ALBUM VERSION >>>>>>>>> SINGLE EDIT
That single edit drives me absolutely bonkers. Too choppy. (Bass Drum Boom) And IIIII-yeeeee-IIIII will ALWAYS listen to the album version.
Oh, in virtual 1994 I will certainly be talking about their second album "Mighty Joe Moon"! It is probably in my Top 10 albums of all time. No lies!
But for now, I will give you some more from Fuzzy. First is "The Hook", A simple but catchy song, it shows off Grant Lee-Phillips abilities as a songwriter and that great yearning voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D-j4HB7ZIc
Second, here's a great story-song about New Orleans, sex with a ghost, and voodoo, "Dixie Drug Store"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSWCVUW_Neo
Me too! I was soooo happy when it became such a huge hit. Even the jocks and metal heads on my dorm floor liked that song. Not an easy thing to accomplish when all you heard was Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten and RHCP's Blood Sugar Sex Magic on repeat non-stop floating through the hallway.
"Ordinary World" saved Duran Duran's career. I doubt they would have stayed as relevant as they have without it. Say, if they had released another bomb like "Liberty". Also, here is another chance to mention how good their latest album "Future Past" is. I'm sure no one back in the 80's thought they would be around 40 years later AND making great music. Yay DD!!!!!
These Are Days is a 10 for me. I just love how uplifting and positive it is. And I love how it builds to the climax of the "How it was meant to be..." part. Maybe they should have ended it right after that part, blu_cheez? The unplugged version does give it a little better of an ending. But I never get tired of this song after all of these years. It's definitely one of those songs that puts me right back into a place and time (These are my Clemson University days!).
Wikipedia says it got to #66 on the US Hot 100 and #34 US Hot AC, but I remember it being a bigger hit than that. MTV played the shit out of the video. Too bad this was their last album with Natalie. And also RIP to guitarist Rob Buck who died of liver disease at 42 in 2000. Way too young.
It certainly was a watershed moment. My husband still gets teary-eyed every time I play this song for him, because that shit just didn't happen back then. He survived the trauma of the AIDS epidemic and to have a country mainstream artist sing "when you're free to love anyone you choose" hit him hard in 1992.
And yes Automatic is a perfect album.
Me too, dustrock. Not only is Automatic my favorite REM album, it competes and is sometimes my favorite album of all time. This final 3 songs to end the album is the greatest of all time for me.
Even though the songs can be melancholy and sad, the whole album always fills me with euphoria and happiness by the time the last note of Find The River chimes. It is the perfect album.
Holy crap! I had never thought about any of this before and it's freaking me out a little bit HA! After watching the video for the first time in ages I would have to agree that it's about both drugs and sex and whatever on this planet that will make you behave like the people in the video.
People are in snorkel and masks, there's snow, Kate is in a green forest, big dippers and love honey everywhere, and good stuff is raining down on them. Good lord that's a lot. Oh and we have another RuPaul sighting at 3:43.
All that and it still only gets to a 7 for me. I agree that they were trying too hard with this entire album. I don't hate it but I rarely seek it out. Still it's very good stuff indeed. I'm glad it got to #1 Alternative. Probably the last time we will see The B-52's in these parts.
They've only recorded one more album after this (Funplex in 2008) and all of the band members agreed that it wasn't worth the effort. They didn't make a dime off of it and can tour and play corporate events and live like kings and queens for the rest of their days. Oh, and the B's should DEFINITELY be in the Rock N Roll hall of fame.
I couldn't find it on YouTube, but do a search for their first appearance on SNL from January 1980 and marvel at their "Rock Lobster" and "Dance This Mess Around" performances. I'm sure they blew ALOT of minds that night (including Dave Grohl according to his latest book Storyteller).
Just went back and read Stobgopper's entry and laughed my ass off the whole way through. Career day indeed!
Also of note, This TNO's column was in October 2018 and only 34 comments, but still some recognizable names there.
I love "Windy' and it is a nostalgic 10 for me, because I change the words to the dang chorus that would not be appropriate for me to detail here. I use the word greasy.... I wish I could say I was a child when this happened but sadly I was much much older.
Wow, a great pair of songs for today here. "One" and "High" are both 10's for me.
While I cannot support your Wish>>>Disintegration claim, Wish is in my Top 3 or 4 Cure albums and criminally underrated.
"High" is in my Top 5 favorite Cure songs, and some days I agreee with prefab that it may be my favorite.
I'll second the recommendation of the case/lang/veirs album. "Atomic Number" and "Honey and Smoke" are great one-two openers. Such a great listen.
I'll add a beautiful k.d. lang appearance on the Killers "Imploding the Mirage" album. Here's "Lightning Fields". When Ms. Lang comes in at the 2:21 mark, it makes the song absolutely soar. That whole album was a real stunner. Wasn't expecting The Killers to put together such a solid album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t031t3U5EV8
Ahhhh, Cracker. Love this song. This one brings back ALOT of college year memories (most awkward drunken party ones).
