WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.640 what's up everyone this is jason from it's not 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:05.400 that bad and there can only be one and you are 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:09.560 listening to my weekly mixtape the podcast that's 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:12.259 better than a stack of cds and a double deck 00:00:12.259 --> 00:00:15.519 cassette ghetto blaster now get ready to play 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:29.730 along because the party starts now Welcome to 00:00:29.730 --> 00:00:32.409 My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that takes the classic 00:00:32.409 --> 00:00:35.490 mixtape approach to building a modern playlist. 00:00:35.770 --> 00:00:38.289 I'm your host, Brian Colburn. Joining me tonight 00:00:38.289 --> 00:00:40.609 as guest curator is someone who you might remember 00:00:40.609 --> 00:00:43.850 from episode one, opening guitar riffs, as well 00:00:43.850 --> 00:00:48.369 as episode 21, great songs from bad movies. Here 00:00:48.369 --> 00:00:51.289 to three -peat for the first time on My Weekly 00:00:51.289 --> 00:00:54.509 Mixtape is Jason Whistle, host of the It's Not 00:00:54.509 --> 00:00:57.869 That Bad and There Can Only Be One podcast. Jason. 00:00:58.299 --> 00:01:00.700 Welcome back to the show. Now, is it a three 00:01:00.700 --> 00:01:03.359 -peat or is it a trifecta? I can't remember which 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:06.099 show we're on at this point. I know. It's confusing. 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:09.060 Let's go. I don't know. You kind of stumped me 00:01:09.060 --> 00:01:13.480 on that one. I didn't think that far ahead. Well, 00:01:13.540 --> 00:01:16.260 tonight, instead, you know, now that I'm thinking 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:18.859 about this, we should have did. artists' third 00:01:18.859 --> 00:01:22.000 albums just because of the three -peat. But alas, 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:26.239 tonight we are diving into 90s sophomore releases. 00:01:26.739 --> 00:01:30.780 And this is actually a harder topic than one 00:01:30.780 --> 00:01:33.659 would think. So here's an example. Jason, you're 00:01:33.659 --> 00:01:36.219 based out of Canada, so this one will immediately 00:01:36.219 --> 00:01:39.519 resonate with you. Alanis Morissette. For those 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:41.879 of us based in the U .S., one might think... 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:44.659 Her debut, Jagged Little Pill, was absolutely 00:01:44.659 --> 00:01:47.819 massive, so for a sophomore album, I'll pick 00:01:47.819 --> 00:01:51.079 a song off of supposed former infatuation junkie. 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:54.439 Well, for tonight's episode, that actually doesn't 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:57.439 count because, believe it or not, Jagged Little 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:01.280 Pill was Alanis Morissette's third studio album. 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:06.640 There was 1991's Alanis and 1992's Now Is The 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.780 Time, both full -length studio albums released 00:02:09.780 --> 00:02:14.840 on MCA Records. Only in Canada. Oh, trust me. 00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:18.280 Those got played a lot, especially because Alanis 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:22.259 is actually from my hometown of Ottawa. So we 00:02:22.259 --> 00:02:26.039 heard her songs, those early songs, a lot. Well, 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:29.819 putting that criteria up to this topic tonight, 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:32.860 Jason, did you have a tough time coming up with 00:02:32.860 --> 00:02:35.960 a bank of songs for this episode? There were 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.759 a few artists where, because when we were preparing 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:41.900 for this episode, we tried to kind of set some 00:02:41.900 --> 00:02:43.819 kind of boundaries, because otherwise there would 00:02:43.819 --> 00:02:47.819 be so many albums up for grabs. So in making 00:02:47.819 --> 00:02:50.479 the cutoff that the debut album had to be in 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.479 the 90s, as well as the second album being in 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:56.060 the 90s, that would eliminate a band like Dream 00:02:56.060 --> 00:02:57.939 Theater, seeing as how that first album came 00:02:57.939 --> 00:03:00.979 out in the 80s, or a band like Godsmack, where 00:03:00.979 --> 00:03:04.020 the second album came out in the 2000s. But that 00:03:04.020 --> 00:03:06.819 being said, there's still a lot of albums to 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:09.000 go through. And it's funny you mentioned the 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:12.580 Alanis Morissette angle because I realized that 00:03:12.580 --> 00:03:15.699 there are some of my references which are definitely 00:03:15.699 --> 00:03:18.139 going to have my Canadian showing in this one, 00:03:18.219 --> 00:03:21.219 depending on which direction this podcast and 00:03:21.219 --> 00:03:23.780 this mixtape is going to go. Well, some of the 00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:26.819 amazing Patreon mixtapers chimed in with what 00:03:26.819 --> 00:03:29.360 they feel would best kick off a 90s sophomore 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:32.280 efforts mixtape. And I want to give a few quick 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:35.340 shout outs, but I want to preface it with a mea 00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:40.500 culpa because I did not. put all of our criteria 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:43.219 out in the universe when I put this out on social 00:03:43.219 --> 00:03:46.439 and I mentioned it on Patreon. So some of the 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:49.580 ones that they chimed in with do have the 80s 00:03:49.580 --> 00:03:53.060 angle to it. No disrespect to any of these albums 00:03:53.060 --> 00:03:55.280 or any of these choices because I think they're 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:57.979 great picks, but a few of them we will not be 00:03:57.979 --> 00:04:00.580 getting into tonight based on the fact that we 00:04:00.580 --> 00:04:04.599 made it as difficult on ourselves as possible. 00:04:12.509 --> 00:04:20.639 Ooh. Ooh. Brand new mixtaper, Jason Donchus, 00:04:20.740 --> 00:04:23.180 who I'd like to first welcome to the mixtaper 00:04:23.180 --> 00:04:25.720 family, chimed in with a couple. Anything off 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:28.040 of Southern Harmony from the Black Crows, he's 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.100 going to go with Remedy. Absolutely love it. 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:33.240 Simple from Collective Soul's self -titled album. 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.319 Cherub Rock from Smashing Pumpkins, although 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:39.300 his favorite off that album is Hummer. And Interstate 00:04:39.300 --> 00:04:43.279 Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots. Ben from the 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:45.759 Too Vague podcast, who you heard as guest curator 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:49.439 on episode 31, New Wave Classics, chimed in with 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:53.540 Liz Phair's Jealousy from Whipsmart. Seeker chimed 00:04:53.540 --> 00:04:56.480 in with Pearl Jam's Rearview Mirror off of Versus. 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:59.620 And Cactus P chimed in with Oasis' Champagne 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:02.740 Supernova from What's the Story? Morning Glory. 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:05.160 Now, Jason, one of the things we should probably 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:07.620 get out of the way before we get into the episode 00:05:07.620 --> 00:05:12.139 is the topic of EPs. Now... There are a lot of 00:05:12.139 --> 00:05:14.600 bands that'll start off with an EP before the 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:18.379 debut album. And tonight, for criteria's sake, 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:21.660 we are letting the EP slide, meaning we're not 00:05:21.660 --> 00:05:26.180 counting that as a studio album. Which is really, 00:05:26.220 --> 00:05:28.480 really good because that would mean that Alice 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:31.060 in Chains' Sap would have been their second album, 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:34.360 but instead we get to qualify Dirt as their second 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:36.699 album, even though there are really, really good 00:05:36.699 --> 00:05:39.259 songs on both of those. But in some cases, too, 00:05:39.459 --> 00:05:41.560 as again, we were preparing for this, there are 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:45.399 some cases where you had an independent full 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:49.300 -length release and then the major label studio 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:52.730 release. But the albums are almost identical 00:05:52.730 --> 00:05:54.689 as far as the track listing goes. And in some 00:05:54.689 --> 00:05:57.009 cases, it's just a rerecording. So there's some 00:05:57.009 --> 00:06:01.389 bands where that lesser known first album may 00:06:01.389 --> 00:06:04.470 have disqualified it. But because it's basically 00:06:04.470 --> 00:06:06.629 the same album, it's like, OK, we'll just pretend 00:06:06.629 --> 00:06:09.350 that this is this one. Yeah. And that's part 00:06:09.350 --> 00:06:11.829 of the asterisk. We call it on this show where 00:06:11.829 --> 00:06:14.110 we're not going to be hard and fast stomping 00:06:14.110 --> 00:06:16.050 our feet on the ground and pounding on the table 00:06:16.050 --> 00:06:19.230 to say, wait a minute. But we try to keep. the 00:06:19.230 --> 00:06:22.470 research as honed in as possible, but this is 00:06:22.470 --> 00:06:26.509 definitely a tougher category for tonight. So 00:06:26.509 --> 00:06:31.649 I am glad to have a trifecta three Peter on the 00:06:31.649 --> 00:06:34.490 show to do that with. So let's get down to business 00:06:34.490 --> 00:06:37.009 tonight. As I mentioned at the top of the show, 00:06:37.149 --> 00:06:39.829 Jason and I'll be curating a nineties sophomore 00:06:39.829 --> 00:06:42.569 albums mixtape, and we're going to use that old 00:06:42.569 --> 00:06:45.420 cassette deck approach. Jason, as my special 00:06:45.420 --> 00:06:47.740 guest, will begin side A with his first song 00:06:47.740 --> 00:06:50.199 choice, and then I'll add a song that I feel 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:53.079 best follows up that choice. We'll then flip 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:55.740 -flop choosing songs until we've mapped out 10 00:06:55.740 --> 00:06:58.560 songs for side A. We'll then give our mixtape 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:01.160 a proverbial flip, and we'll map out side B, 00:07:01.180 --> 00:07:03.699 only this time I'll kick things off with Jason 00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:06.759 choosing second. Our overall goal for this episode 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:10.740 is to craft the best 90s sophomore albums mixtape 00:07:10.740 --> 00:07:14.509 possible through only 20 songs. At the end of 00:07:14.509 --> 00:07:16.269 the show, you can take our conversation to the 00:07:16.269 --> 00:07:20.009 next level by visiting the episode page at myweeklymixtape 00:07:20.009 --> 00:07:23.529 .com to give our final mixtape a listen via the 00:07:23.529 --> 00:07:26.370 embedded playlist. And finally, if you like what 00:07:26.370 --> 00:07:28.389 you're hearing on My Weekly Mixtape, you can 00:07:28.389 --> 00:07:30.389 help me out by either telling a friend about 00:07:30.389 --> 00:07:33.170 the show, leaving the show a five -star review 00:07:33.170 --> 00:07:36.209 wherever you're tuning in, or becoming a Patreon 00:07:36.209 --> 00:07:40.689 mixtaper at patreon .com forward slash myweeklymixtape. 