Index > Another list to argue about
Posted by Billdude (@billdude) on Feb. 18, 2025, 8:18 p.m.
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” - I don’t like this song, but “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” is the second-worst Beatles song after “Don’t Pass Me By” IMO. The idea of Paul working harder on MSH than any other song is weird though
“Ballad In Plain D” - Guess this one didn’t bother me as much. Don’t know why. The lyrical subject matter does seem a bit fugly for Bob.
“Hit The Plane Down” - This is the weakest song on CRCR…but weirdly enough, I think CRCR is actually the weakest of their five albums at this point.
“Silver” - No, the worst song on Doolittle is “Dead,” a strong contender for their worst song overall.
“Anything Goes” - “You’re Crazy” is worse, because Axl’s vocal mannerisms on both songs are annoying as fuck.
“It Ain’t Easy” - I didn’t know this was a cover. I like it–sounds like a good Dazed & Confused soundtrack choice, though God knows if kids in 1976 Austin would listen to Bowie. The weak Ziggy song was “Rock & Roll Suicide.”
“Don’t Stop” - Yeah this is lame filler.
“The Playboy Mansion” - It’s nice of them to be kind in retrospect to Pop, which was actually better than any U2 album that followed it, but I disagree that this was a weak song. The lyrics are very bad but I never got “Discotheque.”
“Horse Latitudes” - I guess I would keep this for the novelty. If Jim wrote it when he was a little kid that’s actually kind of interesting.
“Illegal Alien” - I wanted to go easy on this one when I first heard it, but maybe not now. I can’t fault anyone for hating it. Genesis dressed up as Mexicans made me laugh, though I’m not sure the laugh was intentional.
“How To Skin A Cat” - Yeah, this is fucking godawful. So is the entire last third of that album.
“The Murder Mystery” - Amusing weirdness, though I most of the rest of the album better.
“Red Angel Dragnet” - I just listened to this album but I’ve already forgotten this song!
“Joey” - I haven’t heard this Dylan album–I’ll get to it–but RS’s putdown of it was actually pretty funny.
“Cans And Brahms” - Haha, okay, yeah, dump this one if you want. I do still like the concept of five little solo songs in between the big prog epics to be a fun way to fill out an album.
“The Battle Of Epping Forest” - HAHAHAHAHAH. Well, yes, it always has been the weak link on my second-favorite album, but it’s got PARTS that I’d save, at least. Small parts, mind you.
“Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk” - This was an amusing failure. Stupid lyrics mixed with a funny “doctor doctor!” hook. I like to laugh at it and I’m glad it’s there. “Interstellar Overdrive” is the one I’ve never cared for–I think most of it is the band wasting time!
“Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” - WOW!!!!!! I NEVER thought RS would have had the courage to trash THIS one–this is the most fascinating opinion they’ve had about anything since they gave Mick Jagger’s hated solo album five stars! This is like something from the early days of the magazine when it was staffed by jaded 30 year olds who hated the kids’ music and gave classic albums bad reviews! I don’t mind the song though
“Squeeze Box” - A predictable choice. I’m pretty neutral on the actual song–I only think about it when people mention it. That being said I never cared for The Who By Numbers at all–the beginning of the Who’s decline.
“E-Mail My Heart” - I don’t know this song, but I feel like re-reading George’s Britney Spears reviews to see what he thought of it
“What’s Become Of The Baby” - Nobody will ever have any reason to care what I think about the Grateful Dead, but I actually liked this song as background music–kinda hypnotic, like “We Will Fall,” which I love. Sounds like a muezzin call or something. Note also this is the only Dead album I ever heard.
“Rude Awakening #2” - Yeah, this is fucking horrid. I’ve come to really like most of the rest of that album, lightweight though it may be.
“There’s A World” - HEY JOE!!! Did you see this one?!? (I still think this one’s okay)
“Run For Your Life” - HOLY SHIT!!!!!! This is a legitimately controversial choice, I never thought they would bash this one. I think it’s great!
“The Angel” - I didn’t know very many people thought Springsteen’s debut was a “great” album. I think it’s about half good, wasn’t this song just a generic ballad?
“Paint A Vulgar Picture” - I don’t remember this one, but I’ve kind of forgotten a lot of that album. I recently learned that apparently all four members of The Smiths think it’s their best album!!! “Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me” is one of the biggest flops in their catalogue, I might have gone with that one.
“The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill” - Eghn, this one’s okay. Not really one of my very favorites on the album. The ones I’d cut are “Don’t Pass Me By” (their worst song), “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?,” “Long, Long, Long” and “Wild Honey Pie,” though truthfully I’ve played every song on that album every time I’ve played it.
“Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts” - Yeah, this song fucking blows. Huge agreement. Bear in mind that the only songs I ever liked on BOTT are the first four and the last one. Tracks 5 through 9 always bored me.
“Factory” - Bruuuuuce looks like Andy Samberg in that photo. Weird, on the cover of that album he looks like Pacino. The song is filler, yes, harmless though
“We Will Fall” - Oh, there it is. Hell, I love this thing to pieces. I think it’s hypnotic. I don’t mind that it’s 10 minutes, either. I’m inconsistent.
“Good Morning, Good Morning” - This song is kinda fillery but I think it has an amusing cartoonishness to it. I think a lot of people would rather dump “When I’m Sixty Four.”
“Silas Stingy” _ Not even a remotely controversial pick; easily agreed.
“Student Demonstration Time” - Dumb song but I’d actually forgotten how it went.
“FX” - Although I’m now kind of lukewarm on that Sabbath album, this certainly is an easy choice.
“Jamaica Jerk-Off” - Offensive, but I like it. I mean, I think the fake guy in the background saying stuff like “boogaloo, a boo-ga-looo!” cracks me up. The worst song on that album is “Dirty Little Girl.”
“My World” - Yes, one of the worst songs ever recorded–certainly the worst GNR song that I know of. Probably one of the twenty or thirty worst I’ve ever heard. It’s left out that Axl apparently liked early Nine Inch Nails and was trying to emulate that when he did the song.
“Seamus” - Filler tune, but if they wanted to be funny they would have picked Pink Floyd’s actual low point, the “Atom Heart Mother” suite, though that’s not on a “great album.”
“Mother” - Yep, it’s terrible, though I’ve gotten some laughs out of it by playing it for other people.
- Re: Re: Another list to argue about - Ken Feb. 18 11:47 PM
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Joe H.
Feb. 18 9:22 PM
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Billdude
Feb. 22 8:09 PM
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Is that song famous enough for people to "go after" it? -
Joe
Feb. 23 8:48 PM
- Re: Is that song famous enough for people to "go after" it? - Billdude Feb. 24 10:38 AM
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Is that song famous enough for people to "go after" it? -
Joe
Feb. 23 8:48 PM
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Billdude
Feb. 22 8:09 PM