Least Favorite Songs/Songs You Dislike

[AnotherHeartbreak]

Here you can post your three least favorite BNL songs. Mine:
1: In The Drink
2: Inline Bowline
3: Peterborough And The Keyworthas
What are yours?

[Liam]

Not a Jim fan then? lol

[AnotherHeartbreak]

Lol not really. I do love "Pollywog In a Bog" and "Christmas Pics" though.

[Melissa]

Spider in my room
the beginning of Just a Toy

[kinch]

This thread is blasphemy!

[PolyesterAngel]

Call and Answer
War on Drugs
Serendipity

I know there are two Steve songs there, but he also sings some of my favourites!

[AnotherHeartbreak]

Call and Answer
War on Drugs
Serendipity

I know there are two Steve songs there, but he also sings some of my favourites!

Wow lol, three songs I absolutely love right there lol.

[Liam]

Call Me Calmly
I Can, I Will, I Do
Beautiful

[Philip]

Shopping is about the only song I'll skip.

[garyrulez]

I agree, Philip, shopping doesn't really do it for me either. Maybe it's the live version with 20 straight minutes of "La la la's".

You and me, Philip- two people, one brain, right?

[Suebee42]

In The Drink
Baby Seat (chorus bugs me)

...that's really it.

I also prefer the live Au Naturale version of I Can, I Will, I Do over the album version.

[becky11]

I know I'll get flamed for this but.......

Brian Wilson

*ducks*

I really like(d) it live, but when I lived in Germany, it was THE ONLY song they'd play on AFN radio so I got really sick of it.

[really_mzungu]

It's All Been Done

Never really liked that song, even when it was popular.

[Hbomb]

Call & Answer
It's All Been Done (and done and done and done...)
Vanishing (how did it make BLAM while both Serendipity and Another Spin were banished to BLAMen?)

[IWakeUpStrange]

I have an on-again/off-again dislike for "Call My Calmly."

I have a perpetual dislike for "Baby Seat." Particularly live. Ugh.

"Second Best" gets on my nerves, although I don't know why, exactly.

"Vanishing" isn't bad, but it's boring and is probably the least fitting on already disjointed album. I do tend to skip it.

:o elise

[lulugirl]

Alcohol
Shopping

[AnotherHeartbreak]

It seems as if a lot of my friends hate "Who Needs Sleep?", but I love it.

[amylee1178]

Hmm.. I skip some depending on my mood, but consistently...

1. Peterborough and the Kawarthas
2. Have You Seen My Love?
3. Great Provider

:D

[therealshell]

I find "Free Bird" annoying:D

[goof]

I skip over I Can, I Will, I Do.

[NurseShmoo]

"It's all been done" has never been a fav...it was 2 much airplay
shopping
baby seat

[manzanitajane]

Wizard of Magicland
Baby Seat (chorus bugs me too)
Shopping (I agree with all the La la la la's)
and how could I forget Another Postcard

[Hidden Sun]

Whoa... it seems as though most of my favorite songs are common dislikes in this thread. Anyway, here are some songs that I can't get into:

Long Way Back Home - It was okay to listen to as a rarity, and was even nice to hear performed on S&D V, with Kev on mandolin, but how on earth did the four piece make it a regular on the setlist?

Easy - I could never get into this one. The repetitive guitar part along with the chorus are major turn offs.

Something You'll Never Find - I don't particularly care for this to begin with, plus it drags on way too long, and could easily be cut down to around 3 minutes.

How Long - Don't care for it at all.

[WeedMage]

Shopping gets to me sometimes, and Another Postcard is one I regularly skip.

I Can, I Will, I Do is very hard to sing along with so, not one of my faves.

Surprised to see so many with Baby Seat in their list. This song has one of my all time favorite lines:

If you think growing up is tough, then you're just not grown up enough.

[jlmschirm]

Vanishing...

[Liam]

Shopping gets to me sometimes, and Another Postcard is one I regularly skip.

I Can, I Will, I Do is very hard to sing along with so, not one of my faves.

Surprised to see so many with Baby Seat in their list. This song has one of my all time favorite lines:
Ditto that - love the song, and that line in particular.

[Gib]

Call Me Calmly
I Can, I Will, I Do
Beautiful


I love Beautiful

Mine

Call Me Calmly
Shopping
When You Dream (at a stretch)

[Sean]

I can i will i do
The new sad
What a good boy
Everything old is new again

(there is a trend emerging, i like steves voice, honest!:)

[Suebee42]

Surprised to see so many with Baby Seat in their list. This song has one of my all time favorite lines:

I like the verses, and I love that line, but the chorus REALLY grates on me. Something about the whiny-ish sound of Steve's voice. Just not a good arrangement for him.

[cuddlemonkey]

Shopping gets to me sometimes, and Another Postcard is one I regularly skip.

I Can, I Will, I Do is very hard to sing along with so, not one of my faves.

Surprised to see so many with Baby Seat in their list. This song has one of my all time favorite lines:

I disagree. It's one of my favorites to sing along to.

My three are:

1. Great Provider
2. Another Postcard
3. One and Only

Also, I totally agree with the line from Baby Seat. It took me a while to get into that song, and it's so tempting to skip with Off The Hook as the next track, but it's still a great song.

[mrszero]

Grade 9, does not do it for me.

[purple_muffin]

I think I was influenced by all the people praising it in the other thread, but I don't hate "Great Provider" anymore. Or maybe I'm a pushover.
A lot of the stuff on BLAMe/n I skip over. I don't know why. I really liked it when it came out, but not as an album. More as a collection of songs. I know that's what it is, but, you know what I mean?

