"jibes."

in '89 they weren't far off rem, del amitri, the connells etc.

throwing copper is a fucking GREAT late-stage grunge-pop record, and secret samadhi is much weirder and almost as good.

"pale blue-coloured IRIS."

"deep-seated."

that's mindboggling to me.

sounds perfectly faux-brit to me.

i don't buy green day coming from the same ideological or 'spiritual' place as nirvana either, honestly.

i really loved kanye over the first 4 or 5 records, and tolerated his insanity, though i can't really deal anymore..and i've said this too—that pop music is in the most moribund place it's ever been. even the disposable pop of 30+ years ago..say "girls just wanna have fun"..is still enjoyable and garners airplay…

i wholeheartedly agree with your thesis here. the only place i might diverge with you is that i am old enough—41 now, 31 when AI came out—that my friends and i were already a little past that period, where we all shared love of a record, played it together in cars, went to the shows together, talked about it, learned…

american idiot's just terrific. all the hooks and punch, but with heart and brains and purpose behind it.

i don't really look for "fun" first and foremost in the rock music i listen to either.

why? he couldn't be more spot-on.

sorry, what can i say?

apparently i have super-ears? i heard it quite clearly, wasn't aware that it was muffled for anyone.

i thought he was the one who always wore a shirt?

so when that album came out, you weren't aware of pharrell as an artist/superstar? he was kind of everywhere then. i'm not trying to insult you, just surprised.

it was his baby, his band..he was the star already, so when it came out, the album and band were contextualized in relation to him. so to know of the band back then and not know that pharrell was in it would be kind of odd.

i loved galaxie, and could never get into anything else he did. wanted to like luna, and it left me cold.

you didn't realize pharrell was in n.e.r.d.?