Great band, TERRIBLE song

Kink Rimson · #1 01-23-2008, 10:18 AM

Self explanatory really.
Bands (or albums) you really love but for a grotesque stain on their good musical character!
I just listened to Queen's 'A Day at the Races', not my fave but I had forgotten what a shocker 'Drowse' really is. It's got to be the dullest, most lethargic song they ever did, particularly at this point in their career. I'm amazed they let it on the album. Still, lives up to it's name I suppose.

Anyone else?

professor_bills · #2 01-23-2008, 10:28 AM

Emminence front by the WHO was a big downer for me. Never thought they would give into the disco whackawhacka crap. Guess without Kieth they thought it was time to venture down new avenues.
After this thread let's do songs we loved until radio destroyed them (Stairway to heaven and Freebird top my list there)

MakiSupaStar · #3 01-23-2008, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Kink Rimson

Self explanatory really.
Bands (or albums) you really love but for a grotesque stain on their good musical character!
I just listened to Queen's 'A Day at the Races', not my fave but I had forgotten what a shocker 'Drowse' really is. It's got to be the dullest, most lethargic song they ever did, particularly at this point in their career. I'm amazed they let it on the album. Still, lives up to it's name I suppose.

Anyone else?

There are a lot of Queen duds IMO. I stopped buying their albums because of it.

pjmuck · #4 01-23-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Kink Rimson

Self explanatory really.
Bands (or albums) you really love but for a grotesque stain on their good musical character!
I just listened to Queen's 'A Day at the Races', not my fave but I had forgotten what a shocker 'Drowse' really is. It's got to be the dullest, most lethargic song they ever did, particularly at this point in their career. I'm amazed they let it on the album. Still, lives up to it's name I suppose.

Anyone else?

Wow, I strongly disagree. Drowse is one of my favorite songs on that album and one my favorite Roger Taylor songs too. if you want to find some real turds in the Queen catalogue, look no further than Hot Space or the Miracle Album (The Invisible Man for one, pew).

Great bands with lousy songs? Where to begin? I think every great band has had some stinkers or too, even the Beatles ("What's the New Mary Jane?" or "Mr. Moonlight").

dean82 · #5 01-23-2008, 11:53 AM

Just about any album Rush put out during the 80's. I love Rush but man Roll the Bones is a tough listen for me.

StanFan · #6 01-23-2008, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dean82

Just about any album Rush put out during the 80's. I love Rush but man Roll the Bones is a tough listen for me.

Permanent Waves? Moving Pictures?

ishouldbeking · #7 01-23-2008, 03:46 PM

One of the most glaring affronts comes at the end of Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever... fantastic album, a great collection of songs and then you get... Zombie Zoo. Way to crap on the parade, Tom.

lavmonga · #8 01-23-2008, 03:54 PM

KISS - Most of Animalize, Asylum, Crazy Nights, and Hot in the Shade. The good songs from these four albums could make up one decent 10 song album.

311 - Don't Tread On Me, the entire album

Metallica - Unforgiven Two - do I have to explain this?

Sublime - Waiting For My Ruca

Pantera - Planet Caravan: plenty other Sabbath songs that could have rocked hard.

UPTHE1RON5 · #9 01-23-2008, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by professor_bills

Emminence front by the WHO was a big downer for me. Never thought they would give into the disco whackawhacka crap. Guess without Kieth they thought it was time to venture down new avenues.
After this thread let's do songs we loved until radio destroyed them (Stairway to heaven and Freebird top my list there)

i love eminence front. mighty bass playing by the ox as well

every band has at least one crap song btw

lavmonga · #10 01-23-2008, 04:00 PM

Oh, and everything Metallica did on "St. Anger." They could have been the best songs in recorded music history and I'd still hate them; I can't handle listening to that snare drum.

lunarpollen · #11 01-23-2008, 04:04 PM

I like "Drowse"... Queen really started with the not-so-great songs once they started using synthesisers in their sound. It was all downhill from there, with a few notable exceptions. Even a lot of the better songs of their later period were marred by awful, bland, weak production values.

jollygiantchris · #12 01-23-2008, 05:17 PM

I love the Rollings Stones album Beggars Banquet but I absolutely HATE the song dear doctor I re burned the CD and removed the track off the album. I often wonder why they put it on the album because its god awful.

martyman5000 · #13 01-23-2008, 05:24 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=elBUpxXIAGw

Misterpogo · #14 01-23-2008, 05:31 PM

Guns N Roses - My World

Now that... that is just an awful song. Wonder who Axl killed to get it on the cd (Use you illusion 2)

chutsk10 · #15 01-23-2008, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dean82

Just about any album Rush put out during the 80's. I love Rush but man Roll the Bones is a tough listen for me.

Man he said good band terrible SONG, no need to bash a whole decade of RUSH haha.

Basshappi · #16 01-23-2008, 05:51 PM

Also LOVE Eminence Front.

I have a theory that the guitar solo at the beginning was originally a bass solo and Townsend appropriated it!

Seriously though, that solo would rock on bass.

MoD_Scotty · #17 01-24-2008, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by dean82

Just about any album Rush put out during the 80's. I love Rush but man Roll the Bones is a tough listen for me.

Roll the Bones was released in 1991.

lavmonga · #18 01-24-2008, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by martyman5000

http://youtube.com/watch?v=elBUpxXIAGw

I love that whole album!