Song: "Shot The Cat"
Artist: Cosmic Psychos
Album: Self Totalled (1994)

Did someone around here recommend this band at me? It sounds like all/any of you who I talk to, so I can't recall even by educated guess...

I also can't find this song online. Why not? Dumb.

The lyrics are stupid, apparently about someone's drunken behavior, but somehow it works. Plus? Bass.

Song: "Thong Song"
Artist: Kyuss
Album: Blues For The Red Sun (1992)

One of the weaker Kyuss songs. And that's saying a fuck of a lot, since this song is great.

And now I'm getting distracted by other Kyuss songs. I haven't listened to them properly in a while. I forget how much I love them... until I have an internal conversation with myself wondering who my favorite band is these days seeing as how I barely listen to Tool or Kyuss lately. It's tough to say. But after listening to "10,000 Days" and Blues For The Red Sun, I simply don't care anymore.

Song: "Naked"
Artist: Peach
Album: Giving Birth To A Stone (1994)

That video is completely youtubed in quality, but still... It's something.

The title reminds me of this one time.

I was talking to a friend online, and she was telling me unimportant bullshit as we all know women do. For some reason, she was describing what was going on around her in real life, even though I had absolutely no form of reference. Apparently someone knocked on the door for her dad, and they were outside.

She noted that she saw them just outside the window. She said something like, That strange man is walking under the window now.

And I said "Is he naked?"

She replied, No, but I am. Please come and rape me. I'm so soft and impressionable.

And I said, Bitch, I don't need your herpes.

And then she cried. I could hear her sob even eight time zones away.

And it was good.

Anyway, the story ended with her LOLing herself retarded because I asked if that stranger was naked. I didn't realize it was that funny, but nevertheless... I still remember.

The song is way better than my shitty story.

Song: "Shitlist"
Artist: L7
Album: Bricks Are Heavy (1992)

Oh L7, you make'a me the happy. If it weren't for your warm lady voice and low bass & drum, I'd fear I hated all women singers-groups ever. Nope.

I still think I should do a video for "Shitlist". Hate, even as representation, however, is exhausting.

Song: "Queen"
Artist: the Melvins
Album: Stoner Witch (1994)

This'll hold you over.

Because you haven't heard it before and it totally wouldn't be expected of me or the blog.

Strangely, the second week in, school is already trying to kill me. Not sure if it's a conspiracy or just a delusion based on the previous three months of laziness.

Song: "Vasoline"
Artist: Stone Temple Pilots
Album: Purple (1994)

I was going through 90s tapes a couple of weeks ago. Even though it was taking me at least until a notable lyrical piece to remember where most of the songs on the tape came from, and I hadn't listened to this particular song in ages, I immediately recognized it. It was sort of like staring into a mirror and really seeing yourself even though you see yourself in the mirror all of the time... Not sure that makes sense the way I've phrased it, but yep.

I had a username for years that I stole from this song. It's difficult to remember why I liked this song so much before, why I haven't been listening to it other than maybe it stopped fitting what I wanted to hear. What's its appeal? It doesn't seem all that great on the surface. Maybe I've been blinded by over-listening. Er, can you blind hearing? Anyway... it's weird. I like it. Don't know why. But it's there.

Enter enthusiasm here.

Song: "Conan Troutman"
Artist: Kyuss
Album: Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)

I heard it was going to be a hundred degrees, and just like that... KYUSS TIME!

It's highly unlikely that my core "audience" has not heard Kyuss... but if, for some reason, you have arrived here and the word Kyuss did not immediately strike the "yay!" part of your brain, "Conan Troutman" is a good place to start. It's short and sweet and easy.

I wonder if Conan's middle name is Rainbow.

Edit: Fucking weird, I did it again. The last Kyuss post was during an Aquarius Sun and Pisces Moon, and this is a Leo Sun and Virgo Moon. Exactly opposite in both ways.

...And the 100 Degrees post of last year has the same astrology as this post. Leo Sun and Virgo Moon. WTF. Not intentional.

Song: "Dalas tar"
Artist: Sheavy
Album: Reproduction demo (1993)

That's "Rat Salad" backwards. As in that one song. By that one band. Because there is a lot of emulation around here.

I was just listening to this original(?) version, and somehow it's better than what made it to Blue Sky Mind. Plus, it sounds great right after the demo, more "psych" version of "Gun It Jam". I'm thinking about putting it up in the little white box over there as soon as I do changes with that. In the meantime, you can find both songs online in Blue Sky Mind format.

Also, Sheavy should have a new album later this year. Hopefully, that's good news as they recently lost their since-BSM guitarist.

Song: "Calling Dr. Love"
Artist: Shandi's Addiction
Album: Kiss My Ass (1994)

This is a cover of Kiss' "Calling Dr Love" by the following: Maynard, Tom Morello, Billy Gould, and Brad Wilk. This sounds like the worst thing ever from its premise, but it's really a good song and a huge improvement over the original.

Song: "Mailman"
Artist: Soundgarden
Album: Superunknown (1994)

This song reminds me of a particular time in my life. I was listening to Soundgarden anyway, but I couldn't get enough of this song, "4th of July", and probably "Homicidal Suicidal" as well. I was in a low mood, and I knew it, but I was not aware just how low a mood I was in until the time had well passed. Listening now, I can see it plain as day in my song choices.

At the time, Saturn had entered Cancer and was squaring my Mars in Libra. I guess I forgot I was a fairy and don't appreciate people who can't keep up with me... or don't understand the importance of rebellion. Perhaps it's more to do with my Gemini... but either way, Pluto is currently square my Mars, and Mars is currently opposite my Mars. I'm feeling about the same.

Song: "June Bug"
Artist: Melvins
Album: Stoner Witch (1994)

Here's the first Melvins song I knew by name and enjoyed, thoroughly, because it did not do me a disservice. Thank you, Melvins, for not putting lyrics in this song or otherwise ruining it somehow. I was beginning to think the title "June" could only inspire horrible emo bands and bad rhymes about the weather. There is hope.

