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Points: 7951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2013 at 10:45
Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Originally posted by mister nobody mister nobody wrote:


"XBOX is a god to me" isn't good on it's own, but Steven is impersonating an average 15 year old kid. I quite like the lyrics of FOABP.
Well, that's kind of the problem for me.  It sounds like something a 40 year old would imagine a 15 year old saying, when I doubt any 15 year olds would ever say or think that.  But what do I know, I'm a 40 year old too. LOLI will reiterate, though, that FOABP is one of my top 5 PT songs in spite of this lyric.  Excellent tune.
Holy, I always found Steven's lyric on much of that song as kind of...idiotically clever?! They capture bulls**t teenage rebellion and `don't give a f**k' attitude pretty well....sorry for the swearing, kids! On the topic of `songs that make me cringe' and Porcupine Tree, I'm afriad that section of `The Incident' where Steven's singing `I'm taking control, I'm taking control, I draw the la-hine' etc is just embarrasing....like bad teenage emo indie pop....for f**k's sake, Steven, you're a grown man lol!


I concur.  Too bad, because the verses to that song are good, but that god-awful chorus, urgh ! I remember thinking, first time I heard it, that it reminded me of something either Dolores O'Riordan from the Cranberries or Alanis Morissette could have come up with. 
 

Indeed a cringe worthy moment on an otherwise good album though.

Heh, Hmmmm, I made a few rushed spelling mistakes in that last message, now that's embarrassing!
Anyway, Melo, you're spot on, the verses are sublime! Then that chorus....I was honestly surprised Wilson sounded so...juvenile on that bit. Like it's a bad teenage rebellion song....kind of like `Screw you man, I'll do what I like!' lol! :)

Most of the rest is nice, and `I Drive The Hearse' is especially superb
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"Another Night" by camel. It's not that it is a bad song, but it's nowhere near as good as the rest of the album. 

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Cringe-worthy... Maybe something off of "Strange Terrain" by Jan Dukes de Grey. I've grown used to it, though, not that I particularly like the album.
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From the moment LaBrie goes "Oohhh", Another Day makes me cringe pretty hard.  
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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

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Unhappy I love that song especially Steve's guitar work
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Pink Floyd's San Tropez is their absolute zero point. It really makes me embarassed on their behalf, it's so incredibly bad. LOL  
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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:



On the topic of `songs that make me cringe' and Porcupine Tree, I'm afriad that section of `The Incident' where Steven's singing `I'm taking control, I'm taking control, I draw the la-hine' etc is just embarrasing....like bad teenage emo indie pop....for f**k's sake, Steven, you're a grown man lol!

Drawing the Line is an excellent pop song with great and catchy melody and it's my fav track on Disc 1. Period.
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Sabbath's Changes. Awful tune. Deep Purple's version of We Can Work It Out is particularly bad.
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Originally posted by otto pankrock otto pankrock wrote:

Sabbath's Changes. Awful tune. Deep Purple's version of We Can Work It Out is particularly bad.

What? Ouch

'We Can Work It Out' by DP is as superior to The Beatles version as it's possible, really an excellent rendition.
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Originally posted by ole-the-first ole-the-first wrote:


Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:


On the topic of `songs that make me cringe' and Porcupine Tree, I'm afriad that section of `The Incident' where Steven's singing `I'm taking control, I'm taking control, I draw the la-hine' etc is just embarrasing....like bad teenage emo indie pop....for f**k's sake, Steven, you're a grown man lol!
Drawing the Line is an excellent pop song with great and catchy melody and it's my fav track on Disc 1. Period.

Ole, I DO like every bit of that track EXCEPT the chorus, if that helps!
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Points: 1534 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 12 2013 at 19:56
^And I love the chorus too Tongue (probably I'm just not a very big snob I usually pretend to be)
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The Battle Of Epping Forest mainly for the attempt at different accented voices . Also completely devoid of interesting musical content. Novelty track at best. At least ELP kept Benny The Bouncer to only 2 minutes.

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"Dog Years" by Rush (this might just be the one Rush song that I absolutely cannot listen to. Worst song on imo their worst album)
"Jazz Magic Potion" by Lands End (if you've ever heard the song, this should be self-explanatory)


I'll think of more later
 
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Originally posted by bytor2112 bytor2112 wrote:

"Dog Years" by Rush (this might just be the one Rush song that I absolutely cannot listen to. Worst song on imo their worst album)
"Jazz Magic Potion" by Lands End (if you've ever heard the song, this should be self-explanatory)


I'll think of more later
 


Agreed whole-heartedly, I cringe when I hear Geddy sing "in a dog's life a year is really more like seven and all too soon the canine will be chasing cars in doggie heaven" wtf??Neil is responsible for that though Ouch


Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - April 13 2013 at 03:44
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The Battle Of Epping Forest mainly for the attempt at different accented voices . Also completely devoid of interesting musical content. Novelty track at best. At least ELP kept Benny The Bouncer to only 2 minutes.
Then, I guess, comic theater is not for you.
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Originally posted by ole-the-first ole-the-first wrote:


Originally posted by otto pankrock otto pankrock wrote:

Sabbath's Changes. Awful tune. Deep Purple's version of We Can Work It Out is particularly bad.
What? Ouch'We Can Work It Out' by DP is as superior to The Beatles version as it's possible, really an excellent rendition.


Really? I've been a dye-hard Purple fan for longer than I care to mention and that version has really been a cringer.
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Points: 4088 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2013 at 10:31

Someone mentionned Epping Forest, I agree 100 %. Same goes for Harold The Barrel ; "You must be joking..." Ugh, never could like those songs.

Let us not forget the almost entirely cringe worthy Giant For A Day album, by Gentle Giant; stellar cringe worthy tracks such as Take Me, Little Brown Bag, Rock Climber... God are they awful or not ?
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Hi,
 
Actually not a whole lot of this stuff makes me cringe ... I think the last time was when some folks started posting in this board something about a "proggy bass" ... I really want to start a new thread and we need a "proggy guitar" thread, another about a "proggy groupie" (shame they won't be as nice looking as Miss Pam a few years back!), another about a "proggy drum set" (must have 387 toms and 129 cymbals and 743 drum stix and be caged!), another about ...
 
Actually I think the last cringe I had was when Dean suggested I take a pottie break ... no ... wait ... wrong ... when I heard Metal Machine Jargon by Lou Reed ... I think I knew what a finger was all about on that day, and I no longer needed to cringe by listening to bad stuff and thinking that all folks in this world are perfect and say the nicest, or the stupidest, things!
 
TGIF for me! Yeahhhh!!! No cringes!


Edited by moshkito - April 17 2013 at 12:59
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