mjmooney Posted August 12, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2023 25 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I kinda assumed that when Blandy said you’d know it, he meant you’d recognise the tune rather the song being exactly the same as the theme. Fair enough. It took two listens, tbh, first time I didn't get as far as the instrumental part. So there are one-and-a-bit songs I know by TDC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 God I hate this song 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 12, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 12, 2023 2 hours ago, theboyangel said: Absent Friends. Or that album, (which is obviously also about absence). He's a lyrical genius. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 10 storey love song 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 13, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 13, 2023 (edited) Hate ... lyrics give me chills of embarrassment. Edited August 13, 2023 by Marka Ragnos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 14, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 14, 2023 8 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: Hate ... lyrics give me chills of embarrassment. Remember when this came out, as we’d not long since got MTV in the crew room at work. One evening I was put on tool stores. The tool store room door let you see (and hear) across the corridor into the crew room and the TV up on the wall in the corner, er…anyway this song got me into Sonic Youth. It’s still great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 I have to say @Marka Ragnos Kool Thing for me is one of their best. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2023 So.....****.......boring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Hey Foxymophandlemama that's me - Pearl Jam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 14, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 14, 2023 11 hours ago, VILLAMARV said: 10 storey love song Nah, it's one of their best off their best album 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2023 12 minutes ago, bickster said: Nah, it's one of their best off their best album Agreed. Never understood why people rate the debut higher than Second Coming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 10 minutes ago, bickster said: Nah, it's one of their best off their best album I still skip it to this day, although I rewind a little because the ending melds nicely into Daybreak. But it's the song that most fits the thread title for me. Love the roses dearly, this one just never resonated with me and ended up grating a little. I wonder if it was not track 3 whether I'd connect with it more but it interupts a great start to a great album it just slows everything down unneccesarily between driving south and daybreak for me. I used to skip Polly on Nevermind when I was younger but not so much these days, I don't hate the song at all. The Pearl Jam one is another skipper though, from a band I hold dear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2023 7 hours ago, Seat68 said: I have to say @Marka Ragnos Kool Thing for me is one of their best. I know many people love. Dunno why it hits me the way it does. 7 hours ago, blandy said: Remember when this came out, as we’d not long since got MTV in the crew room at work. One evening I was put on tool stores. The tool store room door let you see (and hear) across the corridor into the crew room and the TV up on the wall in the corner, er…anyway this song got me into Sonic Youth. It’s still great. Worth it then … great guitar band. 4 hours ago, bickster said: Nah, it's one of their best off their best album Same as I feel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 On 22/10/2022 at 09:22, mjmooney said: The One Song You Hate By An Artist You Love is much easier. Your second example didn't bother me, but I hated Slow Train Coming so much, I gave it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Kool Thing and Come to Daddy are similar in that they're both cheesy on purpose, kind of in a mocking way, but they're also catchy, for these recording artists to be able to do something like that shows how talented they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 I always associate Kool Thing with REM's Radio Song, perhaps because of their use of a rapper. nothing more. To get back on topic There are one or two positives about Willie Nelson's reggae album, Countryman. But only one or two. This isn't one of them. **** hate it. Then Johnny Cash, he doesnt have a bad song, just songs I prefer not to listen to if I am listening to Johnny Cash as there are others, many many others I prefer to listen to. I dont like u2 so it's painful that he covered One. Toby Keith, he has some tracks to some which are considered, rightly considered, chest beating gung ho Murica!!!! I am OK with them, I am OK with his comedy songs, I am OK with all of that. But a pointless dance mix, I skip that shit. I suppose it should be the lyrics that I hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2023 17 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: Your second example didn't bother me, but I hated Slow Train Coming so much, I gave it away. The godbotherer lyrics were certainly a shock at the time, but musically it's a brilliant album, arguably the best played and produced of his career. The core band is unbeatable: Mark Knopfler, Pick Withers, Barry Beckett, Tim Drummond and the Memphis Horns. Jerry Wexler production. And Dylan's vocals are fierce and impassioned. With hindsight, I've even come to accept the songs (the above aberration excepted). Unfortunately, the next two albums in what turned out to be a Christian trilogy ('Saved' and 'Shot of Love') were a massive drop-off in quality. Incidentally, he played some fantastic gigs during this period - in the face of more audience hostility even than the 65/66 'Judas' period - now documented on the 'Trouble No More' Bootleg Series box set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 14, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 14, 2023 37 minutes ago, Seat68 said: There are one or two positives about Willie Nelson's reggae album, I'm phoning the IRS to investigate him again over that 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 14, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 14, 2023 39 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Johnny Cash as there are others, many many others I prefer to listen to. I dont like u2 so it's painful that he covered One. Agreed but he still improved it and amplifies how dreadful the original lyrics actually are, so at least be thankful for that 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 8 minutes ago, mjmooney said: The godbotherer lyrics were certainly a shock at the time, but musically it's a brilliant album, arguably the best played and produced of his career. The core band is unbeatable: Mark Knopfler, Pick Withers, Barry Beckett, Tim Drummond and the Memphis Horns. Jerry Wexler production. And Dylan's vocals are fierce and impassioned. With hindsight, I've even come to accept the songs (the above aberration excepted). Unfortunately, the next two albums in what turned out to be a Christian trilogy ('Saved' and 'Shot of Love') were a massive drop-off in quality. Incidentally, he played some fantastic gigs during this period - in the face of more audience hostility even than the 65/66 'Judas' period - now documented on the 'Trouble No More' Bootleg Series box set. I can't say I listened to the album much, as I gave it away in a fit of pique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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