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Post by Web on Sept 10, 2014 23:40:41 GMT -5
Beverly Hills has this soft spot in my musical history as being one of the first songs I looked up the lyrics to because of hearing it on the radio a bunch. I recognize it's not that great of a song (especially for Weezer's standards up to that point), but I can't bring myself to hate or even dislike it.
Puddle of Mudd's track never clicked with me as a fantastic song, but it's enjoyable enough to me where I don't mind queuing it up occasionally.
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Post by Lordef†ones on Sept 11, 2014 10:59:16 GMT -5
303 - The B-52's never liked them never will. 302 - I actually liked this song and album when it first came out but it quickly died on me. I think they redeemed themselves with their next album which I really loved as a return to their roots and was #2 on my year-end list. As for It's Been Awhile, I think that's a fantastic song. 301 - I like Blurry! Maybe it's just childhood nostalgia but I think it's one of Puddle of Mudd's few good songs. (I'll probably attract hate for it but I thought "She Hates Me" and "Stoned" were good too.) 300 - Thank you for having it this low. Fuck. This. Song.
Good to see that two of my bottom 5 are in Baron's bottom 10.
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Post by crash46 on Sept 11, 2014 12:01:06 GMT -5
"Blurry" was the best possible output a band as s****y as Puddle of Mudd could have created, so I usually give them a pass for it. I've never heard "Psycho". The only #1 of the entire 2000's and probably most of the 90's I've never heard. I'm sure it's shit, though. Dirty Heads I'd put in the top 100, maybe top 50. I didn't take "Butterfly" seriously enough to actually hate it much. "Believe", yeah there's no reason that needed to hit #1 at all.
I remember about 8 years ago I took a look back at all the number ones I'd ever recognized and the one I placed all the way at the bottom was "Always" by Saliva. Can't really think of anything else in recent years that would bottom that out. Except probably "Psycho".
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 11, 2014 16:38:13 GMT -5
306 ALWAYS Saliva #1 for 1 week, 27 weeks on chart [2003]
I'll always detest this song. I don't care how overhated the nu-metal phase is, but Saliva never brought anything good or original to the table. Their sole number-one hit was a song that was completely horrible, and even in the apex of the genre, it was one that didn't deserve to even crack the top 40. This is the second and last of Josey Scott's songs to go out, and is it really that surprising that both are them are bad? I mean, this sets off my shit radar within the first few seconds when Scott's off-key, whiny vocals dominate over a rather quiet background. While most nu-metal is just generic, this takes it one step forward by actually drawing my ire. It's rather ballady, especially for Saliva, and even when the chorus explodes in a cry of "I love you / I hate you / I can't get around you", it's still incredibly boring. "Always" does nothing for me - it's a song that's there as a reminder for how bad nu-metal was at its worst.
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 11, 2014 16:55:05 GMT -5
305 THE CHEMICALS BETWEEN US Bush #1 for 5 weeks, 26 weeks on chart [1999]
By the time their third album The Science of Things came out, it was clear that Bush's generic post-grunge format was getting old at this point, and that switching things up would probably be a good idea. The only problem is, the change wasn't for the better. During the late 90s, as nu-metal slowly crept its way into popularity, dance and techno music was also getting some play on the Alternative charts, with artists like Fatboy Slim and The Chemical Brothers charting. For "The Chemicals Between Us", Bush decided to kick off the era by adding some dance influence into their trademark post-grunge, but the problem is the combination just feels too disjointed and awkward, much like Alex Clare's "Too Close". The idea of Bush doing dance just feels off, and "The Chemicals Between Us" is perfect proof that it is. Whether it's the DJ scratching or the production in the chorus, this was one of Bush's worst singles, and fifteen years later, it's lost in the sea of mediocrity (and memories).
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Post by Cody on Sept 11, 2014 17:05:39 GMT -5
I like those two, especially "The Chemicals Between Us", which to this day remains my favourite Bush song.
