Blogcritics: Comments on Barenaked Ladies - Everything To Everyone

Comment by Tom Johnson

Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:19:56 EST

There's funny, and there's stupid. "Another Postcard" is stupid, plain and simple. Regardless of style, the lyrics are bad and dumb. It sounds like a desperate attempt to come up with another "One Week." I couldn't stand that song either, but it was catchy and at least it wasn't as just-plain-bad as "Another Postcard."

Comment by Antoinette

Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:11:04 EST

WHAT? Another Postcard is hilarious! The point here in humor. So the song isn't a style you like, but just listen to the lyrics, it is meant to be funny.

Comment by Taloran

Sat, 15 Nov 2003 20:25:00 EST

Good grief, MD, I'd rather be thrown out of an airplane. ;-)

Comment by Mac Diva

Sat, 15 Nov 2003 20:21:44 EST

Tal, you know what psychologists do to cure people who fear heights or are afraid to fly, right? Maybe if you listen to the songs you don't like and work up to hearing that one 1000 times. . . .-:)

Comment by Taloran

Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:51:56 EST

Every tune on Super Session by Michael Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills sends me to another planet, except Man's Temptation, which I absolutely cannot stomach and skip past every time. So I understand completely what Mark is saying in the post and in comment 3.

Comment by Natalie Davis

Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:00:57 EST

I really like the Ladies. Then again, I like TMBG too. And Moxy Fruvous too.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Sat, 15 Nov 2003 17:37:27 EST

Their verson of "Fight the Power" (that I got on some label sampler at least ten years ago) was the only song I liked by then for a long time. Now I like them pretty well. Even people who don't like them say they are great live. And they blog.

Comment by Craig

Sat, 15 Nov 2003 17:20:48 EST

For an MP3 of the (very rarely played) Fight The Power, try http://kingjeff.bnluk.net/boston.html.

Comment by visualsimplicity

Wed, 5 Nov 2003 02:19:37 EST

Nice review. You're actually tempting me to give these guys a listen, but... Nah. I can't stand these guys. They were the writers of one of the worst lyric I have ever heard in a song. I think it went something like... "I don't make movies, but if I did, I'd have a samurai." Like, yeah...

Comment by Mark Saleski

Tue, 4 Nov 2003 22:46:38 EST

MD, it's really a rare thing for me to skip a song on a recording....but there's just something about those particular tunes that really gets on my nerves.] they remind me of all They Might Be Giants songs (none of which i can stand).

Comment by Mac Diva

Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:09:43 EST

I think both the title and the mixed content are a kind of self-mockery for the group, Mark. And, they are right. BNL is one of the few groups I know my young rap-influenced friends, rock enthusiasts, indie fans, blues heads and even two pals who are composers of classical music like. I think they are celebrating the irony. In regard to songs you don't like at first, don't you find that if you listen to them along with the rest, instead of interrupting the album, they grow on you? Not to the point of loving them, but to the extent you can tolerate them at least.

Comment by Tom Johnson

Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:23:11 EST

I actually quite like the album. Aside from "Another Postcard," I think it's easily their strongest album, and even don't mind "Shopping" (I don't love it, either, however, and would have rather seen it as a b-side,) which I've found is being received by most people the same way you did. But "Another Postcard" - God, did we really need another Chumbawumba-inspired song from them? Did the world need another Chumbawumba-inspired song, period? It puts a dent in what I see as a very strong, mature album. Will it survive the test of time for me? No telling yet - but I think it'll survive at least longer than their others have.