prank calls 1996

check it out. harry sachz.

harry responds, "somebody gawna diiii."

pumped up with some steam. the next portion of our 1996 jams/mix has been supplied by Stewart Stevenson.

#111 Superdrag “Destination Ursa Major”

Superdrag dresses like the The Ramones and plays songs like this one.

#110 Prodigy “Firestarter”

Can dubstep really be traced back to Keith Flint? I think we've re-discovered all responsible parties. They all were members of Prodigy, and they stuck lots of metal crap into holes in their faces.

#109 DJ Shadow “Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain”

I was startled to realize my name was touching my face until it moved.

#108 The Beatles "Real Love"

There are 6 or 7 different videos of "Real Love" on Youtube. All of them suck.

#107 Sponge “Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)”

Post-grunge dudes started wearing glam outfits. They're possibly in a high school during roller derby class. Mostly weird images involving pills and the sale of drugs and honey.

#106 Polvo "Bridesmaid Blues"

These parents can't take them away. "Wobbly will prevent the firestorm." "ITS ON FIRE!" no go back to sleep you were just having a stupid fucking nightmare.

#105 Brujeria “Hermanos Menendez”

The Menendez brothers didn't get to sing on this song because they're in jail for killing their parents. Was it #MurderForPizza ? We're taking your calls. http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/09/27/cops-boys-13-hatchet-granny-death-pizza-money

#104 My Bloody Valentine “Map Ref 41N 93W”

Light flickerers. Interrupting my train of thought. MBV reunion actually started up in 1996 with this song. The subsequent new full length is prepared at a rate of 2 songs a year so that means we'll have 32 songs on this bitch. Word up.

#103 Counting Crows “A Long December”

Justifies their existence. Which is saying a lot for this song.

#102 Spazz “WWF Rematch At The Cow Palace (Aluta Continua)”

The cartel's power team is in. Poison man's reign of terror. These kids.

#101 DJ Kool “Let Me Clear My Throat”

Ed Lover dance invention. Special dedication to all the ladies if you got real hand, real fingernail, real kneecap, you goin to school, make some noise.

#100 Weezer “Devotion”

Fluterying pieces off of the lego rainbow. Scurrying away. In the deep central caramel center of "Devotion" lies the first or second or many push-asides. Lego tower was serious business. The kids in the class made sure to "fingerprint" (actually ink on a piece of scotch tape) and match the finger prints with the legos. The effort was a long shot to begin with, Now it looks like a big dark blue half sqere with white stripes haning out of it.

#99 Busta Rhymes featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard "Woo-Haa! I Got You All In Check"

Jonah's stern fern big face. It looks like the trash heep but more 2-D. And more mobile. A kid got run over by a car and ODB was the only gentlemen who was able to investigate and access the situation facy enough too pull little small little child same from out of harm's way. Later that night he jumped on stage because I needed to let people know what the true story was all about. "Puffy's Good, But Wu-Tang Is For The Children. I went out today and I got me a new suit."

#98 No Doubt “Happy Now?”

No Doubt's pissed in this one. inner-tension! ooooohh so dramatic you guys.

#97 Redman “Whateva Man”

Meth and Red continue rolling and rulings. This was possibly a pilot/trailer for their other collaborative videos and movies. But prolly not.

#96 Bush "Swallowed"

wtf this song doesn't suck at all, quit bein' a little bitch.

#95 Failure “Solaris”

Much concern over George Clooney's 2005 blockbuster Solaris. Wasn't sure if it kicked any ass. (words...words...words...)

#94 White Town "Your Woman"

It loos like someone's following people around town with a telescope, which is topical since voyeurism appears to be very topical in the media as of late. This was one of the songs that song dude made on a 4-track in his bedroom and then was played all over K-Rock 12 months later.

#93 Beck "Readymade"

Listening to modern rock stations in 95/96/97 sounded somewhat exciting. The obvious turds kept the stations grounded. However, outside of this was strange variety and creativity. Locate any "Buzz Clip" commercial within that period for the proof. "Song 2" Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Odelay singles, "Your Woman," "The Perfect Drug," and "Paranoid Android" could be played in succession and no one would think twice about it. (EDIT: None of these were on the radio in 1996 lol. Except "Odelay" singles obviously.)

#92 Satyricon "Nemesis Divina"

They really hit their stride with this one. The guns are helping.

can i borrow a 1996 feeling?

Hey big spender, spend some dough at table 3. So much classic rainful for sale, you can't get this too many spots. Wah-pedals for half-off. This guy's son keeps a secret movie in the same trucks that they used to do that class assembly that they had out in the truck, and like, hoots the owl and there as some cat or something who they would only show with the lights off and the music got loud.

Just about ready to start gettin' pumped for some Mack an Chaayz. This portion of top 884 songs of 1996 was compiled and submitted by "the man and his boy." All da rest is straight up hype.

#153 Heltah Skeltah “Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka”

yesh yesh y'all. this one is confusing because the Youtube calls the group "Fab 5" but elsewhere they're called "Heltah Skeltah."