00:07:41.220 --> 00:07:43.240 Jason, now I'm officially pressing the record 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:45.540 button on this mixtape and the floor is yours. 00:07:45.779 --> 00:07:49.660 What song did you choose to kick off side A? 00:07:50.339 --> 00:07:53.600 Oh, I juggled a bunch of songs for the start 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:55.800 of this tape. There were a few where it's like, 00:07:55.860 --> 00:07:58.699 do I put a band in that I'm a huge fan of? Do 00:07:58.699 --> 00:08:01.939 I put a band in that maybe hasn't been as mentioned 00:08:01.939 --> 00:08:03.779 on the podcast before? But you know what? I'm 00:08:03.779 --> 00:08:06.470 going to start. with one of my favorite albums 00:08:06.470 --> 00:08:10.110 from the 90s and coincidentally one of the last 00:08:10.110 --> 00:08:12.930 bands that i got to see before the pandemic hit 00:08:12.930 --> 00:08:15.970 and all the concerts shut down because i went 00:08:15.970 --> 00:08:19.230 from where i am in the the greater toronto area 00:08:19.230 --> 00:08:22.350 all the way down to louisville kentucky this 00:08:22.350 --> 00:08:25.310 band was actually the opening band for the nixons 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:29.680 Off of 1996's Wax Ecstatic, I'm going to go with 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:33.000 the title track off of that album from Sponge. 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:36.460 And this album, I mean, front to back, even the 00:08:36.460 --> 00:08:39.620 hidden track, which may be one of the best hidden 00:08:39.620 --> 00:08:43.019 tracks of the 90s, that's not a joke song. Velveteen 00:08:43.019 --> 00:08:45.019 is a great song, but I mean, the whole album 00:08:45.019 --> 00:08:47.600 all the way through. And the funny thing is, 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:51.620 it's not even my favorite Sponge album. That 00:08:51.620 --> 00:08:53.639 one goes to New Pop Sunday, which was their third 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:56.299 album. It didn't get as much attention as it 00:08:56.299 --> 00:08:59.399 should have gotten, but wax ecstatic. In my opinion, 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:02.019 it's better than their debut. There's so many 00:09:02.019 --> 00:09:06.100 good songs off of that one, but yeah, this album, 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:09.799 front to back. Could not agree more, and do you 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:13.279 want to laugh? I normally don't have songs earmarked. 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:16.179 for spots on the playlist but i'm going to tell 00:09:16.179 --> 00:09:19.500 you right from song one you scooped me because 00:09:19.500 --> 00:09:22.299 i was thinking of that opening guitar riff and 00:09:22.299 --> 00:09:26.220 the opening drums to be the fantastic track two 00:09:26.220 --> 00:09:29.539 oh wow to follow up whatever you had picked so 00:09:29.539 --> 00:09:32.519 you scooped me on the band the song and the album 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:38.000 i love wax ecstatic my band used to cover that 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:40.740 song we used to jam it all the time i love singing 00:09:40.740 --> 00:09:44.960 it it's got this groove to it this hard rock 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:49.799 swagger to the song the first album was very 00:09:49.799 --> 00:09:52.360 much rooted with songs like molly and plowed 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:55.320 in that kind of alternative i don't want to say 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:57.899 too cool for school thing but you could tell 00:09:57.899 --> 00:10:01.000 it was a little bit more introspective the songs 00:10:01.629 --> 00:10:06.110 Wax's static feels like they took the 80s excess 00:10:06.110 --> 00:10:11.309 and they fused it with the 90s alternative sound. 00:10:11.529 --> 00:10:15.570 So it had this hard rock feel to it and it was 00:10:15.570 --> 00:10:19.230 less alternative than anything off Rotting Pinata. 00:10:19.230 --> 00:10:23.230 So absolutely love the choice. And now I think 00:10:23.230 --> 00:10:25.649 there's only one song I can follow it up with 00:10:25.649 --> 00:10:27.610 as a second one because I want to keep that energy 00:10:27.610 --> 00:10:31.129 going. Wax -A -Static really kicks off with energy 00:10:31.129 --> 00:10:34.789 and it's anthemic. And I'm going to go with one 00:10:34.789 --> 00:10:37.289 that when I say the band name, you might not 00:10:37.289 --> 00:10:40.590 think, wow, that's going to be heavy following 00:10:40.590 --> 00:10:44.990 up Sponge, Wax -A -Static. But to me, it's probably 00:10:44.990 --> 00:10:48.149 the band's heaviest song of all time. And I'm 00:10:48.149 --> 00:10:50.600 going to go with The Counting Crows. From their 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:54.159 follow -up to 1993's August and Everything After, 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:58.240 I'm going with Angels of the Silences from 1996's 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:01.580 Recovering the Satellites. When I first heard 00:11:01.580 --> 00:11:05.419 that song, I said, this isn't The Counting Crows. 00:11:05.580 --> 00:11:09.980 I was expecting a Mr. Jones, a Rain King, and 00:11:09.980 --> 00:11:13.399 they come out with this blast of sonic energy. 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:17.860 really stands out from any song across their 00:11:17.860 --> 00:11:21.720 entire discography. And I think taking the level 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:24.440 of wax ecstatic, I feel like we're keeping that 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:27.480 energy going to kick things off tonight. So Counting 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:31.340 Crows, Angels of the Silences. Arguably. No, 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:33.379 it's not even arguably. That may actually be 00:11:33.379 --> 00:11:35.600 my favorite Counting Crows song. Eventually, 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:37.139 there's going to come a time when that Counting 00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:38.779 Crows, there can only be one episode is going 00:11:38.779 --> 00:11:40.600 to be done. Hint, hint, nudge, nudge, wink, wink. 00:11:40.779 --> 00:11:43.480 And it's going to be hard to not pick that as 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.820 the only one. It's so good. It's so good. And 00:11:46.820 --> 00:11:49.960 it is. It's a blast of energy. And I remember 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:52.440 when I used to DJ events and stuff like that. 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:55.679 Trust me when I say that song got played a lot. 00:11:55.860 --> 00:11:57.679 And the funny thing is, when I was putting my 00:11:57.679 --> 00:11:59.600 list together, I was like, oh, this would go 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:02.340 well if it was right after this song. I had a 00:12:02.340 --> 00:12:04.379 feeling you were going to put some Counting Crows 00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:07.200 on there. So I know exactly what I'm going to 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:09.980 follow that up with. And here's where the Canadiana 00:12:09.980 --> 00:12:13.389 comes in. off of their Hallucigenia album from 00:12:13.389 --> 00:12:17.450 1994 from the band Lowest of the Low. It's a 00:12:17.450 --> 00:12:21.549 song called Penadona's Hand. Now, I was really, 00:12:21.629 --> 00:12:23.769 really fortunate to be able to interview Ron 00:12:23.769 --> 00:12:27.529 Hawkins on my old Majo mixtape. To him, this 00:12:27.529 --> 00:12:30.450 was not his favorite album. It's the follow -up 00:12:30.450 --> 00:12:32.649 to their big, gigantic album, Shakespeare, My 00:12:32.649 --> 00:12:35.190 Butt. Yes, that's actually the name of the album. 00:12:35.409 --> 00:12:39.210 But Penadona's Hand, it's got a very powerful, 00:12:39.470 --> 00:12:44.500 acoustic, groove to it has a bit of uh you know 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:48.139 the the tail end of home for a rest from spirit 00:12:48.139 --> 00:12:50.899 of the west that kind of vibe to it but it's 00:12:50.899 --> 00:12:53.519 so good and if you've ever had a chance to listen 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:56.039 to lowest of the low that's a phenomenal album 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:59.639 to deep dive into so that song really leans into 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:03.730 that 90s alternative sound that Toad the Wet 00:13:03.730 --> 00:13:06.009 Sprocket, who we can't talk about tonight because 00:13:06.009 --> 00:13:08.529 their debut album came out in the 1980s using 00:13:08.529 --> 00:13:11.470 the criteria we set. But I definitely feel like 00:13:11.470 --> 00:13:15.289 they're the Canadian answer to Toad the Wet Sprocket 00:13:15.289 --> 00:13:18.929 here in the US. I could see that. Yeah. So then 00:13:18.929 --> 00:13:21.909 using that as a launching point, I think I know 00:13:21.909 --> 00:13:23.309 what I'm going to do. I'm going to fast forward 00:13:23.309 --> 00:13:27.769 a few years. And this band is, to me, one of 00:13:27.769 --> 00:13:30.970 the more underrated alternative rock bands of 00:13:30.970 --> 00:13:34.460 the 90s. They've only had a handful of albums, 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:37.000 but every one of them I've loved so, so much. 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:40.100 And I am going to go with a song that originally 00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:44.840 debuted on 1999's American Pie soundtrack. So 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:48.620 it fits just in the nick of time. But the song 00:13:48.620 --> 00:13:52.820 then followed up on their 1999 album Sugar. And 00:13:52.820 --> 00:13:55.159 I'm going to go with Tonic, You Wanted More. 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:59.440 It still has that acoustic alternative energy 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:03.419 and feel and has that I don't want to say Toad 00:14:03.419 --> 00:14:06.179 the Wet Sprocket vibe, but that's a sound. When 00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:08.200 I say Toad the Wet Sprocket, you immediately 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:12.000 know the sound I'm talking about. And Lowest 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:15.179 of the Low channels that in their music. So to 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:17.940 me, I feel like following that up with something 00:14:17.940 --> 00:14:21.240 in those lines would be a perfect way to go. 