June 5, 20187 yr So enough talk about shitty songs, bad bands, etc. Share with me some good songs by artists who . . . weren't good. Basically, "yeah, I can't stand that band, but you know that ONE song was pretty great". This is tricky, because it forces the admission that maybe some horrible singer or band actually put 2 and 2 together one time and got 4. A couple of examples:
June 5, 20187 yr might as well call these : 01) guilty pleasures or 2) songs you would be surprised to find in my i-Pod. Edited June 5, 20187 yr by yoladu
June 6, 20187 yr Author I swear, I have never heard the band Thunder or their song "Dirty Love", but that's a perfect suggestion.
June 6, 20187 yr I feel like I should give JJ shit for his in depth knowledge of the Justin Bieber catalogue.
June 6, 20187 yr Author 6 minutes ago, tbone_ said: I feel like I should give JJ shit for his in depth knowledge of the Justin Bieber catalogue. Told you it was a tricky assignment.
June 6, 20187 yr Britney Spears - Toxic Was actually written by a pop music dream team and originally "offered" to Kylie Minogue. All the sampling, guitar, etc. had nothing to do with the actual "artist." That said, Beyonce would have been perfect.
June 6, 20187 yr 39 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: I swear, I have never heard the band Thunder or their song "Dirty Love", but that's a perfect suggestion. Thanks. It's the first thing that came to mind. I love that song but nothing else from them ever did anything for me
June 6, 20187 yr 45 minutes ago, Grandioso said: Britney Spears - Toxic Was actually written by a pop music dream team and originally "offered" to Kylie Minogue. All the sampling, guitar, etc. had nothing to do with the actual "artist." That said, Beyonce would have been perfect. Since somebody said this, i'll also add bye bye bye by Nsync.
June 6, 20187 yr 12 hours ago, Underdog said: Bryan Adams sucks? News to me. Reckless is a damn good album. There, I said it. Edited June 6, 20187 yr by Art Vandelay
June 6, 20187 yr Author 1 minute ago, Bash Riprock said: I've always liked that tune. Is the rest of their stuff really bad?
June 6, 20187 yr Maybe we need a guilty pleasure thread because the ones I was going to post I don’t necessarily think are good songs.
June 6, 20187 yr This doesn't technically abide by the thread title, but I have always liked this Lydia Loveless cover of Justin Beiber's 'Sorry'. https://lydialoveless.bandcamp.com/track/sorry-3
June 6, 20187 yr 16 hours ago, Grandioso said: Britney Spears - Toxic Was actually written by a pop music dream team and originally "offered" to Kylie Minogue. All the sampling, guitar, etc. had nothing to do with the actual "artist." That said, Beyonce would have been perfect. This was going to be my submission.
June 6, 20187 yr 13 hours ago, Superhero said: Damn Yankees - High Enough I fucking LOVED this song when I was about ten.
June 6, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: I've always liked that tune. Is the rest of their stuff really bad? I've always liked it too. And it benefits from the fact that I actually didn't listen to it much when it came out. I just heard it whenever it was on the radio. So I never got sick of it like I did with so many other songs from the era.
June 6, 20187 yr Don Henley's a choade, but this song is fucking awesome. Probably because Mike Campbell co-wrote it:
June 6, 20187 yr I don't get the Henley hate. I mean yea he's kind of a prick but he's talented af. And he is from Texas.
June 6, 20187 yr Billy Idol - White Wedding. I fucking love that song. The rest of his output is meh, at best.
June 6, 20187 yr Billy Idol - White Wedding. I fucking love that song. The rest of his output is meh, at best. You take that back. Dancing With Myself is awesome.
June 6, 20187 yr 6 hours ago, Art Vandelay said: Reckless is a damn good album. There, I said it. Fuck yeah, it is.
June 6, 20187 yr Author 34 minutes ago, tbone_ said: I don't get the Henley hate. I mean yea he's kind of a prick but he's talented af. And he is from Texas. He's definitely a mega-talented singer, and he's written enough classic lyrics to be called one of the greats as a songwriter. But man, when he misses ("Get Over It"), wow.
June 6, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: He's definitely a mega-talented singer, and he's written enough classic lyrics to be called one of the greats as a songwriter. But man, when he misses ("Get Over It"), wow. Wouldn't that belong in the bad songs by good artists thread?
