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jiffer
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Barenaked Ladies: why they are totally kewl
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Jun 16 03:36 UTC 1997 |
Barenaked Ladies: why we love them so much? you explain
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orinoco
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response 1 of 25:
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Jun 16 15:11 UTC 1997 |
Because they're NUTS! 'Nuff said.
I ran into them a couple years ago, when some friends from Canada played me
Gordon, and fell in love.
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senna
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response 2 of 25:
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Jun 17 06:33 UTC 1997 |
I probably met them, but I don't remember because i was a little young at the
time.
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jiffer
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response 3 of 25:
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Jun 17 12:09 UTC 1997 |
Met them? nono steve, not literal bare naked ladies! ;)
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senna
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response 4 of 25:
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Jun 18 06:49 UTC 1997 |
No, the band, Jen. You forget. I've done quite a bit in Toronto.
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jiffer
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response 5 of 25:
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Jun 18 21:25 UTC 1997 |
i don't wanna know! please! keep my ears innocent!
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kewy
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response 6 of 25:
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Jun 19 13:41 UTC 1997 |
i love the barenaked ladies.. they're just cool enough not to take themselves
so seriously like so many people do, and many of there songs are with no
conciquence (no i can't spell), for the most part it's happy music. i have
born on a pirate ship b/c while i was at wazoo, i was trying to decide between
gordon, the other one, and boapc... born on a pirate ship's pretty good, but
i kinda wish i would have gotten another one, or still hope to get one, once
i get money...
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orinoco
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response 7 of 25:
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Jun 19 19:10 UTC 1997 |
Hmm...gordon's the only one I've heard...how does it compare to the others?
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senna
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response 8 of 25:
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Jun 19 20:30 UTC 1997 |
If i was in a band I'd never take myself seriously :) I love all sorts of
art that doens't take itself seriously (such as The Lost World, which I liked
but many others didn't. Doesn't matter, because it was tongue-in-cheek most
of the way).
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jiffer
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response 9 of 25:
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Jun 19 21:46 UTC 1997 |
if you ever get _Rock Spectacle_ you have to listen to the very end! And the
_Uncle Erwyn_ song! they recorded that one live in Chicago! its a total
laughing trip!
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kewy
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response 10 of 25:
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Jun 24 17:49 UTC 1997 |
is that the first album?
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jiffer
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response 11 of 25:
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Jun 24 23:47 UTC 1997 |
i don't think it is.... i think its recent. Cos they have some of the same
songs on that as the _Raised on a Pirate ship_ album.
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bce
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response 12 of 25:
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Aug 20 21:09 UTC 1998 |
The first is "Gordon". Then came "Maybe you Should Drive". Then came
"BOAPC". Then Rlock Spectacle, then Stunt. Gordon and MYSD are still my
faves, but Stunt is also got some great stuff on it.
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senna
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response 13 of 25:
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Aug 21 14:16 UTC 1998 |
Heh. You'll be lucky if popularity doesn't kill them.
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pez
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response 14 of 25:
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Oct 3 19:42 UTC 1998 |
I've begun listening to lots of Barenaked Ladies.. good stuff
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kewy
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response 15 of 25:
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Nov 30 04:30 UTC 1998 |
Yeah, Barenaked ladies are my favorite. And I finally got to see them
live this summer, after wanting to since June of '94. They are *GREAT*
I'll be seeing them again on Dec. 27th, and I'm already so excited about
the show.
Maybe you should drive seems to be my favorite, but Gordon, BOAPS and
Rock Spectacle are really close behind. Stunt, I wasn't too impressed
with at first, but now after pulling it back out and listening to it a
little bit more, I've recently come to like it.
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lumen
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response 16 of 25:
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Mar 8 23:56 UTC 1999 |
I do hope they don't get ruined by crass commercialism.
Radio stations played "Two Weeks" to the point of saturating the market.
brrrrr...I grew to loathe that song
I mean, where are other bands like Crash Test Dummies and They Might Be
Giants, which I think could be in the same folk rock category?
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orinoco
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response 17 of 25:
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Mar 9 02:01 UTC 1999 |
Both those bands had their 15 minutes of fame too.
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lumen
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response 18 of 25:
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Mar 10 22:16 UTC 1999 |
Excuse me, that should be "One Week." Apologies to all Barenaked Ladies
fans. I mentioned the bands that I did because I see them belonging to
a similar movement in music-- They Might Be Giants makes political
references, Crash Test Dummies made references to English literature,
and Barenaked Ladies make references to other songs. So why aren't they
in the limelight in the same year?
btw, I think They Might Be Giants lasted a little longer than 15 mins,
but I'm nitpicking.
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bookworm
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response 19 of 25:
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Mar 12 06:02 UTC 1999 |
They Might Be Giants are Americans.
Bare Naked Ladies are Canadian.
So far as I know, and I'm seriously out of the information loop, Bare
Naked Ladies only recently became popular in the US. They're
megapopular in Canada.
This recent song, One Week, is their first release in the US, anyway.
Maybe they wanted to try us out and see what happened.
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lumen
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response 20 of 25:
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Mar 12 06:32 UTC 1999 |
Uh, no, it wasn't their first release-- they did play "If I Had A
Million Dollars" from _Gordon_ from time to time.
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katie
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response 21 of 25:
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Mar 12 07:01 UTC 1999 |
...and "Enid" and "Yoko Ono"...
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bookworm
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response 22 of 25:
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Mar 12 07:23 UTC 1999 |
Okay. Like I said. I'm *seriously* out of the information loop.
I only got hooked on BNL a few years ago when I made a trip to Canada.
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orinoco
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response 23 of 25:
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Mar 12 21:42 UTC 1999 |
Yeah, I found out about them from Canadian friends back when "Gordon" first
came out. I actually don't really like anything I've heard of theirs since,
but there were a few songs on Gordon that I really liked.
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kewy
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response 24 of 25:
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Mar 14 22:02 UTC 1999 |
I'm really curious now to see what their next album is going to sound
like... It's hard to describe their change in sound, but things really
have changed from Gordon to Stunt. I must say I like everyone of their
almbus though, even if Stunt gets the least praise. I'm really hoping
they come around again this summer because the fact remains, whatever is
on their album at the time, the Barenaked Ladies live shows are awesome.
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