Saturday Morning Soundtrack -- "We Hate It When You Get What You Want" by Filter

It's officially November--there's a chill in the air and so that means we need a little music to warm the insides. We'll be moving on in The Saturday Morning Soundtrack series to the 60's shortly, but first, music blogger Dan Joyce has a few thoughts on 90's alternative rock and new song to share.


As always, let us know what you think in the comments below! Or, even better, consider writing your own Saturday Morning Soundtrack entry for a future post. And, after you read the commentary, keep checking out the Youtube page to play through the entire series playlist seamlessly while you write, work, exercise, or simply rock out!

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"We Hate It When You Get What You Want" -- Filter (2013)

I’ve been keeping up with Filter for many years now, following frontman and creative captain, Richard Patrick from breakout albums Short Bus and Title of Record, to some lesser known, like Amalgamut and "Soldiers Of Misfortune." Filter has had a resurgence of late. A number of 90’s rock and alternative bands have gone on tour recently. Bush, Everclear, and Stone Temple Pilots (now with Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington at the helm) have taken to the road and reminded us of 90's rock--formative listening years for me, personally.

Filter hasn’t missed a beat either, and in addition to constant touring, Richard Patrick has released two albums in the last 3 years with dynamic guitarist Johnny Radke (of Kill Hannah) and powerhouse bassist Phil Buckman. Filter has never felt so alive and current, while staying true the sound that Richard Patrick created 20 years ago.

Influenced by his days playing guitar for Nine Inch Nails, Patrick has always sprinkled his records with a healthy dose of electronica, like on the popular "(Can You) Trip Like I Do," and he does so again on the stellar opening track of this year’s The Sun Comes Out Tonight. "We Hate It When You Get What You Wanted" stomps and struts behind Radke’s boomerang guitar work. Patrick’s biting lyrics are in perfect harmony with the electronic beeps and buzzes that envelope the track.

In this day we are surrounded by the fantasies people post on the internet. And this song feels like an appropriate response to all that garbage constantly bombarding our senses. Here, Richard Patrick is calling bullshit, saying you can’t possibly be everything you claim.

It's the kind of song we listen to with a swagger in our step, fist pumping, middle finger in the air. We don’t care about your perfect life or whatever you’re trying to pass it off as. Your pretty, plastic world is nothing to be proud of, so, as the songs says, just "sit yourself down!"

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