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| fortyonejb (Some beach at 5 o'clock) | Posted: Apr 25, 2008 - 05:04 OHMish wrote: This belongs on the comercial mainstream pop radios, not here
mmmm, RPelitest eh? just cause a song has mass appeal we should shun it? why not give a real reason why the song doesn't measure up and not just because your 8 year old cousin would bounce around in the backseat of the car when it would come on. All said, this is not the best work from BNL, I definitely enjoy their music but this song was never their best work, a decent six still. |
| OHMish (Copenhagen) | Posted: Mar 24, 2008 - 16:58 This belongs on the comercial mainstream pop radios, not here |
| Fredrikson (Stockholm) | Posted: Mar 24, 2008 - 16:56 Colorwise wrote: There are 2 things I don't understand:
1. Why does everyone hate a fun, not-to-serious upbeat song like this? 2. The Beatles were on before this song. Why are all the doped up Beatles songs rated so highly? They are THE most overrated band in history. go you! |
| Colorwise | Posted: Feb 22, 2008 - 05:34 There are 2 things I don't understand: 1. Why does everyone hate a fun, not-to-serious upbeat song like this? 2. The Beatles were on before this song. Why are all the doped up Beatles songs rated so highly? They are THE most overrated band in history. |
| sccaflagger74 (Pennsylvania) | Posted: Jan 21, 2008 - 19:11 I get perverse pleasure giving this song a 1. After hearing it all these years on the radio I can finally record just how much I dislike it! |
| LuvsMusic (Houston, TX) | Posted: Dec 21, 2007 - 08:21 Land_Shark wrote: Wrong! I actually enjoy this one ... makes me smile. It's not a crime to enjoy a pop-rock song on occasion. This song is fun, relax + enjoy... I agree, I like it. |
| Pyro | Posted: Dec 21, 2007 - 08:18 These guys are ok...I own a CD by them...however, when they follow the Beatles, I realize how semi-lame they really are.... |
| AphidA | Posted: Dec 21, 2007 - 08:18 Nerds with no taste should rally around They Might Be Giants instead, since that tends to obscure what they lack. BNL just amplifies it. |
| d00kie (In Cubicle Hell!) | Posted: Dec 21, 2007 - 08:17 
Chickity china the chinese chicken You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin!  |
| Land_Shark (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Dec 21, 2007 - 08:17 nate917 wrote: More than a quarter of us gave this song a 1, its most popular rating. Probably won't be hearing much more of it on RP. That's a good thing.
Wrong! I actually enjoy this one ... makes me smile. |
| pkimbrel (Normal, IL) | Posted: Nov 19, 2007 - 22:15 Mainstream eclectic? Sure. That'll make me feel better. This song doesn't, though. |
| nate917 | Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 13:49 More than a quarter of us gave this song a 1, its most popular rating. Probably won't be hearing much more of it on RP. That's a good thing. |
| aquadonia (Green Bay, WI) | Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 13:44 |
| thewaxtadpole (Toronto, ON) | Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 13:41 I don't think that I can hate anything BNL does, but I much prefer the Gordon - Pirate Ship era, before they decided to climb the American pop charts. |
| o2bnsv (Sun Valley, ID) | Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 13:39 One of the most entertaining concerts I have ever seen, and not because of the music, though that wasn't bad either |
| sukilau (cellar dweller) | Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 13:39 Wizzuvv_oz wrote: If I hadn't thoroughly hated this song already, seeing "Little Scotty Hamilton" ice skate to it would have detailed the job of compartmentalizing it in my brain in the place where only deep trauma dwells.
man, you must STILL be in therapy!! |
| More_Cowbell (North of Chicago, IL, USA) | Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 13:38 This is fun, great wind up tune. |
| Bocephus (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 13:37 gawd this is awful. |
| ScottishWillie (Lanarkshire) | Posted: Sep 18, 2007 - 03:36 Photo-John wrote: I can see by the rating distribution for this song that I'm not the only one that hates it passionately. This song makes me want to kick a really cute puppy. That's bad. The masters should be encased in concrete and sunk in the deepest sea.
The perverse side of me likes it when a song I enjoy is loathed by a large section of the population. The more people hate it the pleasure I get from listening to it. I am going to name this phenomenon is The Smiths Syndrome. |
| MM_Prague (Prague) | Posted: Sep 18, 2007 - 03:31 Am I the only one that hears a They Might Be Giants kind of thing in this song...? |
| ProfessorFrink (10 seconds in the future) | Posted: Jul 17, 2007 - 05:57 I like this song. I wish that I didn't but, gosh darnit, I do. I suck. |
| inindian (Victor to Port) | Posted: Jul 17, 2007 - 05:43 UltraNurd wrote: We should have the Weird Al parody of this one :oD.
This isn't the Weird Al version? Usually can't say anything bad but this...oh so totally unrateable... |
| Jack_Jefferson (Columbus, OH) | Posted: Jul 17, 2007 - 05:41 People don't seem to like this song much. It's not Dark Side of the Moon, but it's OK with me. Then again, I like comedy in my music. |
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Jun 15, 2007 - 19:38 I can see by the rating distribution for this song that I'm not the only one that hates it passionately. This song makes me want to kick a really cute puppy. That's bad. The masters should be encased in concrete and sunk in the deepest sea. |
| Pips914 (NYC) | Posted: Jun 08, 2007 - 10:52 Shorne wrote: Hey Pips..I totally understand. Yer old and ya can't understand this new music...It's okay. Take your pill and relax...
