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― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 03:16 (8 years ago) Permalink
DUD
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 04:28 (8 years ago) Permalink
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 04:33 (8 years ago) Permalink
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"My heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest"
Wha???
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 27 March 2010 16:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
gross
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 27 March 2010 16:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
the new single is one of the worst things i've ever heard
― ksh, Saturday, 27 March 2010 17:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
what
― markers, Friday, 30 July 2010 06:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Hey Soul Sister" is the worst single of the decade.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 July 2010 11:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
otm
― ballerrr (The Reverend), Friday, 30 July 2010 11:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
i always knew ilx was a bit out of touch but after that "i gotta feelin" thread and now this. you guys gotta carve out fifteen minutes of assigned forkcast listening turn on radio or something because this song has been inescapable for months
or maybe i'm the only one here who hears 8 hours of the local soft-rock radio station at work like every day of my life
― gold bullion logic (samosa gibreel), Friday, 30 July 2010 11:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is my ~6 month old baby cousin's favourite song, she sways & claps every time it comes on in the car. it's super adorable obv and is kind of an otm metaphor for the song's appeal
― gold bullion logic (samosa gibreel), Friday, 30 July 2010 11:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
the thread was revived by "markers," who is the same person as "ksh," who posted about disliking the song in March. i don't know why he revived the thread with that particular vid of the song, but i'm just saying.
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Friday, 30 July 2010 11:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
ah
― gold bullion logic (samosa gibreel), Friday, 30 July 2010 11:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
You're not going to find many people on ILM who listen to the radio as much as the people who've posted since the thread revival.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 July 2010 11:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also...
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 July 2010 11:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
igi, i was being a crank. i usually don't like it when people yack about who lives under a rock, just kind of funny that two enormous ubiquitous singles got revives/threads in the past day
― gold bullion logic (samosa gibreel), Friday, 30 July 2010 11:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Train formula:1. Put all your effort (ie: not much) into one blandy-sounding unmemorable Counting Crows rip.2. Put no effort into the rest of your songs, for they do not matter.3. Release record, have one big hit, sustain career for another couple years.
this is still true after all these years.
god his voice is so fucking bad in that video, i am shocked.
(secretly though i will kind of rep for "drops of jupiter" because i love the corny use of strings.)
― teledyldonix, Friday, 30 July 2010 17:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
I listen to the radio almost every day, so yeah, I've heard this song a million times. I don't even hate this song. I just revived this thread because that video is a fuckin egregious performance
― markers, Friday, 30 July 2010 17:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
some dude's Jukebox review is OTM, btw
― markers, Friday, 30 July 2010 17:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
guess you missed them on America's Got Talent last week...it was a 'baldie & soul-patch' doppelganger showdown between ukelele-dude and Howie Mandel
― Chewawa Allstar (herb albert), Friday, 30 July 2010 18:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wait- which one's "some dude" (x-post)?
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 31 July 2010 01:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
sh1pley
― ballerrr (The Reverend), Saturday, 31 July 2010 01:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
pssh "hey soul sister" is a dope song, ship's otm about how it's embarassing to like them but they have classic singles, fuiud
― terry squad (k3vin k.), Monday, 2 August 2010 03:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
ive never attempted to listen to an album of theirs. i assume i'd hate it and like to assume they save all their best songs for singles, where they dilute their embarassing bro-rock/AC shit with huge hooks and fun-ness
― terry squad (k3vin k.), Monday, 2 August 2010 03:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
i mean watching this youtube now - part of me wants to strangle this singer with his mic cord but he's just so harmless and goofy in an earnest way that i find it hard to hate him
― terry squad (k3vin k.), Monday, 2 August 2010 03:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
my friends and i were talking about train in the car earlier today, weirdly
― terry squad (k3vin k.), Monday, 2 August 2010 03:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
thought you guys should know about thishttp://www.9news.com/rss/article/204476/151/Id-drink-to-that-Music-group-Train-launches-wine-line
The Grammy-winning group Train has been making waves with its wine club, and now, the trio is taking the next step with its own wine.
Starting next week, fans will be able to buy Drops of Jupiter Petite Sirah wine from Train's online wine club and other outlets. The name is a nod to one of Train's earlier hits, and is produced by the group's wine company, Save Me, San Francisco Wine Co., which takes its title from a Train album.
But Train guitarist Jimmy Stafford said the wine venture isn't an attempt to make a profit on the Train name - it's more about creating something special for fans.
"We're not really trying to get into the wine business or anything. It's really kind of helping to spread the name out there, and something for our fans," he said in a phone interview Tuesday.
Train, which won a Grammy Award this year for "Hey, Soul Sister," has had an online wine club for a while. The group promotes a wine of the month, has a blog and even an app. Stafford said creating a wine was the next logical step.
"Really, it goes in hand with our wine club, and I guess what we set out to do was kind of like Jimmy Buffett. Jimmy Buffet got known for margaritas because of a song he wrote. ... It almost created this community vibe," he said. "We're trying to create just this little vibe, where people come to our shows, bring a picnic basket and bottle of wine."
Stafford said a third of the profits will go to the charity Family House in San Francisco, which provides temporary housing to the families of sick children.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 17:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
D
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 17:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 19:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
kinda like these guys, though. like if you met their bassist at a bar or something, he'd be super friendly and ask you if you wanted to share a $350 bottle of cabernet sauvignon with him.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 19:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
The duddest of the duds! They've already shit on one of my two great loves with their music, and now they have to do it to wine as well?!
― Clarke B., Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
I guess what we set out to do was kind of like Jimmy Buffett. Jimmy Buffet got known for margaritas because of a song he wrote
I keep forgetting that there are people who think like this without irony.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm afraid of Americans.
