I don't know if there's really a bad Beatles song
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 13 May 2023 15:46 (ten months ago) link
Wow. Hard disagreement re "Party." It took Rosanne Cash for me to hearthe sadness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fjsQPS5l-w
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 May 2023 15:57 (ten months ago) link
list of mostly great songs there
― brimstead, Saturday, 13 May 2023 15:59 (ten months ago) link
If it’s good enough for Bowie and Fiona Apple it’s good enough for me.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 13 May 2023 16:01 (ten months ago) link
my least favourite Beatles song is Do You Want To Know A Secret, ever since I heard the V/VM version I've found it almost unlistenable.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 13 May 2023 16:07 (ten months ago) link
I’m Happy Just To Dance With YouIf I Fell
whaaaaaaaaaat
Not even a big Beatles fan, but those songs are gorgeous and objectively great
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:20 (ten months ago) link
I knew I was opening up a can of worms (probably worthy of its own thread tbh) but I must disagree — despite promising hooks, they’re fundamentally trash.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 14 May 2023 02:58 (ten months ago) link
Anyone mention “Batdance”?
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 14 May 2023 03:22 (ten months ago) link
That something so fundamentally weird as Batdance became a hit is entirely a good thing, whatever the track’s merits.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Sunday, 14 May 2023 03:38 (ten months ago) link
"Batdance" rules and I will hear nothing to the contrary
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Sunday, 14 May 2023 03:39 (ten months ago) link
Vicki ValeVickVicki Vale
OOOOH YEAH
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 May 2023 04:16 (ten months ago) link
A few years ago we did a thread about universally held opinions and I think we found that there were none.
There is no song so bad that it doesn't have any defenders. And no song so good that it doesn't have any detractors.
― coolgnoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 14 May 2023 05:26 (ten months ago) link
hey Duckiewhy don't we put the seven inch in the computer
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 14 May 2023 11:05 (ten months ago) link
Batdance camouflaged quite well in the UK charts where collage-type things like that were not uncommon so its extra neat it was huge in the US. Also it sort of reminds me of Meat Beat Manifesto's Cutman.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 14 May 2023 14:02 (ten months ago) link
Hey! I like it as well. But after the magnificence of "Lovesexy" it was...um...a surprise at the time.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 14 May 2023 16:31 (ten months ago) link
You Know My Name is one of the best Beatles songs fwiw
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Sunday, 14 May 2023 16:37 (ten months ago) link
Companion thread
POX: Worst Songs by artists you normally enjoy
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 14 May 2023 17:53 (ten months ago) link
I was trying to think of a comparison for how a Bobby McFerrin fan might feel about "Don't Worry Be Happy" & I think it might be something like a Yello fan would feel about "Oh Yeah".
― BrianB, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 23:03 (ten months ago) link
I’m a Todd Rundgren fan and I kinda feel that way about “Bang On the Drum All Day.”
― henry s, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 23:11 (ten months ago) link
Yeah! Like, they aren't totally out of line with the rest of the artists' work, it's just that these songs became society's singular focus on an almost tossed off aspect of one of many things that the artist does.
― BrianB, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 23:23 (ten months ago) link
I cannot believe Bang on the Drum All Day isn't a Bad Manners original.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 00:18 (ten months ago) link
My disbelief is always the first thing I think of whenever I think of the Todd album let alone the song.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 00:19 (ten months ago) link
the rest of that album is really good, too. “Influenza”, “don’t hurt yourself”…
― brimstead, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 01:56 (ten months ago) link
"Stand" by REM springs to mind.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 12:55 (ten months ago) link
^only came to that song through Chris Elliott show "Get a Life"
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 12:57 (ten months ago) link
Wake up Boo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXPTnPmm78
Crazy Beathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohyqek7fj6Y
Working on a Dreamzzzzhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ZMfPXgd_M
Winnerhttps//www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AEO21i-oN0
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 13:19 (ten months ago) link
Crazy Beat is naff but not ever sure it's the worst Blur single when Bang exists
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 14:14 (ten months ago) link
Bang is great. I made my partial (partial) case for Crazy Beat upthread.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 16:10 (ten months ago) link
the band hate Bang but it's probably my favourite song on Leisure, I will say its charms are kind of fleeting and intangible and it's a bad choice for a single (they should have gone with Sing)
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 16:17 (ten months ago) link
imo Sing is probably the song that would have worked least well as a single - too lengthy, droney and vaporous - but it is the best early Blur song.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 18:05 (ten months ago) link
I think - as shown on Trainspotting - that Sing is sonically interesting and immediately gets your attention, it would really stand out on Radio or TOTP and show their range. Whereas Bang sounds like every other shuffling post-Madchester indie song and doesn't even have a proper chorus, it's only by listening to the LP a lot that you start to get the feel of it, so it's madness to put it out as your third single, it's like announcing you have no other ideas.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 18:26 (ten months ago) link
Sing would stick out but I don't think it would have sold to an audience who only know There's No Other Way. Not that 'Bang' sold much either, mind, but I can't imagine 'Sing' would have taken them to TOTP again. The closest thing to it on the 1991 charts would be To Here Knows When which was selling to a fanbase who already knew what the band were about.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 22:04 (ten months ago) link
"Sing" was left off the US version of Leisure, which disappointed me. I guess the wags at SBK didn't see the hit potential either.
― henry s, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 22:20 (ten months ago) link
"Honey Pie" might be the worst song in this entire thread.
― billstevejim, Monday, 22 May 2023 05:07 (ten months ago) link
Underworld - Bruce Lee
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Monday, 22 May 2023 08:43 (ten months ago) link
Wake Up Boo, much as I do like it, is a good example of a hit song that eclipsed a great, multifaceted band
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Monday, 22 May 2023 09:08 (ten months ago) link
I also know people who maybe missed the original Britpop era who associate Blur with downbeat pity-fests like Tender, Coffee + TV and No Distance Left To Run. Damon's extracurricular work corroborates that view quite a bit - his default post- Britpop mode is to sound a bit tired and despondent. But in the 90s I remember them being upbraided in the press for being all cheery and chirpy
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Monday, 22 May 2023 09:14 (ten months ago) link
Bruce Lee is fucking amazing
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 22 May 2023 10:51 (ten months ago) link
It’s an instant skip for me, the rest of Beaucoup Fish is so propulsive and then slap bang in the middle, Skym then this lumpen slow plod for 4 minutes. Never understood why it got a single release compared to say, Moaner or Cups.
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Monday, 22 May 2023 11:03 (ten months ago) link
I can never skip anything on Beaucoup Fish
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 22 May 2023 12:01 (ten months ago) link
Moaner got a limited single release at the time of Batman & Robin but was already two years old by 1999. Although I somehow can imagine a radio edit of Cups despite it being 12m long.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 22 May 2023 12:04 (ten months ago) link