Worst song on KROQ's 25 Most Requested Songs of All-Time (2006)

also wtf at the comments on Ball and Chain upthread, that song is immortal

what the hell, under the bridge is like the 2nd best song on here.

Maybe it's a west coast thing

I get "Under the Bridge" fatigue but when that shit was fresh it was welcome as hell

Such nice hendrixy guitar. The lyrics are pretty lousy apart from the first verse.

that ride-out riff from Frusciante is all-time

kiedis's wretched singing throughout, how can anyone bear it, I ask you.

normally I hate the sound of Kiedis' throaty singing voice and prefer when he does more of his funk staccato or doesn't draw attention to it, but he's very listenable on this track IMO.

RHCP instrumentals would probably be half-decent to good tbh but that man is possibly my least favourite vocalist ever & I'm not sure why

he has a grating voice and he's terrible live for starters

there was an mp3 of RHCP covering the Jackson Five's "I Want You Back" live and I don't want to say Kiedis' dreadful vocals contributed to MJ's early demise but I'm going to say it anyway

I'm gonna stop arguing after this cuz I guess I have a weird conception of a "hook"; but to me, it's something that stands out from its surrounding musical setting--a melodic line, a vocal refrain, a dynamic swell, an unexpected & satisfying chord change, the entrance of new instruments or voices... the Dramarama song might qualify for the last of these, that trebley guitar that enters for a few bars at a time, except the guitar is playing the most boring imaginable straight-time up-and-down bullshit. I've already forgotten everything about the song except that it feels "tense" & I hate it

yeah the Dramarama song is total dogshit, easily the worst song from the '80s in the alt rock radio canon

but i too have been badgered by aero for daring to suggest that an enduringly popular song has a lousy hook so you have my sympathy

... okay I just listened again to refresh memory (sorry i'm also a little drunk) & I wouldn't have been nearly as harsh on the song if it didn't feel like one long verse spent waiting for a chorus that never arrives. So really my reaction is less "I hate it!" and more "... is that all there is?"

It reminds me of some Afghan Whigs song that I actually dig, is about the best thing I can say for it

No afghan whigs song is that catchy

yeah always found it more tiresome than hateable and have always taken KROQ's decades-long refusal to retire it from playlists as an endearing local quirk.

"ball and chain" is a total singalong song, very catchy if nothing else

the whole self-titled Social D album is an awesome hit parade

too close.

OTM

can only assume that 40 ILXors have not heard "date rape" by sublime

The Dramarama song (which I love) goes with Sex Dwarf and the Oingo Boingo tunes as KROQ staples that were played literally almost every single day on Richard Blade's Flashback Lunch for (at least?) all of the '90s - as well as things like "88 Lines About 44 Women" and "Nobody Walks in L.A."

37 ilxors do not know how to skank and or pick it up.

This is pretty surprising:

23. Blink-182 - Dammit 0

the whole self-titled Social D album is an awesome hit parade

― some dude, Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:58 PM (Yesterday)

It really is!

That's another SoCal thing, right?

Social D was pretty big in the Twin Cities too IIRC

yeah that social D album is pretty damn good, 'ball and chain' is just a really great tune imo.

also 'under the bridge' isn't that bad i guess, kiedis as usual is the worst thing about the band though (excepting that brief period w/navarro)

Yeah, they got tons of airplay in Baltimore. Huge influence on 90's punk and rockabilly. Don't really like them these days but I listened to them a ton when I was a kid.

i voted for 'girls' because i figured it needed a hate vote, i knew 'date rape' was gonna take the poll.

Huh, apparently Social Distortion was bigger than I realized.

What was the song that the kid in Veronica Mars plagiarized for his poetry assignment?

hazard a guess that social d is equally norcal as socal xp

Social D is an abomination wtf at the defenders in this thread

just the worst of cliched greaser punk schticks some kind of ur-text for that scene

no doubt is one of the only bands from this time and place i would probably not change the dial on, depending on who was in the car i guess.

xp we're familiar with your strange moral calculus for bands

Social D singer is a hero for learning how to sing through his nose after he lost the use of his mouth.

cliched schticks with good tunes and solid hooks -- that album came out when i was in high school, right around the time i got my drivers license, it was a great car tape

otm

I was just listening to the s/t last week for the first time in ages. I like it more now than I did in 1990.

Not that anyone really cares how I voted, but my loathing for Under the Bridge is now in its 3rd decade so ...

TAKE ME TO DA PLEHS I LUHHV

just the worst of cliched greaser punk schticks some kind of ur-text for that scene

― Οὖτις, Friday, July 11, 2014 2:55 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. When I saw Neil Young & Crazy Horse (early 1991), SD were one of the openers. Nothing noteworthy about their set at all, really bland, by-the-numbers, etc. Some kids in front of me were freaking the fuck out over them, singing loudly along with every song, just generally going nuts. After their set, the kids left -- they didn't stay for Neil.

See I saw SD headline at some semi-divey club that had all ages shows and I slam-danced with a bunch of guys and it was rad.

^ in early 1991

i have such good taste in music overall i can allow myself a little social d, it's like having an extra doughnut because i ate 2 salads for lunch this week

I admit that my disdain for them is colored by the fans of theirs I knew in their heyday, which were some of the most aesthetically conservative, blinkered, macho shitheads imaginable

"Ball and Chain" and the "Ring of Fire" cover are the only SD songs i've heard to my knowledge