Comments on: Which Alt-Rock Classics Do We Hate Most?

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By: FionaScrapple

FionaScrapple — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:13:59 +0000

Everybody Hurts – REM
When I come around – Green Day
Round here – Counting Crows

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:35:40 +0000

@MTS: Ok. The Wishing Chair is still a hell of a record, though.

By: Sara Sherr

Sara Sherr — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:12:44 +0000

I’m not stunned by MTS’ hatred of 10,000 Maniacs. Loved ‘em as a
teenager (due to the Michael Stipe connection), but I could see how
they would be annoying to others.

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:06:56 +0000

@MTS: Ha! Well, so do I, really -- but I make an exception for them. Well, the first 3-ish records, anyway. I was surprised to find recently that The Wishing Chair is still a hell of an album.

By: MayhemintheHood

MayhemintheHood — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:59:07 +0000

@PeterBjorn&Yawn: Hahahaha. That was hilarious, and I can totally relate to those feelings(on Portishead/old dudes AND feeling old at a show for a band similar to No Age). Too hilarious.

@VivaLaMainstream: Ummmm, no. Sorry, I can't admit that because I never listened to Creed. If everyone liked Creed at one point or another, I wouldn't have anybody to ever be friends with.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:54:05 +0000

For all of those you said Radiohead—THANK YOU!! Talk about overrated.
After OK Computer, pretty much everything they have put out sounds like
an art-school project gone awry. I mean that they could put out a whole
album of Thom Yorke burping over random bleeps and you know what will
happen–everybody will eat it up and act like its the most amazing thing
they’ve ever heard when it obvious it total crap.

nycgirllms

By: Cam/ron

Cam/ron — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:53:57 +0000

@PeterBjorn&Yawn: I believe that The Wire trashed their new record.

By: Cam/ron

Cam/ron — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:52:58 +0000

@Lokimotive: It took SAW II awhile to grow on me. It's best heard right before you go to sleep which is a time when some of the tracks can toy with your mind.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:48:30 +0000

The Candlebox hit. The bass and vocals are out of tune.

By: moomintroll

moomintroll — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:32:08 +0000

I don't get the popularity and sort of "cult" following that The Jesus and Mary Chain seem to inspire? I mean they were (are) alright but I don't understand the hype, they seem a bit too pedestrian for all the talk of sonic innovation, and noise pop. Their music seems to lack a timeless quality that bands like the Pixies have. You can't really pinpoint an era when you listen to the Pixies, but for some reason I can't help but picture Sixteen Candles-style movie montages when I hear The Jesus And Mary Chain.
I mean I got all swept up in the reunion @ Coachella fervor as much as the next person, but then they played and I was like oh yeah this is what they sound like...meh. I also think Scarlett Johannsen is overrated too so it was a perfect storm of mediocrity.

I also agree with the NIN assessment, maybe it was cool in high school circa 1995, but I don't get the status that Trent Reznor has achieved.

As for spankyjoe's Blur comment...it hurts, real deep inside... I'm a pretty biased huge Damon Albarn fan, but still...

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:30:17 +0000

Alice in Chains has not aged well at all. I think Man in the Box needs to be retired from rock radio, as it still gets played every two hours, and Layne Staley’s vocals annoy me more each time I hear them. Awesome when I was 13 though.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:18:50 +0000

Did that go through?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:18:28 +0000

@whoever said "Disarm"- right on. "Today" should be the one to remember, and luckily I think it's split 50/50.

@whoever said Sublime- thanks, if I never hear anything by Sublime or Dave Matthews Band again (the two artists who ruled my Florida-based college experience), it'll be too soon. And I'm surprised nobody has mentioned DMB because I think that his legion of fans certainly believe they are listening to 'alt-rock' that is 'universally adored'.

My contribution- The Smiths' "How Soon is Now?" That shit was covered by t.a.t.u. AND Everclear AND it was on the soundtrack to that movie about the teen witches. Not their best or wittiest song by a mile.

Thanks for a fun thread-

-Rachel

By: PeterBjorn&Yawn

PeterBjorn&Yawn — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:09:20 +0000

@VivaLaMainstream: No. God no. Not everyone listened to Creed. Duuuuuuuuuuuuude. No.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:03:34 +0000

I could never wrap my head around "Loser" by Beck (or anything by Beck for that matter).

Honorable mentions go to "Epic" by Faith No More and "Higher" by Creed...both fall short due to the 'universally loved' qualifier.

But let's all just admit it and move on...everyone listened to Creed for a little while back in the day.

By: galactus5000

galactus5000 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:40:53 +0000

A million calls of "WORD" to those brave souls who are taking a stand in that Radiohead and The Beatles are mega overrated. Sure, both bands have a few good tracks - but seriously, especially for The Beatles, if it wasn't them, it would have been someone else.

Accept it.

By: galactus5000

galactus5000 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:11:04 +0000

Brave souls, indeed. Because, as someone else stated - you dare say you think that either band is less than 100% THE MOST BRILLIANT THING EVER! then you have your very being called into question.

I never said that either band sucked. However, they are not the be all and end all of their respective genres.

By: heartbreaktango

heartbreaktango — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:24:25 +0000

I actually have a very violent physical response to Soundgarden, and their song “Black Hole Sun” specifically. Something about the endless wail of Chris Cornell makes me genuinely long for hard drugs.

By: How do I say this ... THROWDINI!

How do I say this ... THROWDINI! — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:35:20 +0000

@spankyjoe: Related - why has nobody mentioned the Cherry Poppin' Daddies / Big Bad Voodoo Daddy / Royal Crown Revue swing revival scene - those bands were momentarily ubiquitous in the wake of Swingers. Have we all agreed never to speak of that time again and I missed the memo?

I think because while those bands/that genre had a brief moment in the sun, the songs never made it to Alt-Rock Classic status. Everyday that I turn on the radio, I hear a song from Sublime/Alice in Chains/Stone Temple Pilots/early-Pearl Jam/early-Smashing Pumpkins. However, I can't remembet the last time I heard Zoot Suit Riot on the radio. Not that I would mind, I enjoyed the little ska/swing revival.