SIS - Insomniac edition
by Daedalus on Jan 14, 2009 3:24 AM EST
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I don't sleep.
I have had something of a sleeping disorder for what I suspect has been all of my life. I remember my mother becoming angry because I slept so late, but honestly, even as a kid, I had trouble getting out of bed because I hadn't slept the night before. The sleep paralysis and the vivid dreams I have when I finally drift off has led some doctors to suggest I have narcolepsy, but the process to diagnose such a disorder is lengthy and expensive, so I have never had an official diagnosis. Narcolepsy is the inability for a body to regulate sleep cycles. Most people who suffer from this disorder are cursed by the symptom of following asleep at random times, but I don't really have that problem, though I have been known on occassion to zone out. It's the insomnia that dulls my mind. So it's 3am and I am still awake with no sleep in sight, I've been thinking about the worst songs from the nineties. We named a bunch of crappy songs:
Macarena
What If God Was One of Us (subjunctive, anyone?) by Joan Osborne
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? by Paul Cole
Freshmen by The Verve Pipe
Meet Virginia by Train
Those Aerosmith songs that all sound the same
Rico Suave
Achy Breaky Heart
Color Me Bad
Step by Step
Mambo No. 5
I'll Be There for You by The Rembrants (Friends theme)
Spice Girls
Everything Zen by bush
That Candlebox Song
Cumbersome
How Bizarre by OMC
I Want You by Savage Garden
Real Big Fish
Ace of Base
There were others, but I don't remember them and don't feel like looking them up again. I'd like to add "I'm Blue da da dee" by Eiffel sixtysomething and anything by the Spin Doctors and All Star by Smash Mouth and Crash Test Dummies' Mmm mmm mmm and Mmm Bop and oh my god it's all coming back to me now! (That song, too.)
All of this terrible music got me thinking, what are the ten worst songs of all time? What are my ten least favorite songs? What songs really make me cringe? It was tough to pick just ten, and I realized just how many crappy songs are out there. I mean, nearly all the shit that gets radio play these days is garbage and all that American Idol stuff is computer generated, but crap pop is nothing new. Think Styx. Think Rush. Think Boston. I mean, "More Than a Feeling" is considered by many to be a "classic" song, but it's one of the worst songs evah. People who still listen to that garbage, who see it on iTunes' "guilty pleasures" and buy it are people who probably will go out and buy the new Camero.
My list for top ten worst songs evah includes:
Ironic by Alanis Morrisett because nothing in the song is Ironic
I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) by Meatloaf - for the longest time I didn't know what "that" was.
Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue by Toby Keith - if he was so angry about 9/11, why didn't he join the military and fight instead of putting out this racist crap?
I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston - don't get that wail into your head. It won't go away.
The Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler - this song is cringe worthy.
We Are the World - the money they raised for this crappy song wasn't enough to keep up with the pace of debt for African countries. As god awful as this song is, at least twenty years later people have learned that aid doesn't work without economic development and debt relief.
Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - seriously, two music greats does not make a right.
Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus - Yeah, I think everyone can agree on this.
Mickey by someone who shouldn't have had a record contract. Oh Mickey, you're so fine you blow my mind and my eardrums.
We Built This City by Starship - quite possibly the worst song ever recorded. I like how they complain about "someone always changing corporation names" though they'd changed their band name three times.
So what are your top ten worst songs of all time? Because there are so many crap songs to choose from, I've established some rules:
1. Had to be a "hit" song, meaning it can't be something obscure that no one's heard of
2. Don't confuse horrible song for overplayed. A lot of decent songs are ruined by overplay, but that doesn't make them bad songs.
3. That's it. If I made any typos it's because it's 3am and my eyes are burning from no sleep and staring at this screen.
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I'd don't usually approve of this
but First!
I haven’t read the whole thread but did anyone nominate Cher’s Believe for worst song of the 90’s?
by Red Menace on Jan 14, 2009 3:36 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Worst songs of all time?
anything by U2
by jacob brumfield on Jan 14, 2009 3:38 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Daedalus must have fallen asleep
I really hate that “closing time” song in the ‘90s but I don’t know that it’s bottom-10 worthy.
by ken on Jan 14, 2009 8:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why the U2 hate?
They’ve put out some great stuff in their day. Although there was one album I bought a few years ago that was just so sleep-inducing I got rid of it quickly.
You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris
by cesarhernandez on Jan 14, 2009 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
its an inside joke
Daedalus is very fond of U2.
chandrathan doesnt get it either…
by obc2 on Jan 14, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i really don't
Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.
by chandrathan on Jan 14, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
come on D.
not even a ‘screw you’…… or is our lady in uniform too accustomed to verbal assault. Did they teach you how to kill with your bare hands?
by jacob brumfield on Jan 15, 2009 4:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
she can kill you through the internet now
be afraid, be very afraid
90 wins in 09!!
by Caleb on Jan 19, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What's with al the Reel Big Fish hate?
I don’t get it..
Turn the Radio Off is one of the best albums of the 90’s
Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.
by chandrathan on Jan 14, 2009 8:48 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I like Sell Out
"I AM ARABIC FOR SUGAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -- by sukr on Jan 12, 2009 4:55 PM EST
by jch24 on Jan 14, 2009 10:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
like someone said in the other thread
they are to ska what olive garden is to Italian.
by Daedalus on Jan 14, 2009 11:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Need to fix this
“What Olive Garden is to Skatalian.”
