Sponge - Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)

[@christinetassone3156]

For some reason the chorus of this song has lived rent free in my brain since 1996.

[@fuzzmosisr8601]

it's definitely an ear-worm.

[@djopticon]

Yep

[@BaronVonQuiply]

It's automatic

[@vickius]

Catch af

[@vickius]

I woke up with it jingling in my head had to hear it. Haven't heard it in years but the hook was stuck in my head, I had to try and figure out the lyrics just to find the song. I was mumbling them as I walked to my car. My neighbor thought I was talking to myself.

[@steveeaton8493]

Sponge played a free show at Tower Records in Boston to promote this album A mosh pit broke out Crowd surfing ensued....kids being thrown full body weight into shelves of CDs and merchandise flying everywhere The manager freaked out "this is a record store!!! Please stop!!!" The band proclaimed "this is the best free show ever!!"" Late 90s...good times

[@deadjnkie]

are there any recordings of the show

[@steveeaton8493]

@@deadjnkie there's way like 50 people there...and yet an all out riot I doubt recodring equipment would've survived

[@JohnBrown-pq9tj]

Sus.

[@steveeaton8493]

@@JohnBrown-pq9tj sorry you missed the 90s

[@deniseross2590]

90s mosh pits were nothing to sneeze at. Bunch of guys slam dancing as hard as they could. As a girl, you got out of the way.​

[@rianjohnsonsux4344]

One of the most underrated songs of the 90’s. Incredible tune, that still rocks.

[@mikeyerian2562]

This song unfortunately came late in the alternative rock game, and that's a shame. Because this is a great song.

[@saxwastaken]

@@mikeyerian2562 If anything I'd say it came out too early, I bet if they had held the song until the very start of the 2000s it would have been an absolute fucking hit

[@mikeyerian2562]

@@saxwastaken By the time this came out, pop music had stormed back with a vengeance. Maybe in early 2000 it would've made a dent, idk.

[@saxwastaken]

@@mikeyerian2562 this song has quite a catchy sound and alt rock had re-solidified itself again in the early 2000s, it would have definitely been a pretty big hit

[@StonTV78]

one of the most underrated bands of the era

[@nick5865]

fonseca2710 Underrated in the worst band of all time

[@nick5865]

sorry but what i am trying to say is i think they are bland i mean there are so many better options like metallica quiet riot you get my point i am saying they just bland they dont sound good for the 90s or today i think they are not good

[@nick5865]

Nirvana Pearl Jam Green Day red hot chilly peppers weezer guns n roses foo fighters AC/DC Def Leppard I mean they were just not good enough for their time they were a one hit wonder but a small one too I mean tell me a Nother song that you like by them

[@nick5865]

Plus Pink Floyd was more popular than them when they were at their prime “ and the formed in the 60s

[@nick5865]

And ya I have listened to their work

[@AngiO-f1s]

My name is Angelina n I bought this album when I was 14. Later on battled prescription pill addiction. Keep going kids, things do get better ❤

[@throwawaykiddo]

Proud of you for recovering! Thanks for sharing your story 🙏

[@LordTeaboBaggins]

I actually own all of Sponge's albums. It's a shame they never got their due in the 90's. They were actually one of the best post-grunge bands out there. I even used this song as theme music when I wrestled.

[@maiammyself5680]

I agree. This song just touches a cord in so many ways

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

You mean grunge

[@LordTeaboBaggins]

@@ReadingAreaRailfan no, it’s post grunge.

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

@@LordTeaboBaggins to me grunge never ended I consider it grunge

[@JohnBrown-pq9tj]

I've forgotten 2/3 of what I learned in law school, but I remember the lyrics to this song from an album I never even owned.

[@michaelharris1843]

I've been injured. Will you represent me?

[@JohnBrown-pq9tj]

@@michaelharris1843 Fuck if I passed the bar.

[@RichardFriendartist]

YES!!! hahha awesome!!

[@caiusmadison2996]

Yup. Marketing. 90's. You got got.

[@THX-bz8bi]

?

[@Tougie24]

90's, when music videos could be outrageous and the song lyrics were completely confusing, yet the song was still awesome.

[@MC-by2ez]

Miss those 90's

[@AngiO-f1s]

The lyrics were confusing??

