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Offline Architeuthis

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Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« on: May 23, 2017, 10:27:36 AM »
Even our favorite bands of all time have laid and egg or two in their time. I thought it would be interesting to make a thread about this. The most talented bands out there might even write a bad song on purpose, who knows!?
 To name some,,
Rush - The Speed of Love
Dream Theater -  Repentance (though debatable)
Boston - I Had a Really Good Time
Yes - Big Generator ( the song )  the album is quite good.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2017, 10:34:46 AM »
Oasis - Little James.

Written by Liam no less. Later songs by Liam would be co-written by Gem Archer.


U2 - Please / Grace / One Step Closer / White As Snow.

The one dire boring song on each of their last few albums.

It's amazing how perfectionist they are and songs like these still make it on.


REM - Stand / Shiny Happy People
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2017, 10:46:17 AM »
Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2017, 11:20:14 AM »
Quote from: Architeuthis on May 23, 2017, 10:27:36 AM
Even our favorite bands of all time have laid and egg or two in their time. I thought it would be interesting to make a thread about this. The most talented bands out there might even write a bad song on purpose, who knows!?
 To name some,,
Rush - The Speed of Love
Dream Theater -  Repentance (though debatable)
Boston - I Had a Really Good Time
Yes - Big Generator ( the song )  the album is quite good.

Repentance makes you cringe? I get that some people find it boring (I don't) but cringeworthy?

Prophets of War on the other hand.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2017, 11:36:30 AM »
Quote from: Zook on May 23, 2017, 11:20:14 AM
Quote from: Architeuthis on May 23, 2017, 10:27:36 AM
Even our favorite bands of all time have laid and egg or two in their time. I thought it would be interesting to make a thread about this. The most talented bands out there might even write a bad song on purpose, who knows!?
 To name some,,
Rush - The Speed of Love
Dream Theater -  Repentance (though debatable)
Boston - I Had a Really Good Time
Yes - Big Generator ( the song )  the album is quite good.

Repentance makes you cringe? I get that some people find it boring (I don't) but cringeworthy?

Prophets of War on the other hand.
I guess it doesn't make me cringe, but Repentance does absolutely nothing for me.  :-\
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2017, 11:48:36 AM »
I love "Stand".


For me:

Genesis:  That's All    For the love of God, I hate that song.

Marillion:  Built In Bastard Radar; The Party (actually, any time Hogarth - who I like - slurs his 'esses' in order to sound more sensitive)

Yes:  Circus of Heaven; Arriving UFO
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2017, 11:58:24 AM »
Haken - Earthrise
BTBAM - Croakies & Boatshoes (although I still like this, the last 15 or so seconds are just stupid)
Alter Bridge - My Champion
Avenged Sevenfold - Dear God
Porcupine Tree - Halo (while most of the songs I list I think everything about it is cringeworthy, with this one it's just the lyrics. the lyrics are so obnoxious that I had to list it anyway though)
Destrage - Blah Blah
Dream Theater - Our New World

also not sure if this counts cause it never got released but, probably one of the worst and most cringeworthy songs I heard in my entire life:

Metallica - Vulturus
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2017, 12:00:57 PM »
Because some misguided people will say this, let's just get it out the way now. And I thoroughly do NOT endorse this view. I'm just making a protest at how wrong some of you are:

Dream Theater: Every song from The Astonishing.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2017, 12:10:17 PM »
Quote from: Stadler on May 23, 2017, 11:48:36 AM

Genesis:  That's All    For the love of God, I hate that song.

Worse than I can't dance ?
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2017, 12:10:41 PM »
Quote from: RoeDent on May 23, 2017, 12:00:57 PM
Because some misguided people will say this, let's just get it out the way now. And I thoroughly do NOT endorse this view. I'm just making a protest at how wrong some of you are:

Dream Theater: Every song from The Astonishing.

Oh God. I can see it.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2017, 12:11:18 PM »
Quote from: Train of Naught on May 23, 2017, 11:58:24 AM


Metallica - Vulturus

:rollin WINNER !!

What a diabolical song that is.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2017, 12:34:06 PM »
Dream Theater - Constant Motion, Prophets of War
Rush - Dog Years, Neurotica

But the biggest one for me is....

Jethro Tull - Bungle in the Jungle
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2017, 12:38:18 PM »
Quote from: Train of Naught on May 23, 2017, 11:58:24 AM
Avenged Sevenfold - Dear God

I get why it's listed, but I love that song.  It's just very different from what A7X are, but love it regardless.

I would say...

