Comments on: Ten Songs That Were The Late 90’s to me: http://genuinechris.com/ten-songs-that-were-the-late-90s-to-me/ Genuine Chris Johnson on Freelancing, CRM, Liberty & Marketing, Sex & Money Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:56:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chris http://genuinechris.com/ten-songs-that-were-the-late-90s-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2634 chris Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:53:35 +0000 http://genuinechris.com/?p=574#comment-2634 Thanks. I dig the best of billy. Same thing: one masterpiece, catching lightning in a bottle...one time...makes an entire lifetime worthwhile. Makes an entire body of work OK. You don't have to be...perfect all the time Thanks for reading/watching/listening. Be fascinated to know how you found me, but welcome and whatnot. Feel free to connect elsewhere, I'm genuinechris everywhere. Thanks. I dig the best of billy. Same thing: one masterpiece, catching lightning in a bottle…one time…makes an entire lifetime worthwhile. Makes an entire body of work OK. You don’t have to be…perfect all the time

Thanks for reading/watching/listening. Be fascinated to know how you found me, but welcome and whatnot.

Feel free to connect elsewhere, I’m genuinechris everywhere.

]]> By: Kate http://genuinechris.com/ten-songs-that-were-the-late-90s-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2633 Kate Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:47:30 +0000 http://genuinechris.com/?p=574#comment-2633 "when you’re 22, the whole world is a blank canvas. you don’t know it’s OK to do things that are different so you try to keep your options open by not being authentic" I hear that. I'm 22 now, recently graduated, jobless, aimless, feeling like a failure because I don't know what I'm "allowed" to be. I'm so used to taking cues from teachers, parents, and such. What do I do now that I'm finally in charge? I guess that's partially why I've always loved the Smashing Pumpkins, too. I was about nine when Mellon Collie came out. The Pumpkins was one of the first rock bands of which I took notice in my "awakening" to pop music culture (you know, anything not Disney). Though many find him obnoxiously arrogant, I've always admired Billy for doing what HE wants. People seem to forget that Corgan was always doing stuff that pissed somebody off. Why they find it so objectionable now is beyond me. I can't remember how I found your blog, but it's cool to read someone who accepts Corgan for who he is. I love him not because he's lovable, but for the total package, which includes the (as you put it in a previous post) "overblown, bloated narcissism," and "the ideas that everything matters." Corgan said in an interview on Chris Isaak's show that "the American public loves the idea that we're all humble, but you can't really do what we do with humility. It's not that kind of game." I'm all for humility, myself, but I also don't mind people being proud of their accomplishments. Whatever my meandering point may be, bottom line is thanks. This post and "Don't Lose Passion like the Killers" were refreshing. Our ages may differ by several years, but we're both kids of the 90s. Our emotional memories of the decade are quite similar. And it was a pretty cool one music-wise. "Today," the song and video, will always retain that definitive 90s flavor for me. Have a nice day! “when you’re 22, the whole world is a blank canvas. you don’t know it’s OK to do things that are different so you try to keep your options open by not being authentic”

I hear that. I’m 22 now, recently graduated, jobless, aimless, feeling like a failure because I don’t know what I’m “allowed” to be. I’m so used to taking cues from teachers, parents, and such. What do I do now that I’m finally in charge? I guess that’s partially why I’ve always loved the Smashing Pumpkins, too. I was about nine when Mellon Collie came out. The Pumpkins was one of the first rock bands of which I took notice in my “awakening” to pop music culture (you know, anything not Disney). Though many find him obnoxiously arrogant, I’ve always admired Billy for doing what HE wants. People seem to forget that Corgan was always doing stuff that pissed somebody off. Why they find it so objectionable now is beyond me.

I can’t remember how I found your blog, but it’s cool to read someone who accepts Corgan for who he is. I love him not because he’s lovable, but for the total package, which includes the (as you put it in a previous post) “overblown, bloated narcissism,” and “the ideas that everything matters.”

Corgan said in an interview on Chris Isaak’s show that “the American public loves the idea that we’re all humble, but you can’t really do what we do with humility. It’s not that kind of game.” I’m all for humility, myself, but I also don’t mind people being proud of their accomplishments.

Whatever my meandering point may be, bottom line is thanks. This post and “Don’t Lose Passion like the Killers” were refreshing. Our ages may differ by several years, but we’re both kids of the 90s. Our emotional memories of the decade are quite similar. And it was a pretty cool one music-wise. “Today,” the song and video, will always retain that definitive 90s flavor for me.

Have a nice day!

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