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Does Poison have an album that would convince me they're not totally lame and cheesy? I'm willing to try.
 
Does Poison have an album that would convince me they're not totally lame and cheesy? I'm willing to try.

All of those bands are totally lame and cheesy.

Poison is just a little more talented musically and in the songwriting department.

Their best-known songs are from the two previous albums, but I'd say Flesh & Blood (album #3) makes the strongest case.

Without even delving that far though, Every Rose Has Its Thorn is a legitimately well-done and understated ballad that eclipses everything by any of their contemporaries*, including the overcooked country poseur Bon Jovi track Wanted Dead Or Alive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2r2nDhTzO4


*not including Guns 'n' Roses in this group, though I recognize some would
 
So a big fuck you to whoever is running this site because it was down the entire time Eurovision was on, so all my stupid drunk thoughts ended up on Twitter instead. I always get sucked in by Eurovision, I'm a person who derives a lot of joy from hating on things.

Austria's bearded lady was the winner, with a predictably shit song. Malta was by far the worst of the night...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_hT08vzHt8

But there were two I actually kind of enjoyed. First was Iceland doing the Wiggles on coke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2qAvGsiCmc

And then there was Poland. Aside from the obvious, I actually really enjoyed the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ920cN2HmA

And France came last. I do wonder if the black dude had a say in the facepaint.

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I don't understand why they all covered the same song for this little collection. Surely there was other music written in the 1890s...
 
I think one of my favourite parts of his ending was someone saying that he went out in a Blaze of Glory. Was so fitting.

Only LastEdgeOnEarth's end can match the fury of Zoots. It took on a different, indignant flavor, of course.
 
All of those bands are totally lame and cheesy.

Poison is just a little more talented musically and in the songwriting department.

Their best-known songs are from the two previous albums, but I'd say Flesh & Blood (album #3) makes the strongest case.

Without even delving that far though, Every Rose Has Its Thorn is a legitimately well-done and understated ballad that eclipses everything by any of their contemporaries*, including the overcooked country poseur Bon Jovi track Wanted Dead Or Alive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2r2nDhTzO4

CC is the only member of Poison who's got any real significant instrumental talent. Bach is 10x the vocalist that Brett Michaels is (Michaels wins in a landslide in the reality TV department however)

And for ballads, this craps all over Every Rose...

Skid Row - Wasted Time - YouTube
 
Well that's just the best genre tag.


I'm pissed, now, to know that they could have used "Hello Ma Baby". That song transcends time.
 
CC is the only member of Poison who's got any real significant instrumental talent. Bach is 10x the vocalist that Brett Michaels is (Michaels wins in a landslide in the reality TV department however)

And for ballads, this craps all over Every Rose...

Skid Row - Wasted Time - YouTube

Lol, no.

Bach may have a better technical range but that overexerting style is so cheesy and dated, betraying the godawful genre is comes from. Michaels at least sounds normal.

And that video you posted? Are you serious? Next thing you'll be saying 18 And Life is a great track.
 
Have any of you checked out the new Swans album? It's pretty interesting.

Once. It didn't hold my attention the way The Seer or their earlier records did but the bitrate was substandard at the time. I'll give it a re-listen and see how it goes.
 
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Did any hair metal band actually top the classic two-album run of Pyromania and Hysteria? I don't think so.
 
Anyone heard anything by The Casket Girls? In this post-HAIM world, they're a nice little combination of both HAIM and the Dum Dum Girls.
 
If you ask me any and all hair metal is fucking awful.

I don't think I have more fun listening to any other genre of music, than I do hair metal when I'm out driving on a hot day. It's not high art, it's just a great time.
 
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