All these years later, despite them falling off of my playlist, this album still is possibly in my top five personal favorites. It's basically perfect to me.
I just found out that Jerry Cantrell from Alice In Chains considered Vinnie to replace Layne when they reformed. I don't know much about Sponge, but based on this song, it would've been really interesting to hear Alice In Chains' new material with Vinnie's vocals.
@@roidsoutlet8649 Candlebox had a string of massive hits that are still played on classic alt rock radio to this day. Their sound was literally conceived to be as radio-friendly as possible. I'm sure they're still cashing those sweet royalty checks. That's the opposite of underrated.
SPONGE still rocking in 2019... Vinnie carrying the torch, but can’t wait to help celebrate 25 years of Rotting Piñata... how fucking awesome!!! Thanks for touring NJ/PA for this, will be an insane concert for sure. Love you guys!
I have always thought the same. Killer riffs with some really great tones. Their first album has stuck with me since the 90s. Where as lots of others from that era I have forgotten.
To begin but not complete To sleep but not to wake To always be lost To never find the way No thought, no memory No hope or tragedy A mirror waits for A reflection of a face To hit the ground and know the sound A trial by mistake Death's a crown we wear around A smile on our face They will never hate or lie They will never break or try They will never say or smile They will never break or cry Neenah Menasha will wait Neenah Menasha will wait I break down and she sees a clown I used to hide away Death to clowns and all their crowds The smile on their face They will never hate or lie They will never break or try They will never break or cry They will never wave goodbye Neenah Menasha will wait Neenah Menasha will wait
A lot of their other songs were very different yet still very much influenced by the grunge sound of the 90's. Songs like Molly and Plowed which were their 2 biggest hits to date had some really catchy unique melodies. However, this song is not that unique. The sound and video could easily be mistaken for countless other rock songs of the early 90's. Especially Stone Temple Pilots. I'm not knocking this song as I think it's a good song.
+liquidSpin what about the unusual tempo the song is at with that crazy percussion throughout the entire thing? That certainly makes it stand out in my opinion.
After 1998 the system stopped supporting independent rock bands. They all went to crap(rap) which they controlled to destroy the minds of the youth and women. This is why all music sucks now.
@@jamesschulziii9098this is the same guy who commented before but this is my new channel, there still really good livez got to meet all of them the day before New Year's Eve. Vinnie had remembered me from the year before when I saw them, and I also befriended Joey Mazzola lol. Good group or guys.
A killer song from a CLASSIC album! Thanks for sharing the video. Who's the loser that gave it a thumbs down though? Probably likes mumford and sons...POSER. It would be cool to see Vinny on Hardcore Pawn lol
I LOVE this song!!!!!! This is definitely my favorite track on Rotting Pinata, which I still play regularly of my 90s cds. I saw Sponge with Ned's Atomic Dustbin (great live band too) & Letters to Cleo as a teen in '95, & some moshing kid stepped on my toe during "Rotting Pinata" & broke my nail.... owww, but it was worth it because it was definitely 1 of the more memorable early shows I went to.
I saw them on the same tour at the El Rey in Albuquerque. I've been in a Pantera moshpit, and a Suicidal Tendencies moshpit, but it was at the Sponge concert that someone in our group of friends either lost a contact lens, lost a shoe, or lost their mind. Sponge put on a killer show!
Pretty cool song, i always remember ole boy cd back when i was 16 lol. I actually played this song in my little new sports car felt so fucking cool haha.
I DID infact explain the dualism of smiles. Good stuff Laughing about changing's potential for hardship and laughing about the hardship of changing (not warship enough for me, honestly. ...)(there is in fact a limit.)
Esxillix _ • yeah, Mike cross the rhythm guitarist died earlier this year In March, you almost predicted it. None of the OG members are in sponge now aside from Vinnie, their all alive aside from Mike. I'm actually in contact with Joey Mazzola, their other guitarist (he's the one with the short hair in the video)
I don't know the meaning behind this song but I heard they couldn't make it to a gig in Neenah and Menasha, Wisconsin so they wrote this song about that. "Neenah Menasha will have to wait." It doesn't sound true but I want to believe it.
