I'm feeling punchy. Tell me a band or song that you like so I can insult it.

[Danger Mouse]

Don't get too obscure on me. I have to have heard of it to be able to insult your taste sincerely.

[TZ]

1. Here's a softball for you

My current fave: Rush..Have fun!:)

[Danger Mouse]

3. Wow, that IS a softball. Geddy Lee's singing is like the sound a tomcat makes...

if it gets its balls caught in a blender.

[DarkTirade]

105. ... and you know this firsthand?

:P

[Danger Mouse]

109. Yes, yes, I do.

A tom cat heard Rush and told me that it sounded exactly like the sound he made the time he got his nuts caught in a blender.

[CreekDog]

122. I always thought Rush sounded sterile

:rofl:

[lizziegrace]

2. Lynyrd Skynyrd

:)

[Danger Mouse]

6. Overrated. Boring. Freebird is only popular because they died.

And because there are a lot of dumb rednecks out there.
Their best song 'That Smell' could've easily been applied to all of their music.

[lizziegrace]

10. You're good!

:thumbsup:

[Danger Mouse]

17. Heh, one of my favorite hobbies in high school during science classes...

was insulting the radio station that the teacher would put on during lab. since late 90's music sucked moldy ass, it was like shooting fish in a barrel.
i cut my teeth on that garbage. spice girls, mariah carey, it was all too easy.

[AlCzervik]

4. NWA

go-

[Danger Mouse]

11. Ah yes, real trendsetters in the 'cop killing is really cool, guys!' genre.

All of them are now washed up, except for the fat guy who now stars in lame kid's movies.

[AlCzervik]

16. Dr. Dre is still around.

and they just wanted to Fuck the police, that's all, just fuck them.

[Danger Mouse]

19. Nobody cares about Dr. Dre anymore except Dr. Dre.

He should devote his time to discovering more rappers that have more talent than him and getting them on the path.

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. I'll hand this one to you...

Nickelback





BWHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ;)

[Danger Mouse]

7. Their music is perfectly acceptable...

if you're a tone-deaf mutant who hates anything that brings people joy and happiness.

[RevolutionaryActs]

9. *snork*

THIS IS HOW YOU REMIND ME! OF WHAT I REALLY AM! THIS IS HOW YOU REMIND ME! OF WHAT I REALLY AM!

[Danger Mouse]

12. Keep that up and I'll break up with you.

[RevolutionaryActs]

15. Kingdom Hearts?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4kD1UuQslA


:evilgrin: :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

25. What, is that supposed to calm my furious wrath?

[RevolutionaryActs]

27. No.

But it proves that I can keep it up and you won't hate me, because, hello! Kingdom Hearts! YAY! :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

32. You're evil. Evil. Our love is over.

...
well, not really. you can still be my pretend girlfriend. :loveya:

[RevolutionaryActs]

37. See, I told you.

you can't hate me. :D


:loveya:

[Danger Mouse]

42. sigh.

yeah, i can't stop loving you. ;)
which reminds me...the movie metropolis...the anime...i've told you to see it before, right?

[RevolutionaryActs]

49. Yes

I still haven't though. :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

52. You should, so you'd know the 'I Can't Stop Loving You' reference..

and it'd make you as much of a sappy mess as me.

[RevolutionaryActs]

58. No sap.

:cry:

[Danger Mouse]

60. Here's the song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5FpVZw6rSs&feature=related

heh, this video isn't too far off from how it's used in the movie...
just see it already!!! it's a good thing you don't live closer, i'd be monopolizing so much of your time with this crap. :P

[RevolutionaryActs]

68. What

horrible things happen while pretty music plays? Oh sounds lovely. O_O

[Danger Mouse]

71. Well, in the case of Metropolis, it's also beautiful.

:D

[RevolutionaryActs]

74. At some point I'll see it

Wall-E too. :P

[Danger Mouse]

You are SO lucky you don't live closer to me.

:P

[RevolutionaryActs]

Dupe.

Sorry 'bout that. :o

[RevolutionaryActs]

80. LOL!

I count my blessings everyday. :rofl: :P

[Danger Mouse]

82. Oh hush.

We both know we wish we lived closer.

[RevolutionaryActs]

87. it'd be fun

we could have geekathons!

[Danger Mouse]

90. don't make me start thinking of what might have been...

