every once in a blue moon, I remember the existence of their minor radio hit "Meet Virginia", featuring the imperishable quatrain Well she wants to live her life / And she thinks about her life / Pulls her hair back as she screams: / "I don't really wanna live this life"
I'll be an old, old man before I can forgive that one
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 8 June 2014 11:54 (nine years ago) link
said song also features an egregious & unnecessary rhyme of 'president' with 'president', which is enough to make their more recent clunkers like 'tenderloin'/'tender coin' seem positively Keatsian
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 8 June 2014 12:01 (nine years ago) link
My sister and brother-in-law think Train are great. I am not convinced
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 8 June 2014 13:22 (nine years ago) link
lol i like "Meet Virginia"
― some dude, Sunday, 8 June 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
Train encompass a genre I like to call "Piano Bar rock"
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 8 June 2014 17:49 (nine years ago) link
http://thenearsightedmonkey.tumblr.com/post/133929057114/dear-students-from-the-collected-works-of-making
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 November 2015 04:58 (eight years ago) link
Just heard what I assume is their new single (the one that bites "Heart and Soul" or something). Satan's taking too long to collect on the "Hey Soul Sister" comeback.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 28 May 2017 01:59 (six years ago) link
...I missed mentioning, I heard it TWICE in two different businesses in the space of 30 minutes.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 28 May 2017 02:05 (six years ago) link
its like why saddam and not pat monahan?
― sexualing healing (crüt), Sunday, 28 May 2017 02:22 (six years ago) link
Watching you’s the only drug I need. :-)
― the ghost of markers, Sunday, 28 May 2017 02:49 (six years ago) link
Worst ever.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 November 2017 02:22 (six years ago) link
I was in a car listening to the radio last night and had the misfortune of hearing Train's 'Play that song'. Never has a song made me want to claw may ears of more. It reminded me of that 30 Rock doing 'America's Kids Got Singing' but it wasn't a joke. How the hell do they have 11 Albums, or a career for that matter.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 9 September 2019 09:07 (four years ago) link
Partway through Alfred's piece, realised I hadn't heard Meet Virginia before. It's clearly awful and sounds to me an older cousin of One Direction's equally dreadful "what makes you beautiful". However not all is lost as I misheard one of the lines as "we sit at home and live on President" - we have no money for real food or heating but we do have some Brie and a blanket. perfect and sadly relatable romantic image.
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 9 September 2019 11:08 (four years ago) link
Their new single is called "Mai Tais".
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 November 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
I believe that is Tagalog for "My Humps."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 17 November 2019 18:08 (four years ago) link
kill this band
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 03:53 (four years ago) link
Just heard what I assume is their new single (the one that bites "Heart and Soul" or something). Satan's taking too long to collect on the "Hey Soul Sister" comeback.― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, May 27, 2017 8:59 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink...I missed mentioning, I heard it TWICE in two different businesses in the space of 30 minutes.― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, May 27, 2017 9:05 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, May 27, 2017 8:59 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, May 27, 2017 9:05 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Also missed that the song had already been out for awhile--it underperformed upon initial release, and then was re-serviced to radio & muzak in hopes becoming a Summer Hit tying into their tour.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 04:46 (four years ago) link
Drummer Drew Shoals left the band in January 2019 to return to practicing law
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 04:51 (four years ago) link
"drops of jupiter" is a classic! haven't heard any other good songs by them tho and some are truly heinous
― dyl, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 05:27 (four years ago) link
^ note my enjoyment of "jupiter" probably depended in part on the fact that i was unable to understand some of its worst lyrics (soy latte etc)
― dyl, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 05:28 (four years ago) link
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-boReminds me that there's room to grow
makes you think
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 05:49 (four years ago) link
Gawd i can't stand them. About five awful songs that are on the radio all the time i'd find out, one every few years or so, are by this band
― Lee626, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 05:50 (four years ago) link
These guys are the only thing that makes me second guess if Led Zeppelin was good.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 12:30 (four years ago) link
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
lmao i've definitely looked up the lyrics to this song before but i didn't realize this was the lyric. yikes!
― dyl, Thursday, 26 March 2020 07:22 (four years ago) link
D
― 26. imaginary bodyguard (Pillbox), Thursday, 26 March 2020 07:28 (four years ago) link
"Hey Soul Sister" is the worst single of the decade.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 July 2010 12:34 (eleven years ago)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JeAfVoA_iE
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 14 August 2021 11:07 (two years ago) link