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:24.320 Now, to me, 1996's Lemon Parade is really hard 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:27.519 to top. I mean, open up your eyes if you could 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:29.879 only see. These are songs that I've been covering 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:34.240 for years. Fantastic. But you wanted more. It's 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:37.679 got that really cool hook. The guitar groove. 00:14:37.940 --> 00:14:43.759 And it's got that shuffle beat going. It's almost 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:48.139 Americana and rock combined. And I feel like 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:50.960 following up lowest of the low, it helps tell 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:54.179 that story, but still keep that energy up because 00:14:54.179 --> 00:14:58.080 you wanted more is definitely. a lot more energetic 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:00.879 than if you can only see from lemon parade so 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:03.759 i'm gonna follow up with tonic you wanted more 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.159 that is such a good song and yes you scooped 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:10.379 me again i also had mean to me on my list as 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:12.519 well because you're right nice you know it is 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:15.159 hard to follow up such a big album like that 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:16.759 but i think they did it really really well with 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:18.120 sugar and there's there's some of the deeper 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:20.919 cuts on there that are also really good and i 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:23.299 think i know exactly where i'm going to go with 00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:26.500 this because To me, that brings it to a bit more 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:29.080 of a melodic rather than, you know, straight 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:32.059 ahead chords, you know, chugging away. And that 00:15:32.059 --> 00:15:37.039 leads me to version 2 .0 from Garbage and their 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:40.860 song When I Grow Up. Oh, good pick. I was flip 00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:42.960 -flopping between this one and Special because 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:46.299 to me, the first album was really, really good. 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:48.779 A lot of production work and some of the electronic 00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:50.659 sounds that we got a lot of industrial and all 00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:54.299 that from the 90s. Here. It's almost like Shirley 00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:56.840 Manson was channeling a very Pat Benatar vibe 00:15:56.840 --> 00:16:00.080 with some of these songs. And I personally think 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.659 2 .0 is a better album than the original as far 00:16:03.659 --> 00:16:06.860 as songs go, at least the way I hear them. But 00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:09.200 yeah, I'm going to go with When I Grow Up from 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:12.500 Garbage. Scooped me on the band. I had Push It 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:15.500 sitting on my list. Again, it all depended on 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:17.440 where we were heading musically, but that's another 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:20.190 great song. I also think you hit the nail right 00:16:20.190 --> 00:16:23.049 on the head comparing it to a Pat Benatar sound 00:16:23.049 --> 00:16:25.870 because there's definitely that influence in 00:16:25.870 --> 00:16:29.009 songs on version two versus the first album, 00:16:29.090 --> 00:16:31.990 which is definitely much more rooted in Butch 00:16:31.990 --> 00:16:36.570 Vig's mindset, so to speak. Hmm. And I think 00:16:36.570 --> 00:16:39.929 I'm going to follow this up by sticking with 00:16:39.929 --> 00:16:42.889 the female perspective here. But musically, it's 00:16:42.889 --> 00:16:46.600 going to be a little bit of a shift. Sonically, 00:16:46.659 --> 00:16:49.059 because I don't have much that fits with garbage 00:16:49.059 --> 00:16:52.740 in my list. So I'm going to slow things down 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:56.899 a little bit and go with a song that is hitting 00:16:56.899 --> 00:17:00.220 a little closer to home right now, because this 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:04.680 is a band that when I first heard them, I said 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:06.920 to my friends and I felt this now for 30 years. 00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:11.140 I'm like, wow, this is Sinead O 'Connor in the 00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:14.599 90s. I could hear Sinead O 'Connor in this group. 00:17:15.369 --> 00:17:19.269 And that would be the Cranberries. And I am going 00:17:19.269 --> 00:17:23.150 to follow up from 1994's No Need to Argue with 00:17:23.150 --> 00:17:26.269 the anthem Zombie. And I'll tell you why this 00:17:26.269 --> 00:17:28.509 song has staying power. Recently, my band was 00:17:28.509 --> 00:17:30.869 playing a trio show. It was myself on acoustic 00:17:30.869 --> 00:17:34.869 guitar, my buddy Chris Van Cleave on keys, and 00:17:34.869 --> 00:17:37.450 drummer Jay behind the kid who you remember from 00:17:37.450 --> 00:17:40.630 some Playlist Wars episodes. And we're doing 00:17:40.630 --> 00:17:43.190 a trio set. And somebody comes up to the stage 00:17:43.190 --> 00:17:46.630 and says, Can you guys cover the Cranberry Zombie? 00:17:47.789 --> 00:17:49.789 Chris looks at me and says, I'm not singing that. 00:17:50.369 --> 00:17:53.549 And I said, look, we're three guys up here. That's 00:17:53.549 --> 00:17:57.789 a pretty tall order vocally. I said, so I'll 00:17:57.789 --> 00:18:00.769 make a deal with you. And the band is looking 00:18:00.769 --> 00:18:03.569 at me like we've never played this before. And 00:18:03.569 --> 00:18:06.170 I literally turned to them and I go, it's E minor 00:18:06.170 --> 00:18:10.410 C G D for the most part. Just let's run with 00:18:10.410 --> 00:18:11.809 it. And they said, how are you going to sing 00:18:11.809 --> 00:18:15.130 it? I said. The verses I can handle. So then 00:18:15.130 --> 00:18:16.890 I turned to the crowd and said, the only thing 00:18:16.890 --> 00:18:18.690 I'm going to say is if you're not singing this 00:18:18.690 --> 00:18:21.130 chorus, this song is going to sound awful. And 00:18:21.130 --> 00:18:23.509 we went in and did it. And every single person 00:18:23.509 --> 00:18:28.049 in the crowd sang it so loud that the hair on 00:18:28.049 --> 00:18:30.950 my arm stood up. And we have included that song 00:18:30.950 --> 00:18:33.849 in every show we've played ever since. Thankfully, 00:18:33.849 --> 00:18:36.670 now we have my good friend from high school, 00:18:36.690 --> 00:18:39.349 Nikki, who joins on female vocals to make it 00:18:39.349 --> 00:18:41.329 a little bit more close to the original because. 00:18:42.009 --> 00:18:45.450 Yeah, I am not a Dolores O 'Reiden level vocalist, 00:18:45.470 --> 00:18:48.049 let's just say. But this song to me just has 00:18:48.049 --> 00:18:52.170 a timeless energy to it. It's slower, but it's 00:18:52.170 --> 00:18:56.849 so anthemic and it's so memorable. And again, 00:18:56.930 --> 00:18:59.630 it's another singer who's gone too soon, just 00:18:59.630 --> 00:19:02.109 like Sinead, who, you know, as we're recording 00:19:02.109 --> 00:19:05.009 this, we're still feeling the sting of that happening. 00:19:05.490 --> 00:19:09.240 So, yeah, following up. surely from garbage i'm 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:11.619 going with dolores from the cranberries and zombie 00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:15.380 what is it about that song that random people 00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:16.900 are going to come up to you and say hey can you 00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:19.019 play this song because we had one of those situations 00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:23.000 where we were just wrapping up second set and 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:24.640 someone's like yeah can you play zombie we're 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:26.859 like okay we're just gonna quickly look at how 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:29.059 to play it you know what the chords are in between 00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:30.920 our sets and then we'll when we come back third 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:33.420 set we're gonna play it third set rolls around 00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:36.319 we're ready to play it and they were so drunk 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:40.240 that they left So luckily, we saved ourselves 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:42.799 having to probably butcher that song. But we 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:45.500 were ready to go. We were ready to go. Yeah, 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:48.279 it's so good. And even when you heard the remake 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:52.480 done by Bad Wolves, it just proves how timeless 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:54.380 that song is. And that's one of those things 00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:57.119 where there's a lot of songs where you hear it 00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:59.339 done by a band from a completely different genre 00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:02.099 and it still sounds as good. That tells you how 00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:04.319 good the song was and not just the production 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:07.269 behind it. And then you add to the fact that 00:20:07.269 --> 00:20:09.849 Dolores O 'Riordan was supposed to guest on that 00:20:09.849 --> 00:20:12.650 Bad Wolves version adds an even more haunting 00:20:12.650 --> 00:20:16.390 layer to that story because, man, I love the 00:20:16.390 --> 00:20:19.690 original and I do enjoy Bad Wolves version. The 00:20:19.690 --> 00:20:21.910 two of them together was probably going to make 00:20:21.910 --> 00:20:24.690 musical magic. And it's one of those what ifs 00:20:24.690 --> 00:20:27.910 that, man, I wish would have come together. Oh, 00:20:27.910 --> 00:20:31.329 absolutely. Absolutely. And I know exactly where 00:20:31.329 --> 00:20:34.369 I'm going to go with that one. One of the. bigger 00:20:34.369 --> 00:20:37.589 albums you know when it came out in 1997 i played 00:20:37.589 --> 00:20:41.609 this album ad nauseum and that's off of the eight 00:20:41.609 --> 00:20:45.450 arms to hold you album by baruch assault i'm 00:20:45.450 --> 00:20:47.630 gonna go with shutterbug though and not volcano 00:20:47.630 --> 00:20:50.630 girls because i feel like shutterbug a it's a 00:20:50.630 --> 00:20:53.829 great song But B, I think it matches the tonality 00:20:53.829 --> 00:20:56.710 of Zombie a little bit more. I think I've actually 00:20:56.710 --> 00:20:59.150 liked Shutterbug even more than some of the other 00:20:59.150 --> 00:21:01.569 songs on the album, even though I can't remember 00:21:01.569 --> 00:21:04.509 if it was released as a single or not. This album, 00:21:04.690 --> 00:21:08.410 really, to me, production -wise, obviously, it's 00:21:08.410 --> 00:21:12.069 better than American Thighs. And they should 00:21:12.069 --> 00:21:15.910 have exploded. And yeah, Volcano Girls. Did get 00:21:15.910 --> 00:21:18.069 a lot of airplay. And then, of course, you know, 00:21:18.069 --> 00:21:20.029 Louise Post and Nina Gordon kind of went their 00:21:20.029 --> 00:21:21.630 separate ways for a little bit. And now they're 00:21:21.630 --> 00:21:24.170 back together. But, you know, it's great that 00:21:24.170 --> 00:21:26.990 these songs are there. And Shutterbug, to me, 00:21:27.130 --> 00:21:30.049 best song on the album. Oh, that's so tough. 