Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Completely Conspicuous 651: That's Right, We Bad

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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Completely Conspicuous 651: That's Right, We Bad

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about bad songs from good artists. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right...