:cry:
:P
i would enjoy it.

[RevolutionaryActs]

91. You're the one that brought it up!

:P

[Danger Mouse]

94. I know, I know, the best people are too far away.

[CreekDog]

123. ironically named, "Are we having fun yet"

:eyes:

[AwakeAtLast]

8. Apocalyptica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGnAzkh9kn0

I cannot get enough of them right now.

No insult will deter me! :D

[Danger Mouse]

13. That is the most absurdly masturbatory music video I've seen.

It oozes pretentiousness like pus from a gaping infected wound.
The song is good, though.

[AwakeAtLast]

20. Yeah, they get a little too into it, I think

I'm guessing it doesn't translate from Europe to America. Facial gestures and such.

See? I told you I could take it! :P

[ghostsofgiants]

22. They started as a Metallica cover quartet

[AwakeAtLast]

53. I like most of those covers

I think I like the fact that they are able to merge classical sounds with hard rock. The sound is very unique!

[Rhythm]

120. Can't wait to play this for OktoberKid

He's a beginning violinist... it'll be cool for him to see that strings don't HAVE to be classical to be good.

[AwakeAtLast]

152. Excellent!

I talked to my 6th Grade about them (I teach Music) and I am going to put together some lessons. I hear shades of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" in the Winter section in some of their playing. I'm going to do something with it anyway.

The few students who had heard them were amazed to learn they are three (previously four) cellists! They were sure it was electic guitar and bass.

[rcrush]

47. Apocalyptica with Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfi6asm35kg

[Dr. Strange]

14. Radiohead.

Just 'cause I want to see if ya got the balls to do it.


Well, do ya punk?

[Danger Mouse]

21. Radiohead is one of my favorite bands, but I'm still happy to insult them.

Once, they made music, then they made pretentious noise that is popular among hipster douchebags. Then they made music again, but you can't go home again. Expect the next album to be sort of like Lou Reed's 'Metal Machine Music' but accompanied by Thom Yorke's screechings.

[Dr. Strange]

54. Wow, not bad.

P.S. I keyed your car. And your stereo.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

18. John Coltrane.

[Danger Mouse]

23. Jazz is difficult to insult. It's just all so boring in general.

Except for when it gets 'experimental' which is just a fancy way of saying 'unlistenable'

[Fire Walk With Me]

24. Skinny Puppy.

"Pro-Test" from 2004's "The Greater Wrong of the Right".

http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DADkQVJz6wuY

[Danger Mouse]

30. What the hell did I just watch? Seriously, what the hell?

Shit, you broke my brain. :cry:

[Fire Walk With Me]

34. lol--!

Sorry bro. I couldn't preview the video as I can't play youtube on this computer...I do know the song, however. Extremely anti-right wing stuff.

[Danger Mouse]

36. Being anti-right wing doesn't make it automatically good.

Just like plenty of good music is right-wing garbage.
Uh. Nothing comes to mind at the moment.

[Inchworm]

38. .

:rofl::rofl:

[KittyWampus]

127. OMG! it was worth reading this thread simply for the Skinny Puppy reference alone.

[XemaSab]

153. Breakdancing kicks ass

:bounce:

[ghostsofgiants]

26. Erik B and Rakim

[Danger Mouse]

35. I am unfamiliar. Perhaps you can give me something to work with?

[ghostsofgiants]

48. Dude, seriously?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNBjKWV65Qc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZElWBsoyvUo

[Danger Mouse]

51. My tastes are very diverse, but because of that, there's a lot of stuff I legitimately don't know...

but I am always striving to fill in gaps.

[ghostsofgiants]

55. Eric B and Rakim are classic hip-hop gods.

[Danger Mouse]

56. There's a lot of hip-hop that I don't know that I probably should.

:hi:

[Danger Mouse]

70. Okay, this is gonna be really difficult for me to insult with any sincerity.

[ghostsofgiants]

100. I step correct.

:P

[Arugula Latte]

28. REM

Put Stipe in your pipe, please. :)

[Danger Mouse]

50. Exhibit A: "Shiny Happy People"

I rest my case your honor.
Thank you, Mr. District Attorney.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict?
Yes, your honor. On the charge of inflicting the most horrifically chirpy song in the history of everything on an unsuspecting public, we vote guilty.
Thank you, foreman. I hereby sentence REM to an eternity of being forced to listen to 'Shiny Happy People' cranked to 'ear bleeding volume' with no hope of relief. May god have mercy on their souls.

