I woke up with it jingling in my head had to hear it. Haven't heard it in years but the hook was stuck in my head, I had to try and figure out the lyrics just to find the song. I was mumbling them as I walked to my car. My neighbor thought I was talking to myself.
Sponge played a free show at Tower Records in Boston to promote this album A mosh pit broke out Crowd surfing ensued....kids being thrown full body weight into shelves of CDs and merchandise flying everywhere The manager freaked out "this is a record store!!! Please stop!!!" The band proclaimed "this is the best free show ever!!"" Late 90s...good times
@@mikeyerian2562 If anything I'd say it came out too early, I bet if they had held the song until the very start of the 2000s it would have been an absolute fucking hit
@@mikeyerian2562 this song has quite a catchy sound and alt rock had re-solidified itself again in the early 2000s, it would have definitely been a pretty big hit
sorry but what i am trying to say is i think they are bland i mean there are so many better options like metallica quiet riot you get my point i am saying they just bland they dont sound good for the 90s or today i think they are not good
Nirvana Pearl Jam Green Day red hot chilly peppers weezer guns n roses foo fighters AC/DC Def Leppard I mean they were just not good enough for their time they were a one hit wonder but a small one too I mean tell me a Nother song that you like by them
I run a summer concert series in upstate NY and have booked them for the past 3 years in a row for it. I've also booked them for other shows starting back in 2014 - THEY NEVER DISAPPOINT
I actually own all of Sponge's albums. It's a shame they never got their due in the 90's. They were actually one of the best post-grunge bands out there. I even used this song as theme music when I wrestled.
I spent 27 years trying to find this song. When I was in 8th grade, one of my classmates made a skating video with a bunch of songs of the time in the background, and ive always remembered this hook, but I never knew who it was. I went through, "the goo goo dolls, gin blossoms, candlebox, just to find out TODAY, who it was. The 90's and early 2000's had me so f'd up. Thanks google.
Still remember seeing them at Music Midtown in 1999 in Atlanta, I was an old man rocking out in the midst of the teenagers. They opened the set with this tune, to say the crowd went nuts is an understatement. It was bedlam. Can we go back....
ive been a addict almost long as I been a musician, 18 years about. every time my addictions got too bad my creativity went out the door as well as the drive to play music.. Now im clean and I can actually get new music written and I play much better clean than fucked up...
Idk cuz a person like me im like a person on drugs sober lmao so i need to do the right ones like weed shrooms acid dmt and mdma is the hardest ill do now. But that rest nah nooo coke or booze n pills n fkn meth etc THOSE are how ya fcuk up but to each they own and were all diff
It's also worth remembering the time in which this song came out. The mid 90s saw a considerable boom in the consumption of the SSRI family of anti-depressants, like Prozac or Paxil. Many people suspect that the heavy marketing push behind these drugs was a large part of their new popularity, and they were being prescribed in cases where other forms of treatment would have been more appropriate, but patients wanted Prozac because they saw it on TV.
I can actually specifically remember the exact time at which it suddenly became legal to advertise prescription drugs on television. Because remember until the mid-'90s there was literally a law against it. No RX ads on TV whatsoever until they changed the rule. Within a few years that was all there was during the commercials.
It struck me as somewhat of an indictment of the prescription drug push. But also, an indictment of the miracle cure infomercial-“got (insert problem here)?! Well, HAVE WE GOT A SOLUTION FOR YOU! In three easy steps (introduce obscure Swedish doctor)...” Ah. The 90s. Prescription drugs readily prescribed, miracle cures abound.
All you youngsters out there… this mayhem was played on rock radio in the 90’s. Yes. We had original music and eclectic artists populating the airwaves.
@RexApplegate Only problem... I remember they still played Bob Seger's new album along with other bands like this... I get it. Bob was tge shiz. Even uncle Ted forced Damn Yankees. And THAT was ok on WRIF. But...... Not Bob. Ha! Always remember.... Drew blows!
This guy still reminds me of Layne Staley... He looked like Staley to me 15 years ago when I saw the video for Plowed on MTV's Alternative Nation, and he still looks like him to me today. I remember being the only one at my high school liking this album, or even Sponge... Ohwell, I don't care what other people think, this song kicks ass.
I use to work with Joey Mazzola, guitarist/song writer for Sponge, on Melrose Blvd in the late 80s. I remember the nights we would discuss various bands and musical acts in LA. Seriously, Joey was really super knowledgable about music, song structure and music theory. Hella of guitar player too.
