Best Decade Tournament - 90s - Numbers wins!

[Norah]

beastie boys - sabotage


kp

koopee, you ignorant slut.

Yeah, Get it Together should have gone first.

[epilogue]

#2



PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan

[Kaius]

Very interesting choice.

That's a nice way of saying he thinks you made a stupid choice.

[Jorge]

Look, I

[numbers]

It's like calling a house "cozy."

[Heathen]

Radiohead on the other hand - it wasn't till around 2000 when Kid A came out that I really started paying attention to them.

I'm gonna get blasted for this I'm sure, but I was beyond disappointed with Kid A when it came out. I found it to be a really boring retread of what artists like Massive Attack and Tricky and Portishead had spent most of the 90s doing. But because it was from "ROCK'S GREAT HOPE" everybody acted like it was the greatest thing ever. I found the whole Kid A "experience" to be really off-putting. Thom Yorke was in every fucking major music magazine giving promotional interviews about how he wasn't promoting anything. "We're not doing videos but here are mini-videos for every single song!" "No tours. Just two VIP/Celebrity/Press packed megashows in LA and NY that will be reported on like the second coming of Christ."

It just all seemed so fake and hypocritical, especially since at the time my line of thought was "Y'know, you can always just stop doing promo and press. I mean, Pearl Jam did just that a few years ago, and they were in a position of far more power and popularity." But whereas Ed got criticized back then for being whiny and ungrateful, Thom was praised for all of the "statements" he was making about the industry.

And then the album came out. And there was nothing exciting or groundbreaking or even all that interesting about it. But the world at large had decided it was a classic before it even came out, so there was no point in having a dissenting opinion. It was the same month Stankonia and Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea came out, so Kid A was out of my rotation pretty fast. When Amnesiac came out I gave Kid A a second chance, and found I liked a few songs, as I did with Amnesiac as well. But I just didn't care anymore. When Hail to the Thief came out, I thought it was terrible. I'll still give their new albums a listen, but again and again I just don't give a fuck. I still love the first three records though, and a lot of the non-album stuff from those eras as well.


99% of people here will disagree with me, but I don't really care. In my mind Radiohead has been running a smoke and mirrors scam for almost fifteen years now. It's like some kind of amazing "Emperor's New Clothes" act that I've just stopped trying to understand.

Kid A is fucking brilliant, and was probably THE defining album of my adolescence. You've made a powerful enemy today, Lament.

Spoiler: show

Just kidding I still love you.

You're not exactly powerful.

[epilogue]

2. Nirvana - 'Dive'



Cheers!

[epilogue]

Very interesting choice.

That's a nice way of saying he thinks you made a stupid choice.

Listen, I'm not here for Jorge's approval, guy.

[Kaius]

PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan

Beast mode

[Kaius]

Very interesting choice.

That's a nice way of saying he thinks you made a stupid choice.

Listen, I'm not here for Jorge's approval, guy.

And nor should you be!

I thought it was a good pick myself.

[epilogue]

PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan

Beast mode

These first few picks are gonna make up for the soupy emo-shit I'll be picking later.

[epilogue]

Very interesting choice.

That's a nice way of saying he thinks you made a stupid choice.

Listen, I'm not here for Jorge's approval, guy.

And nor should you be!

I thought it was a good pick myself.

Listen, I'm not here for your approval, guy.

[epilogue]

But srsly, thx!

[Heathen]

What exactly are you here for?

[Norah]

PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan

Beast mode

These first few picks are gonna make up for the soupy emo-shit I'll be picking later.

If you pick some early The Get Up Kids, I won't know what to do with myself.

[PryTo]

Heathen, feel free to go. I'm on the phone at work -- will get around to posting soon (I hope).

[epilogue]

I did NOT PM Pryto. Because he knows he's up.

[Heathen]

Alright, pick #2. My apologies to Lament.



Neil Young - I'm the Ocean

[Kaius]

PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan

Beast mode

These first few picks are gonna make up for the soupy emo-shit I'll be picking later.

If you pick some early The Get Up Kids, I won't know what to do with myself.

You should have fucking played

[PryTo]

Keep it rolling, Big Red Ledbetter. No need to wait for me. Still on the damn phone!