Posts Tagged ‘Grunge’
Soundgarden – "Black Hole Sun" (1994)
2010/07/11
Despite hearing this song ad nauseam on the radio in the 90s, I never actually saw the video until today. It is surprisingly silly, and yet still disturbing with the stretched out faces. I guess there is that whole being sucked into a black hole thing too. That kind of freaks me out sometimes, but only because in my mind "black holes" and "death" are like next door neighbors. They have perfect lawns and watch each other's pets and everything. There's no keeping up with them. They will destroy you!
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Click here for more info on Soundgarden – Superunknown – "Black Hole Sun".
The MP3 may be purchased here… Soundgarden - Superunknown
L7 – "Pretend We're Dead" (1992)
2010/02/28
After a late night of RockBand and hanging with some friends, I have another highly influenced choice, "Pretend We're Dead", which I haven't heard in years and years. L7 wasn't as popular as some other grunge bands in the 90s (e.g. Pearl Jam, Nirvana), but they may be the most successful and famous female grunge band ever. I cannot even think of another that was all women. If I were a woman I would totally want to be in an all girl band. Alas.
Speaking of bands, the "band" I am in finally got together. We played along with a couple dozen songs, had a good time, and achieved little else. We didn't play this song by L7, but I think Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" and The Pixies "Here Comes Your Man" went well! It was great!
We were joking at one point about naming the band Maggot Head. (Really it wouldn't work unless we punked up a bit.) Sadly even our joking band names appear to be taken! See!
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Click here for more info on L7 – Bricks Are Heavy – "Pretend We're Dead".
The MP3 may be purchased here… L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
Pearl Jam – "Alive" (1991)
2009/11/10I woke up this morning with Pearl Jam's "Alive" in my head for no discernable reason. It has been months since I heard any Pearl Jam and possibly years since I heard this song, "Alive", Memory is a funny and sometimes random thing.
Back in school the question was frequently "who do you like more, Pearl Jam or Nirvana?" I was always a Nirvana fan. Though endearing now 15 years later, Pearl Jam was just "alright" to me at the time. I didn't seek them out like I did Nirvana. Nirvana seemed more edgy and extreme and that appealed to me, though I am neither. I suppose I wish I were. I know I didn't need to choose either one but such is the ridiculousness of middle school and high school, where you feel like you have to choose this or that to define yourself. Screw that! Have both if you want both! Don't let silly questions like that or social boundaries define you. And definitely don't let it limit your musical tastes!
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Click here for more info on Pearl Jam – Ten – "Alive".
The MP3 may be purchased here… Pearl Jam - Ten
Stone Temple Pilots – "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" (1996)
2009/09/28
I've got nothing to say today. I suck as a writer, perhaps. I'm running late for work too. Whatever. Just listen to the song!
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The MP3 may be purchased here… Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Alice In Chains – "Them Bones" (1992)
2009/06/24Enough with the geekery of the past few posts. Time for the pendulum to swing the other way with a song about what happens after you die! "Them Bones"! ROCK ON you GDMFPWs!
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Click here for more info on Alice in Chains – Dirt – "Them Bones".
The MP3 may be purchased here… Alice in Chains - Dirt
Album of the Week: Nirvana – "Nevermind" (1991)
2009/06/14Track 5: Lithium:
I've already posted "In Bloom" as one of my songs of the day, but most of the album is worthy. Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl were musical geniuses to put together this sound and as I said in my "In Bloom" post, they are probably the most influential band of the 1990s.
They put a sound and a face to the angst and apathy felt by my generation. (Actually I think I speak for late generation X & early generation Y.) What else were we to do? We're NOT "the greatest generation", and we do not deserve the title. We did not fight and win WWII. We are a fraction of the size of the "baby boomers" who have pretty much called the shots as long as we have been alive. Most of us work in an office now I would think, essentially caught in a system not of our design or desire. Most of us are probably just trying to live as good a life as our parents did and probably finding it difficult to do in these times. Hard work only gets you so far. It often seems like you either have to get lucky or screw someone over to "make it", and why bother? Bigger house? Bigger car? More money? Will it will make you happy? Will it solve your problems or fix the world? We humans are never ever satisfied! "When you have everything, you want something more—more exotic, more perfect, more specific" – Agent Ballard in Dollhouse
I think we were right to be apathetic and angst driven. I think we still are deep down inside (or we're kidding ourselves).
Tie that to the fact that most of us are college educated and living a life our great-grandparents would consider spoiled in comparison. Most of us have food, shelter, clothing, and are not being drafted to go fight a war half a world away. I myself live in a house and a place that seems almost Utopian. As I type away on my laptop, in the office in my house, chomping on a bag of corn chips, I feel like a poser. Perhaps I am spoiled.
Whatever. Justified or not, I listen to Nirvana's "Nevermind" now and it still feels relevant and true.
Here are my 6 favorites from the album, with "Lithium" being my favorite. (I usually list 5, but "Drain You" is just too good to cut.)
Track 1: Smells Like Teen Spirit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPQR-OsH0RQ
Track 2: In Bloom
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/nirvana+in+bloom/video/x1pwt7
Track 3: Come As You Are
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/nirvana+come+as+you+/video/x7zge4
Track 5: Lithium
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/nirvana+lithium/video/x1kpn
Track 6: Polly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdXy75VrQho
Track 8: Drain You
hhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfgbV1ZB0Ds
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Click here for more info on Nirvana – "Nevermind".
The MP3 album may be purchased here… Nirvana - Nevermind
