u/BadgemanBrown

I often feel old when I post on this sub! So many teenagers!

2004 - 2007 is my personal peak time for AS and it’s crazy to think so many here weren’t even alive when that was going on.

Gooners took over. There’s like 4-5 power users (bots probably) who never comment or engage with other post, yet submit nothing but naked women/sex shit 2-3x a day. All which receive 1K+ upvotes. And like a hundred gross comments.

And if you speak out against in said posts, you’re called a “prude” and “anti-art”. You bring it up to the mods and they say basically “that’s a you problem”. And they hand out permabans like candy (except to said bot accounts).

‘ate Wemby

‘ate all NYC teams

‘ate Adam Silver

Love me dingers

Simple as

My recollection is that “Champagne Supernova” was the third US single from WTSMG (“Morning Glory” was the first one right before the album came out, but wasn’t huge).

I remember “Supernova” already getting airplay on rock stations in the spring of 1996 while “Wonderwall” was dominant and then quickly becoming a huge song that spring/summer (rock radio -> MTV -> Top 40). There was no physical single though because the labels wanted you to just go buy the full album.

Then “Don’t Look Back In Anger” was the fourth and final single that summer. First on alt rock stations, and then promoted on MTV and Top 40 stations around the time of the infamous August/September 1996 US tour. It even came out as a physical single in stores. But didn’t get nearly as much play as the previous two and died quickly on the charts.

Is this how you all remember it?

Talking stateside. Back in the day, it was on the radio and MTV a lot. I saw the boys perform it on several late night shows. It got more exposure than “Don’t Look Back In Anger” did. Nowadays, it seems 100% forgotten; while DLBIA (which felt underrated at the time) has had a bit of a resurgence.

I’m talking about cities where baseball is still clearly the top dog sport. Where the local MLB team dwarfs any other pro league in town, be it NFL, NBA, NHL, etc.

I’d argue Chicago, Cincinnati, Boston, New York, held on to that mantle for a long time but flipped sometime in the last 10-15 years.

St. Louis is probably the only one I can think of where baseball is still deeply ingrained in the local culture. Even with the Cardinals’ decline in popularity over the last few years, St. Louis is consistently one of the top markets for World Series viewership no matter who’s playing.

I can see why, for example, the public wasn’t super into “E Bow the Letter” as a lead single. But songs are classic REM. Basically perfect pop songs.

They got a bit of radio/MTV exposure, sure, but never made it into the same stratosphere as their massive hits like “Man on the Moon”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Everybody Hurts”. The One I Love”, “Losing My Religion”.

Or even stuff like “Kenneth”, “Bang and Blame”, “Orange Crush”, “Drive”, etc.

Criminally underrated, imo.

Speaking for the US only. I’m not sure what it was like elsewhere.

And while we’re at it, “Imitation of Life” should have been way bigger of a comeback song; like what “Beautiful Day” did for U2 (it’s way better imo).

“Well he was the #1 late night talk show on TV!”

That’s like saying he’s the tallest midget. Literally who was watching?

Late night ratings have plummeted over the last 10-15 years are and the remaining audience is like 80% retirement age (which means most advertisers aren’t interested in running ad spots - unless they get a really cheap rate). I can’t imagine these shows actually turn a profit for their networks anymore. They survive solely on momentum and are subsidized on the cash flow from live sports and cheap competition shows.