Thread for songs you used to like, but in hindsight realise they're not very good (2 Viewers)

[ann post]

This is still savage. I'm even too old for Nu metal but i always agreed with their concept of doubling the size of the metal band and having an absolute genius for a drummer.

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[Anthony]

Songs you used to not like, but in hindsight realise they're very good.

Stacy's Mom by The Fountains of Wayne.

In fairness they have much better songs but I love them now so I have re evaluated Stacey's Mom and it's really good.

 

[flashback]

The only Blur album I liked at the time was 13.

I haven't listened to that for something like 20 years?? I'll give her a go and get back to yis.

 

[flashback]

The only Blur album I liked at the time was 13.

I haven't listened to that for something like 20 years?? I'll give her a go and get back to yis.

OK, I skipped around a bit but I still think there's some lovely tracks on that thing like Caramel and Trimm Tabb. So I failed to be embarrassing in hindsight on that specific task.

There was a Norwegian guy, Thomas Dybdahl who wrote a song that absolutely broke my heart at the time. I'll see if I can wreck that in hindsight.


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Yeah, maybe not quite as crushing in hindsight. But I still think that's a pretty song.

I'll keep digging.

 

[ann post]

Marilyn Manson I still like up as far as the third or fourth album but can’t listen to him because he’s a horrendous sex pest.

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[Cornu Ammonis]

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It’s still not as bad as his Tainted Love cover.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Blur have some shocking shite but Girls and Boys still kinda holds up at least live and their show earlier in the Summer was as good as any I remember from their heyday.

I always liked Slipknot but haven't listened to them in years, a few of their songs were incredible sounding, like Eyeless.

When I hear Linkin Park or Limp Bizkit now, I'm surprised at how good they sound.

 

[nuke terrorist]

Nearly all popular rock music aimed at 14-15 year olds from the last few decades is dire.
Particularly true of California pop punk, Brit pop, emo, nu metal and the mid 90s commercialisation of rap era onwards.

 

[JAM HADES]

I rarely look back on a song I loved and dislike it. It's a sense of misplaced loyalty or something. The only thing I can think of that's slightly embarrassing is Ministry, when I see pics of the man now, but psalm 69 is still pretty damn good

 

[JAM HADES]

Great thread title BTW! As for blur, while never a fan I think the whole parklife thing was more of an artistic package with the video the Keith Allen thing(making them out to be more working class than they are maybe) and celebrating the whole being English thing, which may have given rise to the term 'britpop'*

* I could be very wrong

 

[egg_]

Nearly all popular rock music aimed at 14-15 year olds from the last few decades is dire.
Particularly true of California pop punk, Brit pop, emo, nu metal and the mid 90s commercialisation of rap era onwards.

In fairness, 90% of everything is crap

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Ah the doors…
‘Waiting for the sun’ was a hugely important part of a significant spring and summer.

Listened to it a few years back for the first time in over a decade and it’s pretty boring

 

[nuke terrorist]

In fairness, 90% of everything is crap

It's a lot more than 90%.

Early Duran or Adam Ant or Madness or Human League or Motorhead or Grandmaster Flash were cool.
But I was slightly too young for that era.

Oasis, Green Day, Linkin Park or Jay Z are about my age and they never really meant anything or influenced anyone worthwhile.

 

[Frank Discussions]

Most things are underwhelming, in hindsight.

Classic Thumped

 

[chris d]

Great thread title BTW! As for blur, while never a fan I think the whole parklife thing was more of an artistic package with the video the Keith Allen thing(making them out to be more working class than they are maybe) and celebrating the whole being English thing, which may have given rise to the term 'britpop'*

* I could be very wrong

Country House was on a couple of nights ago. And this is it. They set out to write an annoying big poppy "britpop" song, and they did. With the context it's a very good pop hit. Without the context is an annoying pop hit.

 

[Anthony]

Charmless Man has aged well though.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Songs you used to not like, but in hindsight realise they're very good.

Stacy's Mom by The Fountains of Wayne.

In fairness they have much better songs but I love them now so I have re evaluated Stacey's Mom and it's really good.

Heard someone butchering this acoustically blasting out of the Bad Ass Café the other day. Made me angry.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I have TOTP set up to record automatically off BBC4 and it really gives you some insight into how the popular memory of an era really doesn't cover the week to week swirl of music down the decades. The biggest surprise for me is that the rnb, hip hop, electronic, even pure pop often sounds as good to me now as "real" guitar music in 1990s episodes. It's only when you see Nirvana or REM or something that you realise that they were great artists who happened to be rock bands and not that distorted guitars is the sole way of great music. I appreciate I was only 10 when I saw a lot of this stuff the first time around.

 

[chris d]

I have TOTP set up to record automatically off BBC4 and it really gives you some insight into how the popular memory of an era really doesn't cover the week to week swirl of music down the decades. The biggest surprise for me is that the rnb, hip hop, electronic, even pure pop often sounds as good to me now as "real" guitar music in 1990s episodes. It's only when you see Nirvana or REM or something that you realise that they were great artists who happened to be rock bands and not that distorted guitars is the sole way of great music. I appreciate I was only 10 when I saw a lot of this stuff the first time around.

Recording stuff has opened my ears to appreciating things a lot more. The stress of it all. I heard the Vengaboys We're Going to Ibiza a couple of days ago and it's a decent little song. Has a sweet vocal melody. The lads shouting Woah full rip must have seemed like a pure mad idea when they were recording it.

Probably written by some song writing machine geniuses.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Recording stuff has opened my ears to appreciating things a lot more. The stress of it all. I heard the Vengaboys We're Going to Ibiza a couple of days ago and it's a decent little song. Has a sweet vocal melody. The lads shouting Woah full rip must have seemed like a pure mad idea when they were recording it.

Probably written by some song writing machine geniuses.

Its a rehash of this

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