Today we start the 2nd half of the challenge!!! DAY 16 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!
The way I read this one is, what’s a song that’s generally accepted as a CLASSIC alternative song that you love? ICONIC. THE standard for a band or moment or for the genre.
An obvious example would be like Nine Inch Nails “Head Like A Hole” - their breakthrough classic that’s pretty much synonymous with NIN.
Each day I’ll post the challenge and you share some of your favorite alternative & indie songs that meet the challenge!
23 Comments
xfts@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Smashing Pumpkins - To Forgive is no doubt one of my all time favorites.
bigbadmoose@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
One of my favorites Soul Coughing -Circles https://youtu.be/L_Ve9h1HNBA?si=tqLd1zp2IC1MNKVF
Thanks4Nothing@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Great song and great band! I was super into Mike Doughty's first solo album after Soul Coughing, and it was great music - but the following albums lost whatever it was that connected me to his music.
bigbadmoose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Ya know you might enjoy what he is doing now with "Ghosts of Vroom" https://youtu.be/0ViM1o9QDGc?si=Me30INdIKWcWBldC
Thanks4Nothing@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
I can't wait to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation
Anrky@mstdn.social · 3 pts · 2y
@ren
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole (1989)
https://songwhip.com/nine-inch-nails/head-like-a-hole1989
:blobcatheadphones:
perishthethought@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Rocket From The Crypt - On A Rope
https://youtu.be/-ISAhYiEJuU
It was great to see more punkish music going more mainstream in the 90s, but this band blew my mind. So much melody, a horn line, and so much grrrrrrriiiiiiiinnnnnnnddddd.
HowShouldIKnow@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
The other day I was telling a coworker half my age that this was my favorite song through much of high school. She'd never heard of them.
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush (1992) https://youtu.be/V5UOC0C0x8Q?si=mMNFS95WTo86HY1-
ren@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
mindblowing.
ren@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
First song that came in my head was REM's "Losing My Religion" as it truly ushered in college rock / alternative music to the mainstream. BUT - I did an REM song yesterday for cover songs.....
So let's mix it up.
Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know - a Canadian pop star wanna-be got scorned and released a scorching anthem! https://youtu.be/NPcyTyilmYY?si=P0nyHELFnvKJCI2v
Where were you the first time you heard THIS on the radio: "Is she perverted like me? / Would she go down on you in a theater?"
Thanks4Nothing@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
I think back to when I started listeneing to "alternative" music, and Shine, by Collective Soul is always what plays in my head.
ren@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
omg! I totally forgot about Collective Soul!!
HowShouldIKnow@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Whenever Collective Soul's song Run comes on I'm never sure if it's going to be that or Coldplay's Yellow.
krzschlss@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
The year that this album dropped, it was all that I heard at every single house party I went to. Probably one of the most iconic alternative releases of my high school years.
I don't really listen to the album much anymore. Not sure if that's due to change and taste some 25 years later or just burn out. But I still think it's one of the most iconic alternative tracks ever.
Sublime - What I Got
ren@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
are you from Long Beach, CA? I hear it’s still Sublime country over there.
vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Naw, I grew up north of there though. Sublime definitely gets a lot of love throughout California still. It matches the vibe pretty well.
AcornCarnage@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Coming in late today!
As mainstream a choice as this may be, I can't NOT choose Alive by Pearl Jam.
It blew my mind. The grainy black & white footage didn't LOOK like what I was used to seeing on MTV, that lead guitar and solo....MMM... and holy shit, that fucking VOICE.
I literally said to myself during that first listen "this is going to be my new favorite band," and to this day, they still are.
ren@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
it funny you chose “Alive”, I was thinking about coming back and adding that to my choice too. Truly a stone cold “Seattle grunge” classic.
nhombrenovalido@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
The Clash -London Calling
Speaks for itself I think
ren@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
straight up classic - no one can deny that!
Floey@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
If I had to go with just one it would probably be Savory by Jawbox. The DC scene and everything being put out by Dischord at the time was a moment. If you like this single I'd recommend going through the catalogue
https://youtu.be/0sE_Hq_NVmo
Whiskey_bottle@mindly.social · 1 pts · 2y
@ren
https://youtu.be/4D2qcbu26gs?si=9u1BIiJ18saQlQwo
I Wanna Be Adored- The Stone Roses
I was already into alternative like REM & The Cure when this came out, but this absolutely blew my mind Freshman year of college.