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 11, 2014 17:12:54 GMT -5
304 USE SOMEBODY Kings of Leon #1 for 3 weeks, 51 weeks on chart
I really don't get the Kings of Leon hate. They have a couple of good songs, whether it be "The Bucket" or "Sex on Fire", but "Use Somebody" isn't one of those. It's not exactly the worst #1 on Alternative ever, but it also isn't the Grammy Record of the Year. With that said, it can be pretty annoying, especially since Caleb Followill's vocals are at their most annoying on this track. The longevity that this had, coupled with its massiveness on Pop radio wore this one out quick. As YouTube comedian Adam Buckley once said, Followill sounds like "he's been crying and his nuts are stuck in a vice". The way he pronounces the words "roamin' around" and "always looking down" is just so damn grating. It doesn't even crack four minutes, which is surprising because it's so slow and boring that it seems like it's over five minutes long.
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 11, 2014 17:36:36 GMT -5
303 CHANNEL Z The B-52's #1 for 3 weeks, 8 weeks on chart [1989]
Ugh. "Good Stuff" might be horrible, but songs like this prove that sucking wasn't new for The B-52's. As I said before, their music is just so cheery and upbeat that it pisses me off rather than bring happiness. The worst part about the band is Fred Schneider, and his spoken word vocals that just sound stupid and dumb. "Channel Z" is just so devoid of any life and energy, and I'll keep this writeup short to refrain from repeating what I said about "Good Stuff".
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 11, 2014 17:38:20 GMT -5
302 JUST LIKE YOU Three Days Grace #1 for 3 weeks, 32 weeks on chart [2004]
Three Days Grace were one of those bands that were a dual threat, a simultaneous juggernaut on both Active and Alternative, and after the success of their debut single, the huge "(I Hate) Everything About You", they racked up their first chart-topper with the second single off their debut album, "Just Like You", which is also one of their worst songs they ever recorded. Lyrically, it's pretty awful; the song's formula can be summed with the opening line - "I could be mean / I could be angry / You know I could be just like you!". Every line in the song is formulated like that, listing a bunch of negative characteristics that the subject "could be", while lamenting how he could be "just like you". And it's pretty repetitive, and it gets old really quick. Only one phrase in the song doesn't contain the words "just like you" and that's the bridge. "Just Like You" is annoying. It's also very boring, and it earns its spot as one of Three Days Grace's low points.
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Post by Lordef†ones on Sept 11, 2014 17:52:18 GMT -5
oh my GOD
299: I actually like this song, I thought it was one of Saliva's best even though they took a massive decline in subsequent records.(Not that they were amazing to start with) 298: NO WTF. Maybe I hold a soft spot for Bush as they were the first band I ever loved but this is a great song! The technical elements blended well with the song without sounding overly like a dance track. This deserved #1. Also, I wouldn't say it was lost in a sea of anything cause of all the songs listed so far this is the one I still hear on the radio the most. 297: Kings of Leon really are not that great, mainly cause of their singer's terrible voice. I agree with this one. 296: Still don't like The B-52's I hope this is their last #1 but I feel like it isn't. 295: Good song, TDG's first album was their best.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Sept 11, 2014 20:53:10 GMT -5
Saliva's last song was one where the chorus was literally "How could you cheat on me?" Eeeugh.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2014 1:32:56 GMT -5
#299 - Rather indifferent.
#298 - I really don't like Bush, but this song I can tolerate.
#297 - I'm with you on that one, Kings of Leon actually have a couple of great tracks but this one is terrible. In this song I would describe the singing as painful meowing.
#296 - Meh, ok song.
#295 - The song is decent but it remains one of TDG's weakest singles for me.
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Post by shakermaker on Sept 12, 2014 11:52:15 GMT -5
Once again in disagreement with "Channel Z", which really was to be expected (unenergetic??), but I'd just like to add that Cosmic Thing is one of my all-time fave albums.
That Bush single is a far cry away in quality from "Comedown" and "Glycerine", so I can agree with its placing here. Quite possibly the only track in my playlist of alternative #1s from 1994 to 1999 which I constantly end up skipping. The biggest crimes of those Saliva and Three Days Grace songs is just how downright dull they are; "Just Like You" (and while we're at it, "I Hate Everything About You", ugh) in particular is probably the epitome of cliched post-grunge/nu metal music from the mid-2000s.