[/needless trombone solo]
by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 11:20 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
hahah perfect
No bees? Then who will sting me and walk on my sandwiches?
by The Crushinator on Jan 14, 2009 6:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
successful?
Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.
by chandrathan on Jan 14, 2009 11:34 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Wow
Hey I know plenty of ska bands that make in the tens of dollars
No bees? Then who will sting me and walk on my sandwiches?
by The Crushinator on Jan 14, 2009 6:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Courtesy of the Red White and Blue
I would agree that this song is very corny, and with lyrics like “the statue of liberty started shaking her fist” thats hard to deny. Just curious what you think is racist about it?
http://www.countrygoldusa.com/courtesy_red_white_blue.asp
He mentions the US having a “big black eye”, but I don’t think he means that to be racist.
He also mentions that “This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage”, but this was pre Mike Vick.
Just wondering what about this song is racist. Also, Toby Keith was like 40 when this song came out. Probably a little late in life to enlist in the Army.
Bruce Bonser? Boone Bonser? Boot Bonser? BOOSE BONZER?
by Lakeman on Jan 14, 2009 8:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
You're right that the song isn't explicitly racist...
but it does encourage the kind of blind rage exhibited by people who thought we should kill all A-rabs because a few Muslims took out the WTC. It was implicitly cheering on attacking Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11. Moreover, it was certainly xenophobic, and implicitly racist just because that xenophobia was directed at brown people everywhere.
Plus, sure he was old then, but Toby Keith could have bothered to join the military at any point in his life if he thought it was so important to kill as many people as possible in the name of the Red, White, and Blue.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 9:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it really fit the time period
but became dated REALLY quickly. Liiiiike 4 months. I still have it on my mp3 player and can never get through the entire song without skipping. The bells at the end are more than a bit much.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Jan 14, 2009 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How does it rate in comparison to
Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.”
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
The fact is that this song doesn’t actually say any of that. Not once does he mention race or arabs. The song has nothing in it that implies that he wants to kill as many people as possible, or that he thinks all A-rabs deserve to die. It simply doesn’t do that. Once again, I think the song is corny and pretty stupid, but this is a huge overreaction to this song.
Bruce Bonser? Boone Bonser? Boot Bonser? BOOSE BONZER?
by Lakeman on Jan 14, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention that for the statue of liberty to shake her fist.
It would either be a very awkward gesture, or she’d just have to drop the stuff she’s holding.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on Jan 14, 2009 9:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
perhaps killing a few innocent bystanders and tourists in the process
We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches
by Slyde on Jan 14, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Gray says it best
I don’t care if Toby Keith is a Democrat who supported Obama, that song incited a lot of controversy and helped fuel the anti-Muslim attitudes of the low-information American. As someone who worked in the MENA field, the song got a lot of press coverage in the Arab media. And no, we hadn’t invaded Iraq yet, but everyone knew we were going to, at least the informed among us did. And he doctored those photos of that Dixie Chick to show her with Saddam after she said that song was an embarrassment to country music.
by Daedalus on Jan 14, 2009 11:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Be that as it may
“Whiskey Girl” was a much worse Toby Keith song. It was so bad that it almost made me hate Whiskey.
Bruce Bonser? Boone Bonser? Boot Bonser? BOOSE BONZER?
by Lakeman on Jan 14, 2009 4:02 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
You guys sure do know a lot of Toby Keith songs...
His only good one is a duet with Buffett called Piece of work. Listen to it it’s awesome
Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.
by chandrathan on Jan 14, 2009 4:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Holy Moses People are on FIRE tonight
Rec’d
No bees? Then who will sting me and walk on my sandwiches?
by The Crushinator on Jan 14, 2009 6:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh, the Wind Beneath My Wings.
Almost as bad was From a Distance, which was earlier recorded by Nanci Griffith. Definitely my least favorite song she ever recorded.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 9:11 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Desperado by the Eagles = the worst song ever
It sucks so bad and it lasts forever.
The “Hey Mickey” song is terrible too. I refuse to frequent any drinking establishments where it’s a possiblity that that song might be played.
by Snake the Jake on Jan 14, 2009 9:13 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I hate the fucking Eagles, man.
I think Hotel California is worse, but it’s hard to pick one bad Eagles song.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 9:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
did you know that The Eagles of Death Metal
got their name from one guy saying to the other that Vader were the Eagles of Death Metal?
And yeah, EoDM kind of rock.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Jan 14, 2009 9:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I like 'em.
I’m a bigger fan of Joe Walsh, though.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They were okay at the time...
But I would have greatly preferred for them to keep doing solo stuff, rather than reuniting—and aren’t they still together?
I annoyed my girlfriend last week by singing “The Heat is On” after I loaned her my space heater. I had no idea that was Glenn Frey…
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ha! My high school's mascot is a Dragon.
Way back when, the pep band would play “The Heat is On” during basketball games. Those teams won a lot, so the song got played a lot. It got annoying in a hurry.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i cant find it on youtube
but the snl skit “The H is O” is one of my personal favorites.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 14, 2009 9:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I had never seen it...
but I found it.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you talking about Cincinnati's own "John Walsh"
The supergroup? seriously check them out theyre awesome, and from Cinci!
http://www.myspace.com/americasmostpositive
No bees? Then who will sting me and walk on my sandwiches?
by The Crushinator on Jan 14, 2009 6:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not exactly what I had in mind.
Still, life’s been good to me so far.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 15, 2009 12:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i'll take the guilty pleasure
although,
“Victim of love, you’re just a… victim of love.