...WHICH I WILL DESTROY. MUAHAHA.

Song: "Creep"
Artist: Stone Temple Pilots
Album: Core (1992)

I used to have a cat. I bought him for something like $10 at a pet store in the neighborhood that my first sort-of boyfriend lived in, pretty much on a whim. He was screaming at me through his cage, and something about his outright craziness made me realize he needed go home with me (who am I talking about again...?).

Driving home, we were thinking of names. I decided because his nails were so incredibly sharp, like a paper cut, I would call him Avery after the office products company.

I soon learned his cage screaming wasn't conditional - he had something to say about everything. And he was hyper as fuck, even when he got older. He was very independent. He seemed very much a "gemini". We had another male cat later on, and I once found them bathing each other which resulted in a series of nicknames mostly circling around Gay-vry. ... I do what I can to support your -isms.

Anyway, Avery and I never really connected in an affectionate "pet" sort of way. He was a lively bastard and I need things to be centered/in control. However, I appreciate bright, shiny beings and he certainly was.

And then he was neutered. This didn't change anything, but the days afterward he was sooo low. I didn't like having the cats in my room, but I decided I needed to keep an eye on him and sat him in my chair in my room, where he slept most of the time he was down. I kept checking on him, talking to him, making sure he knew we weren't trying to kill him and that he was the greatest Avery, ever.

During this time, I heard this song... where the chorus is "I'm half the man I used to be". I fucking died laughing... I sort of knew the song, and didn't like it because it's god awful boring, but holy crap... Avery is totally half the man he used to be.

This became a regular thing... "Hey Gave, are you half the man you used to be?" "BRRMOW!" "Yeah, that's what I thought."

Of course, he got me back for laughing at his expense. But that's another long story...

Avery was awesome, and this song always reminds me of him.

Song: "Zodiac Lung"
Artist: Monster Magnet
Album: Spine of God (1991)

It's amazing how, when you know a band well, you can easily tell where a person is coming from in their life based on their favorite or most played songs of said band. Or, sometimes, even how old they are. And it's all so arbitrary... Not to mention judgmental.

And it's also amazing that I haven't posted this before, what with my astrologeekin' and all. Not that I have a fucking clue what the hell a zodiac lung is supposed to be.

Anyway, song? Angst.

This was a good year for the most part for me. After a while I was watching less tv and paying less active attention to music, but this also happened to be the year I decided I needed to spend more time recording myself making fun of the radio because I now had a proper recorder. I have little clips of some of these songs on tape without even knowing what the song/artist was at the time, where I'm making fun of them or otherwise just being an asshole... It's really weird in retrospect.

"100% Pure Love" - Crystal Waters. And here we go with the dance music...

"About a Girl (Unplugged)" - Nirvana. Never watched this show. One of the few Nirvana songs I can go back to without cringing.

"All I Wanna Do" - Sheryl Crow. This song reminds me of sitting on my niece's bed, looking out the window at night, thinking about this guy I had a massive crush on. Amazingly having nothing to do with the song, but... it was popular at that very time. He was super hot.

"Another Night" - M.C. Sar & the Real McCoy. Another dream but always you it's like a vision of love, seems to be true. ARGH.

"Asshole" - Denis Leary. Didn't know this had a video...

"Basket Case" - Green Day. The guy I had a crush on liked Green Day. ^Asshole.

"Big Empty" - Stone Temple Pilots. Takes me right back to my teenage bedroom with one little whiny guitar note.

"Better Man" - Pearl Jam. Ditto.

"Big Poppa" - Notorious B.I.G. All I remember about this video is a hot tub and champagne.

"Black Hole Sun" - Soundgarden. My cousin loved this song, which meant I hated it. Still difficult to listen to though I got over my Soundgarden hatred after a while.

"Come Out and Play" - The Offspring.

"Corduroy" - Pearl Jam. This used to make my heart hurt.

"Closer" - Nine Inch Nails. The first time I heard this song all of the way through, I was 15 sitting in a car waiting for my friend to stop terrorizing people in a parking lot, sitting with someone I'd just met who was probably as embarassed as I was. It was weird. The first time I heard this song at all, though, was this year while dialing through the radio. I can't remember what I said now, but my reaction was very "what the hell is this?" And then it was gone for three years... Maybe I should upload this moment of my life because it's just so fucking off the wall.

"Crazy" - Aerosmith. Alicia, again.

"Gin & Juice" - Snoop Doggy Dogg. "You need to get a jobby job".

"I Alone" - Live. LOL.. Never seen this before. Are they TRYING to be retarded?

"I Like to Move It" - Reel 2 Real. I'm not never not going to see dancing cartoon animals.

"Longview" - Green Day. Because there's not enough songs about masturbation.

"Loser" - Beck. In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey...

"Mary Jane's Last Dance" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. I don't know which way to go with this one.

"Rape Me" - Nirvana. I dated a guy once who had never heard this song before. BLASPHEMY! He was probably missing a lot of braincells... but that doesn't negate how I'm still shocked that anyone could miss this song.

"Regulate" - Warren G featuring Nate Dogg.

"Sabotage" - Beastie Boys. This was on every fucking time I turned on the tv to any of the music stations for a month or two. So. fucking. annoying.

"Secret" - Madonna. Because there's not enough songs about masturbation.

"Seether" - Veruca Salt. Didn't care until later... at which point, LEEB ME. LYING HERE.

"Self Esteem" - The Offspring. This song is about my first boyfriend.

"Stay (I Missed You)" - Lisa Loeb. I hate you and your extremely boring video.

"Spoonman" - Soundgarden. Because there's not enough songs about masturbation.

"Tootsee Roll" - 69 Boyz. Oh.. my... god.

"Waterfalls" - TLC. This song was stuck in my head for years... Also known as the best video ever to my 12 year old self.

The first half of this year sucked hard, but it improved about midway when I was finally relieved of my duty as the local involuntary martyr. Peace and quiet led to much music tv watching...

