TS: General Public vs Fine Young Cannibals

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The battle b/w of the post-Beat neo-Motown.

I say Fine Young Cannibals, who managed to recorded two near-great albums.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 9 July 2006 00:49 (nineteen years ago)

And you're wrong.

― Lenny Koggins (Bimble...), Sunday, 9 July 2006 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

No, actually, I'd say he's right.

― maria b (maria b), Sunday, 9 July 2006 04:15 (nineteen years ago)

I would go ahead and call that first FYC album great, but that might just be me.

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Sunday, 9 July 2006 05:37 (nineteen years ago)

i owned the first FYC album, i liked it then, haven't listened to it in 18 years. General Public was pretty lame.

― timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 9 July 2006 07:36 (nineteen years ago)

First 2 FYC albums are near perfect.

― Toad Roundgrin (noodle vague), Sunday, 9 July 2006 08:45 (nineteen years ago)

One time I heard someone try to do a pirate version of "She Drives Me Crazy" at a karoke bar. Whenever the line came up "She drives me crazy" he would also wag his fingers around his ear like to signfy the crazy symbol. I smashed his face in with a trash can.

― christopherscottknudsen (christopherscottknudsen), Sunday, 9 July 2006 09:07 (nineteen years ago)

I admit I haven't heard any FYC albums (but I do own a 7" by a band that preceded them with some members of FYC called The Akrylykz) but "She Drives Me Crazy" disgusts me to such an extent that I imagine FYC albums would be intolerable to listen to. There's my 2 cents.

General Public at least had a couple of good songs - "So Cool You're Hot" etc.

― Lenny Koggins (Bimble...), Sunday, 9 July 2006 15:33 (nineteen years ago)

are we supposed to know more General Public songs than just "Tenderness"?

"Tenderness" is indeed great, but FYC wins by virtue of having multiple hits.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Sunday, 9 July 2006 15:33 (nineteen years ago)

That's a terrible argument. No one wins by merely "having hits"

― Lenny Koggins (Bimble...), Sunday, 9 July 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

No, they win by virtue of having albums that you've actually HEARD!

(From my limited perspective, "Johnny Come Home" is better than any other song yet mentioned; so, FYC it is.)

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Sunday, 9 July 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

"Don't Look Back," "I'm Not The Man I Used To Be," and the "Suspicious Mind" cover crush anything on the first General Public album without much effort.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 9 July 2006 21:39 (nineteen years ago)

"Tenderness" is certainly better than any FYC song.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Sunday, 9 July 2006 22:34 (nineteen years ago)

ARGH.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 9 July 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

i never knew that that one song, 'good thing', was by fyc. it has an obscure meaning to me i can't quite pin down.

― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Thursday, 20 July 2006 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

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