Good songs by bad artists

[jimmyjazz 45926]

So enough talk about shitty songs, bad bands, etc.  Share with me some good songs by artists who . . . weren't good.  Basically, "yeah, I can't stand that band, but you know that ONE song was pretty great".  This is tricky, because it forces the admission that maybe some horrible singer or band actually put 2 and 2 together one time and got 4.  A couple of examples:

 

 

[yoladu 4094]

might as well call these : 01) guilty pleasures or 2) songs you would be surprised to find in my i-Pod.

 

Edited June 5, 2018 by yoladu

[noharleyyet 2838]

I love Buddy Guy, but sometimes I'm thinking wth is he doing...

 

[BurntOrangeCrush 1011]

 

[Underdog 28627]

Bryan Adams sucks?  News to me. 

[jimmyjazz 45926]

I swear, I have never heard the band Thunder or their song "Dirty Love", but that's a perfect suggestion.  

[tbone_ 14123]

I feel like I should give JJ shit for his in depth knowledge of the Justin Bieber catalogue.

[tbone_ 14123]

Also, +1 to Thunder for the ragged out Stan Smiths

[jimmyjazz 45926]

6 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

I feel like I should give JJ shit for his in depth knowledge of the Justin Bieber catalogue.

Told you it was a tricky assignment.

[Grandioso 2592]

Britney Spears - Toxic 

Was actually written by a pop music dream team and originally "offered" to Kylie Minogue. All the sampling, guitar, etc. had nothing to do with the actual "artist." That said, Beyonce would have been perfect.

[BurntOrangeCrush 1011]

39 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I swear, I have never heard the band Thunder or their song "Dirty Love", but that's a perfect suggestion.  

Thanks. It's the first thing that came to mind. I love that song but nothing else from them ever did anything for me

[qwertyu1234 496]

45 minutes ago, Grandioso said:

Britney Spears - Toxic 

Was actually written by a pop music dream team and originally "offered" to Kylie Minogue. All the sampling, guitar, etc. had nothing to do with the actual "artist." That said, Beyonce would have been perfect.

Since somebody said this, i'll also add bye bye bye by Nsync. 

[Superhero 8830]

Kix - Don’t Say Goodbye

Damn Yankees - High Enough

 

[Druggist 303]

always liked this song and she is nice to look at in the video.

[Art Vandelay 1712]

12 hours ago, Underdog said:

Bryan Adams sucks?  News to me. 

Reckless is a damn good album. There, I said it.

Edited June 6, 2018 by Art Vandelay

[Celery Man 20946]

 

[Bash Riprock 1695]

 

[jimmyjazz 45926]

35 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

 

Well, the gunshots are a nice touch.

[jimmyjazz 45926]

1 minute ago, Bash Riprock said:

 

I've always liked that tune.  Is the rest of their stuff really bad?

[Bash Riprock 1695]

just kinda meh

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Maybe we need a guilty pleasure thread because the ones I was going to post I don’t necessarily think are good songs.

[irishtexan 11519]

This doesn't technically abide by the thread title, but I have always liked this Lydia Loveless cover of Justin Beiber's 'Sorry'.

 

https://lydialoveless.bandcamp.com/track/sorry-3

[ConferenceRoom 6141]

16 hours ago, Grandioso said:

Britney Spears - Toxic 

Was actually written by a pop music dream team and originally "offered" to Kylie Minogue. All the sampling, guitar, etc. had nothing to do with the actual "artist." That said, Beyonce would have been perfect.

This was going to be my submission. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

13 hours ago, Superhero said:

Damn Yankees - High Enough

 

I fucking LOVED this song when I was about ten. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I've always liked that tune.  Is the rest of their stuff really bad?

I've always liked it too. And it benefits from the fact that I actually didn't listen to it much when it came out. I just heard it whenever it was on the radio. So I never got sick of it like I did with so many other songs from the era. 

[irishtexan 11519]

Don Henley's a choade, but this song is fucking awesome. Probably because Mike Campbell co-wrote it:

 

 

[tbone_ 14123]

I don't get the Henley hate. I mean yea he's kind of a prick but he's talented af. And he is from Texas.

[Deej 76776]

Billy Idol - White Wedding.

I fucking love that song. The rest of his output is meh, at best. 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Billy Idol - White Wedding.
I fucking love that song. The rest of his output is meh, at best. 

You take that back. Dancing With Myself is awesome.

[Don Johnson 4753]

6 hours ago, Art Vandelay said:

Reckless is a damn good album. There, I said it.

Fuck yeah, it is.

 

[jimmyjazz 45926]

34 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

I don't get the Henley hate. I mean yea he's kind of a prick but he's talented af. And he is from Texas.

He's definitely a mega-talented singer, and he's written enough classic lyrics to be called one of the greats as a songwriter.  But man, when he misses ("Get Over It"), wow.

[Don Johnson 4753]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

He's definitely a mega-talented singer, and he's written enough classic lyrics to be called one of the greats as a songwriter.  But man, when he misses ("Get Over It"), wow.

