This is my song!! I remember hearing it at a gas station years ago and it took me many years too find out who sang it.. great song.. has a lot of personal meaning for me!!!
Listened to it all in the early to mid 90s, but this group always held a special place. And boy have they aged well, and happy to know my ears were good. The stuff we used to listen to sounded oftentimes pandering to teen angst, but Sponge was making real 100% legit stuff that sounds better today than it did back then. I go back to them every few years and each time they get better and better. Can't say that about a lot of music... most music. True artists. And for those who have commented about a lack of salable tracks on Wax Ecstatic, they should try appreciating the soulful qualities of the album which make it unique even compared to others in Sponge's discography.
I had just got done writing the same on a different sponge song. I love this band. I listened to rotting pinata album and some other rare sponge songs when I was growing up in my teens. I dont really understand why they weren't more popular but I'm so glad I found them. Thx much
This song makes me think of this one time: A lady at work was talking about how she had an abortion. I don't personally agree with it but when I spoke some honest words of support to her she really responded to it. She said everyone else was either judging her through their words or she could tell by their expressions. Even after I told her I don't necessarily agree with it and my reasons for that, she still thanked me for saying what I said to her.
Beautiful song. Bring rock back maybe we'll have the biggest peace movement ever not gonma forget you John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, janis Joplin, and others!
I bought Rotting Pinata at Coconuts Record store in 95 on a buy it try it status! Oh, man, it was one of the greatist albums of the 90's...and no...I did not return it...it went platinum! Great band!
They are fantastic and I thoroughly believe Rotting Pinata is a PERFECT album!! But bands don't gotta be The Beatles Metallica or Nirvana to be noteworthy and a good listen Sponge is a hidden gem, id people are lucky enough to find them then bless their lucky ears. They made a living out of rocking. Sure maybe they wish they had a bigger audience sometimes but as a guitarist/musician. I can tell you some audience is better than no audience and it's a 1,000 times better when that audience loves you. FACTS
so beautiful...great song...soul level IS thru the fucking roof...that opening riff is so fucking cool....."like why does she feels alldead on the inside, but as a child she remembers feelingALIVE"
I’ve never heard this mix before, with the drums coming in so early. Some label guy who thought it must have sounded “better” than the original, I guess. The original is perfect.
this was a great band, i seriously wish they were as wlel known as bands like pearl jam and nirvana at the time, that was the time where this type of sound(well not this song in particular) started gettign huge success and these guys never took offf, which sucks, though i was glad to hear them get some recognition in recent years
You know you're a talented and good band when you can't be put in a box. One song will sound like it could have been written in the 70s and others will sound very modern.
I was at that New Haven show too.Nov 22nd 94 or 95,they were so much better than Candlebox who were lifeless.Sponge closed with a Speed Racer cover running through the crowd.Blew everyone away.Wish they hadn't disappeared so quickly.
These guys would always put kick in ass at their concerts, seen them with Candlebox, Sponge warmed the show and burned Wing Stadium up. Oh yeah, they kicked boxes ass!!!
I agree with canadarules989...Love this Song, remember the first time I heard it, played it over and over and OVER again!!!!!!! I could not remember the name of it, sad but true..I was over thinking it. then it finally came to me...Def should have been a bigger hit ;-}
They had a lot of aesthetic issues marketing wise. Even just the cover for this album turned a lot of people off. Seemed like the label couldn't figure out a cogent way to market these guys. They'd be a hodgepodge of wildly different sounds and with image being so important in 1996, the label seemed to have an identity crisis with this band.
Ahh… ‘Wax Ecstatic’, you were the ‘Angel Dust’ Of The Mid 1990s. One of the biggest “what the fuck?” releases ever, only to reveal it’s roots in stadium rock & Motown swing and reveal itself to be the pearliest Sponge album. Screw Candy Corn, give me songs about drag queens & near mythical billboard models!
saw this the one time it aired on 120min in '96 and loved it. This was also NOT re-shown when MTV2 was showing all the videos it allegedly had from A-Z in 2000. I guess MTV2 aided to the fact as to why it's so cold in the D...
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Why don’t people like this? This is one of Sponge’s best songs
Who cares
@@front-row-freak No one does
I love it! 😍
...the girls beautiful.....
People who know it love it....
90's Music Will Always Be The Best Of The Last Century.
U got that right!
Absolutely 100% on that
we are still listening...thank you.
2021 still listening
This band should have been bigger than they ended up being.
I completely agree. Vinnie is the man! Another fantastic Detroit talent.
true statement
They are !
Most people now a days are to brain dead to appreciate anything of real meaning.
mark weber. YES! ABSOLUTELY! !!