"Bad Boys" - Inner Circle. First memory was, obviously, of Cops. Then I remember my mom quoting my dad making fun of her for watching Cops. Then I remember my brother in a law had a tape or CD from this band. Finally, I remember Paris and Nicole dancing stupidly to this song on their fucking tv show.

"Bombtrack" - Rage Against the Machine. I never cared or really even liked Rage until I was about 16-17, and that phase passed pretty quickly... except for Killing in the Name Of. He says "UGH" in it and those two seconds made for hours of laughter.

"Can't Help Falling in Love" - UB40. WTF? I've seen this movie and it's not "romantic". It's a stalker/rape/murder movie...

"Come Undone" - Duran Duran. No wonder I've never seen this. This video sucks.

"Creep" - Radiohead. I didn't really hear much of this song until I started listening to rock/metal radio, at which point it was a constantly beating of emo bullshit. I do remember liking it, though... It's tough not to relate.

"Cryin'" - Aerosmith. Alicia.

"Ditty" - Paperboy. No memories, just odd.

"Dre Day" - Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg. It's amazing how attitude can completely deflect retarded lyrics...

"Far Behind" - Candlebox. Someone needs a hug.

"Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana. I'd been hating Nirvana a while, and I did not want to like this video... but I was a little pseudogoth 10 year old. I could not help it.

"Hip Hop Hooray" - Naughty by Nature. Hey. Ho.

"Human Behaviour" - Björk. My memory of this video is very very vague, assuming I saw it at the time it came out. I picked bjork up after seeing her "I Miss You" video when I was an older teenager... and I kind of knew the name, but it seemed new then.

"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" - Meat Loaf. Hate.

"I'm Every Woman"- Whitney Houston. Not quite, but I didn't mind this song.

"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - The Proclaimers. I loved the fuck out of this song when I heard it... Having absolutely nothing to do with that movie and that crude mispelling of names.

"If" - Janet Jackson. It's weird how she became bigger than Michael for a while...

"If I Had No Loot" - Tony Toni Toné!. ...I think I used this as an intro to a show. Or maybe tortured someone with it. Hm.

"Informer" - Snow. Why not just call yourself Vanilla Ice 2?

"Insane in the Brain" - Cypress Hill. Es el loco. HEH, the guy still looks like my sister's boyfriend to me.

"Keep Ya Head Up" - 2Pac. When I was 15, a girl told me she LOVED tupac, and went off on some spiel about how she related heavily to his lyrics/songs... Meanwhile, I'm standing there thinking, yeah... if it wasn't tupac, it would have been biggie, or kurt, or jimi, or janice... You relate real hard, there, lady.

"Linger" - The Cranberries. Another band I couldn't switch the channel fast enough for.

"Looking Through Patient Eyes" - PM Dawn. Radio invasion.

"Mr. Vain" - Culture Beat. Call it the beginning of popularized raver music...

"Mr. Wendal" - Arrested Development. I don't like Mr Wendal.

"No Rain" - Blind Melon. NO MORE BEES! FUCKING QUIT IT! IT'S NOT THE FUCKING 90S! THIS IS NOT A CULTURAL ICON. STOP.

"Ooh Child" - Dino. Never seen this awful video before, but I remember having this song taped because it was like my reality at the time...

"Plush" - Stone Temple Pilots. And I feel'ayn...

"Queen Of The Night" - Whitney Houston. Another taped song. One of these days I'm going to experience a full-on personality split, and one personality is going to try to embarass the other by re-recording it and uploading it.

"The River of Dreams" - Billy Joel. Massively catchy.

"Rooster" - Alice in Chains. Ain't found a way to kill me yet...

"Shoop" - Salt-N-Pepa. It's strange how much of this song I can automatically recall whereas I have trouble with some of my favorite song's lyrics...

"Show Me Love" - Robin S. That bouncy hollow sound is awesome.

"The Sign" - Ace of Base. It'll never go away.

"Whoomp! (There It Is)" - Tag Team. I remember asking about this song to my sister/mom, asking about the lyrics because the song was on, and they just looked at me like I was nuts.

There was a lot of fucking R&B and hip-hop this year... I skipped a lot.

This was the year I turned 10. I had just recently started paying some attention to current music because I finally had a radio of my own... and didn't know what to think. I made fun of things, instead.

"All That She Wants" - Ace Of Base. Can't imagine why anyone would want another baby, nevermind one in the first place.

"Come as You Are" - Nirvana
"In Bloom" - Nirvana
"Lithium" - Nirvana
I didn't know these songs well or at all at this time... I was avoiding Nirvana.

"Connected" - Stereo MCs. This song still works for times when music is needed but distraction isn't.

"Dreamlover" - Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey came up on previous lists, but I remember this one best. One of these I taped myself, at 12, screaming at in fake pain/agony. It's amazing how all these years have passed and I feel the same way.

"Free Your Mind" - En Vogue. STILL APPLIES OMG.

"I Love Your Smile" - Shanice. Another song I have a recording of.

"I'll Be There" - Mariah Carey. I hope not.

"I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston. Man, when I was 10, I could do a mean WH impression. I was listening to the radio at my niece's house one afternoon when this song was popular and I belted this song out in her room. It was hilarious. I can't remember if she agreed.

"Jeremy" - Pearl Jam. HATE. Oddly, I grew to sort of like this song in a distant sort of way.

"Jump Around" - House of Pain. You sold your soul to potato chips. How does it feel?

"Just Another Day" - Jon Secada. Whenever this song plays, all I hear is the hollow drums...

"Life is a Highway" - Tom Cochrane. K.

"My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It)" - En Vogue. This is one of the most memorable videos for me. "And now it's time for a breakdown..." I had a friend for about five minutes who agreed with me that that was awesome.

"No Ordinary Love" - Sade. I've listened to/heard this song mostly as the Deftones cover... What an odd mix.