They should've filmed it in the GM plant there the built the Sonoma's, it sounds like an industrial ish song, always reminds me of some stereotypical grunge dude driving an old beat up GMC lol
Actually, it was the first single released. Apparently the radio didn't pickup on it, so the label released Plowed shortly after. Great song nevertheless.
Idk cuz it's funny that we always put the towns together like they're one city hehe I am from there too. Never knew man hole covers were made here! Always cover your man hole! 😂
I feel like the producers of this video were trying to make them look like an angry/angsty grunge band of the time - like Alice in Chains or something. This video doesn't really seem to fit the way I think of Sponge, especially in their 201X years...
Brian Richards for their first album they were, after that they just got lighter and lighter. That's why I think everyone forgot about them, they just started to bake really bland music
Strangely this video appears to have been filmed under the sewer drainage system of the roads near the gangster Al Capone's vacation brothel town of Fox Lake, Illinois. Recently Mayor Donny Schmit went on an under cover investigation of all things mystical to determine the true nature of the spirits that haunt the citizens of this town. Of course our quest began from a citizen complaint of loud and peculiar noises resembling music from under a sewer drain man hole cover on Riverview Avenue near Lakefront park. The three of us Mayor Schmit, Officer Ostertag of the Fox Lake Police Department, and myself venture forth to discover what locals call "The Vanishing Currency Portal" of the Change Machine. All I know is that the smell of pumpernickel that night as one by one the Mayor and then Officer Ostertag suddenly disappeared from the asphalt roadways. Instinctively I knew to check for "signs" and there they were snakes halted upon the asphalt near the manhole covers marked in what appeared to be a heavy iron die casting. NEENAH WISC. I read as those snakes slithered into the words themselves. I wonder to this day is Mayor Schmit and Officer Ostertag transformed into those snakes of were the snakes an indication that both of them went under the asphalt via the manhole cover thereby disturbing the snakes. Certainly the snakes themselves were not disturbed by the music. To this day I wonder what happened of the Mayor and Officer Ostertag. I suspect they are still down below plotting some form of adversity for currency and profit. All I have left these brave souls is a pair of glasses made in Brillion. They seem to have the power to look into the heart of Lions to see even more.
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this song is very good, so timeless, 90s rock was the highest point that music could reach...
Nice pfp bro the Smiths are the best band of the 80s, every album has great songs
I don’t know why they never were bigger than they got. Totally underrated band. I pray to God my band can be like Sponge
This is probably my favorite track on the album, such a great song!
flobanez same here, great song
flobanez Definitely my favorite.
flobanez this and Pennywheels
Hmph. Don't agree. Pennywheels, Plowed and this one are my favorites.
All these years later, despite them falling off of my playlist, this album still is possibly in my top five personal favorites. It's basically perfect to me.
Such a sweet album that hasn't left my ride since 95 baby. Jammed to it earlier today coming home. Love giants and miles too. Classics.
I still have the same CD from back then too.
Giants is my absolute favorite.
Miles is great, I think the entire album is pure bliss. One of my all time favorites.
Takes me back to freshman year!
This album is easily in my top 10 of all time.
True man every song is great I swear, it’s the only album were I can listen to every song and not have to skip. Every song flows perfectly in sync.
Yes! Same here!
They was awesome at a gig in middletown ohio Oct. 7, 2023 , love this song.
I just found out that Jerry Cantrell from Alice In Chains considered Vinnie to replace Layne when they reformed. I don't know much about Sponge, but based on this song, it would've been really interesting to hear Alice In Chains' new material with Vinnie's vocals.
I think he would've been ok but William Duvall is doing a helluva job.
Too bad it didn't happen, at least for an album or two! But I don't think Alice n chains was looking for a collaboration just a voice.
They worked together on the Spys4Darwin project; put out an EP in 2001
I think he would be better for Scott Weiland voice.
Wish he would've joined, Duvall is a horrible singer
album was practically flawless. great choruses throughout.
I've been listening to Sponge non stop since I discovered them a week ago on the radio. I don't think I am going to stop for a long time.
Very underrated band! Never got the credit they deserved !