I'm here because I follow Dave Ellefson and love his new band The Lucid. I was like, hey that Vinnie dude is an amazing singer, lemme check out his other band and damn, Sponge rocks!
The year this came out (1996) was the last great year for mainstream radio/music videos. 1997 had a dozen plus good songs, but otherwise it was a terrible year and it only got worse.
saw these guys last night at The Chance theatre in poughkeepsie NY, kick ass show and real down to earth people, Vinnie sounds Exactly the same and still rocking.
I remember when this tune came out. I gave it about a 20, I remember radio station ' pushing ' it and hearing a lady dj talking about how she couldn't wait to hear it again. I thought " really? " You don't have any better going than that? We used to call it ' Waxy Static '. Reminded me of old washing machine I was trying to fix.
the distortion is them justifying bothering (to hope at your expense ..., to insist despite you and or just or to leave you stranded after they've flattered themselves[?] ) because of feeling bothered by you saying you feel bothered (unless you were just overwhelmed.)
The year was 1996 and my dad moved us away from all my friends to another state. Freshman year in high school and didnt know anybody. This song brought me peace during the isolation and all the awkwardness. Thank you Sponge!!!
Saw these guys and had the privilege to meet Vinnie in person at lapeer days , lapeer michigan with seven Mary three. These guys are amazing. Thank you for the music.
Totally forgot about this song. Was listening to Sirius XM Lithium and heard plowed by sponge and it reminded me of this one. Been probably 20 years but listening in 2022!!
I remember hearing this song at the mid of 90's!! year is 2020 and still a so fuckn bad ass song!! Makes me feel happy and full nostalgic! We cant go to the past and live that time again but hearing musics like this we can feel all the good things what we lived at that time!. What a good times! How i miss this...
One of the most underrated singles of the '90s. '96 genius. I remember blasting this album on my Discman (ha) at the start of sophomore year of high school. I took a drink from the water fountain and some field hockey chick came up right behind me as this song was pumping me up and I gave her this "f*ck" look as I turned and walked away.
I remember hearing this on the bus going to middle school in the 90's. Had a skater for a bus driver who came equipped with his own boombox. Jammed out every morning I remember hearing let's talk about sex from salt n pepa too. Ahhhh the good ole 90's.
For some reason the chorus of this song has lived rent free in my brain since 1996.
it's definitely an ear-worm.
Yep
It's automatic
Catch af
I woke up with it jingling in my head had to hear it. Haven't heard it in years but the hook was stuck in my head, I had to try and figure out the lyrics just to find the song. I was mumbling them as I walked to my car. My neighbor thought I was talking to myself.
Sponge played a free show at Tower Records in Boston to promote this album
A mosh pit broke out
Crowd surfing ensued....kids being thrown full body weight into shelves of CDs and merchandise flying everywhere
The manager freaked out "this is a record store!!! Please stop!!!"
The band proclaimed "this is the best free show ever!!""
Late 90s...good times
are there any recordings of the show
@@deadjnkie there's way like 50 people there...and yet an all out riot
I doubt recodring equipment would've survived
Sus.
@@JohnBrown-pq9tj sorry you missed the 90s
90s mosh pits were nothing to sneeze at. Bunch of guys slam dancing as hard as they could. As a girl, you got out of the way.
One of the most underrated songs of the 90’s. Incredible tune, that still rocks.
This song unfortunately came late in the alternative rock game, and that's a shame. Because this is a great song.
@@mikeyerian2562 If anything I'd say it came out too early, I bet if they had held the song until the very start of the 2000s it would have been an absolute fucking hit
@@saxwastaken By the time this came out, pop music had stormed back with a vengeance. Maybe in early 2000 it would've made a dent, idk.
@@mikeyerian2562 this song has quite a catchy sound and alt rock had re-solidified itself again in the early 2000s, it would have definitely been a pretty big hit
My name is Angelina n I bought this album when I was 14. Later on battled prescription pill addiction. Keep going kids, things do get better ❤
Proud of you for recovering! Thanks for sharing your story 🙏
90s..... dam we never getting those days back. What a revolution for music.
one of the most underrated bands of the era
fonseca2710 Underrated in the worst band of all time
sorry but what i am trying to say is i think they are bland i mean there are so many better options like metallica quiet riot you get my point i am saying they just bland they dont sound good for the 90s or today i think they are not good
Nirvana Pearl Jam Green Day red hot chilly peppers weezer guns n roses foo fighters AC/DC Def Leppard I mean they were just not good enough for their time they were a one hit wonder but a small one too I mean tell me a Nother song that you like by them
Plus Pink Floyd was more popular than them when they were at their prime “ and the formed in the 60s
And ya I have listened to their work
I run a summer concert series in upstate NY and have booked them for the past 3 years in a row for it. I've also booked them for other shows starting back in 2014 - THEY NEVER DISAPPOINT
Care to mention the general area this takes place in? (I'd probably go)
@@BaronVonQuiply I agree
Last time I saw them, my mother in law was front and center of the stage and the lead singer was gyrating right in her face... made her week.
