Comments on: Radiohead Dethrones Nirvana As Kings Of The Modern-Rock List Realm

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:40:39 +0000

The picks for older punk bands are either cliche (tv party for black flag, holiday in cambodia for dead kennedys, institutionalized for suicidal, bitchen camero for dead milkmen)or mid to late career period (x, the clash, social distortion, pretenders, meat puppets, husker du). The list is better on the ramones and pistols (and great to see x-ray spex), but it’s as if there’s no real love for early punk, unless it’s a one-off goofy hit or at a point where the band tamed down a bit. I am happy to see 80′s by killing joke, though.

By: Marth

Marth — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:15:49 +0000

While I feel the same way about bands from my youth seeming trite and lame nowadays (can you hear me, The Nixons?), I have to say that Hum still makes me want to go out there and blow something up. In a good way.

By: westartedthis

westartedthis — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:52:41 +0000

Shudder to Think's "Ex French T-Shirt" was probably the strangest song to be on Q101 in the 90s, but i'm probably the only one who thinks it was also one of the best.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:41:55 +0000

@GiantPanda:

Yeah, I thought that was pretty lame.

By: Halfwit

Halfwit — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:25:43 +0000

@owenmeany: Actually, I just put together a list of "90s Alternative Awesomeness." It was restricted to the songs that would've played on my suburban "modern rock" station between 92 and 98 (middle school - high school), so I don't think the majority of the songs would even make this type of canon. I actually found myself digging up the blatant cash-in one-hit wonders and post-grunge also-rans more than the "great" songs of the period.

By: GiantPanda

GiantPanda — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:23:36 +0000

i can’t believe that float on is the highest rated modest mouse song… gross…

By: cassidy2099

cassidy2099 — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:38:44 +0000

This is a goodass list.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:10:53 +0000

@Captain Wrong. Yes. It’s weird.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:34:20 +0000

@PrinceHal: hey, i'm just saying it's overdue recognition!

By: PrinceHal

PrinceHal — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:11:44 +0000

Fucking-a right, Hum.

By: Dick Laurent is dead.

Dick Laurent is dead. — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:58:26 +0000

I’m surprised by the amount of Madchester/Britpop era stuff on here, I’d give someone else’s right arm to hear a Pulp song on the radio, or even the Charlatans.

By: tigerpop

tigerpop — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:29:54 +0000

"Waiting Room" always makes it onto this type of list, but do any modern-rock stations actually play it?

By: FionaScrapple

FionaScrapple — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:24:01 +0000

Fuck the Violent Femmes. Make that bullshit Burger King jingle just go the fuck away!

Worst.
Song.
Ever.

By: TheRunningboard7

TheRunningboard7 — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:22:06 +0000

As someone with an almost complete distaste towards Yeah Yeah Yeahs, I was happy to see "Maps" ranked so high. Don't know why, but I like that one.

I sadly scrolled the whole thing hoping to see Bear vs. Shark :(.

By: Eugene Langley

Eugene Langley — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:12:11 +0000

I had no idea anyone still cared about “Laid”. I am happy to see that someone does, but in any universe, does it actually beat everything in the Beastie Boys, Bjork and New Order catalogs?

By: baconfat

baconfat — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:57:58 +0000

Do they really play “Marquee Moon”? Like, all 10+ minutes of it?

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:57:51 +0000

is it weird that as I age, I like the music of my youth less and find it more silly for the most part? I always assumed as i aged that I’d become convinced that the music I grew up with was the best music ever ala the boomers.

By: futurehorse

futurehorse — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:56:04 +0000

Oh man, I just got the “Battle Flag” 12″ the other day, and, needless to say, my apartment has seen a serious spike in bedroom dance parties this past week.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:31:10 +0000

Interesting tidbit: at the actual WOXY site, they’ve bolded the songs that are new to the list this year. The highest-charting new track, at No. 212, is Daft Punk’s “Da Funk.” I guess they’ve finally entered the canon in a big way.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:11:50 +0000

Yes! Veruca Salt, Bob Marley AND Fugazi.