"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" - Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg. Little white kids with southern accents doing impressions of this song (among others) = hilarious.

"November Rain" - Guns N' Roses. I hated this when it came out. I still do.

"Remember The Time" - Michael Jackson. ...another movie.

"Runaway Train" - Soul Asylum. All I remember about this song is that it became a ballad for all the fucked up things in the world happening to kids/teenagers. I was fucking bored by this concept. It's called a gun.

"Save the Best for Last" - Vanessa Williams. I hate songs that have my name in them.

"Supermodel (You Better Work)" - RuPaul. I vaguely remember watching the RuPaul show...

"Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton. Another one of those not-nice feeling songs, regularly confused with the Extreme song.

"Green Jellÿ" - Green Jellÿ. I don't know what this is referring to exactly, but I definitely remember the "Three Little Pigs" song on tv.

"This Used to Be My Playground" - Madonna. I hate this song because of my cousin, who at this time was an obnoxious attention whore that needed to be beaten unconscious.

"Two Princes" - Spin Doctors. English.

"Walking on Broken Glass" - Annie Lennox.

"What About Your Friends - TLC. I don't remember this video at all, but this group always reminds me of relatives.

This year was shitty for me, and it looks like it was shitty for music as well...

"Alive" - Pearl Jam. I avoided PJ as much as I could growing up because that voice is annoying. I picked them back up as an older teenager, so this doesn't come across as that old to me.

"Baby Baby" - Amy Grant. Radio. I'm pretty sure I taped myself, at 12 or so, making fun of this song. Pop is ugly.

"Black Or White" - Michael Jackson. MJ was incredibly popular in the 80s and for the beginning of the 90s, so this was unavoidable for me. I remember the outro to this video more than anything.

"Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives" - Queen. I had heard/seen this song a few times, but my most vivid memory of it was, duh, Wayne's World. but yeah, about 15 years off, here...

"Enter Sandman" - Metallica. My most vivid memory here came later, when I was about 12-13, suddenly deciding that maybe I liked Metallica even though hair metal was lame. I remember this song and picture my bedroom at the time, my black radio/cassette player on my white desk, the high narrow window, the heater in the ceiling, the ugly old carpet...

"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" - Bryan Adams. I really liked Robin Hood when it came out... but have never, at any point, appreciated the musical styles of Bryan Adams. GAG.

"Give it Away" - Red Hot Chili Peppers. My relatives loved this song/band. The first time I ever heard "Under The Bridge" I was driving with these freaks... I think I fell asleep in the back of the van and woke up to them all singing.

"I Touch Myself" - Divinyls. I wasn't sure if I wanted to see the video...

"I Can't Dance" - Genesis. No idea why, but I liked this song then and still do.

"Let's Talk About Sex" - Salt-N-Pepa. Perspective.

"Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" - Spin Doctors. Overplay.

"Live And Let Die" - Guns N' Roses. Still stuck in my head: Thanks KUFO.

"Losing My Religion" - R.E.M. I can't put, in words, how much I hate this song. Someone I respected once told me he was listening to REM and wanted to talk about this bullshit excuse for music, and... ergh. Not many faster ways to make me hate you.

"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" - Janet Jackson. She's so happy at the beach!

"More Than Words" - Extreme. This song always reminds me of my parents splitting. Whoever I was sharing a room with (my niece, probably) had a clock radio and for some reason it was set to go off at 2am, so it would go off then, waking me up, and without fail this song would be playing every time... Every time this song comes on I remember that. Strangely, I miss that room...

"Motownphily" - Boyz II Men. Why am I still listening to this?

"No more tears" - Ozzy Osbourne. I don't remember this video much, but damn... cheesy. Hey look at that, Mike Patton and Ozzy have a similar face structure... HAHA. Those vocals are fantastic.

"O.P.P." - Naughty by Nature. YEAH YOU KNOW ME.

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana. Hated this song when it came out, hated it more and more as I grew up, hated it even more when he went and died, hated it when I was a teenager and every other person were saying they "loved" Nirvana (fucking liar), hated it in my 20s watching shitty music specials masturbating all over Kurt or Nirvana or this fucking song... I don't get it. It's a generic piece of shit.

"Something To Talk About" - Bonnie Raitt. The lyrics of this song unnerve me. I have a Scorpio Moon. I'd rather give them a series of lies or some rat poison. Stay out of my fucking love life, "them".

"Train in Vain (Stand By Me)" - The Clash. I wrote a haiku about this song... This must have been a re-issue.

"Wicked Game" - Chris Isaak. Another beach video. Highly memorable, but.. gah.

Song: "Jerk-Off"
Artist: Tool
Album: Opiate (1992)

Today, this song is about record labels, too.

it doesn't matter what's right
it's only wrong if you get caught

Song: "Elephant Bell"
Artist: Monster Magnet
Album: Superjudge (1993)

I have effectively posted half of this album already. So you probably expected this. However, due to the lack of internet love for this song, ye will have to wait for a sample or go about your merry downloadin' ways.

This song is pretty much just plain old amazing. Very "strung out" in feeling. The bass/drums are fucking great, like a war march or the soundtrack to some kind of fight. I can imagine why people wouldn't like this (hello lyrics) but in the same... it's so powerful in feeling, how couldn't you?

Song: "Poison"
Artist: Bell Biv Devoe
Album: Poison (1990)

Oh I went there.

Song: "Loser"
Artist: Beck
Album: Mellow Gold (1994)

I was the most socially retarded kid ever, but I still thought I was more musically "with it" than the majority of my peers. For one, I knew this song at the time it was relevant. Which, for me, was in 6th grade. Imagine my surprise when one day I'm walking down the hall and this popular kid who looked like a porcelain doll starts quoting/singing this song randomly to himself. He was clearly going to ascend easily in life. It was really ironic.

Yep, that's all I've got.

