Flagpole sitta lindsey pavao biography

ByMina Elwell

The 1990s gave birth to both grunge and pop punk, as well as an era of affected irony.

By the time Seattle band Harvey Danger performed their single "Flagpole Sitta" on "The Late Show with David Letterman" in 1998, the staples of alternative rock — a genre filled with contradictory lyrics and conflicted frontmen — were already considered "Old Hat."

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"Emotion, sincerity, sentimentality were all taboo, and the idea of a moral stance was just embarrassing," The Guardian's Zoe Williams wrote of 90s culture.

"You said whatever you said ironically or not at all."

This specific environment, paired with the overwhelming oversaturation of their hit single, may have contributed to how briefly Harvey Danger was in the public eye, but it also created the perfect backdrop for "Flagpole Sitta" to become a hit.

Dan Weiss of Stereogum described the song as being able to "sum up its own era." Harvey Dan