00:21:30.190 --> 00:21:33.069 You scoop me on the band once again. I did have 00:21:33.069 --> 00:21:35.950 Volcano Girls just because of that manic punk 00:21:35.950 --> 00:21:39.250 energy in that song. Veruca Salt always reminded 00:21:39.250 --> 00:21:42.309 me of like the 90s answer to the Go -Go's, if 00:21:42.309 --> 00:21:44.769 that makes sense. Baruch Assault is one of those 00:21:44.769 --> 00:21:48.589 bands that I feel is just criminally, criminally 00:21:48.589 --> 00:21:52.150 underrated because both of those albums and Nina 00:21:52.150 --> 00:21:55.029 Gordon's solo stuff, I absolutely love as well. 00:21:55.109 --> 00:21:58.430 I don't understand how they weren't bigger just 00:21:58.430 --> 00:22:01.809 overall because they just had all the right pieces 00:22:01.809 --> 00:22:04.349 of the musical puzzle as far as I'm concerned 00:22:04.349 --> 00:22:06.930 all the way around. Oh, absolutely. Especially 00:22:06.930 --> 00:22:10.009 on Nina Gordon's solo album. Like if I was making 00:22:10.009 --> 00:22:13.500 a chill mixtape. I guarantee you right now, one 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:15.339 of the first songs on there would be Tonight 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:17.940 and the Rest of My Life. It's such a good song. 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:21.140 That and Now I Can Die is another beautiful one 00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:23.220 from that album. Oh, my God. I could just go 00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:26.660 on. Maybe we have a future episode there. All 00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:29.759 right. Following up Veruca Salt, I want to get 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:33.319 weird. I want to go with a big song, but just 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:36.519 one that's so 90s that there's no other decade 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:39.099 this song could have been recorded in. And when 00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:42.220 you're following up a massive, massive album 00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:46.799 like 1994's self -titled, you have no idea which 00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:48.640 self -titled I'm talking about. A lot of self 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:52.579 -titled. The Blue Album. One would think that 00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:55.059 the band would feel the pressure to do whatever 00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:59.099 it was they did on the first album and copy and 00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:04.000 paste it in order to continue that success that 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:07.750 they had with their debut. But Weezer. Kind of 00:23:07.750 --> 00:23:09.990 said, nah, we're going to do whatever the hell 00:23:09.990 --> 00:23:13.630 we want. And that would be 1996's Pinkerton, 00:23:13.849 --> 00:23:17.250 which most Weezer fans will argue is the best. 00:23:17.569 --> 00:23:20.690 Other Weezer fans will argue that the Blue Album 00:23:20.690 --> 00:23:23.250 is the best. It's always this fight going back 00:23:23.250 --> 00:23:26.630 and forth. But to me, there is no denying the 00:23:26.630 --> 00:23:32.069 absolute insanity of El Scorcho. Musically, there 00:23:32.069 --> 00:23:35.609 is no way to fit this song anywhere on this playlist. 00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:39.220 In a sense of, wow, this follows up whatever 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:43.200 song was well, because it is on its own island 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:46.940 musically. And that's what I love about it. And 00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:50.220 I cannot hear a song like El Scorcho being released 00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:53.660 in any decade other than the 90s. And it's just 00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:57.339 everything that I love about Pinkerton. And I'll 00:23:57.339 --> 00:24:00.440 be honest, I am probably more of a Blue Album 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:03.220 person by just a scoach, but I love this album 00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:06.529 just as much. It's really tough to choose for 00:24:06.529 --> 00:24:09.869 me. So I'm going with El Scorcho from Weezer. 00:24:10.130 --> 00:24:12.869 I would be curious if you were to put a poll 00:24:12.869 --> 00:24:16.569 on the platform formerly known as Twitter and, 00:24:16.630 --> 00:24:20.190 you know, Blue Album or Pinkerton, which is the 00:24:20.190 --> 00:24:23.269 better album. I'd be curious which one actually 00:24:23.269 --> 00:24:26.250 won out. But I'm glad you kind of went to the 00:24:26.250 --> 00:24:29.950 weird side because I'm not going to lie. There's 00:24:29.950 --> 00:24:32.759 an album here and a song. that I was really, 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:34.500 really hoping I was going to get to drop. And 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:37.839 I think now is probably the best time. If I were 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:43.599 to tell you that a song was a mix of ska and 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:46.980 doo -wop, would your brain melt a little? Just 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:49.900 a bit. Okay. But being the musical chameleon 00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:53.579 I am, I would be like, I'm in. Well, here we 00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:57.079 go. Because off of 1994's How to Make Friends 00:24:57.079 --> 00:25:00.420 and Influence People by Terror Vision. i'm gonna 00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:04.220 go with oblivion this was one of those songs 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:06.119 that kind of came out of the blue when it came 00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:08.940 out on you know much music back the day because 00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:11.619 i can't believe especially you know now going 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:14.220 through a lot of these albums just how much of 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:18.400 my The musical tastes are shaped by the videos 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:20.599 that I would see on Much Music and, you know, 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:23.440 making those compilation VHS tapes because you're 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:25.519 standing by and you come home from school and 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:27.900 you've got like play and record and pause already 00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:29.779 set in the minute. They say that that video is 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:32.579 OK on pause. Here we go. Dude, are you sure we're 00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:35.839 not related somehow? This was one of those ones 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:38.160 that's completely out of the blue. Never heard 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.640 of the band, and I don't think I've ever actually 00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:41.839 listened to any of their other albums. But this 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:46.470 album is so. good and it's so much fun like it's 00:25:46.470 --> 00:25:49.470 it's a bop i know a lot of people say the songs 00:25:49.470 --> 00:25:52.049 are about this song's a bop i mean you have the 00:25:52.049 --> 00:25:54.269 horns you've got the almost like the doo -wop 00:25:54.269 --> 00:25:57.109 kind of chorus to it it's fun and if you never 00:25:57.109 --> 00:25:59.589 had a chance to listen to this album i had like 00:25:59.589 --> 00:26:02.470 two or three songs off of this album it's fun 00:26:02.470 --> 00:26:08.670 it's a lot of fun and you've left me in a interesting 00:26:08.670 --> 00:26:11.710 predicament here to close out the side because 00:26:12.410 --> 00:26:16.369 Scrolling through my list, I have not the closest 00:26:16.369 --> 00:26:20.910 thing that I could follow that up with is Goldfinger. 