Hey Flex (All Encompassing 90's Glorification)

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2022, 7:34pm
matedog wrote:
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"In the Meantime" is a classic in my books and I'm glad to find out they had some other solid tunes.
I kinda liked that back in the day—it caught my ear because it sampled Penguin Cafe Orchestra's "Telephone and Rubber Band" (which I only knew as the closing song of Talk Radio—but listening to it now, it seems like firm dad rock. It ain't awful, but I sorta winced.
Music of my childhood is now dad rock? :disshame:

I hadn't heard this song before, but that sample is spot on. An interesting choice. I still think the song is a bit edgier than your Pearl Jam type dad rock - that falsetto hook, the rubbery bass line, the kinda off kilter vocals. But maybe I'm just losing my edge.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
18 Jan 2022, 2:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2022, 7:34pm
matedog wrote:
17 Jan 2022, 6:34pm
"In the Meantime" is a classic in my books and I'm glad to find out they had some other solid tunes.
I kinda liked that back in the day—it caught my ear because it sampled Penguin Cafe Orchestra's "Telephone and Rubber Band" (which I only knew as the closing song of Talk Radio—but listening to it now, it seems like firm dad rock. It ain't awful, but I sorta winced.
Music of my childhood is now dad rock? :disshame:
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I hadn't heard this song before, but that sample is spot on. An interesting choice. I still think the song is a bit edgier than your Pearl Jam type dad rock - that falsetto hook, the rubbery bass line, the kinda off kilter vocals. But maybe I'm just losing my edge.
That's seriously easy arena dad rocking out kind of stuff. I can see a bunch of 40-somethings doing that song in their garage.
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matedog wrote:
18 Jan 2022, 2:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2022, 7:34pm
matedog wrote:
17 Jan 2022, 6:34pm
"In the Meantime" is a classic in my books and I'm glad to find out they had some other solid tunes.
I kinda liked that back in the day—it caught my ear because it sampled Penguin Cafe Orchestra's "Telephone and Rubber Band" (which I only knew as the closing song of Talk Radio—but listening to it now, it seems like firm dad rock. It ain't awful, but I sorta winced.
Music of my childhood is now dad rock? :disshame:

I hadn't heard this song before, but that sample is spot on. An interesting choice. I still think the song is a bit edgier than your Pearl Jam type dad rock - that falsetto hook, the rubbery bass line, the kinda off kilter vocals. But maybe I'm just losing my edge.
The Ramones, Iggy Pop and our beloved Clash have all had their music used in TV commercials, so yeah, makes me feel old too.
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Sparky wrote:
18 Jan 2022, 4:51pm
matedog wrote:
18 Jan 2022, 2:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2022, 7:34pm
matedog wrote:
17 Jan 2022, 6:34pm
"In the Meantime" is a classic in my books and I'm glad to find out they had some other solid tunes.
I kinda liked that back in the day—it caught my ear because it sampled Penguin Cafe Orchestra's "Telephone and Rubber Band" (which I only knew as the closing song of Talk Radio—but listening to it now, it seems like firm dad rock. It ain't awful, but I sorta winced.
Music of my childhood is now dad rock? :disshame:

I hadn't heard this song before, but that sample is spot on. An interesting choice. I still think the song is a bit edgier than your Pearl Jam type dad rock - that falsetto hook, the rubbery bass line, the kinda off kilter vocals. But maybe I'm just losing my edge.
The Ramones, Iggy Pop and our beloved Clash have all had their music used in TV commercials, so yeah, makes me feel old too.
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gkbill wrote:
18 Jan 2022, 6:09pm
Sparky wrote:
18 Jan 2022, 4:51pm
matedog wrote:
18 Jan 2022, 2:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Jan 2022, 7:34pm
matedog wrote:
17 Jan 2022, 6:34pm
"In the Meantime" is a classic in my books and I'm glad to find out they had some other solid tunes.
I kinda liked that back in the day—it caught my ear because it sampled Penguin Cafe Orchestra's "Telephone and Rubber Band" (which I only knew as the closing song of Talk Radio—but listening to it now, it seems like firm dad rock. It ain't awful, but I sorta winced.
Music of my childhood is now dad rock? :disshame:

I hadn't heard this song before, but that sample is spot on. An interesting choice. I still think the song is a bit edgier than your Pearl Jam type dad rock - that falsetto hook, the rubbery bass line, the kinda off kilter vocals. But maybe I'm just losing my edge.
The Ramones, Iggy Pop and our beloved Clash have all had their music used in TV commercials, so yeah, makes me feel old too.
Hello,

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I actually prefer your take on aging!
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Wherein Hoy and Flex get the sugar jitters: https://cheezburger.com/16241669/delect ... a-goodness
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
21 Jan 2022, 10:48am
Wherein Hoy and Flex get the sugar jitters: https://cheezburger.com/16241669/delect ... a-goodness
fond childhood memories of many of these. don't think i could willingly consume any of them now.
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I'd never heard of this but, lord, what fallen society we belong to.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
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I'd never heard of this but, lord, what fallen society we belong to.
Oh yeah. I don’t think my parents ever got that, but I did get it at friend’s houses. See what I mean about The Blessed Decade?
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
21 Jan 2022, 1:11pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
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I'd never heard of this but, lord, what fallen society we belong to.
Oh yeah. I don’t think my parents ever got that, but I did get it at friend’s houses. See what I mean about The Blessed Decade?
That you use the word blessed sarcastically?
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
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I'd never heard of this but, lord, what fallen society we belong to.
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Kory wrote:
21 Jan 2022, 1:58pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
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I'd never heard of this but, lord, what fallen society we belong to.
Creamy salad dressings are some of the nastiest substances on earth.
In great moderation, I'm fine with them, like a caesar salad. But when the green is drowning in a soup …?
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Jesus Christ, my brain is firing in weird directions today. I haven't heard or thought of this in a quarter century. I don't even like it. But it's a perfect example of a 90s movie soundtrack song in all its generic angsty … energy?
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
21 Jan 2022, 5:07pm
Jesus Christ, my brain is firing in weird directions today. I haven't heard or thought of this in a quarter century. I don't even like it. But it's a perfect example of a 90s movie soundtrack song in all its generic angsty … energy?
Awful
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
21 Jan 2022, 5:07pm


Jesus Christ, my brain is firing in weird directions today. I haven't heard or thought of this in a quarter century. I don't even like it. But it's a perfect example of a 90s movie soundtrack song in all its generic angsty … energy?
Never heard of that band or that song. I remember "If Lucy Fell", did Ben Stiller have white boy dreds in that movie? Ugh.

Google turned up little info on them but I did find this one article from right before the movie/"their big break" came out: https://buffalonews.com/news/marry-me-j ... an%20today.
Choice quote: "Like a lounge act in the midst of a Las Vegas casino, Marry Me Jane merely provided background music for the action on the floor."
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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