MOST SKIPPED
1.) Quality
2.) Have You Seen My Love?
3.) What a Letdown
4.) Helicopters
5.) Why Say Anything Nice?

[42stairs]

I'm not much for Jim songs either, although I do relate well to Spider In My Room and Christmas Pics.


Have You Seen My Love is high on my skip list; I kinda creeps me out, just don't ask me why, 'cause I can't begin to tell you.

[razezar]

This thread is blasphemy!

I think this is the only post I can relate too. For you who doesn't like Just a toy, I suggest listening to the acoustic version, it's much more relaxing and helps you better understand the lyrical angst. Also I noticed a lot of the more repetitive songs ("Peterborough and the Kawarthas", "Shopping", "In the Drink") I love these ones because they calm you right down.

How can there be four pages of people saying which songs they don't like. This is a fanpage, no?

[Amicustoall]

razezar, yep this is clearly a fan site, as it is owned and run by the band, or its management or something else closely related to the band. But I do not understand why it would be surprising that there is a discussion about what songs various fans do not relate to, like, appreciate, get or otherwise choose not to listen to in as great of frequency as others? I mean, do you think being a fan means you have to love everything a band does? Or love it all equally? Is it ok to discuss favorite songs? If so, why?

I am far and away not a typical fan, and do not look at things in a typical fan manner. I do not have a favorite BNL song. I do not have any songs that skip when listening to BNL..........of course that is because I always listen to a cd from cover to cover as it was produced. Are there songs that I would not go out of my way to listen to more frequently? Yep. Does that make me a bad "fan?" Nahhh. It means I am human and have a mind of my own, and tastes of my own.

[iled]

There is something I skip on every album, except E2E. Not that I don't love Jim's singing but some of his are on my list.

[caycay]

Interesting thread!

I love Beautiful - because Kevin's keyboards on that song are, well, beautiful.:)
And I like Vanishing too - soothing and sort of haunting at the same time.

For those to skip if I can:

1. Shopping
2. Angry People
3. Can, will, do

[Amicustoall]

While I don't skip any song...I can say if I never heard I Can I Will I Do again, it would be ok with me.

[scratchy]

food party makes me cringe

[therealshell]

I actually find some of Steve's songs a bit pretentious. If I'm listening to a CD, though, I usually don't skip anything, and I've always really loved his "Shopping," I think its a funny song, and I can dance to it.

[sandimas]

I never got Tiny Little Song.

Strangely, I enjoy it more in the context of the first Bros. Creeggan album. Go figure! :)

[Janie]

Wrong Man
Baby Seat
Helicopters

[Den of Antiquity]

Break Your Heart
Spider in My Room

and the absolute worst BNL song of all - Fun and Games.

Everything else is golden...

[AnotherHeartbreak]

Break Your Heart
Spider in My Room

and the absolute worst BNL song of all - Fun and Games.

Everything else is golden...
Woah, whats wrong with Break Your Heart and Fun and Games??

[Den of Antiquity]

Woah, whats wrong with Break Your Heart and Fun and Games??

I have to play the "that's just my opinion" card here. I'm not looking for any board debate with these reponses, but since you asked....

I just think Break Your Heart is a musically a poorly written song - it uses a simplistic and cliched chord structure and melody, and the lyrics remind me of something The Sphinx would say in the movie "Mystery Men". It probably took about half an hour to write the song, and in the end, it's just a way for Steve to show off his classically trained voice, so the whole thing just kind of comes off arrogant and uncreative. Which is really the opposite of almost all their other songs.

I just think Fun and Games is irritating because it takes a naive approach to the topic, kind of like a presidential candidate running and getting elected on a platform of closing Guantanamo Bay and ending a war, when he clearly doesn't have all the information at hand to make such claims. One year later, now that he has all the information, we are in TWO wars and Gitmo is still Gitmo (whether rightly or wrongly, I'm not going to debate.) The naivete in the song just rubs me the wrong way. I skip it every time and almost walked out of the Songwriter's Workshop on S&D I when they played it.

But... that's just my opinion, which I think was the purpose of the thread in the first place. I'm not looking for a thread war here...

[AnotherHeartbreak]

I have to play the "that's just my opinion" card here. I'm not looking for any board debate with these reponses, but since you asked....

I just think Break Your Heart is a musically a poorly written song - it uses a simplistic and cliched chord structure and melody, and the lyrics remind me of something The Sphinx would say in the movie "Mystery Men". It probably took about half an hour to write the song, and in the end, it's just a way for Steve to show off his classically trained voice, so the whole thing just kind of comes off arrogant and uncreative. Which is really the opposite of almost all their other songs.

I just think Fun and Games is irritating because it takes a naive approach to the topic, kind of like a presidential candidate running and getting elected on a platform of closing Guantanamo Bay and ending a war, when he clearly doesn't have all the information at hand to make such claims. One year later, now that he has all the information, we are in TWO wars and Gitmo is still Gitmo (whether rightly or wrongly, I'm not going to debate.) The naivete in the song just rubs me the wrong way. I skip it every time and almost walked out of the Songwriter's Workshop on S&D I when they played it.

But... that's just my opinion, which I think was the purpose of the thread in the first place. I'm not looking for a thread war here...
Oh, Im not looking for a war either. I was just curious why you didnt like those two, thats all.

[Den of Antiquity]

Oh, Im not looking for a war either. I was just curious why you didnt like those two, thats all.

No worries. That's very cool. I like to be careful, since some of my reasons have politics involved, and I have some different opinions there that many don't share. I'm trying to enjoy more and argue less these days.....