00:26:21.230 --> 00:26:25.210 But I don't feel like it's a side closing song. 00:26:26.029 --> 00:26:28.869 And so this song is going to be both kind of 00:26:28.869 --> 00:26:32.869 a musical palate cleanser and a way to close 00:26:32.869 --> 00:26:37.690 out side one. And to me, the only way to close 00:26:37.690 --> 00:26:43.339 out a 90s sophomore release side. Is with the 00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:47.099 follow up to 1990's Facelift. Not SAP like we 00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:51.759 talked about. But 1992's Dirt. You can also talk 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:55.180 about the amazing soundtrack to singles. I'm 00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:59.420 going with Alice in Chains Wood. To me that is 00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:04.019 a closing anthem. And there's really just no 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:09.359 way. To start a side with that. Or pop that in 00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:12.309 the middle of a side. It only. closes things 00:27:12.309 --> 00:27:16.230 out for me personally at least oh i mean as a 00:27:16.230 --> 00:27:19.029 bassist i don't know if there's a rock bassist 00:27:19.029 --> 00:27:22.910 in a band around that has not learned the bass 00:27:22.910 --> 00:27:26.150 groove to wood i mean i guarantee you i have 00:27:26.150 --> 00:27:28.990 played that you know while warming up or while 00:27:28.990 --> 00:27:31.309 doing sound check or just getting a level going 00:27:31.309 --> 00:27:32.990 you know it's not the kind of song that we would 00:27:32.990 --> 00:27:35.109 play at the bars that we play because people 00:27:35.109 --> 00:27:37.430 are there to dance and i don't know if i could 00:27:37.430 --> 00:27:40.670 ever actually see anyone dancing to wood I'd 00:27:40.670 --> 00:27:42.849 be curious to see how that would play out, but 00:27:42.849 --> 00:27:46.910 that song and just that opening as a bassist, 00:27:46.930 --> 00:27:49.069 and I'm sure you agree on this one, there are 00:27:49.069 --> 00:27:52.049 certain songs that are made for the four stringers 00:27:52.049 --> 00:27:54.769 out there, and this is one of them. A thousand 00:27:54.769 --> 00:27:57.869 percent. I'll also throw in one other one that 00:27:57.869 --> 00:28:02.670 my old band used to do, Rotten Apples. We would 00:28:02.670 --> 00:28:05.410 jam out the beginning and the one guitarist would 00:28:05.410 --> 00:28:06.950 doodle over it and the other guitarist would 00:28:06.950 --> 00:28:09.190 come in with the clean guitar and it just worked 00:28:09.190 --> 00:28:15.150 so well. And that one just always hits. Alice 00:28:15.150 --> 00:28:19.470 in Chains had such a unique sound. They're part 00:28:19.470 --> 00:28:23.970 of what I call the 90s Big Four. When you think 00:28:23.970 --> 00:28:28.109 about Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice 00:28:28.109 --> 00:28:30.859 in Chains. And I'll be honest, they might be 00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:33.559 my favorite of the big four. And it's hard because 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:37.680 I respect all four bands immensely. But Alice 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:40.299 in Chains leans into a lot of the heavier stuff 00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:42.940 that I love near and dear to my heart. But they 00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:46.039 also know they have a side that's softer than 00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:50.640 any of the bands on that list. Even as softer 00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:54.220 songs like Nothing Man from Pearl Jam or Something 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:57.339 in the Way by Nirvana. You take a song like Don't 00:28:57.339 --> 00:29:01.190 Follow. by Alice in Chains. They have a spectrum 00:29:01.190 --> 00:29:04.710 of music that is just undeniable. Oh, absolutely. 00:29:05.089 --> 00:29:07.250 Don't forget Nutshell. I mean, the song that 00:29:07.250 --> 00:29:10.650 kicked off the MTV Unplugged, that song is chills 00:29:10.650 --> 00:29:13.829 up and down the arm every time I hear it. I completely 00:29:13.829 --> 00:29:16.109 agree. Alice in Chains, I think, is my favorite 00:29:16.109 --> 00:29:20.630 of the grunge four, if you will. Played a couple 00:29:20.630 --> 00:29:22.809 of Alice in Chains songs in my first band live 00:29:22.809 --> 00:29:25.569 a couple of times. We did Wood, and then we did 00:29:25.569 --> 00:29:29.190 It Ain't Like That. And again, lots of fun songs 00:29:29.190 --> 00:29:31.910 to play as a band, but great songs to listen 00:29:31.910 --> 00:29:36.329 to as a listener. 100%. And that, folks, closes 00:29:36.329 --> 00:29:41.109 out side A of our 90s sophomore albums mixtape, 00:29:41.250 --> 00:29:44.630 kicking off with Sponge's Wax -A -Static to sell 00:29:44.630 --> 00:29:48.269 Angelina, Counting Crows, Angels of the Silences. 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.740 Lowest of the Low, Penedono's Hand, Tonics You 00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:56.619 Wanted More, Garbage When I Grow Up, Cranberry 00:29:56.619 --> 00:30:01.079 Zombie, Veruca Salt's Shutterbug, Weezer's El 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:04.720 Scorcho, Terror Vision's Oblivion, and Alice 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:08.789 in Chains. Head over to MyWeeklyMixTape .com 00:30:08.789 --> 00:30:11.670 to hear all the songs we've discussed in this 00:30:11.670 --> 00:30:14.869 mix through the playlist embedded on the episode 00:30:14.869 --> 00:30:18.130 page. Now, Jason, before we flip this proverbial 00:30:18.130 --> 00:30:20.589 mix over to Side B, why don't you catch everybody 00:30:20.589 --> 00:30:23.049 up on what's been happening over at It's Not 00:30:23.049 --> 00:30:25.569 That Bad and There Can Only Be One podcasts. 00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:28.299 Well, it's funny you mention that because as 00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:30.720 we're recording this, this is a big week for 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:33.559 It's Not That Bad because not only is it the 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:37.559 two -year anniversary of the podcast and we've 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:39.359 got our two -year episode, which will be out 00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:41.900 now by the time you're listening to this episode 00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:46.119 on Howard the Duck. Because what better way to 00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:48.599 celebrate two years than by going down that road. 00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:52.460 But we're also closing in on our 100th episode. 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:55.359 And I'm just going to let you figure out which 00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:58.099 one that's going to be. But I guarantee you it's 00:30:58.099 --> 00:31:00.099 going to be very interesting to watch that film. 00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:02.339 But on the other side, where there can only be 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:04.660 one, that podcast is starting to take off a little 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:06.740 bit. And that one's a ton of fun as well as we 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:10.000 go through an artist's studio discography and 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:14.660 pick our one song. only one song off of each 00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:17.099 studio album as you know you've suffered through 00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:19.980 that debacle of trying to pick just one song 00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:22.859 many many times and I can almost guarantee you 00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:25.319 like myself you probably have an album listed 00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:27.700 as your research for this episode and multiple 00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:31.339 songs from that album picked as I know I do for 00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:33.619 some of these albums there it's been a ton of 00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:36.480 fun you know and since the start of it's not 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:38.640 that bad and now we've got both podcasts going 00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:42.099 I love To see the progression of it, I love to 00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:44.940 see people having fun with it. And we have a 00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.859 lot of fun guests on the show, yourself included, 00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:50.279 as well as Gomez from the Sleepy G Show. And 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:53.000 we've got Gritting on a Curve episodes coming 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:55.319 up as well, where we have just a bunch of people 00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:58.000 just ranking different movies in different categories. 00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:02.079 So if you're in for a positive podcast that still 00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:04.420 likes to have a really good laugh, or if you 00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:07.589 like a music podcast where... The guest and myself 00:32:07.589 --> 00:32:10.670 suffer through having to decide on just one song. 00:32:11.029 --> 00:32:14.089 You have two podcasts to choose from. I think 00:32:14.089 --> 00:32:16.369 they're both fantastic. I'm subbed to them both. 00:32:16.450 --> 00:32:19.990 I'm always messaging you my commentary offline 00:32:19.990 --> 00:32:22.869 about some of the song choices and things like 00:32:22.869 --> 00:32:25.630 that. They're two of my absolute favorites, and 00:32:25.630 --> 00:32:28.269 I'm glad to be part of that universe. Congrats 00:32:28.269 --> 00:32:32.559 on the 100. Episode milestone. I still got about 00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:34.819 60 something more to go before we get there at 00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:38.140 my weekly mixtape. But that time will come. Technically, 00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:40.299 that time will come in less than two years if 00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:42.960 I am sticking to the name of the show and keeping 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:46.160 it weekly. I'll just take the time here and apologize 00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:48.680 again for making you listen to Metallica's Lulu. 00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:51.940 Thank you. I'm still trying to cleanse my palate 00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:55.539 from that one. So to do so, I will kick things 00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:57.880 off with Side B by picking something that is 00:32:57.880 --> 00:33:01.470 not from Metallica. because they had several 00:33:01.470 --> 00:33:04.130 albums in the 80s and they don't count. But we 00:33:04.130 --> 00:33:07.390 were just talking about the big four of the 90s 00:33:07.390 --> 00:33:12.170 and I am a sucker for album opening tracks. When 00:33:12.170 --> 00:33:14.549 you're following up an album that kicks off as 00:33:14.549 --> 00:33:18.250 amazing as 1991's Tended with the song Once, 00:33:18.450 --> 00:33:21.509 you best equally bring that intensity to start 00:33:21.509 --> 00:33:25.410 off your sophomore album. And on 1993's Versus, 00:33:25.410 --> 00:33:29.039 Pearl Jam does just that with the insanity. known 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:33.460 as Go. I absolutely love the intensity that this 00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:36.220 song brings to kick off an album that I feel 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:41.460 is on par with 1991's 10. And yes, I'll just 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:45.019 say it, Vitology as well. I love all three of 00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:48.960 those albums. No Code, not as much, but the first 00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:51.380 three Pearl Jam albums are a statement in and 00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:55.140 of itself to me. And to kick off a side, how 00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:57.200 can you not kick it off with a song called Go? 00:33:57.339 --> 00:34:00.650 Let's just... kick this thing off with some authority. 