😆
I actually own all of Sponge's albums. It's a shame they never got their due in the 90's. They were actually one of the best post-grunge bands out there.
I even used this song as theme music when I wrestled.
I agree. This song just touches a cord in so many ways
You mean grunge
@@ReadingAreaRailfan no, it’s post grunge.
@@LordTeaboBaggins to me grunge never ended I consider it grunge
I've forgotten 2/3 of what I learned in law school, but I remember the lyrics to this song from an album I never even owned.
I've been injured. Will you represent me?
@@michaelharris1843 Fuck if I passed the bar.
YES!!! hahha awesome!!
Yup. Marketing. 90's. You got got.
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Always have loved this band. I remember it coming on the radio kisw Seattle mid 90s
90's, when music videos could be outrageous and the song lyrics were completely confusing, yet the song was still awesome.
Miss those 90's
The lyrics were confusing??
What a kick-ass song. Doesn't matter what year, decade, genre, etc..,, It's good f'ing music....
Hell yeah!
Hell ya
I spent 27 years trying to find this song.
When I was in 8th grade, one of my classmates made a skating video with a bunch of songs of the time in the background, and ive always remembered this hook, but I never knew who it was.
I went through, "the goo goo dolls, gin blossoms, candlebox, just to find out TODAY, who it was.
The 90's and early 2000's had me so f'd up.
Thanks google.
Sponge is the most underrated band of the 90s… I saw them in concert a few months ago and they still got it…
Elaine on Seinfeld had a whole arc about them IIRC
I will forever love this song. Such a groovy tune
I love this band... This song kicks ass... I totally miss the 90s...
This song is a forgotten mini-masterpiece. Almost makes me feel nostalgic.
No doubt about it for me. %100 without a doubt feel that nostalgia
Almost?
Does it make you ... wax nostalgic?
This is still one of my all time favorites....
I just saw them in concert this past Thursday!
Still remember seeing them at Music Midtown in 1999 in Atlanta, I was an old man rocking out in the midst of the teenagers. They opened the set with this tune, to say the crowd went nuts is an understatement. It was bedlam. Can we go back....
He's is right: " Happiness is just a purchase away", I am buying this CD; amazing band!!!!
Phone call
lol
Did you buy it yet?
This band still holds up today. Good stuff
ive been a addict almost long as I been a musician, 18 years about. every time my addictions got too bad my creativity went out the door as well as the drive to play music.. Now im clean and I can actually get new music written and I play much better clean than fucked up...
Absolutely, I wish I could give this comment two thumbs up.
Idk cuz a person like me im like a person on drugs sober lmao so i need to do the right ones like weed shrooms acid dmt and mdma is the hardest ill do now. But that rest nah nooo coke or booze n pills n fkn meth etc THOSE are how ya fcuk up but to each they own and were all diff
How about now?
weed is great for artistic stuff but it’s also not addictive.
@@DJdeliverance agreed
It's also worth remembering the time in which this song came out. The mid 90s saw a considerable boom in the consumption of the SSRI family of anti-depressants, like Prozac or Paxil. Many people suspect that the heavy marketing push behind these drugs was a large part of their new popularity, and they were being prescribed in cases where other forms of treatment would have been more appropriate, but patients wanted Prozac because they saw it on TV.
Exactly. Just a reminder to the youngsters. This song had a point at the time.
I can actually specifically remember the exact time at which it suddenly became legal to advertise prescription drugs on television. Because remember until the mid-'90s there was literally a law against it. No RX ads on TV whatsoever until they changed the rule. Within a few years that was all there was during the commercials.
A conspiracy to destroy the American family unit.
Those look like Fish Oil capsules if anything.....maybe the message was to ditch natural supplements in favor of SSRI's?
It struck me as somewhat of an indictment of the prescription drug push.
But also, an indictment of the miracle cure infomercial-“got (insert problem here)?! Well, HAVE WE GOT A SOLUTION FOR YOU! In three easy steps (introduce obscure Swedish doctor)...”
