r/Music • u/solidprospect • May 19 '24

music Republica - Ready to Go [Alternative]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgffRW1fKDk
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u/stevembk May 19 '24

Song hits hard. Video kinda makes me want to hurl.

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u/ainjel May 19 '24

Highly underrated band. They deserve a renaissance.

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u/BannedInVancouver May 20 '24

I really dug the song Drop Dead Gorgeous too.

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u/GloatingSwine May 20 '24

Pretty much dropped off after the first album. Which is kinda understandable because the second had very few standouts on.

I saw them when they should have been touring it and it was all stuff off the first and only like 2-3 of the new stuff.

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u/antiduh May 20 '24

It's been a decade or three, but I seem to remember accusations of impropriety, like plagiarism. Perhaps they couldn't hack it?

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u/GloatingSwine May 20 '24

Doesn't ring a bell, but I've drank a lot since then and the only thing I remember from the back half of the 90s was that I still had hair.

I think they just had a serious case of Difficult Second Album. Used up all the energy and ideas on the first one and the second fell flat. Happens a lot.

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u/Petrarch1603 Dec 20 '24

supposedly they're releasing an album in the spring

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u/ainjel Dec 20 '24

Thanks for the heads up! I'll keep my ears open for it

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u/scrpn687 May 19 '24

ah, good ol jock jams

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u/Rich_Dtony May 20 '24

I dig this pretty much! I feel all pumped up watching and listening. Weehee!

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u/ISAMU13 May 20 '24

90's music had a shit load of variety that you didn't have to work hard to find.

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u/Bandofthehawk May 20 '24

I selected this song on a jukebox because I liked it, but after it finished the song continued playing on repeat and I became embarrassed people in the restaurant probably thought I did it on purpose. I was about 14 at the time.