i knew their manager. he didn't tell me a single memorable story
― jergïns, Friday, 9 May 2008 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
ILM loves Sugar Ray? Have you heard that band Peace? Crutis, you would love them.
― bamcquern, Friday, 9 May 2008 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I have not heard Peace at all
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 9 May 2008 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link
They're so pitch-perfect in their parody of the Sugar Rays/Smashmouths that you can't tell them apart. It's really catchy and giggle-worthy.
I dunno, really not at all like this Filter song, which has its own (totally unfashionable) strengths, so I don't have any business saying you'd like it.
― bamcquern, Friday, 9 May 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link
There are days where I have to admit that "Hey Man Nice Shot" and "Jurassitol" have some sort of special place in my heart, but that doesn't keep me from recognizing them as stupid, self-important adolescent drivel. That's how they got into my heart in the first place, when I was 16!
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 2 November 2008 03:16 (fifteen years ago) link
aren't these guys from cleveland? nothing good ever came from cleveland.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Sunday, 2 November 2008 06:03 (fifteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8MAHQhKe7Q
i think this song aged well, fight me
― Men's Scarehouse - "You're gonna like the way you're shook." (m bison), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 04:08 (six years ago) link
also, just went down the wiki rabbit hole and discovered this dude's brother was the fucking T-1000 so that's something to take up space in my brain until my memory starts to go in my old age
― Men's Scarehouse - "You're gonna like the way you're shook." (m bison), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 04:12 (six years ago) link
it didn't even need to age well, that song was always excellent imo
― dyl, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 04:15 (six years ago) link
It's weird that this guy is supposedly the Piggy from the Nine Inch Nails song.
― how's life, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 10:53 (six years ago) link
I like how there's still a trace of NIN in this song, in the distorted guitar and "HEEEEY DAD". Industrial breaking through on soft-rock radio.
― jmm, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
i've been saying for a while now that the chorus of 'take a picture' has a my bloody valentine inspired sound
― scoff walker (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
I definitely listened to _Title of Record_ a lot when I was 15/16 and then never again
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
― dyl, Monday, November 13, 2017 9:15 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is otm i think. i found the structure of this song deeply confusing when i was a kid though
great karaoke jam if you can find a version without the "hey dad" part excised
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
I still can't believe "Take A Picture" was a top 40 hit.
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 16:40 (six years ago) link
(Not because it's bad; it rules! Because it's Filter and I never expected them to crack the top 40.)
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
I'm listening to the album for the first time in at least 15 years and hoo boy these songs really stretch out huh
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Sunday, November 2, 2008 1:03 AM (nine years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
they released five more albums including one last year, I almost respect the cling
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 November 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
An unintentional song about alcoholism.
There was a period of my life where I wrote from purely an experience point of view. “Take a Picture” [from 1999's Title of Record] was written from the insanity of being an alcoholic. I tried to make sense of it, but I refused to write with any kind of meaning behind it, and I wrote purely stream-of-conscious. And looking back on those lyrics, it was genius because it was not contrived – I didn’t know that the message was that this song was about alcoholism.
― jmm, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
Goddamn it, ever since it was revived on the CVS thread I've kept going back to that video, thinking about how much I would love to inhabit that stupid overblown late 90s world again. After enough of that, the dumb song went and got stuck in my head.
So I've added it to my "Mediocre Modern Rock" playlist. Anything else from Filter that would fit the bill? I had only known them from Hey Man Nice Shot, which is an entirely different aesthetic.
― how's life, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
"(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" probably is also not the right aesthetic but that's the first song that came to mind
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
start with the lesser Tonic singles and go from there
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
but filter-wise you might be SOL, I'm pretty sure this was a complete fluke versus HMNS/Jurassitol/etc
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link