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The Peak, 7/9/09: 1996!
« on: July 09, 2009, 07:24:05 AM »
It's Rob's first-ever trip to 1996.  So far we've had:

Smashing Pumpkins, "Tonight, Tonight" - I know I had this album in late '95, but it kept spawning singles well into '96.  (Top 40 hits from Mellon Collie: 4.  Top 40 hits for the rest of the Pumpkins' career: 0.)  And what a wonderful video from John and Valerie Ferris.

"Lack of Water" - I forget who this was, but it was a KFOG staple around the time I arrived in SF

Sublime, "Santeria" - one of a half-dozen of their songs Live 105 had in heavy rotation that fall and winter.

Wilco, "Monday" - ignored at the time, sounds like a staple now.

Beck, "Devil's Haircut" - takes me back to the Polynesian-tiki-lounge kitsch scene that reigned supreme in winter '96-spring '97 before the swing revival took hold.
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Re: The Peak, 7/9/09: 1996!
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2009, 07:30:30 AM »
Alanis Morissette's "Head Over Feet" was kind of middling.  But VHM to Wallflowers' "One Headlight."  (Though I liked "Sixth Avenue Heartache" even better.)  This is a memory-heavy set for me.
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Re: The Peak, 7/9/09: 1996!
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2009, 07:35:00 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on July 09, 2009, 07:24:05 AM
It's Rob's first-ever trip to 1996.  So far we've had:

"Lack of Water" - I forget who this was, but it was a KFOG staple around the time I arrived in SF


Jars of Clay? The Why Store?
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Re: The Peak, 7/9/09: 1996!
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2009, 07:35:09 AM »
Whoa!  BOS to Luscious Jackson, "Naked Eye."  I don't think I've heard this since '97.
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Re: The Peak, 7/9/09: 1996!
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2009, 07:35:29 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on July 09, 2009, 07:35:00 AM
Quote from: Gazoo on July 09, 2009, 07:24:05 AM
It's Rob's first-ever trip to 1996.  So far we've had:

"Lack of Water" - I forget who this was, but it was a KFOG staple around the time I arrived in SF


Jars of Clay? The Why Store?

The Why Store!  Thank you.
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Re: The Peak, 7/9/09: 1996!
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2009, 07:36:13 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on July 09, 2009, 07:35:29 AM
Quote from: RGMike on July 09, 2009, 07:35:00 AM
Quote from: Gazoo on July 09, 2009, 07:24:05 AM
It's Rob's first-ever trip to 1996.  So far we've had:

"Lack of Water" - I forget who this was, but it was a KFOG staple around the time I arrived in SF


Jars of Clay? The Why Store?

The Why Store!  Thank you.

I actually have that CD -- they were from Indiana, iirc.
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Re: The Peak, 7/9/09: 1996!
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2009, 07:38:36 AM »
BOS Gin Blossoms.
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Re: The Peak, 7/9/09: 1996!
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2009, 07:39:28 AM »
BOS2 to Gin Blossoms and a well-deserved Top 10 hit.  "Follow You Down" is nearly perfect pop songwriting, as was its flip side, the #11 charter "Til I Hear It From You."
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Re: The Peak, 7/9/09: 1996!
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2009, 07:44:11 AM »
"Life is hard ... and so am I."  Proxy of Shray for Eels' "Novocaine for the Soul," iirc.
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Re: The Peak, 7/9/09: 1996!
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2009, 07:49:05 AM »
Smashing Pumpkins Tonight, Tonight
Why Store Lack Of Water
Sublime Santeria
Wilco Monday
Beck Devil's Haircut
Alanis Morisette Head Over Feet
Wallflowers One Headlight
Lucious Jackson Naked Eye
Gin Blossoms Follow You Down
Eels Novocaine for the Soul
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