# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/21 "2020-01-23T18:49:39Z")
Badfinger deserves a hand. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/22 "2020-01-23T18:53:02Z")
Certainly not the best movie of either Steve Martin or Eddie Murphy. …oops, sorry, that’s _Bowfinger_. Never mind. ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/23 "2020-01-23T21:18:52Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > 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. That “piece of shit drug show” is widely considered to be the pinnacle of serialized television writing and acting. Don’t know why you had to bash it in this thread for seemingly no reason. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/24 "2020-01-23T21:28:43Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > 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. I grew up in the seventies and knew of Badfinger. Never listened much, never bought an album. Years later, I got into some power pop bands, and Badfinger kept coming up. But due to plenty of other musical interests, again, I never bought an album. Cut to twenty years later and I’m watching the end of _Breaking Bad_, and I hear this amazing song and looked up who recorded it. Guess whose albums I immediately began checking out? Thank fucking god for whoever picked that song to end the show with! As well as the fact that it seems the royalties issues have been settled, and the remaining members will actually get paid now, which is even more important than my musical happiness. ---
**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 24, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/25 "2020-01-24T07:05:50Z")
ogfyels ---
**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 24, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/26 "2020-01-24T07:32:11Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > That “piece of shit drug show” is widely considered to be the pinnacle of serialized television writing and acting. Don’t know why you had to bash it in this thread for seemingly no reason. And what is your opinion of **Badfinger**? The Band, the music, the TOPIC OF THE THREAD? ---
**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 24, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/27 "2020-01-24T07:37:01Z")
It really did take me 20+ minutes to compose myself. I let the dogs out, got them back in and into bed, loved on them a little, did the dishes and came back to this. Sheesh! Hey, _Blind Owl_ and _Timeless_ are great tracks. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/28 "2020-01-24T07:40:12Z")
I remember finding out about them. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/29 "2020-01-24T18:39:49Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > That “piece of shit drug show” is widely considered to be the pinnacle of serialized television writing and acting. Don’t know why you had to bash it in this thread for seemingly no reason. Not to mention that not only did the song fit the scene perfectly, it sparked a resurgence of interest in Badfinger which is much deserved. I think I actually still have my vinyl copy of “Magic Christian Music” purchased contemporaneously with the release of the movie and it’s absolutely in rotation in my car’s USB stick. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/30 "2020-01-24T19:48:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I remember finding out about them. It made my room a little less lonely. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/31 "2020-01-24T20:32:55Z")
> [@bionic\_man](#): > > What do you think (if you remember) of the group Boring, dated shite, is what I think. But then, I’m not a huge fan of the later-period Beatles music they were clearly aping, either. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/32 "2020-01-25T00:06:15Z")
Some excellent power pop songs. I still remember coming out of a restaurant with Mrs. J. sometime in the '70s after a terrible lunch, turning on the car radio and hearing “Guess I got what I deserve”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/33 "2020-01-25T00:07:33Z")
Some excellent power pop songs. I still remember coming out of a restaurant with Mrs. J. sometime in the '70s after a terrible lunch, turning on the car radio and hearing “Guess I got what I deserve”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/34 "2020-01-25T00:22:40Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I let the dogs out I was wondering who did that. ---
**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 25, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/35 "2020-01-25T01:15:02Z")
> [@shstrang98](#): > > I bought “No Dice” on CD decades ago. I always liked “No Matter”. That’s one of their best albums. I would say that, the follow-up _Straight Up_ and _Wish You Were Here_ are essential to any lovers of power pop. It you’re into acts like Big Star, the Raspberries, the Move, Cheap Trick, etc., I think Badfinger is essential in that lineage. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/36 "2020-01-25T03:51:42Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > I was wondering who did that. One song Bowfinger did _not_ cover. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/37 "2020-01-29T07:38:36Z")
I hear the opening chords of “No Matter What” when I think of Badfinger. Having had a look at the Wikipedia page for the song, I learned that R.E.M. once did a cover for a fan club single! I might want to track that down. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829/38 "2020-01-29T08:08:09Z")
I saw Badfinger and Pure Prairie League at the Whisky a Go Go around 1971. Badfinger was MUCH too loud for that space. PPL was beautiful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-badfinger/846829.md?page=1)