[@markdigiorgio1526]

I run a summer concert series in upstate NY and have booked them for the past 3 years in a row for it. I've also booked them for other shows starting back in 2014 - THEY NEVER DISAPPOINT

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Care to mention the general area this takes place in? (I'd probably go)

[@robertlamble6523]

@@BaronVonQuiply I agree

[@Cybersamuraidave]

90s..... dam we never getting those days back. What a revolution for music.

[@grimfirehead603]

Last time I saw them, my mother in law was front and center of the stage and the lead singer was gyrating right in her face... made her week.

[@markdigiorgio1526]

😆

[@serik1165]

This song is a forgotten mini-masterpiece. Almost makes me feel nostalgic.

[@justadev____7232]

No doubt about it for me. %100 without a doubt feel that nostalgia

[@ajadeleye4970]

Almost?

[@MaximusX67]

Does it make you ... wax nostalgic?

[@mikebailey3680]

This is still one of my all time favorites....

[@bmstylee]

ah the 90s. the last decade that had mainstream music worth listening to.

[@KC0MCS]

+bill marks Indeed!!!

[@bmstylee]

AnthonyTube​ I offered a millennial snowflake. Man it's a good day. Something tells me that you are mistaken.

[@mikew9584]

I liked you until your political sh_t!!

[@vdsp011]

The year this came out (1996) was the last great year for mainstream radio/music videos. 1997 had a dozen plus good songs, but otherwise it was a terrible year and it only got worse.

[@eriklarson9137]

Wild Bill is correct.

[@flm829]

What a kick-ass song. Doesn't matter what year, decade, genre, etc..,, It's good f'ing music....

[@walkintovelvet]

Hell yeah!

[@kelleymetalchic4748]

Hell ya

[@Iridescent_Unicorn]

2023 who's still listening? Who still remembers every word?? Me me!!

[@theseattlegreen1871]

It's an underrated amazing song

[@johnholmeswebb8162]

I spent 27 years trying to find this song. When I was in 8th grade, one of my classmates made a skating video with a bunch of songs of the time in the background, and ive always remembered this hook, but I never knew who it was. I went through, "the goo goo dolls, gin blossoms, candlebox, just to find out TODAY, who it was. The 90's and early 2000's had me so f'd up. Thanks google.

[@happymofo]

Always have loved this band. I remember it coming on the radio kisw Seattle mid 90s

[@brooksbabcock8530]

I will forever love this song. Such a groovy tune

[@packrat-y7j]

RIP Mike.

[@tpistol6913]

Sponge is the most underrated band of the 90s… I saw them in concert a few months ago and they still got it…

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Elaine on Seinfeld had a whole arc about them IIRC

[@angelfly2sun]

I love this band... This song kicks ass... I totally miss the 90s...

[@user-user-user-user.]

All you youngsters out there… this mayhem was played on rock radio in the 90’s. Yes. We had original music and eclectic artists populating the airwaves.

[@chrishoyt5129]

ive been a addict almost long as I been a musician, 18 years about. every time my addictions got too bad my creativity went out the door as well as the drive to play music.. Now im clean and I can actually get new music written and I play much better clean than fucked up...

[@shadrawk1]

Absolutely, I wish I could give this comment two thumbs up.

[@DJdeliverance]

Idk cuz a person like me im like a person on drugs sober lmao so i need to do the right ones like weed shrooms acid dmt and mdma is the hardest ill do now. But that rest nah nooo coke or booze n pills n fkn meth etc THOSE are how ya fcuk up but to each they own and were all diff

[@JoseHernandez-ql8vw]

How about now?

[@undergroundkingz7969]

weed is great for artistic stuff but it’s also not addictive.

[@undergroundkingz7969]

@@DJdeliverance agreed

[@joshhook64]

Sponge was SOOO underrated!

[@jschlitzski9646]

D-E-T-R-O-I-T!!! The Home of Rock n Roll...

[@RexApplegate]

Having traveled much and lived elsewhere I couldn't agree less, but I sure didn't mind when WRIF used to pump them and this song all the time.

[@mi.dogman4438]

​@RexApplegate Only problem... I remember they still played Bob Seger's new album along with other bands like this... I get it. Bob was tge shiz. Even uncle Ted forced Damn Yankees. And THAT was ok on WRIF. But...... Not Bob. Ha! Always remember.... Drew blows!

[@woothasnice]

Wow this song has as much juice as plowed.😮

[@seanharris4251]

This band still holds up today. Good stuff

[@vanessajuneangel6628]

Takes me back to freshman year of high school in spring 1996. Good memories.

