This ode to anarchy in the streets during the Los Angeles riots samples Doug E. This pulsating groover is all about the elastic guitar riff and smoky-cool organ swells, as Nowell sings of the human price behind every sale at a pawn shop: “Down here at the pawn shop / What has been sold, not strictly made of stone / Just remember that it’s flesh and bone.” He’d know – he regularly traded in the band’s gear to pawn shops to buy drugs, knowing Sublime’s tour manager would somehow fix the situation before the show. “‘Cause I’m the type of lover with the sensitivity / When she kiss my neck and tickle me fancy / The right kind of love on Sunday morning.” The flesh-slaps make for a convincing sound effect, as Nowell laid down lines that quickly became pop culture punchlines, such as: “Drip, drip, dip / That G.I.
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If you’re not a fan of loud dub music and weed, then Nowell and Sublime would make for difficult neighbors-especially if you plan on calling the cops: “Some folks say that smoking herb is a crime / If they catch you smokin’ they’re bound to drop the dime / And in the evening, we try to jam / We like the music loud in this here band / We let the bass line drop as loud as we can stand / Somebody always gotta turn informer for the man.” Don’t be that man, man.īradley Nowell goes full Ron Jeremy in this oft-graphic, Spanish-influenced track about, well, pent up physical needs. This stripped-back, acoustic version of the fully produced single (featured later in this list) just doesn’t hold a candle to the polished hit. Sadly, that’s long enough to drop regrettable lines like: “I made her bleed / Yes she wanted love in the scene / Well I planted my seed / Babe I knew we could make it / But I only knew that the b-tch would break it.” Thankfully, it’s only two minutes and change. Striding from ska to hardcore punk to rock, Nowell wails about, well, planting his seed. It’s an aggressive way to narrate the loss of a woman’s virginity. It became a hit – even featuring a trombone solo – but it doesn’t excuse its content. Which makes “Wrong Way,” a track about a young girl forced into prostitution by her broke dad, all the more tragic.
radio station KROQ put their single “Date Rape” in regular rotation – a song Nowell was later embarrassed by. Sublime’s career took off in SoCal when L.A.
according to MRC Data.ĭespite Nowell’s death at age 28 on May 25, 1996, Sublime’s music (not to mention the current evolution of the group, Sublime with Rome) endures-Sublime t-shirts are seen as often as tees from their heroes Bob Marley and Joy Division. “Santeria,” “What I Got,” “Doin’ Time” and “Wrong Way” became hits that have since grown into karaoke classics, propelling the album to eventually sell 6.9 million copies in the U.S. Musically, Sublime captured the spirit of summertime vibin’ with big sing-along hooks, beach party-ready acoustic licks, furious punk guitar and the grooving rhythms of Gaugh and Wilson (Sublime’s secret weapon).
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