best bands well known for a SHITTY single

[Screw_Michigan]

for one, i could never understand how i'd hear people at one of the three flaming lips shows i've attended:

"DID THEY PLAY, 'THEY DON'T USE JELLY,' YET? GOD I LOVE THAT SONG!!!! THAT'S MY FAVORITE LIPS SONG!"

fucking VOMIT! that is probably one of my least favorite lips songs out there. it's like the band didn't even try to make an effort to make that single other than at an A&R man's beckon.

then again, i don't listen to fm radio, so i'm short on songs i could add to this list. i do hate hearing people crying out to hear even flow, a 17 year old single, at pearl jam shows. that and black. come on.

edit: black hole sun is by far the WORST soundgarden song of all time. and people still fucking LOVE IT! oh my lord. pretty noose is a mediocre song and it's still 1k better than black hole sun.

[Dinsdale]

Bad post. The Flaming Lips aren't well known for one shitty single -- they're known for polluting the world with pile of crap after pile of crap and trying to pass it off as "music."


Eric Clapton became known by the younger set for Tears In Heaven (which I liked better when it was called Wonderful Tonight). Decent artist (when someone else did the writing for him), but truly a repulsive song... not as bad as the best the Lips ever sounded, mind you, but still pretty bad.


Then again, Steve Winwood became known with the younger crowd for Higher Love.


And a whole buncha people out there equate Kenny Rogers with a whole host of horrendous country songs.

[RumpleForeskin]

Floyd - Money.

Not sure if it was a single, but you could chalk it up as one of their worst songs.

[Dinsdale]

Floyd - Money.

Not sure if it was a single, but you could chalk it up as one of their worst songs.

Agreed. From one of their worst albums, which is by far their most famous... ponderous.


Jammed out to Animals a couple of times over the weekend-btw.

[RumpleForeskin]

Obscured by Clouds, The Division Bell, and Momentary Lapse for Reason were much better albums.

Time is about the only tune worth listening to on DSotM.

Did I mention I listened to a lot of Zevon this weekend?

[RumpleForeskin]

I still can't believe you think Tangerine by LZ is a horrible tune. Have you no cooth?

[Screw_Michigan]

Bad post. The Flaming Lips aren't well known for one shitty single -- they're known for polluting the world with pile of crap after pile of crap and trying to pass it off as "music."

god damn it dins, that's pretty funny. i should have seen that coming. nobody forgets anything on the boards.

and i don't believe higher love was SW's way of getting the newer generation. to me, that song (and the whole "back in the high life") album was just another way for him to "morph into a new genre" ERRRRR re-hook some of the old tards with the late 80s/early 90s shit.

the finer things is my favorite song off that album anyway, so GET FUCKED, dick.

[Screw_Michigan]

From one of their worst albums, which is by far their most famous

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get fucked.

sin,

alan parsons

[Screw_Michigan]

I still can't believe you think Tangerine by LZ is a horrible tune. Have you no cooth?

III is my favorite LZ album, although i haven't listened to it, nor any LZ, in probably five years. best III song is gallows pole, hands down.

[Dinsdale]

and i don't believe higher love was SW's way of getting the newer generation.

No one gives a fuck what you "think."

See, I'm actually old enough to be familiar with how that went down.

So very few of the kids of that day had any idea who Stevie Winwood was (I did, of course).

Steve Winwood and Peter Gabriel (nobody forgets anything on these boards... like MGO getting his ass absolutely handed to him on a silver platter on that one) were the worst corporate sellouts of the mid-80's corporatization/MTV movement. By far. BY FAR.


Drum machines out front should have told you.

[Dinsdale]

best III song is gallows pole, hands down.

Gotta agree there. Probably my favorite from the Alistair Crowley Tribute Album.


Gallows was a shining beacon of originality. Merging folk/traditional music with modern rock with delightful results... which was in stark contrast to that bit of seeping schmaltz known as Tangerine.

[Screw_Michigan]

and dins, let's at least give dark side a bit of credit. when i was in 11th grade in my communications class (mgo will have my back on this), we had to do a "poem speech" or something stupid like that. since no one gives a fuck about poetry in 11th grade, barry bradford told us we could use a rock song because "that is considered poetry."

so when everyone else in class was ripping off dave matthews songs and other faggot shit like that, i did TIME. and since one of the requirements was you had to have music in the background similar to the tempo you were reading, i used the opener to US AND FUCKING THEM. it was fucking.

SUCK MY FUCKING NUTS.

[Screw_Michigan]

See, I'm actually old enough to be familiar with how that went down.

we know you're an old fuck and we still don't give a fuck.

take your familiarity and shove it up your ass.

