I hate Sandi Thom!!!

Anto McC

:mad: :mad: :mad: and that stupid f*cking song of hers.

"i wish i was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair" - Yeah,well i wish you'd f*ck back to where ever you came from!

Rant over!

Creamy Goodness

never heard it, then again i tend to stay away from every music station on tv except mtv2.

Pigman II

Anto McC wrote:

"i wish i was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair"

I've never even heard this tune and I already hate it just for that lyric.

youcancallmeal

Anto McC wrote:

:mad: :mad: :mad: and that stupid f*cking song of hers.

"i wish i was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair" - Yeah,well i wish you'd f*ck back to where ever you came from!

Agreed

Owen

It's shocking. Lyrics are worse "When God saved the queen she turned a whiter shade of pale" ... what's worse is that the girls at work think it's some form of Anthem for girl power, as soon as it's on the radio they all claim "It's my song!".

YeAh!

I dont believe any of you! You couldn't avoid the song even if you tried. I thought the song was quite catchy when it came out first, but when its on the radio 24/7, it begins to get irritating!

Creamy Goodness

well not everyone listens to the radio. especially in ireland where there is nothing decent on mostly.

Anto McC

Pigman II wrote:

I've never even heard this tune and I already hate it just for that lyric.

It gets worse,a lot worse,here are the "Lyrics"(If you want to call them that) in all their glory!

Sandi Thom wrote:

[Chorus]
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In 77 and 69 revolution was in the air
I was born too late and to a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

When the head of state didn't play guitar,
Not everybody drove a car,
When music really mattered and when radio was king,
When accountants didn't have control
And the media couldn't buy your soul
And computers were still scary and we didn’t know everything

[Chorus]

When popstars still remained a myth
And ignorance could still be bliss
And when God Saved the Queen she turned a whiter shade of pale
When my mom and dad were in their teens
And anarchy was still a dream
And the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail

[Chorus]

When record shops were still on top
And vinyl was all that they stocked
And the super info highway was still drifting out in space
Kids were wearing hand me downs,
And playing games meant kick arounds
And footballers still had long hair and dirt across their face

[Chorus]

I was born too late to a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

Pigman II

I checked it up and apparently Ms. Thom was born in Scotland yet despite this uses terms like "letter in the mail"?

Says it all realy. Hope I manage to avoid that one for as long as possible.

Dudess

ned78 wrote:

what's worse is that the girls at work think it's some form of Anthem for girl power, as soon as it's on the radio they all claim "It's my song!".

I'm so glad I never became one of those idiotic girls.

Tchocky

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In 67 and 69 revolution was in the air

Damn straight



Couldnt care less about new music, but this is interesting.

She's either being just as thick as the "punk was this, hippy was that" crowd, or having dig at them.

When music really mattered and radio was king,
When accountants didn’t have control
And the media couldn’t buy your soul

That's bloody hilarious.

I mean, how dare she sully one rose-tinted falsehood with another! I'm shocked.




oh, yes, and very very lazy

BaZmO*

The most annoying thing about this song is the way it was promoted. IIRC the song was "supposed" to have been written/recorded in a basement/bedroom and then gained popularity due to it's availability on a homemade website or some other such nonsense. I think that's what I heard. If it was a decent song I might have believed the PR drivel but as it's a load of cack I'll chose to believe that it had the might of a multi-national Record Company behind it from start to finish.

Nightwish

Its quite possibly the most irritating song of the year. The "James Blunt" of 06, if you will. Granted the girl can sing but the whole meaning behind the song is truly truly awful. It makes absolutely no sense. The part that gets me is the drivel about computers being scary, when she is supposed to have launched her career over the 'net.

Tar.Aldarion

Who?

Kwekubo

BaZmO* wrote:

The most annoying thing about this song is the way it was promoted. IIRC the song was "supposed" to have been written/recorded in a basement/bedroom and then gained popularity due to it's availability on a homemade website or some other such nonsense. I think that's what I heard. If it was a decent song I might have believed the PR drivel but as it's a load of cack I'll chose to believe that it had the might of a multi-national Record Company behind it from start to finish.

