DYRT90s? // Collective Soul: Shine
In college, my friend Tim and I started a semi-comedic acoustic cover band called Bad Sneakers. Even though he possessed 98% of the combined musical talent of the group, he graciously let me pick all...
View ArticleDYRT90s? // Soul Asylum: Black Gold
Not only is this song one of the catchiest protest songs of any decade, it may be the only thing from the 1990s that has actually become more relevant since its original heyday. Even such beloved and...
View ArticleDYRT90s? // Spacehog: In The Meantime
If only this masterpiece was recorded 20 years sooner, Spacehog might be mentioned in the same sentence as Marc Bolan and Mott The Hoople instead of being mentioned in the same sentence as Deep Blue...
View ArticleDYRT90s? // Jill Sobule: I Kissed A Girl
With WTUL and WWOZ on the local dial, there is really no excuse to ever listen to commercial FM radio in New Orleans. Even if the Crescent City wasn’t blessed with two of the greatest...
View ArticleDYRT90s? // Red Hot Chili Peppers: Aeroplane
I chose not to choose lyrics that make any sense. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin? MP3: Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Aeroplane”
View ArticleDYRT90s? // Counting Crows: Mr. Jones
In a decade infamous for songwriters who laughably overreached in their attempts to craft earnest, deep, clever or otherwise emotionally resonant lyrics, Adam Duritz is in a class by himself. Even...
View ArticleDYRT90s? // Beck: Where It’s At
No matter how often I requested it, the DJ that worked my middle school dances refused to play this song, citing its alleged offensive content. I could certainly tell the song was “weird”, with the...
View ArticleDYRT90s? // Soundgarden: Black Hole Sun
Almost 13 years after calling it quits following a worldwide tour in support of their fifth studio album, Down On The Upside, Soundgarden announced on New Year’s Day, 2010 they were reuniting and...
View ArticleDYRT90s // Better Than Ezra: Good
As a young teenager growing up in the greater suburbs of Chicago, my knowledge of Better Than Ezra’s catalog started and ended with their 1993 breakthrough Deluxe, which didn’t come to my attention...
View ArticleDYRT90s // Foo Fighters: Big Me
Even those, such as myself, who wouldn’t necessarily consider themselves Foo Fighter fanatics would have a hard time arguing that Dave Grohl is one of the true modern day G-ds of Rock and Roll. He’s...
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