The Definitive 1000 Songs Of All Time 1955 to 2005: Number 904

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Number 904

Garbage

"Only Happy When It Rains"

(1995)
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Genre:Alt Rock

Another favourite Genre! Things are looking up for me. Garbage were a breath of fresh air in the mid '90s. Grunge was taking hold everywhere around the world and Rap was only in its post natal years.

"Garbage's angry, emotional lyrics contrasted with their catchy, pop alternative rock music. Garbage utilizes samples, electronic loops, grungy guitars, and various other effects to produce haunting and melodic tracks, made distinctive by Scottish singer Shirley Manson's sultry vocals. The fact that Garbage is composed of three music producers is made obvious by the high production quality, with many layers and a "wall of sound" production aesthetic.
Known publicly as an experimental group like Brit band Radiohead, Garbage used their powerful videos to distort the dimensions of their songs."

Along with Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Nirvana, Silverchair et el, Garbage made the mid nineties a great place to be musically. One hopes Alt Rock will be a force again in the millennium, because between you and me, its getting a bit boring at the moment aye Nelly?

For Radiohead see Number 640

For more Radiohead visit Mellwo Mix Vol 1 Number 137

For Smashing Pumpkins see Number 864, 811, 680, & 568

For more Garbage visit Mellow Mix Vol Number 060

Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Nope, They hated it) and the Album ranked at Number (Nope, didn't know it was out yet)

This song has a crowbarred rating of 57 out of 108

Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains
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