Thing is though that the basement records/internet word of mouth thing was a publicity stunt:
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,108970,00.html

brid_m

I hate that stupid song!! I went shoppin on saturday, and practically every shop had it blaring!! :mad: Its on every 2 seconds on tv as well!!!

Anto McC

Good people of boards.ie,you have restored my faith in humanity!!!
I thought i was the only one who hated that song,thank you

BaZmO*

Kwekubo wrote:

Thing is though that the basement records/internet word of mouth thing was a publicity stunt:
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,108970,00.html

Did I not just say that in my post?

Robbo

I was given a free CD in HMV with another of her songs on it, When Horsepower Meant What It Said.

Sample lyrics:

I've got a hundred horses hidden in between my wheels
But i can't put my foot down and jump the fences in the field
Patiently waiting to get their old jobs back

Does her fake nostalgia for an an age that preceeds her by some margin stretch so far as to entertain some kind of Black Beauty fantasy of agrarian bliss and bucolic ramblings of an equine nature? Or am I reading too much into it due to boredom in work?

Dudess

No, you're right. I'm sure she yearns to toil on the Urals/Steppes circa 1938.

hshortt

My wife bought the single, I feel dirty.

Saruman

I feel someone should at least come to her defense That will be me i suppose!
Look i like the song.. i liked it when i first heard it last year and i still like it now. The Lyrics are no worse than any other crap out there. Not only are they not bad.. there are some truth to them. As far as i can tell she is just saying she wishes she was born a few decades ago before everything became so commercial and soul destroying as civilisation has become for a lot of people.

And its a catchy tune!! Have not heard any of her other stuff.. probably rubbish but i like this one.

Robbo

Dudess wrote:

No, you're right. I'm sure she yearns to toil on the Urals/Steppes circa 1938.

Oh I wish I was a collective farmer with my own tractor,
1917: Moscow Revolution was in the air,
Born into a world where the bourgeoisie don't care,
Oh I wish I was a collective farmer with my own tractor.

Dudess

Yep, a world with caring Uncle Joe, Uncle Pol and Uncle Mao.

mal1

God the people in this thread are so cool! They all hate Sandi Thom and have the balls and time to write about it. Respect!

Dudess

What would you recommend? Keeping quiet about her pompous drivel? You also seem to have the "time" to post to a forum.

mal1

Well i rather not jump on the 'I hate sandi thom' or 'i hate james blunt' bandwagon. Even though it seems like the hip thing to do at the moment. Keane is another band which suffers from this kind of 'drivel'

colm_mcm

James Blunt, you're right. I think he's crap too

mal1

I know.

bizmark

Robbo wrote:

Oh I wish I was a collective farmer with my own tractor,
1917: Moscow Revolution was in the air,
Born into a world where the bourgeoisie don't care,
Oh I wish I was a collective farmer with my own tractor.

Heh class

Dudess

mal1 wrote:

Well i rather not jump on the 'I hate sandi thom' or 'i hate james blunt' bandwagon. Even though it seems like the hip thing to do at the moment. Keane is another band which suffers from this kind of 'drivel'

Sorry mal1 for being unpleasant earlier, but some people - myself included - get irritated by music that we find terribly bland and boring and the fact that it's on the radio all day and it's so successful and there's no getting away from it etc. You can argue that we don't have to put on the radio, but then again, why should we (the people who hate bland music) have to switch off our radios? I don't think it's bandwagon-jumping, nor hip to criticise these people. I think Keane's new single is ace by the way - but I found their earlier stuff to be very poor. Also, there are constant U2 lambastings on this forum. I like U2 a lot - moreso their 80s/early 90s stuff, but they have some pretty decent recent stuff. Beautiful Day is an excellent song and Vertigo is also quite rockin'. So I don't spout criticism of these particular artists just because I think it's the cool thing to do. There are plenty of sacred cows - Johnny Cash for example. I like lots of his stuff and I think the man himself was pretty damn cool, but I don't think he's this god that can do no wrong, which is how he has been portrayed prior to, and especially since, his death. There were a lot of songs by Johnny Cash which, if they were released by any other country artists, would be considered hillbilly, yokel music.