Song: "Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop"
Artist: Kyuss
Album: Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)

I haven't listened to Welcome to Sky Valley in a while. It got old from a second or third round of overplay a couple of years ago and I haven't wanted to spend much time on it since. But God... god god god. This album is so good. Duh? I know. You know. We all know. We all know Welcome to Sky Valley is one of the greatest examples of good music, ever. It's one of those things we should be sending out into space. Hey aliens, yeah you fuckers, listen to this: Won hun drehhhhhhhhd dahgree. But, ah, it's good.

Every once in a while a youngin' wants to know what my favorite Kyuss song is. It's a tough choice. It depends on the mood. And even then, they're all pretty damn good. There are a couple I would toss on the simple basis that I'm female and that song there is violating to my feminine brain, but even then they're not "bad". I like them all.

I usually tell them my overall favorite Kyuss song is this one. It has a great beat, it has variation, it's positive in feeling, the vocals are interesting, it sticks in your head (but you don't mind), the lyrics are memorable. On it's album, it's got a great placement between a very spaced out song and a very, very energetic song, so you look forward to the change in tracks when it's about to arrive and when it ends.

... But that paragraph is incredibly boring in comparison, so, you know... listen to it.

With a stereo and speakers that adequately depict sound.

Which means buy the CD.

Song: "King"
Artist: Sons of Kyuss
Album: Sons of Kyuss (1990)

I made you pay with the David Lee Roth, Daft Punk, Devo (what's with the Ds?)... Now here's something default good, no need to fight it.

Lyrics:
Hey, you
You're on your knees
You say you love me
So prove it to me
Cause I'll never
Say it to you
No I'll never, ever, ever
Say I love you

Song: "Man In The Box"
Artist: Alice In Chains
Album: Facelift (1990)

FAEEEE-AYEEAYEAYED MY EYYYYES.
JAAAAAA-YAYAYAY SUSS CAHRIIST.

Going on 19 years now, and about ten since I re-discovered them on my own will. It's funny how some songs drop out of relevancy after a while, or get boring, or whatever it is... and some just don't fucking go away. Case in point.

Song: "Mr. Integrity"
Artist: L7
Album: Bricks Are Heavy (1992)

I would, wouldn't I?

Song: "Wherever I May Roam"
Artist: metallica
Album: metallica/The Black Album (1991)

This song is totally about me. Or so I thought when I was circa 9 to 20 years old. Except the part about laying head = home. Not quite. But technically there is no "home" in the land of disposable living, so it may still apply.

Anyhow, I've had this song stuck in my head in recent days. I had trouble identifying it because it's been that long since I've heard the song, so I looked it up... and it continued to be stuck in mind. Maybe this will get rid of it.

Song: "Altered State"
Artist: Sepultura
Album: Arise (1991)

I get the sense that I must have heard this song before, somehow somewhere. It came across as very vaguely familiar on first recent listen. Even still, it seems "new". The year it came out isn't especially apparent in the music itself. I don't get the impression that metal generally ages like rock does... Of course, I could just be getting old.

I keep coming back to it, so here you are.

Song: "Black Balloon"
Artist: Monster Magnet
Album: Superjudge (1993)

2006... Part Two.

Song: "Evil (is Going On)"
Artist: Monster Magnet
Album: Superjudge (1993)

YER A LONG WAY FROM HOME...

I uploaded some live recordings I'd found on a MM forum a while ago to Sludge Swamp today. Visit it. The second NYC one is really good.

The first above song starts at 3:40, for the record.

Also, it's a cover.

Song: "Heart Shaped Box"
Artist: Nirvana
Album: In Utero (1993)

This is for my Canadian friends and stalkers. Don't spend it all in one place.

Song: "Crackerman"
Artist: Stone Temple Pilots
Album: Core (1992)

I remember trying to re-write lyrics for this song once. Well, technically not re-write, but make fun of how it was sung and attempt to interpret the lyrics my own way. I only got as far as "chicken as i'm trying to sleep, i got my mother in my shoes" before I realized this was a futile idea.

I also remember that, in my youthful ears, this song was loud and fast. And for that reason, I hearted it. This was back when the loudest/most "metal" song I had access to was by that one band entitled "Fuel".

Time apparently makes a difference. Good.

As for the videosong up there, the song begins at 1:36. But you should probably hear "Wet My Bed" again, anyway.

Song: "Undertow"
Artist: Tool
Album: Undertow (1993)

Two times in...

I remember that this was one of the hardest songs by this band to get into. It doesn't have that mass appeal of other songs, it's not amusing, it's not especially deep/emotional in feeling... It took more perspective and attention than a few listens (or a year or two) could give it.

This song and a picture I took always remind me of each other. Naturally, the picture is of the beach. On a foggy day. Of a beach sign. Says "Undertow". I took it while on one of those grand life adventures one takes where it sounds like a good idea going in because you're half blind, but you have to scramble and bleed to get the fuck out. Then always being a little scared it could happen again. Explicably linked to the song's theme.

Oh yeah, and eeuuuuuuuuuuu phorrrrrrrrrrrr iiiiiiiiiiiiii aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.

Song: "Spine of God"
Artist: Monster Magnet
Album: Spine of God (1992)

Especially in context of its album, when this song hits you in the right mood... BEST FUCKING SONG EVER!

If you love this song as-is in some personally sacred fashion, do not watch this video.

Song: "Dirt"
Artist: Alice In Chains
Album: Dirt (1992)

I think the song I posted last year when there was a full moon in Scorpio/Taurus holds about as much weight today under the same instance. But to avoid repeating...

Jesus Christ, Layne, you'd think you were suicidal or something.

Song: "Children of Doom"
Artist: Saint Vitus
Album: C.O.D. (1992)

To complete my pattern of lame holiday songs...

This song is rather low.

Song: "Possum Kingdom"
Artist: Toadies
Album: Rubberneck (1994)

Not sure why other than that they were both radio played at the same time, but this song reminds me of Folk Implosion's "Natural One".

This song's lyrics reminds me of the movie Teeth. If you have not seen Teeth, see it. Do not watch it with assorted company.