[Ellen from Saint Louis]

I can never listen to Great Provider. You know, life is complex. I don't want to hear something that presents only one side, and doesn't even hint there are two sides. Oh, and Easy. Not after hearing it 20 million times on S&D I.

[WeedMage]

it's just a way for Steve to show off his classically trained voice,

Yes, yes it is - and that's why it's one of my favorites :D

[42stairs]

For some reason, all of the Kevin songs on BLAM/en are annoying me lately. I was listening to it the other day at work and just could not get passed the first minute of any of them. However when Hidden Sun came on I dropped everything I was doing and just listened. I don't quite get it.

[Den of Antiquity]

Yes, yes it is - and that's why it's one of my favorites :D

Hmmm, as a part time musician and songwriter, this really interests me. Do you like the "song" or do you like the "performance"? Or is it that one drives the other?

There is a LOT of music out there that I appreciate for the talent displayed in the "performance" - Joe Satriani, Yngvey Malmsteen (sp?), modern jazz, Broadway musicals, Stephen Page in "Break Your Heart" - but don't necessarily care for the "songs", per se.

There are also a lot of great songwriters out there that don't necessarily have the performance talent, but that doesn't necessarily make the "song" a bad one. I actually appreciate a good song more than a good performance because it's all about the "creation" rather than the talent.

As a music fan, do you separate the two, or is that just a pretentious wanna-be musician blind spot that I have?

[Anaria]

I'm not a musician and I couldn't say what songs are weak or strong. I do like my music based on lyrics. Always sucks when a song that gets me musically has lyrics I disagree with, I find myself singing along then get annoyed at myself for falling into it.

The songs I almost always skip are Break Your Heart, Tiny Little Song and Another Postcard.

Break Your Heart, I think, is a great song. I used to love it a lot. Now it so specifically describes what happened with my ex-husband that I can't listen to it without crying. It's almost as if they went into the future and psycho-analyzed my ex and then wrote the song, using some of the things he said.

The other two I just don't get a ton of enjoyment out of.

[Lou]

Yikes.. A thread of non-stop gasps from me on reading it.. Some of my favourites on on people's lists but hey different views are what makes the world go around in my opinion.. It'd be a rather boaring place if we all liked the same thing..

I do love how music/songs mean different things to different people and how it can connect with people on different levels though.. One persons utter joy = another person's utter dislike..

Have to agree re Shopping though, its my only regular skipper..

[stoam]

Wow, i'm gob smacked by this thread too.

Baby Seat
Break your Heart
I can, I will, I do

all three would be in my top 10 BNL songs.
I can, I will, I do is one of my favourite Page vocal performances...

[Appleblossom28]

I never liked Powder Blue. I just was never able to get into it.

[Liam]

Oh, I just remembered I pretty much hate I Can I Will I Do.

I think I only ever listened to that song all the way through once.

[garyrulez]

I agree, Liam. To quote your fellow Brit, Simon Cowell: it's incredibly self indulgent.

[Gixugif]

Shopping and Baby Seat

[McGerkey]

So I just checked and I guess the only BNL songs I dislike would be Spider In My Room and Fun and Games.

I thought about including Another Postcard in there, but but it's still a pretty alright song despite its ridiculousness.

[dq_29]

Spider in my Room is one of my favorites! Serious highlight for me was hearing it live on the ship. Love it.

[Serendipitypaul]

Call and Answer
War on Drugs
Serendipity

I know there are two Steve songs there, but he also sings some of my favourites!



These are like my three favourites :eek:

[Kawltie]

Most skipped in my library...

Wrong Man
Baby Seat
Vanishing

[sandimas]

Little Tiny Song.

Oddly, I hated it on MYSD, but enjoyed it a lot more on Bros. Creeggan. Go figure.

[TequilaMockingbird]

Just off the top of my head:

Sell, Sell, Sell

[KevinDontCallMeHearn]

I'd have to go with....

Call Me Calmly
Another Postcard
I Can, I Will.....etc.

[Souzou]

Excluding the "specialty" albums (Snacktime and Barenaked for the Holidays) and "All in Good Time":

Celebrity
Half a Heart
Vanishing
Hello City
When I Dream (not because its a bad song, really just cause its a lullaby and puts me to sleep.)

[mistee84]

I think I'm going to have to go with:

Spider In My Room
I'll Be That Girl
The Wrong Man Was Convicted

[ProudMommy77]

It feels like the time that I told an avid Queen fan that my favourite Queen song was Sweet Lady off of A Night At The Opera. It seemed to irritate him incredibly. No matter what I post here, someone is going to tell me I'm crazy.

And I know many of my favs have been mentioned by you in here, so it's all about whatever mood I'm in. (Spider and Baby Seat are in my top 10, btw.)

The only song I consistently skip over is:

Call Me, Calmly.

[charlievansant]

Shopping is about the only song I'll skip.

Agreed. Shopping is probably one of my least favorites. The studio version is tolerable, but any live version is unbearable.

I hate to say it, but the versions of Kevin singing "Sound of Your Voice" have not impressed me. I know this is a new fav. for a lot of folks, but I'm not a fan. Maybe my mind will change when we see them on Tuesday here in Columbus... but I doubt it.

