27. The Breeders - Safari
All around awesome band, awesome video. And this is when Tanya Donelly was in the band, so we can some fun family tree stuff!
The Breeders - Safari on MUZU.
28. Frank Black - Los Angeles
Around the same time that Kim Deal was forming a new version of her band the Breeders with her sister Kelley, Black Francis inverted his moniker and struck out on his own. Video directed by John Flansburgh of They Might Giants.
29. Belly - Slow Dog
"Feed the Tree" might have been the obvious choice for a video from ex-Throwing Muses/ex-Breeders Tanya Donelly's band Belly, but they really did have more videos. Gepetto, for instance. I'm saddened that they've been written off as one hit wonders.
30. They Might Be Giants - The Statue Got Me High
Frank Black's favorite band, or so he claimed at one point. Anyway, they were one of my favorite bands when I first started writing songs. Great album.
End of family tree. For now.
31. Michael Penn - Seen the Doctor
I had no idea at the time that this was the same guy that did "No Myth" or that he was related to Sean Penn, but the video and the song were both neat enough to stick out in my memory.
32. Tori Amos - God
Used to hear this all the time at night on HFS, when I was wishing I was talking to a girl on the telephone instead of, you know, listening to Tori Amos on the radio at 1 AM.
33. Afghan Whigs - Conjure Me
Apparently this is the album where the Whigs adopted their 'characteristic soul-influenced sound.' Shit, you could have fooled me. I thought they probably listened to a lot of Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth. Anyway, these guys weren't the greatest, but they never really got the credit they were due if you ask me.
34. Smashing Pumpkins - Siva
And along with the Afghan Whigs in the 'not quite Grunge, but noisy rock' category, were these guys who went on to get huge. But you can barely tell this is the same band that went on to do that "Tonight, Tonight" song.
35. The Cure - Hot Hot Hot
This is probably my favorite Cure song, and the one you are least likely to hear played these days. Who doesn't want to dance to this? NOTE: The video has a sound problem. Click the 360p in the bottom right corner of the player and select 240p. Then you can hear the sound, too.
36. Sugar Cubes - Hit
Just like Bjork after she went solo, the Cubes produced totally amazing videos. I mean - I say ouch, this really hurts!
37. David Byrne - Hanging Upside Down
He had no shortage of success while fronting Talking Heads. But after this album he crawled off into obscurity. Poor guy.
38. Basehead - 200 BC
If you asked me to name an Alternative Hip Hop act, this would be the exemplar that comes to mind. They've got it all - that drugged out vibe, the reverb, that weird soul jazz undertone, the melanin.
39. The Shamen - Ebeenzer Goode
One of the few techno dance tracks that really sticks in my mind. Interesting video. And great English white-guy rapping.
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