[Sebastian Doyle]

119. There is something worse than "Shiny Happy People", believe it or not

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJzhk1V8l1g

[mvd]

134. I love "Shiny Happy People"

It annoys some, but it always brings a smile to my face.

[Danger Mouse]

139. You like that song AND Katy Perry? And here I was, respecting your taste in music.

:P

[mvd]

160. But you like Bright Eyes

See - we can both play this game. LOL. We like what we like - I'd take Katy Perry and "Shiny Happy People" over Bright Eyes anyday. :P

[Danger Mouse]

166. Okay, then insult Bright Eyes. Let's hear it.

:)

[mvd]

167. He's whiny and overrated, the critic's pet that no one can understand!!

I do like many of the artists you like, though, so you're not half bad. :hi:

[Danger Mouse]

180. Oh, of course he's whiny. That's why I like him.

:P

[mvd]

188. Maybe my love of the Who makes up for some of my faults

Just like your like of Rilo Kiley and New Pornographers makes up for yours. :P

Hope you having a good 2009, Elrond.

[Inchworm]

29. Tony Rice

He ain't ubskyur 'round these parts. :rofl:

Church Street Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JFgC3Ub10E

:yoiks:

[Danger Mouse]

40. Grr...it's almost impossible for me to hate something like this.

So I'll just say this.
It's good music to sodomize Ned Beatty to.

[Inchworm]

44. LoL

:rofl:

[Bake]

132. You could've given him "Manzanita" or "John Wilkes Booth"

Or "Walls" or damn near anything TR has ever done (including the DEFINITIVE Sally Goodin). EH would still have been helpless.

:hi:

Bake
Another Rice-a-holic

[Inchworm]

136. My favorite is "Freeborne Man"

but it misses the opening line :)

I was boooorn in the south land

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwHXOwk3xNo

It was a theme song of mine for years.

:headbang:

[Bake]

137. I love that one too!

But I heard TR, in response to a request from the crowd for Freeborn Man, say "Man, I can't sing that shit anymore!" This was after his voice started to go (what a shame!) and he couldn't get the high notes in that song any more.

He still plays it occasionally, if somebody else does the vocals (Peter Rowan, e.g.).

Bake

[Danger Mouse]

151. Bluegrass can't be insulted because it's the least pretentious music there is.

Unless the musician is a known asshole, that is. Then you have something to work with.

[bridgit]

31. Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjNAeELQ_Z8

[Danger Mouse]

33. I got to see Joe Satriani in concert!

Man, that was a great nap I had while waiting for Dream Theater to perform.

[bridgit]

39. Who can sleep during that shit!? Oh, wait...

You Can!! :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

43. I was tired and it was fucking boring.

[flvegan]

41. The Beastie Boys.

[Danger Mouse]

46. Listenging to them makes my head hurt.

They're just genuinely unpleasant to listen to. I absolutely cannot stand their grating voices. It's like listening to this douchebag idiot i used to be friends with during his 'no seriously i'm totally ganster even though i'm painfully lily white' phase.

[flvegan]

61. Is Listenging a suburb of Luxembourg?

[Danger Mouse]

63. Yes. The people of Luxembourg feel the same way I do.

Harsh words indeed.

[Mojambo]

45. The Fruit Bats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VULCs0jDmyM&feature=related

Have at it.

[Danger Mouse]

59. Bastard, I actually liked that song.

But i can still insult it.
Their name is lame and their singer needs lessons.

[dana_b]

57. Pearl Jam

be gentle?? :hi:

[Danger Mouse]

62. Their best albums, Vitalogy, is awesome. One of my favorites.

All of their other stuff is just plain boring, with the exception of stuff like 'Daughter' or 'Black'
They'll never compare to Nirvana.
Eddie Vedder can never be forgiven for 'Rock around Barack'

[dana_b]

76. ha!

Yeah - maybe if Eddie started doin heroin and writing 3 chord repetitive songs (that make ME want to shoot myself)while hanging out with a no-talent drug addict, he could be infamous too.

Thanks! ;)

p.s. rock around barack? I think my subconcious must have intentionally blocked that one out.

