So it’s spring today, supposedly, yet after a balmy winter, my ridiculous shell of a state is bathed in a blizzard/rainstorm. In the immortal words of William Shatner, sometimes irony, well, it can be pretty ironic.
22. Green River, Swallow My Pride.
I’ll admit even for the most hardened grunge fan that Green River’s stuff takes a few listens to get used to. It’s a little raw, hardly polished, yet strangely catchy after you hear it a few times or so. The only Green River song I repeatedly come back to, however, is Swallow My Pride, and admittedly, Pearl Jam’s early propensity to cover it plays a part in my reasoning. However, its scratchy, heavy guitars coupled mysterious, looping vocals and a double-entendre lyrical message is early grunge epitomized.
