I have to listen to No Doubt’s “Hey Baby” at least three times a day on the radio station they play at my job. And I am seriously ready to kill someone. Don’t get me wrong; I like Gwen Stefani, and just about every song I’ve heard from this group is at least decent, but THIS. . . . .
argh! It’s on AGAIN!
piece of crap has to be the worst excuse for a would-be hit I’ve ever heard! WHY, in the name of all that is good and holy, is this station still playing it? I mean, isn’t the album nearly a year old now?
The stupid chorus of “Hey baby Hey Baby Hey” is drilling itself into the tooth of my brain! I actually went and looked up the lyrics. In one full chorus they repeat:
Hey: 13 times
and
Baby: 10 times
And the chorus is repeated at LEAST 4 times! So I’m getting no less than 52 “Heys” and 40 “Baby”'s in one 4 minute song, for an average of 1 “Hey” or “Baby” every three seconds! Aaagh! Somebody save me!
I agree. I used to like No Doubt, especially their “Tragic Kingdom” album, but they really have gone downhill. The first time I heard “Hey Baby” I thought it was another Brittany Spears wannabe. :eek:
It could be worse. I’ll leave you with the chorus to one of Kylie Minogues “hit” songs.
Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah.
Thank you Lizard. I hated this song ever since it came out. I had more respect for No Doubt until they came out with that crappy song. I too enjoyed the Tragic Kingdom CD but now it seems they have gone the way of many other bands and are more worried about their record sales, MTV TRL junkies, and over all image as hipster trendsetters that they have lost touch with what actually made them enjoyable.
That song is a year old now. What bass-ackwards radio station are you listening to? I heard it enough a year ago for an entire lifetime. The first time I heard it, my jaw was practically on the floor because I just couldn’t believe the direction they were going in. (insert puke smilie here)
Silentgoldfish, I curse the day you were born. I finally had that song electroshocked out of my head and you go and put it back in. A pox on your house, I say.
Jarbaby, jarbaby, j
Jarbaby, jarbaby, j
Jarbaby, jarbaby, j
Jarbaby, jarbaby, j
hmmm…better, butu not much I think I need to go listen to Metal Machine Music to scour Kylie, Gwen, and jar out of my brain.
My coworker has discovered Norah Jones. I liked it the first time I heard it, although I assume she’s paying royalties to the guy that wrote the Peanuts music. But it’s not exactly a song that has staying power - there’s one goddamn refrain throughout the whole thing. She plays that one song over and over and over again, and I can hear it through the goddamn closed door.
Idon’tknowwhyIdidn’tcomenoIdon’tknowwhyIdidn’tcomeno-o-oIdon’tknowwhyIdidn’tcome KILL ME NOW
Gwen’s brother wrote or cowrote a vast majority of the songs on Tragic Kingdom and then left the group to do producing before they hit it big. If you look at the Tragic Kingdom insert, there are five group members instead of four.
What, no one remembers back before Tragic Kingdom, when No Doubt was really good? No surprise–no airplay from those albums.
But if you liked Tragic Kingdom, get No Doubt and The Beacon Street Collection. Good stuff, and it makes you realize just how bad Rocksteady really is.
When I first heard it I thought it sounded like En Vouge. So they’re playing a hip-hop song on the local rock station; that’s kinda weird. My brother didn’t turn it; also kinda weird. So I was listening to it and heard some good back-up music.
I say, “Ya know, some of these studio musicians really put their creative talents into the back-up music for these girl groups.”
Brother answers, “What the hell are you talking about?! This is No Doubt!”
My jaw hit the floor at the same time my face turned red. It seems Eric Stefani really was the most important writer in the group.
I wasn’t too impressed with No Doubt’s earlier stuff. In fact, after hearing the underwhelming self-titled album, the only reason why I bought Tragic Kingdom was because it was a promo copy at a used record store and was priced at $2.99
I haven’t wasted my money on any of the later albums.