Just saw Sponge over the weekend (2/25/23).....Vin and the guys still do an awesome job with this tune!
Three of these guys sat down and had a beer with me and my buddy at the Town Pump in Vancouver during this tour. Great guys. Terrific show.
Fricken bass player hit on my wife over 20 years ago :)
@@AdaptivePhenix Nasty!
im surprised this band didn't become HUGE in the 90's. They are pretty tight
Great slide guitar on some tunes👍
Andrei lounin uhh... They did?
Word...I ailways thought so
I'm not, their only good song is plowed, which was Huge and is still great. It's a shame they didn't make more songs on that level
It was a time of embarrassing riches musically
The definition of a hidden gem ❤
No Kidding!
Every once in a while a song hammers the nail right on the head.
This is my song!! I remember hearing it at a gas station years ago and it took me many years too find out who sang it.. great song.. has a lot of personal meaning for me!!!
90s music Never Forget What a great era ❤
Rocking for years, but should have gone higher than they did. I'm just glad I found them.
how much i love sponge!
Mike Cross was so f’ing underrated it’s a GD crime, Vinny too - actually the whole damn band
Seen these guys live at a small local bar last night. What an incredible performance! Thank you Songe, what a show!
Awesome song shout out to Sponge one of Detroit's finest!
Listened to it all in the early to mid 90s, but this group always held a special place. And boy have they aged well, and happy to know my ears were good. The stuff we used to listen to sounded oftentimes pandering to teen angst, but Sponge was making real 100% legit stuff that sounds better today than it did back then. I go back to them every few years and each time they get better and better. Can't say that about a lot of music... most music. True artists. And for those who have commented about a lack of salable tracks on Wax Ecstatic, they should try appreciating the soulful qualities of the album which make it unique even compared to others in Sponge's discography.
+Lee Moran I've burned through 4 copies of this album since 97. now i own it on the cloud
Sponge is a great music testament
they played in Nashville in the 90s at the Cumberland river they were great and very friendly Nashville still loves you sponge!
James Hafner dancin’ in the district!
I was there, too! Edge of the Cumberland II with Tonic. 1997. Good times, fun show.
Saw sponge in club in 96 with stabbing westward and couple no name openers. Damn good show.
the slide guitar with brass slide-nice touch...another Detroit homegrown band
this songs sounds like the best time of my life... the 90's. Great music, great times
Love how this starts.......
Still diggin this in 2022
This song is freakin awesome
R.I.P Mike!!
This band rocks, seen them 3 times!
Love the song. Same melody as waiting on a friend
One of the best bands/performances at Lalapalooza 1996!!!!!!!!
Best song ever ❤️
DETROIT 2023
Very underestimated band/songwriting
I had just got done writing the same on a different sponge song. I love this band. I listened to rotting pinata album and some other rare sponge songs when I was growing up in my teens. I dont really understand why they weren't more popular but I'm so glad I found them. Thx much
Love this band I was so excited the first time I hear their song in Empire Records
It's as though 25 years were yesterday putting this on.
Yes, this band should have been much bigger .. Plowed is a classic and this song is excellent...
Love this song so much! SPONGE RULES !!!
Great song.....
Sponge was one of the first bands I ever signed 😮should have been much bigger ❤
The group was great and do nice on stage , and signs stuff and talks , ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
So glad & blessed Sponge is gonna be @ AB&E this year & today; thank God, amen.
Jason S Vinluan
PolitZero Press & Print, LLC
My favorite song from the 90s, hands down. Should've been a hit.
Always gave me the feels
This song makes me think of this one time: A lady at work was talking about how she had an abortion. I don't personally agree with it but when I spoke some honest words of support to her she really responded to it. She said everyone else was either judging her through their words or she could tell by their expressions. Even after I told her I don't necessarily agree with it and my reasons for that, she still thanked me for saying what I said to her.
you never know what impact your words might have on another individual :)
Good tune with nice slide guitar playing
Love me some sponge. Saw them in SA at the White Rabbit. Loud and great!
Seen these guys in Concert with Seven Mary Three!! Most rockin shitz everrrr!!!!
Beautiful song. Bring rock back maybe we'll have the biggest peace movement ever not gonma forget you John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, janis Joplin, and others!
Gonna*
Agreed! Bring rock back!
Sounds like the stones-Waiting on a friend!❤
One of my favorites ❤
I bought Rotting Pinata at Coconuts Record store in 95 on a buy it try it status! Oh, man, it was one of the greatist albums of the 90's...and no...I did not return it...it went platinum! Great band!
this takes me back to my late 20's....DAMN..If I knew then what I know now
Thank you.
So underrated band.
I dont care what any one says..Sponge is awesome..I love you Vinnie!!