[Danger Mouse]

81. Hey, it could've been worse for Nirvana...

they could've released 'Ten'.

[EastTennesseeDem]

64. "Down to Earth" by Peter Gabriel n/t

[Danger Mouse]

65. I hate you.

:cry:

[EastTennesseeDem]

66. Do I win?

[Danger Mouse]

67. No. I can still insult it.

Just another cookie-cutter pop song stuck in at the end of a kid's movie.
Not memorable, not interesting, and its existence is not justifiable.

[EastTennesseeDem]

69. Damn. You're good

You managed to do that without insulting the film itself. I am impressed.

[Danger Mouse]

72. Thanks. I love to insult stuff, especially music, because I love music so much.

Does that make sense?
Anyway, my hero is 'Dr. David Thorpe' of Something Awful.

[EastTennesseeDem]

77. Holy shit! I love Dr. Thorpe!

Especially his Avenged Sevenfold and Mars Volta reviews. I am a Radiohead freak, and yet his article on them had me rolling. He's the only fratirist I can stand apart from Maddox.

It's been a while since he's posted anything isn't it?

[Danger Mouse]

79. He mostly just does articles now. And yes, his article on Radiohead killed me.

He did a hilarious bit not too long ago where he dressed as a woman at a (I think) comic con. He was actually kind of cute as a girl...but the results are great.

[Fire Walk With Me]

89. I'll take the bait.

"...a kid's movie."

Ahem :rofl:

[mwooldri]

73. OK. Do your worst with Cliff Richard.

He's had too many songs... too many #1 hits... really... (true for the UK).

Mark.

[Arugula Latte]

86. Oh no ... Now I've got "We're all going on a summer holiday" stuck in my noggin

Thanks. :hi:

:P

[Danger Mouse]

88. I kept trying to watch his videos but quickly would get bored.

Who listens to crap like that and considers it good? It's music to euthanize people to.
It's bland, repetitive, and unoffensive.

[mwooldri]

116. Videos? You mean Films, now don't you?

Depends on which time period you're talking about.

If Elvis took a serious evangelical Christian streak and lived... he might have been Cliff Richard today.

Plus is all that you can do to insult Cliff? We've heard worse!

Mark.

[Danger Mouse]

138. It's hard to say anything really cruel about something so bland.

It's like saying you hate vanilla. There's really not that much you can say about it.

[DeepBlueC]

75. Bon Iver

[Danger Mouse]

84. He sings like a eunuch.

[DeepBlueC]

185. why didn't I anticipate that?

[Danger Mouse]

190. Because I am crafty and crunchy.

[JVS]

78. USA for Africa's "We Are the World"

[Danger Mouse]

83. The best of intentions doesn't forgive an awful song.

Still, hey were very sincere about how hard they sucked. Good for them.

(I don't mean that!! I can't stand the song, but I think the sentiments behind it are very moving)

[JVS]

85. Dude. You're going to have to do better than that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2W4-0qUdHY&feature=related

There were so many stars behind this turd that you had better start the denunciations flying!

[Danger Mouse]

92. "I starved to death in Africa and all I got for it was this shitty song'

I think this song actually might've made things worse.
I had to sing this song in elementary school chorus and hated every minute of it. The horrors of growing up in the 80's, I tell ya.
What amuses me is Michael Jackson's ridiculous outfit, the fact that Bob Dylan seriously can't sing, Cyndi Lauper is trying way too hard, Paul Simon looks embarrassed to be there, and in general, everybody takes themselves way way way too seriously.
The amount of pure ego in this video cannot be safely handled by human beings.

[mt13]

93. Bo Diddley...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F1Mk6U5zVY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBAJXyF1HVc&feature=related

[Danger Mouse]

95. You want me to insult THAT?

I refuse to insult works of ART.
Give me some crap to insult.
:P

[Fire Walk With Me]

96. This is going to hurt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D4YmnG2pzVgQ

[Danger Mouse]

99. What;

What.
What.
What.
DO NOT WANT.
:cry:

[Fire Walk With Me]

101. You asked for crap to insult...

...I delivered :shrug:

"Cleopatra 2525" is perfect television. Perfect. The television was created so that "Cleopatra 2525" could be broadcast. Television cannot reach a higher place. The apogee has been reached. We are thankful.