I could be wrong, but I’m not.”
…has to be the worst lyric of all time.
by bbjones on Jan 15, 2009 3:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
a poke and a stab
1) Miami University Fight Song - thats a pretty easy one, duh!
2) “How Do You Talk To An Angel” by Ray Ray from 90210. Wrong on too many levels to list.
3) “Cotton Eyed Joe” - I just hate when this song plays when Im attending someone’s wedding reception.
4) “Do You Wanna Make A Memory” by Bon Jovi - sorry Jon, I like a lot of your other stuff. But this is fingernails on a chalkboard type stuff.
5) “Blinded By The Light” - i dont care what anyone says it sounds like douche to me.
6) “We Built This City” - a total no-brainer. Terrible.
7) Anything by Celine Dion or Karen Carpenter or Debbie Boone
8) “The Horse With No Name” - NAH NAH na na na. Puke.
9) “Soljah Boy” or whatever it is.
by obc2 on Jan 14, 2009 9:27 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
When I was a kid, I thought
the song said “horse with no legs.”
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 9:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
YOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
"I AM ARABIC FOR SUGAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -- by sukr on Jan 12, 2009 4:55 PM EST
by jch24 on Jan 14, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
"How Do You Talk To An Angel"
If this is what I’m remembering, it was the theme song to a very short-lived FOX show about a bunch of musicians.
by ken on Jan 14, 2009 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Eminem was your fav?
you’re always singing that one- “whoop there goes rabbity, babbitty babbitty babbitty.” For those of you that haven’t heard this in person, whew, side-splitting. This is how obc sings it, verbatim.
He had alot to say.
He had alot of nothing to say.
We'll miss him.
by sukr on Jan 15, 2009 1:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
its funnier when the beer is flowing
and its “blabbity”!!!!
by obc2 on Jan 15, 2009 2:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Shows based on reality
Oh, the humanity!
Oh, Ozzy’s family
Sho’ loves profanity
Whoa, the insanity
Oh, dogs that crap and pee
Home of depravity?
No, they live happily
Yo
Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.
by chandrathan on Jan 15, 2009 2:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I Believe by Blessid Union of Souls
"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jan 14, 2009 9:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Oh man, you don't like Boston?
That first album, you could put it on and just let it play. Not a bad song on it. I don’t have the itch to buy a Camero. A new pick-up maybe, but not a Camero. And you’re right, “We built this City” might well be the worst pop song ever.
As for Alanis, she’s always brought out the “shut up, get over it and move on” in me. I liked Styx as a kid, but came to realize that most of their stuff really isn’t very good. I once saw Styx, Survivor and REO Speedwagon in concert. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
I’m not sure I can narrow down the 10 worst. You guys have done a good job of that. Anything that’s terribly sappy such as Wind Beneath my Wings, that’s horrifically goofy such as Hey Mickey (although I still grin and listen when I hear the truly terrible Come on Eileen), and the Alanis-like angst-driven stuff I mentioned earlier makes me change stations.
I marvel at the talent of Led Zeppelin and love bands that really rock. I like Southern Rock. I love good Contemporary Christian that’s not just la-la stuff — Chris Rice, Casting Crowns, Chris Tomlin, Mercy Me and several others. And as Daedalus knows, I am into U2.
I don’t think every song has to have a deep, life-changing meaning. There’s nothing wrong with some ear candy. I’m not always in the mood to hear someone growl in song about their problems. At times, I just want to be entertained.
As for rap, as Gregg Allman said, “it’s short for crap.” If you like it, though, have at it.
Sorry to hear about the sleep difficulties. Nothing leads to a lousy day/attitude/pessimism like an inability to sleep. I have a night or two here and there, but nothing like what you’re experiencing. I feel for you. My wife has an uncle who will fall asleep in mid-sentence. It’s one of the most startling things I’ve ever experienced.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 9:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Dissenting opinion
Come On Eileen is the best song of the 80’s pop genre. I’ll take the flak for that statement.
by obc2 on Jan 14, 2009 9:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but that's kind of like
being the best ballerina in Beloit.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree about Boston.
You can’t fault that first album, man. Sure, it’s nothing remotely deep, but COMMON!
Dreck like “Amanda,” on the other hand…
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 9:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Since I started seriously home recording a few years ago
It’s changed the way I listened to a lot of music. Perhaps not necessarily for the better.
And I have to say that Boston’s first album sounds phenomenal given the technology of the time.
Rush is just on another planet.
All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.
by Man Mountain on Jan 14, 2009 9:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Tom Schultz - he could hit a lick or two.
But TT, please no disparaging words re: rap….from Run DMC to Tupac to Outkast..a great American art form.
Mads, he is a crazy old man. Plus we have kinda had the same sabrametric evolution togeather.
Justin
by Madville on Jan 15, 2009 1:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You forgot Public Enemy, Rakim, etc. :)
"I AM ARABIC FOR SUGAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -- by sukr on Jan 12, 2009 4:55 PM EST
by jch24 on Jan 15, 2009 9:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I once saw Styx, Survivor and REO Speedwagon in concert. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
I remember being pissed that I missed the Survivor/REO concert at Hara Arena circa 1985. REO is decent enough, but I have to admit to liking most of Survivor’s Vital Signs album. Gasp – I think I have it on 2 formats!
I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. - Bill Veeck
by PeteyHendrix on Jan 17, 2009 3:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
1985 is excusable
i’m gonna guess TT saw one of those reunion shows in this decade… ;)
by Daedalus on Jan 17, 2009 7:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ooh. Amy Grant.
