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Sober was the first of Tool’s many videos to be filmed using ’stop-motion animation.’
And it’s one of the coolest, and creepiest, videos…ever.
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Oh yeah, bitches, this is a good one.
From the 1994 album Rubberneck, it’s the Toadies with Possum Kingdom.
It’s been long disputed as to what the song is referring to. Some people think vampires, other say it’s about a murder at Lake Possum Kingdom in Texas.
In 1995 Toadies lead singer Todd Lewis told RIP magazine, “It’s just a story I heard long ago; it’s just a really cool, eerie lake, and some stuff I heard and some stuff I just make up. I tend to do that. They dammed up this big river up there, and it’s got all these spooky names like Hell’s Gate. It’s really cool.”
Lewis went on to say that there was a real stalker in Tyler, Texas who became a folk hero, “I was down there for Thanksgiving, and after the family got through talking about who died and who’s got cancer and all those things that families talk about, they started talking about this guy who was peeping in windows and started breaking into people’s houses. He’d go out of his way to be seen, and everyone is like armed to the teeth, and he’s like tapping on windows. The whole family was freaked out about it.”
Come to your own conclusions, but no matter what it’s about, and however dark it may be, this song is one of the greatest of all time.
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Live from Lollapalooza 1992 in Bremerton, WA, it’s Soundgarden with Rusty Cage.
And yes, I was there - right up front. Still to this day, it’s the best concert I have ever seen.
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This one is a classic, and totally off-the-wall.
Of course, that’s why I like it.
From the 1992 album, Happy Hour, it’s King Missile and the song you’ll never forget, Detachable Penis.
After waking up hungover and discovering his penis is missing, John S. Hall scours the town in search of his missing appendage. Finally, he finds his penis for sale “on a blanket next to a broken toaster oven. The man selling it wants $22 for it, but Hall is able to “talk him down to seventeen.”
A great blast from the past if you remember it, but if you don’t, you won’t soon forget it.
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Tupac Shakur performing, “Hit ‘Em Up”, live at House of Blues!
Tupac would have been 37 this year. Can you believe that he’s been gone nearly 12 years?
Do you recognize all of the stars as they looked in 1993?
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Luke Perry, Shannon Doherty and Jason Priestley, Rolling Stone magazine, February 20, 1992
Vintage Gwen Stefani (when she was righteous) and Bradley Nowell (Sublime) together singing I Saw Red, live.
Recorded January 30, 1994 at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle and not officially released until October 8, 2002, it’s Nirvana with You Know You’re Right.
This song became the focal point of the dispute between Courtney Love and Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. One of my favorite Nirvana tunes.
Ok, I am throwing a wrench in this post of ‘I Love the 90s’ because I found a hysterical video that shows the ugly side of 1991.
Do you ever wonder why Paula Abdul doesn’t perform live? This will show you. Not that you expected any different. She is so terrible that the sax player steals the show during his small singing part.
The funny thing, and I’ll humbly admit it, is that I had hair like that. Yup, crimped, curled, teased with loads of gel and hairspray. Minus the tacky scrunchie, of course.
Ok, seriously. If you have never taken a trip down memory lane with me before, this is one you cannot miss!
I completely forgot about this song until I heard my pal DJ Footlong playing it over at HeadCaseRadio.com.
You will love this song - even if you never heard it before. From the 1992 album, “Hello Dad, I’m in Jail,” it’s Was (Not Was) with the title track, “Hello Dad, I’m in Jail.”
I guarantee if you crank this song at any party, it will be a hit. Because it’s just f*cking awesome.
Enjoy.
Do you recognize some of your favorite celebrities?
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Johnny Depp, Rolling Stone magazine, January 10, 1991
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