MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released June 19th in 1989

This song feels like a runway to the sound of the 90s

Pixies with:

“Here Comes Your Man.”

(Music Cut #2)

Pixies helped pioneer

the loud-quiet-loud sound

that inspired Nirvana.

But “Here Comes Your Man” was

Bright.

Catchy.

Almost too normal.

The band reportedly called it:

“the Tom Petty song.”

(Music Cut #3 – Tom Petty clip)

And to be clear…

I like Tom Petty.

But for Pixies,

“Here Comes Your Man”

almost sounded too perfect, too pop, too commercial.

So, of course, what happens –

it became one of their biggest Modern Rock hits.

(Music Cut #4 – back to “Here Comes Your Man” clip)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“I know the nervous walkin’
I know the dirty beard hangs
Out by the boxcar waitin’
Take me away to nowhere plains.” – The Pixies

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released in March of 1995,

by June 18th, rock radio was locked in on this one

Collective Soul – “December”

(Music Cut #2)

The title was a metaphor.

To lead singer Ed Roland,

“December” meant the end of something.

The first time he played it for the band

was on an acoustic guitar.

And…they hated it.

(Music Cut #3)

But they gave him one condition

for recording it.

If the song was going to be called “December,”

then the word “December”

needed to actually be in the song.

So that’s how “December”

finally

got December written into it.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Don’t worry ’bout, don’t speak of doubt
December songs no longer I sing.“ – Collective Soul

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released back in April of 1991…

by June 17th,

modern rock radio had found

one of the catchiest songs of the summer.

Violent Femmes with:

“American Music.”

(Music Cut #2)

But “American Music”

wasn’t exactly new.

Lead singer, Gordon Gano, had written it years earlier,

around the same time the band was making

their legendary self-titled debut.

(Music Cut #3 – “Kiss Off” Hook)

Nearly a decade later,

Gano pulled the old song back out

for the band’s fifth studio album:

Why Do Birds Sing?

The band gave it new life…

and “American Music”

became one of their biggest Modern Rock hits.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Do you like American music?
I like American music
Don’t you like American music, baby?” – Violent Femmes

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released yesterday back in 1999…

a ridiculous little word

helped launch one of the biggest rock albums of the year.

“Nookie”

from Limp Bizkit.

(Music Cut #2)

Guitarist Wes Borland saw the word “nookie”

on a “fun” magazine in the studio…

and tossed it out as a temporary title.

Basically:

who would actually name a song “Nookie”?

(Music Cut #3)

Fred Durst ran with it.

And that ridiculous word

became a breakup song

about betrayal,

insecurity,

and not being able to walk away

from a bad relationship.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Should I be feelin’ bad?
Should I be feelin’ good?“ – Limp Bizkit

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1 “Astro” open)

Back in 1999…

on June 15th,

the debut self-titled album dropped

from a future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo:

The White Stripes.

(Music Cut #2 “Sugar Never Tasted So Good”)

Of course,

the band’s massive rise came later…

with albums like White Blood Cells,

and Elephant,

but also one of the most famous riffs

of the entire 2000s.

(Music Cut #3 – “Seven Nation Army”)

Jack White has said

the first album still captured

the purest version of what The White Stripes were trying to do:

raw, simple, loud, and honest.

However, he even said:

“I still feel we’ve never topped our first album.”

(Music Cut #4 – “I Fought Piranhas”)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“When you fought piranhas
And you fought the cold
There’s nobody with you
Yes you’re all alone.” – The White Stripes – “I Fought Piranhas”

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3,2,1 – New Music Monday / 06-15-26

(3,2,1 New Music Monday Intro)

Welcome to Music That Matters with 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday.

This week, we’ve got highly anticipated new sounds from Olivia Rodrigo, Sublime, and blink-182.

Plus, new singles from Europe and Lainey Wilson — and for the turntable, we get to revisit the voice of Chris Cornell on vinyl.

(Countdown Video)

3 major album drops.

First up – since I have a 10-year-old daughter in my household, the countdown on Spotify was absolutely watched for this one:

Olivia Rodrigo with you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.

(“Drop Dead” clip)

That’s “Drop Dead,” the lead single from the album.

