Classic Video: ‘Miserable’ – Lit

You make me come
You make me complete
You make me completely miserable

Back in ’99, this level of wordplay in post-grunge alternative was creative. Lit had nailed the angry, lovesick teen sentiment way before emo. Show me a 15 year old who watched this video, went into a record store and didn’t pick up the orange cassette, and I’ll show you a 15 year old girl. ‘Miserable’ represented the height of young male hedonism. I mean, they’re play a song on Pamela Anderson’s butt for heaven’s sake.

A Place In The Sun was Lit’s radio rock masterpiece – the hooks were clean, the lyrics were half clever and the videos were wildly self indulgent. When everyone else was being whiny assed about love and relationships, Lit said ,”Fuck that, here’s our pop. Watch it while Pamela Anderson eats us.”

And so we did. As we do now.