2000 Great Songs #1392: Start Choppin'
I personally think Dinosaur Jr. recorded their best albums both before and after their momentary flirtation with mid-90s alt.rock radio/MTV attention; still, some of the singles from this era, while totally of the moment, were pretty sublime. "Start Choppin'," from 1993's Where You Been , is built around a riff that feels both sloppy and effortless yet has been stuck in my head ever since. J. Mascis brings his finest whiny croon to "goodbye," and the whole thing feels like a Bizarro universe boy band pop song. Live 2017: Failures Union cover: See the entire Top 2000 to date in a sortable database !