[@ARon82]

I was born in 82

[@JClaus1221]

Still remember seeing them at Music Midtown in 1999 in Atlanta, I was an old man rocking out in the midst of the teenagers. They opened the set with this tune, to say the crowd went nuts is an understatement. It was bedlam. Can we go back....

[@starlettrawlings5596]

I just saw them in concert this past Thursday!

[@coryrikard8943]

My car actually spoke to me the other day, asking me to stop playing this song. I now have a new car.

[@jc.1191]

😂

[@jenniferdonovan8190]

first hear on the raido as a premier. 6-29-24. we're still listing.

[@kurtisgardner7014]

He's is right: " Happiness is just a purchase away", I am buying this CD; amazing band!!!!

[@amyking5712]

Phone call

[@crodriguez2360]

lol

[@positivepsycho2932]

Did you buy it yet?

[@jacobmartinelli7496]

the distortion is them justifying bothering (to hope at your expense ..., to insist despite you and or just or to leave you stranded after they've flattered themselves[?] ) because of feeling bothered by you saying you feel bothered (unless you were just overwhelmed.)

[@beathaknockturnal8555]

Clean and sober these days and holy shit....This kick ass song pops into my head and so many feelings and memories came rushing in.

[@allears9963]

"happiness is just a purchase away"

[@bangdeadx3436]

just found this band yesterday and can't stop listening... this is a good shit from grunge era \m/

[@Kurok4ever]

The second album is good too.

[@jc.1191]

🤘

[@Gen_X_Amy]

Welcome to the Fold 🤭

[@jg6657]

@@Gen_X_Amy that's Filter :P

[@OmarLuna1981]

Proud to hear this song in 1996, Lima - Peru. Teenage memories. They don't make good bands like this anymore...

[@OmarLuna1981]

+Omar Luna Still listening to them in year 2015!!!!

[@MrMattymace]

Ahh Yesssssss.....Reminds me of Home...Good Old DebtRiot.......

[@Jaspertine]

It's also worth remembering the time in which this song came out. The mid 90s saw a considerable boom in the consumption of the SSRI family of anti-depressants, like Prozac or Paxil. Many people suspect that the heavy marketing push behind these drugs was a large part of their new popularity, and they were being prescribed in cases where other forms of treatment would have been more appropriate, but patients wanted Prozac because they saw it on TV.

[@Adrian4713]

Exactly. Just a reminder to the youngsters. This song had a point at the time.

[@Sarah.Riedel]

I can actually specifically remember the exact time at which it suddenly became legal to advertise prescription drugs on television. Because remember until the mid-'90s there was literally a law against it. No RX ads on TV whatsoever until they changed the rule. Within a few years that was all there was during the commercials.

[@danklordsupreme8864]

A conspiracy to destroy the American family unit.

[@billsmith7642]

Those look like Fish Oil capsules if anything.....maybe the message was to ditch natural supplements in favor of SSRI's?

[@GKW76]

It struck me as somewhat of an indictment of the prescription drug push. But also, an indictment of the miracle cure infomercial-“got (insert problem here)?! Well, HAVE WE GOT A SOLUTION FOR YOU! In three easy steps (introduce obscure Swedish doctor)...” Ah. The 90s. Prescription drugs readily prescribed, miracle cures abound.

[@RicoLen1]

This guy still reminds me of Layne Staley... He looked like Staley to me 15 years ago when I saw the video for Plowed on MTV's Alternative Nation, and he still looks like him to me today. I remember being the only one at my high school liking this album, or even Sponge... Ohwell, I don't care what other people think, this song kicks ass.

[@cotiaratv3651]

Fave Sponge song.

[@decayingwhale]

I use to work with Joey Mazzola, guitarist/song writer for Sponge, on Melrose Blvd in the late 80s. I remember the nights we would discuss various bands and musical acts in LA. Seriously, Joey was really super knowledgable about music, song structure and music theory. Hella of guitar player too.

[@d.pplastermaster8215]

On my nightly 90s kick I'm glad I'm a punk ass teenager of the 90s it was and still is the best of times

[@duaneflint11]

I'm here because I follow Dave Ellefson and love his new band The Lucid. I was like, hey that Vinnie dude is an amazing singer, lemme check out his other band and damn, Sponge rocks!