They had MTV AirPlay they were played on the radio very often what more could they have wanted
Screaming this
So very underestimated...just like candlebox
@@roidsoutlet8649 Candlebox had a string of massive hits that are still played on classic alt rock radio to this day. Their sound was literally conceived to be as radio-friendly as possible. I'm sure they're still cashing those sweet royalty checks. That's the opposite of underrated.
SPONGE still rocking in 2019... Vinnie carrying the torch, but can’t wait to help celebrate 25 years of Rotting Piñata... how fucking awesome!!! Thanks for touring NJ/PA for this, will be an insane concert for sure. Love you guys!
This really was one of the great guitar tandems. These guys came up with great riffs, tones, counterpoint, and the tones were.... incendiary.
I have always thought the same. Killer riffs with some really great tones. Their first album has stuck with me since the 90s. Where as lots of others from that era I have forgotten.
To begin but not complete
To sleep but not to wake
To always be lost
To never find the way
No thought, no memory
No hope or tragedy
A mirror waits for
A reflection of a face
To hit the ground and know the sound
A trial by mistake
Death's a crown we wear around
A smile on our face
They will never hate or lie
They will never break or try
They will never say or smile
They will never break or cry
Neenah Menasha will wait
Neenah Menasha will wait
I break down and she sees a clown
I used to hide away
Death to clowns and all their crowds
The smile on their face
They will never hate or lie
They will never break or try
They will never break or cry
They will never wave goodbye
Neenah Menasha will wait
Neenah Menasha will wait
I am from Neenah/Menasha Wisconsin! The two city area they named this song after.
@[Psychonymphsia Ultravistous] , yes. They were traveling through and like the name. I drive through there every day.
I worked for Plexus which is headquarted in Neenah. I could never figure out what the lyrics had to do with the two towns. :-)
Neenah Menasha sounds like the name of the hot chick at the concert you forgot the number to.
@@jfayiii thats the story of most town names in wisconsin
@@jfayiii this x a million
90s was an endless comparison of who sounded like who. Sponge is in its own class.
A lot of their other songs were very different yet still very much influenced by the grunge sound of the 90's. Songs like Molly and Plowed which were their 2 biggest hits to date had some really catchy unique melodies. However, this song is not that unique. The sound and video could easily be mistaken for countless other rock songs of the early 90's. Especially Stone Temple Pilots.
I'm not knocking this song as I think it's a good song.
+liquidSpin what about the unusual tempo the song is at with that crazy percussion throughout the entire thing? That certainly makes it stand out in my opinion.
Stiles Fifield agreed
Yep, they sound like STP
I'm not getting stp out of this
Chills at the lyrics "to always be lost, to never find a way". Such a powerful song.
They deserve much more credit & media hype than they get.
ALICE IN CHAINS COMES TO MIND WITH THIS SONG .. MGTOW 2014 !!
It's a shame everyone thought this was a stone temple pilots song- the days of napster had it mislabeled all over
Sounds like stp core
After 1998 the system stopped supporting independent rock bands. They all went to crap(rap) which they controlled to destroy the minds of the youth and women. This is why all music sucks now.
@@thystaff742 true
One of the greatest, but most unappreciated band ever. They deserve so much more respect and recognition.
Most underrated band ever 🤘🏻🤘🏻
You know it's a 90's video when someone is wearing a work shirt with a name tag lol
This is why Vinnie needs a mic stand. He doesn't know what to do with his hands. lol
it's called Drunk Kung-fu
one of my favorite Sponge songs
One of the best albums ever
Saw them Live last weekend! Amazing!
I'm glad they never got to big.I like my little secrets.When I say Sponge people are like Who is that?I love it.
I live in the Neenah Menasha area. This is quite interesting XP
look on a Wisconsin map. They are "twin towns" on the northwest shore of lake Winnebago.
Yeah, but why? What does it have to do with that location?
Nothing. They were just driving through it on a tour and liked the way the name sounded.
I live in wautoma.. bout 40 min away.. nvr heard of these guys or this song... are they from the area??
I drive through every weekday and sometimes listen to this song when I am. :P
@@krookiemonster2673 They're from Detroit.
One of My all Time favorite Bands ever! Love this band!
Sponge is so freaking awesome!
Deaths a crown we wear around like a smile on our face.
Disturbing, but profound...
R.I.P. Mike Cross!
One of the best jams ever!!
