Gnarls Barkley

The only reason people ''hate'' Crazy was cos it was a massive commercial success, and we all know it's way uncool to like popular stuff. To me, Crazy is a perfect single. Great vocals, great production, hooks galore. What's to hate?

St Elsewhere is awesome, but then DM doesn't do bad music. Only track on the album I genuinely disliked is the one they're just about to drop as their second single, ironically. Not quite as flawless as Demon D's, but the best thing Cee-Lo's done since a certain De La Soul collaboration.

My fave De La track btw. 👆

Originally posted by Deathblow
The only reason people ''hate'' Crazy was cos it was a massive commercial success, and we all know it's way uncool to like popular stuff. To me, Crazy is a perfect single. Great vocals, great production, hooks galore. What's to hate?

What's to hate? People who don't necessarily like "singles" might not care what a perfect single is, and therefore hate the song. I don't listen to the radio or anything, so the overplaying doesn't matter to me. I've heard the song no more than 10 times, maybe less. The reasons I dislike that song are:

A) I just don't think it's a good song, or at least anything I haven't heard done better decades ago, but better singers.

Actually just A, it has nothing to do with popularity. I like many popular bands who have been bandwagonned to pathetic degrees. I just hate how the public collectively like a new song and as a result, call it great. Purely because it makes them feel as though they have good taste, like Coldplay. I saw it coming the first time I even heard that song.

I don't think it's a bad song, I just don't think it's particularly good, or anywhere near as good as everyone is going on about. It's the classic case of the Emperor's new clothes for 06.

-AC

Originally posted by Deathblow
The only reason people ''hate'' Crazy was cos it was a massive commercial success, and we all know it's way uncool to like popular stuff. To me, Crazy is a perfect single. Great vocals, great production, hooks galore. What's to hate?

I dont hate it because of the popularity, I hate it because its not the style of music I like. I can dislike a song if I dont like a particular aspect, I hate this one because nothing about it appeals to me. I hate the vocals, I hate the lyrics, I hate the music, I hate the fact that its been thrashed on the radio. That 'Love Generation' song was thrashed all the way through summer, and I hated the song to start with, so it just pushed me to disliking it even more when the only song I hear through the day is 'Feel the love generation....'. Go for the artists who made it, woot they made a popular song which will make them money, go them. I dont care, I personally dont like the song.

Popularity doesnt equal good, more often it equals marketability. I like some of the popular stuff at the moment, and I also dislike some of the popular stuff at the moment, but over the last year, my personal taste in music has refined, I used to listen to everything, but now I've found my little spot. This song doesnt fit into that spot.

Sigh. Ok, fine. Howbout, ''the reason why a lot of people (I'm not of course referring to anyone on this forum) hate it...is due to popularity''. Can I go now?

Originally posted by Deathblow
Sigh. Ok, fine. Howbout, ''the reason why a lot of people (I'm not of course referring to anyone on this forum) hate it...is due to popularity''. Can I go now?

No, go sit in the corner and think about what you've done schmoll

other good songs on the cd are smiley faces, the boogie monster (sick song), gone daddy gone, and the title track st. elsewhere is good