― Clarke B., Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Have not gotten over my dancing phase (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 23 June 2011 17:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is a thread for remixes of Train's 2010 hit single "Hey, Soul Sister"
― some dude, Thursday, 23 June 2011 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
not sure who is trolling who in this interviewhttp://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/trains-pat-monahan-talks-new-album-acting-gigs-20111117
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 November 2011 19:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's been a while so i'll just reiterate that train's last few singles have been dope
― mon/ seeya/ chi 2.0 (k3vin k.), Friday, 18 November 2011 03:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
i will ride for "hey sould sister" and "save me san francisco" but "marry me" was bad and "if it's love" was as awful as most people think every train song is
― quit /stalking/ me 2.0 (some dude), Friday, 18 November 2011 03:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Monahan chats about the new Train disc and reveals his ambition to write, direct and star in his own movie, as well as his band's hope to bring San Francisco culture on the road with them by offering "the best burrito you've ever had" at their gigs the best soy latte you've ever had...and me"
― quit /stalking/ me 2.0 (some dude), Friday, 18 November 2011 03:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
The rat bastards are back!
http://www.nme.com/news/train/63148
According to Steven Thomas Erlewine:
""What The World's Been Waiting For: Train has written a "We Didn't Start the Fire" for the new millennium..."Facebook joins the internet/Oldsmobile joined the cassette" rivals "JFK blown away/What else do I have to say"...Footnote: pretty sure this a concept album."
Song in question is "This'll Be My Year"
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Further shit samples!
"Because i'll be hanging out with you/not Jimi Hendrix, Jesus or the dude/who played the sheriff in Blazing Saddles/You, not Chris Farley, Mr. Rogers"
"Life is good but love is better/Even Bieber ain't forever"
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
That "Because" lyric being from "You Can Finally Meet My Mom"
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Steven adding this:
I do believe is about his GF finally meeting his mom in heaven and choosing to hang with his mother instead of Gilda Radner, Buddha, or the "dude who had pop rocks and soda at the same time"
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't know if I would rather this be true or a joke. Can't believe anyone knows who the fuck these guys are.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
While we're at it:
http://analyzingthebesttrainlyrics.blogspot.com/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
forget otis even. patti makes crowemeat pie
― scott seward, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 01:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
never needed "hard to handle" but that leaves at least 4-5 Crowes tracks that are legit grebt if u dig Sticky Fingers
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 01:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i just never listened to the crowes much. this is cool too by the way:
― scott seward, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 01:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
All Time Low have never really gotten any rock radio play, though
really? woulda sworn this is one of those bands i see on the Modern Rock Top 20 chart that I've never actually heard. Maybe I've just seen them on the albums chart enough to assume.
Butch Walker put his fingerprints on some decent stuff about a decade ago, but I've never understood his esteem with other ex-idolator folk.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 03:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok listening to this song...it's pretty bad, but not any worse than "If It's Love" tbh
Butch Walker's last couple solo albums are great and he was all over the last Fall Out Boy and Pink albums i loved, did prob the best later Weezer single, etc. so that stuff outshines whatever crap he's been involved with.
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 03:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
i liked "if it's love" too \o/
― recent thug (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 03:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
the whole wordy staccato verses/big melodic chorus thing is really grating to me as a pop/rock formula
oh my god i just looked up Train on Spotify and the deluxe edition of their last album has a cover of "Umbrella"
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 03:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
nb: also love third eye blind
― recent thug (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 03:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
threeeb is better than train, though, obv
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 03:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah agreed - i was just saying why the whole wordy staccato verses/big melodic chorus thing might not bother me
― recent thug (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 03:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i guess that's where you were coming from with that -- "semi charmed life" still has fairly melodic verses, though -- "if it's love" is like a bad standup act where the closest thing to a punchine is "remember winger?"
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 03:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Now that this song is here, I know exactly when to set the time machine for so that I can get to their van before they do, slash the tires, and keep them from reaching their major label showcase and getting signed to Aware records or whatever.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 12:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
how can a band so terrible be simultaneously so entertaining
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
happens all the time, doesn't it?
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't know about "all the time"; for me anyway, terrible bands/artists rarely give me any enjoyment (although when they do, it's a fuckton of enjoyment; see: ICP, Spice Girls).
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://open.spotify.com/track/5GCgC77m6EaAqu7ZlukMu2
okay everyone has to listen this now btw
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 14:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I REFUSE
― crüt, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 14:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
6 people like this. Be the first of your friends.
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 14:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
this band has two songs in the UK top 40!! wth
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 6 May 2012 12:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
They know talent when they hear it over there.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 12:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Train Won't Play At Boy Scouts Jamboree Unless BSA Lifts Ban On Gay Scouts, Band Says
Train has taken a very public stand against the Boy Scouts of America's longstanding ban on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community by boycotting an upcoming performance.
In November, Scouting Magazine announced that the Grammy-winning band would be headlining the closing stadium show at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree in July along with "Call Me Maybe" sensation Carly Rae Jepsen.
But a campaign to get both performers to denounce the Boy Scouts' anti-gay policies picked up steam on March 1, when GLAAD announced it had signed on to support gay Eagle Scout Derek Nance's Change.org petition.
A few hours after GLAAD signed the petition, Train posted a statement on their website saying the band will not perform at the Jamboree if the Boy Scouts do not change its policies before the summer.
When we booked this show for the Boy Scouts of America we were not aware of any policy barring openly gay people from participation within the organization. Train strongly opposes any kind of policy that questions the equality of any American citizen. We have always seen the BSA as a great and noble organization. We look forward to participating in the Jamboree this summer, as long as they make the right decision before then.
Huffington Post
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 08:37 (2 months ago) Permalink