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The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 9: (20-11)
We’ve been talking about life beyond earth for decades…and one of the best places to look (for starters) are the moons of Jupiter and Saturn…wouldn’t it be cool if we could land a probe on one of them to have a little look around? ...but that won’t happen for decades, right?
Wrong…it already happened…in 2005, the Huygens probe descended to the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn…it was a monumental achievement in space exploration.
Oh…forgot that that one, huh? ...okay, let’s try another.
Anyone remember when an entire country went bankrupt? ...you would if you were from Iceland…in 2008, the entire Icelandic banking system collapsed forcing the nation to declare bankruptcy…but Iceland recovered by actually holding bankers accountable and initiating a series of financial reforms that are worth studying by other countries.
Don’t remember, huh?... One more.
What about the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010…it was the largest marine oil spill in history and cause an incredible amount of environmental and economic damage…they even made a movie about it along with a bunch of documentaries.
My point is that news and world events come at us so fast and from so many angles, they occupy all our attention for a hot minute…but then we either become overwhelmed, bored, or distracted by something else…we move on and forget—or bury the information deep.
I sometimes think we’re approaching the human limit of being able to process all the information that comes at us every second…and if we can’t do that, we can’t learn any lessons from the past, we can’t understand why we are where we are now, and we can’t even predict where we might go in the future.
That’s why it’s important for us to stop, look back and to see what happened…this is chapter 9 of “the 100 greatest rock moments of the 21st century—so far” .
Songs in this episode:
Moby - Porcelain
Chris Cornell - Nothing Compares To You
Linkin Park - In The End
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Thea Gilmore - Mainstream
U2 - Until The End Of The World (live)
Jack White - Lazaretto
Eagles of Death Metal - I Love You All The Time
Man With No Name - Teleport
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The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 8: (30-21)
How many times have you been told to “live in the moment?”…it usually comes with statements like “the past can’t be changed, the future is unknown, so all you can do is experience the present to the fullest extent of your being”.
In other words, be more like a dog…i’m always watching my bull terriers go about their day…they don’t worry about the past and have little concept of the future…it’s all about eating, sleeping, doing their business outside, playing, and demanding affection…and when they engage in any of those things, they are all-in.
A lovely idea, but humans don’t work that way…heaven forbid that we get lost in our thoughts—or worse, get bored—standing in line at the checkout…let’s avoid those awkward moments with ourselves and not have to be in that moment.
But maybe whipping out the phone at every available second is a defense mechanism…we live in a world with so much change that we need constant distraction from how quickly things are moving… doom-scrolling isn’t healthy, but it is a way to say “stop the world, i want to get off” for a few minutes.
But reality is that time is a linear thing that goes only in one direction…and if you don’t live in the moment at least sometimes, you’ll miss everything that’s happening, that has happened, and that will happen.
That’s the purpose behind this ten-part series…it’s a recap of the 100 most important things that have happened in rock this millennium so far…we’re up to chapter eight…how many of these items have you missed or forgotten about because you haven’t been living the moment?
Songs in this episode:
Oasis - Aquiesce
Tim Hawkins - YouTube
Sparks - iPhone
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication (live)
Radiohead - Bodysnatchers
The Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop
The Clash - London Calling
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
U2 - I Will Follow (live)
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The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 7: (40-31)
It’s wild how so much in this universe is connected in ways we don’t understand…there’s something in quantum physics that Einstein called “spooky interaction at a distance”.
Quantum theory says that you can have a particle-like, er, this one here—which is connected to another identical particle billions and billions of light-years away.
And if I give this one a flick—boop!—I just booped its twin on the other side of the universe at the same time…change it here, and it changes there instantaneously…yeah, I know, it’s freaky…but that’s how quantum physics works.
History can be like that, too…you poke at this one person, this one thing, this one event, and it has an effect on another person, thing or event way over there.
It doesn’t happen instantly because our existence is in the universe ruled by classical physics where such things can’t happen…but in retrospect, you see how one little thing in the timeline can unleash a series of cascading events and unintended consequences.
This is why I believe every once in a while, I believe it’s important to stop to look at how we got to where we are today…reviewing and studying the past is a way to understand the present…and if we’re careful, we might be able to use this information to predict at least some of the future.
This is episode seven of a ten-part series that’s looking back on what happened in rock through the first 25 years of the 21st century…let’s see if we can’t put a few more pieces together.
Songs in this episode:
Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song (Live acoustic at 228 Yonge Street)
The Breeders - Cannonball
Twenty-One Pilots - Stressed Out
Kraftwerk - Robots
Led Zeppelin - Rock'N'Roll (Live at the O2)
St. Vincent - Los Ageless
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Sam Roberts - Don't Walk Away Eileen (Live at SARS-Stock)
Metallica - I Disappear (Napster demo version)
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The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 6: (50-41)
If you’re a Boomer, a Gen Xer or an early millennial, this is going to hurt. If someone says “25 years ago,” now, they mean something that happened in the 1900s, not in the 21st century.
Despite how it might feel, the 90s weren’t just 20 years ago…neither were the 80s…if you’re a certain age, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
This hurts, too…at some point, you’re going to hear a kid talk about a song that came out “in the late 1900s”…ouch.
We’re already a quarter of the way through the 21st century. I still find that hard to process.
On the other hand, younger Millennials, Gen Zed kids, and Gen Alpha, first 25 years of the 2000s is recent history…if that’s you, you’re still getting caught up…and if you’re in those special years when you develop your musical awareness, you’re probably a sponge for information…what did I miss?...and how did we get to where we are now?
Whatever your perspective, this series of “ongoing history” episodes aims to help…this is part 6 of our look back at the 100 greatest moments in rock for the millennium—so far.
Songs in this episode:
The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Original Demo)
Radiohead - Karma Police
U2 - Vertigo
Alice In Chains - We Die Young
Veruca Salt - Laughing In The Sugar Bowl
Limewire - Knot
Tool - Fear Inoculum
Royal Blood - Figure it Out
Foo Fighters - Times Like These (Live London)
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The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 5: (60-51)
People love lists…magazines, broadcasters, and websites are always publishing them…the ones that seem to get the most attention are those that rank a specific thing from worst to best.
And let’s be honest: most of these lists are designed to court controversy, to create arguments, and to get people talking about how things got ordered and why or why not someone or something should be at number one…i get it.
But not all lists are created equal…some are just supposed to keep track of something…what to buy at the grocery store…errands that need to be done…things you need to pack for a trip.
Then there’s middle ground…lists that keep track of something while attempting to slot them in some order of importance, influence, or impact.
Such lists will still result in arguments and debate over how things were ranked—which is fine—but the primary purpose of such a list is an attempt to remember what happened.
We’re already 25% the way through the 21st century…and with the pace of life, it’s harder and harder to keep up with what happened this week let alone over the last quarter-century.
That’s why everything once in a while it’s important to stop, take a breath, look around, and try to remember what happened…and once we account for that, we can get a better idea of why we’ve ended up where we are: the advances we’ve seen, the mistakes we’ve made, and the happy (and unhappy accidents) that have occurred—and maybe, just maybe, figure out where we’re going.
This is chapter five of the 100 greatest rock moments of the millennium—so far.
Songs in this episode:
Cruisebox - On A Podcast
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Patti Smith - Elegie
Black Keys - Lonely Boy
Metallica - Seek And Destroy (live)
Green Day - American Idiot
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
Foo Fighters - Learning to Fly (live)
Nirvana - Polly
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