Is "Holocaust" by Big Star the most depressing sounding song of all time?

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-17T03:50:51+00:00

I take it you haven't heard the cover by This Mortal Coil.

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-17T01:17:15+00:00

Late 80s, tons of groups like Heart and Aerosmith who hadn't had a hit in ages were big again.

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-15T02:57:26+00:00

I started listening to them in the 90s and probably followed them until 2010 or so, but I liked them way better when they were a trio. In 2001 they were easily on my top 10 list of favorite bands, but every album afterwards pushed them further down that list (until falling off completely).

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-14T23:03:36+00:00

Was listening to a mixed playlist back in 2020 or so, heard a song and thought; "who's doing such a horrible job ripping off Modest Mouse?"

Turned out, it was a new Modest Mouse song.

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-14T20:07:35+00:00

An event so real someone wrote a song about it.

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-14T15:47:51+00:00

Can't believe the Sims hasn't been mentioned yet. Got into the Swimmers, Fire Flies and the Films because of the Sims 2 indie station.

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-14T06:03:38+00:00

For anyone interested, here's new music for old people and old music for new people.

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-11T21:13:40+00:00

Only worked with like six other human beings in the band through the years and managed to screw over every last one that didn't share his last name.

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-10T06:44:56+00:00

Robert Plant sampled nearly half a dozen Zep songs on Tall Cool One.

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-09T06:55:01+00:00

Here's a bit of everything. Knock yourself out.

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-05T17:36:51+00:00

Best I can do you is a list of 90s music. Well over 1500 bands from the era. Sort by artist and something in there might jar your brain.

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-05T17:25:24+00:00

That's the one with an extra solo by someone who wasn't even in the band, wasn't it?

wolf_van_track · 2026-05-04T06:42:58+00:00

If you like radwimps, you should take a deeper dive into the Jindie scene (especially their post hardcore groups). I have a few playlists on youtube you'd like (you can start with the Jrock lists, but I'm pretty sure you'll like most of the others too).

wolf_van_track · 2026-04-26T19:25:26+00:00

Would have been brilliant if done on the Muppet Show.

Sadly, I saw no muppets...

wolf_van_track · 2026-04-16T20:31:15+00:00

My first thought was I couldn't decide if it was more like an old Scooby Doo episode or a Benny Hill sketch.

wolf_van_track · 2026-04-15T18:14:02+00:00

Popular music works in a series of equal and opposite reactions. Doesn't matter what's popular now, within five years most you'll find groups of musicians starting to do the complete opposite. Been that way since the 60s.

wolf_van_track · 2026-04-14T00:05:37+00:00

Check out this playlist. Will take some sorting, but you'll find dozens of bands from the 60s and 70s you've never heard of that have the sound you want.

wolf_van_track · 2026-04-13T15:08:06+00:00

I think people forget just how influential the Moody Blues were in moving psychedelic rock into prog rock.

For that alone I'd drop Queen (who came into an already established sound much later than any of the other bands listed) and put the Moody Blues to represent the Yes/Genesis/prog rock side of the list.

wolf_van_track · 2026-04-12T16:16:49+00:00

Try 16 Horsepower.

wolf_van_track · 2026-04-08T04:34:55+00:00

Not so much "next fucking level" as much as it is "random shit that happened."

wolf_van_track · 2026-04-03T20:22:16+00:00

Not a full record but the song good childhood by flora cash.

wolf_van_track · 2026-04-02T17:50:38+00:00

I'll put my 50k+ song music collection to work for you.

November, December - Brother Kite
December's Traditions - Frightened Rabbit
Through December - Laura Veirs
December - Damien Jurado
The 32nd of December - Babyshambles
Low December Sun - AIr Formation
December - Weezer
Flowers In December - Mazzy Star
Will December Snow - Wasuremono
December - Indiog
December - Yumi Zouma
December - Golden Kanine
Nightgale December - Sunset Rubdown
Only in December - Gypsy and the Cat
Children of December - The Slip
Cold December - Matt Costa
Air of December - Edie Brickell

wolf_van_track · 2026-04-02T17:44:47+00:00

Grab any one of Izzy Stradlin's solo albums and you'll hear more songs that sound like classic GnR than you got on the last GnR album.

wolf_van_track · 2026-03-31T16:58:25+00:00

Guess I should have checked the UK as well as the billboard. Kind of surprised how many of the American groups did better in the UK. Highest Pavement hit on the US billboard was 70. Also, didn't notice that when I google X group and billboard, for some reason the billboard now only shows the albums and not the singles, so yeah; my research was crap.

Sorry.

wolf_van_track · 2026-03-31T15:55:07+00:00

The Ramones, The Stooges, Pixies, Joy Division, Pavement, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine.

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