Truthfully, 1989 kinda blurs with 1990.

That applies to music and movies.

Weird, I've never for a second thought this. Summer of '89 to me is firmly in the 80's. I realize the franchise moved well past that, but the first one didn't make me think anything but the year it came out (in June BTW).

I found it interesting some of the comments about Jane's Addiction and the metal scene in Los Angeles. They sort of had the look and I'm sure in Los Angeles it would have been easy to see the similarities, but from an East coast perspective, I never thought of them like that. Firmly alternative rock with way better ideas/music than the lunkhead late 80's glam scene. Perry definitely helped pave the way for alternative rock to explode, if not with his band then with Lollapalooza. I remember going to the first one in 1991 and it was not clear at the time that Nirvana was going to blow up big. There was a great deal of excitement that SOMEONE had enough balls to put together a big show like that. It was a very fresh idea that I didn't really connect too much with the grunge movement.

http://perezhilton.com/2010-01-22-ja...-to-the-studio

This.

Well, I'm one of those people who found the song tiring and monotonous back in the day, so there's strike one against it.

Strike two was the fact that it's one of the most overplayed songs in the history of white people's music... not so much on college\rock radio (although there is that), but at parties, bars, road trips, etc. Combine the tediousness of the song with hearing it at least 47 times a week back then, and you can see why it might get on one's nerves.

Strike three were those airhead chicks who loved Jane's back then. I thought for a while there that I might strangle the next girl who said "ohmygawd! I loooooovvvve Jane's Addiction!1!1!11!!".

On a more personal level, I'm an East Coast guy all the way, and Jane's was a West Coast band that really didn't appeal to me on any level. I mean, I could listen to the band and see why people would like them, but their music, artwork, appearance, ethos... all said "Los Angeles", and in my book, no good band ever came out of California.

The Doors, X, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Love, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Germs, Black Flag, NOFX, The Minutemen, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, Faith No More, Metallica, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Camper Van Beethoven, Stone Temple Pilots, Megadeth, Pavement, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Sly and the Family Stone, Santana, and Sparks are not good bands/artists?

Yeah, but "Jane Says" first came out on album in 1987. Does everyone not have this? Wonder what I could get for my copy on vinyl...

I understand that. What you quoted was about "Batman" and the year 1989, not "Jane Says".

Why own it when the radio already overplays it?