A song bad enough to ruin an album/band

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

First thing I thought of with the mention of sentimental songs:

OMG, that is wickedly dead-on.

[ricosuave]

Im not a fan of anything U2 from All That You Can Leave Behind onwards...

Same goes for Red Hot Chili Peppers from One Hot Minute onwards...

[Russic]

Originally Posted by Buff

I can't pin point the exact song. Probably "Right Behind You" by Our Lady Peace. But generally the Spiritual Machines album has ruined OLP for me. I can still listen to Naveed, but I just don't want to listen to OLP anymore.

Damn, that's perhaps my favorite OLP album.

Now "Gravity" on the other hand destroyed OLP for me. Not sure what it is, but it's quite possible the last two tracks (Sorry and Story About a Girl) wrecked the whole experience for me.

Then I went to the concert and Raine's voice was so obnoxiously nasally that they were hanging by a thread. Then they released the live album from that concert without the 4am where the entire goddamn crowd sang the whole song. That's when I decided that OLP was totally dead to me.

[Prototype]

Personally I hate when CDs have 'skits' inbetween songs. Fugees - "The Score" is a prime example. Great CD, but I just want to hear the music, not the rest of it.

[NBC]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

It's completely silly. "Look, we made a reggae inspired song and we cleverly named it Jamaica without naming it Jamaica!"

I'm a big Zeppelin fan, but it is low on my list.

I actually think that it is a play on the British-English colloquialism "Did you make her" which essentially means, well, you know.

[Berger_4_]

Originally Posted by Luder

Wheat Kings on the Hip's Fully Completely....ughhh

You shut your mouth! Wheat Kings is outstanding!

[Matata]

"one man army" OLP, I can't over the fact it sounds like he's saying 'now I'm farting, like a one man army.

"Behind Blue eyes" Limp bizkit, they were already solidly awful at this point, but this changed my reaction to them from 'change the station' to 'I'm just going to let go of the steering wheel, I don't care what happens".

Angels and Airwaves: a bored, novelty act millionaire tries to pass himself off as deep, tortured artist.

The Used's entire second album. Overnight, they went from the most exciting band in punk rock to an embarrassing joke, it even managed to make their first album sound bad. Now that I think about it, I stopped listening to punk entirely at this point.

And for the positive spin

"what goes around" Justin Timberlake. I was stunned by the complexity and sincerity of this tune. I don't care for his other stuff, but futurelove/sexsounds is excellent.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Lithium

Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Wake Me Up When September Ends is pretty annoying too.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by ricosuave

Im not a fan of anything U2 from All That You Can Leave Behind onwards...

I'm probably the only person in the world, but U2 died for me when they released The Joshua Tree

[SportsJunky]

^ Wow. One of my favourite albums of all time.

[macker]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

I'm probably the only person in the world, but U2 died for me when they released The Joshua Tree

Even if you ignore the obvious hits on TJT you are still left with :
-One tree hill
-Exit
-Mothers of the disappeared
-Running to stand still
-In God's country
-Red Hill Mining town
They had so much good music at the time they had to put out some b-sides that included :
-Spanish eyes
-Silver and gold
-The sweetest thing
-Luminous times
I still enjoy any of the above. The one song from TJT that does annoy me though is bullet the blue sky. It is a solid enough album to be considered one of the best ever imo.

http://www.besteveralbums.com/overall.php?o=&page=2

[TylerSVT]

Dl'd the new Maroon 5 CD.

Out of Goodbyes with him and some girl from lady antebellum...... So terrible and breaks up the whole CD. Hate it.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

I'm probably the only person in the world, but U2 died for me when they released The Joshua Tree

I think it is a very good album, but this is where U2 began to manufacture a faux Americana sound, which really went off the rails with Rattle and Hum

Although Rattle and Hum was intended to represent the band paying tribute to rock legends, some critics accused U2 of trying to place themselves amongst the ranks of these artists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattle_and_Hum

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by TylerSVT

Dl'd the new Maroon 5 CD.

Out of Goodbyes with him and some girl from lady antebellum...... So terrible and breaks up the whole CD. Hate it.

How can you ruin a band that already sucks?

[Weiser Wonder]

Originally Posted by troutman

I think it is a very good album, but this is where U2 began to manufacture a faux Americana sound, which really went off the rails with Rattle and Hum

Although Rattle and Hum was intended to represent the band paying tribute to rock legends, some critics accused U2 of trying to place themselves amongst the ranks of these artists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattle_and_Hum

Just looking at that Wiki page makes me want to punch Bono.

[BloodFetish]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

I wouldn't like it much either if I didn't know what it was inspired by. Pretty hard for me to dislike a song that a guy writes about the death of his child.

I dislike Tears in Heaven very much.

EDIT: I'll go further and say Clapton ceased to be relevant when left Cream for a solo career. At that point he ceased to be a guitar playing superhero and started writing ballads. And I hate his version of I Shot the Sheriff.

[NBC]

Originally Posted by BloodFetish

I dislike Tears in Heaven very much.

EDIT: I'll go further and say Clapton ceased to be relevant when left Cream for a solo career. At that point he ceased to be a guitar playing superhero and started writing ballads. And I hate his version of I Shot the Sheriff.

Have you not heard Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs?

Though it pains me to do it, I'll pull a troutman and quote Wikipedia (urgh!)

The album, which has received praise from both critics and fans alike, is often considered to be the defining achievement of Clapton's career.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_and_the_Dominos

[BloodFetish]

Originally Posted by BloodFetish

...Clapton ceased to be relevant when left Cream for a solo career....

Originally Posted by NBC

Have you not heard Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs?

Correct. What I should have said was "Clapton ceased to be relevant when he started his solo career".

And you help make my point. Layla on the D&TD album was upbeat and edgy. Layla on the early ninties unplugged album was boring as hell.

[Tinordi]

That really awful non-Sting song on Synchronicity sticks out like a sore thumb. Doesn't ruin the album because there's so many amazing songs on it but man, it's definitely a black mark.

Rumour was the band almost broke up because Sting refused to put that song on the album.

[ricosuave]

mother? miss gradenko?