Did Mazzy Star create the best song of the 90's dream pop era?

George Atlas wrote:

The "Loveless" album by My Bloody Valentine is the one CD I find risky to listen to while driving. Its hypnotizing.

Oddly enough, that is the one place where I can really get into it these days. With a job and kids, it is hard t sit down and really listen to an album that takes that kind of focus. It doesn't line up well with running, for me, so the car is where I crank that album up.

Lemons wrote:

How is it I've never heard of Lana? That's a nice find. Definitely one to add to my library.

Careful, she's a corporate puppet a la Miley and Pink. Just be aware.

snazzy mazzy wrote:

Lemons wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKY6TZEyrI

I was thinking about this song again recently.

She was there and then she was gone.

I remember I had cut out a picture of her from Spin Magazine or something and put it on my wall. It was a frame from the 38 second mark of the video.

I never gave her much credit at the time. I suppose I thought she was too cute to actually be writing the songs.

She was a pint sized cutie in her day. Nice to look at.

Caution! wrote:

Lemons wrote:

How is it I've never heard of Lana? That's a nice find. Definitely one to add to my library.

Careful, she's a corporate puppet a la Miley and Pink. Just be aware.

If that's true, I'm a little envious of her sugar daddy record exec that propping up her career.

first time listener wrote:

Lemons wrote:

Heard this song recently while watching Person of Interest the other week and found it to be just as listenable now as it was two decades ago. Not sure the sounds of their contemporaries like cowboy junkies, enya, etc. had quite the same lasting power as Mazzy Star...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKY6TZEyrI

Is it just me, or is that song basically just a cover of "Knockin on Heaven's Door" with different lyrics and no chorus?

They added the Am chord at the end of the phrase.

"Fade Into You" is as important in my life as "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is to grunge rock.

Back to the original question: yes.

And however you classify Belly, they made some great music, too.

Great songs from that genre posted here so far, especially My Bloody Valentine. I really like this one by the Pumpkins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MDdEaa3arg

I always get nostalgic as f*** listening to this song, especially this time of year as summer draws near. It takes me back to the summer before my senior year when I would work at Dunkin Donuts all day making good money, and then go to cross country practice after, and then sometimes work the late shift at Dunkin Donuts which was awesome because I could sleep in, but sucked because I still had to go to practice and then work after when I was already really tired. Sometimes my teammates would show up at the Dunkin Donuts when we were closing and bring garbage bags to fill up with the donuts which we had to throw out anyway. It rained almost every day that summer, but we ran anyways. We got in a lot of milage that summer, and I spent countless hours dicking around with my teammates, playing ultimate frisbee in the mud after practice, going to Chipotle, etc.. I would listen to the album that this song is on (Gish)in the car everyday. Twas a happier time in my life.

Sorry for rambling.

I wonder if young kids today even get fired up about music. Probably not.

Remember staying up late and taping the college radio station broadcasts to find new music. And in the early 1990's being excited about moving into range of one of the first big signal stations that played an "alternative" format.

"Fade into You" was played over and over in 1993 on 89X in Detroit.

I heard it in a movie recently and that really bought me back.

I suppose 22 year olds might get old and get nostalgic hearing an Eminem, Katy Perry, Foo Fighters, Pink, Green Day, Blink 182 song on the radio when they are 40 but I bet not. Maybe the Sirius 2000 channel.

George Atlas wrote:

I wonder if young kids today even get fired up about music. Probably not.

What would possibly make you assume that young kids today don't get fired up about music? Go see Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, or Vampire Weekend and tell me that the venue isn't full of middle school and high school kids who know every word to every song.

I've been listening to a lot of Pavement lately. Sort of makes me feel sad. It stuns me that those days were 20 years ago. I don't feel any different, but I guess I'm getting old.

Hope Sandoval and I were classmates in fourth grade! I know here real first name yet she seems to be an extremely private person so I'll just keep it to myself. Funny thing is my college room mate was infatuated with her and would always share odd facts like, "You know the singer of Mazzy Star grew up in East LA". I was like good for her and never bothered to investigate the band any further till about a year ago they came on while I was listening to Pandora. I looked up the bio, saw the name and photo and was like holy shit!

Ringo Star wrote:

Hope Sandoval and I were classmates in fourth grade! I know here real first name yet she seems to be an extremely private person so I'll just keep it to myself. Funny thing is my college room mate was infatuated with her and would always share odd facts like, "You know the singer of Mazzy Star grew up in East LA". I was like good for her and never bothered to investigate the band any further till about a year ago they came on while I was listening to Pandora. I looked up the bio, saw the name and photo and was like holy shit!

You had a college roommate when you were around 26 years old?

You recognized her from the 4th grade?

If you're not a troll...well, good for you.

Bent Dickenson wrote:

You had a college roommate when you were around 26 years old?

You recognized her from the 4th grade?

If you're not a troll...well, good for you.

Haha, I was like 28 bro. Are you saying good for me for having her as a classmate or good for me for being 28 and still in college? Either way, thanks. And no I'm not a Kenyan.

Belly and Breeders are both Kim Deal (Dayton, OH) bands. She was also in Pixies.

Saw Mazzy Star open for Jesus and Mary Chain. They did their duet.

"Makes my want to dress up and head to a smokey bar with the little lady"Here's the problem with LetsRun....too many people on this site are 60 years old or write that way. "Little lady?" Good grief...

Lemons wrote:

Precious Roy wrote:

Mazzy Star is definitely the leader of that genre, but Portishead's Sour Times ("nobody loves me") is a worthy contender:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr3In858tQk

On a related note, I dug up Cannonball by the Breeders the other day. Good stuff. Some 90s stuff really has stood up well over time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpoqzt2EHaA&feature=kp

You gotta give the Brits credit for keeping jazz sounding good. Winehouse, Adele, Portishea... Makes my want to dress up and head to a smokey bar with the little lady.

Wrong order wrote:

Here's the problem with LetsRun....too many people on this site are 60 years old or write that way. "Little lady?" Good grief...

We like midgets. DEAL WITH IT!!!

Hope Sandoval is sill making music, if you guys didn't know that already. She's still putting out some good stuff.

"Blue Light" is one of my favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZTppF-lxLQ