Iron Maiden - The Angel and the Gambler
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2017, 12:43:55 PM »
Quote from: jammindude on May 23, 2017, 12:34:06 PM
Rush - Dog Years, Neurotica


HAHA, and don't forget the one with "Net boy, net girl!"
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #15 on: May 23, 2017, 12:48:11 PM »
dram tham - build m'up, break m'down
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2017, 12:58:54 PM »
Dream Theater - Losing Faythe
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Weezer - Hash Pipe
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2017, 01:01:56 PM »
I don't see Hash Pipe as cringeworthy.  That's an awesome song.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2017, 01:07:48 PM »
Quote from: Kotowboy on May 23, 2017, 12:43:30 PM
Quote from: cramx3 on May 23, 2017, 12:38:18 PM
Quote from: Train of Naught on May 23, 2017, 11:58:24 AM
Avenged Sevenfold - Dear God




Not This Means War ?

What do you mean?  That song just sounds like Metallica, but it's not cringe worthy.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2017, 01:12:51 PM »
Hope For The Future- Marillion
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #20 on: May 23, 2017, 01:23:11 PM »
Quote from: Stadler on May 23, 2017, 12:43:55 PM
Quote from: jammindude on May 23, 2017, 12:34:06 PM
Rush - Dog Years, Neurotica


HAHA, and don't forget the one with "Net boy, net girl!"
"Virtuality", yeah. I see what they were going for, and it's interesting to see that Neil was thinking about that stuff long before it was on most people's radar, but the actual lyrics are hilariously dated now.
The main riff is still great though.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #21 on: May 23, 2017, 01:34:07 PM »

Quote from: cramx3 on May 23, 2017, 12:38:18 PM
Quote from: Train of Naught on May 23, 2017, 11:58:24 AM
Avenged Sevenfold - Dear God

I get why it's listed, but I love that song.  It's just very different from what A7X are, but love it regardless.

I would say...

Iron Maiden - The Angel and the Gambler


The single edit is SO much better
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #22 on: May 23, 2017, 02:13:06 PM »
Haken - Cockroach King
Ayreon - Journey To Forever, The Breakthrough (lol this song)
Coheed and Cambria - Young Love
Muse - Dig Deep :neverusethis:
Devin Townsend - Wandering Eye

Dream Theater - Enigma Machine
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #23 on: May 23, 2017, 02:18:00 PM »
Metallica - Frantic

Good those are song cringe worthy lyrics.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2017, 02:18:41 PM »
Frantic is a good song tbh.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #25 on: May 23, 2017, 02:27:00 PM »
Quote from: jakepriest on May 23, 2017, 02:18:41 PM
Frantic is a good song tbh.

Well it didn't have much competition on the album that spawned it but still.....

"MY LIFESTYLE, DETERMINES MY DEATH STYLE!"

Come on James, we all know you're better than that.

Also, I'd say Young Love is a pretty good song tbh
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #26 on: May 23, 2017, 02:30:42 PM »
Young Love has that cringe guitar into that's also out of tune.
And dunno, I find the lyrics overall on that album pretty bad. (even though it's not a deciding factor for me)
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #27 on: May 23, 2017, 02:48:29 PM »
My lifestyle Determines my Death style was a Kirk Hammett line.

You see the moment in SKOM where he reads it off his list of lyrics and everyone pretty much laughs.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #28 on: May 23, 2017, 03:20:34 PM »
Quote from: RoeDent on May 23, 2017, 12:00:57 PM
Dream Theater: Every song from The Astonishing.
This :lol


Also most songs on Devin's Dark Matters.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #29 on: May 23, 2017, 03:49:07 PM »
Quote from: RoeDent on May 23, 2017, 12:00:57 PM
Because some misguided people will say this, let's just get it out the way now. And I thoroughly do NOT endorse this view. I'm just making a protest at how wrong some of you are:

Dream Theater: Every song from The Astonishing.

Well, I can't imagine anyone saying this, not even me.  But, I would say most of them.  :rollin  :p
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #30 on: May 23, 2017, 03:58:14 PM »
I don't like some songs on The Astonishing = they're so bad they make me cringe.
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #31 on: May 23, 2017, 04:33:13 PM »
Quote from: Train of Naught on May 23, 2017, 11:58:24 AM
Haken - Earthrise


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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #32 on: May 23, 2017, 04:53:34 PM »
Led Zeppelin - The Crunge
Rush - Tai Shan, Dog Years
Ghost - Idolatrine
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Re: Cringeworthy Songs from Great Bands
« Reply #34 on: May 23, 2017, 05:14:02 PM »
Quote from: Kotowboy on May 23, 2017, 03:58:14 PM
I don't like some songs on The Astonishing = they're so bad they make me cringe.
Nah it's just a 13yo fanfic- tier written a bearded middle age man. The amount of cheese would embarrass Arjen and Disney - lines like "my muuuuusiiiic plaaaaayeeerrr" and "brother can you hear me?" make me more uncomfortable than any horror movie :lol
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