Bad opinions • Page 913

Damon Albarn, that famous singer of Bush. Loved him on "Glycerine".

 

Also, it should come as no surprise to anyone that I love Bush's albums, old and new. I also really love Institute, and I at least enjoy many of the songs on Rossdale's solo album.

 

i think you're thinking of a different band lol

 

Razorblade Suitcase is weirdly blah in the middle of a damn good career streak.

 

what lol

it's their best album. easily.

 

Genuinely don't think I've ever heard any Bush songs other than Glycerine and Comedown

 

not my favorites by them but three singles you've absolutely heard

 

Do people generally not like Bush? I've never heard a full album or anything but I've always liked their singles

Machinehead is a cool song too

 

Some of y’all listen to too much music.

 

I can’t stand Glycerine and the other main Bush singles so I am very disinterested in their music haha

 

Here comes the law for when we're having too much fun.

 

I’m sure I’ve probably heard them in the background of a department store or something, but none of these sound familiar. Kind of glad tbh, these songs are buttcheeks.

 

hahahah

 

i’m not willing to die on gavin rossdale’s hill but to keep it brief a) most of the grunge-inspired recent bands that people like on this site are closer to bush than to nirvana and b) swallowed is genuinely good

 

LMAO

 

I'll throw Sixteen Stone on once in a while still. Not as big on the singles as I used to be but the deep cuts are all great on that one. Razorblade Suitcase was a big fart in the wind to me when I was a kid but I definitely grew to appreciate that one and the other follow up records. The modern stuff is pretty bad and they probably should've stayed broken up after Golden State.

 

Too much music. Now I've seen everything.

 

Nah, it's great. Man On The Run and their last album, The Kingdom, are every bit as good as anything they ever did, and anyone who thinks otherwise might be deluding themselves just a little bit.

 

geez Everything Zen sounds 100% like it could be a Nirvana song

they even shot the MV in the same basement as Teen Spirit

 

nirvanas guitars were never that fizzy and that’s disrespectful to dave grohl haha

still like the song

 

its honestly a VERY good rip off

 

Musically it’s not really like Nirvana at all. It’s pretty stock pop chords

The mix tho….hoooo ya, good mix

 

most nirvana guitar parts are "stock pop chords" with a boss ds-1 though.

 

It sounds very Nirvana-like to me too

 

They aren’t from another planet, but I think they’re relatively uncommon.

i know you play, dunno if you do much theory but…

Smells Like Teen Spirit is pretty normal, nominally Aeolian, but that F# in the turnaround is kinda left field

In Bloom gets weird:

I bVI V bII VII

The B A turnaround back to the I is I guess a jazz move. I cannot think of a single other pop song with that chord change. Likewise the bVI is a familiar 10 cent turnaround in many a pop punk hit, but it’s not terribly common in the main changes, at least in pop rock. He does it a ton, also on Breed, Polly, Lithium, Lounge Act, Stay Away, Territorial Pissings et al

and on “knows not what it means” you get II to V. that major second chord (C major here) is littered across Kurt’s songs; Come As You Are, Drain You, Lounge Act…

Lounge Act, I dunno if Im thinking of it right, but rn I see it as being in G, meaning the chorus changes would be

VI II V I

Which to my mind is more Cole Porter than anything 90’s (or 80’s). I gotta think about this one though, I dunno I’m seeing it right. But even if it’s in B major, it’s an even crazier chord series; I bVI bII.

i can’t think of a single song with that chord change.

Lithium tho…lithium lithium lithium

I III vi IV bVI VII V VII

like what?? And its gorgeous

EDIT: to clarify, upper case numeral means major, lower case means minor