I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
Why did B.A.D. "disband"?
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?
I think im in the minority of the minority here as i think everything BAD and BAD II did was fantastic. I like to think of myself as in the other 99
I always felt they can be a bit lazy and didn't have a very good promotion team. Coupled with mick not really caring about the commercial side of the band.
I agree about the production side of the bands albums and feel the music never really threw it self at you like a band calling themselves dynamite should have done. Live was always where this band was at and that's where you see them at there best and most exciting. I don't think the albums can stand up at their best on their own they need the live performances as a memory to go hand in hand. Great Times !
I always felt they can be a bit lazy and didn't have a very good promotion team. Coupled with mick not really caring about the commercial side of the band.
I agree about the production side of the bands albums and feel the music never really threw it self at you like a band calling themselves dynamite should have done. Live was always where this band was at and that's where you see them at there best and most exciting. I don't think the albums can stand up at their best on their own they need the live performances as a memory to go hand in hand. Great Times !
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?
Beyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
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Me and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.Wolter wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:42pmBeyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?
Nah Megatop is great front to back for me. In fact over the years it's grown stronger and stronger as I appreciate more.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
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I tried so hard to warm to it, but I have to say I do not share this opinionMarky Dread wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:45pmNah Megatop is great front to back for me. In fact over the years it's grown stronger and stronger as I appreciate more.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?
It’s been a while, but I remember it having lower highs and higher lows than Upping. Consistent and solid overall, though.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:44pmMe and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.Wolter wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:42pmBeyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?
Yeah, same — Megatop is one of my top-2 BAD albums.Marky Dread wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:45pmNah Megatop is great front to back for me. In fact over the years it's grown stronger and stronger as I appreciate more.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?
My favourite. Bloody brilliant album, Applecart and Battle of All Saints Road easily in my top 5 BAD. 2000 Shoes is the only real duff one here for me.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:44pmMe and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.Wolter wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:42pmBeyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
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It hangs together pretty well as an album but a few slight songs for me.Marky Dread wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:45pmNah Megatop is great front to back for me. In fact over the years it's grown stronger and stronger as I appreciate more.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
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I've got this terrible image now. It's 1987 Pat Sharpe is introducing Top Of the Pops "straight into the 40 this week go The Tighten Up Guys with their cover of We Built This City" cue two dodgy looking geezers with mullets stood in front of a huge 50s style radio, Tom wearing a cricket jumper and baggy trousers playing keyboards and Heston standing holding a guitar in one hand and what appears to be a huge snake in the other. The music is some some hybrid of a Jive Bunny backing track and Jimmy the Hoover.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:44pmMe and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.Wolter wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:42pmBeyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?
And the membership of IMCT saying to themselves, "This is why punk needs to exist."Marky Dread wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 4:52pmI've got this terrible image now. It's 1987 Pat Sharpe is introducing Top Of the Pops "straight into the 40 this week go The Tighten Up Guys with their cover of We Built This City" cue two dodgy looking geezers with mullets stood in front of a huge 50s style radio, Tom wearing a cricket jumper and baggy trousers playing keyboards and Heston standing holding a guitar in one hand and what appears to be a huge snake in the other. The music is some some hybrid of a Jive Bunny backing track and Jimmy the Hoover.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:44pmMe and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.Wolter wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:42pmBeyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?
Ooof that sounds nearly as bad as Pat and Mick singing "Let's All Chant"Marky Dread wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 4:52pmI've got this terrible image now. It's 1987 Pat Sharpe is introducing Top Of the Pops "straight into the 40 this week go The Tighten Up Guys with their cover of We Built This City" cue two dodgy looking geezers with mullets stood in front of a huge 50s style radio, Tom wearing a cricket jumper and baggy trousers playing keyboards and Heston standing holding a guitar in one hand and what appears to be a huge snake in the other. The music is some some hybrid of a Jive Bunny backing track and Jimmy the Hoover.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:44pmMe and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.Wolter wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:42pmBeyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
Mick Brown looks *so* awkward
Putting a little stick about. Putting the frighteners on flash little twerps
Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?
I'm a Tighten Up guy too. I even like 2000 Shoes.BitterTom wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 4:11pmMy favourite. Bloody brilliant album, Applecart and Battle of All Saints Road easily in my top 5 BAD. 2000 Shoes is the only real duff one here for me.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:44pmMe and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.Wolter wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 3:42pmBeyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:56pmI'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.YoungParisians wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 2:37pmIm probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?
oliver wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 5:59pmOoof that sounds nearly as bad as Pat and Mick singing "Let's All Chant"Marky Dread wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 4:52pmI've got this terrible image now. It's 1987 Pat Sharpe is introducing Top Of the Pops "straight into the 40 this week go The Tighten Up Guys with their cover of We Built This City" cue two dodgy looking geezers with mullets stood in front of a huge 50s style radio, Tom wearing a cricket jumper and baggy trousers playing keyboards and Heston standing holding a guitar in one hand and what appears to be a huge snake in the other. The music is some some hybrid of a Jive Bunny backing track and Jimmy the Hoover.
Mick Brown looks *so* awkward
Forces have been looting
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No fuchsias for you.
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