im old enough to remember when they quickly banned the thong song at the DARE skates, and then took away the request sheet all together cause it was notstop written anyway 🤣
Maybe the reason why the person who reviewed Something to Write Home About didn't use the word emo is because it sounds nothing like the kind of music that was being called emo at the time? It's a very polished synth-heavy rock album, and according to interviews the band was being influenced by Radiohead and Wilco just as much as they were Jimmy Eat World. And anyway, people get too hung up on genre stuff. "Emo" has always been a pretty poor descriptor for music anyway, all (or at least all good) music is emotional. And anyway, influencewise most of the '80s and '90s bands are post-hardcore or post-punk, and the aughts stuff is mostly just what happens when pop punk gets a goth makeover.
@54:41 As a musician/self-producer who just recently bought a 7 string guitar, a 5 string bass, and has already learned 4 Korn songs in the span of a week because the nu-metal renaissance has infected me hardcore, I can confirm that this renaissance is in full swing. I love so much of it, both the nostalgic things that gripped me as a kid (I'm a late millennial) to some of the newer bands. Tallah is great, Chat Pile rips and they're basically like the modern torch carriers; they're the band that grabs the same audience Korn would have grabbed in their hay day, and the more post-grunge adjacent zoomer gaze bands like Nothing or cursetheknife are awesome too. It's like early Deftones but dreamier. I'm actually super into modern day Helmet now too. Their old stuff is still essential but some of their later albums post comeback (Page Hamilton being the only original member) kick a lot of ass. "Seeing Eye Dog" and "Dead To The World" are still on heavy rotation for me. I haven't listened to "LEFT" yet.
Generator is like the Deep Space Nine of Bad Religion albums. It's like, one of the top 3 for every fan but I could understand a newcomer being completely lost. I always recommend Empire to metalheads and it's been a mostly successful way of getting them into the band. Helps if they're into Avenged Sevenfold.
I was pretty young when I got into BR, aside from a few songs I'd picked up from AMVs I hadn't listened to them a whole lot when I downloaded their entire discography and played it on shuffle. I remember when one of these songs would come up I'd just think, "Huh, that one sounds strange," but never disliked one. I didn't know anything about genres were so it just kinda cemented itself as part of the band's history along with the rest of it. I'm actually a big fan of Greg Graffin's solo alt-country/folksy stuff, that same intellect he brings to Bad Religion with a more somber, melancholic tone that you get a taste of in Into the Unknown. I swear these guys could make me like any genre.
3 videos about the Grammy curse and not only am I not convinced theres enough of a trend to justify this urban legend, nor am I convinced that the Grammy's are any worse or more worthless than any other awards show (they are all dreck)
Also: with regards to Sean Paul in 2004, I get how it just seems like another Sisqo head-scratcher on the surface...................but there's no denying his lasting influence and legacy these past two decades. I dare say he's remained more culturally relevant long-term than Evanescence overall even despite "Bring Me To Life" still getting gold catalog airplay like mad. So more power to the lyrically and vocally unintelligibly charming one! XD I think I agree with the "Kinda Cursed" verdict on Evanescence for that matter. I think the main thing that cursed them (well, Amy Lee basically, let's be honest about that, hahahaha!)............is album development hell and just allowing themselves to become irrelevant because of that.
It's beyond surreal to me that Avril Lavigne's debut album ("Let Go") is somehow also STILL her most mature album to date, hahahaha! Much like Coldplay were at their most mature with their first two albums (I enjoy much of their later work for the record, I'm just saying they sounded at their most oldest and experienced on their first two albums) and have reverse-aged from there, Avril Lavigne has done the same between "Girlfriend", whatever "Hello Kitty" was and her last MGK-esque album, hahaha!
True! It really feels like Avril got progressively less mature as time went on. And the one "mature" album she released, Head Above Water, was really mediocre imo
You know, I actually DO remember where I was the first time I heard Hybrid Theory. I was at a friend's. At that time, Meteora was about to come out, so it was a two for one kind of deal.
I think this works: The Grammys could hold the ceremony in December of the year in question, and run the eligibility period from December 1st of the previous year to November 30th of the current year and use up to the day after Christmas to tabulate the votes. They could give artists a year to adjust. Thoughts??
When I heard Blue Öyster Cult had another hit beyond Don't Fear The Reaper, I thought it'd be Godzilla. That seems to be the other song by them that most people know. Heck, it even got a cover for the Godzilla: King Of The Monsters soundtrack... with Serj Tankian of System of a Down doing the vocals! Seriously, look that cover up, it's one of those I'd say can compete with the original. And then I looked it up and... it never even charted at all. Yea, this seems to be a similar situation with Modern English's I Melt With You, where everyone knows that song and remembers it as a classic, yet it wasn't actually a hit when it was released.
