Comments on: Song, by Toad’s FM Friendly American Dad-Rock Shitfest

By: Hot like wasabi when I bust rhymes | A Free Man

Hot like wasabi when I bust rhymes | A Free Man — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:56:44 +0000

[...] who is rapidly becoming my favorite music blogger, has been writing a lot about “Dad Rock” lately. You know the genre, the kind of music that your Dad sings along to when it came on the radio, the [...]

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:31:09 +0000

Dave Fucking Matthews, I think you’ll find.

By: Campfires & Battlefields

Campfires & Battlefields — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:27:34 +0000

Also – what was Gareth Brooks alter ego called? Sure he released albums under a different name. Changed his hair colour and everything.

I believe you are referring to Chris Gaines, which is to Garth Brooks what Mumford & Sons is to Dave Matthews.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:31:30 +0000

I don’t entirely diasgree, Euan. I just really do not at all like recent Counting Crows stuff. I thought Hard Candy was awful, although there were a couple of surprisingly decent b-sides on the singles. Their earlier stuff was great, but they became such a watered down version of themselves that I really lost all interest.

Recent Snow Patrol is equally shit, in my view, but Gary Lightbody isn’t a complete buffoon. As you say, The Reindeer Section stuff was brilliant. Their first album is patchy, but genuinely interesting and has some great moments, and their second album is just plain excellent. I didn’t even mind Final Straw particularly, although the last two have been truly awful.

So I think we sort of agree for the most part.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:11:26 +0000

i heard the new Snow Patrol single on Jools Holland the other night….kinda liked it….

Apart from that i agree with everything Euan said about CC

By: thesteinbergprinciple

thesteinbergprinciple — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:06:03 +0000

Also – what was Gareth Brooks alter ego called? Sure he released albums under a different name. Changed his hair colour and everything.

By: thesteinbergprinciple

thesteinbergprinciple — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:05:03 +0000

Back to this nonsense about Counting Crows being Dad Rock. Matthew – that’s a crock of shit my friend. Snow Patrol got bad. Counting Crows just kept doing what they’ve always done – perhaps not as well but not badly. August and Everything After and indeed Recovering the Satellites are brilliant albums. This Desert Life is also a good album and Hard Candy isn’t bad either – so a bit more polished it has some lovely tunes on it. I’m not having you compare them to Snow Patrol. At least Counting Crows can still write a good tune. Have you heard that piece of shit that SP have just released? That’s just not on. Why did Gary Lightbody not just stick with The Reindeer Section? Adam Duritz wanks all over GL as a songwriter, from a great height. Shocking comparison.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:51:44 +0000

i don;t think i’ve ever heard a Garth Brooks song all the way through….

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:49:56 +0000

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain….was the one that got me by the balls

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:49:42 +0000

Garth Brooks is not even as good as MOR country-lite.