I don’t remember her songs by name, but I know they were terrible.
And I hated when Eddie Vedder and whoever covered Where could my baby be and Big Yellow Taxi. In fact, all covers not done by shittily by ska bands can go to hell as far as i’m concerned.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on Jan 14, 2009 9:38 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Eddie Vedder and whoever?!?
Uh, his band’s name is Pearl Jam.
by obc2 on Jan 14, 2009 9:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Last Kiss
was a horrible choice for PJ to cover, since Vedder doesn’t remotely have the vocal range for it. Ugh. So painful to listen to that…
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 9:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
not their best tune imho
it was recorded live at a soundcheck and it was only intended for release to their fan club. it wound up being their biggest hit, unintentionally.
by obc2 on Jan 14, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Which is why you always cover Tony Orlando at soundcheck
All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.
by Man Mountain on Jan 14, 2009 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Big Yellow Taxi cover
was done by Counting Crows with Vanessa Carlton. A fine choice for ear-bleedingly bad song.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 10:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I will say this.
My two “guilty pleasures” of the 90s were Train and Collective Soul. Train, because I liked the first album (everything but Meet Virginia; note that the album was not otherwise very poppy), and I held on for a bit until they completely sold out. I tried to like the next album, but I could not stand Drops of Jupiter.
I must say, though: I still like Collective Soul.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 9:53 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Collective Soul I liked as much
as any “new” band. Remember, I’m a child of the 70s. Anything since Dire Straits is new to me.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 9:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, they're still around.
It’s basically a one-man band, though, with the other members more or less expendable. It helps that the frontman, Ed Roland, is not a bad songwriter and singer.
They signed a stupid contract early on and got screwed by their manager, essentially making nothing off of their multiplatinum self-titled album. They’ve gone through various attempts at reinvention ever since, some better than others, but all at least decent. Apparently the last album was their seventh(!) studio album.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 10:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Anything since Duane Eddy is new to me TT
Mads, he is a crazy old man. Plus we have kinda had the same sabrametric evolution togeather.
Justin
by Madville on Jan 16, 2009 8:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Worst Song Evah
Did someone mention this in the last thread and I missed it?
“Who Let the Dogs Out?” First time I heard it, I despised it.
Also, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” is right up there in my top 5 worst.
Or just go to a baseball game, there’s always the latest crap playing….over and over and over again. There was one I kept hearing during Reds broadcasts last summer, and it sucked hard. The tune escapes me (thank God).
You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris
by cesarhernandez on Jan 14, 2009 9:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
You think "Don't Worry, Be Happy' is bad.
Marshall was in the Southern Conference and played Appalachian State each year. In the 90s some guy came up with, “Don’t Worry, Beat Appy.” Big hit in Huntington. In Boone and everywhere else, not so much.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 10:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, in Boone the big hit is...
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 10:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my, that's horrendous!
That’s the greatest recruiting tool Western Carolina U. has ever had.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 3:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Quibble
I wonder if Achy Breaky Heart should qualify given your guidelines. I think it’s merely overexposed.
In the wasteland of post-70s radio ready country music, I think Achy Breaky Heart is a pretty well written song that harkens back to the Hank Williams/Ernest Tubb era. I can actually hear Hank Williams singing it, though I don’t think he would have written “It might blow up and kill this man.” He would have found something better than that.
I think it suffers from having launched a dance craze, the career of Billy Ray Cyrus, and pushed its way on to pop radio where a lot of listeners who don’t like country music had to listen to it. It’s also been overexposed as I said. But if you divorce the song itself from the surrounding factors (admittedly hard to do), I think it’s okay.
If you turn on a contemporary country station today, you will hear at least 5 or 6 songs that are easily worse than Achy Breaky Heart.
All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.
by Man Mountain on Jan 14, 2009 10:14 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yes, well.
If you turn on a contemporary country station today, you will hear at least 5 or 6 songs that are easily worse than Achy Breaky Heart.
That’s mainly because contemporary country is pretty much the same as the worst formulaic pop.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yes, it seems infected at the moment
with a sort of willful shallowness. It’s hard to imagine a real human behind many of the songs. Probably because there really isn’t. It’s a case of too many cooks ruining the broth.
I tried to write some songs for the Nashville mill in the early 2000s in tandem with a Classics professor of mine. He’d had some success in the 80s and thought we could get some stuff through. It’s an oddly byzantine process to even get a demo heard by the mail clerk at a mid-level Nashville firm.
First of all, most firms require that you get a professional demo made using industry-approved musicians. Interestingly, the route many aspiring songwriters take is to use Australian mills because they tend to be a little cheaper. But this part of the process still prices out a lot of folks.
If you’re really lucky, a song salesman will take your tune on commission and try to pitch it. If a pitch is successful, then the label will probably give it to an established person in their stable of writers to rework. That person will knock it into a rather strict formula, often stamping out anything unique about it.
At the end of that, your song is assigned to one of the hats at the label. Unless, it’s just dynamite it will probably end up as album filler (country music is still largely a singles-based medium) or given to one of their lesser hats.
You almost certainly won’t make any money off of this first cut, largely because the writer at the label has become your co-writer and has more dap than you. But at that point, you are in the system and you can begin working your way up to being in the writing stable.
It seems a lot like what I’ve heard about the film making process in Hollywood. It’s very market-tested, but like Hollywood, good stuff still outs every once in a while and, even better, there’s a dynamic shadow industry that has grown up around it.
