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[1990-1994 Best Songs]
Billboard Top 100 1992, #32
I struggled with this song more than any other since making this list. I remember flat-out disliking it when it was new. It seemed to have no melody. I couldn't understand the lyrics. It was angry, and yet it was unclear why this rock and roll guy was so pissed off.
Years later, I can hear the melody just fine (though today a whole bunch of new music seems devoid of melody to me, so who knows). It's a good head-banging, let-out-some-rage kind of tune.
The lyrics are still confounding, but the images of anger, frustration, confusion and chaos fits the mood of the counter-culture of that era.
Most importantly, you can't deny the cultural impact of this song. It single-handedly ended the era of Glam-Rock, and then went on to spawn a thousand garage bands.
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