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It's not an exaggeration to say that my entire fifty-song list hinged on my choice for 1993. This was the year that had the greatest number of favourite songs by favourite bands vying for a single space, and whatever I slotted in had a domino effect spanning almost forty years as I prioritized finding other spots for the bands that didn't win out.
Was 1993 just a stellar year for Canadian music? Possibly. I think in general there was a maturing alternative sound in the air, not just in the mainstream breakthrough of grunge but people doing interesting things with folk, country, adult contemporary, and what used to be called college rock. There was a lot of accessibly different stuff out there getting radio play.
But I think it's mostly just that I was nine years old in 1993, had my first job (delivering the Pennysaver), and had the money to buy cassettes for myself for the first time. I had a hand-me-down Walkman too, and even though I'd got it because the tape player part had stopped working, it still functioned as a portable FM radio. My sister was old enough to have a proper after-school job, and she brought even more new music into the house that I was eager to borrow. Totally with permission, every time.
In short, 1993 was the year I started discovering my own music, and nothing hits like that.
Settling on Crash Test Dummies was partly a practical choice based on the logic puzzle I inadvertently created for myself and partly because God Shuffled His Feet just still thoroughly delights me as an album. And this song in particular seemed a fitting one to share thirty-some years later in my life.
Afternoons & Coffeespoons by Crash Test Dummies
It's not an exaggeration to say that my entire fifty-song list hinged on my choice for 1993. This was the year that had the greatest number of favourite songs by favourite bands vying for a single space, and whatever I slotted in had a domino effect spanning almost forty years as I prioritized finding other spots for the bands that didn't win out.
Was 1993 just a stellar year for Canadian music? Possibly. I think in general there was a maturing alternative sound in the air, not just in the mainstream breakthrough of grunge but people doing interesting things with folk, country, adult contemporary, and what used to be called college rock. There was a lot of accessibly different stuff out there getting radio play.
But I think it's mostly just that I was nine years old in 1993, had my first job (delivering the Pennysaver), and had the money to buy cassettes for myself for the first time. I had a hand-me-down Walkman too, and even though I'd got it because the tape player part had stopped working, it still functioned as a portable FM radio. My sister was old enough to have a proper after-school job, and she brought even more new music into the house that I was eager to borrow. Totally with permission, every time.
In short, 1993 was the year I started discovering my own music, and nothing hits like that.
Settling on Crash Test Dummies was partly a practical choice based on the logic puzzle I inadvertently created for myself and partly because God Shuffled His Feet just still thoroughly delights me as an album. And this song in particular seemed a fitting one to share thirty-some years later in my life.
Afternoons & Coffeespoons by Crash Test Dummies
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Date: 2026-06-10 02:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2026-06-10 09:47 pm (UTC)"500 Miles" by the Proclaimers
"2 Princes" by the Spin Doctors
"River of Dreams" by Billy Joel
"If I Had No Loot" by Tony! Toni! Tone!
"What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes
"7" by Prince
"Cryin" by Aerosmith
"Livin on the Edge" by Aerosmith
also, I've heard for a long time that the song "Mmmm Mmmmmmmmm Mmmmmmm Mmmmmmm" is actually about abused kids
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Date: 2026-06-11 01:25 am (UTC)I know that Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm is definitely about children being isolated by difficult experiences and what makes them different. I think the lead singer has talked about how the three kids were based on himself (who got into a bad car accident as a kid and also has a birthmark he was bullied over) and about a girl he went to school with who went to a charismatic/Pentacostal church.
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Date: 2026-06-11 03:11 am (UTC)