00:34:01.150 --> 00:34:04.950 I can't argue that Pearl Jam definitely avoided 00:34:04.950 --> 00:34:07.470 the sophomore slump. I personally had Rearview 00:34:07.470 --> 00:34:09.769 Mirror on my list, so you kind of scooped me 00:34:09.769 --> 00:34:13.090 on the album there. Still, if we were ever to 00:34:13.090 --> 00:34:15.929 do a Pearl Jam, there could only be one. We could 00:34:15.929 --> 00:34:18.070 not talk about my favorite Pearl Jam song, which 00:34:18.070 --> 00:34:20.070 is State of Love and Trust, which of course was 00:34:20.070 --> 00:34:22.170 on the single soundtrack. But you're right, that 00:34:22.170 --> 00:34:25.110 album, like when you're following up 10, that 00:34:25.110 --> 00:34:28.840 was such, not just a good album, But it was a 00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:32.840 momentum changer in the entire listener base 00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:37.320 of rock music. That album shifted us into the 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:41.460 world of grunge. And to follow it up, showed 00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:44.900 that grunge had the longevity, even though popularity 00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:47.760 -wise and mainstream -wise, it did fade after 00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:51.739 a while. But, oh, so good. So good on verses. 00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:55.400 So good on vitality. I completely agree. Now, 00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:58.599 you went with Go. That's got a lot of energy 00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:03.219 to it. Where do I go from here? As I take a look 00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:06.280 at my multiple pages of notes here, you know, 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:10.099 I think I know what I'm going to go with. And 00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:15.719 I was hopeful that the inevitable actually happened. 00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:19.500 Spotify has this thing where occasionally a full 00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:22.119 album isn't available. Get certain songs here 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:25.320 and there. But just about a week or two before 00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:28.219 we record this episode. the full album popped 00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:31.699 up. And I was like, oh my God, it's there. I 00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:35.059 can mention these songs. And it's arguably, in 00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:39.880 my personal opinion, 1994, one of the best albums 00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:42.480 of that entire year. That's a big statement. 00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:45.900 But I'm going with off of the Trouble Gum album 00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:48.579 from Therapy. I'm going to go with a song called 00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:53.199 Stop It, You're Killing Me. I freaking love. 00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:58.039 this album like it is raw energy all the way 00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:02.059 through arguably has the best cover of a joy 00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:04.179 division song that i think i've ever heard in 00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:06.800 isolation this is another one of those bands 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:09.900 where this album stands out amongst their entire 00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:13.619 discography and they're still around to this 00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:16.599 day and still putting out new music and if you 00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:19.659 have a chance listen to trouble gum if you like 00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:21.619 something where it's like raw energy all the 00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:51.409 way through Listen to this album. very, very 00:36:51.409 --> 00:36:54.909 much. And we're obviously going energetic for 00:36:54.909 --> 00:36:58.510 side two. So I am sticking with energetic and 00:36:58.510 --> 00:37:02.190 I am going up with another one of the nineties 00:37:02.190 --> 00:37:05.190 namesake bands. This is not going to be a band 00:37:05.190 --> 00:37:09.309 that shocks anybody, but the song might, I am 00:37:09.309 --> 00:37:12.570 going to go off of 1994 is purple. And I'm going 00:37:12.570 --> 00:37:14.590 to go with my favorites. If we were doing a stone 00:37:14.590 --> 00:37:16.969 temple pilots episode on there can only be one. 00:37:17.010 --> 00:37:18.789 I'm going to go with my favorite song from that 00:37:18.789 --> 00:37:21.679 album. And it's a song that I cover with my good 00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:25.159 friend DC Slater on the album Wicked Garden, 00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:27.860 a millennium tribute to Stone Temple Pilots, 00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:30.800 although our version was a slowed down acoustic 00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:35.119 version. The studio cut of Stone Temple Pilots 00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:40.340 unglued hits me every time as a raw, manic, powerful 00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:44.760 rock song. And just for those out there that. 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:47.739 Maybe curious to hear what me and my buddy did 00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:49.980 with the song when we kind of flipped it on its 00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:52.219 side. I'll throw a version up on the episode 00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:55.059 page at myweeklymixtape .com just in case you 00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:57.599 want to check that out. But following up Therapy, 00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:59.719 Stop It, You're Killing Me, Stone Temple Pilots, 00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:03.599 Unglued. Such a good song. I had Interstate Love 00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:06.500 Song on my list. Oh, yeah. Interstate Love Song 00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:09.019 has such a mass appeal. I completely get it. 00:38:09.190 --> 00:38:11.650 Patreon mixtaper Jason Donchus chimed in with 00:38:11.650 --> 00:38:15.349 that one. That is a huge, huge song that really 00:38:15.349 --> 00:38:19.190 extends Stone Temple Pilots' notoriety outside 00:38:19.190 --> 00:38:22.449 of the hard rock vein. But coming out of Pearl 00:38:22.449 --> 00:38:25.130 Jam and Therapy, I felt like Unglued was the 00:38:25.130 --> 00:38:28.449 better fit for this mixtape. That album, really, 00:38:28.630 --> 00:38:31.489 those first three albums for Stone Temple Pilots, 00:38:31.489 --> 00:38:35.110 again, it's a phenomenal three -album run right 00:38:35.110 --> 00:38:38.889 there. Oh, where to go from here? Where to go 00:38:38.889 --> 00:38:42.610 from here? Okay. Okay. I've got this one here. 00:38:43.010 --> 00:38:45.550 Not necessarily as energetic, but still with 00:38:45.550 --> 00:38:47.369 the same kind of crunch that you would get from 00:38:47.369 --> 00:38:49.829 what we've got so far on this side. I'm going 00:38:49.829 --> 00:38:53.170 to go with off of 1995 Seeds album from Brother 00:38:53.170 --> 00:38:57.730 Kane and Fool's Shine On. This was another one 00:38:57.730 --> 00:39:00.739 of those ones where out of the blue. This video 00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:03.539 comes up on Much Music, MTV for all of you American 00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:07.079 listeners. And all of a sudden, you've got the 00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:09.659 hook stuck in your head. And it had that kind 00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:13.360 of early collective soul kind of chunk to the 00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:17.619 song itself. And the fact that some of the members 00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:20.500 of Brother Kane teamed up with Kelly Gray and 00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:22.760 Scott Rockefeller later in a group called Slave 00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:24.739 to the System. If you're looking for side projects, 00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:28.000 that's a phenomenal album to listen to. and Fool's 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:33.320 Shine On from 1995's Seeds. It's funny you mentioned 00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:35.960 Collective Soul because as soon as you mentioned 00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:37.480 Brother Kane, the first thought that came to 00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:40.199 my mind, we talked about my band, Colburn & Company. 00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:43.079 Drummer Jay is a huge fan of Brother Kane, so 00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:45.559 that immediately popped into my head. And the 00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:47.820 second thing that popped into my head is the 00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:49.880 only thing I could follow up Brother Kane with 00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:53.199 on my list is Collective Soul because I feel 00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:56.949 like they just have that same energy to them 00:39:56.949 --> 00:39:59.110 i don't want to say musically they're not paint 00:39:59.110 --> 00:40:01.769 by numbers by any stretch of the imagination 00:40:01.769 --> 00:40:04.989 but vibe wise i feel like they both fall under 00:40:04.989 --> 00:40:08.230 that same vein and i'm going to keep the energy 00:40:08.230 --> 00:40:10.829 up and i'm going to go with a song that i got 00:40:10.829 --> 00:40:12.949 a chance to talk with a member of collective 00:40:12.949 --> 00:40:16.130 soul will turpin on episode 12 the ultimate collective 00:40:16.130 --> 00:40:19.010 soul playlist i am going to go with the song 00:40:19.010 --> 00:40:22.010 that was first featured on the soundtrack to 00:40:22.010 --> 00:40:26.760 the jerky boys movie And then the lead single 00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:28.880 from their sophomore effort. I'm going to go 00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:31.880 with gel. I just love the riff. There's something 00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:35.480 that's so perfect in its simplicity. It's so 00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:38.820 catchy. It's so catchy. It's so infectious. It 00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:42.960 almost has a cars meets nineties vibe. And I'm 00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:45.780 talking about the cars, Rico cassock. You take 00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:48.719 that sound and you merge it with nineties rock. 00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:50.820 You get a song like jail by collective soul. 00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:55.570 So infectious. So wonderful. And instead of hearing 00:40:55.570 --> 00:40:58.090 me talk about it, go back and listen to episode 00:40:58.090 --> 00:41:00.309 12 because Will Turpin says some great stuff 00:41:00.309 --> 00:41:03.349 about it. And before I forget, also, like I mentioned 00:41:03.349 --> 00:41:05.710 at the top of the show, Jason Donch has chimed 00:41:05.710 --> 00:41:08.650 in with Simple from the same album. I mean, there 00:41:08.650 --> 00:41:10.469 are so many songs you could pick from this album. 