All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.
by Man Mountain on Jan 14, 2009 12:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
One of my finer moments
I once dropped $5 in a jukebox at a bar/pool hall/clubhouse, played “Achy Breaky Heart” approximately 20 times, and walked out.
We frequented the place a bit, so I stopped in a couple of days later and confessed to the bartender. He found it amusing then, but not when he had to unplug the jukebox and refund money to get it to stop. Mission accomplished though – they replaced it with something newer the following week.
I also did this once with N’Sync and The Weathergirls at a biker-type bar. My thinking is if you don’t want it played, don’y make it available.
"I AM ARABIC FOR SUGAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -- by sukr on Jan 12, 2009 4:55 PM EST
by jch24 on Jan 14, 2009 10:29 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
funny
once i was in a sports bar watching a reds game when someone kept playing bad hip hop songs on the jukebox, so I went over and played all of the Frank Sinatra in it. There were a lot of tables empty after the second song. It’s a shame, too, because Frank is awesome, but it was Indianapolis, so what can one expect?
by Daedalus on Jan 14, 2009 11:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You know, it's just that people like this...
They get all they want so they don’t really understand about a life like Frank’s.
I mean, when you’ve loved and lost the way Frank has, then you know what life’s about.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 11:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
It’s reinforcing your point, but I think I’d rather stab myself in the larynx with a spork than turn on a contemporary country station.
I’m a bit flabbergasted by the lack of Celine Deon mentionings. How can you fail to hate on ‘My heart will go on’?
by RedStalk on Jan 14, 2009 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
My sister was friends with a bluegrass band when she was at Earlham
They had a song that turned into a cover of “My Heart Will Go On” at the end. Strangely enjoyable, and has totally redeemed that song in my eyes. I’m still not sure what to make of their cover of “Dancing in the Dark.”
by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, wait, wait.
Your sister went to high school and college with me?
Tanzen!
by Verka Serduchka on Jan 14, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have two sisters
One went to high school with you, and the other (apparently) went to college with you. Actually, you might have just missed her. She transferred to Earlham in 2007, and I suspect you had graduated by then.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 12:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay
makes more sense now. Yeah, I graduated from Earlham in 2004. I might know the bluegrass band though, did they have a cello?
Tanzen!
by Verka Serduchka on Jan 14, 2009 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Possibly
They’re called Huntsville Space and Rocket Center.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 12:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The very one.
Do you have recordings? I only saw them once during a visit to Earlham in 2007 and was very impressed.
Tanzen!
by Verka Serduchka on Jan 14, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I own one of their CDs
I think my sister might have more.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
rec'd
Hate Celine. With the intensity of a thousand burning suns.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Jan 14, 2009 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
NARF
I think we’re all forgetting that Achy Breaky Heart also inspired one of the best Pinky and the Brain cartoons of all time.
Don’t tell my head
My empty hollow head
You know I wouldn’t understand
Yep yep yep, etc.
by teb7 on Jan 14, 2009 11:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
no
It’s really a gawd-awful song. The guy is singing about his body parts, fer crissakes.
I hardly ever heard it, because country is not popular in the places I lived when it was hot. And I still hate it.
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by BubbaFan on Jan 14, 2009 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
At least he's singing about his heart
What’s that new Nickelback song where the guy is singing about getting a blow j? Actually, any Nickelback song can go on this list.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They have more than one song?
I can’t tell a difference between any of them.
by Daedalus on Jan 14, 2009 12:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There's a track out there that lays two nickelback songs on top of one another and they sync nearly perfectly
I’m sure it’s a bit doctored, but it’s hilarious.
"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jan 14, 2009 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
here it is
http://megaswf.com/view/ae5be0fc5f3cc7b1ca122edffe6489b1.html
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by Slyde on Jan 14, 2009 1:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I told you it was hilarious.
"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jan 14, 2009 1:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It's probably better as this jumble rather than two separate songs.
"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jan 14, 2009 1:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i was about to say the same thing
that “i wanna be a rock star” song came over the radio and my immediate response was to take a restroom break.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 14, 2009 12:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If that was the part
that missed his girlfriend, it would at least be believable. ;-)
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by BubbaFan on Jan 14, 2009 5:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was basically going to say the same thing re Achy Breaky Heart
It became so big and surfed the zeitgest of the line dancing craze and country music’s flirtation with pop that a lot of people who had no chance of liking it became overexposed to it. It would have just been some favorite at line dancing bars that you’ve never heard of.
by Red Menace on Jan 14, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it's a stupid song
by Daedalus on Jan 14, 2009 2:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I repsectfully disagree
I find the song basic, predictable, and plodding musically, and the lyrics don’t help it. Add in an untalented vocalist and a formulaic repetitive structure…ugh. I find Hank Williams’ songs to be from a bluesier core, and find this song clumsy instead.
But I see your point …I wondered for a moment that if I listened to this song in a vacuum, rather than in its presented form of overexposed, poppy, sleeveless, mulletted tripe, would I have the same harsh opinion of it.
Then I realized that listening to this song in a literal vacuum might be the best way to appreciate it.
I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. - Bill Veeck
by PeteyHendrix on Jan 17, 2009 3:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
because in a vacuum, you wouldn't be able to hear it!
by Daedalus on Jan 17, 2009 7:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You people need to have brain transplants...
Conway Twitty singing ‘15’ years ago is all you need to hear….
Fucking A
Mads, he is a crazy old man. Plus we have kinda had the same sabrametric evolution togeather.
