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It's time for my 14th annual Annual Annual! This is where I choose one year to focus on for two hours. I like to put this out to my music-loving friends before I make a choice. I've covered a couple years from the 90s in the past, including 1991 last year. This time around I'm going with 1994.
That was a challenging job. Most of the music the label had was in the Pop R&B genre, and I think you know what I think about anything Pop. And my boss was dating a young singer, who was marginal in talent to say the least...not to mention at least 20 years older than her. It was my job to get her played on R&B stations around the country and to take her to events in the Bay Area. There wasn't a lot of success there, in her music or the relationship.
I also didn't appreciate how my boss liked to yell at his staff, either. Ooh, I do remember that we watched the OJ Simpson trial in the office though. HA!
It was while I ran the shipping and receiving department that I learned of Kurt Cobain's death. I can picture that moment well: working in the warehouse and the announcement came on the radio. I saw Nirvana at the Warfield Theater in October 1991 for the Nevermind tour. TAD and Sister Double Happiness opened. I was on the floor for the openers, but it was so packed (oversold?) and my shoelaces were united, that I decided to bodysurf my way out of there. I ended up on the first tier with a perfect view of the stage for the Nirvana set. I always liked that band.
Like my previous annual specials there's more to share than just the music: film, news and culture are included throughout the night, and there's never enough time to get to all the music I want to.
Though there wasn't a lot of strong releases in 1994 (I blame the major record labels), there were a number of notable debuts: Notorious BIG, Jeff Buckley, Fu Manchu to name but a few.
Let's get on with the show.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
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Miserlou: Dick Dale (Pulp Fiction Soundtrack)
Juicy: Notorious BIG (Ready to Die)
Give It Up: Public Enemy (Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age)
Get It Together: Beastie Boys (Ill Communication)
The Man Who Sold The World: Nirvana (MTV Unplugged)
Royal With Cheese (Pulp Fiction Soundtrack)
Grace: Jeff Buckley (Grace)
Royal With Cheese (Pulp Fiction Soundtrack)
Grace: Jeff Buckley (Grace)
Revolve: Melvins (Stoner Witch)
Timeline: 1994
Ojo Rojo: Fu Manchu (No One Rides for Free)
Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop: Kyuss (Welcome to Sky Valley)
Buenas Tardes Amigo: Ween (Chocolate and Cheese)
Baddest of the Bad: Reverend Horton Heat (Liquor in the Front)
Gringo Honeymoon: Robert Earl Keen Jr. (Gringo Honeymoon)
Pendulum: Mark Lanegan (Whiskey for the Holy Ghost)
Pendulum: Mark Lanegan (Whiskey for the Holy Ghost)
Timeline: 1994
Bull in the Heather: Sonic Youth (Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star)
Violet Eyes: Meat Puppets (Too High To Die)
Fuel My Fire: L7 (Hungry for Stink)
Do You Love Me: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Let Love In)
Free As A Bird: The Beatles (Free As A Bird)
Zed's Dead, Baby/Bullwinkle Part II: The Centurions (Pulp Fiction Soundtrack)
The Dishwasher: King Missile (S/T)
She Gave Good Sunflower: Black Crowes (Amorica)
