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| From | Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | stacy's mom is a barenaked lady |
| Date | Thu, 18 Dec 2003 23:11:30 -0800 (PST) |
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> Yeah, but look at the singles that came out since
> then: "It's All Been
> Done," "Pinch Me," "Falling For The First Time,"
> "Thanks That Was Fun."
> Not one of those songs is goofy, not even the one
> with the "under
> there"/"underwear" rhyme.
>
> I'm confused by what you're saying here, regardless.
> Are you saying that
> the early Barenaked Ladies records, the ones with
> songs like "The King of
> Bedside Manor," "Grade Nine" and "Alternative
> Girlfriend," are LESS goofy
> than the last three?
>
> >I haven't heard anything from the new album except
> for the single...and the
> >single was so awful that, for the first time since
> "Maybe You Should Drive"
> >was released, I didn't buy their new album on its
> day of release...and, in
> >fact, I STILL haven't bought it. Christ, that song
> is bad. Something about
> >gorillas and postcards or something...? Terrible.
>
> "Another Postcard," which the band themselves have
> said is a deliberate
> throwback to the much sillier days of GORDON,
> because they were hit with a
> lot of criticism that MAROON was too serious. Um,
> hi, member of the band
> practically fucking died. That's gonna be a downer
> when it comes to
> songwriting time.
>
> Personally, I like the single, although there's at
> least three or four
> songs I like better on the album, which I think is
> probably their strongest
> collection of songs since their first album. (STUNT
> and MAROON, though I
> like them much better than MAYBE YOU SHOULD DRIVE
> and BORN ON A PIRATE
> SHIP, are both kind of uneven records; EVERYTHING TO
> EVERYONE is far more
> consistent.)
>
> S
>
~~~~~ahh. the curse of 'supposed' one hit wonder
bands. the bands i love to love. del amitri.
semisonic. fountains of wayne (i guess we'll see,
hey?). and possibly barenaked ladies, even though they
have had mass hits, people only think of 'if i had a
million dollars' or something.
i have to say, i was so happy they were coming out
with another album. and then i heard 'another
postcard' on the radio and i was nearly... horrified.
i WAS in a diner bathroom at the time, but still.
what gives? and i'm overly apologetic/forgiving for a
band i love. but that just grates on my nerves.
perhaps i will buy it anyway. they haven't
disappointed me yet. but it was like digging into my
favorite meal and finding a hair in the first bite. i
bet the rest of the meal will be delicious, but man. i
need some time to recover.
jocelyn
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