lol!
Yeah, I honestly was expecting this submission to get some treatment. The reality for me is that Tool was by far the band I listened to the most in that time period, but I have generally been reluctant to submit any Tool songs to a Walrus.
But I also ran playlists during this time period with stuff like Godsmack, Disturbed, etc etc. I figured I would just out myself in this thread with such a submission and receive my comeuppance.
Forever banished with the āheadbangerā label. The good news is that, despite being a judgmental ass, I was actually pretty friendly with most of the kids I considered āheadbangersā, we just ran in different circles.
I always thought that band was called Gobsmack 
The more you knowā¦
Next up, we fulfill the self-prophecy of our resident fatalist TheDuker with a second-to-last finish thanks to:
Dovetail Joint - This is my Home
This was the song I was listening to when I made my above comment about all rock songs sounding alike. I actually like the bit where he sort of mumbleraps along to the chorus but I found the rest of the song to be forgettably bad. Duker also submitted an āalternativeā entry, which unfortunately would have scored approximately as poorly. Doesnāt look like headbangers will be getting the last laugh itt.
But it does sound like seities is getting some more tracks to add to his playlist!
I like this one Duker. Wallow with me in this pool of Jiggyās disgust.
Hmmm I guess thereās a decent likelihood that everyone decides these songs are great and that I am the fool here. I can live with that, everyone already judges me for liking popular stuff.
Dovetail Joint? Thereās a band I havenāt thought of in over two decades.
Did they ever do anything besides āLevel on the Insideā?
They made this piece of crap, for one.
Hot take incoming: I liked that Dovetail Joint song that Duker submitted.
I like how seities liked both of these posts.
One nice thing about this category is that it seems to have leveled out the scores a bit. In 10th place for three points, we have Chuckleslovakianās entry of:
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Was this song a pretty big hit back in the day? I definitely remember it and probably even liked it at the time, but I donāt have much desire to listen to it again. Itās catchy to a certain degree but I found the lyrics annoying and didnāt want to listen to them again so it ended up dropping pretty hard.
Yes Seities is great. Weāre like 2 songs in and the consensus is already that Iām wrong about everything in this category.
Yeah, it was pretty big. Even the pop stations played it.
Iāll just assume everyone still loves it and is rolling their eyes at me.
Being the theme song for Peep Show ruined it for a lot of people. Good track otherwise, never listen to it for that reason.
Well if it helps I agree 100% with you on those two songs
I like this song a lot. A couple absolutely brilliant lines in it.
I assume itās too clever for me. I usually listen to lyrics pretty superficially if Iām being honest.
They arenāt complicated or anything. I especially love āhear the voices in my head, I swear to God it sounds like theyāre snoringā.
Thatās just a very bad review from The NY that ignores the differences in musical tradition and attitude between the groups cited.
The Strokes drew heavily (Iām being kind) from the late 70ās NY new wave/CBGBās scene in its cool neuroticism, very different from the other bands. Being detached and cynical was an integral part of that scene and sound.
Apples and pears.