This song also reminds me of fall/October, particularly Halloween, particularly ten Halloweens ago. But that's a story for another song.

Song: "What's Up?"
Artist: 4 Non Blondes
Album: Bigger Better Faster More (1992)

Another one!

Also check out the site. They have a lot of old videos. Even, gasp, Pop Up Video.

Song: "Groove Is In The Heart"
Artist: Deee-Lite
Album: World Clique (1990)

Before I forget about this one (again), this should have been in my mass videos entries months ago. Locally they played this song on video channels a lot for a little while, and then just stopped. I recall being disturbed by this. Where did they go?

Doing some really quick research, I discover this lady's a Leo. Wow, that was completely unsurprising.

Song: "Black Balloon"
Artist: Monster Magnet
Album: Superjudge (1993)

I had an interesting moment while writing yesterday's post for EoDM that made me need to cut all of my thoughts short because... what? What the hell?

I had been looking for Monster Magnet's Superjudge album for a while. I couldn't find it repeatedly, and then one day it was just there as if it had always been. Apparently, according to file datestamps and my vast need to write about unimportant shit, I downloaded and heard Superjudge for the first time the same day I downloaded and heard Eagles of Death metal for the first time.

What musical contrast... light happy rock versus fuzzy fuck-everyone metal. Strangely, these bands aren't that far apart, both topically being about sex drugs and rocknroll. And as far as I'm concerned, they're both genius.

I recall, at the time I saw EoDM for the first time live, I was talking to some poor boy about my love of Monster Magnet, and without any prior knowledge of the band he listened to, I believe, "Twin Earth" by random choice. Not a good place to start for someone who doesn't listen to metal or even proper rock (he'd never even heard Nirvana!) - he'll never listen to Monster Magnet again. Which might be a good thing... but all the same I sent him this instead for necessary post-"Twin Earth" contrast purposes.

If you're Magnet neutral or don't know where to begin with this band/album, "Black Balloon" here comes highly recommended. Pun subconsciously intended.

Song: "The Becoming"
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Album: The Downward Spiral (1994)

For as much time I've spent in life listening to Nine Inch Nails, I have not posted enough of their/his songs. They were one of the major bands that took me beyond shitty mass-fed music (I know that's ironic, you don't have to tell me) as a youngin' to where ever it is I am today.

I have referred to this song as many things, but a few things stand out. The squeaky noise. The yelling, crowd-like noise. The concept of one beating their machine. Or, wait, not "machine", but "mwa-sheen". It's apart of him, it's inside of him. Inside? You wish, man.

It is apparent that I look upon "The Becoming" with fondness. Unfortunately, after a good period of teen angst, a shitty relationship, or whatever it might be for you where you find yourself playing this album every day for months, this song (and album as a whole) has once-a-year listening potential at best. Assuming you're not 24 or 34 with the mindset of a 14 year old, this album has gotten old despite its greatness. Thank god, eh?

Song: "Spasm"
Artist: Peach
Album: Giving Birth to a Stone (1994)

Watch the video.

If you've ridden the Tool train, you already know this song. If not, be assured that there are no half-naked bald midgets whining about his mommy in this song.

Song: "Wicked Garden"
Artist: Stone Temple Pilots
Album: Core (1992)

In all honesty, he likely sent me that song as a (mild) rebuttal for this song, which I sent him beforehand... along with "Space Lord" and possibly even "Prison Sex". I am not mysterious. Or was not, anyway.

Now that 10+ years have passed, I can say that this song irritates me. Was a fine introduction to music as a whole, though.

Song: "Flood"
Artist: Tool
Album: Undertow (1993)

I had Mars conjunct Pluto today. Nobody was murdered.

I talked to someone with my fake last name for the first time, though. I was wondering if anyone really had such a name, and apparently there are people out there that do. I'm vaguely surprised.

While I might have actually been listening to Undertow at the time (can't remember), the name came up originally as a conceptual thing for a username. It carried with me long enough so that I shortened it to simply "flood", and because nobody remembers my last name and people on the internet don't need to know anyway, I started using it as a last name. Technically the way I help people remember my actual name ("you're happy going to the beach in the summer") relates to water, definitely Undertow, so... hey, it fits.

"Saturnine Flood" doesn't really roll off the tongue, though. Plus it's a conundrum. Saturn is restriction, flood is too much. Makes me think of someone trying not to ___. My name's Freudian enough. So I'm just "saturnine" to you guys, mmkay?

So, this song. This song is great. This is one of the best songs, ever. Lots of people seem to pass over this song, perhaps due to its extended intro, which is unfortunate. It's really, really good.

I also love this album to death and am incredibly biased. But, seriously. Really good.

Song: "Dragonaut"
Artist: Sleep
Album: Holy Mountain (1993)

It's only two days in and I already want to stab myself in the face. Every day it becomes more apparent why some people go voluntarily unconscious during their college years. There is a lot of heat to be burned off.

The beginning of this song is highly memorable - stuck in my head for as long as it could be.

Song: "If I Had An Exorcism"
Artist: (the) Melvins
Album: Bullhead (1991)

Wow, that was completely unintentional, but since I started it I have to finish it. (For those who had this statement go right over their head - Men of Porn, Big Business, and the Melvins are on tour together right now. In that order.)

This album is a must-hear.

This song is funny at first, assuming you have a sense of humor, which most do not, which is not okay, hence why I'm posting this instead of a more straightforward track, because you really should enjoy a little psychotic mumbling the way I do. Yes. Okay.

Song: "Happiness in Slavery"
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Album: Broken (1992)

Sun conjunct Saturn? In Virgo? Trine Jupiter in Caprisuck?

Well, okay, again.

Song: "Isolation"
Artist: Kyuss
Album: Wretch (1991)

I will have to come back later to add links, but in the meantime...

This is a cop out post due to wanting to post something today but not having the time to pick a song. Nevertheless, I love the intro of this song. I love the song as a whole, but... the intro... <3

Edit: I added the Sons of Kyuss version of this song. It's also quite awesome. However, if you're unfamiliar with Kyuss' Wretch... Get it. It's worth it. They're different.

