Monday, December 20, 2021
i'll be waitin' forever
I still don't understand how they made that sound with guitars, but this remains my favourite opening guitar riff that isn't the one from "American Girl".
These were close: Radiohead - Black Star, Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea, Oasis - Some Might Say, GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords, No Doubt - Sunday Morning, Elastica - Stutter
i'll be waitin' forever
1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
I still don't understand how they made that sound with guitars, but this remains my favourite opening guitar riff that isn't the one from "American Girl".
These were close: The Jesus Lizard - Mouth Breather, Primal Scream - Movin' On Up, Nirvana - Drain You
1992 - Pavement - Summer Babe
This was the other band on those mixtapes that my cousin sent me that really blew my mind. It must've been a real bummer for my parents when I stopped meekly and quietly trying to pluck out the solo from "Even Flow" and started cranking my guitar amp up to play this and, JAMC, and Sonic Youth songs poorly.
These were close: Manic Street Preachers - Motown Junk, The Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings, REM - Nightswimming, Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism
1993 - Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
On March 13th 2020, I was supposed to be in Olympia, Washington to see Bikini Kill in their (original) hometown. That show has (sensibly) been postponed twice and presuming we're not on the chi variant in Fall of 2022, it remains my most anticipated show.
These were close: Mazzy Star - Fade Into You, Uncle Tupelo - We've Been Had, Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise, Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck
1994 - Manic Street Preachers - Faster
I didn't know about the Manics until 1997, shortly before the release of This is My Truth, Tell Me Yours, but I loved that album enough to delve backwards into their catalogue. They had some highs before (and have had some since), but The Holy Bible blew me away. I obsessed over this record for a long time and "Faster" always felt like its centrepiece.
These were close: Pavement - Gold Soundz, Oasis - Rock 'N' Roll Star, The Cranberries - Ode to My Family, Tom Petty - Wildflowers, Pearl Jam - Better Man, Notorious BIG - Juicy, Sonic Youth - Bull in the Heather
1995 - Guided By Voices - Game of Pricks
Uncle Bob has written about 200 near perfect pop songs in his life, but this one has always been my favourite. We did a set of GbV covers as Pleasure Cruise one Halloween and I think I was maybe more excited to play "Game of Pricks" than I ever have been to play any of our actual songs.
now playing: Mariah Carey - Dreamlover
