They lost me after that.īeastie Boys - "Sabotage" Great song. Green Day - "Basket Case" Still one of my top 5 Green Day songs despite its oversaturation on alternative radio.Ĭounting Crows - "Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)" Probably my favorite song by them although I like a lot of their material up until the song from Shrek. This band showed promise that it never really lived up to, but seeing Scott Weiland's problems, it's not too hard to figure out why. "Still Remains" will always be my favorite STP song but "Vasoline" is pretty close. Stone Temple Pilots - "Vasoline" My second favorite song by this band. Amazing how they basically recycled it for 2 or 3 more hits a few years down the road. The Offspring at #1 I liked for about a week and quickly got sick of it. "Until I Fall Away" - Gin Blossoms - The Gin Blossoms were a nice dose of power pop that radio really needed. Perhaps I never loved my wife more than that moment. She came screaming around the corner to pick up my daughter in middle school with Sabotage blasting. Many years later she rented a convertible Mustang and made up a playlist specifically for that weekend. "Sabotage" - Beastie Boys - I wasn't a fan of this song but my wife loved it. Proving once again that timing is everything. Of course, the very next song was Closer. He commented on the fact that a great many of the songs contained a vulgarity. A buddy from New York was visiting and I was playing this cassette while driving him around. I was living in Los Angeles and my playlist was made up entirely of songs played on KROQ. I would keep recording any new song over whatever was on previously so it was one 90 minute rolling playlist of whatever was new. At the time I had a single cassette for my car with new songs on it. I don't know how NIN got such a menacing sound without heavy guitars. But NIN was more than just a shock chorus. "Closer" - Nine Inch Nails - This song was notorious, of course, for it's chorus: "I want to **** you like an animal". I don't know if this delightful acoustic ditty was on mainstream radio, but it should have been. “Labour Of Love” – FRENTE! - I don't know how half the songs on this week's list qualify as Alternative. This one was so much better than Longview and really made me take note. “Basket Case” – Green Day* - Green Day were just on fire. I didn't approach her myself because 1) it wasn't the appropriate venue for a fan boy, and 2) I probably would have made an idiot of myself.
I pointed her out to my daughter and encouraged her to ask for a photo. When I was waiting to pick her up, I strolled in and Lisa Loeb was among the panel of professionals mentoring the students. A few years back my daughter attended a workshop for teenage girl writers. This is the only song of hers that I know and it is a stunner. “Stay (I Missed You)” – Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - Every guy I knew had a crush on Lisa Loeb.
Still does but it is a pleasant song performed well. This track struck me at the time as a bit MOR. his second was still quite good but didn't reach the heights of the debut. His first album was absolutely astounding. “Prayer For The Dying” – Seal - I saw Seal perform live during the tour supporting this album. He had a knack for making his voice sound different on each part of the song, almost like it were different singers doing the parts. They struck a great balance for a few albums. In many of the STP songs going forward I can hear classic rock influences. The stuttering guitar riff reminds me of McCartney's Spin It On from his most rock oriented album (of originals). Vasoline was not quite punk not quite hard rock. Purple had some great tracks that I hope will show up on future listings. Sort of the more melodic answer to Pearl Jam. On Purple, to my ears, STP went retro pop. “Vasoline” – Stone Temple Pilots - I wasn't crazy about the first STP album but I sure liked Purple.