I can think of a million examples but this one cropped up recently so it's fresh in my mind.

There is a markedly terrible guitar pop band from Ireland called Ash. They have come in and out of popularity over the years but their first album was sometime in the early 90s, when the trio were still teenagers. They had about four annoying Pixies/Weezer hybrid singles from their first album and I remember hearing them all non-stop during my childhood. Obviously, I had long ago dismissed them as CRAP.

Then while I was at a party months ago a song came on the stereo which I immediately thought might be Pavement. It had that kind of slacker vibe to it with it's laconic riffing and couldn't care less vocals. I was nodding along slightly inebriated when someone mentioned it was actually a song called 'Goldfinger' by Ash. I've just downloaded the song and it really is a reasonable slab of pop. It's head and shoulders over the shit you hear in the UK charts these days that's for sure. Dreadful video can be found here if for some reason you care.

BenjieLoveless wrote:Rasberry Beret by Prince ( I fuckin Hate prince)

No! Prince cannot be named in this thread!

Maggie May is a good one though.

burun wrote:
"I'm Gonna Keep On Lovin' You" by REO Speedwagon.

I fucking love this song.

I have learned to play a cover of it, that (like every other cover I have don so far) will never be heard by anyone else. It is an amazing tune.

The rest of REO? I don't think I can remember another song by them. Therefore the rest of their oeuvre must be crap-ola.

Just to check, is this the one that meekly starts

REO Spudwagon bloke wrote:
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin' around

or am I confusing two slices of Speedwagon gold?

The chorus does rule, as does the fact that the drummer had one of those boom vocal mikes that would swing away to allow him to do some serious "impassioned nodding and gurning"

Big minus for the overwrought "I don't believe" bit, though. Get a grip, son!

Most of Ultramega O. K. by Soundgarden.

I'm ashamed to say that I quite like that 'I Alone' song by Live. Everything I know of these people is bad, but I once played that song twice in a row at a party in Germany, because I enjoyed it and they let me.

I like the song 'Give Me A Little More Time' by Gabrielle, the bong-eyed 'soul' songstress. I think it is a great song.

I like the song 'Yes' by Mcalmont and Butler for the same reasons as the Gabrielle song.

I fucking love the song 'Tell me A Story' by Samiam, though everything else I've heard by them bores me.

That'll do for now, I think.

John C3 wrote:I like the song 'Yes' by Mcalmont and Butler for the same reasons as the Gabrielle song.

I have the album that this song is taken from, and the only other song that makes it worth owning is 'You Do'. They're both fine, fine songs. It's a shame that the rest of the album is such mediocre squirrel poop.

someone sent me this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MARlWDQ2pq8


for some reason i feel i should hate it, but i don't. i enjoy it quite a lot.

John Mellencamp: Check It Out
Little River Band: Reminiscing
Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown
April Wine: Just Between You and Me
Bread: Baby I’m-a Want You, Make It with You
Chicago: If You Leave Me Know
Doobie Brothers: Without You
Eagles: I Can't Tell You Why
ELO: Strange Magic
Gerry Rafferty: Baker Street
It's a Beautiful Day: White Bird
Journey: Stone in Love, Who’s Crying Now
Lindsay Buckingham: Trouble
Ozark Mountain Daredevils: Jackie Blue

I agree on Keep on Lovin' You and Boys of Summer (whcih I think Tom Petty's guitarist wrote).

Mr. Chimp wrote:The Popular Recording Hits of Phil Collins, Solo Artist, Genesis Vocalist and Drummer - from the early and mid-80's.

Yes, including Sussudio.
Yes, including Land of Confusion.
Yes, including Easy Lover.
Yes, including Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now).
Yes, including Take Me Home.

Hmmm, interesting... I personally would have dumped all over those, but then I'd say that his one 'Not Crap' song for me is 'I Don't Care Anymore'.

I do like this Phil Collins, the one who seems capable of being a bit pissed off, and actually expressing it well in the vibe of a song. I don't care for the happy-go-lucky dude singing 'Sussudio', 'Easy Lover', etc.

Diff'rent Strokes, indeed!

Dudley wrote:Just to check, is this the one that meekly starts

REO Spudwagon bloke wrote:
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin' around

or am I confusing two slices of Speedwagon gold?

No, that's the other song they wrote, called "Take It On The Run" or something like that.

Someone shoot me for knowing that, please.