[mt13]

128. thanks!

i was hoping you would say that!

here's one i absolutely love but cannot for the life of me figure out why. i HATE Guns 'n Roses but love Sweet Child of Mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-AYAv0IoWI

must have something to do with the memories attached! and i do like Axel Rose's voice.

[ScreamingMeemie]

97. Motion City Soundtrack

I'm doing this for the currently offline WannaBe, who got me tuned into this group even though I swore I would hate them forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA6v5HS4jjg

[Danger Mouse]

103. He has the worst facial hair ever. Ever. Somebody tell him the 1890's are over.

[ScreamingMeemie]

104. Ooh. Be lucky WannaBe is offline for awhile.

[Danger Mouse]

107. You can tell her I said that, too.

:P

[EastTennesseeDem]

98. Oh! Almost forgot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myIG9PEwXZw

Have fun. People actually LIKE this stuff.

[Danger Mouse]

102. Some people also like George W. Bush. Coincidence???

[fizzgig]

106. mercury rev

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YpBAK0YBOY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xJbEoc5sDw&feature=channel

how are you? :hi:

[Danger Mouse]

108. better now that I got to insult something that's special to a lot of people.

always warms my heart.
give me some time to listen to your vids before i get around to insulting them. ;)

[kentauros]

110. But I live for obscure!

:D

Ahh, just sift through these links and insult at your leisure:

http://passionate-music.blogspot.com
http://freealbums.blogsome.com

[elshiva]

111. I love the bananarider.

What is he riding?

[elshiva]

112. BARRY MANILOW.

:evilgrin:

[kentauros]

113. Or

Poblano Manilo :P

[elshiva]

114. HUH? Where's bananarider?

:P

[Danger Mouse]

161. He's beneath insulting. Even he knows his music is sickening filth.

Barry Manilow is the putrid wart on the ass of easy-listening music.

[Danger Mouse]

115. Thanks for your efforts in giving me stuff to make fun of.

I will take my leave now..and pick up where I left off, tomorrow!

[mwooldri]

117. Can we get obscure tomorrow?

I'd like to hear you mudsling Des O'Connor. Now THAT'S a guy with a criminal record!

Mark.

[baldguy]

118. "Let the Eagle Soar"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFmMGYv3mag

*brings a tear to yer eye!*

[mt13]

130. OMFG.... nothing more to say!

[Danger Mouse]

177. How could I possibly have anything negative to say about this patriotic masterpiece?

If I had my way, this would be our new national anthem!

[darmok167]

121. 30 Seconds to Mars

.

[Danger Mouse]

165. Okay, this video is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF1wZQzpeKA
although I think the lead singer REALLY wants to make out with himself at one point in the song.
in fact, i'm kind of surprised he didn't kiss himself.

[CreekDog]

124. Chicago "Beginnings"

Here's one to insult:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYRrTpBSCWE&feature=related

I dare ya! :evilgrin:

[Danger Mouse]

159. Me? Insult Chicago? Unless it's '25 or 6 to 4' count me in!

Sometimes music is converted into muzak for use in department stores and elevators.
Sometimes bands write music specifically to be played in department stores and elevators.
They sound about as into their own music as the chick from stereolab.

[CreekDog]

187. Your sin went from venial to mortal

in just a few sentences! :spank:

[edbermac]

125. The Beatles, but don't bother trying to insult them.

They are beyond reproach.

[Danger Mouse]

141. Oh, I can insult them. John Lennon was an egotistical asshole.

Paul McCartney is a smarmy prick. Between the two of them, there was enough ego to fill the Albert Hall. "Let it Be" was crap. The "Magical Mystery Tour" movie was crap. The Beatles lose some points for being the inspiration for 'Across the Universe' which is crap.
They are also responsible for the existence of Oasis, and that is a shame they will never be able to live down.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

126. Smashing Pumpkins. And be warned.....

...anything too below the belt will result in Creed and Nickleback being unleashed upon the DU Lounge once again.

[Danger Mouse]

144. Everything after Mellon Collie sucked and wasn't worth listening too.

After making something like Mellon Collie, you should just quit. You can never possibly top something like that.
Not saying the album is incredible, but it was definitely their creative peak. It all went downhill from there.
As it was, Billy Corgan is yet another egotistical fool who oozes pretentiousness and can't really sing all that well to begin with.

