the more explicitly clownish ska punk bands like reel big fish are an order of magnitude worse imo
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
I actually don't even particularly hate Sublime's music I just hate what they came to represent. Plus they were popular when I was at my lowest point in life, so I always associate them with that, fairly or not.
― Quinoa Phoenix (latebloomer), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link
sublime has some truly shit material but overall are a pretty good band. have to believe their ilm reputation is grounded in some 'eww tribal tattoos' bs rather than the determination that their records are worse than your average 90s alternative band'ss/t is their best album by some distance― een, Monday, August 11, 2014 7:43 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
s/t is their best album by some distance
― een, Monday, August 11, 2014 7:43 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was so with you until that last statement.
― how's life, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 00:34 (nine years ago) link
caught myself singing "santeria" on the way to work tonight, following yesterday's discussion in the worst music writing thread. sublime are a tough call 'cuz they give me fucking hives, but it's as much a product of association as their music. skater dude scarf dog beer pong blunt hat party bro shit. thing is, there's nothing really wrong with any of that, and it’s all in my head, anyway. beyond the fact that i can't relate to what i only imagine they represent, i do get bugged by the sleazily “sensitive” misogyny of brad’s lyrics. despite all that, they knew their way around a hook. if pop's a job, they did it well.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
i was like a band geek in high school and the 'cool' band kids in the low brass section liked sublime. i still think they were kinda okay, but i'm never going to listen to them willingly ever again
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link
Gwen Stefani did some good work with Sublime
― 龜, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 02:18 (nine years ago) link
The 'cool' kid at my high school who was liable to break out 'What I Got' during class trips and frequently got into fights with teachers is now, apparently, according to Linkedin, a 'Higher Education Professional'
Nice
― 龜, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 02:20 (nine years ago) link
xpost "south side" really hits the spot
― markers, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 02:31 (nine years ago) link
skater dude scarf dog beer pong blunt hat party bro shit
idk i think sublime's whole look/vibe is pretty classic. it's the music itself is mostly terrible.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 04:04 (nine years ago) link
it's the music itself is that's mostly terrible
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 04:05 (nine years ago) link
I'm assuming the American ilxors think they're disgusting because they've been overexposed to them. I don't know in Europe or the rest of the world but in Mexico we don't have a significant ska subculture so I don't hate them because they don't remind me of anything or anyone.
They sound inoffensive enough to my ears, I think some of the other popular American 90's ska bands that I've heard (Goldfinger, 311, Reel Big Fish, Pennywise) are way worse than them.
'What I Got' reminds me of 'Lady Madonna' so I can't hate it.
― Moka, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 08:59 (nine years ago) link
S/T was originally going to be called Killin' It before Brad died. They should have kept that title.
― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 09:03 (nine years ago) link
They were huge here w like post-grunge types but just rly rly boring
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 11:29 (nine years ago) link
Like, teenage music but not even angsty abt it
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 11:32 (nine years ago) link
It's pretty super angsty.
― how's life, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 14:01 (nine years ago) link
cassette tapes rule
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
Was so disappointed when my CD didn't have Get Out! on it. Fortunately, they were still selling old copies of the tape through the Skunk website. That was probably my first e-commerce transaction.
― how's life, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
SPIN loved Sublime. The eponymous album made their year end list in '96. I liked "What I Got" and "Santeria" the first three hundred listens.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
Can I just vote for the dalmatian?
― jmm, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
soundtrack to highschool barbeques with the stoner/druggy crowd. not my favorite band, never once felt any inclination to listen to them on my own, but they were the background music to some fun, stupid times.
― Spectrum, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 14:53 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
I liked the s/t album tbqf, I didn't think they were offensive per se (at the time) and there are some catchy tunes. Doin' Time is a pretty solid sinister cover version of Summertime.
*It was really eerie though that as I typed this message my brother (whose bday it is) sent me a picture message of his birthday party swag and the text was "what I got".
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:39 (nine years ago) link
This thread inspired me to do some Sublime deep listening. Try to make a listenable en it off two enormous albums, etc. Unfortunately, as I checked through all my backup hard drives, I realized Is never baked them up before tossing all my CDs.