[RumpleForeskin]

which was in stark contrast to that bit of seeping schmaltz known as Tangerine.

Uhh, you don't hear the electro/psychadellic mix with the folk/country acoustic in the guitar riffs? They play off each other so well in that tune. You're Mr. Holland's kid if you can't see the clash of those styles in that song. Fucking tears, Dins. Once again, you have no fucking clue what you are talking about.

[Dinsdale]

mgo will have my back on this

Oh, I'll bet he had your back a bunch of times in 11th grade. And 12th. Then for some serious "experimentation" as freshmen.


That was assumed. I didn't need confirmation.



And then the Dave Matthews fans came along and made you look hetero... RACK them for that, I suppose.

Time would make a good "poem," I suppose. I would have gone with an epic work from Robert Hunter, because that is how I roll. Terrapin Station would have been pretty awesome... and if you explained the meanings, you could have got an A++.

Unless I was extra-stoned that day, then I would have gone with the Floyd -- One Of These Days.

[Dinsdale]

Once again, you have no fucking clue what you are talking about.

On my partial resume', I forgot to mention I've been finacially compensated for playing music... before I was out of high school?


A vocation I constantly kick myself for not persuing further.

[RumpleForeskin]

I'm starting to think your resume resembles that of a Stephen Glass piece.

[Screw_Michigan]

Once again, you have no fucking clue what you are talking about.

On my partial resume', I forgot to mention I've been finacially compensated for playing music... before I was out of high school?


A vocation I constantly kick myself for not persuing further.

right, like how you'll never be compensated for your basement finishing knowledge. fuck yourself.

[Dinsdale]

Been compensated for that a whole shitload of times... which doesn't seem nearly as cool as playing in a dance band on a cruise ship ( an opportunity I could have persued after high school, but it didn't sound as cool then as it does now... wonder if I would have pulled any choice tail with that gig?).

[RumpleForeskin]

Been compensated for that a whole shitload of times... which doesn't seem nearly as cool as playing in a dance band on a cruise ship ( an opportunity I could have persued after high school, but it didn't sound as cool then as it does now... wonder if I would have pulled any choice tail with that gig?).

Was this before or after you became a world renowned mechanic?

[Dinsdale]

The opportunity came before the grease monkey days, which were before the basement finishing days.


A lot of negative adjectives can be used to describe my life -- "dull" will never be one of them. Hell, over the last few years, I've made a concerted effort to make it more dull. But I'm thinking maybe I need to start burning both ends of the candle again... it gives a lovely light.

[BSmack]

Obscured by Clouds, The Division Bell, and Momentary Lapse for Reason were much better albums.

Time is about the only tune worth listening to on DSotM.

Did I mention I listened to a lot of Zevon this weekend?

You are a fucking retard if you can somehow equate Obscured By Clouds with the abortions known as Division Bell, and Momentary Lapse for Reason. And to say that either of those two steaming piles of crap are better than DSotM???

Lemme guess, you just started listening to Floyd last week?

[RumpleForeskin]

You are a fucking retard if you can somehow equate Obscured By Clouds with the abortions known as Division Bell, and Momentary Lapse for Reason. And to say that either of those two steaming piles of crap are better than DSotM???

Lemme guess, you just started listening to Floyd last week?

have you ever listened to Momentary Lapse of Reason or Division Bell? Go back and pay real close attention to the tracks on those albums and maybe, just maybe you will know what I am referring to as those albums being some of their best work. You crack me up, B, along with the other "Floyd followers" who think they turned to shit post Waters. The Division Bell album probably displays some of the best lyrical approach known to the music industry with its double meaning and symbolism especially in Lost for Words and Coming Back to Life.

I bet you think Comfortably Numb is about heroin, huh? Fucking dipshit.

[Goober McTuber]

I bet you think Comfortably Numb is about heroin, huh?

Or maybe it's about Rumplewife sitting on your face (emphasis on your).

[RumpleForeskin]

Or maybe it's about Rumplewife sitting on your face (emphasis on your).

Good idea, Goobs. I'm going to slurp it all up.

[Goober McTuber]

Sticking with the Pink Floyd theme here, if you holler into her meat cavern, do you hear echoes?

[BSmack]

have you ever listened to Momentary Lapse of Reason or Division Bell?

Sadly, yes I have. Even saw them live back in 94. 9th row center at the Carrier Dome in fact. I was listening to Pink Floyd when you were shitting in your diapers.

Go back and pay real close attention to the tracks on those albums and maybe, just maybe you will know what I am referring to as those albums being some of their best work.

I spun those albums enough to know that they were barely average.

