“I am the man in the box
“Buried in my s**t...
“Won’t...you...come...and...save me...?”
The band left this fraud a while ago and now we are left with Milli Vanilla or an awful Karaoke rendition of “Just one more time”.
I totally understand the analogy, but I actually think the Grunge music sucked and was depressing, while the Hair music was fun to listen to. The hair band fans partied too hard and did too much sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll, the grunge band fans on the other hand were too depressed and suicidal.
I mean, I just assumed this was great WSJ work, or even a snippet of some Mark Steyn.
Sorry, but Saintly Mormon Bishop as grunge rock don’t quite work for me.
So, I’m now listening to “Anger Rising” from Jerry Cantrell’s “Degredation Trip” album now. So fitting. As are so many of his other songs.
Jerry Cantrell’s “Between” from “Boggy Depot” is what I’m thinking.
Interesting post.
Being an old lady the only band I recognized was Great White and that’s because of the fire.
I went overseas in 1991. Left Wash DC listening to WWDC 101.1 FM with the Greaseman, two for Tuesday, heavy head banger music, lots of Hair on the Air.
Didn't get stateside again until August of 93 when my Dad passed away and I spent 6 weeks helping my Mom pack up and move... Music-wise, I was like WTF happened (despite my zombie walk thru those weeks due to Dear old Dad being gone)?
I wonder just how profound people realize the culture changed over those two years. I left in June 1991 right after Desert Storm, George HW Bush at 91% approval, a vibrant, proud America with a Soviet Union and communism collapsing...
Came back in August 1993 to find Clintoon president, people ashamed of America, and hair rockers GONE and replaced by a bunch of smelly, melancholy hippies in their place!
Overseas we fought to get Rush Limbaugh on the Armed Forces Radio Network and won that in 1996. I used to open a cold one (Rush came on at 6:00 PM in Germany) kick back and listen to real wisdom. Came back (for good in 1997) just in time to witness the whole Lewinsky/impeachment thing and of course, Free Republic. My life hasn't been the same since.
Obama is just becoming more selective in his appeal.
“I am the man in the box
“Buried in my s**t...
“Won’t...you...come...and...save me...?”