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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 Last edited by Kodos : 01-27-2005 at 07:10 PM. |
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Matthew Wilder--Break My Stride
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Unbelievable - EMF
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Cum on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
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ugly kid joe had a good song? RA, those songs are good? Hits? Yes. Good? I'm not too sure about that. |
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01-27-2005, 08:10 PM | #13 |
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Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight
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Must not be teaching you reading comprehension at Kentucky.. he said one hit wonders or groups/individuals who put out mostly crap |
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01-27-2005, 09:20 PM | #19 |
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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 |
01-27-2005, 09:38 PM | #20 |
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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.
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01-27-2005, 09:43 PM | #21 |
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Glycerine is better than Machinehead, plus there were quite a few good songs on their Golden State LP.
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01-27-2005, 09:53 PM | #22 | |
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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. |
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01-27-2005, 10:36 PM | #23 |
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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 |
01-28-2005, 02:55 AM | #24 |
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I was going to add Bush to the list much earlier with Glycerine.... but I guess the "machinehead" post proves us both wrong....
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01-28-2005, 03:17 AM | #25 |
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How could you put alien ant farm on here.. without oh..
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WTF? Rod Stewart has had dozens of great songs. How can like Maggie May and totaly disregard the rest of his catalog? |
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01-28-2005, 07:11 AM | #27 |
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The Doors??????
You really have no clue. Please never comment about music on this board again.
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Eagles? Sorry dude...they're Hall of Fame Great!
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01-28-2005, 07:48 AM | #29 | |
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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. |
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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)
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most of the picks are good selections but the Eagles, Bush, Everclear, The Doors and even nickelback don't belong in here IMO
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01-28-2005, 08:22 AM | #32 |
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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 "In Your Eyes" 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.
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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.
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2 of the songs I was referring to in my comment. |
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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. |
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along those same lines:
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So you think Rod has put out numerous quality songs?
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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. |
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Listing that as a good song disqualifies anything else you say regarding music.
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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. |
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