lol turns the Australian beer commercial that i rememberec that used “Cold as Ice” was not actually for beer but um … cans? as a concept? anywayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5dMfg-TqqY
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 02:26 (one month ago) link
Long, Long Way from Home is a big miss on the collection. It is my favorite one by them.
I came here to post exactly this.
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 03:03 (one month ago) link
this is totally proto-incel shit
What album was "Hot Blooded" on? Because the lyric "c'mon baby do you do more than dance?" pairs with the Head Games cover art so well.
― enochroot, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 11:53 (one month ago) link
I just listened to "Blue Morning, Blue Day" and, no, the lyrics are not terrible: they're more than okay.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 11:55 (one month ago) link
pairs with the Head Games cover art so well
so it's about assaulting somebody in a bathroom?
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 14:53 (one month ago) link
So many of these still turn my stomach, but I had to come around a bit after realizing the reason Ladytron's "Turn it On" seemed so familiar was it was basically "Urgent"
― sox concrète (bendy), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 15:55 (one month ago) link
XPyeah, they're both kinda casually, obliviously rape-y (which is why the proto-incel comment felt so OTM).
I did love foreigner when I was 12 though. My vote goes to Jukebox Hero, since it was so cinematic.
They were kind of the Imagine Dragons of their day.
― enochroot, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 20:08 (one month ago) link
this old Beck song also reminds me of urgenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7JD2CqTKS4
― brimstead, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 20:16 (one month ago) link
would never ever have thought 'foreigner! hall-of-fame band!' but they had hits in two different 'eras' and i honestly liked most of them well enough
happy for the new jersey mass choir i guess
anyway i would hope this obviates the need for a bad company selection, as foreigner did that thing better (and also did not have a self-titled song on their self-titled album)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 02:09 (one month ago) link
There’s no way Paul Rodgers doesn’t end up in the HoF in some band
― Never fight uphill 'o me, boys! (President Keyes), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 02:17 (one month ago) link
jan wenner would totally have inducted the firm
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 02:19 (one month ago) link
more hof worthy: paul rodgers or norman greenbaum
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 02:21 (one month ago) link
lol brimstead
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 02:26 (one month ago) link
rock n roll fantasy > juke box hero
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 03:24 (one month ago) link
bad co.'s 'r&r fantasy' is just 'shooting star' without the downer part!
fucking aldo nova is better
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 03:58 (one month ago) link
Paul Rodgers gets a bit of a pass though for Free. Those first two albums before Kossoff lost it were great.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 16:43 (one month ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:01 (one month ago) link
the bad company hits are way better than the foreigner hits, c'mon
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 03:20 (one month ago) link
“bad comapny hits”
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 04:00 (one month ago) link
this band has a lot of near-great songs, mostly let down by Gramm's lyrics lacking any kind of sparkle or verve at all. just line after line of re-establishing the premise of the song and checking the boxes for the meter and rhyme scheme. between that and the pummeling arrangements, I'm tired of almost all these songs the moment they start.
"Feels Like the First Time" at least finds a great hook, but "I Want To Know What Love Is" actually makes a meal out of its compulsion towards bigness. that's my pick. what a monster of a song, impossible to ignore in any setting.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 10:53 (one month ago) link
when I was a kid I hated that song because I took the chorus very literal and I asked my mom "why is the singer so dumb?"
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 14:55 (one month ago) link
ha! would make a good Sesame Street sketch, teaching different nouns and concepts each time.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 15:47 (one month ago) link
I wanna know what cheese/time/Rome is -- I want you to shoooooow meeeeeee
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 19:21 (one month ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 00:01 (one month ago) link
Dirty White Boy 3:38 1
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― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 00:12 (one month ago) link
Pretty even spread over five songs
― Never fight uphill 'o me, boys! (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 00:49 (one month ago) link
I do really like “Say You Will” and am bummed it didnt get any votes but it’s also not like, great, so i get it
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 01:47 (one month ago) link
the best Foreigner song is Lou Gramm's "Just Between You and Me"
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 01:48 (one month ago) link
also yes, i love that one too
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 02:05 (one month ago) link
I just want to shout out again the saxophone in "Urgent," maybe my favorite '80s sax song (or at least up there with "Harden My Heart").
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 02:07 (one month ago) link
amen
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 02:54 (one month ago) link
Definitely have a soft spot for "Say You Will", which my mom put on a tape we played endlessly in the car as a kid. But "I Wanna Know What Love Is" is a basically perfect song
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 11:23 (one month ago) link
"Urgent" joins "Waiting On a Friend" in that short list of 1981-1982 hits with world-class jazz folx blowing sax.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 11:34 (one month ago) link