B.A.D. Observations Thread

[Kory]

Planet BAD was my introduction, which has a pleasing chronological track order that not all compilations do.

[Heston]

Planet BAD was my introduction, which has a pleasing chronological track order that not all compilations do.

It's a good a place as any to start.

[Dr. Medulla]

Planet BAD was my introduction, which has a pleasing chronological track order that not all compilations do.

It's a good a place as any to start.

Or, iffen you can find it, the Looking For a Song promo that contains radio edits of the singles to that point.

[Heston]

Planet BAD was my introduction, which has a pleasing chronological track order that not all compilations do.

It's a good a place as any to start.

Or, iffen you can find it, the Looking For a Song promo that contains radio edits of the singles to that point.

I've often promised myself that one day I would do an edit overhaul on the whole BAD catalogue and make everything under 4 mins, just for my own gratification. Songs mentioned upthread like like Dragon Town are great but have about 7 repeats of the chorus at the end.

[Dr. Medulla]

Planet BAD was my introduction, which has a pleasing chronological track order that not all compilations do.

It's a good a place as any to start.

Or, iffen you can find it, the Looking For a Song promo that contains radio edits of the singles to that point.

I've often promised myself that one day I would do an edit overhaul on the whole BAD catalogue and make everything under 4 mins, just for my own gratification. Songs mentioned upthread like like Dragon Town are great but have about 7 repeats of the chorus at the end.

I'm torn about that kind of editing with BAD. Yeah, a lot of songs go on too long and the listener is often ready to move on well before the song is done. But being bombastic and expansive is part of the whole package. I liked that radio edit promo back in the day because it was all those singles on one disc—convenient!—but it was also a cheat.

[Heston]

Planet BAD was my introduction, which has a pleasing chronological track order that not all compilations do.

It's a good a place as any to start.

Or, iffen you can find it, the Looking For a Song promo that contains radio edits of the singles to that point.

I've often promised myself that one day I would do an edit overhaul on the whole BAD catalogue and make everything under 4 mins, just for my own gratification. Songs mentioned upthread like like Dragon Town are great but have about 7 repeats of the chorus at the end.

I'm torn about that kind of editing with BAD. Yeah, a lot of songs go on too long and the listener is often ready to move on well before the song is done. But being bombastic and expansive is part of the whole package. I liked that radio edit promo back in the day because it was all those singles on one disc—convenient!—but it was also a cheat.

You're probably right. Some of the longer stuff does work, especially on the first LP. I just don't like that lazy "repeat the chorus 8 times at the end" method that they'd arrived at by Megatop Phoenix.

[Dr. Medulla]

It's a good a place as any to start.

Or, iffen you can find it, the Looking For a Song promo that contains radio edits of the singles to that point.

I've often promised myself that one day I would do an edit overhaul on the whole BAD catalogue and make everything under 4 mins, just for my own gratification. Songs mentioned upthread like like Dragon Town are great but have about 7 repeats of the chorus at the end.

I'm torn about that kind of editing with BAD. Yeah, a lot of songs go on too long and the listener is often ready to move on well before the song is done. But being bombastic and expansive is part of the whole package. I liked that radio edit promo back in the day because it was all those singles on one disc—convenient!—but it was also a cheat.

You're probably right. Some of the longer stuff does work, especially on the first LP. I just don't like that lazy "repeat the chorus 8 times at the end" method that they'd arrived at by Megatop Phoenix.

I know a lot people here really rate MP quite highly, but that's where I sort of jumped off the BAD bandwagon. Loved the first two records—I still maintain they're as good as anything the Clash did—and Tighten Up grew on me, but from MP onward it felt like so much filler, both on the albums and in the songs.

[Heston]

Or, iffen you can find it, the Looking For a Song promo that contains radio edits of the singles to that point.

I've often promised myself that one day I would do an edit overhaul on the whole BAD catalogue and make everything under 4 mins, just for my own gratification. Songs mentioned upthread like like Dragon Town are great but have about 7 repeats of the chorus at the end.

I'm torn about that kind of editing with BAD. Yeah, a lot of songs go on too long and the listener is often ready to move on well before the song is done. But being bombastic and expansive is part of the whole package. I liked that radio edit promo back in the day because it was all those singles on one disc—convenient!—but it was also a cheat.

You're probably right. Some of the longer stuff does work, especially on the first LP. I just don't like that lazy "repeat the chorus 8 times at the end" method that they'd arrived at by Megatop Phoenix.

I know a lot people here really rate MP quite highly, but that's where I sort of jumped off the BAD bandwagon. Loved the first two records—I still maintain they're as good as anything the Clash did—and Tighten Up grew on me, but from MP onward it felt like so much filler, both on the albums and in the songs.

The songwriting definitely took a downturn but I do like Megatop as a cohesive whole, it hangs together well as an album. And yeah, after that my interest waned with BAD II/Big Audio, the odd good song dotted here and there.

[Kory]

Man, Apple Cart is a great tune. I had it stuck in my head all last night.

[BitterTom]

Medicine Show is my new favourite song. Thank you all.

[BitterTom]

Oh my God, how have I never listened to any B.A.D? Just heard 5 tracks in a row and they were all excellent!!

[Heston]

Oh my God, how have I never listened to any B.A.D? Just heard 5 tracks in a row and they were all excellent!!

If you're a Clash fan I'm not sure how you could have missed them!

[Heston]

Man, Apple Cart is a great tune. I had it stuck in my head all last night.

Top 5 BAD for me.

[Marky Dread]

Oh my God, how have I never listened to any B.A.D? Just heard 5 tracks in a row and they were all excellent!!

If you're a Clash fan I'm not sure how you could have missed them!

Too many Starship records would do that to a man.

[Marky Dread]

Man, Apple Cart is a great tune. I had it stuck in my head all last night.

Hey Kory don't rock the boat!