This is what you listened to in the 90s if you were too cool for Nirvana (I swear there's a VW Passat song in here, bear with me, Oppo)

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 09/09/2016 at 22:18 • Filed to: shit post

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You see, Oppo. Long ago, in the 1990s, there was grunge and bands like Nirvana. But some of us we’re too cool for that crap. Smashing Pumpkins? Stone Temple Pilots? Please.

That’s where Pavement comes in. The quintessential college rock band. Bullshit lyrics? Check. Painful screeching guitars? Check. Lead singer who shouts said bullshit lyrics against screeching guitars? Double check. This is what it meant to be cool in the 90s, and don’t let anyone tell you different.

This song is about Passats, I swear, it really is.

A whiter shade of trash on a redder shade of neck:

It was your distant voice:

Congratulations, Oppo. If you’ve listened through all of these, you’re officially 90s cool.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 22:21

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That’s the way to Passat, babe. And that’s the car to his soul.

Axial > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 22:23

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And here I was jammin’ to smooth electronic elevator music...

Honeybunchesofgoats > Axial 09/09/2016 at 22:24

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Now. You. Know.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 22:32

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I was 90's cool, before it was cool to be 90's cool. That is why I have switched to 2000's cool and am just jamming to a bunch of Weezer.

RallyWrench > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 22:42

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Never listened to Pavement and never liked Nirvana. And the Pumpkins... Jesus, Billy Corgan is possibly the most annoying person in music history. Well, maybe second to Yoko. Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam did it for me. I don’t get why people like music with unintelligible lyrics and sloppy playing.

wafflesnfalafel > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 22:44

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The 90's were just kind of a write off for me - 10 years of Hootie and the Blowfish... Listened to old hair bands and euro electronica instead...

Honeybunchesofgoats > RallyWrench 09/09/2016 at 22:49

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You get a star for hating on Billy Corgan.

But I cannot endorse Pavement as unintelligible. “There’s no women in Alaska, there’s no coast of Nebraska” is intelligible, but really, really fucking dumb (but still great)

Funktheduck > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 22:53

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Made it 40 seconds into the first video. Do I get a prize?

Honeybunchesofgoats > Funktheduck 09/09/2016 at 22:55

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:(

no.

DipodomysDeserti > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 22:55

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This is what you listened to if you didn’t give a shit about being cool.

RallyWrench > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 23:05

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Nice. By unintelligible, I mean shouty or screamy. They might be great lines, but who gives a shit if you can’t understand it? Beck, Weezer, and Cake have completely pointless but nonetheless fun lines, and I can at least understand them without reading the liner notes.

Baskingshark > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 23:06

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Honeybunchesofgoats > RallyWrench 09/09/2016 at 23:11

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I have a soft spot for Beck, but god, do I hate Weezer and Cake.

sonicgabe > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 23:15

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I love Pavement. I’ve seen them play maybe five times; twice in the same day once! That second show of the day was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. They played every song they knew and a few that they didn’t; some even falling apart halfway through. It was pure bliss. A year or two later, on their final tour before they broke up, I got to hang out with them for a bit. They said of all the shows they played, that particular show was their favorite.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 23:22

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I always found Pavement unbearable. The grating voice combined with unnecessarily complex bass lines and chord progression always reminds me of early Meat Puppets mixed with novelty acts like Ass Ponys and blended into proto-hipster indie rock bullshit.

Their fans were even worse. Pretentious shitnuggets who looked down their noses at people who genuinely loved all the good music that was coming out at the time. They were worse than Sonic Youth fans. You were never “too cool” for Nirvana. You were purposefully listening to bad music because most people didn’t like it. Congratulations. You had all the musical depth of all the grungy teenagers you were mocking.

All the cool, smart kids I knew in the 90s were listening to Stereolab and Radiohead.

Nirvana was better at being the Pixies than the Pixies ever were.

Commercial Success doesnt always mean the music is crap - Melon Collie is evidence of that.

Modest Mouse is what Pavement could have been if they were focused on writing good songs and not being contrarian shitfucks.

Honeybunchesofgoats > sonicgabe 09/09/2016 at 23:26

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I am so incredibly jealous right now. Seeing Pavement play is at the very top of my life goals.

RallyWrench > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/09/2016 at 23:27

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They made a good example from he era. Those are bands that I like between 1-5 songs from and that’s it, and I could identify them. Weird but fun, though I never bought their albums. I couldn’t ID any Pavement song (can’t watch the above vids right now).

PatBateman > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/10/2016 at 00:22

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Toadies or GTFO.

-39 year old

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/10/2016 at 03:30

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*still listens to pavement*

Stef Schrader > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/10/2016 at 07:08

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Way better than Nirvana.

{ drops mic }

LongbowMkII > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/10/2016 at 08:18

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This thread is proof that hipsters have their roots in the 90's

nermal > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/10/2016 at 08:20

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This came out in 1990....

Forge Crown Victor! > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/10/2016 at 12:30

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I was hoping that this band was going to be left in the 90s where it belongs. Not my bag of chips brother. Kudos to you for liking them. And for the record, I like Blur and hate nirvana.