[@bradarnett8632]

Happiness is just a purchase away...

[@timc3665]

Probably the most underrated band of the 90s.

[@kennyhall2118]

If I said Roller Derby Girls Was Genius. You Guys had Hit Songs!

[@dailynews9986]

RIP Mike Cross.

[@machizmo77]

I could listen to this song all day........... all sshshsh day............

[@serendipity9987]

ROCK N Fiing ROLL peoples.

[@sashabenner3916]

One of the best songs of the 90s.

[@rockpillsTV]

One of the best bands of the 90´s.

[@jtvitilio]

the kid watchin big sis eat the 'wax estatic' with cereal.. kills me,,LOL ! his reaction is so real .

[@islanders1329fan]

Great song to crank up when driving on the freeway

[@Mephistophelina]

Drunk as hell reminiscing about that good 90s alt rock at the age of 34 in 2019

[@Snapperjacker]

Same😂

[@supsound]

I have 11 years on you and I'm doing the same thing! It all went to shit in the early 2000's......

[@CS-cv5es]

34 this year. Yep

[@willclay739]

Apparently the lead singer had his gold tooth removed because it wasn't put in correctly and it was causing gum issues. He had it melted down and made to be part of a skull ring that he now wears

[@moneenerd]

One of the best songs of the 90s fight me

[@mikebailey3680]

This album is 24 years old and this is still one of my favorite songs.....

[@haleymartin977]

That guitar though 👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@fuzzmosisr8601]

Just a shameless My Bloody Valentine rip-off to be honest lmao.

[@sarahkrystal6989]

I've loved this band for so many years now. Sooo fkn missunderstood underrated 😤. Ughhhh! I love you guys!!

[@markhaury]

saw them in 96, good show

[@icecreampimpdeux]

Sponge rocks!

[@JSN746]

Just saw them live at a private party, Vin's voice sounds the same

[@arrowfitzgibbon7775]

i believe it.

[@ambermills7718]

Jeff S I just saw them this past Saturday. And I agree. Still amazing

[@kmaz8329]

Jeff S 430 lakeside drive us 275 gunnar aherholm address mark.aherholm street..

[@Kate-fn4zu]

Jealous!!!

[@eduardo_RX0]

I remember hearing this song at the mid of 90's!! year is 2020 and still a so fuckn bad ass song!! Makes me feel happy and full nostalgic! We cant go to the past and live that time again but hearing musics like this we can feel all the good things what we lived at that time!. What a good times! How i miss this...

[@mustashman260]

Totally forgot about this song. Was listening to Sirius XM Lithium and heard plowed by sponge and it reminded me of this one. Been probably 20 years but listening in 2022!!

[@george-trad]

90's rock always brings me back. Love feeling nostalgic!

[@NYPATRIOTBX]

saw these guys last night at The Chance theatre in poughkeepsie NY, kick ass show and real down to earth people, Vinnie sounds Exactly the same and still rocking.

[@kennyhall2118]

Still listening!

[@kurtissmith3513]

Ahh high school.

[@joshua_forrest]

+Kurtis Smith My thoughts exactly

[@AdamBiggers81]

Middle school. The older cool kids turned me on to Sponge.

[@lovingeveryminuteofit3362]

Kicking solo and I just love the whole vibe of this one ...

[@davidbrunet5779]

Underrated album ! Bought this back in the day and still playing in 2020

[@filippo-m-7824]

I'm hearing this song for the first time. What a sound!

[@jasonvinluan2389]

So glad & blessed Sponge is gonna be @ AB&E this year & today; thank God, amen. Jason S Vinluan PolitZero Press & Print, LLC

[@jasonpeters9716]

When life has lost all its magic... (Remember this line at 18yrs old when this dropped in 1997. Man...TIME start my 3rdQtr!)

[@legacyofpop]

Ditto from three years ago...STILL one of the best tracks I ever heard !

[@SunshineClementine]

This was one of my favs of the cassette. I still have it! Paired with Bush...everything was fine like dandelion wine. x

[@nicelady8165]

Nobody knows the chills I feel hearing this.

[@CS-cv5es]

I do

[@CS-cv5es]

It's how I know that music is love and love is connected. Because I get those chills too

[@derekryan1363]

Yes, there are plenty of us who can relate

[@moshgirl973]

A shiver comes over me every time this song pops up on one of my playlists!

[@SuperKendy82]

so true!