[Fran Kubelik]

129. I really like Stereolab

[Danger Mouse]

155. I haven't heard disinterested mumbling on that level since Nirvana!

Seriously, if you want me to like your music, at least try to make me interested. If even YOU sound bored to be singing your own songs, I'm going to be bored, too.
Also, I like to be able to occasionally understand what the singer is saying. Enunciate, people! Mhshhgdjhgosrs shjdhsdhf.

[Fran Kubelik]

181. Hmmm. Maybe it's because they're singing in French.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eKUAO1jE3k

[Danger Mouse]

189. Not the ones I heard.

It was definitely English.
Just really mumbled English.

[Bake]

131. Otis Redding, "Try a Little Tenderness" (live version)

Take your best shot. As for me, "We got to have some more of Otis!"

Bake

[HuskerDU]

133. Otis is known for his tender ballads, but for me his uptempo

stuff live is unequaled in terms of a high energy show. Just get those horns blarin' and the bass thumpin' and have the Big O sing, "Gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta" and I'm all good.

[Danger Mouse]

162. I refuse to insult that.

Sorry.

[mvd]

135. OK, you can insult me for liking Katy Perry

Won't change my mind anyway. :P

[Danger Mouse]

140. Why? She has no talent. She just sings dumb controversial songs for one thing and one thing only.

Attention. She thrives off of attention. She's immature, irritating, and dumb as a stump.

[mvd]

158. She's a good singer and fun

And I'm sticking to that. :hi:

[geardaddy]

142. Matchbox 20

Disclaimer: I hate this band

[Danger Mouse]

148. Who doesn't hate them? They suck. They're a wussier Nickelback.

Rob Thomas is one of the most irritating assholes in music. His work with Santana made me stop liking Santana. Sorry, you can't make a deal with the devil and expect to come away from it unscathed.
Their music fills me with nausea. Their songs are the same boring romantic drivel that polluted the airwaves all through the 90's, and like a cockroach in a nuclear winter, they simply refuse to die.
Where artists like Beck and Radiohead were experimenting and being creative, and bands like Coldplay or Oasis at least were ripping off GOOD music, Matchbox 20 was content to simply make the same dull lifeless crap everybody else was making.
I consider them partially to blame for the death of commercially successful good music.

[geardaddy]

143. Talking Heads

:shrug:

[Danger Mouse]

145. Hey, it's easy to be considered 'good' when we're talking about the 80's...

considering that back then, anybody with a synthesizer and a can of hairspray could shit out a top 10 song or two.
In that environment, the Talking Heads seem like the Beatles.
However, they're not. They're just masters of mediocrity. They'll be best remembered for being completely unmemorable.


That being said, 'Once in a Lifetime' and 'And She Was' are both really good songs.
So they managed two good ones. Bully for them.

[geardaddy]

146. Excellent insult.

Makes me think of Human League.

[Danger Mouse]

150. I love 'Once in a Lifetime' too, so I've tried to like them...

but I just can't.
I'd rather save the effort for GOOD bands.
:D

[XemaSab]

147. Modest Mouse

n/t

[Danger Mouse]

149. I just started listening to Modest Mouse recently!

But even when I like a band, I can find their flaws.

Their lead singer has an interesting interpretation of singing. Where most of us considering singing to be something that sounds 'good,' he is far more content to sing like he's passing a stone. This, of course, adds a distinctive flavor to their recordings, the same way sheep intestines add a distinctive flavor to haggis.

[geardaddy]

154. The Who

Mmm?

[Danger Mouse]

156. A bunch of louts. Keith Moon did more drugs than Detroit, and the guitar smashing was just tacky.

They are responsible for Limp Bizkit's reprehensible cover of 'Behind Blue Eyes' (if the song never existed in the first place, we wouldn't have had to listen to the noxious cover of it), and they cannot be forgiven for that.
They're better than the Rolling Stones, but that's like saying Stalin was better than Hitler.

[geardaddy]

157. Zing!

:rofl:

[mvd]

164. LOL

Your insults make me laugh, even when I don't agree. :hi:

[Danger Mouse]

172. I love the Who, tbh.

Doesn't mean I can't make fun of them. :)

[HuskerDU]

163. How about an album?

Sgt Peppers is ripe for a good ribbing IMO!