#152 Destroy 2 (Eye and Chu) "24H?"

This video links to the entire album... Recorded live, Eye kicks things off announcing "WE PLAY FORTY-EIGHT SONGS," and then that's what they do within the next 10 minutes. We Are Voice And Rhythm Only is sung by Eye from Boredoms and featuring drums from Chu. Eye screams "FUCKOFF" at the end of all 48 songs. "24H?" just happens to be the longest at 39 seconds, although our favorite part is probably the sequence between tracks 18, 19 and 20: "Sky," "Sea" and "Earth" respectively.

#151 Fu Manchu “Solid Hex”

how sold is it? speed racer ass race is about to ascend past like 4 stratospheres.

#150 LL Cool J "Doin' It"

The "LL" stands for "Licks Lips." We tried to find a still or video but nothing works as well as "Doin' It." He has a lot of female callers in the video all the same voice.

#149 No Doubt "Don't Speak"

Who is the real No Doubt in this video? You n meee we usta bee togehhh-thu

#148 Chavez "Tight Around the Jaws"

"You can trouble me for a glass of shut the hell up." - Chavez, 1996

#147 Carnun "The Prophecies Of The Horned One"

"Watch out Itchy! He's Irish!" - Carnun

#146 The Fugees "Killing Me Softly"

This was the big cover. allthe kids in high school were way into singing along to this. symphonic band director was all like "she's sounds just like roberta flack. they destroyed a great song." HELL FUKCIN YEAH THEY DID. Also in the video possibly a part where someone does the trick where he opened the bottom of the popcorn so that Mister Kinnish can fit through much to the enjoyment of his ladyfriends.

#145 Rage Against The Machine "Bulls On Parade"

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#144 Aaliyah "Got To Give It Up"

Dat punk bitch can step off.. We can protect you aganist his wrath babygirl. Drake is very very bad. This man must be stopped.

#143 Rake "Special Agent: Rake"

This isn't the song "Special Agent: Rake" which is not on youtube but this one is pretty close so we went with it.

#142 The Verve Pipe "Photograph"

This played at Whole Foods the other day. In other news Simple Plan now gets played at SS&S. "Grocery store jams" were once a sacred concept. What happened? More Paul Davis IMO.

#141 Local H "Freeze-Dried (F)lies"

We wanted "Lovey Dovey" but couldn't find a video.. This one is really good also and Joe D destroys the kit as usual.

#140 Ween "I'll Miss You"

From some Ted Demme movie.

#139 Supergrass "Going Out"

Good video, it sounds pretty much just like the recording.. released a year before the album it appears on.

#138 GZA "Shadowboxing"

break through like the wu unexpectedly protect ya neck

#137 Air "Modulor Mix"

Yeah cool we just wanted to throw a fash cartoon in the middle of this for no fucking reason.

#136 Turbonegro "The Midnight NAMBLA"

We forgot these guys names but it looks like they haven't given up those ouftits just yet. Very handsome bros.

#135 Radiohead "Molasses"

From the Street Spirit single, this is one of those low-key chill kinda songs, totally unproduced and totally catchty

#134 Keith Sweat "Nobody"

Cool, memory served correcly and we get check out some amazing pics...
Not sure if that happened in '96, but it might as well haven.

#133 Eldopa "The Burning"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l31UUl5SyXk this might help

#132 Ben Folds Five "Where's Summer B?"

Oh Ben, we love ya. For the title, we were confused if they were asking about that summer feeling, like "where's summer" and then "B" is just like their pal down the street. Makes total sense to us.

more annoyance is on the way ... brain wont let me stop...

2000's Guilt #21: Gwen Stefani “Hollaback Girl” (2005)

Placed #9 on our 2005 Guilty Pleasure Singles...

Listening to "Saw Red" by Sublime (featuring Gwen) has to make one long for the days when this chick knew how to rock. ... "Hollaback Girl" [is] one of the most baffling Neptunes tracks [from] their recent minimalism period that began with the infectious "Drop It Like It's Hot," and was suggested prior with "Can't Stop Won't Stop." ... [She's not] Kelis. Her voice lacks R&B-flavored soul, and when the Neptunes end up backing her with THIS kind of beat, she ends up sounding like... well, a rich, white cheerleader...

I was hoping "this shit is vaginas" would become a big catchphrase this year, but my longing was all for naught. - TMK, 1/12/06

90's Jams #90: No Doubt "New" (1999)

In early 1999, No Doubt released "New", co-produced by Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison, for the soundtrack of the film Go. After the success of No Doubt's breakthrough album Tragic Kingdom, the band wrote more than twenty songs for a new album, influenced by artists such as The Cure. Having toured extensively for two and a half years since the release of Tragic Kingdom, they initially had trouble producing material and decided to experiment with new sounds. Allmusic, gave it four and a half stars, calling it "a terrific, layered record that exceeds any expectations set by Tragic Kingdom". - Wikipeida http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_of_Saturn