I also really dig "Use Somebody", which seems to be a rather dividing opinion on the board.
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Post by Web on Sept 12, 2014 15:18:18 GMT -5
I enjoy Use Somebody, and don't really see where the "hit and miss" mentality for Kings of Leon comes from. But the thing I do enjoy about this thread is seeing all of the differing opinions from members across the board. Individuals interpreting the same song in vastly different ways is my favorite quality of music.
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Post by crash46 on Sept 12, 2014 15:49:09 GMT -5
"Always" (right on queue from my last post :). ) bugged me especially because that and 3DG's "Everything About You" were out at about the same time and they were both basically the same song, neither of which was very good, though there were elements of the 3DG track that made it far more likeable. "Your Disease" and "Click Click Boom" were craptastic songs that I liked anyway, but "Always" didn't have any redeemable qualities that all the others I've mentioned had. Plus their live act kind of sucked.
Only thing I have against "Use Somebody", "The Chemicals Between Us", "Just Like You", and "Too Close", is that they're all up there along with every Nirvana single and every 90's Pearl Jam single on the list of Songs I Won't Need To Listen To Again For The Rest Of My Life.
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 12, 2014 18:10:09 GMT -5
301 DISCOTHEQUE U2 #1 for 4 weeks, 10 weeks on chart [1997]
I have nothing against experimenting. I like it when artists step out of their box and extend their creative lens. Many of them are successful - Radiohead's Kid A, Swans' Children of God and pretty much the entirety of Mr. Bungle's career. Yet sometimes it doesn't work out so well, and that's the story behind U2's "Discotheque", the lead single from their maligned 1997 album Pop. That was a pretty out-there album for the band, and some songs didn't sound like vintage U2 - there was no "With or Without You" or "One". To show off their newfound direction, they released this song as the lead single, and at the time it set a record for highest debut ever on the Alternative charts - #3 to be exact. It shot straight up to #1 the next week, but as soon as it fell from the apex, it tumbled hard, free-falling and spending only ten weeks on the chart. Those are some 1989 numbers, and this was nine years later when there was some sort of fluidity to the chart flow. Honestly, I think it's pretty justified. "Discotheque" is U2 going disco, and the whole thing comes off as a huge disjointed mess. Kinda like "Too Close" and "The Chemicals Between Us".
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 12, 2014 18:54:47 GMT -5
300 FEVER The Black Keys #1 for 11 weeks, 24+ weeks on chart [2014]
Here's a pretty recent song, but this recent song is pretty bad. The slow turnover rate for #1s is really something that plagues the chart right now, and this is one of those songs that are so horrible it doesn't even matter. All of the lead singles from The Black Keys have spent at least ten weeks on top, and this one deserved it the least. "Little Black Submarines" was greatness. So was "Tighten Up". But this? This is just awful. When I talk about established artists having a fast rise and fall, it's bad songs like this from good artists that I mean. The repeating synthesque bassline is so damn annoying, and overall "Fever" is pretty batshit boring. There's nothing interesting about it, it's uninspired tripe that ranks as the worst #1 of 2014. That's pretty hard to do, considering all the other crap that topped the chart this year, but "Fever" lacks all the things that made The Black Keys great. Turn Blue was a horrid album, and not even the Modest Mouse-sounding "Gotta Get Away" can redeem it.
"Fever cause I'm sleeping Fever got me snoozing Fever why don't you explain why you're boring me"
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 12, 2014 19:03:31 GMT -5
299 THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Jesus Jones #1 for 6 weeks, 11 weeks on chart [1993]
This is one of those songs whose presence as a chart-topper really hasn't held up twenty years later. Many #1s from 1993 - from "Heart-Shaped Box" to "No Rain" - have gone down in music history as some of the greatest songs of the 1990s. But lost in the midst is this cut from Jesus Jones' Perverse album that really hasn't made that big of an impact over the years. It's not to hard to see why though, it's just so damn forgettable. Jesus Jones are a forgotten band, in a way, their other #1, "Right Here, Right Now" may have been a huge Pop crossover, but how has it fared two decades later? Its reputation isn't that of "Losing My Religion" or "Smells Like Teen Spirit", two songs that it actually peaked higher than on the Hot 100. Written as a response to pop culture, "The Devil You Know" is just very boring and not memorable at all.
