The Wildhearts

right we`ve had fave songs, fave b-sides now lets have a which ginger related song/songs do u think r shit!!!!!! WOT? surely there`s no such thing. ok lets change it then. which ging related song (if any) do u think is below his usually high standard?

<scuttles off 2 check cd collection>

hey this aint as easy, lets go 4 the easy option, wot about YOUR MOUTH. in fact i`m gonna play some of me back catologue and get back 2 ya

The British All American Homeboy Crowd is a bit poor.

I don't like Move On. I'm not keen on If I Decide. Or Let's Go.

I also don't like Paramour that much, although it has grown on me since first listen.

And Splattermania I was never too keen on, mainly cos it was pretty meat and potatoes.

Boy, this is gonna be a lonely topic.

Doesn't have any bad songs.

I could live without Your Mouth too. Never really liked the Heroin cover either.

The only ropey song the 'hearts ever did was Hit It On The Head but CJ wrote that.

If that's only 2 out the hundreds he's done, that's pretty amazing.

Gotta say 'Blinded by Absinthe'. Never been able to get on with that one.

Dan Brandon

Not many, but...
LTD
Get your Groove on (Def Leppard meets Metalica)
Your Mouth (Like the sentiment, like the toon, just NOT TOGETHER).
29X

I was thinking of starting a topic like this.

I've always thought 'Shame On Me', 'Only Love' and 'Top Of The World' were kind of dull (although the latter admittedly works better live). Not awful, just pretty bland.

On a slight tangent, I listen to him more for the melodies, harmonies, lyrics and solos than for extended grungy riffing: I mean I adore the heavy pop'n'roll riffs from 'Shitsville' or 'Do Anything' or screaming guitars of 'Headfuck', but am often left a bit cold by the metal-jazz noodling of sections of, say, 'Drinking In The Daytime', 'Sky Babies', 'OCD' etc.

Still like those songs, but sometimes those extended rifforamas seem to be more about exploring complicated time signatures than conveying much in the way of emotion. To me, anyway.

Going further, I'd actually say that these aspects, combined with the Wildhearts' heavy churning chugging bassy riff sound, is what tends to put a lot of people off the music. I've tried to get many people into them, with varying degrees of success. I think that a lot of people simply can't enjoy or recognise the pop aspects of the songs due to those muddy metal undercurrents. It's simply an unpalatable mixture of sounds to many people.

let's go and the dying art of the chorus...smell rather bad...IMHO

The whole Endless Nameless album leaves me cold.

Other than that, my only gripe is the level of over-production on Must Be Destroyed. The original versions of Vanilla Radio and So Into You wipe the floor with the album versions. Always wondered how good the other tracks would've been if they were left just as raw and not over-polished.

For what it's worth I don't beleive Ginger has any bad songs. Endless Nameless suffered due to the production, but the songs are good.

OCD, Sky Babies & Drinking in the Daytime are some of my personal faves, different strokes for different folks as they say.

The stuff towards the end of the Clam Abuse album is a bit strange.....ok really nit picking now. Made up for it on '.com together' and 'unlucky in love' though.

Oh yeah and i never understood Thunderfuck....the two halfs don't really go together that well.

Wow! What a refreshingly(?) negative thread! Ok, 'If I Decide', 'Eager To Leave 'Er', 'Top Of The World' (which sounds like The Wildhearts doing the fucking Wurzels...or something), and 'Action Panzer' are all pretty abysmal. But the greatest offender of all has to be 'Lake of Piss'. Truly atrocious. Not even 3 Colours Red had the nerve to rip off The Wildhearts quite as much as they ripped themselves off on those select lame ditties. The obvious lesson is of course not to force any more Wildheats reunions.

For reasons that I can't explain I can't stand 'Caprice'.
It might be a good song(according to some) but I hate it.

WiredOut wrote:On a slight tangent, I listen to him more for the melodies, harmonies, lyrics and solos than for extended grungy riffing: I mean I adore the heavy pop'n'roll riffs from 'Shitsville' or 'Do Anything' or screaming guitars of 'Headfuck', but am often left a bit cold by the metal-jazz noodling of sections of, say, 'Drinking In The Daytime', 'Sky Babies', 'OCD' etc.

Interesting, cos those metal/jazz/noodling bits keep me interested, cos otherwise I think the Wildhearts would be yet another competent, but pretty dull brit-rock band. Nothing groundbreaking or challenging, just a bit bland, in the same way you say Top of the World and Only Love are dull and bland.

Saddened - which i think is appalling
Most of Clam Abuse - I just think its really poor
British All American Homeboy Crowd - Why??
Monkey Zoo - Never really been able to get on with it, which is strange because its many peoples favourite from SG5

what?what?

eager to leave 'er is an awesome song!!! so is top of the world

i guess this thread proves that one man's rubbish is another man treasure. interesting that many of the songs discussed so far are b sides tho.[/quote]