His voice is so beautiful
Vinny's beautiful ❤❤❤
I remember you
This song is perfection! I cant believe it has a video!
Going to see these guys on this Saturday first time since 1997. 😎😎
James Schulz III with out the OG members they aren't powerful at all though
@@ReadingAreaRailfan they were good. Not 1997 good but good 👍
@@jamesschulziii9098 yeah. I want to see them
@@jamesschulziii9098this is the same guy who commented before but this is my new channel, there still really good livez got to meet all of them the day before New Year's Eve. Vinnie had remembered me from the year before when I saw them, and I also befriended Joey Mazzola lol. Good group or guys.
Brilliant melodies. Very good.
Brent Honey Great vocal overdubbs in the studio. Great band, he reminds me of Mike Ness Social Distortion
A killer song from a CLASSIC album! Thanks for sharing the video. Who's the loser that gave it a thumbs down though? Probably likes mumford and sons...POSER. It would be cool to see Vinny on Hardcore Pawn lol
rocking like a boss
Amazing. I love this song. SO 90's!
LOVE THIS SONG!!!
I LOVE this song!!!!!! This is definitely my favorite track on Rotting Pinata, which I still play regularly of my 90s cds. I saw Sponge with Ned's Atomic Dustbin (great live band too) & Letters to Cleo as a teen in '95, & some moshing kid stepped on my toe during "Rotting Pinata" & broke my nail.... owww, but it was worth it because it was definitely 1 of the more memorable early shows I went to.
I saw them on the same tour at the El Rey in Albuquerque. I've been in a Pantera moshpit, and a Suicidal Tendencies moshpit, but it was at the Sponge concert that someone in our group of friends either lost a contact lens, lost a shoe, or lost their mind. Sponge put on a killer show!
was this at edgefest in Dallas? sounds like the same lineup I saw back in 95
what a rocking song!!! head banging stuff!!!
Man.. that tone is so good
I would love to see sponge and social distortion concert live my 2 favorite of the 90s love them
Still love it!
This entire album somehow got me through the Fall of 1995...emotionally.
Paw is another underrated 90s band
Just seen this after listening to this song for 25 years. ......wow- can't believe it's been 25 years.
I somehow missed this video too. I bought this album when it first came out and everything. Never knew this existed until TH-cam.
Gonna see these guys in Poughkeepsie NY on nov 18 at the chance theatre, can’t wait 😊
Love it.
love this song.
Los guitarristas haciendo el trabajo mas descomunal de su carrera en ese disco, la voz del cantante es muy poderosa, es una canción muy inquietante.
Wow! great stuff
Detroit rock at its finest!!
Awesome🤘🏻
Pretty cool song, i always remember ole boy cd back when i was 16 lol. I actually played this song in my little new sports car felt so fucking cool haha.
Super underrated.
brilliant '94 action.
Best track on the release.
Gorgeous.
I had the absolute biggest crush on Tim Cross back in the day. Super bummed I never got to meet him. I wish there was some way to get in touch!
There's a sewer cover, on N Verity Pkwy, in Middletown, Ohio, that was made in Neenah, WI.
Best grunge song ever.
I DID infact explain the dualism of smiles.
Good stuff
Laughing about changing's potential for hardship and laughing about the hardship of changing (not warship enough for me, honestly. ...)(there is in fact a limit.)
Theres a member of Sponge that died, I think he appears in this video. I forgot his name but seems like internet removed him from the member list.
Esxillix _ • yeah, Mike cross the rhythm guitarist died earlier this year In March, you almost predicted it. None of the OG members are in sponge now aside from Vinnie, their all alive aside from Mike. I'm actually in contact with Joey Mazzola, their other guitarist (he's the one with the short hair in the video)
I don't know the meaning behind this song but I heard they couldn't make it to a gig in Neenah and Menasha, Wisconsin so they wrote this song about that. "Neenah Menasha will have to wait." It doesn't sound true but I want to believe it.
This is such a great song!
This album sounds like Detroit to me. I was born and raised in Detroit.
@[Psychonymphsia Ultravistous] Dirt and grime
Sponge is from Detroit.
