Inexplicably bad songs by otherwise good bands

[Captain Willard]

I think the title is self explanatory. Not bad songs by bad bands but songs by bands you rate but seem to suggest either looming contractual obligation or too many drugs or maybe both.

Songs that are so awful they almost eclipse the rest of the back catalogue.  
 

Golden lights by the Smiths. Just beyond belief bad. Sounds like it was recorded under water. If you were bringing a court case to say the Smiths were overrated shit, this song alone would be the centre plank of your case. 

[cloggypop]

Ob La Di Ob La Da by The Beatles. Sounds like Eurovision. 

 

 

[Captain Willard]

4 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

Ob La Di Ob La Da by The Beatles. Sounds like Eurovision. 

 

 

Or Revolution 9 on the White Album. Self indulgent shit. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Bowie's Laughing Gnome is... something.

[Remmie]

I did a version of the thread many moons ago where you had to try and guess if the previous poster was rating a good song by a shit band or a shit song by a good band....according to them.

 

Right now I can only think of the opposite of the thread title: The Osmonds with Crazy Horses

[Arniepie]

She's electric..oasis 

 

Yellow submarine. The beatles 

[Captain Willard]

12 minutes ago, Remmie said:

I did a version of the thread many moons ago where you had to try and guess if the previous poster was rating a good song by a shit band or a shit song by a good band....according to them.

 

Right now I can only think of the opposite of the thread title: The Osmonds with Crazy Horses

Good idea. Good songs by shit bands. 

[Mook]

18 minutes ago, Remmie said:

I did a version of the thread many moons ago where you had to try and guess if the previous poster was rating a good song by a shit band or a shit song by a good band....according to them.

 

Right now I can only think of the opposite of the thread title: The Osmonds with Crazy Horses

One Bad Apple by The Osmonds is good, total Jackson 5 rip off like.

 

 

On topic...

 

Neil Young - Like A Hurricane

The Beatles - Piggies

Miles Davis - I Thought About You

Crosby Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express

Jethro Tull - The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles

[Captain Willard]

Fool to cry by the Rolling Stones. Dreary, self pitying whine. 

[Mook]

Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining

[Trumo]

26 minutes ago, Remmie said:

I did a version of the thread many moons ago where you had to try and guess if the previous poster was rating a good song by a shit band or a shit song by a good band....according to them.

 

Right now I can only think of the opposite of the thread title: The Osmonds with Crazy Horses

 

As per this specific thread, I've always thought 'P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)' by Michael Jackson was really out of place on Thriller. It's so mediocre compared to the rest of the album. 'Say Say Say' would have been better for a filler, but Macca already had that on Pipes of Peace plus Thriller already contained another of their duets, 'The Girl Is Mine'.

 

As for the opposite of this thread, I can't stand Cliff Richard and his music for blue-rinsed death cheaters, the born again brigade and Wimbledon luvvies, but 'Devil Woman' is a genuine belter.

[Captain Willard]

17 minutes ago, Mook said:

Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining

Wedding disco floor filler. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

45 minutes ago, Mook said:

One Bad Apple by The Osmonds is good, total Jackson 5 rip off like.

 

 

Neil Young - Like A Hurricane

As fucking if.

[ZonkoVille77]

Blur - Crazy Beat

Beatles - Savoy Truffle, Honey Pie

Oasis - Boneheads Bank Holiday

Radiohead - Pop is Dead

 

[Kevin D]

1 hour ago, Remmie said:

I did a version of the thread many moons ago where you had to try and guess if the previous poster was rating a good song by a shit band or a shit song by a good band....according to them.

 

Right now I can only think of the opposite of the thread title: The Osmonds with Crazy Horses

In fairness, you have spent your entire adult life on this forum.

 

There’s nothing you haven’t seen, started or been smack bang in the middle of.

 

It’s an outstanding record that will stand until your offspring come of age.

[Remmie]

34 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

In fairness, you have spent your entire adult life on this forum.

 

There’s nothing you haven’t seen, started or been smack bang in the middle of.

 

It’s an outstanding record that will stand until your offspring come of age.

Someone has been paying attention, respect Commandatori

[Mook]

1 hour ago, Mook said:

One Bad Apple by The Osmonds is good, total Jackson 5 rip off like.

 

 

On topic...

 

Neil Young - Like A Hurricane

The Beatles - Piggies

Miles Davis - I Thought About You

Crosby Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express

Jethro Tull - The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles

Wrong Miles Davis song, I meant Nothing Like You, bizarrely sitting at the end of one of his most amazing LPs (Sorcerer).

 

 

[Harry's Lad]

3 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Bowie's Laughing Gnome is... something.

Is the winner.

[Captain Willard]

3 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

Is the winner.

Probably the song that has the greatest disparity between how bad the song is and the quality of the rest of the artist’s work. I am struggling to think of another bad Bowie song ? 

[cloggypop]

1 minute ago, Captain Willard said:

Probably the song that has the greatest disparity between how bad the song is and the quality of the rest of the artist’s work. I am struggling to think of another bad Bowie song ? 

Go and listen to Tin Machine

[Kevin D]

2 hours ago, Remmie said:

Someone has been paying attention, respect Commandatori

You’re one of the first nine.

 

I just hope your son is allowed to join the forum from birth and the carry the mantle.

[Raymond Duck]

4 hours ago, Mook said:

One Bad Apple by The Osmonds is good, total Jackson 5 rip off like.

 

 

On topic...

 

Neil Young - Like A Hurricane

The Beatles - Piggies

Miles Davis - I Thought About You

Crosby Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express

Jethro Tull - The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles

Like A Hurricane is an outrageous shout. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Oasis have no place in this thread.

[Mook]

2 hours ago, paddyberger said:

Like A Hurricane is an outrageous shout. 

Honestly, I absolutely love pretty much everything Neil Young did in the 70s but can't stand that song. The guitar lick has the same effect on me as that sax break in Baker Street. I know it's a controversial one but we like what we like.

[ZonkoVille77]

1 hour ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Oasis have no place in this thread.

 

I like them a lot but even I can realise that Boneheads Bank Holiday is utter wham. Didn't even make it as a b-side but got put out under 'special editions'.