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| From | "Will Harris" <NonStopPop@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: Stacy's Mom |
| Date | Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:08:13 -0700 |
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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'm not talking about the albums as a whole or even all of the
singles...just the initial singles. If the lyrics to "Pinch Me" as a whole
are not particularly goofy, then I stand corrected...but I was, in fact,
thinking specifically of the "under there" / "underwear" rhyme. And I
hadn't taken "Thanks That Was Fun" into consideration because I didn't even
know it was released as a single. (Shows how much airplay it got around
here.) I don't have a problem with there being goofy songs; if I did, I
certainly wouldn't have fallen for "Gordon" as hard as I did. But there's
much more to BNL than just the zany antics and couplets like "Hot like
wasabi when I bust rhymes / Big like LeAnn Rimes." And a lot of times, I
feel like they get pigeonholed STRICTLY as a wacky bunch of Canucks...when,
in fact, they're capable of writing very mature, intelligent lyrics...
> 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.
And I've heard nothing but strong reviews for it, so, as I noted in my
original post, I'm sure I'll get it eventually and I'm sure I'll love (most
of) it when I do...
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