Monday, July 27, 2009
Cream Calendar / Creamtastic Nashville Cream 8 off 8th Finale: '90s Night, Tonight!
Posted by Tracy Moore on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:06 AM
Man, the motherfuckin' '90s.
How you remember them depends, of course, on how old you were. Maybe you were in elementary school and just getting into Saved by The Bell when Sinead O'Connor ripped up that picture of the Pope, or maybe you were already working as a waitress rollin' your silver at O'Charley's when Cobain bit it. If you were already in college when Columbine shocked the nation, then it meant a lot less to your everyday school experience than if you were just figuring out which Backstreet boy was your fave.
Musically, you could still love what was on the regular radio (Nirvana), while marveling at the discoveries you were making on college radio (Pixies). And there was always good ol' reliable Ace of Bass on backup.
So tonight we celebrate the finale of our Cream covers series at Mercy Lounge by paying tribute (OK, homage) to a musical hotbed of a decade that produced both staggeringly great and awful grunge, mind-blowingly awesome underground rock and plenty of glittery pop gems in the middle.
The bands playing have dusted off covers by everyone from TLC to Sebadoh, with Weezer, GNR, Flaming Lips, Superchunk, Blur, They Might Be Giants and Hum and more in between. So ladies--find those gross light jeans, or a baby doll dress, or your Mary Janes, or a midriff. And dudes, it's flannels and bad light jeans for you. Of course, hip-hop/fluorescent is both appropriate and desired.
Deets:
Martians Go Home (Hum cover band)
The Mattoid
Ocelots
And the Relatives
Carter Administration
Shoot the Mountain
The Privates
Shit Sandwich
9 p.m.; Free.
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'epic' by faith no more should by all rights be considered a 90's song.. if any of these bands could give it a proper treatment, the roof would certainly ignite
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I wish I still had my black velour choker. There was a very nice (plastic) cameo on it, too.
It was awesome. I wore it daily. It perfectly complimented my awkward pseudo-goth aesthetic I worked so hard to cultivate.
Anyway - '90s music. I was youngish during this decade, so I remember lots of elementary school Garth Brooks. Also I loved Hanson. By the way, I still love Hanson. But the Smashing Pumpkins were totes my fave. I felt feelings, what can I say?
Blur? Kyuss? Slowdive? Magnetic Fields? Failure? Faith No More? Elliott Smith? Built to Spill? Guided by Voices? Spiritualized? Flaming Lips? Yo La Tengo? Elephant 6? Tortoise? Radiohead?
Or are we gonna be stuck hearing shitty tongue in cheek covers of Mmm Bop, Achy Breaky Heart & Hootie?
Wait... so... is "Shit Sandwich" actually playing? I may have to finally go to one of these decades nights... besides hanging out at Decades all the time.
There will be a rocked-the-fuck out Elliott Smith cover. And Smashing Pumpkins. And Pavement. And yes, someone's doing an ironic Celine Dion jam. Just relax. There's going to be something for everyone.
I wanted The Privates to do the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme, but unfortunately that won't be happening this time.
Tobin: never fear, Shit Sandwich has some Flaming Lips for you. And yes they are actually playing. And they are also playing perhaps the greatest one-hit wonder of the 90's. Or ever. I'll leave you to speculate on that.
i heart shit sandwich is the only band in nashville that's actually better than the armed forces. no joke. suck on that, tobin.
Loney, Shit Sandwich is basically the duo formerly known as Tigers Con Queso joined by members of The Armed Forces and Ghostfinger.
we have no actual affiliation with "Nigel" and his "shit sandwich" comments on this blog, we were only inspired them to create an anti-super group of bands nobody likes - but then we wound up getting Richie Ghostfinger because we needed another guitar last minute.
Is that one-hit wonder of all time "To be with You" by Mr. Big? If it is, count me in.
Tonight's "We are the World" had better be "Gin and Juice." I'm looking at you, Shit Sandwich.
Man, I wish that email would have been sent to the right email address. I totally would have done 1-800-SUICIDE by Gravediggaz, Only Shallow by MBV and maybe Closer by NIN? Off the top of my head. I can always dream!
What no Soup Dragons? Nobody covered "Groovy Train" by The Farm? Are we talking about the same 90s? Please tell me somebody somebody covered Neneh Cherry...
Please tell me that this will be the last installment of pseudo-hipster bands playing obvious covers?!?!?!? And, moreover, the last we have to hear of people's excitement over getting to wear stupid outfits they think reflect the decade. BORING SH*T SANDWICH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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