[barenakedfi]

I have a few, I suppose (though not many considering their huge library)...
Top of the list of skipped songs/songs to leave off compilations are (I know it's supposed to be 3, but I find it hard to choose 3 "winners"):

King of Bedside Manor
Box Set
New Kid On The Block
Love Jim's intro on The Flag, but not keen on the rest
Stomach vs Heart
Straw Hat
Spider In My Room
In The Drink
Shoe Box
These Apples
A
The Wrong Man
Great Provider
Conventioneers
Sell, Sell, Sell
The Humour of the Situation
Baby Seat
Helicopters
Inline Bowline

As you might guess, Maroon is one of my least favourite albums, Stunt and E2E escape unscathed (OK Shopping usually makes it onto a compilation, but tends to get skipped a bit... and I agree about the live rendition getting a bit tedious)

I haven't included anything since E2E, as I like to give a collection a good hearing before I form a personal opinion, and BLAM/men still feels too new to dismiss anything yet.

I have so say, I'm surprised no-one else seems to share my view of A (maybe I just don't like mention of Apples in a song!!)

OK, if I really had to pick 3, I think Straw Hat, Stomach vs Heart & A would be my choice

<feels really judgemental now, having put so many songs in the reject bin>
Just to redress the balance.... I absolutely adore pretty much everything else... which I think is why so many are in my skip list.... there are so many BNL songs and only so many one can fit on an MP3 disk for the car (I have BNL on continious loop when I drive), one has to be really ruthless with anything that isn't on the "Can't be missed" list.

[Belyha]

I would say Vanishing, but only because magicians are right up there with clowns, mimes, and ventriloquist dolls in the creep factor for me. They give me the wiggens.:eek:

[designerfox]

For me it would have to be...

I Can, I Will, I do
Another Postcard
Vanishing

[tvfan721]

Im curious, why is I can, I will, I do so disliked? I havent heard it in many years. I barely remember it anymore. Wasn't that the song that took years before it was finally released?

[yay4bnl]

When I Dream

Oh good. So I'm not the only one. I just cannot listen to this song all the way through. Bores me to death. Same is true of Watching the Northern Lights. I don't even think I made my way through that one once.

I used to completely despise In the Drink and Spider in My Room until I saw them performed on S&DI. Now I realize it was just a little misunderstanding I had with those crazy Creeggans and I actually quite love the songs now.

Maybe one day I'll learn to love those other two I can't listen to. :rolleyes: I do pretty much love everything else.

[sandimas]

You know, I actually loved When You Dream until I had to sing it about 2,000 times every night for my kid before bedtime. Now I'm pretty damn sick of it. :)

[KevinDontCallMeHearn]

Im curious, why is I can, I will, I do so disliked? I havent heard it in many years. I barely remember it anymore. Wasn't that the song that took years before it was finally released?

I my case, it's not so much that I don't like it, I just tend to skip it more than not.

Yes, it was a track that was recorded for E2E, but went unreleased.

[tvfan721]

When You Dream would be better if it was shorter, it's just too long. It's a good concept though.

[Amicustoall]

What bothers me about I Can, I Will, I Do is the sustained falsetto...........just not a favorite of mine. I can not say I skip over it, as I do not skip over any songs, but if I never heard it again, it would be ok with me.

[Appleblossom28]

I guess I am one of the few people that like I can I will I do

[gottobethere]

Just off the top of my head:

Sell, Sell, Sell

You have to sit down and listen to that song again, it really is a brilliant song.

[kpphoto]

Jerome!!
Sound of your voice
Vanishing
Upside Down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you seen my love
Another Heartbreak

[McGerkey]

Upside Down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/1636/1211686342400.jpg

[kpphoto]

wow that face almost scares me enough to make me like it. Sorry, I just never could get into that one. I know alot of people like it, and I tried really hard to. I usually try to skip it before I even hear the first note now.

[charlievansant]

You have to sit down and listen to that song again, it really is a brilliant song.

Agreed. It's a song (Sell, Sell, Sell) that is easily dismissed, but is brilliant.

I'm not a fan of Vanishing. My new favorite song to dislike is Watching The Northern Lights. But... maybe in time I'll appreciate it.

Overall, though ... I enjoy all of their songs. Certinaly like more than others.

[kpphoto]

Not much love for "Northern Lights." :confused: I effing love that song. I can't explain why, but I can't get enough of it.

[designerfox]

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/1636/1211686342400.jpgLMAO! That made my day :D

[Jessica]

Not much love for "Northern Lights." :confused: I effing love that song. I can't explain why, but I can't get enough of it.

One of my absolutely favourite songs too, you're definately not alone.

[Jessica]

Should add songs I dislike:

Shoebox
Shoebox
Shoebox

I just cannot stand that song for some reason. I used to dislike Sell Sell Sell, but I've come to really enjoy it now. I also never got the interest in 'Powder Blue'. It's all subjective though right? Like food. What is appealing to one person isn't neccessary appealing to another. The world would be one dull place if we all liked the samethings!

[jclarko]

I can i will i do
The new sad
What a good boy
Everything old is new again

(there is a trend emerging, i like steves voice, honest!:)

What a good boy? :eek:
when i read that i literally jumped back in my seat in shock and horror

i cant listen to shopping or peterborough and the kawarthas or shoebox

ive had every other bnl song stuck in my head at least once

[KevinDontCallMeHearn]

I don't get the Shoebox "hate" at all. I can't comprehend it....but still, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

[Kawltie]

There are tons of songs on here that I didn't like at first, but then grew to love. Sometimes it's like hearing new songs again when I play the ones that I've skipped for years.

[tvfan721]

I don't get the Shoebox "hate" at all. I can't comprehend it....but still, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

I think the song is too silly because of the whole idea of a shoebox, it's hard to explain. The video is ridiclous too, seeing them all playing in a shoebox. Same reason why I don't like "Another Postcard". I know BNL is all about humor but some songs they take it too far. "One Week" is an exception, it's a good song because the beat is awesome and it's really quick.