[@RexApplegate]

Shout out to Drew Lane and the late Mike Clark for making sure this song was hyped well into the 2000's in metro detroit and thus making me aware of it. Such a cool tune.

[@GeoffC19]

as good as Dave and Chuck the Freak are, Drew and Mike are absolute Detroit legends - WRIF was soooo good in the 90's

[@dannyburns1867]

Don't forget in the 80's wrif Arthur penhollow He was the best d.j. I ever knew.after that Drew and Mike morning show was the best I have ever heard as well

[@RexApplegate]

@@dannyburns1867 I went to high school with the son of a WRIF lawyer. He said nobody at the station liked him, and that he wouldn't be on air too much longer as a result. Then and now I found that sad. He did his job as a good traditional DJ playing as much good music as theyd let him. There were blatantly some toe stepping personality nutcases, and other ridiculous behaviors routine listeners of the past got clued into. 15 years ago I spent a year in Phoenix, then shortly after the SF Bay, and realized how truly awful detroit radio is. Drew used to make fun of people who called out the superiority of every other region's radio stations, but they were right. Then right after I got back drew and Mike got taken off the air. 10 years later I still don't listen to the radio here. It's complete shit, especially without Drew and Mike's humor pre FCC crackdown that was such a memorable part of my childhood.

[@dannyburns1867]

Didn't know that he was a jerk.he always had a good looking woman with him in the television commercials and was always present in the music/concert scene. I'm in Phoenix now and the morning show here is pretty graphic for a fcc crackdown

[@RexApplegate]

@@dannyburns1867 To be clear and specific I think some others were jerks, and to be fully honest- at least one case of a full blown narcissistic psychopath. I have never heard of a reason to dislike Arthur P, whereas I intuitively disliked many others of the era. The post Janet Jackson titty exposure at the super bowl fcc crackdown neutered Drew and Mike 20 years ago. They got real scared of getting hammered by complaints and fines. Much has fluctuated and changed since, never mind other places.

[@dbpiercy1]

Great song

[@raimywinter2309]

46 and still got this turnt 2 11.

[@willclay739]

Cool song and video

[@DavidEvans_dle]

"When life is nothing less than tragic It's wax ecstatic"

[@ARon82]

My life is wax ecstatic

[@paularyche]

Saw them last night The Machine Shop, Flint MI. and they rocked the house down!!

[@paularyche]

And how does this only have 508k veiws...baffled...lol

[@realmichaud]

I heard it on the radio back then, or saw it on MTV but it really didn't get that much play

[@bohottie]

This is their best song. Love it!

[@badcappincarrot8085]

Great dual guitar work

[@raimywinter2309]

43 and still rawking this.🤘🏻🎱

[@MisledDan]

Each time I hear Chris Jericho's Y2J ring entrance theme playing, the opening part with the countdown always made me think of the opening riff to this song.

[@hammerhead300]

WAX ECSTATIC. It makes you watch roller derby.

[@DrDom-le3yv]

Treat your ears and eyes -- go see Sponge LIVE during this 2021 tour!!

[@matthew21.44]

Wow I have missed this so much! Another one of 90's greatest. Woohoo!

[@benoitplacide2751]

houuuhouuu ... so great

[@matthew21.44]

Benoît Placide so great why didn't you like it?!😠 haha kidding

[@justingarrison6663]

Melissa MF i totally forgot this one.

[@kmaz8329]

Melissa MF maybe.include us in.wax ecstatic no.ill Joe oesci cannot.in novels 3.for little nemo on HBO..

[@angelinaruiz420]

Awesome

[@planetcemetery3126]

One of those songs that you can't help but sing along to, because every word of it is absolutely true... 🤔💭🎭

[@allears9963]

still loving this tune...cool as FUCK.."throw all your problems away, there's nothing left in the world to save, happiness is just a purchase away"

[@Covert_Smalls]

This video in 1996 scared me into going to the dentist

[@Kingdennissinned]

90's the only decade worth going back to.

[@mountaincat2001]

Saw these guys and had the privilege to meet Vinnie in person at lapeer days , lapeer michigan with seven Mary three. These guys are amazing. Thank you for the music.

[@robertwertz2246]

Im going to be seeing these guys on the 16th!

[@alfonsomango_suyu]

I remember watching this on 120 minutes at 5am in a Saturday. Sometimes overnight brings wonders.