[Danger Mouse]

170. Yes, it is ripe for a ribbing.

Let's do it song by song...
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band - Lame gimmick song. Like I care about any of this crap.
2. With a Little Help From My Friends - You know you have problems when Joe Cocker's cover of your song is much much better. Nothing good ever came out of letting Ringo sing.
3. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - Yes, John, we know you were doing every drug known to man at the time. You don't need to express it in song.
4. Getting Better - Liar! This song gets worse every time I hear it.
5. Fixing a Hole - Boring. Next.
6. She's Leaving Home - So unbearably sappy that it's actually kind of good.
7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite - There are only two 'great' songs on the album. This is one of them.
8. Within You Without You - Sometimes George wrote beautiful songs like 'Something' and 'Here Comes the Sun' and sometimes he wrote...stuff like this. From the period when George thought a sitar would make any song sound good. This is likely because he, like John, was on a ton of drugs.
9. When I'm Sixty-Four - So Paul is just as drugged up as the rest of them and he STILL manages to make a song this boring. Hey Paul, when you're 64, guess what? You'll still be an asshole. Asshole.
10. Lovely Rita - This song made me hate meter maids.
11. Good Morning Good Morning - This song is actually pretty cool.
12. Sgt. Pepper's blah blah (reprise) - Who the fuck cares? Why does this even exist?
13. A Day in the Life - Amazing song.

So three good songs and a whole bunch of mediocrity somehow totals up to a classic record?
It doesn't add up.
'Abbey Road' and 'The White Album' and 'Revolver' and 'Rubber Soul' are all FAR better than this.

[Mike 03]

168. Elvis Costello (and The Attractions)?

[Danger Mouse]

179. Hmm....nah, I'm liking what I'm hearing so far.

:hi:

[redqueen]

169. Radiohead - True Love Waits

Hope it's not too obscure... it's a b-side I think.

[Danger Mouse]

173. I fucking love that song more than anything else in the world.

And therefore I refuse to insult it on general principle.
Sorry.
:P
I should add that you can find it on their album 'I Might Be Wrong.'

[redqueen]

174. Yay!

It's my favorite song in the entire world. :)

And yes, I have I Might Be Wrong... I thought it was also released as a b-side before that compilation disc came out... but the live version on that is as close to perfect as any recording could possibly be. IMO anyway. :)

[Danger Mouse]

176. That is the only release of the song that I know of...

and it is just too beautiful.
:hug:

[redqueen]

178. OK then how about Muse - Endlessly

Again, hope that's not too obscure. :)

[Danger Mouse]

183. Not too obscure...

nope, not gonna do it. :P

[redqueen]

184. Rilo Kiley - I Never?

I'm in a lovey-dovey mood just now. :P

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

171. Garbage

Don't cop out with something like "The name sums it up" either.

[Danger Mouse]

175. Going for the obvious joke would just be crass.

For a band fronted by somebody as hot as Shirley Manson, they sure manage to make some uninteresting music.
I mean their only really GOOD song is 'Thirteen' and nobody has ever heard that, so they therefore have no good songs.
They don't suck hard enough to be hated, but they're not good enough to bother listening to. If I hear Garbage on the radio, I'll definitely say 'meh.'
I mean, I'm not going to go off on a tirade on how they're music is utter shit, it's just utter bland with no real bite.
It was more effective in its time.

[PassingFair]

182. Mott the Hoople..

"You look like a star, but you're still on the dole..."

[Danger Mouse]

186. Who the hell cares about Mott the Hoople? Seriously.

First of all, they had the worst name for a band ever.
Second of all, they had the worst name for a band ever.
Third of all, they're only remembered for one song, which everybody assumes was done by David Bowie anyway.

[Sugarcoated]

191. Patty Griffin

I dare you.

[Danger Mouse]

196. Some things are really difficult to trash. This, for instance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFbjE7NFmUI
Just like I refuse to diss 'True Love Waits' by Radiohead, this is just too pretty to hate.
:hi:

[DBoon]

192. Strawberry Alarm Clock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFF1uKlsEY0

[JVS]

193. Sinead O'Connor

[Danger Mouse]

194. Beautiful signing voice, awful personality.

Having talent doesn't give you license to act like an idiot just for the sake of it.

[kentauros]

195. Emergency Broadcast Network

Psychoactive Drugs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBRnLs_i8gs&feature=related