Last week, I was thinking about my state of mind in '99, specifically: What was I thinking, buying the LFO "Summer Girls" CD single? What was I thinking, buying any CD? I know I was thinking about trying to be cool, but I was also thinking about "relating" to a singer and feeling related-to. Meaning: I was a huge giant fan of Ani DiFranco, Tori Amos, and Fiona Apple. That part of my 14-year-old self makes sense to me now.
But what could explain this funny little mixtape I found while unpacking?
Side 1:
1. NOFX: Olive Me (Fat Wreck Chords compilation opened a lot of doors for me)
2. Beck: Hotwax
3. Beastie Boys: Intergalactic
4. Lipps, Inc.: Funkytown
5. The Cardigans: Lovefool
6. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh: Dúlamán (got a pretty sweet Celtic compilation)
7. Dave Matthews Band: One Sweet World
8. Ben Folds Five: Don't Change Your Plans
9. Smashing Pumpkins: Thirty-Three
10. Jars of Clay: Tea and Sympathy
11. Led Zeppelin: Battle of Evermore
12. Ani DiFranco: Gravel
13. Fiona Apple: Never is a Promise (made myself sad there toward the end)
Side 2:
1. Tahiti 80: Mr. Davies (put a high premium on things I didn't think anybody else had heard of)
2. Me First & The Gimme Gimmes: Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard (I was cool, so I wrote this like MAJDBTS for short. also, again with the Fat Wreck Chords compilation/striving for "obscurity")
3. Tom Petty: Crawling Back to You
4. James Taylor: Fire and Rain
5. Radiohead: Thinking About You (clearly ruminating on some imagined heartache at this point)
6. Simon and Garfunkel: Cecilia
7. Barenaked Ladies: Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank
8. Weezer: Tired of Sex (my edgy side)
9. The The: This is the Day (was i into Empire Records very much???)
10. Poe: Fingertips
11. Moby: Porcelain (#'s 10 and 11 both clearly influenced by the Saint Mary's modern dance ensemble)
12. Goldfinger: Mabel
13. They Might Be Giants: Istanbul
14. Steve Miller Band: Jungle Love
15. Tori Amos: Yes, Anastasia (saving the best for last)
So what about you? Don't pretend like you never went through a fratty-jam-band phase, especially if you grew up in Raleigh--I can think of only five people who can truthfully claim they were never tempted by DMB. What was your big jam: was it Destiny's Child? Usher? Cherry Poppin' Daddies?????
3 comments:
Ahhh, Cherry Poppin' Daddies (CPD, if I may)... The Arctic Cat and I were recently discussing how everyone has a "Cherry Poppin' Daddies story." For example, i remember when my dad took me and my sis to the mall to go cd shopping, and my sis, who was in a 'mainstream swing-dance phase' at the time, slyly purchased a cherry poppin daddies cd, only to have it quickly discovered by our father- who had conniption upon seeing the band’s name. He forced her to exchange the album.
In some ways I think parents were more afraid of CPD than NWA.
oh MAN, tell me about it! i always felt weird about that band name, AND THEN I SAW IT AT MY GRANDDAD'S HOUSE. and it belonged to him. because it reminded him of "the old days" or something. i was so weirded out. ugh. CPD can rot in hell.
I had a similar experience to Dr. SHOCK's sis, only it was for buying my best friend a copy of Ill Communication for his 12th or 13th B-day. I knew I was taking a risk w/ the Parental Advisory sticker on the cover, but didn't that just make it that much more desirable? Despite all the cursing, it was the "I'm gonna stick my dick in mash potatoes" sample on one song (#3 - B-Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak) that sent his parents over the edge; they forced me to try and send it back to the "CD of the Month" catalog (anyone remember what that company was called?). Who knew? I can also remember trying to convince his parents that "Rape Me" by Nirvana actually had a positive message.
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