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I hate Everclear

DanimalDanimal Posts: 2,000
edited July 2007 in Other Music
No idea why I had to post this, but I did. I got it off my chest and now I feel better.

Good day, sir.

I SAID GOOD DAY SIR!
"I don't believe in PJ fans but I believe there is something, not too sure what." - Thoughts_Arrive


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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Their music is shit
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    The 1st two albums were excellent the last 5 sucked balls.
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Cant stand anything about them, hate their sound, lyrics, image
    Alpine Valley 2000
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    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • Yellow BedwetterYellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    the drink or that really shitty awful band
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    the drink or that really shitty awful band

    I think I would take a shot of that over listening to one of their songs
    Alpine Valley 2000
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  • DanimalDanimal Posts: 2,000
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    I think I would take a shot of that over listening to one of their songs

    Too bad Everclear the drink makes you go blind and not deaf so I would never have to hear these arseholes again.
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  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,182
    I liked a few songs from So Much For The Afterglow, but that's about it
  • pjtaperpjtaper Posts: 3,020
    me too, but I hate Chris Cornell more... much better music, much bigger jerk!
  • DanimalDanimal Posts: 2,000
    pjtaper wrote:
    me too, but I hate Chris Cornell more... much better music, much bigger jerk!

    I am starting to think you secretly love CC.
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  • reversedarwinismreversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    Danimal wrote:
    No idea why I had to post this, but I did. I got it off my chest and now I feel better.

    Good day, sir.

    I SAID GOOD DAY SIR!

    me too. Involuntary eye roll when I hear an everclear song.
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  • KravenKraven Posts: 829
    I used to love Everclear, their first 3 albums and their 5th are great, but their 6th sucked and I never bought the 7th cuz its not Everclear anymore its just Art Alexakis with 5 other dudes instead of just the drummer and the bassist.
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,749
    Danimal wrote:
    No idea why I had to post this, but I did. I got it off my chest and now I feel better.

    Good day, sir.

    I SAID GOOD DAY SIR!

    Art is a real jerk!
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    I like them! Well I liked their first few albums anyway, Sparkle and Fade is a wicked album.

    Only heard the single from the last record, and it sounded like shit, so haven't bothered with them since.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    i remember seeing live clips of them on MTV back in the day and my god were they terrible live!
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    sparkle & fade. i have nothing more constructive to say.
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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    Im not really a fan..although I like some songs from "afterglow" They really suck live.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Man, that shit will fuck you up.........oh, you're talking about the band? Sorry..:o
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  • ISUalISUal Posts: 40
    Sparkle and Fade was a damn good album. Everything else = shit...
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  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    Mushmouthmatt wrote:
    i remember seeing live clips of them on MTV back in the day and my god were they terrible live!

    I saw them live in concert twice, and no, they weren't terrible live. if they had been terrible, I wouldn't have seen them a second time. they actually put on a pretty good show both times.

    and like the poster above me said, "Sparkle and Fade" WAS a damn good album. imo, the songs "Elektra Made Me Blind" and "My Sexual Life" are 2 of the best songs to come out of the 90s. there were a couple good songs on the first album, then S&F was mostly good, then there were a couple good songs of the 3rd album. after that, I pretty much stopped listening to them.

    now I'm not saying they're up there with PJ, AIC, and some of the other great bands from the 90s. but I DO say they were better than 90% of what came out then, at least until they tried to go poppy on the 3rd album. I suggest listening to those 2 songs I mentioned though, I love both of them.
  • StoveStove Posts: 342
    Longtime Everclear fan here. I can see why people might not like Everclear, I’ve heard varying opinions about Art depending on when & how you meet him. 
      Having said, their contributions to 90s rock are undeniable. “So Much For The Afterglow” is a masterpiece  “Wonderful” was adopted by the victims of the Columbine Massacre. 
       I like many fans missed the old line up. Everclear is clearly Art’s vehicle.
       On the lyrics & songs, I think much of the appeal is the directness & simplicity. Whether  you’ve experienced it or not, Art does paint as someone said masterful pictures from a songwriting perspective. Which is any great successful songwriting. Tom Petty comes to mind (whom they’ve covered) 
      I always wanted to see them, but as I’ve read his voice is pretty rough & they tuned their guitars  down. They secured their place in rock history for those that their music played an important role in.
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,795
    They have some great catchy songs. 
    "every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers"




