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Suck my crack
This goes back to when I was in high school. 107.3 WAAF was our radio station of choice in those days, and this occurred late one night when I was either driving home after a night out or a late shift at Stop and Shop.
Lithium by Nirvana was the latest single all the rock stations were playing by them, and the chorus has Kurt Cobain singing, “I like it, I’m not gonna crack, I love you, I’m not gonna crack”. Various phrases are repeated, but he says the “I’m not gonna crack” bit quite a few times.
Anywho, it was nearing the end of the song, the chorus was being repeated, and randomly in the chorus, the DJ butt in and said “suck my crack” over Kurt singing “gonna crack”. It caught me off guard, and I thought it was hilarious. It was really late, but I don’t think I was imagining things. It really happened. Didn’t it?
Tags: 107.3, 90s music, i'm not gonna crack, kurt cobain, lithium, nirvana, stop and shop, suck my crack, WAAF
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Footos: The Fresh Fighter
Foo-syical Graffiti
Foo Fighters is probably one of Matt’s and my favorite current rock bands. It’s hard to believe they’ve been around more than 10 years, and are the product of Dave Grohl wanting to make music after Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994. One must wonder whether Nirvana would have had the success that Foo Fighters is enjoying now if Kurt had decided to stay with us. But that’s neither here nor there.
Due to their large body of work, and the fact that we both like them so much, Foo Fighters have been involved in many a songspeak, so I’m sure this will be the first post of many to feature them.
One of the great things about Foo Fighters is their music videos. They’ve always had a knack for making unique, memorable, and funny videos. One of their first (and still one of my favorites) was their video for Big Me off of their self-titled debut album. The video was basically a parody of the Mentos Mints commercials that enjoyed popularity in the early 90’s. The main spots being parodied are the parallel-parking-dilemma ad and the crossing-the-street-conundrum ad. The best part about the Foo Fighters video are the exaggerated facial expressions and reactions (which really aren’t that far off from the real commercials now that I’ve rewatched them).
Tags: 00s music, 90s commercials, 90s music, big me, committed suicide, crossing the street commercial, dave grohl, exaggerated facial expressions, foo fighters, foo fighters music videos, foo fighters videos, footos, funny music videos, knack, kurt cobain, kurt cobain suicide, mentos, mentos commercials, mentos mints, nirvana, parallel parking commercial, the fresh fighter, the freshmaker, the knack
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The Matt Who Hated the Man Who Sold the World
There is one purpose for this post, and that’s to get under Matt’s skin.
Some of you may remember that in the early 90’s, Nirvana did an edition of MTV Unplugged. It was pretty good. Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Many of the songs from the set became singles and got lots of radio airplay.
One of those was their cover of The Man Who Sold the World, originally released by David Bowie. Well, this sent Matt into a rage the likes of which I’d never seen. Whenever it came on the radio, he would tell anyone within earshot, “I didn’t like this song when it first came out, and I don’t like it now!” It was as if Nirvana had performed the song just to stick it to Matt, or at least that’s what he thought.
This has become a running gag here at Songspeak, and if I ever hear the song when Matt’s around, I always bring up how he didn’t like the song when it first came out, and he doesn’t like it now.
So, just for Matt, here you go:
And just for good measure:
Tags: 70s music, 90s music, 90s tv, covers, david bowie, david bowie cover, i didn't like it then and i don't like it now, mtv, mtv unplugged, nirvana, the man who sold the world, unplugged
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Where in the world is… The Album Cover Atlas
Ever want to know where in the world Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti album cover was photographed? How about Nirvana’s Nevermind or Paul’s Boutique by the Beastie Boys?The U.K. based The Word has put a Google Map-i-fied Album Cover Atlas together. It’s pretty cool. You can even add your own!
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/album_atlas/
Thanks to Jeff for the link.
Tags: album cover, amazing album cover atlas, atlas, beastie boys, led zeppelin, map, nevermind, nirvana, paul's boutique, photograph, photos, physical graffiti, the word, the word magazine
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