The people say: Sponge is great. You can care what they say.
J Fritts and the other people here agree
Yea..said thank you.. I don't care if people don't like them..that's what I meant..
me too
This Song means so Much to Me!
STILL love this band...
They are fantastic and I thoroughly believe Rotting Pinata is a PERFECT album!! But bands don't gotta be The Beatles Metallica or Nirvana to be noteworthy and a good listen Sponge is a hidden gem, id people are lucky enough to find them then bless their lucky ears. They made a living out of rocking. Sure maybe they wish they had a bigger audience sometimes but as a guitarist/musician. I can tell you some audience is better than no audience and it's a 1,000 times better when that audience loves you. FACTS
Magic
I just saw these guys play at a local bar last week and damn they really need to be put in front of a huge crowd.
They were…opened for Candlebox at their height and Sponge outshone them so bad it was something I’ve never seen before or since
classic 90's alternative! awesome!
so beautiful...great song...soul level IS thru the fucking roof...that opening riff is so fucking cool....."like why does she feels alldead on the inside, but as a child she remembers feelingALIVE"
Love sponge
rock on SPONGE.
Every moment of this song was so urgent once upon a time. Somehow it still is.
Chasing Amy
2019 and still listening?
2021
I’ve never heard this mix before, with the drums coming in so early. Some label guy who thought it must have sounded “better” than the original, I guess.
The original is perfect.
Grabbing my guitar now to learn this
my home town band...great song
this was a great band, i seriously wish they were as wlel known as bands like pearl jam and nirvana at the time, that was the time where this type of sound(well not this song in particular) started gettign huge success and these guys never took offf, which sucks, though i was glad to hear them get some recognition in recent years
On tour and seeing them next Sat night. Can't wait!
You know you're a talented and good band when you can't be put in a box. One song will sound like it could have been written in the 70s and others will sound very modern.
highly underrated
great free show this past Saturday at the Toledo Ohio Springfest
@canadarules989 right on...plowed was one of fave tunes of the decade.
I was at that New Haven show too.Nov 22nd 94 or 95,they were so much better than Candlebox who were lifeless.Sponge closed with a Speed Racer cover running through the crowd.Blew everyone away.Wish they hadn't disappeared so quickly.
Come to St Clair Shores Michigan. They play once or twice every summer. Seen them last year with fuel
I find myself listening to this song even years after it first came out. What in the actual fuck happened to music?
My man's got a gold tooth. 1:52
I still see these guys in concert all the time..Still put on a bad ass show..Still fucking awesome to hang with..
These guys would always put kick in ass at their concerts, seen them with Candlebox, Sponge warmed the show and burned Wing Stadium up. Oh yeah, they kicked boxes ass!!!
Good tune...
I agree with canadarules989...Love this Song, remember the first time I heard it, played it over and over and OVER again!!!!!!! I could not remember the name of it, sad but true..I was over thinking it. then it finally came to me...Def should have been a bigger hit ;-}
Yep. Great song, great time in life, great all of those things, A sad song but a great memory.
Amazing song for sure!
I got to see both of these bands as well...two of my favorites.
good jam, lots of memories wit this 1
Great song!
Awesome
Great song .
Perfect!
Just saw them tonight, I loved this song
The collab with ICP was amazing!!!!!!!!
Good 'Ole Sponge. I saw these guy open a show for Candlebox in New Haven back in the day...
That video was filmed in my old apartment. I was never reimbursed for the water damage.
Are you serious?
Damn that’s fucked up bro I just gave the video a thumbs down
awesome
Because of the name "sponge" I believe that is the reason they didn't become a staple in this genre.
They had a lot of aesthetic issues marketing wise. Even just the cover for this album turned a lot of people off. Seemed like the label couldn't figure out a cogent way to market these guys. They'd be a hodgepodge of wildly different sounds and with image being so important in 1996, the label seemed to have an identity crisis with this band.
There was also A LOT of good music coming out at that time. Unlike now. If you don't like rap, it's a desert.
I have a total scene written for this Song!
Sponge is in Easton Pa this Saturday the 15 th
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This could have been a Black Crowes song
Sounds more to me like something from the band 'Live'.
Ahh… ‘Wax Ecstatic’, you were the ‘Angel Dust’ Of The Mid 1990s. One of the biggest “what the fuck?” releases ever, only to reveal it’s roots in stadium rock & Motown swing and reveal itself to be the pearliest Sponge album.
Screw Candy Corn, give me songs about drag queens & near mythical billboard models!
saw this the one time it aired on 120min in '96 and loved it. This was also NOT re-shown when MTV2 was showing all the videos it allegedly had from A-Z in 2000. I guess MTV2 aided to the fact as to why it's so cold in the D...