Song: "100 Degrees"
Artist: Kyuss
Album: Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)

Screw links, you need to buy the album.

While it's truthfully up in the air, this was professed to be my favorite Kyuss song for a while. I don't know if it was last summer or the one beforehand or even both, but this song was CONSTANTLY stuck in my head for all of the summer... Thanks, weather! This summer I've kept this song out of my head, but still. Every time I hear it's going to be hot that opening guitar enters my brain. Yep.

Song: "Happy Birthday"
Artist: Sons of Kyuss
Album: Sons of Kyuss (1990)

It doesn't make any sense that I would leave the previous post up overnight after recent incarnations, so here you go. Some old Kyuss.

Since this is Kyuss, it is good by default. If you're in any way a fan of Kyuss and you don't have their first "Sons of" Kyuss album, it's a worthwhile find and/or purchase for the songs, like this one, that aren't found elsewhere in their discography.

"Two years ago today" I was listening to Welcome to Sky Valley.

Song: "Stadium"
Artist: Monster Magnet
Album: Superjudge (1993)

I meant to post this song months ago, but I couldn't find more than a poor sample of the song anywhere. So, this morning, I put together a song-only video of it and uploaded the song for your proper preview and enjoyment.

This is my third most-listened to track on last.fm. I have yet to pinpoint why I've listened to this song so much. Besides the fact that's it's simply great and it's (fucking) Monster Magnet.

Perhaps it's that intro. Or the fuzzy outro. Or that singing. Or that we drove a truck to the ranch of life and came back.. with another brain. I'm not sure one was in their own mind to begin with to come up with the idea of driving in and out of life. Dave totally doesn't do drugs and never has, ever. He just borrows brains from the life farm.

Did you know ah seen your mom with her knees pinned back? You'll pay aye-nee-thing to hear that sound.

Song: "Prison Sex"
Artist: Tool
Album: Undertow (1993)

I would tell you this is a great, worthwhile song. If you haven't heard it, you are sorely neglecting yourself. If it doesn't immediately appeal, it will. Just give it time. I swear.

Some years ago I would tell you that this is the best song EVER. There is no song better than this one. For serious. It has been my favorite song since the day I bought Undertow, just short of ten years ago, immediately superseding the brief reign of "Space Lord". Feel sorry for my friends at the time. I made mixtapes.

I still love this song... but, today, you get little enthusiasm in comparison to before.

For real.

Song: "Cyclops Revolution"
Artist: Monster Magnet
Album: Superjudge (1993)

Most artists attempt to sell their albums by putting their perceived best/easiest songs at the front of their albums - or that's how it used to work before digital sharing. Either way, a lot of first songs from albums are meant to draw in the listener. This album is no exception...

It starts off tense but quiet, and then moves right into the pseudo-metal fucked & fucked up theme of the album. Aside from perhaps a couple of albums that I've had much longer than this, this is one of my most often listened to albums. Naturally, I think it's great throughout. I'd say it's rather "artistic", and this song is a ...wonderful? starting point.

I had trouble finding real lyrics for this album and have yet to find an agreement about this, so maybe someone will help me out, here. Is it "I ain't got no revolution, but I can fucking H.L." (as in half-life)? Because I'm not hearing "kill" and killing himself has nothing to do with the song.

Song: "Rebel Girl"
Artist: Bikini Kill
Album: Pussy Whipped (1993)

I intended to post this artist earlier, but I had trouble finding a decent recording or video of their songs. So, while they have a version of this song posted on their fan-created myspace, it sucks in comparison to my naturally immaculate version on muxtape. Presently, "Rebel Girl" is the last song.

This is another one of those "best songs ever" tracks. If you've avoided Bikini Kill due to their so-called "riot girl" image, you're a moron. This song and "Resist Psychic Death" ought to change your feelings (though they won't do much for logic).

Edit: Rock Band 2.

Song: "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck"
Artist: Prong
Album: Cleansing (1994)

Here's another band I missed because I was too young when they came out / put out most of their material. I didn't do any research whatsoever before listening, however, and they sounded "new" to me... which is odd, because this song is 14 years old. I'm really surprised at how fresh it sounds.

Song: "In This Room"
Artist: GG Allin
Album: Doctrine of Mayhem (1990)

"It makes me.. sick."

I found another song I'm going to listen to the rest of my life...

Song: "The Law"
Artist: Kyuss
Album: Wretch (1991)

I'm going to tell you right now: this album is a MUST OWN.

If you've never heard this, or anything like this before, you will initially be surprised at the overall tone of the album seeming to jump right out of late 80s/early 90s metal. Naturally, because it does. However, it's a "classic", so you will come back to it despite your feelings on that era of metal.

"The Law" begins with guitar. This is an understatement. Over one minute of amazing guitar. And it doesn't end there, no, as lyrics do not begin until 1:50. You may need to pause right at "darkness..." and start over again to make sure that first minute was for real.

The rest of the song is a disappointment in comparison, but it is still full of the awesome that you neglect if you have no Wretch in your life. Change this.

Song: "Wargasm"
Artist: L7
Album: Bricks Are Heavy (1992)

This was the first song I knowingly heard by this band, and I hope that for some of you it is also yours. When you're done listening, buy their album The Beauty Process because every song on it is gold.

The singer of this band, Donita Sparks, currently has a solo project, which just released an album entitled Transmiticate. I haven't heard it yet, but don't expect the same universal heaviness with it as with L7.

Song: "N.W.O."
Artist: Ministry
Album: Psalm 69 (1992)

Also a means of creating new masses of sheep. Naturally I'm referring to this song, not politics. It's always fun when the sheep get together to display their sheep-like attributes in the name of not being a sheep. You gotta love that quality about bands like this.

Great song, though.

