Minor complaints thread (23 Viewers)

[rettucs]

I think Gogglebox is great for having some idea of the type of stuff that's on telly these days. The only laughs you get from it anymore is when people stay stupid things, and I kind of feel bad for laughing at that.

 

[therealjohnny]

ugh

SWEET CAROLINE SING-ALONG

www.sweetcarolinesingalong.com

 

[egg_]

Musicians scorn each other for playing Sweet Caroline, but fuck me audiences FUCKING LOVE IT. In my experience here is no surer-fire winner at a singalong

 

[Unicron]

Musicians scorn each other for playing Sweet Caroline, but fuck me audiences FUCKING LOVE IT. In my experience here is no surer-fire winner at a singalong

After the US election someone tweted a video of a crowd celebrating and singing that song in the street and said that Sweet Caroline is "the sound of white joy."

 

[egg_]

I think that's why musicians often look down on it - they think music is more important than plain old joy. They're wrong

 

[Unicron]

I think that's why musicians often look down on it - they think music is more important than plain old joy. They're wrong

I wouldn't even say it's a guilty pleasure, but after years of thinking about it as "Neil Diamond the lameo in the jumpsuit urrgh" in recent years I've decided that it's a really good tune and now I think "Neil Diamond, the lameo in the fucking awesome jumpsuit."

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

It's pure shite

 

[Lili Marlene]

The younger person version of it is Ireland's very own Singalong Social

At ATN there in 2018 or 2019 I went along to check it out and I couldn't actually handle the songs they were choosing. I love to singalong to a good pop song but, yeesh, there's such a thing as taste.

 

[therealjohnny]

It's up there with The Galway Girl and Wagon Wheel

 

[egg_]

I went to Singalong Social twice at Body&Soul in 2017. The kids were with us and the first one was a kids version - Mrs. egg_ had to tell me to shut up because I was roaring out "Let it go" so loudly I was scaring other people's children (my own are used to it)

 

[Lili Marlene]

I went to Singalong Social twice at Body&Soul in 2017. The kids were with us and the first one was a kids version - Mrs. egg_ had to tell me to shut up because I was roaring out "Let it go" so loudly I was scaring other people's children (my own are used to it)

Ah i know, I can't bedgrudge people having fun but I could not handle all the Drops of Jupiter's and Steps songs and the like... I clearly need the indie version where they'll play Pulp and, I dunno, The Futureheads.

 

[Unicron]

It's pure shite

So you're saying Sweet Caroline No?

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I like the chord changes on the pre chorus.

 

[Unicron]

I like the chord changes on the pre chorus.

The melody on the intro is very good I think. But mostly I like it for the bit between "Swwweeeeeeetttt CARoLine" and "good times never felt so good"

 

[Cormcolash]

ugh

SWEET CAROLINE SING-ALONG

www.sweetcarolinesingalong.com

BAH BAH BAHHHH

 

[Cormcolash]

I wouldn't even say it's a guilty pleasure, but after years of thinking about it as "Neil Diamond the lameo in the jumpsuit urrgh" in recent years I've decided that it's a really good tune and now I think "Neil Diamond, the lameo in the fucking awesome jumpsuit."

Neil Diamond, the lameo that is apparently really sound and treats his crew people really well so he's okay really

 

[seanc]

An ex lived 100m from Croke Park when Diamond played. The atmosphere was really good, you could feel it in the air. Much better than most GAA games.

I wasn't in the stadium, so I have no idea what those people did for all that time. But that bit, jesus, they all knew that bit.

 

[Cormcolash]

Ah i know, I can't bedgrudge people having fun but I could not handle all the Drops of Jupiter's and Steps songs and the like... I clearly need the indie version where they'll play Pulp and, I dunno, The Futureheads.

Cotton Eye Joe singalong

 

[Unicron]

Neil Diamond, the lameo that is apparently really sound and treats his crew people really well so he's okay really

There you go, fully on team Neil now, Daydream Believer, Sweet Caroline, that other one.

 

[Cormcolash]

that other one.

Any song by The Monkees?