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Well, of course I love the opener here; Bullet with Butterfly Wings is my #1 song from 1995 after all. I just wish they had continued with the rock like this. I am not as much of a fan of this Regurgitator album as others. I liked 'some' of the quirky keyboards, but they went too far to 80s for me. Black Bugs is okay and has a decent riff in there, but too high for my liking. I love Alice in Chains and the monotonous instrumental Whale & Wasp is okay on an album, but not worthy of a placing here. A pretty weak group of placings for mine.
Butterfly kicks in from the start and that chorus! Should have slayed them here. This definitely should have placed over the previous two. Then we return to the boring Mosquito Song. This could be a nice little ditty, mid-album, but not near the top and trim it by at least 3 minutes. Drawing Flies and Vasoline bring the rock. The first adds some surprising horns to the awesome underlying riff. The later just has a brilliant riff. Red Mosquito is a decent number without being brilliant - though McCready's guitar playing is a highligh (and thank fuck it beat Bugs into the mix).
Halo of Flies is a bit of fun with some Beatles sounds. It is a bit long, but at least it has change-ups in it to keep it interesting. Beeswax sounds like an unfinished number. It was some good fuzzed out guitars and I love Nirvana, so it it fine to me, but not one of their best and probably a little high here. Many will argue about U2 being on our lists, but The Fly rocks more than several songs above it. For these runs, it is about the songs and this is a worthy addition to this list.
So, Stone Temple Pilots almost got 3 songs into the list from the one album. Not quite, but two was impressive. After lulling you into a false sense of mellowness at the start this song kicks into an excellent groove! I love the DeLeo bros songwriting. The more I listen to these older songs, the more I realise I missed. Why did I take this out of my votes. This rocks and could easily have challenged for a place. It's not one of their strongest singles, but I still thought ACDC's Fly on the Wall would have offered more of a challenge. I think we have lost some Acca Dacca voters.
I was just talking about how I need to listen to more Deftones. Change (In the House of Flies) only encourages that opinion more. I love their moody, atmospheric, brooding yet banging sound. Very cool song. Cicada was a good pick by the punters. There is not a bad song on Frogstomp, so this is a good song. Probably an underrated one TBH. I am yet to get the hype for Muse. I don't dislike them, but just don't really like it either. Sounding part Radiohead and going on with piano solos for ages, Butterflies & Hurricanes did nothing to change my perception. I couldn't wait for it to end, but the last 30 seconds are the best part. The Cramps' Human Fly is at least short, but I still cannot get into this band either.
It is very rare to see Metallica this far down in a mix. Usually, if they are going to make it, they poll well. I actually considered this one of the favourites when we started this run. I like this one too. A good riff and rumbles along nicely. Arm Ants by The Tea Party is a solid song without blowing me away. It is one of their better ones that I know. Locust brings some heaviness to the mix. Not bad.
First bonus song Like Light to the Flies continues where last song left off. A cool riff in this one and I liked the mix of vocals. Audioslave don't really do bad songs. Moth is pretty cool but not one of their best. Final song is even weirder than I expected it to be. There are some cool, sludgey Melvins riffs and good moments, but some if it is a bit shit too.
In all, a long list with a lot of long songs. Hardly any 3-4 minute songs here. Thankfully there were a few under 3 minutes to balance things out as at 1 hour 40 minutes this is a long mix. At least we ended up with some variety in the end. It was looking like a 90s grunge/alt-rock mix for a while (which is cool by me, but not really the aim here). Mostly good songs, but several that did little for me and this just lagged a bit for mine. 3/5
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