[Threedaughters]

I agree with kinch, it's blasphemy to choose. I believe in blind allegiance, rose colored glasses for me when it comes to BNL's catalogue. What's next, I'll have to choose my favorite Beatle? (which is Sir Paul McCartney by the way)

[tvfan721]

I agree with kinch, it's blasphemy to choose. I believe in blind allegiance, rose colored glasses for me when it comes to BNL's catalogue.

That's ridilcilous. That's the one thing I don't understand about BNL fandom, if someone doesn't think BNL is automatically perfect, they get attacked. I'm sure BNL themselves have certain songs that they don't like anymore.

[McGerkey]

if someone doesn't think BNL is automatically perfect, they get attacked.

If you think you're being attacked here, I'd love to see how you'd handle the rest of the music message boards on the internets. This place is amazingly friendly and polite compared to most other places I visit.

[tvfan721]

If you think you're being attacked here, I'd love to see how you'd handle the rest of the music message boards on the internets. This place is amazingly friendly and polite compared to most other places I visit.

I wasn't refering to this board. I meant in general based on my experiences over the years since I've become a BNL fan in the 90's. I'm definitely a fan but there are things I don't like about the band. I don't think any band's catologue is perfect.

[The Real Number One Guy]

My grandmothers favorite BNL song is Be My Yoko Ono because that's who she is, Yoko Ono.

[EdsGal]

Hmm... Well I always skip over Another Postcard and Shopping. Another Postcard is cute and all, but I never did get why that was released as a single. ALL of their other stuff is stronger.

[Kawltie]

That's ridilcilous. That's the one thing I don't understand about BNL fandom, if someone doesn't think BNL is automatically perfect, they get attacked. I'm sure BNL themselves have certain songs that they don't like anymore.

Oh fir christ sakes! Lady (or man) you're an idiot!!! *Does Ed's impression on Rock Spectacle*

We are just passionate. I've never seen anyone get attacked on here.

[Darcey]

Hmmm....

I don't really have a least favourite...but I do have a love/hate relationship with One Week and It's All Been Done. I think that's because they were totally over-played in the late 90's. I always skip past the two of them when I listen to Stunt. Otherwise I listen to every album straight through with no issues...even with Another Postcard which sometimes makes me cringe. :D

[tvfan721]

Oh fir christ sakes! Lady (or man) you're an idiot!!! *Does Ed's impression on Rock Spectacle*

We are just passionate. I've never seen anyone get attacked on here.


You just attacked me by calling me an idiot and you didn't even read my post above. I said I was NOT refering to this board.

[Suebee42]

Wow. Humor-impaired much?

It was a joke.

[Kawltie]

Wow. Humor-impaired much?

It was a joke.

Thank you. :)


As for tvfan721, I am not apologizing, but I do feel bad that you can't take a joke. Sorry I didn't read into your post before I made an "attack" on you. You should really buy Rock Spectacle and listen after the silence on track 11 (the track is If I Had a Million Dollars)....there is some great secret adlib with a little BNL humor.

[tvfan721]

Thank you. :)


As for tvfan721, I am not apologizing, but I do feel bad that you can't take a joke. Sorry I didn't read into your post before I made an "attack" on you. You should really buy Rock Spectacle and listen after the silence on track 11 (the track is If I Had a Million Dollars)....there is some great secret adlib with a little BNL humor.

If your "attack" was a joke from Rock Spectacle, then I didn't know. That's why I didnt really "get" the joke. I've only listened to a few songs from that. I assume there's a hidden track on there that involves that joke?

No worries though. :D

[Suebee42]

Damn, 10% of the jokes in the BNL fan community come from the banter at the end of that CD. Without it, you'll never survive. LOL!

"It's right up that ladder, lady..."

[Darcey]

Damn, 10% of the jokes in the BNL fan community come from the banter at the end of that CD. Without it, you'll never survive. LOL!

"It's right up that ladder, lady..."

Amen! No BNL fan should be without it...or go without knowing it by heart. :D

[Suebee42]

Amen! No BNL fan should be without it...or go without knowing it by heart. :D

Agreed! Have a fruit roll-up! :D

[Darcey]

Agreed! Have a fruit roll-up! :D

Aw man! You owe me...or rather State Farm a new monitor! That's one of my favourite lines from that bit...LAMO!

Now I have to listen to Rock Specacle when I get off work! (And clean my monitor from the coffee I just shot at my screen!) :D

[katezilla]

Wow. No comments about Yoko Ono's grandchild posting on the BNL official board?


My least faves:

I Can, I Will, I Do
Helicopters
War on Drugs

[McGerkey]

my least faves:

Helicopters
war on drugs

I don't understand!

[Zebarah]

There's only like 1 song that I skip:
When You Dream

Well, those and about 6 or 7 songs on Snacktime.

[katezilla]

You know, I used to skip When YOu Dream, until I had a baby boy. And even after my second son was born, the song makes me tear up a bit all over again. Whole new meaning to me.

[Jodie]

My most-skipped recently have been
Have You Seen My Love?
I Can, I Will, I Do
On the Lookout
I Saw It

I don't end up skipping too many because I tend to listen to the entire catalogue as one massive playlist on shuffle, so the "bad" ones just don't come up all that often. :)

[Appleblossom28]

Wow on the look out? surprised that's one of my favorite songs on the record.

[ProudMommy77]

Wow on the look out? surprised that's one of my favorite songs on the record.

Another realization that everyone has different tastes. However, like yourself, Apple, it's one of my favs on the album, too.

[Appleblossom28]

Yes I understand everyone has different tastes:)

[Jodie]

Wow on the look out? surprised that's one of my favorite songs on the record.