Justin
by Madville on Jan 18, 2009 12:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why would Conway Twitty want my brain in 1994?
I just don’t get it.
I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. - Bill Veeck
by PeteyHendrix on Jan 18, 2009 9:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Try listening to George Jones' "The Closing of the Door"
Then maybe you’ll get a glimpse
Mads, he is a crazy old man. Plus we have kinda had the same sabrametric evolution togeather.
Justin
by Madville on Jan 18, 2009 7:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
George Jones fucking rocks!
“If Drinkin’ Don’t Kill Me Her Memories Will” is easily one of my favorite songs ever. I was weened on that shit!
by Pops Daniels on Jan 19, 2009 3:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
"I AM ARABIC FOR SUGAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -- by sukr on Jan 12, 2009 4:55 PM EST
by jch24 on Jan 19, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hells fuck yeah!
I did Baby Bitch.
by Pops Daniels on Jan 19, 2009 3:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry
With the subject matter at hand, I have no choice.
Skeeter the narcoleptic poodle
"I AM ARABIC FOR SUGAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -- by sukr on Jan 12, 2009 4:55 PM EST
by jch24 on Jan 14, 2009 10:26 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
and along those same lines
Creed Shreds! is actually a kind of fascinating ripping on the band that made me realize I did not like Christian Rock
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Jan 14, 2009 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A couple things
1. I am loving that you misspelled Paula Cole as Paul Cole. Now that’s funny!
2. There’s nothing guilty about the pleasure I get from Boston. “More Than a Feeling” is a great song before you even take into account that “Smells Like Teen Spirit” ripped off its guitar line.
3. “Mickey” by Toni Basil is a fantastic tune. I like watching the video and pretending that she’s just this spastic, energetic punk rock chick, because she is just WORKING IT. Then I remember that she was actually 39 at the time the video was shot, and it just becomes creepy as all hell.
But! if a spastic, energetic punk rock chick (no older than 25) were to cover that song now, that would be the new hotness.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 10:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Oh
And I’ll definitely agree with you on “We Built This City.” It’s just so disheartening to see what happened to Jefferson Airplane. Somebody to Love was one of the few songs that really got at the darkness, paranoia, and loneliness of the Summer of Love era, and even Jane by Jefferson Starship is an enjoyable rocker. “We Built This City” just sounds like a bunch of square 45 year olds.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ive thought for a while
that “Teen Spirit” is way overrated. this is mostly due to overexposure i think (all the hero worship and “music revolution” bullshit that surrounds it is enough to make me roll my eyes right out of my head) but even separated from all that i dont think it stands up as more than just a decent rock song. kind of what MM was talking about with “Achy Breaky Heart”, only reversed.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 14, 2009 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It's definitely not the best song on the album
but it is the most poppy.
We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches
by Slyde on Jan 14, 2009 11:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
how do you measure most poppy?
gawd, I hate it when old time music fans make unsubstantiated claims.
i mean i could digest if it was an opinion based on beats per minute(BPM), or the number of cymbal hits + hi hat clanks (CHH+) or vocal grunts per song (VGPS).
by obc2 on Jan 14, 2009 11:27 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
:P
I mean that it’s the most accessible song on the album. I don’t think it’s a bad song at all, but it definitely fits in the genre of songs that make suburban high schoolers think they are badasses because they listen to it.
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by Slyde on Jan 14, 2009 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you crazy!
most poppy….now most accessible? my stomach turns at these antiquated, ridiculous, unsupported claims. I deal in absolutes, bro. Everyone knows that Track One is always the most accessible song on any disc, it cues up first! Duh! Sometimes, however, record producers like to shift the songs in the ninth and eigth slot to get the most production out of the song order.
by obc2 on Jan 14, 2009 11:42 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
ell oh ell
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
by Gray on Jan 14, 2009 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you people are sucking the fun out of music!
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by Slyde on Jan 14, 2009 12:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Smells like Teen Spirit changed my life
I was 11 years old when it came out and I don’t think you can understand how thrilling it was to hear that song wedged like an 800 pound gorilla between Color Me Badd and Whitney Houston. It was overwhelming.
There are much better songs on that album (“In Bloom” just gets better and better), but SLTS was the catalyst.
I’ve just posted a “you had to be there” comment. May God have mercy on my soul.
All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.
by Man Mountain on Jan 14, 2009 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There were much better albums.
Insesticide is maybe my favorite. “Son of a gun” and “Sliver” are just awesome.
I aslo like In Utero a lot more than Nevermind. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter is perhaps the best grunge song of all time.
Tanzen!
by Verka Serduchka on Jan 14, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
"Unplugged" is my favorite record of theirs
and “Drain You” is easily the best song on Nevermind. its a great record, but i often find myself skipping Teen Spirit entirely.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 14, 2009 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
usually I'm not a big fan
of Dr. Demento, but his version of Teen Spirit was priceless.
“And we don’t know,
What the words are,
So we just yell
even louder…”
or something to that effect. :)
by bbjones on Jan 15, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
dr. demento = weird al
in this case. Perhaps others, as well.
by bbjones on Jan 15, 2009 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
weird al did kinda get his start on dr. dementos show
now we’re mumblin
and we’re screamin
can ya tell me
what i’m singin?
Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.
by chandrathan on Jan 15, 2009 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Blasphemy time
I prefer the Weird Al spoof, probably due to recoil from overexposure and the aforementioned oversupply of hero-worship by the idol-hungry masses.
