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scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Mar 30, 2011 - 12:33
 
John McCrea was interviewed on NPR recently and talked a bit about this first album as being a response to the grunge music of the time.

Queue
(ROKville, MD)
Posted: Mar 30, 2011 - 12:33
 
Cake, great in smallish quantities.

(both the band and the dessert)


tphord
(Up 'ere)
Posted: Mar 30, 2011 - 12:32
 
Cake...
is flat, off key, banal, sophomoric and so so so unjustifiably full of themselves.
cease already.

bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 18:36
 
Aw, geez. This is not really worth the effort of listening, is it? Maybe there is a listenership out there, but why? Seems to me that Frank Zappa dealt with this sort of stuff around 1966 or so, and much more interestingly: 'plastic boots and plastic hat, and you think you know where it's at'. 

mmoyer
(Silicon Valley)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 18:35
 
I always think I don't like Cake, and then I'll hear a song I kinda sorta think is ok, and it turns out to be Cake.

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 18:34
 
Cake is just odd.

Not bad, just odd.

Still trying to figure out if I like it  , or is the oddity to much?

laozilover
(Left of Chicago and up)
Posted: Dec 26, 2010 - 10:00
 
 Captn_Pea wrote:

Hey... I have a Moto Guzzi - I payed for it as my first significant gift to self after college.


 
You "payed" for it?  AFTER college? Hmmmmmm.



laozilover
(Left of Chicago and up)
Posted: Dec 26, 2010 - 09:58
 
 MJMJ wrote:
Cake, it's light and fluffy
 
And, they are masters of the VIBRASLAP! :)

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/cake_pageant_vibraslap.jpg



laozilover
(Left of Chicago and up)
Posted: Dec 26, 2010 - 09:56
 
I spent $38 dollars (plus TicketBastard) to see them two weeks ago at House of Blues in Chicago AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN PLAY THIS!!!! What a ripoff!!!! :(


MJMJ
Posted: Dec 26, 2010 - 09:56
 
Cake, it's light and fluffy

rcurrier
(San Juan Capistrano, CA)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 17:11
 
 twitterpated wrote:
I can't really say why but I like Cake's style a lot.  I always get the feeling that the lead singer knows he is being annoying and really, really enjoys it, which speaks to the rogue in me.  To be fair, though, I can't listen to more than two or three of their songs before I have to turn it off.
 
Huh. I always got the feeling that the lead singer thought he was being clever, when in fact he's simply annoying.

As for the two or three song thing, I think that's because they just keep re-doing the same thing. Having to listen to a whole album (courtesy of a former officemate) is like having the same song stuck on repeat. 


MostTornBrain
(Woonsocket, RI)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 17:07
 
Fun song, as long as I only hear it once every year or so...

Sullen
(Hellview)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 17:06
 
I've heard this song more times than I can count, but I just listened to it for the first time.

These guys are damn witty! Me like!

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 07:53
 
These guys are a riot.

Captn_Pea
(Spring Lake, MI)
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 07:50
 

Hey... I have a Moto Guzzi - I payed for it as my first significant gift to self after college.



Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 07:50
 
love me some Cake

mackerrow
(Santa Fe, NM)
Posted: Aug 21, 2010 - 07:25
 
exactly...

 twitterpated wrote:
I can't really say why but I like Cake's style a lot.  I always get the feeling that the lead singer knows he is being annoying and really, really enjoys it, which speaks to the rogue in me.  To be fair, though, I can't listen to more than two or three of their songs before I have to turn it off.
 


twitterpated
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 11:54
 
I can't really say why but I like Cake's style a lot.  I always get the feeling that the lead singer knows he is being annoying and really, really enjoys it, which speaks to the rogue in me.  To be fair, though, I can't listen to more than two or three of their songs before I have to turn it off.

jmsmy
(Music Town, Klein, Texas)
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 11:54
 
It wasn't to bad until ticket prices went over the top.

amb599
(New York, NY)
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 11:53
 
turn. it. up.  LOUD!!!   {#Drummer}

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwww ya!

techer2
(my own private idaho)
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 11:52
 
can NOT wait to see them for the first time.......SLC, here i come!

netskink
(Durham, NC)
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 11:51
 
 tapatia1072 wrote:


"William Shatner is positively tuneful in comparison" - LOL! Brilliant comment.

Speaking of which - wouldn't it be fun if Bill played Shatner's version of "Mr. Tambourine Man," just for a good laugh?
 
I like this song.  Go figure.  I also like the Shatner Common People song.  What happened to that one? I heard it for the first time on this site.

DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 11:51
 
I'm a HUGE Cake admirer, and I hate this song.

scrubbrush
Posted: May 17, 2010 - 16:46
 
annoying, like 90% of Cake's stuff.

tapatia1072
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 08:29
 
 fredriley wrote:
 keller1 wrote:


It's not singing ... whatever it is gets on my nerves too.

 

Quite. William Shatner is positively tuneful in comparison. I like some Cake stuff but this is seriously irritating. If you want to speak, do a talking book; if you're in a rock group, bleedin' well do some singing.

 

"William Shatner is positively tuneful in comparison" - LOL! Brilliant comment.