Song: "Superjudge"
Artist: Monster Magnet
Album: Superjudge (1993)

Wow, that song sample is terrible. Download it.

I've had this song stuck in my head, yet again, for the last few days. I don't know what did it. Maybe someone said something that sort of sounded like lyrics here - that happens a lot. Maybe I just read the word "superjudge" somewhere. It's hard to avoid when I relate. Literally, I'm quite sure this song is beyond my sphere of existence, as well as most others'... but... We really are all damned. The imagery and intensity of emotion going on here is... just, amazing. There's a sincerity in this song well beyond that of most. Think Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt", but an entirely different subject and way heavier.

I recall that it took me a couple of months of casual, random listening of this album to really hear it, and this was one of the more difficult songs for me. But once that sound started to unfold, each song was like an amazing gift. You could probably analyze this song all day, so perhaps it's more like a never-ending supply of gifts. In any case, if you don't feel exhausted after this song is over, you're doing something wrong.

Fuck what the media says: this is one of the greatest albums ever.

Song: "The Day I Tried To Live"
Artist: Soundgarden
Album: Superunknown (1994)

Oh did I fucking hate Soundgarden when this album came out. That fucking video! Always! CONSTANT! And my teenage friends all eating it up! If you had a TV or a radio in 1994, you know what I'm talking about. It was amusing the first couple of times, but the constant pressing of this song on my life at the time was too much. They all needed to die, these idolizers of shitty music. Thankfully, before I purchased a gun (since we all know that if you're 12 and you live in a hick town, you can do that), the song's popularity died and I was, at last, freed.

It took quite some time before I returned to this band, as my hate is vast and all-consuming. I'm not sure exactly what did it, but...

I love this song. I mean, he woke the same as any other day. But this day, he was full of a sudden need to murder with righteous indignation. Gosh damn, don't you just plain relate? I know I do. Especially when I hear Audioslave.

Song: "Green Machine"
Artist: Kyuss
Album: Blues for the Red Sun (1992)

Albums like this are why Kyuss has contributed to "stoner rock" as opposed to just "post-Sabbath metal" or the whiny term "(palm) desert rock".

If you do not have this album, you are missing out so bad. It is too good to pass with ignorance or arrogance. So, please, for the sake of yourself, get it.

Looked at not as a song of gluttony, but as a general metaphor, this song sums up how I feel about many things. Especially astrology.

Lyrics:
I've got a war inside my head
It's got to set your soul free
I've got a wheel inside my head
A wheel of understanding

I'm a loadin', loadin' my war machine
I'm contributing to the system, the break down scheme
I'm a shuttin' down, I'm shuttin' down your greed for green
I am here to gun it down, I gotta do

I see pretty flowers at my feet
Cool breeze, clean air, hospitality
Pretty please, pretty please, pretty please
Get the hell away from me

I'm a loadin', loadin' my war machine
I'm contributing to the system, the break down scheme
I'm a shuttin' down, I'm shuttin' down your greed for green
I am here to gun it down, I gotta do

I've got a war inside my head
It's got to set your soul free
I've got a wheel inside my head
A wheel of understanding

I'm a loadin', loadin' my war machine
I'm contributing to the system, the break down scheme
I'm a shuttin' down, I'm shuttin' down your greed for green baby
I am here to gun it down, I gotta do

Song: "Wet My Bed"
Artist: Stone Temple Pilots
Album: Core (1992)

More filler!

I think I was looking for one of my pets the other day when, upon wondering if she was in the bathroom, this non-song got stuck in my head and has since not left. "Maybe she swam away?" Alas... no.

This track also reminds me of a shitty piece I wrote many years ago about being trapped in endless non-reality. I totally came out of a Neptune transit scarred, man. Sounds like this guy was in a similar boat...

Song: "Whitewater"
Artist: Kyuss
Album: Welcome To Sky Valley (1994)

"Should I waste my time in your valley, beneath your skies?"

I woke up today not being able to hear well and therefore trapped in my own world. Due to (dis)associative logic, I found myself thinking of someone who had died. Initially it was a funny reminder. But my mood changed. This song has literally nothing to do with that, but the two subjects apparently take up similar spots in my brain.

Kind of a raw, albeit musically gentle song. Definite favorite. Assuming you're 14 years late, you will also love this song.

Song: "Long Hair"
Artist: Monster Magnet
Album: Tab...25 (1991)

Do a torrent search for this album. That said, this is a pretty, what, "groovy" song? It falls off the edge of the universe after four minutes in with Monster Magnet's standard "what the hell is going on"-isms, but the opening four minutes of this song are definitely something you want to consume via ear. So go do that and make me happy, mmkay? Actually, you'll really be doing it for the betterment of yourself. That's usually a good thing. ... Actually, nevermind. It isn't a good thing at all.

Song: "Allen's Wrench"
Artist: Kyuss
Album: Blues For The Red Sun (1992)

I'm still exhausted from yesterday, so, for now, this is what you get. After all... Allen's Wrench, iz all you geh-hee-yet!

That reminds me. I went searching for an allen wrench one day. I had allen wrenches but not the right size, so this became an ordeal. Having to remember that I had to go buy new ones, this song got stuck in my head. It has not left since. I hope you suffer this same fate.

Song: "Heresy"
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Album: The Downward Spiral (1994)

"...heresy can be without a religious context as the holding of ideas that are in fundamental disagreement with the status quo in any practice and branch of knowledge." (wikipedia)

Here's your appropriate prelude and intellectual base for what's coming.

Song: "Black Mastermind"
Artist: Monster Magnet
Album: Spine of God (1992)

There's not much of this song online because it's too good for the internet. I've linked a place where you can find the whole album, instead.

It's entirely worthwhile to get the album Spine of God in SOME form, as it is a direct method of emotional, social, and aesthetic enrichment. And let's not forget your neighbors in a 10 mile radius who will also be better off if you happen to feel like not wearing earphones today.

"Black Mastermind", meanwhile, is just so damn good, it inspired a whole 'nother album: Superjudge.