Alright, seriously. Now the bloody chorus to I Only Wanna Be With You is stuck in my head. Thanks @Yogi1.
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Likewise!!!
Lol it’s an endless loop of “Ah only wanna be with yoooou… uuuu!”. Like some kind of Buddhist hell.
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I truly lol’ed because you’re exactly right!
I think that’s why Hootie, et al. garner such ire - that ONE LINE won’t stop!!
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You guys have no idea of the horror that Hootie &The Blowfish brought with those hits. They were played in high rotation, sometimes twice in a row. For a grunge fan like me it was like a living death, encased in a chrysalis of jangling guitar and semi southern drawln lyrics.
Then one day it just ended. Or as it turns out, went dormant, until now…
Wasn’t it not possible to be a grunge fan back in the 90s, because being a fan meant you enjoyed it, and being grunge meant you couldn’t enjoy anything?
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You could like stuff but you had to act like you liked it before they were cool, and be prepared to call them sell outs at a moments notice. Like Nirvana. Total sell outs.
The only really good grunge was completely obscure and totally sucked. Those guys knew how to keep it real!
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I fell into this same trap with Greenday and the Dookie album.
Which is probably my own Flame Free confession.
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Hair gel and polo shirts?
Sell Outs!
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Lol it’s like what that Malmsteen fellow said about Eddie Veddar.
It sounds like he’s sitting on the toilet and something’s coming out of his mouth and ass at the same time.
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I also liked Greenday. And Operation Ivy. And NOFX. I’m a corporate sellout now.
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haha, sorry CL but I hate that tune!
I am astonished at the reaction to my Hootie confession.
Astonished and weirdly proud of myself.
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I want some doughnuts.
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I now decide what pants or shorts to buy based on where they sit on the line between good to squat in and being acceptable to my wife as everyday clothing for her to be seen with me wearing.
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It’s all good 
We are all entitled to like or dislike.
I am so proud that he has his own playlist now! Well, there’s a couple of songs that I am glad he wears the headphones for 
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That was, indeed, weird how it just ended. Grunge logically faded into other metal styles, because as I see it, grunge was an equal-and-opposite reaction to the 80’s technical, precise guitar metal, and every reaction only has the strength of the preceding action. Hootie and other, lighter “alternative” music suddenly stopped playing probably the precise moment the record label powers that be had created their next cash cow - nu pop and boy bands.
That’s where everybody’s favorite 6 years into a 4 year degree bro, Dave Matthews comes in!
They’re the musical equivalent to those novelty restaurants that pop up with a goofy name like Farty McButterbeans or something. They’re a big hit for a couple of years but as soon as they fall below certain metrics its time to pull the plug.