00:41:10.989 --> 00:41:13.809 Untitled, The World I Know, anything works. I'm 00:41:13.809 --> 00:41:15.929 just trying to fall in line with this playlist 00:41:15.929 --> 00:41:17.949 that we're putting together here. But I love 00:41:17.949 --> 00:41:19.510 that band. I can't wait for them to put out something 00:41:19.510 --> 00:41:22.889 new again. Yeah, you scooped me on gel. I had 00:41:22.889 --> 00:41:25.449 that on my list for sure. And you're right, especially 00:41:25.449 --> 00:41:27.369 when you're coming off of an album where Shine 00:41:27.369 --> 00:41:30.090 was such a big song that was all over the place 00:41:30.090 --> 00:41:32.170 at the time. You know, if you weren't walking 00:41:32.170 --> 00:41:36.789 around and here's a... If your response is not... 00:41:36.789 --> 00:41:41.929 Then you didn't 90s properly here. But I'm glad 00:41:41.929 --> 00:41:44.210 you mentioned the cars because that tells me 00:41:44.210 --> 00:41:48.880 exactly where I'm going to go next. This album 00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:51.840 had some of the biggest choruses of the 90s. 00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:55.219 And I'm glad that Butch Walker went on and had 00:41:55.219 --> 00:41:57.659 a long solo career afterwards. But I'm going 00:41:57.659 --> 00:42:00.719 to go with off of Hey Album from Marvelous 3. 00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:03.260 But rather than go with Freak of the Week, I 00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:05.000 think I'm going to go with Vampires in Love. 00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:07.900 Because that song's got such a great sing -song 00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:11.360 chorus to it. I mean, that whole album. The whole 00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:16.300 album. If you like a catchy hook and a big chorus. 00:42:16.809 --> 00:42:19.469 and sing -along vibes to the whole song, you're 00:42:19.469 --> 00:42:22.730 going to love that album. I love Butch Walker's 00:42:22.730 --> 00:42:26.130 solo stuff, but Marvelous 3 had that catchy, 00:42:26.210 --> 00:42:30.210 almost Cars kind of vibe to it as well. 100%. 00:42:30.210 --> 00:42:34.289 You scooped me on Marvelous 3. However, I did 00:42:34.289 --> 00:42:37.210 have Freak of the Week because I used to cover 00:42:37.210 --> 00:42:40.869 that song. I love Butch Walker. They're doing 00:42:40.869 --> 00:42:44.050 a reunion show this year in 2023. I'm so stoked 00:42:44.050 --> 00:42:47.570 about that. I hope it leads to more. Butch Walker 00:42:47.570 --> 00:42:52.409 is just one of the most gifted, prolific songwriters 00:42:52.409 --> 00:42:56.449 and producers on the scene. He has his hands 00:42:56.449 --> 00:43:01.429 on so many amazing albums from so many bands 00:43:01.429 --> 00:43:04.869 across so many genres. And he speaks to all of 00:43:04.869 --> 00:43:09.809 those genres effortlessly. He is one of the best. 00:43:10.170 --> 00:43:13.329 Out there. And I'm so glad you picked them. And 00:43:13.329 --> 00:43:16.190 that is hard to follow up. Because they have 00:43:16.190 --> 00:43:20.010 this pop sensibility. That's not sitting in my 00:43:20.010 --> 00:43:24.389 list. Very well. I don't have a lot of the pop 00:43:24.389 --> 00:43:27.909 flavored. Punk kind of stuff. And I don't want 00:43:27.909 --> 00:43:29.889 to call Marvelous 3 pop punk. Because they're 00:43:29.889 --> 00:43:32.889 not. But they have that element to it. That tinge. 00:43:33.050 --> 00:43:36.510 They toured with bands like Lit and Eve 6. So 00:43:36.510 --> 00:43:39.030 I would not call them punk. But they had that. 00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:42.320 punk flavor to the alternative rock sound, if 00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:44.079 you want to call it that. Kind of that power 00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:50.239 pop feel. Yes, yes. So coming out of that, my 00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:55.599 God, this is so tough because I have three songs 00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:58.059 I definitely want to talk about tonight and I 00:43:58.059 --> 00:44:00.239 only have two spots left and I'm praying you're 00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:05.340 going to pull one of these three. All right. 00:44:05.340 --> 00:44:07.059 I'm going to follow it up with a song that is 00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:09.340 not power pop at all. It's just manic energy. 00:44:10.099 --> 00:44:13.079 It's one of these songs that is going to pick 00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:16.139 the energy up to close out side B for the second 00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:19.500 half, because no matter what song you put before 00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:22.260 it, monkey wrench by the Foo Fighters is picking 00:44:22.260 --> 00:44:24.159 the energy up. It doesn't matter what it is. 00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:27.119 It's. rock. It's hard rock. It's everything I 00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:29.800 love about the Foo Fighters. Again, following 00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:33.599 up 1995 self -titled, which was just supposed 00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:38.480 to be a demo tape. 1997 is by many considered 00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:41.199 to be the Foo Fighters masterpiece. Personally, 00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:44.219 for me, I think Wasting Light is the band's finest 00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:47.000 hour with the color in the shape of close second. 00:44:47.179 --> 00:44:50.619 But to me, as much as their songs like Everlong 00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:55.170 and My Hero, Monkey Wrench just. rises to the 00:44:55.170 --> 00:44:59.849 top it is just so much fun and so energetic and 00:44:59.849 --> 00:45:01.510 it's everything i love about the foo fighters 00:45:01.510 --> 00:45:04.949 so let's see how you follow up foo fighters monkey 00:45:04.949 --> 00:45:07.849 wrench oh this is gonna be a tough one here because 00:45:07.849 --> 00:45:10.349 like yourself there are certain songs where i'm 00:45:10.349 --> 00:45:13.489 just like i wish i'm hoping for an avenue to 00:45:13.489 --> 00:45:16.769 get that into but what follows up monkey wrench 00:45:16.769 --> 00:45:18.750 really by the way i had hey johnny park on my 00:45:18.750 --> 00:45:20.969 list as well so another great one i mean come 00:45:20.969 --> 00:45:23.530 on you can go with any of them oh the whole album 00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:26.219 No lie, there is a Foo Fighters episode coming 00:45:26.219 --> 00:45:28.119 up on There Can Only Be One, and that is not 00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:31.099 going to be an easy episode to pick songs off 00:45:31.099 --> 00:45:36.079 of at all. Where do I go with this one? From 00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:41.099 Foo Fighters, Keeping Up the Energy. Okay, okay. 00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:43.340 I'm going to go a little more aggressive here, 00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:47.400 but still on the rockier side. The song that 00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:51.400 broke Woodstock. I'm going to go off of 1999's 00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:55.539 Significant Other. Break Stuff from Limp Bizkit. 00:45:55.739 --> 00:45:59.159 Now, say what you want about what went down at 00:45:59.159 --> 00:46:01.960 Woodstock. Say what you want about Limp Bizkit 00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:04.500 and their songwriting. But if you're looking 00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:07.019 for a speeding ticket, Break Stuff is probably 00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:12.019 going to be that song. And it stands out from 00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:15.079 the rest of that album to me. Songs like Nookie. 00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:16.840 there were definitely a lot of radio play, but 00:46:16.840 --> 00:46:19.539 break stuff had not just the energy, but a lot 00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:21.760 of fun to it. And sometimes you just wanted to 00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:24.500 rage out to a song. So yeah, often significant 00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:29.280 other break stuff, beauty in simplicity down, 00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:32.760 down. The whole place is about to go off. Everybody 00:46:32.760 --> 00:46:37.679 at that time was losing their mind to limp biscuit. 00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:40.840 I know limp biscuit has become a punchline to 00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:44.360 some over the years. But I'm sorry. Some songs 00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:47.199 are just meant to be fun. They're just meant 00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:50.300 to be party songs. They're just meant to be anthemic. 00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:55.179 And Break Stuff, to me, is an absolute, I'll 00:46:55.179 --> 00:46:58.719 just say it, classic. If I want to get psyched 00:46:58.719 --> 00:47:03.400 up, I mean, two chords and I'm ready to go. I 00:47:03.400 --> 00:47:06.800 understand everything that happened at Woodstock 00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:10.739 99. And I am not. Team Bro or whatever those 00:47:10.739 --> 00:47:14.219 guys were that were being obnoxious at that concert. 00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:18.679 However, I've seen Limp Bizkit perform several 00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:21.739 times during that heyday, and that song always 00:47:21.739 --> 00:47:25.579 set the place off into a frenzy. And unfortunately, 00:47:26.139 --> 00:47:29.460 well, fortunately and unfortunately, you've made 00:47:29.460 --> 00:47:32.880 my next decision quite easy because I have two 00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:36.639 songs that I want to talk about. One of them 00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:40.349 works. And one of them doesn't. So the song that 00:47:40.349 --> 00:47:42.610 doesn't work, I got to give respect to because 00:47:42.610 --> 00:47:46.449 in my opinion, it's the best sophomore album 00:47:46.449 --> 00:47:50.449 of the 1990s. But there has been no place for 00:47:50.449 --> 00:47:53.769 me to fit a Southern rock album on this mix. 00:47:54.010 --> 00:47:57.750 And that would be 1992's The Southern Harmony 00:47:57.750 --> 00:48:00.210 and Musical Companion and Black Crow's Remedy. 