Favorite song from a band you know sucks

[I Should Coco]

For many years in the 2000s, they were the biggest touring act in the country. But now, they've dialed back the number of concert dates they play each year. Boyd Tinsley (drums) is 61. Dave is 58. I don't know how many tours they've got left as DMB. Though I think Dave and acoustic guitar virtuoso Tim Reynolds will keep playing their duo act after the big band is done.

Still have their three-day blowout concert on Labor Day weekend at The Gorge Amphitheater in the middle of Washington state. Been to that a couple times over the years (Mrs. Coco is a big DMB fan). Let me say you don't even need to bring any of your own pot -- I have gotten a contact high each time.

It's also one of those outdoor venues where you are boiling hot and sunburnt when the show starts, then freezing by the end of the show.

 

[Here me roar]

Like everything Bob performs, that song is garbage.

You're not wrong. And yet.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

I was 10 in 1986, right about the time that License To Ill came out. That was my gateway into rap, and it's a big reason why a bunch of old 40 (almost 50) somethings got deep into the genre. My real formative years had rap, hair metal, the doughy transition from hair metal to grunge (I do not consider GnR to be hair metal, same with Metallica's And Justice For All, my entry point into the band), then grunge, then the awkward late 90s before we got back to the good stuff in the early 2000s. I didn't become a big fan of what my generation considered classic rock until I was deep into my 20s. As for the music of today, I have to try to find it, mostly because I listen to a **** ton of Spotify and the algorithm keeps me in a loop of Hold Steady adjacent stuff and classic rock/yacht rock/90s grunge. I don't dismiss it at hand. Chappell Roan is great. Sabrina Carpenter's Expresso is a ****ing fun song. I dig some Olivia Rodrigo. I love anything resembling MF Doom's music. I forgot that Kendrick Lamar has been around for more than a decade. This is a ramble, but I wonder if I was 20 when rap became mainstream rather than 10 or 11 that I'd like the genre as much as I do.

That's me, except I also got into Run DMC, LL Cool J and some of the other Old Heads. Also rocked out to Metallica, and Megadeth. Wasn't a fan of classic rock until I was older. My daughters keep me in the loop of the new music, Taylor and Bille are the big ones for us. Sabrina Carpenter is fun, but a little risque at times. I also dig some Chappel Roan. Satellite radio has been good, because I can change genres. For me, the zenith of rap was the early to mid 90s. So many good artists and classic albums came out.

Edit: I'd like to think that's why my daughter has eclectic taste in music. She listens to Bille Eilish and some other pop stars, but she's also into Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sum 41, Foo Fighters, and ABBA. She's also into musical theater, which I'm not sure where that comes from.

 

[Bubbler]

My kids love lots of "my" music. My daughter is very fond of Hall & Oates. My son is definitely into the harder classic rock stuff.

Honestly, a lot of the pop they listened to isn't that far off from sounding like 80s pop, so it makes sense.

 

[dixiehack]

I don’t know what bucket you’d but it in, but one of my daughter’s favorites lately is End of Beginning by Djo. Wikipedia calls it synth pop but he’s doing something way different with it than what I associate with the term. Almost had more of a blissed-out lush 70s feel (but, y’know, with the synthesizer instead).

She played a few other songs from other artists that were not as memorable to me but had that same vibe. She acknowledges it isn’t the hot music on the charts but her and her circle listen to this stuff as a big chunk of their music diet right now.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

Gawd, you all are making me feel old ..;

I turned 11 in 1965. It was a big year for music, although it was still in the hands of the hit factories. The Beatles were huge, of course. But Motown was coming on strong with The Temptations, The Four Tops and The Supremes. Sam the Sham's Latino rock topped the charts with "Wooly Bully." On the country side, Roger Miller had his breakout crossover hit with "King of the Road."

But change was afoot in 1966. The Beatles put out "Rubber Soul." A lot of music became "psychedelicized." The Rolling Stones delivered dark tunes like "Paint It Black" and "19th Nervous Breakdown."

