awesome music

okay guys, i'm psyched!!! why am i psyched, you ask? because i stumbled upon one of the best nineties comps ever at work the other day. i am forever finding nineties comps at work that are awesome, but still sub-par. there will be good songs, but then some butt rock (i.e. hootie and the blowfish, natalie merchant, paula cole, shawn mullins, et cetera) will find its way into the mix, which can be a real downer. i am happy to report that this one is for the most part, all good. this even beats out my previous favorite nineties compilation, NON-STOP NINETIES. the only thing missing is some gin blossoms and the flys. i could really use some gin blossoms on this disc. what nineties comp is complete without them really? but i'm not complaining. actually, i am pretty sure the gin blossoms are featured on volume one, which i need to get my hands on... this comp is titled MTV'S BUZZ BIN: VOLUME TWO. you remember MTV buzz clips! they were the shit! leave it up to the nineties gods at MTV to seed through all of these buzz clips, pick out the best ones, and put them on two compilations! BRILLIANT! i now present to you, the track listing, and some personal thoughts on each song!

311 - DOWN: okay, yeah, it's funny to laugh about 311 now. but you know you were into this song when it first came out. and you know you were crushing hard on the singer too, even if you were a dude. it sucks, but it's an endearing kind of suck.
CARDIGANS - LOVEFOOL: this song is AWESOME. and it's awesome because it's the song that sebastian uses to seduce annette into the swimming pool with him in cruel intentions (best movie ever). this is just such a cute and catchy song. reminds me of eskimo kisses.
NADA SURF - POPULAR: this song was really weird. i could never really tell how i felt about it back in the nineties. now i know i like it.
FOLK IMPLOSION - NATURAL ONE: one of my favorite jams from the nineties. why didn't these guys have any other hits? this song rules! kind of swanky, kind of psychedelic, kind of nineties! HELL YEAH!!!
COUNTING CROWS - MR. JONES: this song is definitely on the cusp of butt rock. i like it though. it reminds me of going with my dad to pick up pizzas on friday nights. i love how ugly the singer of counting crows is, and how he dates/dated all the hotties in hollywood. must be because he is such a talented musician!
PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS - STANDING OUTSIDE A BROKEN PHONE BOOTH WITH MONEY IN MY HAND: another good one. did these guys do anything besides this? this song was in the movie the cable guy which i never really liked but whatever!
CAKE - THE DISTANCE: the thing i love so much about cake is how monotonous the singer is. he never shows any emotion whatsoever. he just kind of talks unenthused over the guitars, drums, and horns, that surprisingly don't sound cheesy. it is very easy to make horns sound shitty (see ska). i'm not quite sure what this song is about and that gives it charm.
GOO GOO DOLLS - NAKED: with the exception of this song and `long way down', the goo goo dolls really suck. this is a good song though. fuck the rest of their ass noise.
LIVE - PAIN LIES ON THE RIVERSIDE: okay, this song is not good. i liked most of live's other songs too. but this one really sucks cock. i don't know why they put this on the comp. i feel like it really disrupts the awesome flow of the whole thing. personally, i would have used `all over you' by live instead. just another reason why i should make the mother of all nineties comps... but that's just a pipe dream for now.
FLAMING LIPS - SHE DON'T USE JELLY: awesome song. awesome lyrics. i love how the guitars sound. i also love how everyone loved this song, then kind of forgot about the flaming lips, and then in 2001 they came back with `yoshimi battles the pink robots' and got really big. good for them!
CHEMICAL BROTHERS - SETTING SUN: i'm not really into techno type music for the most part, but this song is great. it is a very high energy song that makes you either want to dance like mad or blow something up. the video was great too; sophia coppola doing gymnastics. kind of showed people that gymnastics aren't only for dorks with no tits who wear scrunchies.
D'ANGELO - BROWN SUGAR: of all the songs on this compilation, i was probably the most excited about this one. though it is considerably different from the other songs featured on it, it reminds the listener of oiled up black people having some sultry ass sex. and you can't beat that!

now i just need to track down volume one and buy that too. we had it at work once, and i played it in the store, but i didn't hold onto it for future purchase for some stupid reason...