#Vertical Horizon

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #51: 2000

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Faith Hill, Santana and Rob Thomas, Santana and The Product G&B, Joe, Vertical Horizon, Destiny's Child, Savage Garden, Lonestar, Matchbox Twenty, Toni Braxton. End description]

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Welcome to the new millennium. A good year for country, ballads, and country ballads. Alternative rock is starting to appear more in the pop charts, and the genre will soon come to define the sound of rock for this decade (along with post-grunge, which will come later). Latin pop and rock is also growing in popularity, with artists like Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, and the mainstream resurgence of Carlos Santana. This sound would also have a lot of influence over pop and R&B songs by non-Latin artists. Not coincidentally, this is also the year the Latin Grammy Awards was created. These genres do have there distinct sounds and characteristics, but a lot of American music publications at the time used the labels to describe "any pop or rock song in Spanish". I don't think I could do the nuances of this topic justice, so for more of that I'd recommend reading Rock the Nation: Latin/o Identities and the Latin Rock Diaspora by Roberto Avant-Mier.

2000 is also notable for being the year Metallica sued Napster. This suit would later be followed by A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., in which Napster was sued by A&M Records and 18 record companies and members of the Recording Industry Association of America. But for most of the year, Metallica (specifically the band's drummer, Lars Ulrich) was the prominent example of artists fighting against music piracy. This is important to bring up, because issues surrounding the cost of music will continue to shape the record industry for the following decades. But more importantly, it gives me an excuse to share this anti-Napster PSA Metallica made for MTV. You're welcome.

[ponderingrandomthings]

Neil Peart did drums for another band! Wow. I never knew this.

Song 'Instamatic' by Vertical Horizon.

He provided drums for another song in this album ' South for the Winter'. (Album: Echoes from the Underground, 2013)

Maybe you'll also notice and love how the singer, Matt Scannell, swings/headbangs in reaction to Neil's playing.

Love seeing such involvement and enjoyment from musicians.

[lithium-91]

i enjoy “everything you want” by vertical horizon a lot more ever since i decided it’s NOT really about a douchebag getting friendzoned, it’s ACTUALLY about tyler durden. just think about it, you’ll thank me.

[soundtrackof-m]

I don't want you back You're just the best I ever had

[posthumanwanderings]

[designatedgrape]

Fandom olds, assemble!

[gungieblog]

Vertical Horizon Everything You Want

nothing to you

[epitaphiana]

[wrennkakonus]

startedd listening to vertical horizon recently and damn, they're pretty good. would reccomend

[earwormsoftheday]

Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon

July 29, 2023 - 9:44 pm