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I'm really mad at Steven Page for doing all the cocaine because Barenaked Ladies Are Me/Are Men is probably the high point of the band and then he went and was all dumb and poo poo and now the albums aren't as good anymore.
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Favorite Barenaked Ladies fact: Paul McCartney is a fan, to the point where he said "Their harmonies are right on. They could outsing us any day of the week. I don’t think John and myself ever had the sort of range they do."LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Some of the rest of you might not be aware of how good the Barenaked Ladies, and in particular ex-lady Steven Page, are, and so I'm here entirely of my own free will to tell you about a really excellent and underappreciated group that technically doesn't exist anymore. I'll contain the next comment to a single sentence: The BNL debut album, Gordon, was what would prove to be a trademark blend of light-hearted humor, self-deprecatory satire, and a sense of genuine introspection. Unfortunately (perhaps), it was the jocular nature of the band that caught fire with the public, and so the poor souls who bear fond feelings towards BNL are forever met with "really? the joke band?" The biggest disparity between "funny songs" and "serious songs" is definitely Everything to Everyone, which has some very heartbreaking songs that deal with depression and falling out of love with your SO, and also a song about postcards that have monkeys on them. edit: Also, here is my favorite album cut that doesn't get a lot of play from most people. DC Murderverse fucked around with this message at 07:14 on Apr 16, 2017 |
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Apr 16, 2017 07:04
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Also I don't give a poo poo if it's April this is the best christmas song there is. If you'd like evidence of BNL's harmonizing abilities, this is exhibit A1. (with bonus Sarah McLachlan for extra Canadianity!)
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Apr 17, 2017 05:35
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Here's another song I forgot to put in the OP, from Born On A Pirate Ship: Everything to Everyone is a bunch of lame songs with a few truly great songs (For You, War on Drugs, Have You Seen My Love?). Maroon and Are Me are the best IMO because I can listen to them without skipping, with Stunt and Gordon behind that. Actually, looking back Gordon is such a great, complete debut that gets overlooked because it's a debut, but even the goofy songs are more "quirky" and less "insufferable".
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Apr 19, 2017 07:00
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CLAM DOWN posted:This is one of my favourite BnL songs and haven't seen it posted yet beejay posted:Seeing Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep At the Wheel performed live was one of my all-time favorite concert moments. Like I said, Maroon owns
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in honor of this blessed reunion, and because the greatest hits album they released has been out longer than the amount of time it covers, I pose to you a question: What 20 songs would go on a sequel album to Disc 1: All Their Greatest Hits? let's ignore the obvious joke of a blank disc because some other label bought the new songs that were supposed to be on it. This covers Everything to Everyone, Are Me/n, All in Good Time, the other non-Page-having albums that I didn't listen to, as well as the kids album and a bunch of weird side ventures (and the theme song to some sitcom about nerds i guess). edit: woah i'm real dumb the stuff from Maroon is on there already how did I not see that? DC Murderverse fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Mar 28, 2018 |
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