# Your opinion of Badfinger **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829 "2020-01-23T01:36:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bionic\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/1 "2020-01-23T01:36:59Z")
What do you think (if you remember) of the group. bad finger??:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/2 "2020-01-23T01:38:19Z")
They were good in **The Magic Christian.** ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/3 "2020-01-23T01:43:09Z")
Much of their work was outstanding, especially the stuff produced by Todd Rundgren. But pretty much any critique of them (positive or negative) is colored by the band’s horrible demise. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/4 "2020-01-23T01:45:32Z")
Fantastic stuff. Don’t know the story of the band (like I have no idea what their horrible demise is), but juicy power pop. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/5 "2020-01-23T01:50:17Z")
_Two_ horrible demises. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/6 "2020-01-23T01:51:47Z")
I think of them as the evolutionary link between the Beatles and Wings; even more so than McCartney’s solo work in 1970. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/7 "2020-01-23T01:54:12Z")
I love them. They’re power pop nobility with an interesting (the Beatles and Apple connection), but utter tragic history. They were scammed hard by their manager which led to the end of the group and maybe two suicides. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/8 "2020-01-23T02:27:32Z")
Damn. Looks like I gots some reading to do tonight. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/9 "2020-01-23T02:31:52Z")
When I saw the thread title I said “brilliant music, tragic story.” Sounds like I’m in the majority here. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/10 "2020-01-23T02:32:34Z")
I think that one suicide is considered a pretty settled question. I was just listening this morning and happened to review their story on wiki, it’s worth noting that some of their recorded work in the early 70’s was put out in haste, under pressure, and may suffer for it. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/11 "2020-01-23T02:40:32Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Damn. Looks like I gots some reading to do tonight. Some people well and truly suck. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/12 "2020-01-23T03:27:14Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Some people well and truly suck. _reads up on it_ Damn. Special circle of hell for people like Stan Polley, I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/13 "2020-01-23T03:39:36Z")
> [@digs](#): > > When I saw the thread title I said “brilliant music, tragic story.” > > Sounds like I’m in the majority here. Aye; that’s pretty much what I thought too. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/14 "2020-01-23T04:26:04Z")
I can remember my dad playing a Badfinger record frequently when I was a kid - in particular, _Fool And His Money._ And I remember enjoying it a lot. He explained to me the connection with the Beatles, which I could hear in the sound. Sometime recently, maybe last year, I was riding in the car with my dad and he played a CD that contained that song. Initially I felt a fond nostalgia for the song. Then after a little while I was like, “God, this song is repetitive. It’s the same lyrics and the same melody over and over again.” It’s very strange, it’s like it hit me at that very moment and I haven’t been able to really appreciate the song since. It’s like there’s just something missing, a bridge or a solo or a chord substitution that SHOULD have been placed somewhere, but wasn’t. That’s only one song though. _Baby Blue_ has stood the test of time. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/15 "2020-01-23T04:35:59Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > I can remember my dad playing a Badfinger record frequently when I was a kid - in particular, _Fool And His Money._ And I remember enjoying it a lot. He explained to me the connection with the Beatles, which I could hear in the sound. Sometime recently, maybe last year, I was riding in the car with my dad and he played a CD that contained that song. Initially I felt a fond nostalgia for the song. Then after a little while I was like, “God, this song is repetitive. It’s the same lyrics and the same melody over and over again.” It’s very strange, it’s like it hit me at that very moment and I haven’t been able to really appreciate the song since. It’s like there’s just something missing, a bridge or a solo or a chord substitution that SHOULD have been placed somewhere, but wasn’t… You’re talking about “Come And Get It” a Paul McCartney song written and produced for Badfinger. Repetitive works for a movie soundtrack. “Without You” an epic song, and epic recording by Harry Nilsson was originally a Badfinger song written by Pete Ham. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/16 "2020-01-23T04:37:16Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > I can remember my dad playing a Badfinger record frequently when I was a kid - in particular, _Fool And His Money._ And I remember enjoying it a lot. He explained to me the connection with the Beatles, which I could hear in the sound. Sometime recently, maybe last year, I was riding in the car with my dad and he played a CD that contained that song. Initially I felt a fond nostalgia for the song. Then after a little while I was like, “God, this song is repetitive. It’s the same lyrics and the same melody over and over again.” It’s very strange, it’s like it hit me at that very moment and I haven’t been able to really appreciate the song since. It’s like there’s just something missing, a bridge or a solo or a chord substitution that SHOULD have been placed somewhere, but wasn’t. > > . That song (“Come and Get it”) was originally intended for the Beatles’ _Abbey Road_; an album with a lot of brief fragmentary songs. It was then repurposed for the soundtrack to \*The Magic Christian \* as a linking devise between scenes, so it’s really more of a jingle than an actual song. ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/17 "2020-01-23T13:48:54Z")
> [@K364](#): > > You’re talking about “Come And Get It” a Paul McCartney song written and produced for Badfinger. Repetitive works for a movie soundtrack. > > “Without You” an epic song, and epic recording by Harry Nilsson was originally a Badfinger song written by Pete Ham. …AND Tom Evans! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro ---
**Author:** ![shstrang98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@shstrang98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shstrang98)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/18 "2020-01-23T16:25:58Z")
I bought “No Dice” on CD decades ago. I always liked “No Matter”. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/19 "2020-01-23T16:57:09Z")
I always liked “Perfection”. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/20 "2020-01-23T18:18:02Z")
Great band. Love them. Criminally under-rated and such a sad history. 2 other thoughts: Hanging yourself would be a shit way to go, and I fucking hate it that _Baby Blue_ was used in that piece of shit drug show. Fucking nearly ruins it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829.md?page=2)