jefitoblog: Chartburn: rips on Bush/Gavin
June 15, 2007 · Print This Article
I was looking around the web for new Gavin Rossdale news and information - and found a review for the song “Swallowed” (see below). this review, and it’s reviewer, odviously HATE bush and Gavin rossdale. brr it’s cold in here.
make your comments here: Source: jefitoblog.com
Modern Rock: Bush, “Swallowed” (1996)
Gary: Never heard this one before. Not bad, but it sounds like every other modern rock song of the era. Typical song structure, start slow, come in big, slow it down again and repeat. Oh, and add some dark and brooding lyrics. Why was everyone so damn depressed all the time?
Vrabel: The Bush song makes my digestive system engage in several delightful means of revolution; what in the wide wide world of sports did anyone see in this band?
I can’t recall - was this song off their quote-fingers remix record? One of my college buddies, upon hearing that record, issued the immortal proclamation that “Remixed shit is still shit.”
Kurt: Bush was still making music in 1996? For the life of me I will never understand how they sold records. It’s like they took the worst of Nirvana and made it even more unlistenable.
Jefito: Not only did Bush sell records, but this dung heap was the #1 song on modern rock radio in ‘96. I’m not going back to the book to verify the details, but given the way the format was behaving in general during this era, that probably means it topped the charts for over ten weeks. My hatred for Bush’s shitty music remains undimmed by time, but I know I’m in the minority.
Will: I gotta say, Bush meant nothing to me beyond “Everything Zen.” In retrospect, I remember this single - well, the chorus, anyway - and it actually strikes me as being more Britpop than Brit-grunge. Whenever the inevitable Bush best-of comes out, maybe I’ll take a stab at it.
Jason: I was having my cereal this morning, and Gavin Rossdale was on the side of the carton. True story.
Vrabel: I stopped at a Krispy Kreme this morning, and Gavin Rossdale served me my Chocolate Frosted.
Robert: People call Gavin Rossdale “Mr. Stefani.” But Gwen and he are still married, so I’m guessing he knows how to shrug it off. Good for him. Having said that, I don’t remember any Bush songs whatsoever.
Dunphy: “Swallowed,” huh? Do I need to continue, really? I mean, Mr. Stefani pretty much did the heavy lifting right there….
Sigh.
The ’90s were a lousy time for band names… Kind of like the 2000s, actually. Whereas new bands have the pathetic urge to name their groups with numbers, those grunge boys had a thing for disconnected nouns. Bush. Lit. Sponge. The roster would probably make an excellent refrigerator magnet game.
But on a totally opposite track, (sorta), I heard the new album from Nirvana-bees Silverchair recently… It’s actually pretty fantastic (and currently only available in Australia), slightly Beatle-esque, slightly-glam and has Van Dyke Parks on orchestrations. I quite enjoyed it, meaning that there’s still hope for all those 90s second stringers.
Except for Gavin Rossdale. He can go to hell.
David: Can you even call this a song? There’s a chorus, and then a bunch of other shit (emphasis on the word ’shit’) that happens. I’m betting Steve Albini doubled his fee to do this record.
Scott: I fucking hate Bush and refuse to listen to this song. Pretty boy Nirvana wannebes.
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