00:48:00.510 --> 00:48:03.710 Of course, I'm 100 % in lockstep with Patreon 00:48:03.710 --> 00:48:06.210 mixtaper Jason Donchus on this pick. However, 00:48:06.369 --> 00:48:09.570 the problem now is that I cannot follow up Limp 00:48:09.570 --> 00:48:12.809 Bizkit with Remedy and have it make sense musically 00:48:12.809 --> 00:48:15.230 and be in good taste. But I want to give a shout 00:48:15.230 --> 00:48:18.349 out to that album because it's amazing. It's 00:48:18.349 --> 00:48:21.710 a masterpiece of Southern rock and I love the 00:48:21.710 --> 00:48:24.909 album and I'm so effing upset that I haven't 00:48:24.909 --> 00:48:28.489 found a place to squeeze it in. However, coming 00:48:28.489 --> 00:48:33.380 out of... Break stuff. There's only one song 00:48:33.380 --> 00:48:38.099 that could possibly match that insanity. And 00:48:38.099 --> 00:48:41.000 it's also another Woodstock 99 reference from 00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:44.960 1996 is evil empire raged against the machine 00:48:44.960 --> 00:48:49.599 bulls on parade. Let's just keep turning this 00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:52.920 thing up. And can you imagine if this was a concert 00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:55.079 and these songs were happening? Monkey wrench, 00:48:55.260 --> 00:48:59.030 break stuff, bulls on parade. Holy moly, man. 00:48:59.110 --> 00:49:00.869 Like, don't be driving when you're listening 00:49:00.869 --> 00:49:03.469 to this playlist right now, because my weekly 00:49:03.469 --> 00:49:06.289 mixtape is not responsible for any speeding tickets 00:49:06.289 --> 00:49:09.730 that may incur when listening to said playlists. 00:49:10.050 --> 00:49:13.010 If you were at a show and a band was playing 00:49:13.010 --> 00:49:15.670 all these songs in a row, like literally a hard 00:49:15.670 --> 00:49:18.829 rock 90s cover band. I would not be surprised 00:49:18.829 --> 00:49:20.530 to see a circle pit in the middle of the bar 00:49:20.530 --> 00:49:23.409 at the time, and then you never get to go back 00:49:23.409 --> 00:49:25.469 and play there because you have to still be paying 00:49:25.469 --> 00:49:27.989 the damages that happen. But again, that's on 00:49:27.989 --> 00:49:31.510 them. That's not on you. Yeah, no. Rage Against 00:49:31.510 --> 00:49:37.730 the Machine arguably is 90s hard rock and angry 00:49:37.730 --> 00:49:41.539 rock, too. If you have SiriusXM, you're listening 00:49:41.539 --> 00:49:44.300 to a lot of it. You're listening to Lithium or 00:49:44.300 --> 00:49:47.760 Octane or Turbo, any of those channels, especially 00:49:47.760 --> 00:49:49.500 anything that Tom Morello's got his show on. 00:49:49.780 --> 00:49:51.599 One of the things, too, I love is the fact that 00:49:51.599 --> 00:49:55.239 Tom Morello is such a talented guitarist, such 00:49:55.239 --> 00:49:57.860 a talented guitarist. Anything he touches literally 00:49:57.860 --> 00:50:00.539 has his signature on it, and you know instantly 00:50:00.539 --> 00:50:03.219 who that guitarist is. I keep thinking about 00:50:03.219 --> 00:50:05.619 Street Sweeper Social Club and their song 100 00:50:05.619 --> 00:50:08.659 Little Curses. that is such a Tom Morello guitar 00:50:08.659 --> 00:50:11.579 riff. There's also a video that Fender Guitars 00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:15.460 put out. And if you're a guitarist and you want 00:50:15.460 --> 00:50:18.840 to geek out a little bit here, okay, picture 00:50:18.840 --> 00:50:23.599 this. Scott Ian, Nuno Betancourt, Tom Morello. 00:50:24.139 --> 00:50:26.719 If I remember correctly, it's Brad Paisley. And 00:50:26.719 --> 00:50:30.900 you also have the music composer and showrunner 00:50:30.900 --> 00:50:35.519 from Game of Thrones on six guitars doing the 00:50:35.519 --> 00:50:40.280 Game of Thrones, theme song it's so good and 00:50:40.280 --> 00:50:43.480 tom morello when he gets his butt to shine literally 00:50:43.480 --> 00:50:45.099 you sit there and go how i don't know how he 00:50:45.099 --> 00:50:48.679 makes those noises but damn if it isn't really 00:50:48.679 --> 00:50:51.619 good jason if you send me the link to that i 00:50:51.619 --> 00:50:54.280 will include that on the show page as well so 00:50:54.280 --> 00:50:57.519 people can check that song out i'm glad you mentioned 00:50:57.519 --> 00:50:59.199 brad paisley i know people are going to be like 00:50:59.199 --> 00:51:01.980 wait a minute brad paisley People don't realize 00:51:01.980 --> 00:51:06.579 he is a ridiculously sick guitarist, one of the 00:51:06.579 --> 00:51:09.780 best country guitarists I've ever seen ever, 00:51:09.900 --> 00:51:12.980 ever, ever, ever. But going back to Tom Morello, 00:51:13.099 --> 00:51:15.400 you listen to the High Hopes album from Bruce 00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:17.920 Springsteen, where he played lead on a lot of 00:51:17.920 --> 00:51:20.699 the songs. And even that signature sound in a 00:51:20.699 --> 00:51:23.380 Bruce Springsteen song, you know who you're hearing. 00:51:23.400 --> 00:51:27.440 It's just unmistakable. And he is one of the 00:51:27.440 --> 00:51:31.420 most unique guitarists. Of the 90s for sure. 00:51:31.639 --> 00:51:34.880 It's almost like Morello captured for guitar 00:51:34.880 --> 00:51:38.179 and signature tones exactly what Steve Vai did. 00:51:38.219 --> 00:51:40.639 Remember when he was on the Whitesnake album 00:51:40.639 --> 00:51:43.460 that he was on? You could tell instantly that 00:51:43.460 --> 00:51:45.659 that was Steve Vai's guitar work right away. 00:51:45.920 --> 00:51:48.460 And any album that he is on or he guests on, 00:51:48.500 --> 00:51:51.469 I remember he guested on the track from... the 00:51:51.469 --> 00:51:53.409 Hey Stupid album from Alice Cooper. And it was 00:51:53.409 --> 00:51:55.090 him. And I think it was, I think it was Jeff 00:51:55.090 --> 00:51:58.170 Beck as well. Just guitar dueling on one of the 00:51:58.170 --> 00:51:59.630 songs. And it's like, I think it was Feed My 00:51:59.630 --> 00:52:02.989 Frankenstein actually. And you could tell when 00:52:02.989 --> 00:52:05.429 one and the other guitarist just completely started 00:52:05.429 --> 00:52:08.389 to pick up their riff, that's their guitar tone. 00:52:08.429 --> 00:52:12.949 And it speaks volumes. No pun intended. So now 00:52:12.949 --> 00:52:17.239 speaking volumes is. One of the hardest things 00:52:17.239 --> 00:52:18.800 you're going to have to do because you need to 00:52:18.800 --> 00:52:22.900 follow up this trifecta of mayhem of Foo Fighters, 00:52:22.900 --> 00:52:25.880 Monkey Wrench, Limp Bizkit's Break Stuff and 00:52:25.880 --> 00:52:28.400 Rage Against the Machine's Bulls on Parade or 00:52:28.400 --> 00:52:30.440 a three -peat, whatever you want to call it, 00:52:30.460 --> 00:52:32.239 because we talked about at the top of the episode, 00:52:32.480 --> 00:52:35.579 you're closing out the night. How do you encore 00:52:35.579 --> 00:52:39.679 these three songs, Jason? Oh, dear God. This 00:52:39.679 --> 00:52:42.039 is one of those, how do you close a show kind 00:52:42.039 --> 00:52:44.159 of thing. And I'm just taking a look at my list 00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:46.500 and there's so many songs here that I wish we'd 00:52:46.500 --> 00:52:50.659 had a chance to discuss. Like anything from Bruce 00:52:50.659 --> 00:52:53.019 Dickinson's Ballstick Picasso album would have 00:52:53.019 --> 00:52:56.440 been wonderful to talk about. Tori Amos may be 00:52:56.440 --> 00:52:59.159 the one artist I've seen the most of, but I don't 00:52:59.159 --> 00:53:02.440 know if Tori Amos kind of goes well here. But 00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:03.699 I think I know how I'm going to end it because 00:53:03.699 --> 00:53:07.559 I'm going to end it kind of the same feel. at 00:53:07.559 --> 00:53:10.000 least instrument -wise, that we ended side A 00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:14.219 with. You know me in talking back and forth. 00:53:14.360 --> 00:53:18.039 You know I'm a huge Nixons fan. So off of their 00:53:18.039 --> 00:53:22.139 self -titled 1997 album, I'm going to go with 00:53:22.139 --> 00:53:26.619 a song called The Fall. And this is a song where 00:53:26.619 --> 00:53:31.440 the lead instrument really is a fretless bass. 00:53:32.219 --> 00:53:35.199 And it's Ricky Walken's first album with the 00:53:35.199 --> 00:53:38.719 Nixons after they had changed bases. It's a phenomenal 00:53:38.719 --> 00:53:40.980 song. So we've got the songwriting talent of 00:53:40.980 --> 00:53:43.780 Zach Malloy. You've got the fretless bass work 00:53:43.780 --> 00:53:48.360 of Ricky Walken. And that album and their follow 00:53:48.360 --> 00:53:52.119 -up on their third one, the latest thing, criminally 00:53:52.119 --> 00:53:54.039 underrated. I know they get a lot of attention 00:53:54.039 --> 00:53:58.179 from FOMA, but the fall off of the second album, 00:53:58.280 --> 00:54:01.159 as well as songs like Baton Rouge. Great songs. 00:54:01.320 --> 00:54:04.139 The third album, Latest Thing, which was produced 00:54:04.139 --> 00:54:06.559 by Rico Kasich as well, since we have the Cars 00:54:06.559 --> 00:54:09.019 reference there. If you haven't had a chance 00:54:09.019 --> 00:54:12.800 to listen to the Nixons, do so. And this song 00:54:12.800 --> 00:54:15.539 is just a wonderful song. Couldn't agree more. 00:54:15.619 --> 00:54:18.320 You hit the nail on the head with Underrated. 00:54:18.460 --> 00:54:21.820 I mean, people from 90s radio in the U .S. are 00:54:21.820 --> 00:54:25.659 very familiar with Sister from FOMA. But then 00:54:25.659 --> 00:54:27.820 the Nixons, at least here in the U .S., they 00:54:27.820 --> 00:54:31.190 kind of fell off of rock radio. And it's a shame 00:54:31.190 --> 00:54:34.309 because musically they checked all the boxes 00:54:34.309 --> 00:54:38.570 as far as I'm concerned. And that is a very trying 00:54:38.570 --> 00:54:42.349 to think of the right word to use here. Dynamic 00:54:42.349 --> 00:54:46.849 way to close side B. Well, the funny thing is 00:54:46.849 --> 00:54:50.110 this song actually acts as a fascinating bookender 00:54:50.110 --> 00:54:52.690 because I remember if you remember like the first 00:54:52.690 --> 00:54:55.579 song we talked about. That was the last concert 00:54:55.579 --> 00:54:57.679 I saw before the pandemic shut concerts down. 00:54:57.760 --> 00:55:01.179 Sponge was the opening act. The Nixons were the 00:55:01.179 --> 00:55:04.800 headliner that night. So very autobiographical 00:55:04.800 --> 00:55:08.179 for you, sir. Well done. Well played. And that 00:55:08.179 --> 00:55:11.860 mixtapers concludes side B of our 90s sophomore 00:55:11.860 --> 00:55:14.739 albums mixtape, which kicked off with Pearl Jam's 00:55:14.739 --> 00:55:18.480 Go. Therapy's Stop It, You're Killing Me. Stone 00:55:18.480 --> 00:55:21.820 Temple Pilots Unglued. Brother Canes and Fools 00:55:21.820 --> 00:55:25.699 Shine On, Collective Souls Gel, Marvelous Three's 00:55:25.699 --> 00:55:28.780 Vampires in Love, Foo Fighters Monkey Wrench, 00:55:29.199 --> 00:55:32.380 Limp Bizkit's Break Stuff, Rage Against the Machines, 00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:36.039 Bulls on Parade, and the Nixons' The Fall. Head 00:55:36.039 --> 00:55:39.119 over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the 00:55:39.119 --> 00:55:41.980 songs we've discussed in this mix through the 00:55:41.980 --> 00:55:45.739 playlist embedded on the episode page. Jason, 00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:47.920 before we hit stop on the mixtape tonight, why 00:55:47.920 --> 00:55:49.940 don't you remind listeners where they can connect 00:55:49.940 --> 00:55:52.320 with you and check out It's Not That Bad and 00:55:52.320 --> 00:55:55.079 There Can Only Be One. 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