I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. - Bill Veeck
by PeteyHendrix on Jan 17, 2009 3:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
also the rock hungry masses who were just starting high school around then
My mother has always listened to pop crap top 40. I was on that road to listening to pop crap until a few albums came out my freshman year of high school – Achtung Baby!, Ten, Nevermind, and Automatic for the People changed my life. Nirvana led me to bands like Sonic Youth and the Pixies.
It wasn’t idol worshiping for us. It was learning to appreciate rock and roll, which had been proclaimed dead, murdered by such corporate darlings as Poison and Warrant. A heck of a lot of the great indie bands who play now learned to appreciate rock thanks to the rock revival of the early nineties. Nirvana was at the forefront of that. That is why they will always be considered a great band, even if they were mediocre to those who followed. It’s like when someone like Andre Dawson plays baseball. He was really good in his time. He just wasn’t Hall of Fame material. Except he’ll always get mentioned (and probably get in) because he is compared to his contemporaries, and when compared to his contemporaries, he was good.
by Daedalus on Jan 17, 2009 8:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nice share, Sister!
There’s a legitimate perspective to which I had not been previously privy.
I disagree on The Hawk, though. As does Bill James’ HOF Monitor, for what that’s worth. I love feeling validated by my annual HOF choices by using this tool as corroboration. Of course, at the end of the day, I’m still just a self-indulgent, “instant expert”, egomaniac bombast, but for that shiny little moment, I know everything – and it’s delicious.
I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. - Bill Veeck
by PeteyHendrix on Jan 18, 2009 9:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
For those that don't know
The HOF Monitor attempts to assess how likely a player is to get into the Hall based on the things the writers have valued in the past. It makes no value on whether a player deserves to be enshrined.
by Red Menace on Jan 18, 2009 10:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Pixies - Truly magical.
Mads, he is a crazy old man. Plus we have kinda had the same sabrametric evolution togeather.
Justin
by Madville on Jan 18, 2009 10:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I, too, like In Utero more
A few years ago, a friend gave me Steve Albini’s original mix of In Utero (i.e., the one he made before giving it to Geffen).
As you might expect, the bass and drums are even more thunderous. If you’re interested, I’d be more than happy to send you a copy of it.
All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.
by Man Mountain on Jan 14, 2009 1:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet!
Or maybe just upload Radio Friendly Unit Shifter on yousendit.com and post a link to download it here.
Tanzen!
by Verka Serduchka on Jan 14, 2009 2:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I suspect this is true for a lot current 28-32 year olds
It was the summer before 9th grade, and SLTS blew my mind. MTV might’ve played a few decent videos back then but hadn’t push anything like this, and nobody in my junior high was listening to the Pixies or Sonic Youth. Nevermind and Ten were terrific gateway albums.
by ken on Jan 14, 2009 3:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Smells Like Teen Spirit
I didn’t even know what it was until weird al parodied it
Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.
by chandrathan on Jan 14, 2009 3:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I kinda like Mickey
It sounds like it’s about a girl who’ s fallen in love with a gay man. Especially the Spanish version.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Jan 14, 2009 12:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But she's singing about her body parts, fer chrissakes.
All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.
by Man Mountain on Jan 14, 2009 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah but
It always sounds better in a foreign language.
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by BubbaFan on Jan 14, 2009 5:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
More than is better than Hooked on
The original was bad, and the Blue Suede version of Hooked on a Feeling is enough to make me submit to “More than..” on repeat for 3 hours.
Ooga chaka.
by bbjones on Jan 15, 2009 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i don't know why
but that song popped into my head today. is the whole song full of drug references? (hooked on a feeling, high on believing are the only lines from it i know).
by Daedalus on Jan 15, 2009 3:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it's just drawing a parallel, but there is this bit
“I got it bad for you girl,
But I don’t need a cure,
I’ll just stay addicted, If I can endure
All the good love, when we’re all alone
Keep it up girl, yeah you turn me on.”
Not as cute as Puffy AmiYumi’s “”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWVlxiLuaq4" >Your Love is a Drug" though.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 15, 2009 4:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just remembered this abomination of popular music
Crazy Town’s “Butterfly.” (“Come my lady, come come my lady, you’re my butterfly, sugar, baby.”)
Oh, and apparently DJ AM was in this band. Suddenly getting burned in a plane crash doesn’t seem like such a terrible thing for him.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 11:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I met those guys once
Sorta nice guys actually, very short and very energetic. They played a concert outside of Tokyo with Wilco and the Foo Fighters, and we were able to get a ride back to town with them. I think my friend hooked up with one of them but that was never confirmed.
by ken on Jan 14, 2009 3:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
my God that was a terrible song
it kind of gives me the willies just listening to it.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Jan 14, 2009 3:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sacrilege
I liked Nirvana but I wasnt gaga over them like all the critics were then and now. Nirvana came in 4th, for me, behind PJ, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains.
by obc2 on Jan 14, 2009 11:44 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Nirvana gets the nod for being first to catch mtv's fancy
Grunge made me believe in Rock again. G n R and the Black crows helped also
by SadbutTrue on Jan 16, 2009 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
great point
The Black Crowes are pretty damn underrated, imho.
by obc2 on Jan 16, 2009 11:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
saw them open for tom petty
they were pretty good
Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.
by chandrathan on Jan 16, 2009 11:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This is for Madville
by Daedalus on Jan 14, 2009 12:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Where is Maddy?