But I dug a little deeper, and I want to make sure you check out track twelve – “Expectations.”

(“Expectations” clip)

Next – we all remember and miss Sublime’s former lead singer, Bradley Nowell

(“What I Got” clip)

But now his son, Jakob Nowell, has taken over lead vocals, and Sublime just dropped their first studio album in 30 years:

Until the Sun Explodes.

(“Ensenada” clip)

And then we have blink-182 celebrating the 25th anniversary of Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.

The anniversary edition gives fans six bonus tracks — and because this is blink-182, let’s just call them “edgy.”

So maybe send the kids out of the room, or put the earbuds in for this album.

(“Rock Show” clip)

2 new singles.

The “Final Countdown” band — classic rock legends Europe — have a new song.

(“The Cult Of Ignorance” cut)

That’s “The Cult of Ignorance,” a garage-rock new single from their upcoming album Come This Madness.

Also new this week: Lainey Wilson bends the country genre again with “Phone, Keys, Wallet.”

(“Phone, Keys, Wallet” cut)

And yes, that is John Mayer on the song — not singing, but playing lead electric guitar.

(Record Scratch video)

And finally, 1 vinyl pick.

There’s the reissue of Audioslave’s sophomore album, Out of Exile.

Original vinyl copies had become collector’s items, with some prices getting absolutely ridiculous on the secondary market.

But now, Out of Exile is back on vinyl — newly remastered — and any chance to revisit Chris Cornell is a chance I’m going to take.

Father’s Day, here I come.

(“Doesn’t Remind Me”)

That’s your 3 albums, 2 singles, and 1 vinyl for the week.

This has been 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday

Until next time.

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

By June 14th of 1995…

alternative radio was getting stranger by the week…

and this song fit perfectly.

Tripping Daisy with:

“I Got a Girl.”

(Music Cut #2)

The song helped Tripping Daisy break through

and eventually land a spot

opening for Def Leppard

on the Slang tour in 1996.

(Music Cut #3 – “Pour Some Sugar On Me” hook)

Unfortunately…

that’s what a lot of Def Leppard fans came to hear:

big ’80s arena-rock anthems.

Instead, they first got Tripping Daisy…

a sweaty, psychedelic,

feedback-heavy band from Dallas.

But honestly?

I would’ve stayed for both.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Well I know, I need, I feel we’re going higher and higher.” – Tripping Daisy

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released back in February of 1995…

By June 13th…

this song was impossible to miss on alternative radio

The Offspring with “Self Esteem.”

(Music Cut #2)

When The Offspring recorded “Self Esteem,”

they were still signed to a small independent punk label

and working with a shoestring budget.

(Music Cut #3)

Despite the song blowing up on MTV,
the band members were still driving
their old, broken-down cars
to arena shows…
because the royalty checks
hadn’t cleared yet.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“The more you suffer
The more it shows you really care
Right?” – The Offspring

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

By June 12th of 1993…
one of the biggest songs of the ’60s…
started sounding like alt-rock.

The Lemonheads with “Mrs. Robinson.”

(Music Cut #2)

At first,

the song wasn’t even on

It’s a Shame About Ray

But after “Mrs. Robinson” took off,

the label added it to the album

and pushed it as a single.

(Music Cut #3)

Apparently, Paul Simon disliked

The Lemonheads’ version.

As for Art Garfunkel, he liked it.

And then there’s Evan Dando?

The lead singer of The Lemonheads –

he went with Paul and didn’t really like it either.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.” – The Lemonheads covering Simon & Garfunkel

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

By June 11th of 1997…

this song could be heard anywhere

up and down the radio dial.

The Wallflowers with:

“One Headlight.”

(Music Cut #2)

It became the first song

to hit number one

on all three Billboard rock airplay charts:

Modern Rock,

Mainstream Rock,

and Triple-A.

(Music Cut #3)

And years later,

Billboard ranked “One Headlight”

as the greatest Adult Alternative song of all time.

So basically…

this wasn’t just a 90s hit.

It became the king of adult alternative radio.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“I’m so alone, and I feel just like somebody else
Man, I ain’t changed, but I know I ain’t the same.” – The Wallflowers

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