according to one of the youtube commenters this was the first time the guy had ever played the song in public, it wasnt on any of their CDs, and he hadnt even written lyrics to it?
― max, Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
which would mean that yes fred is trying to sing along with a chorus that literally didnt have lyrics until that very moment
― max, Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
so Fred is a mind-reader? cool
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.nypost.com/r/nypost/blogs/popwrap/201002/images/08/SNL.jpg
they should have dressed like this
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
so it's the gil e jorge of nu-metal
― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
DJP wardrobe correction so OTM
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
This video and fred ad libs provided many lols at the time, glad to see we weren't alone
I knew a guy or two fresh year of college sincerely into this song
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
Staind also were annoying for rhyming the same vowel sounds over and over again. It's even in ths song titles! For example, 14 Shades of Grey has the following songs:
Price to PlaySo Far AwayYesterdayFray (this is 4 of the first five tracks btw)Blow Away
Good God!
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
man, you know durst was 31 years old when 'nookie' came out? weird
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:57 PM Bookmark
And here I am the same age, and what have I accomplished?
― didn't even have to use my akai (Hurting 2), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
He was actually 29.
― grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
and to think he was washed up before 40. he's like orson welles.
― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
31 when the video dropped rather
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
guys 31 is still a teenager basically
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
trust me on this one
sad no one bit on my revive of the "Behind Blue Eyes" thread
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
We were trying to ignore that.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
Second, there's the fact that he sold out his whole band by claiming he really only wanted to go country in a song that sounded exactly like a Staind song, only with a different producer who'd heard some country
to be fair, this happened late in his career
― absolutely better display name (crüt), Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
by which I mean after everyone already decided Staind were the worst band ever
again, not defending Staind who are horrible, but there were so many bands I would call the worst band of their era before Staind (Creed, Nickelback, 3 Doors Down) - I think I'd even rather listen to "Outside" or "It's Been Awhile" than that unreleased Nirvana song they remastered to sound like Puddle of Mudd
― absolutely better display name (crüt), Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
I'll take Creed over Staind for sure, but Staind over Nickelback & 3 Doors Down
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I'm feeling you curtis. I like this better than any rock I've heard on the radio and I fucking HATED this when it was out. To me, this song is a watershed moment in blunt-edged commercial hard-rock. It's the source.
― grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
I'd take riding a rollercoaster without a lap bar over Nickleback
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
God, and my girlfriend at the time liked this too. She didn't understand why I would get so upset about it.
― grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
Staind to me were terrible because of just how droney their shit was. it was almost offensive in its blandness.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
N needs ti embrace the droney.
There is actually one (and only one) 3 Doors Down song I will ride for: "Not My Time"
― in 77 everything is fine (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 21 July 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
we should all learn this and play it in a google+ hangout imo
― markers, Friday, 22 July 2011 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
I like droney stuff if it's like...doom metal, a la Cathedral....not warbly acoustic "rock"!
― Neanderthal, Friday, 22 July 2011 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
the half-assed strummed guitar and sub-grunge songwriting is definitely the worst thing about Staind
― absolutely better display name (crüt), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
besides all that other stuff
I understand where you're coming from, but Creed singlehandedly topped everyone in terms of horribleness with "With Arms Wide Open" (arguably their biggest song) and I can never think of Creed without thinking of that
― absolutely better display name (crüt), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
man i like creed
― markers, Friday, 22 July 2011 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
But within the clip "Biloxi!" really shines. It's a hard vote, but "Biloxi" it is.
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
seriously--i spent all these years not realizing that's what he was saying and this is a revelation to me
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 22 July 2011 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
monsters of '00s post-grunge best to worst: Nickelback > Shinedown > Godsmack > Creed > Daughtry > Seether > Three Days Grace > Staind > Breaking Benjamin
― drowning cool (some dude), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
dude staind is so much better than fuckin daughtry and seether and three days grace what is wrong with you
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 22 July 2011 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
"For You" and "Mudshovel" are cool but i don't fuck w/ Staind's seventeen consecutive ballad singles
― drowning cool (some dude), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
hoos otm
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
basically the only reason Staind isn't dead last is i can't even name a Breaking Benjamin song much less one i like but i know i've heard them a billion times
― drowning cool (some dude), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
amazingly perfect post-grunge origin story:
Before Breaking Benjamin was formed, Burnley had earned money by playing cover songs in various coffee houses as a solo artist under his own name "Benjamin." He later came up with the band's name, "Breaking Benjamin," after doing a performance of a Nirvana cover, Ben knocked over (to imitate his lifelong idol Kurt Cobain) and cracked a microphone he had borrowed. The owner of the microphone walked onto the stage and said, "I'd like to thank Benjamin for breaking my fucking microphone."[2]
― drowning cool (some dude), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
YES
― markers, Friday, 22 July 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
Burnley is victim to several phobias and has even said that the name of their 2006 album, Phobia, was named after that simple fact.
― drowning cool (some dude), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
lmao
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
where does chevelle fit into that list of bands
Chevelle is #1 in the post-Tool/post-Deftones sweepstakes
― drowning cool (some dude), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
i wanted to give sd shit for putting nickelback first in that list but then i realized i couldn't honestly think clearly enough about these bands to even rank them so what can you do
― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
i would prob rank them up at or near the top, though -- my wife has some of their albums and they've got some jams
xpost re: chevelle
― drowning cool (some dude), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
i would easily take staind over nickelback if only for 'outside' and that one big song i cant remember the name of, lol
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that's the thing about nickelback -- love em or hate em they're at the top of their heap because it really is a heap
it's been a while
― markers, Friday, 22 July 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
yeah this might be the only modern subgenre (if you can even call it that) that i feel not even a teeny bit compelled to be fair about
― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:28 (twelve years ago) link
like when this stuff was seemingly the only game in town it might have just looked like i was hating on all new radio rock in a lol old man kinda way but there have been enough mainstream rock bands i've liked since to just declare this strain shit and be done with it
― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 22 July 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link