We can’t have a music discussion without him.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 5:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The following comment puts the nail in the coffin of Charles Schultz:
Although Schulz greatly admired Beethoven, his favorite composer was actually Brahms. Schultz should have been a high school librarian who was choirmaster in his spare time. Instead he drug Beethoven into his pathetic farce of a comic strip because he’ was so far in the Brahms closet that he was dressing in his wife’s underwear.
Wimpy fucking bastard…I bet he drawers full of kiddie porn hidden in his ‘studio’.
Mads, he is a crazy old man. Plus we have kinda had the same sabrametric evolution togeather.
Justin
by Madville on Jan 15, 2009 1:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Some Horrible Songs Throughout the Ages
Soulja Boy- I think there are a total of like 10 words in that… “song”
You Can Run A Red Light- Johnny Lang- I hated this song. They played it on my local radio station non stop and I hated it from the first time they played it. Wonder how many people ran a red light and when they got pulled over said “But the radio told me to…”
Almost Anything by Nickelback- The new single is “You Look Much Better With Something in Your Mouth” or something along those lines. To semi-quote a local DJ:“What’s the next song gonna be? "Please Take a Dump on my Chest”? Or maybe “Pee on me in the Shower”?"
You know what… Oasis is one of the most overrated bands of all time… I mean… all of the hit songs had the exact same Chord Progression.
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Jan 14, 2009 7:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
hey, which one were you on American Idol - Kansas City last night?
you had to be there? Right? Right?
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Jan 15, 2009 8:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I kept hoping for a shot of the Negro League Hall of Fame and Museum
Strangely, it never came up.
I sort of hoped that one dude actually was in barbeque studies. A student from North Carolina, singing in Kansas City, and studying BBQ? Holy shit, finding a way to meld those two styles would be his dissertation right there, and the man would rightly be hailed as a genius.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 15, 2009 9:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well as a former musician most horrid songs would keep me awake...
Now that I’m older I just read old Red Reporter diaries and boom I’m out like a light.
Mads, he is a crazy old man. Plus we have kinda had the same sabrametric evolution togeather.
Justin
by Madville on Jan 14, 2009 9:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Mmmm Bop came on in BWs last night.
I was appalled, but immediately thought of this thread.
Not sure if it was mentioned elsewhere, so I’ll throw it in (again) down at the bottom.
"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jan 15, 2009 9:02 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
at least those kids had youth as an excuse on that one
whatever happened to the hansen brothers? i hope they cut their hair.
by Daedalus on Jan 15, 2009 11:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
they're all growned up now
We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches
by Slyde on Jan 15, 2009 11:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is that an ascot?
"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jan 15, 2009 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah,
He just gnawed his way out of a noose.
by Pops Daniels on Jan 15, 2009 3:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
the oldest one looks like a shaved, drug-free, House
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Jan 16, 2009 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The one in front looks like Jon Bon Jovi
with those dreamy eyes staring into my soul.
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by Slyde on Jan 16, 2009 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
When mentioning "Bon Jovi" and "soul"
it is mandatory to mention the Bon Jovi-owned 2008 ARENA BOWL CHAMPIONS PHILADELPHIA SOUL!
Their cheerleaders are called the Soulmates.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 16, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They may have picked the right year to win it
The championship could be theirs for a long time.
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by Slyde on Jan 16, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
When mentioning "blue-eyed soul" and "Philadelphia"
it is mandatory to discuss Hall & Oates.
by ken on Jan 16, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oates 'stache
just hides the stretch marks.
by Pops Daniels on Jan 16, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Here's my top 10 for today
“We Built This City” by Starship
“Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley
“Achy Breaky Heart” by Billy Ray Cyrus
“All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You” by Heart
“Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back To My Room)” by Paul Lekakis
“Oo-ee-Diddley-Bop” by Peter Wolf Now, I’m not much of a fan of the “so good it’s bad” genre, but there is no one whom I have shared this with who is not left amazed at what the lead singer of the J. Geils Band thinks is good music, good dancing, good art. This high-budget music video is everything that’s wrong with everything. There’s even date-rape tension in a slum at night – during the choreography apex. If you click on one link in this comment – and I can’t in good conscience encourage that – this is the one you want. The others I can’t make it more than a few seconds through, but this one could only be worse if it had a crappy OBP in the leadoff spot. Enjoy.
I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. - Bill Veeck
by PeteyHendrix on Jan 17, 2009 2:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
oh, heck yes, every one of those songs makes me cringe
ESPECIALLY that Heart song. I remember when that came out. My mother (see comment above) LOVED that song. I was always afraid to sing the words because I thought “make love” was bad. I remember the video of her going some hotel with a stranger.
It was years later I learned that Heart had once been considered a cool band. My mind did not understand this concept.
by Daedalus on Jan 17, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't recognize that song title
But now that you mention the video, I remember it. Heart actually hated that song. They were pressured into doing it by the beancounters.
The video was about some woman who looks kinda like Geena Davis, who picks up a guy and has a one night stand. You find out at the end that she only did it because she wanted a child and her husband couldn’t give her one.
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by BubbaFan on Jan 17, 2009 8:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wish Heart would have hated that song more.
That way, none of us would have to hate it.
Come on, Sisters Wilson – this was on your 7th album. If you don’t have as much moxie as taste by then, it’s time to go back to Epic or some other reasonable label who can respect that it’s not every pair of overweight ladies in our society who can elbow their way into heavy rotation on classic rock stations.
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by PeteyHendrix on Jan 18, 2009 9:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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