9 Aug 2012: it's... 1996

[RGMike]

Atlanta Olympics, blah blah blah.

Think I'll pass, esp if 2NG's retro-chart is halfway interesting.

[radical347]

LOL. She finally played the Macarena!

[Big Fingers McGee]

Can't listen live, but "Macarena" makes it by definition a happy week.

[Davefish]

Is this Metallica? Seems like I should be able to tell, though I don't know all that much of their stuff. NTM, in any case.

ETA: Google confirms it's "Hero of the Day".

[RGMike]

08/09/12 - Thursday! Wide Variety of Sounds from 1996!

  1. Beck - Devil's Haircut *
  2. Cake - The Distance
(News: Al Gore's DNC "Macarena")
  3. Los Del Rio - The Macarena
(Movie: Fargo - "Oh, you betcha. Yeah")
  4. Fiona Apple - Criminal
  5. Everything But the Girl - Missing
(News: Authorities find the Unibomber/neighbors say he was "intellligent, quiet guy")
  6. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - This Town *
  7. Foo Fighters - Big Me *
(Movie: Fargo Marge (Frances McDormand) "And for what? A Little bit of money. There's more to life than money.")
  8. Lyle Lovett - Private Conversation (B.O.S!)
(Movie: Jerry Maguire - Rod (Cuba Gooding Jr.) & Jerry (Tom Cruise) on phone. "Do you hear what I'm saying!?")
  9. No Doubt - Spiderweb
(News: VP Debate: Al Gore to Jack Kemp."If you won't use any football stories, I won't tell any of my warm & fuzzy stories of chloral floral carbon abatement.")
 10. Metallica - Hero Of The Day *
(* playing SF Outside Lands this weekend)

Not at all bad, IMHO: the only real LN (and it's *UBER* so) is Cake.  Yes, the "Macarena" is, technically, godawful, but it was HUGE and every set needs pop cheeze.

ETA: "Criminal" is actually from 1997.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Yep, "Macarena" certainly would be an F/A on the "quality/necessary" scale.... while in some ways it signifies everything that is wrong about pop music, in other ways it signifies everything that is enjoyable about pop music. And if it doesn't at least bring a smile to one's face, than one isn't human.

[Tinka Cat]

Yep, "Macarena" certainly would be an F/A on the "quality/necessary" scale.... while in some ways it signifies everything that is wrong about pop music, in other ways it signifies everything that is enjoyable about pop music. And if it doesn't at least bring a smile to one's face, than one isn't human.

I thought this set was really good (except for Cake).  That Neil young song was pretty nice, as was the Foos, sounding less bombastic then they do now.  I thought the Fiona Apple was Sheryl Crow or Lucinda Wms at first, heh heh.  (I have huge gaps in my 90s music knowledge.)

[radical347]

This set was pretty much what I was listening to in 96. Hits 106 played em all except Neil & Lyle.

Only real complaint is that 4-9 was a pretty lethargic block. But it was nice to see two pop standards AND finally a Metallica song other than Enter Sandman.

[ggould]

Can't listen live, but "Macarena" makes it by definition a happy week.

wish I'd heard it!