But that video is crazy hilarious. At least it didn't cost them that much to make.
(Facepalm...) Oh lort, I am definitely more familiar with the first Steve Hurley you mention and not the producer Steve Hurley. But, thanks for the "silky" goodness, it's been educational.
"Choose" is my favorite CMB song. I agree, beautiful but a little self-serious I still have the CD Single, good grief! I'd still give it a 8/10. All 4 Love though is not all that. That clingy piano sample drives my ears crazy. 4/10
I will say that I forgot how much the upcoming wave of Backstreet/NSYNC etc... boy bands owe to CMB. They sure did lay some groundwork. And anytime we can get an Andy Samberg/JT digital short reference is good with me.
Love Love Tori! My friend Virginia gave me a copy of this and it changed my musical taste and trajectory. No hyperbole. That voice and piano was the start but the well crafted songs and lyrics pulled me in and I have been with her ever since.
This also is the start of the pull away from the pop charts for me (second year of college) and the beginning of the discovery of some great artists that would never make a dent in the pop charts but would change my musical journey forever. Good times indeed!
Let's also mention this stand out, "Tear in your hand". I always loved playing this one on piano. A slow burner breakup song until it gets to the bridge and her voice soars and then quietly lands again gives me chills every single time. "Maybe it's time we wave goodbye now" Indeed...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGjpRNtoA0A
A little late to the party, but I also wanted to throw in my thank you and Merry Christmas to mt58 and all of the TNOCS crew. You knocked out of the park again mt! Absolutely wonderful!
Yay 50! Congrats blu_cheez. Love love love this column. It's gonna get good in the upcoming years! Right in the middle of early 20's gobiv's wheelhouse.
I get your dislike for Kiedis' voice and lyrics, but sometimes they are just gorgeously ridiculous and fun I can't help it. Give It Away is, and will forever be, a 10 for me.
Nice post Link. I think We Can't Dance gets an undeserved bad rap, but it is a very solid album. DTLS and Fading Lights are amazing.
I will just add that I absolutely love penultimate track "Since I Lost You". That's just a beautiful song to me.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorites bits in these parts. Keep it coming bigpapi34. I will second the request from thegue of a chart of "recalculations". At least the Top 5? Top 10? Pretty please?
I still listen to the "Girlfriend" album from time to time. It really holds up and is by far my favorite Matthew Sweet album. Hard to believe this came out in 91. In my mind, I always put it in that mid-90's alternative crowd, but turns out he was a bit ahead of the curve with this jangle-pop goodness.
Always loved Tori's cover of SLTS. She knows how to cover songs.
I have never heard The Polyphoinc Spreee's Lithium cover before and IT FUCKING RULEES!!!!! This is the shit I come here for. Those swirling pianos, Pounding drums, choir of 100's. Absolutely beautiful! Thanks, ozcorp.
A great write-up as always Irishbear, about a truly baffling R.E.M. song. I have come to like it now but when it they released it as a single I was mortified as a long-suffering R.E.M. fan. That guy wanted them to be appreciated for the serious, well-crafted emotional songs I loved. This was not that song. I was ecstatic that it made the Top 10 here in the US, but at what cost? I'm glad those stupid, pretentious thoughts have gone from my brain and I can have a truly un-ironic appreciation of this song. And I am truly happy for all the love that the TNOCS has given it.
Oh and I just had my third shot booster and it totally kicked my ass but it was soooooo worth it. Hope you're feeling better!
I do genuinely love Time On Earth but I can't help but compartmentalize their albums into the ones with Paul and after Paul. Time On Earth is my favorite of the the post-Paul albums. Really solid stuff on there.
I think the whole show is on YouTube and the bit happens during the Italian Plastic/Sister Madly acoustic section. I had to go back and re-listen to it. They don't try them all and Neil actually says "Top 30" but it's still wildly good. Nick even attempts a bit of Smoke On The Water too!
I saw them on that 2007 tour as well, and I too sadly never saw them before Paul passed. But it was amazing to see them at the old Ryman in Nashville. Third row center in the pews! One of the best concert nights of my life!
Yesssssss! More CH praise. FAYF is a 10. Weather With You is only a 7 for me.
Here's one last one from Woodface, a live version of "Whispers and Moans" from the 1991 Town & Country show. One of their best shows ever, and that's saying a lot considering how good CH was/are live. There's a great bit in this show where they attempt to cover all the current songs in the UK top 10 "even thought haven't heard of half of them" according to Neil Finn. The original lineup with Nick and Paul were so good at improv and humor. No two shows were ever alike!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPsoy3VE9_E
I really like "Can't Stop This Thing We Started." 8/10
I also feel I may be at least partially Canadian based on the amount of them in my CD/Album collection! BNL, Sarah McLachlan, Arcade Fire, Rufus Wainwright, Tragically Hip, Bourgeious Tagg....the list goes on. Love them all!
And that love definitely includes Mr. Bryan Adams. This song, not so much but it's still a 5 for me.
And MotownPhilly is pretty much the only listable thing for me from BoysIIMen
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