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Guilty Pleasures II: Good Songs by Godawful Bands

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:44 am
by holmes_Archive
pearl jam circa 2000 is a great fucking rock band, and yellow ledbetter when played live is a great fucking song.

Guilty Pleasures II: Good Songs by Godawful Bands

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:57 am
by Noodles_Archive
Daft Punk and Tears For Fears have no place in this thread. The first Daft Punk record is a great house record. Shame it all went to pot after that though.

Supersonic by Oasis. The only time they actually got it right. Otherwise a bunch of cunts. Unfortunately a bunch of cunts that just won't die.

EDIT:
The first half of Rusty Cage by Soundgarden, and a few bits in nothing to say which sort of adds up to a whole decent track. They think they rock so hard but they just don't.

Guilty Pleasures II: Good Songs by Godawful Bands

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:58 am
by Wood Goblin_Archive
Stone Temple Pilots "Sour Girl." Everything else by them is about as bad as music can get, but this song--in which they try to imitate XTC--is fantastic.

Geri Halliwell's "Bag It Up."

Hall & Oates "She's Gone."

Neil Diamond "Solitary Man" (actually, a fair amount of his 60s stuff gets a pass)

Guilty Pleasures II: Good Songs by Godawful Bands

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:03 am
by emmanuelle cunt_Archive
it's a bit odd, but i can't imagine that the band the snack has any good songs besides "my sharona". and even this one is rather catchy than good. but i migght be totally wrong.

and i honestly like pearl jam.

Guilty Pleasures II: Good Songs by Godawful Bands

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:27 am
by j_harvey_Archive
capnreverb wrote:"steppin out" by joe jackson is an awesome tune.


Dianogah was *this* close to covering this song earlier this year with Andrew Bird on vocals and glockenspiel. It would not have been an ironic 80's cover. I love that song. Jay Ryan got cold feet at the last minute.

I would add "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger to this list. I like that song. I would also second the notion that "We Built this City" does not belong on this list. One of the worst songs ever.

Guilty Pleasures II: Good Songs by Godawful Bands

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:36 am
by interloper_Archive
The Fixx - Red Skies

Guilty Pleasures II: Good Songs by Godawful Bands

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:43 am
by sunlore_Archive
"Toxic" is one of the greatest hit singles of the past 30 years or so.

Dare I say, it is perfect.

Guilty Pleasures II: Good Songs by Godawful Bands

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:50 am
by Rimbaud III_Archive
Every Day I Love You Less and Less by The Kaiser Chiefs.

It's a great bit of pop.

Guilty Pleasures II: Good Songs by Godawful Bands

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:18 am
by ubercat_Archive
Weezer - Hash Pipe
Gary Numan - Metal
Butter 08 - 9mm
Cardigans - Iron Man
The Knack - Siamese Twins (The Monkey And Me)

And this next one really hurts. It really hurts to say that this is a good song.

Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart

Would have been a better Ramones song...

Guilty Pleasures II: Good Songs by Godawful Bands

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:22 am
by sunlore_Archive
Rimbaud III wrote:Every Day I Love You Less and Less by The Kaiser Chiefs.

It's a great bit of pop.


I was about to agree with you, but then I thought of that insufferably bland chorus bit and I was like 'oh, never mind'.

Another one, that Batman song that U2 did was cool.