Speaking of which - wouldn't it be fun if Bill played Shatner's version of "Mr. Tambourine Man," just for a good laugh?

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 08:26
 
 keller1 wrote:


It's not singing ... whatever it is gets on my nerves too.

 

Quite. William Shatner is positively tuneful in comparison. I like some Cake stuff but this is seriously irritating. If you want to speak, do a talking book; if you're in a rock group, bleedin' well do some singing.


rp1125
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 08:26
 
file under 'hipper than thou'

sdn
(Philadelphia)
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 08:25
 
Decent music; absolutely terrible spoken-word delivery.

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 08:23
 
Hookers and blow?

bhallmark
(The Administrative Zone of the District of Columbia)
Posted: Feb 11, 2010 - 18:03
 
 Hodgie wrote:
What to say? These guys have always cracked me up...sometimes I even tap my fingers and toes.
 
I know.  HYSTERICAL!  Love me some Cake.

Hodgie
(Dover, NH)
Posted: Jan 11, 2010 - 07:29
 
What to say? These guys have always cracked me up...sometimes I even tap my fingers and toes.

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 13:44
 
 TimMann wrote:
Blah. The lyrics are sophomoric — good point, but they hammer it into the ground. And the singing just gets on my nerves.
 

It's not singing ... whatever it is gets on my nerves too.


MayBaby
(Savannah, Georgia)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 13:23
 
 spigolli wrote:

Yes, grates on the ears like a Frank Zappa tune. 
 
Oh Man!
Just say Ahh Yea!
: )


fran_tarkenton
(Kamloops, British Columbia)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 13:20
 
 spigolli wrote:

Yes, grates on the ears like a Frank Zappa tune. 
 
I know... Its awsome eh!


spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 13:19
 
 TimMann wrote:
Blah. The lyrics are sophomoric — good point, but they hammer it into the ground. And the singing just gets on my nerves.
 
Yes, grates on the ears like a Frank Zappa tune. 



MayBaby
(Savannah, Georgia)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 13:18
 
Ahhh Yea! Ahh Yea!

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Sep 07, 2009 - 12:36
 
The more i hear the more i wonder how i didn't get interested back in the day when i first heard them

TimMann
(Palo Alto, CA)
Posted: Sep 07, 2009 - 12:31
 
Blah. The lyrics are sophomoric — good point, but they hammer it into the ground. And the singing just gets on my nerves.

jtarp
(Dublin, Ireland)
Posted: Sep 07, 2009 - 12:29
 
 ruminatus wrote:
the message is clear and relevant but unfortunately the music doesnt escape the laziness and cliche-laden world being criticized, which just means it sucks.
 
Yeah


lmic
(Narrow Minded Couch Potato)
Posted: Sep 07, 2009 - 12:29
 
Old Cake is the best Cake. It never gets stale! {#Hungry}

This album just about knocked me senseless when our station got it as a promo disk back in 94. Just wow.

kickstartmyheart
(Fort Lauderdale)
Posted: Jul 06, 2009 - 07:48
 
Is this Bill's retort to my snarky comment re: the Morphine song? It was said in jest! We love you Bill! Been a long term listener. You guys rule, but you are obsessed with that song! :P

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Jun 04, 2009 - 12:37
 
 glydev wrote:

please leave this song out of the rotation, the lyrics are hideous, singing is affected, who knows how they put together the horn arrangements - is this supposed to be Lou Reed meets the Clash, with some uninspired rock-a-billy guitars?
this really is bad...


 
Hahaha, seems the boys from Sac Town have struck a cord with the boy from Brooklyn


Stave
(San Francisco)
Posted: Jun 04, 2009 - 12:37
 
 glydev wrote:

please leave this song out of the rotation, the lyrics are hideous, singing is affected, who knows how they put together the horn arrangements - is this supposed to be Lou Reed meets the Clash, with some uninspired rock-a-billy guitars?
this really is bad...


 
Wrong on almost every count {#No}


Bruster
(Seattle)
Posted: Jun 04, 2009 - 12:37
 

Ew it grows on you like a wart!



unclehud
Posted: Jun 04, 2009 - 12:37
 
These guys have witty and insightful lyrics ... with a trumpet and a vibraslap!  How could anyone dislike them?!

glydev
(Brooklyn, New York)
Posted: May 03, 2009 - 19:41
 

please leave this song out of the rotation, the lyrics are hideous, singing is affected, who knows how they put together the horn arrangements - is this supposed to be Lou Reed meets the Clash, with some uninspired rock-a-billy guitars?
this really is bad...



bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: May 03, 2009 - 19:41
 
I think a lot of us are now paying for people like this.  Lots of McMansions for sale suddenly. .. .

ruminatus
Posted: May 03, 2009 - 19:40
 
the message is clear and relevant but unfortunately the music doesnt escape the laziness and cliche-laden world being criticized, which just means it sucks.

Gatlinburger
Posted: May 03, 2009 - 19:39
 
actually, I like the music, beat and the horn backup...  but the lyics are sooo   stupid....   HMMMMM????


Gatlinburger
Posted: May 03, 2009 - 19:37
 
stupid song...  sucks...