  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,017
    I don't understand how anyone can hate any music or say that music is shit.  
    Granted, there is music that doesn't work for me.  There is even music that I find very irritating.   But why hate it?  Just don't listen to it and find something you like.  If you work in a place where it's being played and you have no choice but to have to listen to it, don't hate the music.  Direct your anger toward the person or persons who don't take your feeling into account.  It's not the music that is bad.  There is not such thing as "bad music".
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,795
    brianlux said:
    I don't understand how anyone can hate any music or say that music is shit.  
    Granted, there is music that doesn't work for me.  There is even music that I find very irritating.   But why hate it?  Just don't listen to it and find something you like.  If you work in a place where it's being played and you have no choice but to have to listen to it, don't hate the music.  Direct your anger toward the person or persons who don't take your feeling into account.  It's not the music that is bad.  There is not such thing as "bad music".
    ever listened to Nickelback? haha
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,017
    edited April 8
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    I don't understand how anyone can hate any music or say that music is shit.  
    Granted, there is music that doesn't work for me.  There is even music that I find very irritating.   But why hate it?  Just don't listen to it and find something you like.  If you work in a place where it's being played and you have no choice but to have to listen to it, don't hate the music.  Direct your anger toward the person or persons who don't take your feeling into account.  It's not the music that is bad.  There is not such thing as "bad music".
    ever listened to Nickelback? haha

    LOL,poor Nickelback.  

    Well, let's take "How You Remind Me" as an example.  Like the other songs of theirs I've heard, it sounds very generic to me.  Do I hate it?  Nahh.  Have I ever listened to an entire album of theirs?  Nahh.  But a lot of people do and I'm happy for them.

    Now let's go for something more challenging, a band that has been heavily trashed over the years:  The Shaggs, My Pal Foot Foot.  Do I hate it?  Not at all! Do I like it?  Not really, but I totally mesmerized by how unusual they were.  I could almost like this even:

    But then, I'm a huge Albert Ayler fan, so maybe don't ask me about these things.  :lol:
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    -Roberto Benigni











  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,017
    Oh... and "Albert who?" you say?
    This amazing soul (start at 3:34)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5IaU5_ey2I
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,795
    I have a healthy dislike for nickelback. Generic, overproduced (and often) misogynistic trash. And I was all in on most “post grunge” bands like Puddle of Mudd and Three Days Grace. I actually liked NB in the beginning…then Chad found his formula and stuck with it. 
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,254
    I definitely didn't wake up today imagining I would be reviewing old Everclear songs to remind myself if they suck or not.... Conclusion: yes, they do. I can't listen to one second more!
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  • curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,021
    Aw, man. "Santa Monica" remains one of my all-time favorite songs. I can't say I cared much for other songs of theirs that I heard, but "Santa Monica" picks me up when I'm having a bad day.  Call it a guilty pleasure if you must.
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  • Attaway77Attaway77 Posts: 3,523
    "Sparkle And Fade" ........  "So Much For The Afterglow"

    Damn good 90's albums, simple and fun with some great songs.
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  • DE4173DE4173 Posts: 1,557
    edited April 9
    Oh man, there was a girl way back on the PJ AOL forum that dubbed Sparkle and Fade on one side and another local (to her) band on cassette and sent it to me. She was from San Diego, but currently (then) lived in DC. I met up with her and five or so other AOL forum people for Randall's Island.

    Anyway, carry on😄
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