You know, it's weird, but while driving 16+ hours home yesterday I made a pact with myself not to skip any song that came on my iPhone...OTL did early on and I gave it another listen and I don't quite hate it. I'm getting to the point where I like it, actually. It's still definitely not a favorite favorite, but I totally should have given it more of a chance off the hop. :)

[Appleblossom28]

True some songs take longer to get into them. Strangely that song I liked right away. Now Northern Lights I'm still getting used too.

[Jodie]

Here's another one-- I really didn't care for Alternative Girlfriend for the longest time. However, again during the marathon drive from hell yesterday, I gave it a couple of listens and mainly because of the breakdown part in the middle, I'm finding myself diggin' it more and more. Not that I'm complaining in the least--thrilled to bits that my BNL "favorites" playlist in iTunes is like 70-some songs long.

[tvfan721]

Here's another one-- I really didn't care for Alternative Girlfriend for the longest time. However, again during the marathon drive from hell yesterday, I gave it a couple of listens and mainly because of the breakdown part in the middle, I'm finding myself diggin' it more and more. Not that I'm complaining in the least--thrilled to bits that my BNL "favorites" playlist in iTunes is like 70-some songs long.

I like Alternative Girlfriend but it's one of their worst music videos.

[squirtle]

I was reading that bnl book (public stunts, private stories) and like a lot of the songs the author said were best are not ones I like. He said When I fall, wrap your arms around me,
same thing, and this is where it ends are the best. I guess I don't like a lot of their serious songs too much, I like them when they sound (or actually are) poppy and happy.

Also whenever I listen to All in Good time and that song "Why aren't we makin' the loooove we're innnn", I make this face: D: I mean, it's such a typical love song, which causes it to lack appeal.

[Jodie]

I like Alternative Girlfriend but it's one of their worst music videos.

And stupidly, I think that may have been part of why I didn't give it much of a chance to begin with...the video would come on, I'd hit "skip" and that was that. Being a captive audience in the car with nowhere to go to escape it kind of forced me to look beyond that. I'm glad it did. :)

[squirtle]

I like Alternative Girlfriend but it's one of their worst music videos.

lol I think I know who directed that video. He directed several music videos for They might be giants. They are all a little retarded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEjutUbgpH8&feature=related

[Appleblossom28]

I was reading that bnl book (public stunts, private stories) and like a lot of the songs the author said were best are not ones I like. He said When I fall, wrap your arms around me,
same thing, and this is where it ends are the best. I guess I don't like a lot of their serious songs too much, I like them when they sound (or actually are) poppy and happy.

Also whenever I listen to All in Good time and that song "Why aren't we makin' the loooove we're innnn", I make this face: D: I mean, it's such a typical love song, which causes it to lack appeal.

I think the love we're in is not a typical love song. It's saying I think that you have to charish this people in your life cause you never know when it'll end. That part of the song always makes me think.

[Kawltie]

I think the love we're in is not a typical love song. It's saying I think that you have to charish this people in your life cause you never know when it'll end. That part of the song always makes me think.

I agree. The line, "less heart to heart, and more brain to brain" is so not a "typical" love song line. I love Ed's unique take on this.

[Appleblossom28]

That's what makes it a great song.

[squirtle]

I think the love we're in is not a typical love song. It's saying I think that you have to charish this people in your life cause you never know when it'll end. That part of the song always makes me think.

Well I guess I either fail or I was trolled by the song

My face when I was obviously trolled by the song
http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/ss271/Greeniebuttons/poooop.png

[Appleblossom28]

I guess everyone sees the song in a different light. I will respect your opinion. I think I am a little Ed Bias too. Most of my favorite songs are written by him.

[pecurls]

Well I am shocked and appalled that some people mentioned Great Provider on this list! Ok, not really ;-) but it is one of my faves in a jazzy, Ed kind of way.

Only a few songs get skipped in my rotation - These Apples (Ugh!), Have You Seen My Love :::shudder::: and I Can I Will I Do ( sorry Steve).

The rest are like the Energizer Bunny; they keep going over and over and over. (or something like that)
Come on Radio City!

[Liam]

OK, when I first reviewed All In Good Time, I wasn't keen on Ordinary.

Now, I LOVE IT. A real grower. What a great tune - I have come to my senses. :)

[Ever Really There]

Take it Outside - BNL does a boy-band sound http://images.dmusic.com/v7/emoticons/puke.gif

On BLAMen, I always skip One and Only, Quality and Another Spin. Lifeless, trying way too hard to be clever, and just downright annoying, respectively.

[AnotherHeartbreak]

Take it Outside - BNL does a boy-band sound http://images.dmusic.com/v7/emoticons/puke.gif

I don't even see how you made that connection...

[Appleblossom28]

Take it Outside - BNL does a boy-band sound http://images.dmusic.com/v7/emoticons/puke.gif

On BLAMen, I always skip One and Only, Quality and Another Spin. Lifeless, trying way too hard to be clever, and just downright annoying, respectively.

okay here comes my Ed Bias Anyone who dislikes One and Only just doesn't get it.

[Ever Really There]

I don't even see how you made that connection...
Ed's holding of the first syllable of every line in a really clean tone, over and over...and over...the drawn-out first line of the chorus, followed by cramming of syllables: 'wouldwantotakeitoutside'...the last line 'raaather...saaay...goodbyyye'. The entire cadence is super-polished and seems designed to show off the singer's ability to hold notes, as if that makes a good melody. Listening to some Backstreet Boys just now to compare, I admit it's a rather unfair comparison, but the whole production still sounds like a charmless 90s pop track I'd hear in a grocery store. Thanks for asking!