I was watching a Rick Derringer interview yesterday after learning of his death. He talked about the bifurcation of white popular music about the time The McCoys recorded "Hang On Sloopy" (1965). When the band backed Johnny Winter in 1970, their name was banished from the album label because they were viewed as a Top 40 group. "Serious" listeners were turned into albums like "Fresh Cream," which made no appearance on AM radio. When I got an FM radio for Christmas in 1968 it broadened my horizons quite a bit.

My curmudgeon turn began when I heard Elton John for the first time.

 

[swingline]

Crash, the I don’t want to pull out let’s see what happens song.

 

[Songbird]

Not sure I got curmudgeonly ... just discouraged that there was no more good music.

But I began listening to EQX again last year and knew we were in the middle of a new music revolution.

This song by Last Supper Club blew me away (still does) with its '70s rock-opera vibe:



And this song by Bodega is top shelf:



And Blondshell came out of nowhere with this:



Then I heard Idles for the first time, then a cool new song by Paramore, then one by Chicano Batman.

And then R&B by English Teacher:



When I was back in the old stomping grounds months ago, it took a few days to realize the beloved radio station of yore, KROQ, had turned into repetitive mush and bull**** with '90s music as its new core ... just a constant ****ing loop of Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, and Linkin Park. It was no longer a station for Generation X.

 

[Slacker]

I am on a phone and it appears as if you have to edit
the link to include a timestamp and I can't get it right.

From Reddit, but it's legit ...

Here's how: paste the url then add a question mark to tell the server you're gonna give it parameters, followed by t= meaning "t for time is equal to" then the time where you want the video to start, using the format XhYmZs, where X is the number of hours, Y minutes, and Z seconds... You can use any combo of those, and you can do all three, just two, or even just one.

Examples: if a clip starts at 1:06:00 into the video
paste the link and add ?t=1h6m0s

If it was, say, a minute and ten seconds into a video,
I could say ?t=1m10s or ?t=70s.

 

[Starman]

This song -- their first song -- was pretty good.



After that ... ugh.

 

[Songbird]

lol

 

[Cosmo]

The Last Dinner Party is awesome. Sneaky good find last year.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

When I was back in the old stomping grounds months ago, it took a few days to realize the beloved radio station of yore, KROQ, had turned into repetitive mush and bull**** with '90s music as its new core ... just a constant ****ing loop of Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, and Linkin Park. It was no longer a station for Generation X.

Given what Gen X has morphed into, that sounds like the perfect station for us. Throw in some Dave Matthews, Nickelback and Gwen Stefani and you're all set.

 

[Songbird]

Given what Gen X has morphed into, that sounds like the perfect station for us. Throw in some Dave Matthews, Nickelback and Gwen Stefani and you're all set.

KRTH 101 is now the '80s era station which is funny because in the '80s it was the station for golden oldies.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

When I was back in the old stomping grounds months ago, it took a few days to realize the beloved radio station of yore, KROQ, had turned into repetitive mush and bull**** with '90s music as its new core ... just a constant ****ing loop of Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, and Linkin Park. It was no longer a station for Generation X.

Were you alive in the 1990s? That was our music.

 

[justgladtobehere]

KCRW plays mostly what I think of Gen X alt. Mix of new stuff like Chaise Lounge (haven't listened for a while) and 'classic' alternative going back to The Clash.

 

[Songbird]

Were you alive in the 1990s? That was our music.

I was and like that music muchly but KROQ has forsaken its roots which grew from the back of '80s music.

Love the Peppers. Can't believe this one is 33 years old.



Love the Foo's. This song is what perfect music is all about.



Linkin Park is OK, even very good sometimes. They're from Agoura Hills which is super wealthy and affluent.

 

[Songbird]

This is the essence, the beating heart and soul, of what KROQ should always be.

 

[waterytart]

KRTH 101 is now the '80s era station which is funny because in the '80s it was the station for golden oldies.

It’s stayed true to its mission.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

This is the essence, the beating heart and soul, of what KROQ should always be.

I have no idea how big or well-known it is outside of SoCal, but "Million Miles Away" is on the very short list of the greatest songs of the era.