Wow Otherside is so much better than that overwrought Shimmer rewrite
― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, June 3, 2012 1:24 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
calling something a rewrite because it's the same band is lame, they don't really sound alike at all.
― kel ler/pharmacists (some dude), Sunday, 3 June 2012 10:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
I also think ILX underrates the singles from One Hot Minute and am tempted to check if that album is on Spotify.
"Aeroplane" is my favorite of their "fast" ones.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 June 2012 11:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah "Aeroplane" is secretly one of their best post-BSSM singles. "Warped" isn't bad too. it's just "My Friends" (and probably the rest of the album) that gives that era of the band such a stench.
― kel ler/pharmacists (some dude), Sunday, 3 June 2012 11:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
that prechorus "too far away" is almost a direct quote from the chorus in Shimmer("too far away/for me to hold"); not the same melody, but def the same accents...which is not the same thing as a 're-write', but is some pretty bald recyclage. Of course it could also be intentionally self-referential (the immediately preceding lyrics are "don't you remember anything I said when I said") Still: lame.
That said, re-listening to this song now, it is a bit better than I remember, though I still like "Otherside" more.
Also I listened to "Parallel Universe", the only song from the first four on Californication that I didn't remember, and it was dope. That album might've aged better than I even thought.
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, 3 June 2012 14:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
"Aeroplane" is the worst fucking song, come on now
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Sunday, 3 June 2012 15:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
looking at the one hot minute tracklisting i seem to have excised most of it from my memory. 'aeroplane' is alright, 'my friends' is p dire, i vaguely remember 'walkabout' being terrible, and hey 'pea' is um some kind of charming. the rest, i've got nothing.
― Merdeyeux, Sunday, 3 June 2012 15:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
that prechorus "too far away" is almost a direct quote from the chorus in Shimmer("too far away/for me to hold");
To be fair, 1) he's saying "Don't fall away" and 2) the refrain's lyric is lifted straight from Bernie Taupin, so if you want to go after them for laziness, there's a pretty strong angle right there.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 3 June 2012 15:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
lol my mistake.
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, 3 June 2012 16:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
you're the worst fucking song, come on now
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 June 2012 17:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
alfred likes pleasure spiked with pain
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 3 June 2012 18:52 (11 months ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 4 June 2012 00:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
lol
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 4 June 2012 00:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
Daddy needs his medicine.
― Matt M., Monday, 4 June 2012 01:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
Green Day got their wish.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Monday, 4 June 2012 01:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
― kel ler/pharmacists (some dude), Monday, 4 June 2012 01:15 (11 months ago) Permalink
at least theres no godsmack.
― billstevejim, Monday, 4 June 2012 01:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
poor green day, i've never heard that 3 doors down song but my prediction is that it's worse than 'minority'.
so we have ten lurking papa roach fans who have, ten years on, finally made an impact on ilm.
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 4 June 2012 04:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
shockingly, the 3DD song is NOT worse than "Minority" (they really should have tied tho)
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Monday, 4 June 2012 13:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
I wish I knew what the story was behind using the line "I saw the world float to the dark side of the moon" twice.
― how's life, Monday, 4 June 2012 14:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
Cannibalizing the mid-70s was apparently a "thing" around this time
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 4 June 2012 14:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
Also: I tend to link Enema of the State in my head with some really awful times during my freshman year in college. I don't think I've ever forgiven Blink-182. (Though I confess to liking "Adam's Song")
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 05:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
please tell blink that it's not their fault
― markers, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 05:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
<3 <3 <3
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 05:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
<3
― markers, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 05:24 (11 months ago) Permalink