# Bottom 5 Songs from Your Favorite Band? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188 "2003-11-09T05:22:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/21 "2003-11-13T11:09:55Z")
Pink Floyd **Ludovic** Yeah, Atom heart Mother is pretty sucky but I _like_ Saucerful of Secrets, I second the rest. However I don’t have it to hand but there’s a lot of crap on the soundtrack to ‘More’ sorry I can’t name the tracks right now, maybe if I can bear to play it later. Frank Zappa. Off the top of my head (I know there are worse) In France Jumbo go away Cocaine Decisions Dead Girls of London Yo Cats Steely Dan: Still working on this, maybe one or two off the first album? \*\*Interrobang!?\*\*My list of Beatles songs would be different, all the McCartney whimsical stuff Mawell’s Silver Hammer, Your Mother Would Know, When I’m 64 ugh! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/22 "2003-11-13T13:22:03Z")
OTOH, I think “Atom Heart Mother” is one of Floyd’s best pieces. Just plain brilliant, and before their mucic was Watered down for general consumption. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/23 "2003-11-13T13:45:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Forty-Six&Two \* > \*\*Metallica > > 1.) Purify > 2.) Poor Twisted Me > 3.) Cure > 4.) Through The Never > 5.) Thorn Within > > Unfortunate blemishes on a near perfect archive of songs. \*\* I love _Through the Never_ and _Thorn Within_. Are you one of the fortunate few who liked St. Anger? (I gather from your nick that you’re a Tool fan. Any songs of theirs that you don’t care for?) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/24 "2003-11-13T14:20:03Z")
Jerry and the Boys 1. What’s Become of Baby? Sorry, nitrous oxide gives me a headache and that’s the only way the song is decipherable. 2. From the Heart of Me. Shakedown Street is a hit and miss album. This was a miss. 3. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away. Wake of The Flood could have been a certifable masterpiece (some folks think it is). Keith’s lame vocals and the horn section ruin it for me. Shut up and play your piano, Keith. And quit nodding off. 4. Row Jimmy. Another from Wake of the Flood, except the studio version is fine - it is the live versions that were always waaaaayyyyy tooooooo slllloooooowwwww. Beer and bathroom break before the end of the first set - I’ll be back in my seat before Weir says “We’re gonna take a short break so everyone…hang loose.” 5. Hell in A Bucket. “Hurry up, man…we’re gonna be late.” “Shut up…you know they’re gonna start with “Hell In A Bucket” and you’ve heard it a million times.” “Yeah, I guess you’re right. Where are the matches?” ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/25 "2003-11-13T14:24:33Z")
**RealityChuck** _Water_ed down? OK I’ll give AHM a quick listen tonight, but there are no excuses for Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/26 "2003-11-13T16:35:58Z")
Fun topic: **Pearl Jam** 1. hey,sexymophandlemomathat’sme 2. bugs 3. Lukin 4. Do the Evolution 5. Spin the black circle **Weird Al Yankovic** 1. Young Dumb & Ugly 2. Slime creature from outer space 3. Achy Breaky Song 4. Headline News 5. Toothless People ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/27 "2003-11-13T16:42:59Z")
Funny. I don’t like Pearl Jam, but I _love_ Spin the black circle. 🙂 **46&2** : I know Time & Motion isn’t a bad song, technically, but I hate it. I’m all for the weird stuff, strange rhythms, what have you, but T&M just fails to amuse me. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/28 "2003-11-13T18:30:42Z")
**Chuck** , I think a lot of their pre-Mega-era stuff (especially the vocal pieces on _More_,) is brilliant, but suffer in the execution. The AHMS is no exception. Probably the worst execution-to-potential ratio of any Floyd tune. The non-vocal pieces on _More_, on the other hand, I actually debated including. But they, despite not being much of anything, are actually executed fairly well. And they arent long enough to be as annoying as my other nominations 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/29 "2003-11-13T19:04:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > **Funny. I don’t like Pearl Jam, but I _love_ Spin the black circle. 🙂** So it makes perfect sense that a Pearl Jam fan would hate it, no? ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/30 "2003-11-13T20:09:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > **Funny. I don’t like Pearl Jam, but I _love_ Spin the black circle. 🙂** So it makes perfect sense that a Pearl Jam fan would hate it, no? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_scratch\_fever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Cat\_scratch\_fever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_scratch_fever)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/31 "2003-11-13T21:24:30Z")
Gonzoron - Don’t forget Weird Al’s Buckingham Blues ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/32 "2003-11-13T22:01:07Z")
