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[Kodos]

I have a theory that any group or singer, no matter how bad they might be, is capable of producing one good song. One need look no further than Ugly Kid Joe or Modern English to see that this is true. In honor of these otherwise crappy performers, I have formed the "Good Songs By Groups Or Singers Who Usually Suck" Hall of Fame. Songs nominated for this dubious honor society can come from prolific groups who pump out crap in volume, or from those lovable one-hit wonders.

I'll start off the list:

Maggie May by Rod Stewart

[Z²+]

Tunac Tunac Tun! by Daler Mehndi

[Ragone]

This Thread will not be complete without

Ice Ice Baby By Vanilla Ice

[TLK]

Windows by Hobex

[Raiders Army]

Matthew Wilder--Break My Stride

[Raiders Army]

Dola, Tommy Tutone--867-5309
Baha Men--Who Let the Dogs Out
The Rembrandts--I'll Be There For You
Afroman--Because I Got High
Aqua--Barbie Girl

[HerRealName]

Unbelievable - EMF

[TLK]

Dola,
Baha Men--Who Let the Dogs Out
The Rembrandts--I'll Be There For You
Afroman--Because I Got High
Aqua--Barbie Girl

These songs are good? :eek:

[KWhit]

Cum on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

Or is it "Come" on Eileen?

[finkenst]

I have a theory that any group or singer, no matter how bad they might be, is capable of producing one good song. One need look no further than Ugly Kid Joe or Modern English to see that this is true.
ugly kid joe had a good song?

RA, those songs are good? Hits? Yes. Good? I'm not too sure about that.

[VPI97]

Right Here, Right Now - Jesus Jones

[TargetPractice6]

This Thread will not be complete without

Ice Ice Baby By Vanilla IceAhem... Ninja Rap?

[Anthony]

Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight

take me home tonite
i don't wanna let you go till i see the light

oh 1980's, i long for your carefree days again.

just like Ronnie sang...be my little baby

[Ragone]

Ahem... Ninja Rap?

Must not be teaching you reading comprehension at Kentucky.. he said one hit wonders or groups/individuals who put out mostly crap :)

[TargetPractice6]

Must not be teaching you reading comprehension at Kentucky.. he said one hit wonders or groups/individuals who put out mostly crap :)Nobody loves you. :(

[Ragone]

Nobody loves you. :(
And i think we can both agree.. most of what vanilla ice put out was crap :)

[MrBug708]

Aqua--Barbie Girl
Most of their other songs are quite good and had lots of success, everyone is just aware of the Barbie Girl song.


*goes back to hiding so everyone doesnt know he's an Aqua fan*

[MrBug708]

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's

[Pyser]

i think you guys are just listing one-hit wonders. though its all subjective...


limp bizkit - re-arranged
dashboard - hands down
everclear - santa monica
hole - violet
bush - machinehead

[DaddyTorgo]

you're putting Bush, Everclear and Hole on that list?? I know a ton of fans who might disagree with you on all counts. I personally can only speak for Everclear, but they don't belong here. If anything, Santa Monica was one of their poorer songs, they have much much better stuff. And a lot of it.

[General Mike]

Glycerine is better than Machinehead, plus there were quite a few good songs on their Golden State LP.

[Swaggs]

i think you guys are just listing one-hit wonders. though its all subjective...


limp bizkit - re-arranged
dashboard - hands down
everclear - santa monica
hole - violet
bush - machinehead

You're killing me.

I think Sixteen Stone by Bush is one of the better CDs from my high school/college days. Everything Zen and Comedown were decent songs and, I think, Machinehead and (especially) Glycerine are pretty great songs.

Everclear is one of my favorite bands. Wonderful, Santa Monica, Buy You a New Life, Father of Mine, and their cover of Boys are Back in Town are some of my favorite songs from that period of music.

[Pyser]

well, like i said, its all subjective. but i dont think one hit wonders belong (dexy's midnight runners?)

i could be swayed on the bush front. ive gone to some of their shows, and they are a guilty pleasure. so i wont fight that.

everclear, though, i find to be a very simple band, who keeps releasing the same song (seemingly about the same thing, even). furthermore, it takes about 8 people on stage to replicate their 3-man setup in the studio, and they just sound horrible live. i *personally* find them to be a below average band, which is why they are on my list. obviously others will diagree, they have sold many albums. but its my list.

ill even add to it. once again, subjective:

eagles - hotel california
doors - light my fire
whitesnake - here i go again
duncan shiek - barely breathing
alien ant farm - glow
nickelback - how you remind me
butthole surfers - pepper
placebo - pure morning
nada surf - popular
lit - my own worst enemy
sinead o'conner - nothing compares to you
seal - kiss from a rose
phantom planet - california
dramarama - anything, anything
white stripes - fell in love with a girl

[TLK]

I was going to add Bush to the list much earlier with Glycerine.... but I guess the "machinehead" post proves us both wrong....

[Ragone]

How could you put alien ant farm on here.. without oh..

Smooth Criminal Or Movies?

[Suicane75]

I'll start off the list:

Maggie May by Rod Stewart


WTF? Rod Stewart has had dozens of great songs. How can like Maggie May and totaly disregard the rest of his catalog?

