Really shit songs from normally good artists
- Thread starter Madusa
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I thought it had universal praise when it was released??? Source???
I quite like Warrent. And that song.
That surely must be worth a 24 hour ban.
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
At least.
Even in the pantheon of glam metal bands, I think Warrant come pretty low down.
In fact, I think we can narrow it down a bit more than that.
Even amongst glam metal bands of the 80s who came from LA and who's name begins with a "W"...
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
Christ, apparently, Warrant are still a going concern.
Alright, no need to bang on!
Have you got a big Poodle Rock collection Mads??
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
Sorry.
ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
I'm tempted to claim there really can't be another contender. For a start there can't be many worse songs ever released at all, and how many of those were by anyone anywhere near the standard of Bowie. The problem is it's only just his worse song. It doesn't beat Starman and Space Oddity by very much. So I think Bowie has to be classed as a serial offender and therefore Laughing Gnome isn't eligible.
Wake Up Boo is another strong contender. The trouble with that is it's crap, but brilliantly constructed pop crap, and made a lot of dosh for a very deserving and tragically underrated band.
I'm going to suggest I Shot The Sheriff for at least an honourable mention. Bob Marley had a tendency to tread pretty close to trite at times, but it's the only song he managed to make trite, cheesy and over sentimental.
Voley
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Stevie Wonder's most commercially successful songs like I just Called... were pretty dreadful, but his album stuff was pretty good.
Clearest contender IMO
Clearest contender IMO
cliche guevara
Well-Known Member
Erm, turns out you're right actually. The only negative review I could find was Pitchfork, the rest are quite glowing. No idea why I thought it got bad reviews! Maybe I'd assumed 'proper' Polly fans wouldn't like it because it was more accessible than her earlier stuff.
Are you forgetting 'Ebony & Ivory' with Sir Paul? Two modern music legends who's talents collided releasing a deadly vortex of shite.
See also: 'The Girl is Mine' Sir Paul & Jacko
ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
yers all such wrong-uns!
Nah. One of my favourite's off the album. and far from her only song to feature 'shouty' singing. How'd you get along with Uh Huh Her?
one of their best ten songs, but then I don't rate them all that much
yes it is. It kicks ass
We Will Fall has it's place, I think. 'Nocturama' is his worst album, it's a mess and the production and a lot of the playing are sort of exhausted sounding but a lot of the actual songs are great - He Wants you, Babe I'm On Fire, Still In Love, Bring It On, Right Out Of Your Hand
No and Yes. Three Little Birds, like Wake Up Boo! is a great, great POP song. One of Marley's best (again I'm not the hugest fan) People dislike it cos they see it in the light of his image and useless hippy rasta toss like 'One Love' and regard it as throwaway drivel. Such people have altogether too high an opinion of Marley and too low an opinion of the value of a good happy pop tune, similar case with Wake Up Boo! - "what no introspection and noisy guitar wrangling?!" No, just a runaway train of sugary pop goodness, and Yay! for that
Nah. One of my favourite's off the album. and far from her only song to feature 'shouty' singing. How'd you get along with Uh Huh Her?
one of their best ten songs, but then I don't rate them all that much
yes it is. It kicks ass
We Will Fall has it's place, I think. 'Nocturama' is his worst album, it's a mess and the production and a lot of the playing are sort of exhausted sounding but a lot of the actual songs are great
- He Wants you, Babe I'm On Fire, Still In Love, Bring It On, Right Out Of Your HandThree Little Fucking Birds, too.
'One Love' Hippy Rasta shite
No and Yes. Three Little Birds, like Wake Up Boo! is a great, great POP song. One of Marley's best (again I'm not the hugest fan) People dislike it cos they see it in the light of his image and useless hippy rasta toss like 'One Love' and regard it as throwaway drivel. Such people have altogether too high an opinion of Marley and too low an opinion of the value of a good happy pop tune, similar case with Wake Up Boo! - "what no introspection and noisy guitar wrangling?!" No, just a runaway train of sugary pop goodness, and Yay! for that
ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
Oh I forgot, with all the ranting and all.....
Leonard Cohen - Jazz Police
Leonard Cohen - Jazz Police
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No it wasn't. The first album was shit too but Hip Clown Rag was OK.
This has just reminded me that my old band supported the Boo Radleys around the time of the first LP. It's probably they only reason I know about them/it. I remember because I had just read 'to kill a mocking bird' at around that time so the name stuck in my head.
I only recently found out that the original drummer in the Boo Radleys went on to be the stickman in Placebo. What a step down in life.
Yeah I was going to say that too, but since it was clearly a comedy song (as was The Girl is Mine, I hope
) I decided not to indulge in that particular bit of corpse-kicking...Yes
And Big Exit is a fucking cracking song you weirdo mads
But, on topic (so unlike me) I thought the entire album of The Boatmans Call was utter wank