Ah. The 90s. Prescription drugs readily prescribed, miracle cures abound.
All you youngsters out there… this mayhem was played on rock radio in the 90’s. Yes. We had original music and eclectic artists populating the airwaves.
just found this band yesterday and can't stop listening... this is a good shit from grunge era \m/
The second album is good too.
🤘
Welcome to the Fold 🤭
@@Gen_X_Amy that's Filter :P
D-E-T-R-O-I-T!!!
The Home of Rock n Roll...
Having traveled much and lived elsewhere I couldn't agree less, but I sure didn't mind when WRIF used to pump them and this song all the time.
@RexApplegate
Only problem...
I remember they still played Bob Seger's new album along with other bands like this...
I get it. Bob was tge shiz.
Even uncle Ted forced Damn Yankees. And THAT was ok on WRIF.
But......
Not Bob. Ha!
Always remember....
Drew blows!
This guy still reminds me of Layne Staley... He looked like Staley to me 15 years ago when I saw the video for Plowed on MTV's Alternative Nation, and he still looks like him to me today.
I remember being the only one at my high school liking this album, or even Sponge... Ohwell, I don't care what other people think, this song kicks ass.
Sponge was SOOO underrated!
Takes me back to freshman year of high school in spring 1996. Good memories.
I was born in 82
I use to work with Joey Mazzola, guitarist/song writer for Sponge, on Melrose Blvd in the late 80s. I remember the nights we would discuss various bands and musical acts in LA. Seriously, Joey was really super knowledgable about music, song structure and music theory. Hella of guitar player too.
Proud to hear this song in 1996, Lima - Peru. Teenage memories. They don't make good bands like this anymore...
+Omar Luna Still listening to them in year 2015!!!!
I've loved this band for so many years now. Sooo fkn missunderstood underrated 😤. Ughhhh! I love you guys!!
Wow this song has as much juice as plowed.😮
I'm here because I follow Dave Ellefson and love his new band The Lucid. I was like, hey that Vinnie dude is an amazing singer, lemme check out his other band and damn, Sponge rocks!
RIP Mike.
ah the 90s. the last decade that had mainstream music worth listening to.
+bill marks Indeed!!!
AnthonyTube I offered a millennial snowflake. Man it's a good day. Something tells me that you are mistaken.
I liked you until your political sh_t!!
The year this came out (1996) was the last great year for mainstream radio/music videos. 1997 had a dozen plus good songs, but otherwise it was a terrible year and it only got worse.
Wild Bill is correct.
Clean and sober these days and holy shit....This kick ass song pops into my head and so many feelings and memories came rushing in.
My car actually spoke to me the other day, asking me to stop playing this song.
I now have a new car.
😂
first hear on the raido as a premier. 6-29-24. we're still listing.
Kicking solo and I just love the whole vibe of this one ...
saw these guys last night at The Chance theatre in poughkeepsie NY, kick ass show and real down to earth people, Vinnie sounds Exactly the same and still rocking.
Underrated album ! Bought this back in the day and still playing in 2020
This was one of my favs of the cassette. I still have it! Paired with Bush...everything was fine like dandelion wine. x
Ahh Yesssssss.....Reminds me of Home...Good Old DebtRiot.......
I remember when this tune came out. I gave it about a 20, I remember radio station ' pushing ' it and hearing a lady dj talking about how she couldn't wait to hear it again. I thought " really? "
You don't have any better going than that?
We used to call it ' Waxy Static '.
Reminded me of old washing machine I was trying to fix.
One of the best bands of the 90´s.
Probably the most underrated band of the 90s.
One of the best songs of the 90s.
Saw them last night The Machine Shop, Flint MI. and they rocked the house down!!
And how does this only have 508k veiws...baffled...lol
I heard it on the radio back then, or saw it on MTV but it really didn't get that much play
ROCK N Fiing ROLL peoples.
This album is 24 years old and this is still one of my favorite songs.....
90's rock always brings me back. Love feeling nostalgic!
Fave Sponge song.
the distortion is them justifying bothering (to hope at your expense ..., to insist despite you and or just or to leave you stranded after they've flattered themselves[?] ) because of feeling bothered by you saying you feel bothered (unless you were just overwhelmed.)
Just saw them live at a private party, Vin's voice sounds the same
i believe it.
Jeff S I just saw them this past Saturday. And I agree. Still amazing
Jeff S 430 lakeside drive us 275 gunnar aherholm address mark.aherholm street..