[Samdari]

The Doors??????

You really have no clue. Please never comment about music on this board again.

[Flame Eater]

Eagles? Sorry dude...they're Hall of Fame Great!

[QuikSand]

WTF? Rod Stewart has had dozens of great songs. How can like Maggie May and totaly disregard the rest of his catalog?

I am 100% with Kodos on this, and Maggie May is the best single example I cna think of that fits what he was thinking. Not one-hit wonders... but singular bona fide good songs by performers (I shudder to use words like "artist" with the likes of this assclown) who may well have had long successful careers, but basically churned out nothing but crap otherwise.

Yes, it's subjective. That's my opinion. Rod Stewart is and always was a complete no-talent, none of his popular songs are worth a shit, and music never gained anything from his presence, and now suffers through his dreadful renditions of other people's noble creations, further extending a career that should be long dead and making things even worse. Excelt for Maggie May, which is a darned good pop/rock song. Go figure.

[Leonidas]

Why Me? - Planet P (later name changed to Planet P Project after legal action from another band, but Planet P really wasn't a band at all but a studio project by a rather talented guy named Tony Carey, who despite his great talent never had any real commercial success except this one song)

[Chubby]

most of the picks are good selections but the Eagles, Bush, Everclear, The Doors and even nickelback don't belong in here IMO

[Breeze]

I don't happen to agree with what I'm about to say, in fact it makes me cringe to think others do, but I'd bet Peter Gabriel and "<i>In Your Eyes</i>" would fit this description for a number of people. Personally, I like his stuff, and I actually think a number of his songs that never get radio play are better than some of his hits.

[Leonidas]

I don't happen to agree with what I'm about to say, in fact it makes me cringe to think others do, but I'd bet Peter Gabriel and "<i>In Your Eyes</i>" would fit this description for a number of people. Personally, I like his stuff, and I actually think a number of his songs that never get radio play are better than some of his hits.

Family Snapshot and The Intruder were fabulous tunes nobody has ever heard. Maybe we should do another thread on great songs that were never hits. IMO, Gabriel would have quite a few on that list.

[Breeze]

Family Snapshot and The Intruder were fabulous tunes nobody has ever heard. Maybe we should do another thread on great songs that were never hits. IMO, Gabriel would have quite a few on that list.


2 of the songs I was referring to in my comment.

[Pyser]

How could you put alien ant farm on here.. without oh..

Smooth Criminal Or Movies?

because a cover doesnt count. singing someone else's already popular song does not make you a good band in my mind. and i personally didnt like movies.

the doors ive always found to be overrated, and i just plain dont like the eagles. so shoot me.

[VPI97]

well, like i said, its all subjective. but i dont think one hit wonders belong (dexy's midnight runners?) Some do, some don't...one hit wonders like In a Big Country by Big Country or Our House by Madness are ones I wouldn't put on the list because their other stuff wasn't crap. They didn't have any more 'hits', but they didn't put out crap, either. Now, EMF and Jesus Jones? Nothing but one good song, plus crap. They belong on the list.

[VPI97]

I am 100% with Kodos on this, and Maggie May is the best single example I cna think of that fits what he was thinking. Not one-hit wonders... but singular bona fide good songs by performers (I shudder to use words like "artist" with the likes of this assclown) who may well have had long successful careers, but basically churned out nothing but crap otherwise.

Yes, it's subjective. That's my opinion. Rod Stewart is and always was a complete no-talent, none of his popular songs are worth a shit, and music never gained anything from his presence, and now suffers through his dreadful renditions of other people's noble creations, further extending a career that should be long dead and making things even worse. Excelt for Maggie May, which is a darned good pop/rock song. Go figure.
Piano Man - Billy Joel

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[Buzzbee]

Space Oddity - David Bowie

[Pyser]

along those same lines:

blue oyster cult - dont fear the reaper

[Lathum]

Outshined- Soundgarden

[korme]

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
nice pick

[Leonidas]

along those same lines:

blue oyster cult - dont fear the reaper

How dare you just completely ignore Godzilla like that.

[DanGarion]

I have a theory that any group or singer, no matter how bad they might be, is capable of producing one good song. One need look no further than Ugly Kid Joe or Modern English to see that this is true. In honor of these otherwise crappy performers, I have formed the "Good Songs By Groups Or Singers Who Usually Suck" Hall of Fame. Songs nominated for this dubious honor society can come from prolific groups who pump out crap in volume, or from those lovable one-hit wonders.

I'll start off the list:

Maggie May by Rod Stewart
The fact that you put Rod Stewart as your pick automatically nulls this Hall of Fame. Sorry....

[Kodos]

So you think Rod has put out numerous quality songs? http://www.fof-ihof.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_perplexed.gif

[stevew]

Soup Dragons-Divine Thing

[VPI97]

Soup Dragons-Divine Thing I'm Free was good too. http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[DanGarion]

So you think Rod has put out numerous quality songs? http://www.fof-ihof.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_perplexed.gif
Numerous quality, no. But so say he usually sucks is a little bit of a blanket statement over his 30 plus years of music.