I love this, I think you’re awesome, I don’t presume to have more talent than you, I just want to point out that you do the ironic-twist-hot-take sort of contextualizing like alottt. The like “ehhhh I meannn, well actually it’s actually like you know, pretty gooooood” hahaha you do it a lot and it’s not annoying or anything it just gets a tad tad tad expectable you know. Again, it hurts to give a critique but you are definitely someone who would takes critique in stride. Also, I was born in 1990, and this was like a glorious trip down memory lane of my coming of age musical listening life. I am loving our first 20 year cycle, which is of the late 90s and early 2000s, creating a renaissance of universal interest and validating the bands and genres like nu metal as legit classic
I enjoyed this so much. I recall a lot of people thinking Cristina Aguilera was screwed and never going to be heard from again due to her winning the award. Also, concerning Norah Jones there was a lot of controversy concerning her success at the time due to her father being the *very* influential Ravi Shankar. And by influential I mean controlling reputation he was known to have by some. He didn’t get access to the Beatles from thin air after all. The man was rather calculating and many boomers didn’t want to mess with him. In this day and age she would definitely be considered a nepo-baby or industry plant.
If you've heard any of J Lo's singles with Ja Rule then you've heard Ashanti. I still unironically enjoy Norah Jones (and Vanessa Carlton!), but also think Talib Kweli was robbed, even if Quality did help doom us to Kanye West.
Lmao hearing him say Nick cannon should’ve been nominated is wild. That album had one semi hit and the album was paid dust. The only reason that song gigolo was big is cause if he who shall not be named. Wild choice bro lol
50:58: Wow, what a flashback: my teacher would play this in class like everyday when I was a kid. It's cornball as hell, but maybe after all these decades, I have strangely grown to like it? Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
I love this series, but the pedantic part of me has to point out that Best New Artist is just that: about the artist. Their first/most recent record is not the nominee, they themselves are. Thank you for reading my obnoxious quibble.
1:37:34 ben is there he's just wearing a really ridiculous wig for some reason also i would take anything ben said with a grain of salt as it was revealed in an 05 lawsuit between the band and their former manager that ben was very abusive to amy
Our Lady Peace's "Spiritual Machines" ca6md out during this time....OLP and Tool got me through high school. Thank you for hanging that album poster....more people need to know the magic of Spiritual Machines! 🤗😎💜
Been very entertained and learning about some artists I had never heard of before. Earned a sub. Also: kindof bittersweet to see some of these artists that I thought could have been The Next Big Thing (e.g., India.Arie) never *quite* rise to that level. The music business is a fickle thing.
The first time I ever heard or seen Linkin Park was on MTV as I was getting ready to go to high school my junior year. The first time I heard Hybrid Theory from the beginning to end was after school while going on a “country cruise” with my friends. Hybrid Theory is the pinnacle of Nu-metal and should be held up on a pedestal along with all of the other genre-defining albums, while Linkin Park still to this day is the only band to successfully mix rap and metal together in a perfect blend. Obviously they ended up going in an entirely different direction starting with their follow-up to HT but besides that one Mr. Han track Hybrid Theory is a no-skips album and absolutely perfect. It sucked they had to snub LP but they did right by giving the Grammy to Evanescence because Amy Lee sang her heart and soul out for the world to see while 50 Cent was singing about lap dances and getting shot a billion times.
The 00's were my second favorite decade of music, right behind the 80's. Might be nostalgia talking, but that's when I moved on my own and had all the freedom in the world. It's just a feeling that I as a grumpy old man in my 40's cannot find in modern music, it gets reaaaally hard to find good new music when you're older...
48:30 OK, that shocked me this evening happened. I legit grew up with White Ladder throughout my childhood. In other words, it was one of the first albums I ever heard front to back. Maybe due to nostalgia sake and just genuinely enjoying his music, I had a huge David Gray phase during 2019 and 2020. Plus, seeing him in concert for the White Ladder 20th anniversary tour was quite special. I could see why he’s not a huge favourite in the US, and besides, he didn’t need any awards.
no offense but the way you talk about black artists just highlights how segregated radio always has been and how little context there is for people who aren't immersed in the culture. Jill Scott was an innovative voice for neo soul and did not need to be overtly sexual or bombastic for her record to be groundbreaking, idk why that would need to be a stipulation at all. r&b radio has had her in rotation since her debut but white audiences don't tune in. like, she is a staple for us
THANK YOU for the Vanessa Carlton Be Not Nobody love, that was the first CD I ever owned and I love it so much. also everyone listen to White Houses off her second album it’s one of my favorite songs EVER