They should've filmed it in the GM plant there the built the Sonoma's, it sounds like an industrial ish song, always reminds me of some stereotypical grunge dude driving an old beat up GMC lol
RIP Mike Cross
Alice in chains's vibe. Heavy & alternative mid90s sound
Absolute banger 🔥
Actually, it was the first single released. Apparently the radio didn't pickup on it, so the label released Plowed shortly after. Great song nevertheless.
They're still around, they do shows usually around the Detroit area.
who cares what the lyrics really mean... this song rocks :) :)
Idk cuz it's funny that we always put the towns together like they're one city hehe I am from there too. Never knew man hole covers were made here! Always cover your man hole! 😂
RIP Scott Weiland
Mickey D'Abbracio indeed R.I.P. Scott Weiland, but that wasn’t Scott, it’s Vinny Dombrowski an he’s very much alive and well.
I have a sneaking suspicion Mickey was pulling the universe's leg with that one!
......................I live here......................
Y’all should come too Logan West Virginia
Miss them
Synthgrrl They’re still around. They never went anywhere.
The Cross brothers, the drummer and the bassist are gone.
@@stanmarsh8470 dead?
@@aarondx3764 no. they left. however, sponge did a cover of Plowed with all but Tim I believe.
@@stanmarsh8470 update: They made a Re-Recorded Version of plowed!
i actually live in menasha WI
Great band
Rotting Pinata all Aces from beginning to end
YESIIIIRRRR
I feel like the producers of this video were trying to make them look like an angry/angsty grunge band of the time - like Alice in Chains or something. This video doesn't really seem to fit the way I think of Sponge, especially in their 201X years...
Brian Richards for their first album they were, after that they just got lighter and lighter. That's why I think everyone forgot about them, they just started to bake really bland music
what exit is the sign at
Vocals remind me a bit of John Bush (Anthrax/Armored Saint) here :)
Did they know that these are actual town names in Wisconsin???
DAMN nobody knows Sponge!!
It's insane!
Well I heard them in a toy guitar which is dumb
@@BLOCPARTY420that's how I discovered them too lol and they've been my favorite band for like 2 years now
If anyone asks what grunge music is, play them this song.
If you close your eyes, this is a decent video.
another dumbshit!
i noticed manhole covers came from Neenah, Wis. great song!
The funny thing is that the title isn't made up, it's two cities in Wisconsin around Lake Winnebago. Not bad cities, either.
Tks
This is like Pearl Jam on steroids!
Temón recontra infravalorado...
Here's the LP version of Neenah Menasha: th-cam.com/video/scawz6HpCF8/w-d-xo.html
G-R-U-N-G-E
Alice in Temple Pilots
You know under sore/normal circumstances
@svbummin yeah i live in oshkosh the construction is horrible.
Strangely this video appears to have been filmed under the sewer drainage system of the roads near the gangster Al Capone's vacation brothel town of Fox Lake, Illinois. Recently Mayor Donny Schmit went on an under cover investigation of all things mystical to determine the true nature of the spirits that haunt the citizens of this town. Of course our quest began from a citizen complaint of loud and peculiar noises resembling music from under a sewer drain man hole cover on Riverview Avenue near Lakefront park. The three of us Mayor Schmit, Officer Ostertag of the Fox Lake Police Department, and myself venture forth to discover what locals call "The Vanishing Currency Portal" of the Change Machine. All I know is that the smell of pumpernickel that night as one by one the Mayor and then Officer Ostertag suddenly disappeared from the asphalt roadways. Instinctively I knew to check for "signs" and there they were snakes halted upon the asphalt near the manhole covers marked in what appeared to be a heavy iron die casting. NEENAH WISC. I read as those snakes slithered into the words themselves. I wonder to this day is Mayor Schmit and Officer Ostertag transformed into those snakes of were the snakes an indication that both of them went under the asphalt via the manhole cover thereby disturbing the snakes. Certainly the snakes themselves were not disturbed by the music. To this day I wonder what happened of the Mayor and Officer Ostertag. I suspect they are still down below plotting some form of adversity for currency and profit. All I have left these brave souls is a pair of glasses made in Brillion. They seem to have the power to look into the heart of Lions to see even more.
What are You talking about??
What shite are u on about?!
Were you high when you wrote this?
waiting on your meds?
Faded AF my dude