GMD SONG SURVIVOR: PARANOID, ROUND 1

[CiG]

I can't believe "Planet Caravan" is probably already out.

 

[jimmy101]

I can't believe "Planet Caravan" is probably already out.

Considering we've got an album chock full of classics it's understandable that an awesome track such as Planet Caravan has to bite the dust early. My head is still spinning in regards to Iron Man.

Just quietly I'm rooting for either Electric Funeral, Hand of Doom & Fairies Wear Boots.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Regarding the "it's played-out" argument.

1. It's your fault for watching commercials (it's 2018, fast forward them on TV; mute them online).
2. It's your fault for listening to dad rock radio stations

The only time I hear Paranoid is when I listen to the album. I guess I hear 20 seconds of Iron Man in the background during sporting events from time to time, but that barely registers.

 

[no country for old wainds]

hard to avoid commercials when you like sports tbh. there's a specific commercial that's always playing lately with paranoid in it. doesn't bother me really, i still like it, but if i could choose not to hear it so often outside of album context i would. i suppose muting is an option.

 

[CiG]

1. It's your fault for watching commercials (it's 2018, fast forward them on TV; mute them online).

The playing out of a song usually happens over years, maybe even decades.

I haven't seen Paranoid used on any ads that I can recall. Holy Diver on the other hand..

lol...

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

wtf. Black Sabbath =/= shitty japanese hatchbacks

 

[crimsonfloyd]

The playing out of a song usually happens over years, maybe even decades.

Not for me. For me the only way I play out a song/album is if I binge it. Hearing a 20 second clip every now and then doesn't really impact how I feel when I actually listen to the song.

 

[CiG]

FYI regardless of what I said, "Paranoid" is one of the best songs on the album and I'll only be voting against it if it comes up against my absolute fave song on the album. I pretty much agree with Tech's tracklist ratings.

Not for me. For me the only way I play out a song/album is if I binge it. Hearing a 20 second clip every now and then doesn't really impact how I feel when I actually listen to the song.

Fair enough, we're all different. My feelings of being burned out on "Paranoid" are mostly gone these days and it mostly came from the video clip coming on TV a lot when I was growing up and my housemate in my teens playing the song constantly with his band when they jammed. A few songs were ruined for me that way for a good deal of years.

"Hammer Smashed Face" is another one.

 

[Satanstoenail]

lol...

Heh. Fair enough. I tend to stick to ABC and SBS a lot of the time so I’m less exposed to this shit I guess. Or I’ve just blocked it out.

 

[jimmy101]

wtf. Black Sabbath =/= shitty japanese hatchbacks

What is this...that's parked before me?

 

[CiG]

 

[jimmy101]

I remember reading in a Jim Morrison biography once that the Doors had entered negotiations with Buick to license their music for an upcoming commercial. "Come on Buick light my fire" was the proposed tag line. Needless to say, when Jim found out he went hysterical, accused his bandmates of signing a pact with the devil and threatened to bring Buicks up on to the stage with the band and smash them with a sledgehammer. Thankfully the deal never went through, but damn that would have been a sight to behold.

 

[Slammed]

1. It's your fault for watching commercials (it's 2018, fast forward them on TV; mute them online).
2. It's your fault for listening to dad rock radio stations

It's because insightful life lessons like this that I joined this forum.

 

[Baroque]

yea, but its one of the weaker songs on the album.

It's one of the foundational tracks for the doom metal genre, doesn’t the name even come from that song? the structure is also highly influential, and the lyrics are a pretty deep commentary on life at that time, war, drugs etc

 

[Baroque]

Iron Man was played out by the time I was a freshman in high school and the marching band would play it at every football game. Songs can get played out man.

 

[jimmy101]

It's one of the foundational tracks for the doom metal genre, doesn’t the name even come from that song?

Haven't heard that mentioned before but I wouldn't be surprised if it's true!

 

[CiG]

Iron Man was played out by the time I was a freshman in high school and the marching band would play it at every football game. Songs can get played out man.

Your fault for going to high school football games bro.

 

[jimmy101]

I wouldn't mind hearing a marching band rendition of Iron Man though.

 

[Slammed]

Your fault for going to high school football games bro.

Maybe he should have used fast forward on the marching band

 

[CiG]

As gay as it was, I actually got hyped when it played in the Iron Man movie.