Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about bad songs from good artists. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Songs we hate by artists we love
- Jay: Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" is so whiny it turned me off the band for a few years
- Songs you hate vs. songs you're sick of hearing
- Phil: Nirvana had some dumb songs
- Phil's dishonorable mentions: Songs from Bowie and Jagger, Beck, XTC, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, the Cars, Bob Seger
- Phil bashes the Brits
- Jay's dishonorable mentions: Songs by Soundgarden, Van Hagar, Rush, U2, Lou Reed
- Sammy Hagar's lyrics are...something
- Phil's #10: One of the Stones' bigger hits
- Jay's #10: Zeppelin goes honky tonk with meh results
- Phil's #9: Frat boy antics from the Beastie Boys
- Jay's #9: Andy Summers let his freak flag fly in the Police
- Phil's #8: The Dead goes disco with some rough lyrics
- The late '70s saw lots of rock acts try disco
- Jay's #8: Macca had some missteps, including his first teamup with MJ
- Phil's #7: The Beatles stumbled with an avant garde instrumental
- Maybe it was the drugs
- Jay's #7: Dee Dee Ramone tries rapping with hilariously bad results
- To be continued
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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
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