90s Music Monday

nobody@vox.com(Simon Wistow) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:28:41 -0800

Continuing the trend-of-one-so-far of jumpy, poppy, happy punk with moderately offensive lyrics it's the band previously known as "Pure Frosting" which has a certain charm all of itself, so much so that they used it as the title of their final album of covers, b-sides and a smattering of new songs.

The Presidents of the USA - Lump

This was the original version of the video. There was another version, commonly referred to as "Lump 2" although, by who I have no idea. It was, according to this here Wikipedia page which allows me to appear more "hip" and "knowledgeable" and "a sad, obsessive music nerd of the worst, snobbish kind".

It was, however, considered too dark by the simpering chimpanzees at MTV, a channel launched with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll". One has to wonder how the same channel that had once commisioned the Æon Flux shorts - and at that very moment was airing the second full-length series of the same - how they could find a band standing on stage whilst members of the audience mouthed "She's Lump!" too dark but it's probably this lack of this kind of high-level 1000ft overview out-of-the-box thinking is probably why I am stuck as a low level peon destined never to reach the eddying heights of upper management.

The Presidents of the USA - Lump2

As an added bonus, "Peaches", perhaps the finest ode to, err, peaches ever written. Also, a music video with ninjas in.

The Presidents of the USA - Peaches

Instant win.

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