Pavement - Range Life
"I want a range life. If I could settle down then I would settle down."
Album: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain [2nd album]
Recorded: New York, New York, USA
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Slacker Rock
Album Release: February 14th 1994
Single Release: January 1995 [3rd single]
Length: 4:55
Producer: Pavement
Vocals: Stephen Malkmus [age 27]
Label: Matador Records
Music video
Live in San Diego 1999
Charts
Spotify: Over 30 million
YouTube Music: Over 4 million
Credits
Details
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The songs mocks The Smashing Pumpkins saying "I don't know what they mean. I couldn't give a fuck." In 1994 Pavement were dropped from a Lollapalooza tour after The Smashing Pumpkins threatened to pull out if Pavement were on the bill. It's evident that Stephen Malkmus deliberately changed the lyrics to reference the Pumpkins as an early demo version from 1993 doesn't mention the band at all.
- Billy Corgan denies trying to get them kicked off the bill and claims that Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds were told the same thing by a malicious actor.
- The song also takes aim at The Stone Temple Pilots with Malkmus exclaiming "The Stone Temple Pilots... they don't deserve nothing more than me."
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