Jealous!!!
The year was 1996 and my dad moved us away from all my friends to another state. Freshman year in high school and didnt know anybody. This song brought me peace during the isolation and all the awkwardness. Thank you Sponge!!!
I could listen to this song all day........... all sshshsh day............
This is their best song. Love it!
the kid watchin big sis eat the 'wax estatic' with cereal.. kills me,,LOL ! his reaction is so real .
I'm hearing this song for the first time. What a sound!
"happiness is just a purchase away"
If I said Roller Derby Girls Was Genius. You Guys had Hit Songs!
Nobody knows the chills I feel hearing this.
I do
It's how I know that music is love and love is connected. Because I get those chills too
Yes, there are plenty of us who can relate
A shiver comes over me every time this song pops up on one of my playlists!
Ditto from three years ago...STILL one of the best tracks I ever heard !
Drunk as hell reminiscing about that good 90s alt rock at the age of 34 in 2019
Same😂
I have 11 years on you and I'm doing the same thing! It all went to shit in the early 2000's......
34 this year. Yep
Wow I have missed this so much! Another one of 90's greatest. Woohoo!
houuuhouuu ... so great
Benoît Placide so great why didn't you like it?!😠 haha kidding
Melissa MF i totally forgot this one.
Melissa MF maybe.include us in.wax ecstatic no.ill Joe oesci cannot.in novels 3.for little nemo on HBO..
So glad & blessed Sponge is gonna be @ AB&E this year & today; thank God, amen.
Jason S Vinluan
PolitZero Press & Print, LLC
Saw these guys and had the privilege to meet Vinnie in person at lapeer days , lapeer michigan with seven Mary three. These guys are amazing. Thank you for the music.
Great song to crank up when driving on the freeway
Loved this Album. Had really great Tracks in it.
Totally forgot about this song. Was listening to Sirius XM Lithium and heard plowed by sponge and it reminded me of this one. Been probably 20 years but listening in 2022!!
I remember hearing this song at the mid of 90's!! year is 2020 and still a so fuckn bad ass song!! Makes me feel happy and full nostalgic! We cant go to the past and live that time again but hearing musics like this we can feel all the good things what we lived at that time!.
What a good times! How i miss this...
One of the best songs of the 90s fight me
This song helped me through rough times in high school. Thank you sponge
Was your hs years nothing less than tragic?
2023 who's still listening? Who still remembers every word??
Me me!!
It's an underrated amazing song
That guitar though 👌👌👌👌👌👌
Just a shameless My Bloody Valentine rip-off to be honest lmao.
90's the only decade worth going back to.
Saw Sponge perform Tuesday in San Diego. Amazing show! They still have it. Now if only they would use it to make another album
Now that it's 4 minutes of fun!!! love this song!!!
One of those songs that you can't help but sing along to, because every word of it is absolutely true...
🤔💭🎭
saw them in 96, good show
Still love this track
Thank you guys!!
Sponge has such a great sound.
43 and still rawking this.🤘🏻🎱
Pretty cool. They're doing a free show here in June during Ohio Bike Week in Sandusky, Ohio!!
this song is amazing!!
one of my alltime favs- heard it when i was like 14 or 15
Lizz Bartley you fukn know it and great beat to smash to.
Seen them twice, they opened up for Alice In Chains Detroit City Baby, Sponge Rocked the Stadium Down. Great show. 🤘🇺🇸🗽🤘
one of the best bands of the 90's
Happiness is just a purchase away...
On my nightly 90s kick I'm glad I'm a punk ass teenager of the 90s it was and still is the best of times
one of my all time favorite songs and albums
So Underrated! 2 Great Albums!
When life has lost all its magic...
(Remember this line at 18yrs old when this dropped in 1997.
Man...TIME start my 3rdQtr!)
Most relevant song of the 90s and today. I’ll die on that hill
How does this song not have more views than this??
LOVE Sponge!! 2021 and jamin' . Not enough people know of this awesome sauce !!!
I absolutely loved this album
One of the most underrated singles of the '90s. '96 genius. I remember blasting this album on my Discman (ha) at the start of sophomore year of high school. I took a drink from the water fountain and some field hockey chick came up right behind me as this song was pumping me up and I gave her this "f*ck" look as I turned and walked away.
I remember hearing this on the bus going to middle school in the 90's. Had a skater for a bus driver who came equipped with his own boombox. Jammed out every morning I remember hearing let's talk about sex from salt n pepa too. Ahhhh the good ole 90's.