. The sound was pretty mind blowing at the time, even for a metalhead like me - particularly Geoff Tate's range.

The video was clearly preposterous, but just about every other video back then was some kind of futuristic/post-apocalyptic thing.
Holy hell, how have I never seen that before?? :lmao: Simply amazing.
You either were too young in 1983 or had a life.
 
#23 songs

Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag


You Could Be Mine - Guns N' Roses

Times Seen Live in Concert: 1 = 1992 (with Metallica). I had tickets to see them a few years ago, but after seeing a YT video of Axl trying to sing November Rain, I sold them.
I was at the first of those '92 shows with Metallica (and Faith No More) at RFK stadium in DC. GnR were good but Metallica blew their doors off that night. I saw them one other time a few years earlier with Skid Row opening (both great) and then had tickets at some point during the Buckethead years but Axl no-showed, supposedly because he wanted to catch the end of the Knicks' playoff game. Given the show was in Philly, I still can't believe there was only disgruntled rumblings and some minor vandalism instead of a full-scale riot.

Still love You Could Be Mine. The instructor on a peloton class played it last week and said to pedal like "you're John Connor and the T2 is chasing you down the LA River." I crushed that ride.
:lol:
 
#, Please # 23
Song: 1979
Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 1995


(Official Music Video) The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
(Live version) The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 (Live)

4 Lines:
As restless as we are
We feel the pull
In the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement


Number Theory:

In 1979, Corgan would’ve turned 12 (in March), so it’s perhaps no surprise that this song is widely seen as a coming-of-age story, influenced by the lens of nostalgia. “1979” was a slight departure from previous Smashing Pumpkins songs, featuring loops and samples. Even if those samples are mostly Corgan singing the word “today”, but electronically manipulated. That process would become more common in future albums.

Despite hitting popularity in the early to mid 90s as an alt rock band (me expanding my tastes around that time, often towards alt rock and the start of grunge), I never really got too deep into the Smashing Pumpkins. I’m not sure I could put my finger on why, and in the positive spirit of krista4 threads, I suppose it’s best that I don’t try to pin that down. Still, there are songs that I really enjoy, including this one. This isn’t our first trip to Mellon Collie, as “Tonight, Tonight” was featured earlier. Also from this album, “Zero” would’ve been a strong contender if the title was more numerical. After all, with apologies to Yo Mama, Zero IS my hero

Significant Digits:
Off album#: 3
Track #: 5 (Off Disc 2)
Charted in 12 countries as a single. Perhaps most amusing to me is that it topped out at #16 in UK Singles but lower (#17) in Scotland yet higher (#6) in Ireland.

Artist crossover with other playlists: 8
(Known: 6) Van Halen (x2) currently in the lead!


Next on the countdown, a title that’s a PIN for WAY too many people.
 
I was at the first of those '92 shows with Metallica (and Faith No More) at RFK stadium in DC. GnR were good but Metallica blew their doors off that night. I saw them one other time a few years earlier with Skid Row opening (both great) and then had tickets at some point during the Buckethead years but Axl no-showed, supposedly because he wanted to catch the end of the Knicks' playoff game. Given the show was in Philly, I still can't believe there were only disgruntled rumblings and some minor vandalism instead of a full-scale riot.
I saw them back in '92 in Orlando when they were touring with Metallica and Faith No More. They were last, and they came on almost two hours late. (n)
 
Theme: 31 Songs from 31 Manchester(ish) Artists
Song: Be the One
Band: The Ting Tings
From: Salford, Manchester


In the early 2000s, Jules de Martino traveled north from London to Manchester to write/produce some songs for a teenaged Katie White's (from the suburb of Lawton) all-girl punk band. The girls broke up, but after various fits and starts, Jules and Katie started putting down tracks together at a Salford recording studio where they both worked. On the back of a couple of strong singles, their 2008 debut album We Started Nothing ended up topping the UK albums chart.

Be the One is still my favorite from that record, owing mainly to its indie-pop vibe. That's Not My Name was the big hit of the bunch but I can never hear it without LOLing at the Charlie Day coked-out scene from Horrible Bosses. Also love their non-album single Hands from 2010.
 
I saw them back in '92 in Orlando when they were touring with Metallica and Faith No More. They were last, and they came on almost two hours late. (n)
Par for the course for Axl, unfortunately. I think it was similar at the RFK show - he just didn't give a ####.
 
Theme: 31 Songs from 31 Manchester(ish) Artists
Song: Be the One
Band: The Ting Tings
From: Salford, Manchester


In the early 2000s, Jules de Martino traveled north from London to Manchester to write/produce some songs for a teenaged Katie White's (from the suburb of Lawton) all-girl punk band. The girls broke up, but after various fits and starts, Jules and Katie started putting down tracks together at a Salford recording studio where they both worked. On the back of a couple of strong singles, their 2008 debut album We Started Nothing ended up topping the UK albums chart.