Huh? I was 17 when this song came out! I was too old at 17 to like / understand this music? That makes no sense. Wait...actually, that makes perfect sense. You are right, my apologies. |
| Shorne | Posted: May 29, 2007 - 23:33 Hey Pips..I totally understand. Yer old and ya can't understand this new music...It's okay. Take your pill and relax... |
| Pips914 (NYC) | Posted: May 15, 2007 - 11:49 This is definitely one weak song. mwah ha ha ha |
| Wizzuvvoz (middle of the road in the groin of America) | Posted: May 15, 2007 - 11:36 If I hadn't thoroughly hated this song already, seeing "Little Scotty Hamilton" ice skate to it would have detailed the job of compartmentalizing it in my brain in the place where only deep trauma dwells. |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: May 15, 2007 - 11:33 IMGoph wrote: well, it's been 5 years....do you all like this song any more with a break?
I liked it in the first place, and I still do. |
| eisbaer_67 (Kula, Hawaii) | Posted: May 15, 2007 - 11:33 ...and I'm switching to KCRW for good. Take care, RPO listeners, Bill & Becca. Aloha |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: May 15, 2007 - 11:33 We should have the Weird Al parody of this one :oD. |
| Leslie (Antioch, CA) | Posted: May 15, 2007 - 11:32 Bill we went 5 years without hearing this song. Why on earth did you bring it back? ARGGGGGGGGGGG. |
| IMGoph (Washington, DC) | Posted: May 15, 2007 - 11:31 well, it's been 5 years....do you all like this song any more with a break? |
| dogpound (yes sur, big sur) | Posted: May 15, 2007 - 11:31 newwavegurly wrote: I'll take it even further...
I can't even begin to express how much I can't stand this band. where is the gone to the head icon? |
| splacknuck (München) | Posted: Oct 25, 2002 - 02:41 It is a funny song. And if you can't stand it because it is being used in a television ad: don't watch tv, then :D But I can understand if you're annoyed: Lenny Kravitz made the same mistake here in Europe. Since then, I don't watch tv and don't listen to Lenny anymore :p |
| newwavegurly (Somewhere South (uploads in bio), GA) | Posted: Oct 04, 2002 - 14:58 I'll take it even further... I can't even begin to express how much I can't stand this band. Originally Posted by Leslie:
I can't even begin to express how much I hate this song. |
| Dave_Mack (Saratoga, CA) | Posted: Oct 04, 2002 - 14:54 I really like the song along with almost everything on Stunt, but I'm definitely burnt on it. It shouldn't be the BNL song we hear 75% of the time. In fact, there shouldn't be any song by one artist we hear that often, eh? This song is so mainstream now it's the one that they played when they appeared on "The West Wing" two days ago. Aimee Mann was on too, and she was extremely cool, singing a song I'd never heard before. Hard to believe!!! |
| red (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Oct 04, 2002 - 14:51 i feel pimples erupting when i listen to this. |
| TheLoneIguana (Fresno, CA) | Posted: Sep 24, 2002 - 09:14 I'll agree that it's a tad(!) overplayed, but it falls into the listenable goofiness like the B-52's.. I tried to upload some more BNL, but rejection ensued... |
| JoeHoya (Washington, DC) | Posted: Sep 03, 2002 - 22:39 Had to turn of the speakers when this one came on. Just painful. And it's a shame, too, 'cause their first album had some good tunes on it (including, if I remember correctly, a wicked cover of "Fight the Powers That Be"). |
| Leslie (Antioch (155 mi. south of RP), CA) | Posted: Sep 03, 2002 - 22:35 I can't even begin to express how much I hate this song. |
| cds (Murray, KY) | Posted: Aug 24, 2002 - 15:46 Originally Posted by Patti_M.:
And of course there are gonna be you guys out there that say, "oh, this is so-o-o overplayed!! Heck, theres a car commerical that uses this song!!". So what! Anybody that can sing this fast and not trip over their tongue is A-OK with me!! This is so overplayed, which makes it annoying. Saying words fast doesn't really do anything for me, I get enough of that from car commercials.  |
| Patti_M. (Mission Viejo (519 miles SE of RP), CA) | Posted: Aug 14, 2002 - 10:55 Hey Bill! Thanks for playing Barenaked Ladies. This is a group that both my son and I can sing along to! And of course there are gonna be you guys out there that say, "oh, this is so-o-o overplayed!! Heck, theres a car commerical that uses this song!!". So what! Anybody that can sing this fast and not trip over their tongue is A-OK with me!! 
pbm 8^) |
| odoggy (Monterey, CA) | Posted: Aug 14, 2002 - 10:55  |
| biztheclown (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Aug 14, 2002 - 10:54 Couldn't possibly be more annoying. |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Aug 14, 2002 - 10:53 Kinda surprised to hear this, as it really got beat up on radio. A pretty decent song, but there are some real gems on Stunt that deserve airplay. "I'll Be That Girl" and "Call and Answer" are both amazing. I'll try to remember to upload them tonight if they aren't already here. |