Say Something Nice or Interesting about: Smash Mouth (or possibly Sugar Ray)

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SMASHMOUTH DID NOT WRITE "CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU BABY"!!!!!

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:10 (twenty years ago) link

he knows hence his last post

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:11 (twenty years ago) link

Hooked on Phonics Even Though Ire-Fueled Mist Obscures My Vision worked for me!

Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:14 (twenty years ago) link

(I'm sorry, that wasn't as funny as I thought it would be)

Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:15 (twenty years ago) link

I know the text is black and white, but all I SEEE is RED!

Bono In NYC (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:17 (twenty years ago) link

I'd rather just talk about Protex. Mr. Blount, did I get these mp3s from you?

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:21 (twenty years ago) link

come again?

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:22 (twenty years ago) link

i don't see how anyone could really hate sugar ray. they're cute.

smashmouth i can take or leave.

amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:23 (twenty years ago) link

I'm not even getting into my Sugar Ray appreciation (it's all been said on other threads, I'm sure)

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:25 (twenty years ago) link

IIRC you wax a bit hyperbolic abt a pleasant-enough band

amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:27 (twenty years ago) link

the asshole who snags the hotchick you've been eyeing but who thinks of you as 'just a friend' and then eight hours later she calls you in the middle in the night in tears crying about how 'he stuck a table leg in my vagina'? - that's sugar ray

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:27 (twenty years ago) link

that's sugar ray's haircuts, not their music. And in real life I'm under the impression that Mark McGrath would spend more time talking to you than the girl.

though since this is the Say Something Nice thread I'll note that while they sound nothing like XTC I'll take Sugar Ray's self-titled album over any of XTC's. Best pop-rock album of the millenium so far.

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:29 (twenty years ago) link

Ironically, Sugar Ray used to be "just a friend" type band in a far superior pop punk format called the Shrinky Dinks.

OAH SEA BICH, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:30 (twenty years ago) link

is sugar ray's s/t the one with nicole eggert? yeah i'll take that too thx lol

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:30 (twenty years ago) link

though he would fuck her (but he'd keep bringing you up)

(x-post)

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:30 (twenty years ago) link

nah that one is called Lemonade & Brownies (which is probably what Mark McGrath would order from eggert if he wasn't shy) the self-titled came later when kids stopped paying attention cuz the song's were on mom's radio station too.

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:31 (twenty years ago) link

Best pop-rock album of the millenium so far.

haha and i thought you were gonna get defensive abt my "hyperbolic" comment !!

amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:31 (twenty years ago) link

it's only been four years. I'm assuming it will be topped. Lots of rock albums have. And there are better singles out there, it's just consistency that makes me give it the nod.

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:32 (twenty years ago) link

i like one song by both (not coincidentally the hits that made their career)(as opposed to the followup hits where they coasted) but neither of these guys are fit to whiff the sphinctors < / ainyc> of no doubt.

haha - "too"

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:33 (twenty years ago) link

i don't think either band tries as hard as no doubt (that is NOT a slag on no doubt)

amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:34 (twenty years ago) link

I'll take Sugar Ray's self-titled album over any of XTC's.

You would.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:34 (twenty years ago) link

Gwen and Mark both just say "I need you" a lot except Mark gets dumped and Gwen dumps.

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:34 (twenty years ago) link

both because mark is fucking around

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:35 (twenty years ago) link

come again?

They're on this disc I burned that had that Roll Deep Crew album which I also snagged from you (which is v. v. good). Late seventies punk or pop or something.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:35 (twenty years ago) link

i don't think no doubt made the 90s poll nominations! in thinking abt my ballot, there's tons and tons of great stuff that was left out and a lot of mediocrities included. :-(

amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:36 (twenty years ago) link

I take Sugar Ray over No Doubt because they're a little less twerpy and, ironically, Gwen postures more.

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:38 (twenty years ago) link

i'm kinda surprised at some stuff that was left off, and weirdly relieved too cuz it helped prevent my ballot from being too indie (i'd already determined i was gonna vote for 'wowee zowee' by pavement and no sebadoh or gbv for redundancy's sake so when 'wowee zowee' didn't turn up it cleared some space.

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:38 (twenty years ago) link

Gwen and Mark both just say "I need you" a lot except Mark gets dumped and Gwen dumps.

really? i think of gwen as a dumpee at heart.

fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:38 (twenty years ago) link

dudes fuck around on her but they always come back. she's the one that finally has to tell them no (and then roll around in bed wondering if she was too hasty and could have fixed them)

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:39 (twenty years ago) link

both - she's a fully faceted human being

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:40 (twenty years ago) link

both - she's a fully faceted human being

do you mind if i imagine you saying this in ghostface voice?

amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:41 (twenty years ago) link

b-b-b-but humans are not fully faceted beings!

fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:42 (twenty years ago) link

I'll take Sugar Ray's self-titled album over any of XTC's.

"Waiter, as lovely as your Filet Mignon special tonight sounds, could I just please have an order of year-old, room-temperature Spam? And can I have it in a dog dish please?"

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:43 (twenty years ago) link

forgot "Don't Speak," yeah she gets dumped.

though there's are plenty of human beings who are Mark-like sadsacks (if Mark didn't look like Mark or make money like Mark he would be on ILX).

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:43 (twenty years ago) link

Starting half the "cheer me up" threads.

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:44 (twenty years ago) link

These things you say are all too much for my hea-eh-ed
I'd rather watch tv or hear a good record instea-eh-eh

minolta (minolta), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:46 (twenty years ago) link

I actually just figured out what frustrated, name-all-the-band-members, defensive poster Mark McGrath would resemble if you removed all pretty-boy superstar shit, but he doesn't post anymore so it wouldn't be right to name-drop.

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:48 (twenty years ago) link

momus?

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:48 (twenty years ago) link

is there video online of this mark mcgrath public breakdown

big chaki (chaki), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:50 (twenty years ago) link

let's just say that if Ethan typed "Sugar Gay" Mark would start a thread about it, spazz, say he's done with ILX and then show up in a week pointing out how defensive other people are.

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:51 (twenty years ago) link

so it is momus

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:54 (twenty years ago) link

yup (though if Mark broke the cycle I'd commend him, as I would anybody who did)

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:55 (twenty years ago) link

man last time i saw mark mcgrath his hairline was receding in some superfast 'holy moly i thought shit like that only happened in the craft' way; when the end comes it don't come easy (cf. nicole eggert)

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:57 (twenty years ago) link

I wish Mark could settle for being hella-rich, cuz its far too late for him to do what Partridge did. It's not going to be pretty.

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:59 (twenty years ago) link

The rest of 'em will be fine with studio gigs and production jobs though (they all can write - drummer Stan "The Man" Frazier is working with Ashlee Simpson). Mark's gonna bear the "Where Are They Now" brunt with Mike Reno-like dignity I figure.

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 20:00 (twenty years ago) link

if he manages jani lane dignity i'll be surprised

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 20:02 (twenty years ago) link

Depends on whether or not he takes up a job at Taco Mesa in the kitchen.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 20:39 (twenty years ago) link

You know what song I like? "When It's Over." Oh, and that other one about the four-post bed or something.

n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 20:44 (twenty years ago) link

my fave is probably "Someday." Sentimental favorite, but I voted it for best single of the '90s on the poll nonetheless.

manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 20:50 (twenty years ago) link

"Fly" still reigns supreme.

The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:17 (twenty years ago) link


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