Be the One is still my favorite from that record, owing mainly to its indie-pop vibe. That's Not My Name was the big hit of the bunch but I can never hear it without LOLing at the Charlie Day coked-out scene from Horrible Bosses. Also love their non-album single Hands from 2010.

There are so many fun songs that came out of what's now called Landfill Indie. Great albums? not so many.
 
There are so many fun songs that came out of what's now called Landfill Indie

I was introduced to that term by the Brits over at Steve Hoffman. I was sort of the ingenue. "What's landfill indie, dudes?"

I'm still not sure I've got it down pat, but it's a funny moniker.
 
There are so many fun songs that came out of what's now called Landfill Indie

I was introduced to that term by the Brits over at Steve Hoffman. I was sort of the ingenue. "What's landfill indie, dudes?"

I'm still not sure I've got it down pat, but it's a funny moniker.

It's like the UK equivalent of the blog band era.

Fun times that got me back into music after a decade of raising kids. It was cool to read about a new band and just click a link to steal their music.
 
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I was at the first of those '92 shows with Metallica (and Faith No More) at RFK stadium in DC. GnR were good but Metallica blew their doors off that night. I saw them one other time a few years earlier with Skid Row opening (both great) and then had tickets at some point during the Buckethead years but Axl no-showed, supposedly because he wanted to catch the end of the Knicks' playoff game. Given the show was in Philly, I still can't believe there were only disgruntled rumblings and some minor vandalism instead of a full-scale riot.
I saw them back in '92 in Orlando when they were touring with Metallica and Faith No More. They were last, and they came on almost two hours late. (n)
Did the same thing here when I saw that tour. Plus had a drum, piano and guitar solo.
 
There are so many fun songs that came out of what's now called Landfill Indie

I was introduced to that term by the Brits over at Steve Hoffman. I was sort of the ingenue. "What's landfill indie, dudes?"

I'm still not sure I've got it down pat, but it's a funny moniker.

It's like the UK equivalent of the blog band era.

Fun times that got me back into music after a decade of raising kids. It was cool to read about a new band and just click a link to steal their music.
I’ve never heard the term “blog band” either.
 
There are so many fun songs that came out of what's now called Landfill Indie

I was introduced to that term by the Brits over at Steve Hoffman. I was sort of the ingenue. "What's landfill indie, dudes?"

I'm still not sure I've got it down pat, but it's a funny moniker.

It's like the UK equivalent of the blog band era.

Fun times that got me back into music after a decade of raising kids. It was cool to read about a new band and just click a link to steal their music.
I’ve never heard the term “blog band” either.

Are you sure you guys are all younger than me
 
There are so many fun songs that came out of what's now called Landfill Indie

I was introduced to that term by the Brits over at Steve Hoffman. I was sort of the ingenue. "What's landfill indie, dudes?"

I'm still not sure I've got it down pat, but it's a funny moniker.

It's like the UK equivalent of the blog band era.

Fun times that got me back into music after a decade of raising kids. It was cool to read about a new band and just click a link to steal their music.
I’ve never heard the term “blog band” either.

Are you sure you guys are all younger than me
My kid was born when I was 40 so I’m still doing the parenting thing :shrug:
 
There are so many fun songs that came out of what's now called Landfill Indie

I was introduced to that term by the Brits over at Steve Hoffman. I was sort of the ingenue. "What's landfill indie, dudes?"

I'm still not sure I've got it down pat, but it's a funny moniker.

It's like the UK equivalent of the blog band era.

Fun times that got me back into music after a decade of raising kids. It was cool to read about a new band and just click a link to steal their music.
I’ve never heard the term “blog band” either.
I’ve never heard of those terms either.
 
There are so many fun songs that came out of what's now called Landfill Indie. Great albums? not so many.
I definitely spent to way too many $ on stuff that fit that bill. Fratellis - check. Babyshambles - yep. Dogs Die in Hot Cars - shameful nod. Yet I never learned. It's possible I'm the only yank to buy the second Hard Fi cd. And a t-shirt.

We stan Hard Fi in my house.

I see them and raise you Nine Black Alps and The Ordinary Boys.
 
There are so many fun songs that came out of what's now called Landfill Indie

I was introduced to that term by the Brits over at Steve Hoffman. I was sort of the ingenue. "What's landfill indie, dudes?"

I'm still not sure I've got it down pat, but it's a funny moniker.

It's like the UK equivalent of the blog band era.

Fun times that got me back into music after a decade of raising kids. It was cool to read about a new band and just click a link to steal their music.
I’ve never heard the term “blog band” either.

Are you sure you guys are all younger than me
My kid was born when I was 40 so I’m still doing the parenting thing :shrug:
Same! :hifive:

It blows my mind a bit how common that seems to be now. I don't think about my parent's age that much, and just had the thought the other day when I did the math that my dad was 36 when I graduated HS. I can't tell you how extremely old that made me feel.
 

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