The lyrics from another single from the album, “Range Life”, criticized alternative rock stars the Smashing Pumpkins and the Stone Temple Pilots . Malkmus has insisted over the years that the line is meant to be light-hearted and is sung from the point of view of the aging hippie character in the song. Later live versions of the track had Malkmus substituting ” the Spice Girls “, ” Counting Crows “, or others for “Stone Temple Pilots”. In response, Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan threatened to drop his band from their slot headlining the 1994 Lollapalooza Festival if Pavement was allowed to play. Corgan and Malkmus traded barbs in the press for several years afterwards.
Range Life lyrics criticize rock stars
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