Does the world not need another young, Australian Nirvana?
53. Cracker - Teen Angst
David Lowry has a message for us kids who had just discovered how much we wanted to change the world (and our first pubic hairs, which we no doubt saved in a scrap book).
54. Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign
I saw these guys rocking out on Saturday Night Live and that is the night I made the conscious decision to become Alternative. I picked out at a striped t-shirt to wear over a longsleeve the next day, and denied any further hair cuts. Truly, Teenage Fanclub did beat Nirvana for album of the year 1991 in Spin, and somehow they impacted me harder, too. Though, honestly, I never listened to any of their albums at all. :/
55. The Posies - Dream All Day
At the time I probably thought the Posies were too 'gay' to get into (though I don't remember that stopping me liking Sugar or Morrissey). But I really have to find more of these cats' stuff. Damn, I miss this song!
56. Loud Lucy - Ticking
I just remember one of my best friends picking these guys as his whipping boy for all derivative up-and-comer Alt Rockers. But hearing the song again, I actually kinda like it.
57. Dada - Dizz Knee Land
They used to play this nonstop, and I can't stand the way the guys look, but damn if the song doesn't bring a smile to my face when I hear it now.
58. Ministry - NWO
Scary music for a lot of us kids who hadn't really ever been exposed to Death Metal or anything like that. They look scary, they sound like demons, the video is full of violence. They gave us the kind of nightmares we wish we had today.
59. REM - Drive
Then there was this REM band who kinda helped to kick off the whole alternative explosion with the smashing success of "Losing My Religion." "Drive" was just about as close as they could get to writing a sequel to "Religion" so they went with it. But it didn't make the same impact.
60. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Kiss the for Me
Along with the Cure, Depeche Mode, and the Smiths, what people called "Progressive" for a while, which confused me greatly when I started to hear bands like Yes and King Crimson described by the same term.
61. Black 47 - Funky Céilí
Sort of post-Rap neo-Trad Irish music. Catchy, but now hearing it again all these years later... the charm hasn't held up.
62. Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass
A big string of hits with the Eurhythmics, and then this song kinda picked up where they left off.
63. Paul Weller - Uh Huh Oh Yeh
So, he was in the Jam which rocked, then he had the Style Council, which frankly sucked. He started to redeem himself on his first solo outing, but he didn't really nail the cred until his 2nd solo release, Wild Wood. Get that album.
64. Skinny Puppy - Killing Game
"Hi, we're Skinny Puppy. Let us creep you out. Please?"
65. Stereo MCs - Connected
The kind of thing that Alternative kids had no business listening to, but somehow the groove got right under your skin, and you were wearing denim and dancing like a skinny white Brit in no time.
Stereo_mcs-Connected by ejekt_festival
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