Bad Opinions II • Page 2

The Gaslight Anthem is a stupid name and the vocals have always rubbed me the wrong way

 

my bad gaslight anthem opinion is that history books and get hurt are their best albums and that 59 sound and handwritten have the least replay value for me

generally i think brian makes better music outside of the band though. elsie gang forever, and his first two solos are better than most tga too

 

bad opinion for sure

 

Never listened to them. Remember I moved to so cal for a bit and the “see you on the flip side…” song was all over the radio. I didn’t get it

 

The ‘59 Sound through Unwritten are excellent. Mileage may vary before or after that.

 

*Handwritten

they wish they have what natasha bedingfield had

 

American Slang is the only TGA album from their first five that I don’t care for much, apart from a couple tracks. Still haven’t gotten around to checking out History Books

Elsie is a really good record but I’ve never understood the degree of hype for it

 

its like if the national occasionally had throat searing vocals, whats not to love

 

That’s what I get for posting while cooking. Oof.

 

Feel like stirring the pot today with one I've probably posted before:

Captain We're Sinking's The Future is Cancelled is better than any album The Menzingers have ever put out.

 

Yeah, and it’s probably one of the five best ‘punk’ albums of the 2010s

 

Definitely good and underrated, but I think the Menzingers best 2-3 clear it. Now the Holy Mess? Maybe

 

I haven’t listened to that Captain album in 10+ years, have a hard time believing it’s better than On The Impossible Past.

Saw both those bands on a boat once, which made the band name extra funny

 

oh no contest. most of the menzingers's catalog has aged terribly (otip especially)

 

The menzingers are one of those bands that have a very narrow range of sounds. They're good at one thing, but it's kinda all they do and for me it just gets really old really quick

 

I think OTIP has incredible highs and extremely low lows.

I'd probably put The Future Is Canceled in the middle of the Menzingers discography if I was ranking the two bands together. No way it touches After the Party, Rented World, or probably even Chamberlain Waits for me.

 

very good way of putting it

after the party is their only remotely complete album for me but i think hello exile is generally better than people gave it credit. new one was an absolute snore though. think their best release is prob their 2009 ep

 

Fired up some gaslight recently after falling off like 10+ years ago. Was not rocking with it at all.

 

Easily for me. I think Adultery, Lake and A Bitter Divorce are all better than any Menzingers song, but I'm not exactly a big fan of them.

I also think Captain We're Sinking would be a much better band if Bobby was the only vocalist.

 

yeah bobby is far and away the better singer in the band

 

I've actually never heard of that name but now I'll check em out

 

The Menzingers is one of the few Chorus darlings I actually love

 

Not sure I listened to them but when I think about that early 2010s era, Hostage Calm deserved much more recognition

 

The Hostage Calm S/T was extremely ahead of its time

 

If we're talking the worst opinions from the last thread, I'll nominate the one that really sticks in my brain, which was the person who said the only reason anyone ever liked the band Bloc Party was because of white guilt.