Maggie May was a great song, but along with that Hot Legs, You're In My Heart, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, Have I Told You Lately, and Reason To Believe are also some good ones to name a few. Maybe I'm biased since I was brought up listening to him along with all the other bands my dad enjoyed. But I can think of thousands of bands that suck more then he does. Plus I think even his takes on American standards that he has been doing lately are really well done as well.

[Buzzbee]

Numerous quality, no. But so say he usually sucks is a little bit of a blanket statement over his 30 plus years of music.

Maggie May was a great song, but along with that Hot Legs, You're In My Heart, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, Have I Told You Lately, and Reason To Believe are also some good ones to name a few. Maybe I'm biased since I was brought up listening to him along with all the other bands my dad enjoyed. But I can think of thousands of bands that suck more then he does. Plus I think even his takes on American standards that he has been doing lately are really well done as well.
Listing that as a good song disqualifies anything else you say regarding music.:p

[DanGarion]

Listing that as a good song disqualifies anything else you say regarding music.:p
touchee :)

[Suicane75]

I am 100% with Kodos on this, and Maggie May is the best single example I cna think of that fits what he was thinking. Not one-hit wonders... but singular bona fide good songs by performers (I shudder to use words like "artist" with the likes of this assclown) who may well have had long successful careers, but basically churned out nothing but crap otherwise.

Yes, it's subjective. That's my opinion. Rod Stewart is and always was a complete no-talent, none of his popular songs are worth a shit, and music never gained anything from his presence, and now suffers through his dreadful renditions of other people's noble creations, further extending a career that should be long dead and making things even worse. Excelt for Maggie May, which is a darned good pop/rock song. Go figure.


Not arguing taste, I just can't see how you can consider Maggie May to be a great song and not stuff like Young Turks, Hot Legs, I Was Only Joking.

To me his entire catalog from that time period sort of all has the same structure and I love them all, but to each his own.

[Buzzbee]

A few more:

American Pie - Don McLean
You are so beautiful - Joe Cocker (although his cover of the Beatles With a little help from my friends is in my opinion one of the best covers ever)
Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton

[Suicane75]

I don't happen to agree with what I'm about to say, in fact it makes me cringe to think others do, but I'd bet Peter Gabriel and "<i>In Your Eyes</i>" would fit this description for a number of people. Personally, I like his stuff, and I actually think a number of his songs that never get radio play are better than some of his hits.

For me personaly, Solsbury Hill is the song of his I would put in this category.
I patently hate all his other stuff and I love this one.

[Maple Leafs]

I nominate Elton John's Goodby Yellowbrick Road.

Most if not all his other stuff is schmaltzy pop crap.

[Pyser]

I nominate Elton John's Goodby Yellowbrick Road.

Most if not all his other stuff is schmaltzy pop crap.

interesting. i was thinking of him, too. but for Tiny Dancer.

[scooper]

So you think Rod has put out numerous quality songs? http://www.fof-ihof.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_perplexed.gif
Oddly enough, since becoming a father, I've come to enjoy one of his sappier 80's songs that I would have never given a second listen to-Forever Young. Funny thing is, our last name is Young so my son is indeed forever young.

[Buzzbee]

Oddly enough, since becoming a father, I've come to enjoy one of his sappier 80's songs that I would have never given a second listen to-Forever Young. Funny thing is, our last name is Young so my son is indeed forever young.
Until he grows up, gets married, bows to societal pressure and changes his name to Young-Lohan.

[scooper]

Young-Lohan huh?

"Son, you and the Mrs. need to come around and visit more often."

[General Mike]

Outshined- Soundgarden

No. Just No. :mad:

[Buzzbee]

Young-Lohan huh?

"Son, you and the Mrs. need to come around and visit more often."
:D

[Karlifornia]

You picked Outshined as the one soundgarden hit? Uhm..well...ok.

The Proclaimers- I'm Gonna Be(500 Miles)
Dishwalla-Counting Blue Cars
Primitive Radio Gods-Standing Outside a Broken Phonebooth With Money in my Hand or whatever it was called

I also disagree with the White Stripes selection. Seven Nation Army? Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground? Go download a song called 'Truth Doesn't Make a Noise'.

Jamiroquai-Virtual Insanity

[DanGarion]

You picked Outshined as the one soundgarden hit? Uhm..well...ok.

The Proclaimers- I'm Gonna Be(500 Miles)
Dishwalla-Counting Blue Cars
Primitive Radio Gods-Standing Outside a Broken Phonebooth With Money in my Hand or whatever it was called

I also disagree with the White Stripes selection. Seven Nation Army? Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground? Go download a song called 'Truth Doesn't Make a Noise'.

Jamiroquai-Virtual Insanity
Dishwalla's-Opaline was a GREAT album (2003).

[Maple Leafs]

Primitive Radio Gods-Standing Outside a Broken Phonebooth With Money in my Hand or whatever it was calledThat was a cool song. But the haunting melody was almost indistinguishable from NIN's Something I Can Never Have from several years before.

[Franklinnoble]

Alanis Morissette - Ironic