one-hit "alternative" wonders of the nineties

MISSterious · **Joined:** Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:22 pm **Posts:** 526

Stereo MCs - Connected

DMB04 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:15 pm

I don't want to add it, but I guess it fits...

"Ticking" by Loud Lucy. I think the album from start to finish is classic though. The lead singer actually put out a solo album about five years after Lucy that still gets a lot of play around here.

np: Tori Amos-Honey

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Elvis Fu Wrote:

Spacehog :: "In The Meantime"

OH god yes.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

The Cardigans - Lovefool
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy
Dog's Eye View - Everything Falls Apart
The Nixons - Sister
The Verve Pipe - The Freshman
Chumbawamba - Tubthumper
Jars of Clay - Flood
Len - Steal My Shunshine
Blind Melon - No Rain
Fastball - The Way
Cornershop - Brimfull of Asha

*FYI Alient Ant Farm was nu-millenim

NeZ · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:39 pm

The Refreshments - Bandidos

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:47 pm

There is some monstrously bad music being mentioned in this thread.

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:46 pm

"Spaceman", by I Forget Whom -- was mentioned in another thread a couple days/weeks/months ago.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:20 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

There is some mongerously bad music being mentioned in this thread.

Nakedprey Wrote:

Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy

How many molos have this as their mobile-phone ring-tone and/or answering-machine out-message?

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

Nakedprey Wrote:

Len - Steal My Shunshine

Spade Kitty Wrote:

L-A-T-E-R that week

djdan · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:48 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

There is some monstrously bad music being mentioned in this thread.

Holy Christ, did the '90's suck. Nirvana's success bred a million horrible bands like Creed trying to cash in on their sound with none of their authenticity. The success of these bands then gave birth to the rise of rap-metal. Hip-hop disintegrated from its origins in underground social consiousness to massively popular misogyny. The FCC relaxed its media restrictions resulting in the consolidation and eventual obliteration of regional radio. No wonder most of these songs will endure only as hair-metal does - as kitschy testaments to pop culture gone horribly awry.

Mr. Mister · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:50 pm

some songs i definitely liked in this thread, twice as many that i hated.
my additions:
julianna hatfield - universal heartbeat
can't remember their name - wierd me out
cracker - low
veruca salt - seether

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Presidents of the United States of America - "peaches" (i think!)
Weezer - "buddy holly"
Rage Against The Machine - "killing in the name of"

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:22 pm

Spade Kitty Wrote:

Nakedprey Wrote:

Len - Steal My Shunshine

Spade Kitty Wrote:

L-A-T-E-R that week

You like Butter-tarts?

splates · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:29 pm

Borg166 Wrote:

Gregg Alexander

Get off this guy's dick for awhile, jesus

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

montythemongoose Wrote:

Spade Kitty Wrote:

Nakedprey Wrote:

Len - Steal My Shunshine

Spade Kitty Wrote:

L-A-T-E-R that week

You like Butter-tarts?

Not sure what you mean, but the song was catchy and I dug it that one summer (I think it was 99)

Borg166 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:36 pm

splates Wrote:

Borg166 Wrote:

Gregg Alexander

Get off this guy's dick for awhile, jesus

When I find a good dick, I ride.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:29 pm

Spade Kitty Wrote:

montythemongoose Wrote:

Spade Kitty Wrote:

Nakedprey Wrote:

Len - Steal My Shunshine

Spade Kitty Wrote:

L-A-T-E-R that week

You like Butter-tarts?

Not sure what you mean, but the song was catchy and I dug it that one summer (I think it was 99)

The song opens with a conversation amongst the dudes in the band in which they discussed how they could cheer up one of their friends. As the chatter trailed off, one of them posed the immortal query, "Does he like Butter-tarts?"

... And, yes, it was '99. It was on the You can't stop the bum-rush lp, and the soundtrack to the movie Go (Doug Liman's follow-up to Swingers, starring an unknown Canadian (Sarah Polley) (who has since tried to become an indie-film princess but has really just taken the piss), with a pre-dianetic Katie Holmes in a supporting role).

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

for squirrels - mighty k.c.

(if that's been listed already, sorry)

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

mr. mister Wrote:

some songs i definitely liked in this thread, twice as many that i hated.
my additions:
julianna hatfield - universal heartbeat
can't remember their name - wierd me out
cracker - low
veruca salt - seether

cracker had other hits... "teen angst", "happy birthday to me" (?) are two that come to mind.

juliana hatfield had "my sister" as a single, too.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:41 pm

red Wrote:

for squirrels - mighty k.c.

(if that's been listed already, sorry)

Noice!

I own that record.

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:00 pm

Tracy Bohnam - Mother Mother

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

Yail Bloor Wrote:

There is some monstrously bad music being mentioned in this thread.

Well I certainly wasn't endorsing everything I listed. I hated that Nixons song and still do. I actually liked a few Verve Pipe songs back in the day, but "The Freshman" was just boring.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:26 pm

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:27 pm

for squirrels all died in a car wreck, right?

one-hit "alternative" wonders of the nineties

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