Wouldn't that belong in the bad songs by good artists thread?

[jimmyjazz 45926]

21 minutes ago, Don Johnson said:

Wouldn't that belong in the bad songs by good artists thread?

Hey, I'm not moderating here.  If somebody thinks Don Henley is a bad artist, more power to 'em.

[tbone_ 14123]

Good point. I forgot what thread this was. Lol at Don fucking Henley being a bad artist.

[Deej 76776]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Hey, I'm not moderating here.  If somebody thinks Don Henley is a bad artist, more power to 'em.

Not a bad artist, just an asshole.

[noharleyyet 2838]

[Deej 76776]

1 hour ago, Patricio Swayze said:

You take that back. Dancing With Myself is awesome.

If you don't have a partner, it has to do.

[BurntOrangeCrush 1011]

17 hours ago, Superhero said:

Kix - Don’t Say Goodbye

Damn Yankees - High Enough

 

Kinda agree on both. I liked "Coming of Age" better than "High Enough" but I didn't like much else from them. As far as Kix, that was a good call. I do love this song from them:

 

[Errestaurants 2570]

 

[hookem48 4687]

6 hours ago, Deej said:

Billy Idol - White Wedding.

I fucking love that song. The rest of his output is meh, at best. 

yea but the chick in this video

 

[Al_4_ISU 12463]

8 hours ago, irishtexan said:

This doesn't technically abide by the thread title, but I have always liked this Lydia Loveless cover of Justin Beiber's 'Sorry'.

 

https://lydialoveless.bandcamp.com/track/sorry-3

Her cover of Kesha's "Blind" is excellent as well.

[Al_4_ISU 12463]

Taylor Swift "Wildest Dreams"

I'm not sure she's a bad artist so much as she mostly plays a crappy style of music.  She writes some really good tunes, and when she just plays with an acoustic guitar or piano, I dig it.  But her albums are digital pop crap.  Much like John Mayer, she shows these flashes of her musical genius, but settles for making stuff that she knows will sell.

Edited June 7, 2018 by Al_4_ISU

[Equinox 95]

On 6/5/2018 at 4:21 PM, yoladu said:

might as well call these : 01) guilty pleasures or 2) songs you would be surprised to find in my i-Pod.

 

 

[tbone_ 14123]

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You have this one backwards

[Mole 4333]

I think I might actually like this version better than the Replacements version.

 

[Celery Man 20946]

has Joan Jett written any good songs?

Miley Cyrus actually fits in a weird sub category of .... artists who get hate but actually tend to be pretty good.  Or at least, Party in the USA and Wrecking Ball are both great songs and she's a monster vocalist.  But I doubt she wrote any of those songs.  Taylor Swift would as well except I don't think she gets lumped into that category.  Katy Perry also in that category.  But again I take this as being about songwriting.

[irishtexan 11519]

17 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

He's definitely a mega-talented singer, and he's written enough classic lyrics to be called one of the greats as a songwriter.  But man, when he misses ("Get Over It"), wow.

 

17 hours ago, tbone_ said:

I don't get the Henley hate. I mean yea he's kind of a prick but he's talented af. And he is from Texas.

 

15 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Good point. I forgot what thread this was. Lol at Don fucking Henley being a bad artist.

I absolutely think he's a bad artist. Don Henley writes self-indulgent soft-rock schlock that espouse all of the absolute shittiest values of the baby boomer generation. Boys of Summer included. BoS only kicks ass because Mike Campbell wrote the music. Don Henley is a shitty artist, and an even shittier human. #HotTakes #ComingInHot

[Al_4_ISU 12463]

5 hours ago, Mole said:

I think I might actually like this version better than the Replacements version.

 

In 2007 if you had told me that the guy from Against Me would be a chick, and got together with Joan Jett and Hannah Montana to knock a Paul Westerberg song out of the park, I would have laughed in your face.

[jimmyjazz 45926]

37 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

In 2007 if you had told me that the guy from Against Me would be a chick, and got together with Joan Jett and Hannah Montana to knock a Paul Westerberg song out of the park, I would have laughed in your face.

Yeah, that's pretty good.  I prefer the 'mats and their boozy stumble, but the idea of getting those 3 together to cover that song is inspired.

Weird video.  It LOOKS to be all live, but the sound of the backing track screams studio.  Maybe the singers were live.  I'd have to watch it again.

[Al_4_ISU 12463]

5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Yeah, that's pretty good.  I prefer the 'mats and their boozy stumble, but the idea of getting those 3 together to cover that song is inspired.

Weird video.  It LOOKS to be all live, but the sound of the backing track screams studio.  Maybe the singers were live.  I'd have to watch it again.

I prefer the original as well, but that could have been so much worse.

I suppose Laura Jane Grace is a big Replacements fan, so she was probably going to keep it from going off the rails.  To your point, it does sound awfully slick, but I've seen a few of those well produced up close, controlled live recordings have similar sound quality.