Considerably

[kingandy]

I just realised, something else significant happened over the weekend.

Nook laughed at me for listening to an obscure band that nobody's heard of.

Ha! Ha ha! MORE INDIE THAN YOW

Comments

Re: Won't get fooled again

[kingandy]

Is that because of overexposure, or something in the song itself?

Re: Won't get fooled again

[lord-blipvert.livejournal.com]

Everything in the song itself. And the singer's fucking stupid hair.

Re: Won't get fooled again

[arwel.livejournal.com]

And how it makes me despair for the human race for lapping that rubbish up.

Re: Won't get fooled again

[mrssshhh.livejournal.com]

I concur with Sam and Arwel.

I think that "Toploader" would probably be in my top ten choices were I given the option to erase things from History, with no hope of them returning.

That's the best I can do to apply words to my hatred of them and that song. I think it ties in with why I hate students who make everyone aware of the fact that they are Students (with an intentional capital).

Re: Won't get fooled again

[kingandy]

... I'm not seeing any firm arguments here besides "We don't like it, so everybody else must be wrong".

Or possibly "nothing is any good if other people like it".

Re: Won't get fooled again

[arwel.livejournal.com]

You asserted it was harmless. Neil questioned the validity of this claim, and I gave evidence backing him up. Conclusive proof that Toploader cause permanent mental trauma and probably cancer too! And everybody else is wrong.

Re: Won't get fooled again

[kingandy]

Ah, fair enough then. I amend my statement to "I find it harmless".

Re: Won't get fooled again

[kingandy]

I don't think I've seen the singer or his hair, but as I say, I find the song itself quite jolly. It has harmonies and Hammond organ and tinkly bits, and an actual tune, which is more than can be said for some songs in the charts these days. It's been a while since I listened to either, but I do seem to recall preferring the Stargate (I think) remix, if I ignore the bit at the start where the man's shouting "YEAH - STARGATE - ANOTEHR SURE FIRE HIT" or whatever.

Music is largely subjective, of course, unless you're talking on a technical level, on which I'm unqualified to comment, having never taken any formal music appreciation type edumacation.