XTC 1. The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead 2. Standing In For Joe 3. Most of White Music 4. Books Are Burning 5. Any live recording other than X-Wires ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/33 "2003-11-13T22:13:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cat scratch fever \* > \*\*Gonzoron - Don’t forget Weird Al’s > > Buckingham Blues \*\* At the time it wasn’t so bad. (to me at least). Now, it feels kinda oogy to listen to. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/34 "2003-11-13T22:55:40Z")
I may be the only **Poco** fan here, but for every Richie Furay/Paul Cotton/Rusty Young gem like “Crazy Eyes” or “Bad Weather”, there’s an embarrassingly schmaltzy: Whatever Happened to Your Smile This Old Flame Me and You Sittin’ on a Fence How Many Moods Even the names are schmaltzy. … Can we just call a really syrupy, insipid song a “My Love”, after sir Paul? ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/35 "2003-11-14T01:01:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Captain Lance Murdoch \* > \*\*XTC > > 1. The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead > \*\* Awwwww…that song would probably be in my XTC top ten. Jon ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/36 "2003-11-14T02:30:38Z")
**Pink Floyd** Shine on You Crazy Diamond (not sure why, just never struck me) Echoes (Because my sister used to scare the crap outta me with this when I was a mere pre-schooler. You gotta admit, it’s pretty spooky sounding from a three year old’s perspective) Run Like Hell (I don’t hate it, but it’s not among those that I really actively like) Um, wow. I can only think of three right off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![thermalribbon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@thermalribbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thermalribbon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/37 "2003-11-14T02:44:18Z")
I’ll seeyou Plnnrm and raise you 5 more songs that managed to wear on me over 15 years or so. 1. Must’ve Been The Roses (Weak Jerry Ballad That Never Did It For Me) 2. Passenger (Maybe the Least Groovin’ Dead Tune) 3. Stagger Lee (Payed It Way Too Much) 4. Doin’ That Rag (Typifies the 60’s Dead That Is Lost On Me) 5. Rain/Baba O’ Riley (Bad 90’s Era Covers w/ too Much Vince Vocals) ---
**Author:** ![hansolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@hansolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hansolo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/38 "2003-11-14T07:27:01Z")
1. Electronic Renaissance is the only B&S song i like )= ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/39 "2003-11-14T12:02:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by interface2x \* > \*\*Yeah, I’ll play. > > My all-time favorite is **Depeche Mode** , so here goes. > > 1. Flexible (ugh!) > 2. Work Hard > 3. My Joy > 4. Love In Itself > 5. Nodisco \*\* You’re crazy! 🙂 Work Hard and Nodisco are very cool songs. Here’s my list of the 5 worst DM songs (ignoring instrumental songs and the interludes): 1. What’s your name? 2. Flexible (I agree it is pretty bad) 3. Death’s Door 4. My Joy (again I agree) 5. Get right with me ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188/40 "2003-11-14T13:20:26Z")
Never got to hear a Dead “Passenger” except for tapes (they had stopped playing it), but Phil and Friends do a terrific version of it. I’m with you on the Vince material though - never could understand that choice except “Who are we going to get to play keyboards now?” “I don’t know and I don’t care - just hire somebody.” “OK, sounds like a plan. How 'bout this guy?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottom-5-songs-from-your-favorite-band/212188.md?page=3)