The Cranberries are a Top50 band in History

[Knotted]

It's pretty reasonable gushing about the Cranberries on a thread dedicated to the Cranberries isn't it?

 

[belboid]

What is vaguely irritating me about this thread this morning is that there has been too much slagging off of the (tedious but inexplicably popular) cranberries and not enough slagging off of the truly vile Boston. Even for dad rock they’re terrible. More Than A Feeling is almost bearable for a minute, if only because of the youthful memories it triggers, but the rest? MOR at its very worst, irredeemably shite.

 

[editor]

What is vaguely irritating me about this thread this morning is that there has been too much slagging off of the (tedious but inexplicably popular) cranberries and not enough slagging off of the truly vile Boston. Even for dad rock they’re terrible. More Than A Feeling is almost bearable for a minute, if only because of the youthful memories it triggers, but the rest? MOR at its very worst, irredeemably shite.

I only know that one song by Boston. When we toured there I insisted on playing it twice as we entered the city. To get in the mood, like.
And if you're interested, I played Walk on the Wild Side as we drove into the Bowery, NY.

 

[Crannadict]

It's a tricky question tbf - who does sing worse out of Pulp or Pulp?

Both

 

[hitmouse]

What's the difference between a Jarvis Cocker?

One of its legs are both broken after he fell out of that window on Division Street.

 

[Knotted]

Were Boston actually from Boston?

I recently discovered America were British. That was a small head explodes moment.

 

[Knotted]

Of course Asia definitely weren't Asian. And they deserve more hatred than the Cranberries and Boston combined.

 

[editor]

It's pretty reasonable gushing about the Cranberries on a thread dedicated to the Cranberries isn't it?

Not when the endless gushing goes on and on and on and spreads over to other unrelated threads.

 

[Crannadict]

What is vaguely irritating me about this thread this morning is that there has been too much slagging off of the (tedious but inexplicably popular) cranberries and not enough slagging off of the truly vile Boston. Even for dad rock they’re terrible. More Than A Feeling is almost bearable for a minute, if only because of the youthful memories it triggers, but the rest? MOR at its very worst, irredeemably shite.

Boston are another of my 5 favorite bands


If in this forum there is so much hatred for two of my favorite artists, it will surely be because I did something right when I defined my musical tastes

 

[editor]

Were Boston actually from Boston?

I recently discovered America were British. That was a small head explodes moment.

Well, they were the sons of Americans living on army bases, but I get your point.

Let's roll a doobie and chill

 

[hitmouse]

Were Boston actually from Boston?

I recently discovered America were British. That was a small head explodes moment.

I'm starting to have my doubts about Alabama 3 as well. Thinking about it, would've been sort of witty if they were brummies.

 

[Crannadict]

I think this is why I never got into them, I only really like bands that can be proven to have existed myself.

Another one:

Explain that

 

[Knotted]

According to Rick Beato Boston's debut album is one of the top 22 rock debut's of all time. I think the only thing that annoys me about these lists of greatests is how anglo centric they are.

 

[Crannadict]

I'm starting to have my doubts about Alabama 3 as well. Thinking about it, would've been sort of witty if they were brummies.

But only you know that band, instead Boston is known worldwide for having made one of the great debut albums of all time in Rock music.

 

[hitmouse]

Another one:

Explain that

I was having a cheap joke about your choice of words - "legendary" is the word that would be more commonly used for a very influential artist, "mythical" is a word that makes me think of like unicorns and dragons and griffons and that.

 

[klang]

fun fact: Buffalo Springfield made enough money to buy Buffalo and half of Springfield.

 

[hitmouse]

But only you know that band, instead Boston is known worldwide for having made one of the great debut albums of all time in Rock music.

Good point there, no-one except me has ever heard of Alabama 3.

 

[Crannadict]

According to Rick Beato Boston's debut album is one of the top 22 rock debut's of all time. I think the only thing that annoys me about these lists of greatests is how anglo centric they are.

I know Rock music well in Spanish and hardly any band in our language could sneak into that top, I imagine that in Italian, German and French it will be the same case

 

[Crannadict]

Good point there, no-one except me has ever heard of Alabama 3.

Explain the another point, please

 

[Crannadict]

I was having a cheap joke about your choice of words - "legendary" is the word that would be more commonly used for a very influential artist, "mythical" is a word that makes me think of like unicorns and dragons and griffons and that.

In Spanish both words have similar meanings

 

[Knotted]

I know Rock music well in Spanish and hardly any band in our language could sneak into that top, I imagine that in Italian, German and French it will be the same case

If I were doing the list I would probably put Arco Iris in there. And Neu! should definitely be in there.

 

[belboid]

I only know that one song by Boston. When we toured there I insisted on playing it twice as we entered the city. To get in the mood, like.

well, I suppose you had to get more than a feel for the place.

I am so dedicated to this thread I even went and listened to it again just now.

I was wrong.

it’s one minute twelve seconds before it has to come off again.

 

[belboid]

If I were doing the list I would probably put Arco Iris in there. And Neu! should definitely be in there.

Several German bands would make it. Or three anyway. The ones that explicitly rejected the American colonisation of our subconscious.

 

[hitmouse]

Explain the another point, please

This one was me being sarcastic, I am fairly certain that people other than me are aware of Alabama 3's existence.

 

[ska invita]

Can you stop going on and on and on about this fucking band that the majority of people on this forum don't give a flying fuck about? Thanks.

tbf this thread is about the cranberries being a top 50 band in history

 

[nogojones]

Why?

Fun to get mash up and dance to.

 

[kabbes]

Anyway since you're here kabbes Knotted.

Please 'splain your taglines?

What means?
Τι περιέχει το αγγλικό πρωινό;

It means, “What does an English breakfast contain?”

 

[Elpenor]

I only know that one song by Boston. When we toured there I insisted on playing it twice as we entered the city. To get in the mood, like.
And if you're interested, I played Walk on the Wild Side as we drove into the Bowery, NY.

On a similar note I played A View To A Kill as I drove over the Golden Gate Bridge

 

[belboid]

According to Rick Beato Boston's debut album is one of the top 22 rock debut's of all time. I think the only thing that annoys me about these lists of greatests is how anglo centric they are.

22? What an odd number. Beato is always interesting to listen to but some of his taste has always been very peculiar.

 

[Crannadict]

It means, “What does an English breakfast contain?”

English breakfasts, like all British cuisine, contain suede pulp and chunks of beetles seasoned with an oasis of super grass