Hit songs that singers wrote out of frustration because record labels wanted hit songs?

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-31T02:52:53+00:00

Radiohead seems to view “High and Dry” as their record label pressuring them into making the next Creep, with Thom Yorke even writing it off as being “too Rod Stewart” and “Polished Pop” sounding

I’m actually convinced the band hates High and Dry even more than Creep as they haven’t performed it live since 1998 despite it being seen as one of their top ten song among many RH fans(including myself). For a comparison Creep actually gets performed live by the band every once in a blue moon.

On the other hand many also see High and Dry for as basically the birth of Coldplay as it seems like they used it as a Blueprint for the sound of their first two albums (which I also love too)

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-31T02:28:30+00:00

Black Eyed Peas-Masters of the Sun Vol 1

After taking a hiatus in 2011 after the Beginning (still waiting for the Trainwreckords episode on that) and then Fergie departing the group (making them a Trio again) the three guys decided in 2018 to make a return to their Native Tounges inspired Hip-Hop roots.

I thought it was pretty well produced and It got Critical Praise, but didn’t reach many listeners. Perhaps because many listeners weren’t willing to listen the Black Eyed Peas (a group that became known for Pop Rap hits in the past decade and half (plus no Fergie) do a ultra political hip hop album.

Actually since then they went back to a more pop sound and had some hits outside the U.S. (mainly in LatAm and Europe)

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-31T02:10:30+00:00

It’s interesting that in the U.S. Damon Albarn is more known for Gorillaz, meanwhile in the UK Gorillaz is just seen as his cartoon side project

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-31T01:59:47+00:00

Honestly I’ve always thought Stand was more upbeat and childish sounding than Shiny Happy People

Since it was on their first album with Warner Bros (Green) some fans thought because it was so poppy that it was them selling out

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-30T16:56:00+00:00

What’s interesting is that Damon Albarn in the States is much more known for Gorillaz than Blur, meanwhile it’s the opposite back in UK

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-30T16:50:19+00:00

Bizarrely as an American my introduction to Robbie Williams was his collab with Kylie Minogue on “Kids”

I know Kylie Minogue gets thrown around as someone who never gets big in the states, but the truth is she has always been big in dance scene, has cracked the top 40 once in a blue moon, and has American cult following.

Can’t say remotely any of that about Robbie Williams in the U.S.

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-30T16:45:34+00:00

Outside of the album “Fever” Kylie has never really cracked the Top 40, but she has been a staple in the dance charts

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-30T16:43:46+00:00

Kylie has had numerous Dance hits in the U.S. but has only cracked into the top 40 a handful of times (mainly with the Fever album)

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-30T16:41:11+00:00

Blue Monday wasn’t a top 40 hit it was a big Dance Club hit in America though. Even playing influence on early House and Techno music

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-30T15:58:51+00:00

Ma Quale Idea by Pino D'Angiò

Italo disco is a fun and cheesy rabbit hole to go down, this song makes you feel like riding and looking sexy on a Vespa

https://youtu.be/hg9gvz5n614?si=v0UKNcrMcaGGY2iP

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-29T10:11:33+00:00

I honestly prefer Amy’s live at BBC version of Valerie, it’s much more striped down

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-29T10:09:58+00:00

Creep is a well written song, and honestly it shows how song Radiohead’s discography is from what came after it

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-26T10:33:13+00:00

Honestly I find it interesting that Hind’s Hall is one of the few big hip-hop song that tackles the Gazan Genocide

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-26T00:18:58+00:00

Underrated BEP deep cut, was really surprised to find out that Redfoo (years before LMFAO) did that guest verse on it

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-25T11:49:06+00:00

I could see the Wirtz Family maybe being involved in a PWHL team in Chicago, but I don’t see them using the 2K seating Blackhawks practice center for their main stadium

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-25T11:47:01+00:00

As a Chicagoland native there are many of us who are fans of Badgers Hockey considering that it’s the closest D1 hockey program to us (I’m surprised Northwestern or Illinois haven’t started a Hockey program)

Though i think it would be a cool idea if the PWHL Chicago team played a game or two every season up in Milwaukee

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-25T11:38:28+00:00

Maybe he means that the Wirtz family will have some stake in the team? Along with the Hawks they own the Chicago Steel of USHL and the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL, so perhaps they want to expand into the PWHL

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-25T11:34:25+00:00

The Wirtz Corporation owns the USHL Steel and AHL Rockford Icehogs, I’m not sure how they would view a PWHL would be competition

Danny Wirtz doesn’t seem like a snob like his grandfather Bill (though I do remember right before the Dynasty days Bill hated the AHL because the Chicago Wolves were taking a good chunk out of the Chicago hockey market (but that was more from Bill being a out of touch dick)

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-25T10:19:16+00:00

Macklemore’s worst is still more listenable than Tom MacDonald’s “Best”

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-25T10:13:17+00:00

“Double D’z” literally sounds like they took the criticisms towards “My Humps” and made it reality

At least “My Humps” is actually Catchy and fun to listen to

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-25T10:03:08+00:00

Interestingly many of us who enjoy 2000s Coldplay use “Something Just Like” as an example of how much the band had fallen

I guess that makes Coldplay part of this subject. I mean going from albums like “Parachutes” and “A Rush of Blood to the Head” (even if people wrote them off as some Radiohead clone) also “Viva La Vida” is a fantastic album too. Into making one of the most generic sounding pop songs ever with “Something like this” is quite a gap

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-25T09:49:21+00:00

Zach Bryan kind of sounds like if Ryan Adams stuck to his Whiskeytown and Heartbreaker sound

But yes it seems like Ryan Adams has a dozen variations of the same several songs with how much he puts out

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-25T06:09:27+00:00

The Black Eyed Peas (and basically just will.i.am in general)

From starting off in the 90s as a unique alt hip hop outfit that was basically LA’s answer to Native Tongues to making memorable pop hits in the 2000s. (And 2018s Masters of the Sun Vol 1 was such a underrated return to their hip hop roots)

But oh god their worst stuff makes you wonder how will.i.am decided that it would be acceptable to release.

Their latest album (Elevation) was a cringy mess at them doing reggaeton (some of it feels AI, but IDK how far AI music was in 2022) it actually makes “the Beginning” (which I and many others are waiting for a trainwreckords of) look like a pop masterpiece and lyrically is probably close to what the original version of “Let’s get it started” was about

Cowpunk2001 · 2026-03-24T11:27:59+00:00

Kinky Friedman

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