Most Overrated MG(B) Song

[Shortcut To Moncton]

I chose the songs which I felt people might consider to be overrated.

 

Well?

[Hoverball]

How about Rico or Hello Time Bomb?

[static]

Yeah hello time bomb for sure.

 

Rico can't be overrated. Most of us hate it, and it certainly wasnt a big success.

[CaptainRocket]

I miss Rico

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

I don't think the singles should count because they are all overrated by the wrong people. I voted Suburbia. It's an amazing song and one of my favourites, but I don't like how easily it becomes a sort of anthem for fans. Feel free to cuss me out.

[anitanium]

You're not a matt good fan if you hate all album songs and only like the singles ;)

[Eterna1]

Apparations. It never appealed to me and I'm confused as to why it's so popular.

[Disestabulistic]

I chose Apparitions, but Suburbia comes close too. I think there are many much better "ballads" from throughout his career.

[Shortcut To Moncton]

I would have included Hello Time Bomb if I was allowed to fit in four more songs. But for the most part, I feel like everyone reasonably likes that song and it isn't praised in the slightest.

 

It's either you like Rico or you don't.

 

I knew people would crawl over Apparitions and that's why I included it.

[skizzors]

appirations was the hit maker for mgb,made ppl aware of who there were cause of that song and then time bomb came out then i was a home run from there

[haircut-rabbit]

Suburbia...

It's a good song but too often people go apeshit over it or get overly disappointed when it's not played.

[timotheory]

Suburbia...

It's a good song but too often people go apeshit over it or get overly disappointed when it's not played.

Ditto, Ditto

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

Matt Good once said that Apparations was the best song he's ever written, which I think was way off. I think there's better songs on that CD, let alone throught all of his work.

[Rebabaluba]

I feel that Load Me Up got way more attention than it deserved. It has good lyrics and is a great video, but I don't think it should have been a single.

 

Now Failing the Rorschach Test is a different story.

[manfromharoldwood]

i chose advertising on police cars... and the other two i had in mind (apparitions and load me up) were tied for first as well.

 

don't get me wrong; i like them all, but yeah. a bit overrated.

[mrjones]

Avalanche is far less impressive than what everyone goes on about.

[Disestabulistic]

Avalanche is far less impressive than what everyone goes on about.

Why?

 

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[MarketTomato]

Suburbia...uhhg.

[Jarrod]

i would vote hello time bomb, but i can't. so i'll just vote apperitions

[mrjones]

Avalanche is far less impressive than what everyone goes on about.

Why?

 

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Feels like he was trying too hard to sound more convoluted like, say, a band like Radiohead, but failed and pulled out a song that was more half-assed than anything else. I don't know its just my opinion but I don't think "Avalanche" comes even close to deserving the title of "Matt's Masterpiece".

[heyrabbit]

Avalanche is a great song but it was stretched longer than it had to be and I think that made it less effective. the outro didn't seem to fit with the rest of the song, which is important because the outro is the last impression you're given.like much of the song, the outro appeared to be added on just to make the song longer. Near fantastica is the same story, the chorus kind of, went on . if you onlyhave enough material for a 4 minute song it should stay that way. There will always be people who proclaim "masterpiece" just because it's 7 minutes long and decent.

 

If you want to single out one masterpiece it would have to be prime time. that song is solid from beginning to end. it has better flow than any other mg song.

 

As for apparitions, it IS one of the best songs Matt's ever written. you guys are confusing "over-rated" with "over played". Songs like suburbia and failing the rorschach test, one of my favorites, have added dark horse appeal simply because they're not poplular. If FTRT was a single instead of apparitions, you'd get sick of it in the exact same way and apparitions would probably be even more of a dark horse. Apparitions is one of the strongest songs on underdogs and one of the strongest matt's ever written. it still holds up after being overplayed to death.

 

If you don't agree with me, keep in mind that half of you who're voting against apparitions can't even spell it.

[Shortcut To Moncton]

Avalanche is a great song but it was stretched longer than it had to be and I think that made it less effective. the outro didn't seem to fit with the rest of the song, which is important because the outro is the last impression you're given.like much of the song, the outro appeared to be added on just to make the song longer. Near fantastica is the same story, the chorus kind of, went on . if you onlyhave enough material for a 4 minute song it should stay that way. There will always be people who proclaim "masterpiece" just because it's 7 minutes long and decent.

 

If you want to single out one masterpiece it would have to be prime time. that song is solid from beginning to end. it has better flow than any other mg song.

 

As for apparitions, it IS one of the best songs Matt's ever written. you guys are confusing "over-rated" with "over played". Songs like suburbia and failing the rorschach test, one of my favorites, have added dark horse appeal simply because they're not poplular. If FTRT was a single instead of apparitions, you'd get sick of it in the exact same way and apparitions would probably be even more of a dark horse. Apparitions is one of the strongest songs on underdogs and one of the strongest matt's ever written. it still holds up after being overplayed to death.

 

If you don't agree with me, keep in mind that half of you who're voting against apparitions can't even spell it.

Yes, don't get mixed up between overrated and overplayed. We are judging by the quality of the songs; not the number of times you've repeatedly heard it on your favourite radio station or at a Matt Good show which essentially might have caused a resentment.

 

I had to include singles; there's no way I could have left out songs like Near Fantastica, The Future Is X-Rated or Weapon. I was originally going to use Tripoli instead of Load Me Up but then I figured that everyone would jump on Apparitions (and they probably would).

[Drizzt]

"If you don't agree with me, keep in mind that half of you who're voting against apparitions can't even spell it"

 

Gold...pure gold...

Edited November 7, 2005 by Drizzt

[Sim]

In my mind Avalanche is a "Matt Masterpiece"... i would have voted Hello Time Bomb, but since i couldn't, i voted Fated... the sound/riff is good, but i don't get the lyrics, especially:

 

"I long to be dead

and sleep with the fishes under the sea

they can swim through my head

and stop all the traffic jams

stop all the traffic jams

and there'll be no light tonight

if I'm fated"

 

I mean, i don't really get the point.

[Devil On Rollerskates]

These are all good to fantastic songs. That said, who would consider 21st Century Living overrated when it's really not a song that many people think of when they think "masterpiece".

I don't think any of these songs are overrated so I chose the one I liked the least out of the list.

 

"If you don't agree with me, keep in mind that half of you who're voting against apparitions can't even spell it"

 

Gold...pure gold...

 

Solid gold. I totally agree that Apparitions is a great song and the fact that it still holds up even after being overplayed on the radio makes it all the more great. Another song title that people need to learn to spell is Carmelina.

 

Police Cars, Avalanche, Born To Kill, Blue Skies, Prime Time, Suburbia, The Rat Who Would Be King and Hunting Rabbits are all on my top ten list so I would never consider them to be overrated. But I do understand how some people may see some of these songs as too stretched out.