[Appleblossom28]

Ed's holding of the first syllable of every line in a really clean tone, over and over...and over...the drawn-out first line of the chorus, followed by cramming of syllables: 'wouldwantotakeitoutside'...the last line 'raaather...saaay...goodbyyye'. The entire cadence is super-polished and seems designed to show off the singer's ability to hold notes, as if that makes a good melody. Listening to some Backstreet Boys just now to compare, I admit it's a rather unfair comparison, but the whole production still sounds like a charmless 90s pop track I'd hear in a grocery store. Thanks for asking!

I must be listening to another song because I hear no Boyband music in that song. To me it's a bluegrass country song. *shugs* I guess everyone hears their own thing.

[Neil]

Born on a Pirate Ship probably has the most songs that don't work for me -- many of the songs try to pull off oddball lyrics and extreme shifts in tone that don't really fly. "I Know" is kind of a trainwreck -- I can't stand the bad bridge that rips off "Low Rider" and has those squirmy lines about "cyber-masturbation" and "circumcision" and "what goes in my daughter's pants".

On a different album, I also think some of Steve's lyrics in "In the Car" fall into the category of "too much information." I just don't want to hear the word "masturbation" in a song and Steve has done it twice!

Ed's clunky, trying-too-hard-to-be-quirky lyrics marred some of his early songs, like "Same Thing" and "These Apples," and "I Know" as mentioned. Actually, he still writes duds sometimes -- I always cringe at the line "what's more ironic than a hippie in Versace" in "Down to Earth." The whole song could use different verses to go with the catchy chorus.

"Intermittently" is kind of an awkward song, in particular the way the first line is repeated. I always thought the relative failure of "Maybe You Should Drive" was partly attributable to putting this second after the sublime "Jane"; if they'd put something like "Alternative Girlfriend" next the album would have gotten off to a much better start.

The "funny" songs from "Gordon" haven't aged well for me. I can't imagine ever listening to "Grade 9" again.

I like the band, I do! But these stick out for me.

[Neil]

Take it Outside - BNL does a boy-band sound http://images.dmusic.com/v7/emoticons/puke.gif.

I don't mind the song but I kind of hear what you mean -- the chorus has that kind of radio polish. I don't know about boy bands but you can imagine some American Idol guy like Kris Allen doing it.

[ProudMommy77]

....
The "funny" songs from "Gordon" haven't aged well for me. I can't imagine ever listening to "Grade 9" again....

I was in grade 9 nineteen years ago and perhaps because that song was released just as I finished grade 9, I still love that song. (I'm on a bit of a Gordon kick right now anyway.)

[Jodie]

I must be listening to another song because I hear no Boyband music in that song. To me it's a bluegrass country song. *shugs* I guess everyone hears their own thing.

I hear the same thing you do, Appleblossom. I've never gotten anything even remotely approaching "boy band" from that.

[McGerkey]

Yeah, I don't really hear the boyband thing in Take It Outside. I don't particularly like the song, but boy band? Nah.

Also, "funny" songs like Grade 9 do kind of grate on the nerves, but you know, at least they're still good songs.

[Bird]

1. Never Do Anything
2. These Apples
3. Hello City

I keep TRYING to listen to these, I WANNA like 'em, but they just don't float my boat. Kinda like Ed and salmon.

[Jodie]

Hello City's my current "can't stand" track. I've given it several listens in an effort to find the allure (a lot of my favorites are ones I didn't especially care for on first listen), but it just hasn't happened.

[barenakedfi]

Given that myself (and others) have probably selected a disproportionate number of Jim songs in our lists, I'd like to redress the balance a bit and say that I REALLY love his work on AIGT.

Take It Outside and One & Only are amongst my all time favourites... but then I'm a huge fan of most of Ed's work, especially the last decade or so.

I know I've veered from the purpose of the thread... and I'm afraid I can't add any "must be skipped" tracks from AIGT... loving it!

[Appleblossom28]

Given that myself (and others) have probably selected a disproportionate number of Jim songs in our lists, I'd like to redress the balance a bit and say that I REALLY love his work on AIGT.

Take It Outside and One & Only are amongst my all time favourites... but then I'm a huge fan of most of Ed's work, especially the last decade or so.

I know I've veered from the purpose of the thread... and I'm afraid I can't add any "must be skipped" tracks from AIGT... loving it!

I loved Jim's two song on AIGT esp. "On The Lookout" It stands next to Ordinary on my favorite list of songs.

[JasonM96]

"Spider in My Room"
"Call Me Calmly"
"Vanishing"

[BnLKat]

Hello City's my current "can't stand" track. I've given it several listens in an effort to find the allure (a lot of my favorites are ones I didn't especially care for on first listen), but it just hasn't happened.

Have you listened to the live version on Rock Spectacle?

As for my 3:
"On the look out"
"When you Dream"
"War on Drugs"

[kgraves6]

1. Never Do Anything
2. These Apples
3. Hello City

I keep TRYING to listen to these, I WANNA like 'em, but they just don't float my boat. Kinda like Ed and salmon.

per another previous response regarding "Hello City" , have you heard Rock Spectacle's versions of Hello City and These Apples ?

Hello City, if you don't know, is about getting a bad reception in a town and includes the musical puns of an entire chorus of the HouseMartins "Happy Hour". The effect is one of their stabs at light rock/ jazz fusion.

as for These Apples, hello?????.... how many guitartists, or rather musicians period, besides Ed can actually play a bluegrass banjo part on an acoustic guitar??? No one I've asked has ever heard of it being done by anyone.