June 6, 20187 yr Author 21 minutes ago, Don Johnson said: Wouldn't that belong in the bad songs by good artists thread? Hey, I'm not moderating here. If somebody thinks Don Henley is a bad artist, more power to 'em.
June 6, 20187 yr Good point. I forgot what thread this was. Lol at Don fucking Henley being a bad artist.
June 6, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said: Hey, I'm not moderating here. If somebody thinks Don Henley is a bad artist, more power to 'em. Not a bad artist, just an asshole.
June 6, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Patricio Swayze said: You take that back. Dancing With Myself is awesome. If you don't have a partner, it has to do.
June 6, 20187 yr 17 hours ago, Superhero said: Kix - Don’t Say Goodbye Damn Yankees - High Enough Kinda agree on both. I liked "Coming of Age" better than "High Enough" but I didn't like much else from them. As far as Kix, that was a good call. I do love this song from them:
June 7, 20187 yr 6 hours ago, Deej said: Billy Idol - White Wedding. I fucking love that song. The rest of his output is meh, at best. yea but the chick in this video
June 7, 20187 yr 8 hours ago, irishtexan said: This doesn't technically abide by the thread title, but I have always liked this Lydia Loveless cover of Justin Beiber's 'Sorry'. https://lydialoveless.bandcamp.com/track/sorry-3 Her cover of Kesha's "Blind" is excellent as well.
June 7, 20187 yr Taylor Swift "Wildest Dreams" I'm not sure she's a bad artist so much as she mostly plays a crappy style of music. She writes some really good tunes, and when she just plays with an acoustic guitar or piano, I dig it. But her albums are digital pop crap. Much like John Mayer, she shows these flashes of her musical genius, but settles for making stuff that she knows will sell. Edited June 7, 20187 yr by Al_4_ISU
June 7, 20187 yr On 6/5/2018 at 4:21 PM, yoladu said: might as well call these : 01) guilty pleasures or 2) songs you would be surprised to find in my i-Pod.
June 7, 20187 yr has Joan Jett written any good songs? Miley Cyrus actually fits in a weird sub category of .... artists who get hate but actually tend to be pretty good. Or at least, Party in the USA and Wrecking Ball are both great songs and she's a monster vocalist. But I doubt she wrote any of those songs. Taylor Swift would as well except I don't think she gets lumped into that category. Katy Perry also in that category. But again I take this as being about songwriting.
June 7, 20187 yr 17 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: He's definitely a mega-talented singer, and he's written enough classic lyrics to be called one of the greats as a songwriter. But man, when he misses ("Get Over It"), wow. 17 hours ago, tbone_ said: I don't get the Henley hate. I mean yea he's kind of a prick but he's talented af. And he is from Texas. 15 hours ago, tbone_ said: Good point. I forgot what thread this was. Lol at Don fucking Henley being a bad artist. I absolutely think he's a bad artist. Don Henley writes self-indulgent soft-rock schlock that espouse all of the absolute shittiest values of the baby boomer generation. Boys of Summer included. BoS only kicks ass because Mike Campbell wrote the music. Don Henley is a shitty artist, and an even shittier human. #HotTakes #ComingInHot
June 7, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, Mole said: I think I might actually like this version better than the Replacements version. In 2007 if you had told me that the guy from Against Me would be a chick, and got together with Joan Jett and Hannah Montana to knock a Paul Westerberg song out of the park, I would have laughed in your face.
June 7, 20187 yr Author 37 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said: In 2007 if you had told me that the guy from Against Me would be a chick, and got together with Joan Jett and Hannah Montana to knock a Paul Westerberg song out of the park, I would have laughed in your face. Yeah, that's pretty good. I prefer the 'mats and their boozy stumble, but the idea of getting those 3 together to cover that song is inspired. Weird video. It LOOKS to be all live, but the sound of the backing track screams studio. Maybe the singers were live. I'd have to watch it again.
June 7, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: Yeah, that's pretty good. I prefer the 'mats and their boozy stumble, but the idea of getting those 3 together to cover that song is inspired. Weird video. It LOOKS to be all live, but the sound of the backing track screams studio. Maybe the singers were live. I'd have to watch it again. I prefer the original as well, but that could have been so much worse. I suppose Laura Jane Grace is a big Replacements fan, so she was probably going to keep it from going off the rails. To your point, it does sound awfully slick, but I've seen a few of those well produced up close, controlled live recordings have similar sound quality.
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