You crack me up, B, along with the other "Floyd followers" who think they turned to shit post Waters. The Division Bell album probably displays some of the best lyrical approach known to the music industry with its double meaning and symbolism especially in Lost for Words and Coming Back to Life.

Bucking for a job as a Rolling Stone critic?

Lyrically, musically and creatively MLOR and Division Bell are nothing more than pale imitations. Gilmour should have had Pete Townshend writing for him instead of Polly Samson.

I bet you think Comfortably Numb is about heroin, huh? Fucking dipshit.

You have me confused with someone who thinks the film version of "The Wall" accurately reflected Waters' vision.

It is about drugs, but not the way you think.

[RumpleForeskin]

Sticking with the Pink Floyd theme here, if you holler into her meat cavern, do you hear echoes?

No, but when I go down her I will be In the Flesh

[Goober McTuber]

According to the Font of all Knowledge (wikipedia), re: Momentary Lapse of Reason,

Among fans, its generally considered to be one of Pink Floyd's worst albums.

I would think your proposal to Mt Rumplewife might be construed as a momentary lapse of reason.

[BSmack]

According to the Font of all Knowledge (wikipedia), re: Momentary Lapse of Reason,

Among fans, its generally considered to be one of Pink Floyd's worst albums.

I would think your proposal to Mt Rumplewife might be construed as a momentary lapse of reason.

He didn't propose so much as he just got caught in her gravitational field.

[RumpleForeskin]

Sadly, yes I have.

You are a fucking idiot.

I spun those albums enough to know that they were barely average.

See above

Lyrically, musically and creatively MLOR and Division Bell are nothing more than pale imitations. Gilmour should have had Pete Townshend writing for him instead of Polly Samson.

Lost for Words was by far their best lyrical song.

Lost For Words

I was spending my time in the doldrums
I was caught in a cauldron of hate
I felt persecuted and paralysed
I thought that everything else would just wait

While you are wasting your time on your enemies
Engulfed in a fever of spite
Beyond your tunnel vision reality fades
Like shadows into the night

To martyr yourself to caution
Is not going to help at all
Because there'll be no safety in numbers
When the Right One walks out of the door

Can you see your days blighted by darkness?
Is it true you beat your fists on the floor?
Stuck in a world of isolation
While the ivy grows over the door

So I open my door to my enemies
And I ask could we wipe the slate clean
But they tell me to please go fuck myself
You know you just can't win

The best PF track EVER. Those lyrics can be tied to the struggle with the band, with Waters, with Barrett, and the sturggle with life in general and how you just have to deal with it. Go ahead and tell me "its average at best"; you are sadly mistaken, B.

[RumpleForeskin]

Among fans, its generally considered to be one of Pink Floyd's worst albums.

Momentary Lapse of Reason was a tribute to the style Barrett wanted to go with back in the early '70s with more saxaphone. Gilmour and Mason wanted to capture that since they turned the idea down and went with Waters' direction instead.

[RumpleForeskin]

Cue Lost for Words lyrics being turned into a Rumplewife parody.

[Dinsdale]

Barrett... early '70s

Eject time for you, Rumps.

[BSmack]

Among fans, its generally considered to be one of Pink Floyd's worst albums.

Momentary Lapse of Reason was a tribute to the style Barrett wanted to go with back in the early '70s with more saxaphone. Gilmour and Mason wanted to capture that since they turned the idea down and went with Waters' direction instead.

Barrett's career with Pink Floyd ended in 1968. WTF are you talking about? That Syd wanted to do poorly written and overproduced AOR crap?

[RumpleForeskin]

Barrett... early '70s

Eject time for you, Rumps.

The time may have been off, but the facts are straight


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Roger Waters recalled:

"We had been managed by Blackhill Enterprises. When Syd flipped the band wanted to keep him but he wanted to add to two saxophone players and a girl singer. We said, "No!" Peter and Andrew thought it couldn't happen without Syd so they stuck with him and that's how Pink Floyd came to be managed by Steve O'Rourke."

[Dinsdale]

The time may have been off, but the facts are straight

Roger Waters recalled...

You do realize that Waters is a pathological liar, right?

[Goober McTuber]

Gee, Rumple, if you were going to pimp a pair of Pink Floyd albums, I’m surprised you didn’t choose The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets. After all, they were re-released as a compilation album titled A Nice Pair.

[Dinsdale]

Rumps does seem to be pimping whatever he's told to, doesn't he?

[RumpleForeskin]

Gee, Rumple, if you were going to pimp a pair of Pink Floyd albums, I’m surprised you didn’t choose The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets. After all, they were re-released as a compilation album titled A Nice Pair.

Oh yeah. I like that concept.