Apparently I did see fit to retain Ignore Amos by the Ziggens, Sublime's Christian party bro third - rate joke rock labelmates. They were the best thing about the non - Sublime Skunk records roster, judging by a few label comps I had back in the day. Not much to recommend to it. Songs targeting remote cobtrola, parades, and sunburns. The selling point for the album, for me, was Big Salty Tears, a song about emotional eating that I think Brad covered with a little more passion on the Firecracker Lounge bootleg. I'll have to look for that online and a/b them though. Also of note is the brief Orange County, a quick faux - country song about praying that includes the line "faith doesn't cover viscosity breakdowns/positive thinking won't make the fuel gauge rise".
Anyway, it's better than Corn Doggy Dog and the Half Pound.
― how's life, Thursday, 14 August 2014 10:36 (nine years ago) link
so many people I know love this band. i managed to spend my youth unexposed to them.
― 3kDk (dog latin), Thursday, 14 August 2014 11:39 (nine years ago) link
I think Brad covered with a little more passion on the Firecracker Lounge bootleg.
Nevermind. The Brad solo version is pretty unlistenable, but I guess I had different standards when I was 18.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UExJx74jYRQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_0EdQZehj0
― how's life, Thursday, 14 August 2014 11:49 (nine years ago) link
8th grade me also votes 40 oz to freedom
― LimbsKing, Thursday, 14 August 2014 14:15 (nine years ago) link
40 oz to Freedom is dreadful. The songs with hooks suck and then the songs without hooks (which describes most of them) are painful to listen to. You have to have no concept of music or composition to think 40 oz is some kind of actual artistic statement rather than drug addled mix and match. Robbin the Hood is a glorified bootleg and isn't worth rating. At least the self-titled feels like a fully thought out album.
― skip, Thursday, 14 August 2014 14:29 (nine years ago) link
I realized Is never baked them up
intentional typo or.....
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 14 August 2014 14:46 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 15 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
secret Jah Won't Pay the Bills fan otm.
― how's life, Friday, 15 August 2014 11:15 (nine years ago) link
40 oz to freedom is 25 years old http://www.laweekly.com/music/sublimes-40oz-to-freedom-is-a-long-beach-classic-haters-be-damned-8489130
― Spottie, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
Badfish is probably their best song. their attempt at an Under the Bridge?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:13 (six years ago) link
fuck this album
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:20 (six years ago) link
:) show your work Neanderthal
― Spottie, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
the guitar solo in "badfish" is badass
― brimstead, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:25 (six years ago) link
damn just listened after several years and well the solo's just a few reverb drenched notes but it's still cool. song sounds like "i second that emotion"
― brimstead, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
I heard a lot of 40 Oz to Freedom (tho not the whole thing) blasting every morning at Best Buy, those 4 am shifts during the holidays putting out merchandise/farming each morning, cos my boss played it for like two weeks.
so that might have uhhh soured me on it a little
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
Haha. That'll do it. Growing up as a coastal California kid as a teenager when sublime were at their peak this and the s/t were pretty much inescapable. Everyone loved them at my high school, stoners, punks, jocks, nerds w/e. I'm not sure how good it is tbf i haven't really listened in 15+ years. Badfish is def their best.
― Spottie, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:48 (six years ago) link
Badfish solo is so lazy and perfect yah
song sounds like "i second that emotion"
also see STP
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:50 (six years ago) link
"Badfish" seems to be the song even Sublime-haters like. My band learned it for some shows and it made me appreciate the restraint Sublime had to keep it so succinct. You can jam on that groove for a long time
― Vinnie, Thursday, 3 August 2017 01:19 (six years ago) link
This band is still inescapable in the Bay Area.
― skip, Thursday, 3 August 2017 04:17 (six years ago) link
I tried some sublime w Rome youtubes just now and uh no thanks.
― Spottie, Thursday, 3 August 2017 04:34 (six years ago) link
The best band of the nineties.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 May 2018 01:24 (five years ago) link
You mention Bill Clinton in every one of these pieces... lol
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 17 May 2018 02:55 (five years ago) link
uh Poppy Bush
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 May 2018 03:01 (five years ago) link