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The music you loved as a teenager is the sweetest music you’ll ever hear; that music will be, in all likelihood, the greatest, wildest, purest love affair of your whole life.
Mispronounced OB-GYN as ahhb-jin repeatedly (my wife and I have three children)
CHAOS AGENTS SONGS DISCUSSED: Céline Dion, “My Heart Will Go On” Hole, “Doll Parts” Madonna, “Vogue” Spice Girls, “Wannabe” Backstreet Boys, “I Want It That Way” Eminem, “My Name Is” Beck, “Loser” Master P, “Make ’Em Say Uhh!” Prodigy, “Firestarter” The Chicks, “Goodbye Earl” Erykah Badu, “Tyrone”
SELLOUTS (OR NOT) (OR MAYBE) SONGS DISCUSSED: Metallica, “Enter Sandman” Pantera, “Walk” Temple of the Dog, “Hunger Strike” Coolio, “Gangsta’s Paradise” Ice Cube, “It Was a Good Day” Reel Big Fish, “Sell Out” The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, “The Impression That I Get” No Doubt, “Just a Girl” Fugazi, “Merchandise” Green Day, “Longview”
WOMEN VS. “WOMEN IN ROCK” SONGS DISCUSSED: The Sundays, “I Kicked a Boy” The Cranberries, “Zombie” Garbage, “Only Happy When It Rains” PJ Harvey, “Man-Size” Alanis Morissette, “You Oughta Know” Tori Amos, “Cornflake Girl” The Breeders, “Cannonball” TLC, “No Scrubs” Sinéad O’Connor, “Nothing Compares 2 U” Fiona Apple, “Criminal” Sheryl Crow, “If It Makes You Happy”
VIVID GEOGRAPHY, OR, EVERYBODY HATES A TOURIST SONGS DISCUSSED: Wu-Tang Clan, “C.R.E.A.M.” Mobb Deep, “Shook Ones, Pt. II” Nas, “N.Y. State of Mind” Pulp, “Common People” Björk, “Hyperballad” Missy Elliott, “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” Outkast, “Elevators (Me & You)” Juvenile, “Back That Azz Up” Jane’s Addiction, “Been Caught Stealing” Soundgarden, “Black Hole Sun” Luniz, “I Got 5 on It”
TEENAGE HIJINX SONGS DISCUSSED: Rage Against the Machine, “Killing in the Name” Body Count, “Cop Killer” Guns N’ Roses, “November Rain” Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Under the Bridge” Alice in Chains, “Would?” They Might Be Giants, “Particle Man” Cake, “The Distance” Weezer, “Undone (The Sweater Song)” Beastie Boys, “Sabotage” Radiohead, “Creep” Pearl Jam, “Yellow Ledbetter”
BIG FEELINGS SONGS DISCUSSED: Tom Petty, “It’s Good to Be King” Janet Jackson, “Together Again” Black Box, “Everybody Everybody” Mariah Carey, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” The Verve, “Bitter Sweet Symphony” Gin Blossoms, “Hey Jealousy” Counting Crows, “A Long December” Mary J. Blige, “Real Love” Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, “Tha Crossroads” Lisa Loeb, “Stay (I Missed You)”