As for Never Do Anything... good question.


My least favorite... hmmmm...do I have one??? - Rudolph / Oh Holy Night off Barenaked for the Holidays ... only because they sound obligatory and not like any real effort was made. I know Kevin is way better than that.


And to BnLKat...

War on Drugs is one they are glad to not have to play, but it holds a special, non- BnL related, place in my heart for CNN's use of it as background music in relation to some very serious new stories.

[Jodie]

Have you listened to the live version on Rock Spectacle?


Yep, I have. That was actually the first thing I tried when attempting to convince myself to like it, but it didn't work (it had worked with These Apples, so it was worth a shot.)

I wouldn't rule out my ever liking it, though...there have been a bunch of their songs that I didn't much care for at first that are now among my favorites (Straw Hat--clearly I was either drunk or insane the 1st time I heard it, War on Drugs, The Wrong Man was Convicted, Blame it on Me, Wrap Your Arms Around Me...to name a few).

I'll keep tryin'.

[cjthedj53]

Just caught "In The Drink" on my Mp3 player and realized I don't know a single word of it - probably the only BnL song where that's the case. In all honesty, a good chunk of BOAPS is near the bottom of my list of favorites...

[kgraves6]

Just caught "In The Drink" on my Mp3 player and realized I don't know a single word of it - probably the only BnL song where that's the case. In all honesty, a good chunk of BOAPS is near the bottom of my list of favorites...

Sorry you feel that way. BOAPS is one of my favs.... probably because I saw the 2nd show on the tour ( 1st time that setlist was done ) and got to hear the, obviously, first ever performance of " In The Drink ". Jim, Ed, and Kevin... all on guitars...nothing else....(what makes it so memorable, and obvious that it was the 1st performance, was the fact that when it got to the 3rd verse, Jim forgot the words...."caught a snowflake on my tongue, a feathery crystal....." until it got to " once the birds have migrated". That and the hilarity of Ed forgetting to take a breath before " I wanna drink.. your..( huge breath ) blood". He did a great save and managed to squeeze it out (you could see it on his face) without dropping out.)

FYI note: the guitars were (Ed) acoustic, (Jim) acoustic/electric mix, and (Kevin) straight electric. Very great memory.

[designerfox]

In response to Hello City, I like that one much better live than the original recording. I enjoy the song, but it makes me a little sad that the band still seems to feel that Halifax is all about drinking, fist fights, and donairs (they don't mention donairs in the song, but they keep talking about them when they're talking about Halifax).

[Appleblossom28]

I love that song but I feel after going to Cape Breton, Nova Soctia it is drinking non-stop but the upside people are actually really friendly.

[designerfox]

I love that song but I feel after going to Cape Breton, Nova Soctia it is drinking non-stop but the upside people are actually really friendly.
LOL! Even to the rest of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton has the reputation of being non-stop drinking.

[gromitjb]

Satellite
Peterborough
Maybe Katie

I'm so shocked by others responses! And with the huge number of songs they have, I'm surprised how few I had to prioritize to think of my least favorite three.

[famouslastwords]

BNL has a song called Satellite?

Personally, I've always hated Celebrity. That song makes me cringe from head to toe. And to a lesser extent, War on Drugs -- it's just so melodramatic.

[tvfan721]

BNL has a song called Satellite?

Personally, I've always hated Celebrity. That song makes me cringe from head to toe. And to a lesser extent, War on Drugs -- it's just so melodramatic.

I agree with both. Celebrity is garbage, sorry if that sounds harsh but it's such a whiny song. War on Drugs had the potential to be a GREAT song but it's obvious that they were struggling to find things that rhyme. Some of the lyrics like "thrown away like a paper cup" are so random and out of place.

[Suebee42]

BNL has a song called Satellite?
.

Actually, no, but Ed wrote the song with Jason Plumb, and did perform it at least once with BNL. I think it was the summer '04 tour with Alanis Morrissette.

On the Ships & Dip cruises where Jason Plumb had been on board (I and III), Ed came on and performed it with him. Looking forward to the reunion on 4. :D

[Liam]

Actually, no, but Ed wrote the song with Jason Plumb, and did perform it at least once with BNL. I think it was the summer '04 tour with Alanis Morrissette.

On the Ships & Dip cruises where Jason Plumb had been on board (I and III), Ed came on and performed it with him. Looking forward to the reunion on 4. :D

"Satellite" is my favourite song of all time. The Jason Plumb solo version, that is. Amazing! :)

[Appleblossom28]

"Satellite" is my favourite song of all time. The Jason Plumb solo version, that is. Amazing! :)

I had a period of time where that song was stuck in my head, I think it's a great song.

[cjthedj53]

And here I was thinking "Down to Earth" was called "Satellite" for a bit... I was like, "What are all these people getting so confused about, and I didn't know Jason Plum was on BLAM!" :D

[Jodie]

And here I was thinking "Down to Earth" was called "Satellite" for a bit... I was like, "What are all these people getting so confused about, and I didn't know Jason Plum was on BLAM!" :D

Ha, that was exactly what I was thinking prior to the explanation, too.

[Ever Really There]

War on Drugs had the potential to be a GREAT song but it's obvious that they were struggling to find things that rhyme. Some of the lyrics like "thrown away like a paper cup" are so random and out of place.
You know a song's got its priorities mixed up when it has a line like "when nature calls, you go" referring to suicide!

[kgraves6]

You know a song's got its priorities mixed up when it has a line like "when nature calls, you go" referring to suicide!

.. and it's not referring to Jim Carrey either.