'What's Up?' and the very worst songs ever

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Re: 'What's Up?' and the very worst songs ever

Postby clive gash » 05 Jul 2018, 20:00

I don’t mind them at all (albeit in small doses), there’s a pitch-black streak of humour right through ‘em. My pick - Mop Top.
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Postby Goat Boy » 05 Jul 2018, 20:01

And to think G anointed you a BCB tastemaker.
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Postby clive gash » 05 Jul 2018, 20:02

Yeah, whatever happened to him?
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Postby naughty boy » 06 Aug 2018, 13:24

Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.

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Postby Diamond Dog » 06 Aug 2018, 13:36

Crowded House next?
Kate Bush?
Zep?

Desperate. :lol:
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Postby naughty boy » 06 Aug 2018, 15:29

:?
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.

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Postby Georgios » 06 Aug 2018, 22:14

God that Sleaford Mods ''song''. Yet some Tarquin/Henrietta In the Guardian will tell us they're The Voice Of Austerity Britain©. Talk about the bigotry of low expectations. Don't even get me started on that Bragg effort on the previous page. Cunts!

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Postby naughty boy » 06 Aug 2018, 23:16

Good lad.




(song starts around 6:30 - the stuff before is moderately interesting)
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Postby Georgios » 06 Aug 2018, 23:42

To be fair that's just another shoddy Stones live performance to add to a long list. Jagger's body spasms makes even dad dancing Bryan Ferry look like Fred Astaire.

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Postby copehead » 06 Aug 2018, 23:46

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Perfect!

I've been looking for an example of the pot calling the kettle black.
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Re: 'What's Up?' and the very worst songs ever

Postby copehead » 07 Aug 2018, 00:01

joklend wrote:[
My only 'issue' is that he thinks a Mitsubishi Zero is a car when its actually a plane. It was a gentle comment about how his witticisms are shit. Jeez.


I believe we may have to instruct you in the way that songs are supposed to rhyme and scan in popular music hence:


I look like Robert De Niro, I drive a Mitsubishi Zero


Rhymes and scans whereas the more correct, in terms of Mitsubishi automobile output:

I look like Robert De Niro, I drive a Mitsubishi Lancer


Doesn't.

I believe the choice was made based on the rhyme more than anything else, perhaps he could have gone with Mitsubishi Evo, that nearly rhymes, I will tweet him and tell him to try that next time out.

Also I don't believe he really had an uncle who played for Red Star Belgrade, who were a communist not fascist football team, the Red Star being a communist symbol, from Wikipedia:

In February 1945, during World War II, a group of young men, active players, students and members of the Serbian United Antifascist Youth League, decided to form a Youth Physical Culture Society, that was to become Red Star Belgrade on 4 March


I hope this helps and isn't too condescending, one never knows.
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Postby naughty boy » 08 Aug 2018, 13:13



ineptitude > charms
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Postby Darkness_Fish » 08 Aug 2018, 13:36

To be fair, New Order made some great songs. They just couldn't play them.
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Postby Darkness_Fish » 08 Aug 2018, 13:38

Age and experience didn't really work in their favour, either.

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Postby naughty boy » 08 Aug 2018, 14:01

Odd band.
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Postby Deebank » 08 Aug 2018, 18:10

Darkness_Fish wrote:To be fair, New Order made some great songs. They just couldn't play them.


I loved seeing them in the 80s. Along with The Fall they were my fave live band.
I could quite happily sit and listen to their recorded output but would have been disappointed if they'd played a perfect copy of the records live. They could be a bit ramshackle but that's what made it interesting.
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Postby The Modernist » 08 Aug 2018, 18:20

Copehead wrote:[]

I believe we may have to instruct you in the way that songs are supposed to rhyme and scan in popular music hence:


I look like Robert De Niro, I drive a Mitsubishi Zero


Rhymes and scans whereas the more correct, in terms of Mitsubishi automobile output:

I look like Robert De Niro, I drive a Mitsubishi Lancer


Doesn't.


Then " I look like I've got cancer, I drive a Mitsubishi Lancer" would've been better ..and more accurate.

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Re: 'What's Up?' and the very worst songs ever

Postby The Modernist » 08 Aug 2018, 18:23

The Velvet Underground wrote:

ineptitude > charms


I love that song.

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Postby naughty boy » 08 Aug 2018, 19:03

I like it too, but as I've said countless times before, most of us could do a better job if we were given a couple of grand and a studio for 24 hours.
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Re: 'What's Up?' and the very worst songs ever

Postby Diamond Dog » 08 Aug 2018, 19:32

"Thieves Like Us" is absolutely fucking stellar - the intro alone is Golden.


Anyone who doesn't hear that must be completely tone fucking deaf.
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