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Oh, totally, though I think Ultra came out at least half great already. I also think Shirley Manson could easily sing a LOT of DM songs. I'm imagining her doing Barrel of a Gun would be amazing.

As I get older, this is a legitimate question. How much will the crowd annoy me vs. how much will I enjoy the music?

It goes on to propose swirlies may be the best treatment.

It's such a great song. I also consider it the best Depeche Mode song they never wrote.

The study goes on to simply refer to the lonely, middle-aged introverts as "losers", for short.

"Barkeep, I'd like to get a New Order!"
"Okay, what'll it be?"
"A New Order, please."
"You didn't even put in the old order!"
(together) "Third Base!"

Taran and Kate McKinnon were the stars of the show. Bummer to see him go.

Comment/avatar synergy right there.

I never understood Corgan's claim about Mellon Collie being "The Wall for Gen. X.", unless it just means "popular double album for teenagers of today". The Fragile isn't much different in that regard, I suppose, though it's to a lesser degree.

My running joke at the time was that there would obviously be a band called "Three Random Words".

Ah, I see. Well, I can probably agree with that. Maybe something about radio not knowing WHAT was going on, and just playing anything—before it became a format, where "alternative" meant grunge + anything with appropriately distorted guitars. Or maybe something to do with LiveNation commodifying radio formats. I…

Well, wouldn't that be true, at least musically? Grunge/alternative/whatever you wanna call it may have done some necessary clearing out of the 80's music scene, but it was also relentlessly musically conservative. White guys with guitars, singing earnestly, with just the right amount of distortion, with the right…

Well, wouldn't that be true, at least musically? Grunge/alternative/whatever you wanna call it may have done some necessary clearing out of the 80's music scene, but it was also relentlessly musically conservative. White guys with guitars, singing earnestly, with just the right amount of distortion, with the right…

'97 was maybe the last big year for me, music-wise. Everyone seemed to turn to electronica as the next big thing—which maybe was more a corporate sales pitch, in hindsight, than anything else, but the resulting albums by U2 and David Bowie, along with the influence on Radiohead, gave the year a distinct flavor. It…

'97 was maybe the last big year for me, music-wise. Everyone seemed to turn to electronica as the next big thing—which maybe was more a corporate sales pitch, in hindsight, than anything else, but the resulting albums by U2 and David Bowie, along with the influence on Radiohead, gave the year a distinct flavor. It…

Regarding your "historical relic" comment—I think it's indicative that the 90's, like any other genre before it, can be so well-encapsulated by the "Lithium" (of course) station on Sirius XM. Why any of us would think differently is beyond me, but it's as much an exercise in dated nostalgia as any other decade's…

…..AV CLUB.

Five years? I thought it was only in the previous year or so that he had acheived any level of fame. (I guess Under The Table and Dreaming was in '94, but I think it was '95 before I knew who he was.)

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