Mossy Monk

must be living under a rock

dont have any idea who or what ye are on about. must see if i can find it somewhere

Kwekubo

Mossy Monk wrote:

must be living under a rock

dont have any idea who or what ye are on about. must see if i can find it somewhere

If you really want to do it to yourself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr9rMqkG9h0&search=sandi%20thom

mal1

Dudess wrote:

Sorry mal1 for being unpleasant earlier, but some people - myself included - get irritated by music that we find terribly bland and boring and the fact that it's on the radio all day and it's so successful and there's no getting away from it etc. You can argue that we don't have to put on the radio, but then again, why should we (the people who hate bland music) have to switch off our radios? I don't think it's bandwagon-jumping, nor hip to criticise these people. I think Keane's new single is ace by the way - but I found their earlier stuff to be very poor. Also, there are constant U2 lambastings on this forum. I like U2 a lot - moreso their 80s/early 90s stuff, but they have some pretty decent recent stuff. Beautiful Day is an excellent song and Vertigo is also quite rockin'. So I don't spout criticism of these particular artists just because I think it's the cool thing to do. There are plenty of sacred cows - Johnny Cash for example. I like lots of his stuff and I think the man himself was pretty damn cool, but I don't think he's this god that can do no wrong, which is how he has been portrayed prior to, and especially since, his death. There were a lot of songs by Johnny Cash which, if they were released by any other country artists, would be considered hillbilly, yokel music.

Fair point. I wouldn't argue against constructive critism but it's seems lately that the in thing to do is to slate some particular bands and artists. Lyric dissecting can also be annoying because it works both ways. U2 is a good example. Has anyone read their lyrics lately?

BaZmO*

mal1 wrote:

Well i rather not jump on the 'I hate sandi thom' or 'i hate james blunt' bandwagon. Even though it seems like the hip thing to do at the moment. Keane is another band which suffers from this kind of 'drivel'

Funny you mention Keane. I actually quite like their music but I saw an interview with the guy that produced their first album, he's the guy that produced Dido's first album and he was looking for, and I quote, "Dido in Band form". Apparently Keane were quite rocky and guitar based until the produced softened their sound right down to be more radio friendly. Manufactured?

Mossy Monk

mal1 wrote:

U2 is a good example. Has anyone read their lyrics lately?

there was a thread recently with people pissing down on them. do a search for it

mal1

BaZmO* wrote:

Funny you mention Keane. I actually quite like their music but I saw an interview with the guy that produced their first album, he's the guy that produced Dido's first album and he was looking for, and I quote, "Dido in Band form". Apparently Keane were quite rocky and guitar based until the produced softened their sound right down to be more radio friendly. Manufactured?

Keane have one main problem...they are middle class. And that isn't cool!!

BaZmO*

Welll it certainly ain't rockin that's for sure!

Mossy Monk

wow, just listening to it now and it is ****, rubbish, bollocks

video suits the song too. this person will probably be a distant memory in 12 months

Dudess

mal1 wrote:

Keane have one main problem...they are middle class. And that isn't cool!!

Well that is one thing that seriously irks me - bands or musicians being judged according to what socio-economic group (or something) they belong to. Class-based thinking is seriously, seriously pathetic. I'm middle-class and educated - what a **** I am!!! Your background is an accident of birth. It's not an achievement, and musicians (i.e. Oasis, John Lydon) who think that they are somehow superior because they're working-class are actually major snobs. Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook of New Order are from working-class backgrounds - they don't harp on about it. Ditto Morrissey.

daveirl

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Anto McC

daveirl wrote:

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Harsh............but true

Great article,i really liked this bit
""Whatever happened to the heroes?", she warbles, knowing full well she's replaced them. She's the musical antichrist."

Wertz

"Oh I wish I was a prawn cracker..."

I wish you were too love.

As Nightwish said further up the thread and it's a view echoed by many, there's a biting irony in the fact that this girl longs for this pre-modern time when everything was so simple, and yet only for the power of teh intarweb (or so the marketing spiel tells us) we'd never have been exposed to her musical genius.
Like Shakira's track, another song I'm glad has been booted off the playlists at R1, along with Paris to Berlin...funny, three singles in the top 10, two of them in the top 3 and they don't get airplay.

Oh and another vote for Keane's new stuff V their old stuff...interesting story on the dido in band form thing...can't say I'm surprised.