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Post by H. on Sept 12, 2014 19:33:43 GMT -5
I love Fever and Devil You Know.
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 12, 2014 19:35:24 GMT -5
298 STOLEN DANCE Milky Chance #1 for 4 weeks and counting, 19+ weeks on chart
At the time of writing this, this is currently #1 on the Alternative charts, and all I can say is, "Why?". There's nothing appealing about this song - it's just so bland, boring and uninteresting. The duo's singer sounds like he's slurring the words during the verses, and everything he says is so damn incomprehensible. It's like he drank a year-old bottle of milk, cringed and sang the song with sour milk in his mouth. Seriously, his vocals are pretty damn awful. Then again, so are the lyrics - however, I do like the topic it covers (drug addiction), although it could be interpreted a number of ways; however, that does not give you the right to insert lines like "do the boogie all night long" while sounding like you're drunk as hell. He struggles to hit the high notes effectively, and it's just so damn irritating. And good Lord, what an awful band name...
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 12, 2014 19:39:46 GMT -5
297 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood #1 for 11 weeks, 52 weeks on chart [2013]
Out of all the Alternative hits of 2013, why did this one have to become a huge Pop hit? "Sweater Weather" is just one of those songs that I'm just baffled by its success. There's just nothing memorable at all about it - it just drags on and on and on, remaining boring the whole time. When some random talentless Johnny-come-lately robbed #1s from Muse, Thirty Seconds to Mars and Nine Inch Nails, it was incredibly frustrating. Much like "Fever" and "Lay Me Down", the fact that it stayed atop there for so long made it even more unbearable. I got tired of it the first time I heard it, I didn't need for it to be on the charts for 365 days. By that point its staleness had reached a level that no song had ever crossed. The song sounds like winter, but it's not AFI's "Love Like Winter", it's the monotonous shoveling of snow while the temperature reaches zero and there's nothing better to do than twiddle your thumbs and get hairy palms. Maybe it's the slow tempo of the song that kills it for me, because the worst part of the song is the outro, when it goes from 0 mph to -10. Gah, who am I kidding? This song doesn't keep me interested enough for me to last all the way until the ending before I switch the station.
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Post by H. on Sept 12, 2014 19:51:44 GMT -5
I love Sweater Weather.
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 12, 2014 19:58:39 GMT -5
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Post by crash46 on Sept 12, 2014 19:59:41 GMT -5
^Lol. I love all of the above since I last posted. This is gonna be good. :).
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 12, 2014 20:18:27 GMT -5
296 PARADISE Coldplay #1 for 1 week, 25 weeks on chart [2011]
Speaking of boring songs, I'd like to raise one from Coldplay's abhorrent disasterpiece that was Mylo Xyloto. Their worst album yet, it lacked any energy or emotion whatsoever, and that's a perfect description for its second single, the completely stale "Paradise". There's nothing interesting about it, and it lacks everything that made their ballads wonderful. "The Scientist" was full of emotion and pain; not this.
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Post by Lahey's Lucky Star on Sept 12, 2014 20:27:36 GMT -5
291: NO. 290: NO.
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Post by H. on Sept 12, 2014 20:51:21 GMT -5
I love Paradise.
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 12, 2014 21:01:58 GMT -5
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Post by Cody on Sept 12, 2014 21:05:58 GMT -5
Hate "Use Somebody", but really enjoy every song you've posted since. I especially love "Just Like You" (TDG's first of 11 #1s on my personal chart, and. 13-weaker at that), "Paradise" which is my second favourite Coldplay single, and "Discotheque" which is my third favourite U2 single.
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Post by Web on Sept 12, 2014 21:48:02 GMT -5
Paradise is middle of the road for me, bland but not offensive. I enjoyed Fever initially but burned out really quick. Only one that I disagree with from this bunch is Sweater Weather. While it does have many of the indie tendencies that have monopolized the chart recently, it's still a solid song in my eyes. The Neighbourhood's debut album was pretty decent as well, if you ignore some of the elementary lyrics.
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