Barenaked Ladies Break-up Was So Bad, they have to be interviewed SEPARATELY

Who?

Wow, petty.

The epitome of frau flyover music

Ugh, I loathed them !

OP, you lost me here:

[quote] Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

Right, R5? Lol. Like who ever heard of that?

I guess it doesn't take much to get into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. You have a couple of hits in the 90's and your pretty much guaranteed to get in.

Page got busted in NY for cocaine about ten years ago. It fucked up a contract they had just arranged with Disney. Although it seems like that may have been the catalyst, it was probably cumulative over time. My guess is they got tired of covering his ass, when it hit them in the pocketbooks. They are wealthy men though, so who knows.

Third grade is flashing before my eyes

Novelty songs.

I don’t give a fuck what happens to them because I will never forgive them for this abomination:

They have to be insanely rich from that obnoxious “Big Bang Theory” theme song alone. Why not just go away?

I thought that Big Bang song was They Might Be Giants. I learned something new today.

Barenaked Ladies make the kind of music that I can’t stand but good for them for selling their songs and concert tickets.

You might think that BNL plays mostly novelty songs, but you would be wrong. When they first started out, they had some amazing songs with wonderful depths. This is from their first album, and it has held up very well. The song is about how gender affects how people view us. It's a great song, and worth listening to. They were capable of greatness. I saw them just before their fist album came out at the Bottom Line in NYC -- opening for John Wesley Harding -- and it was the single best performance I have ever seen in my life, and I've seen thousands.

Remember when Steve Croft interviewed Don Henley and Glenn Frey about their bad blood for 60 Minutes? Don and Glenn were seated in a diner booth opposite Steve.

Steve: Since you two hate each other....

Glenn: Well, I wouldn’t say that....

Don: That’s not entirely accurate....

Steve: I’m sitting a foot away from you. Your body language is screaming that you can’t stand to be seated next to each other. You can’t even look at each other or say the other man’s name.

Glenn: ......

Don: ......

Steve: Back to my question: Since you two hate each other....

Can the BNL feud compare? Rock band feuds can make for hilarious TV.

R14, will you be my Yoko Ono?

Wow. that interview was not pretty at all. Page comes off pretty well, but the other guys seem still angry. I wonder what went down between them. Robertson was hot as fuck when he was younger; he has not aged that well.

Since they’re all straight guys, the issue is obviously money

Why is Robertson holding such a grudge? Sounds like everybody else would be willing to think about reuniting...what’s his problem? BNL is missing something without Page’s harmonies; he sounds better solo than they do together,

“What’s his problem?”

Money. He’s not getting as much as he thinks he is owed. It really is that simple. If he gets paid, the reunion happens tomorrow.

Robertson & Page were the biggest stars. For all his faults, Page is the nicer one. Back in the day the Barenaked Ladies had won a local competition (think star search). Years later when they made it big, only Steven Page would return to judge the competition (which wasn't televised, only the winner got airtime). He wasn't paid at all, there was no PR for him as this wasn't done for the cameras. He just wanted to show his appreciation.

R9 not grade nine?

[quote] It doesn't take much to get into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. You have a couple of hits in the 90's and you’re pretty much guaranteed to get in.

Are Junkhouse in it, R7? Are Our Lady Peace? Royal City? Is Lisa Lougheed?

Tim Horton?

If they had a million dollars...maybe they wouldn't be feuding. They all look like they still eat Kraft Dinner.

BNL was music made for white girls with bob haircuts who worked in PR. First apartment in a big city. Roommates. And just put the BNLadies cd on while we curl the hair, apply the makeup and get ready to out and “kiss boys”! at bars called Thirsty Gingerbread, Shamus O’Malley’s and Bud’s 3 Corner Tap. If Brian wilson came on at the bar that night???? SHIT. Look out. “We’re gonna go DANCE!!!!”

Really, R26? I always thought BNL appealed more to straight frat guys.

BNL was for middle aged married couples who thought they were still young and hip.

I always assumed that BNL fans were also hootie fans.

Dave Matthews Band too.

God yes R29! That Venn diagram meets in a perfect continuity.

I don't care what any of yall say. This is a great song.

They soothe our fibro. God bless them!

I will admit that their version of Lovers In A Dangerous Time is my favorite, but the video for it is shit.

Ha ha, yes, as a midwestern American, BNL fans were the nerdy DnD/Tolkien straight guys who drink way too much Mountain Dew.

BNL is too “cerebral” for girls, if you know what I mean.

"It's All Been Done" is on the September 1998 GapKids In-Store Playlist!

They interviewed Steven and Ed separately because... they are living separate lives in separate places (Steven lives in Syracuse while BNL are stil based in Toronto). They aren’t reuniting until they meet in Vancouver for the awards.

[quote] they are living separate lives in separate places (Steven lives in Syracuse while BNL are stil based in Toronto).

Not this week as they are all in Vancouver right now. They are in the same place right now, but still insisted on SEPARATE interviews.

Big deal. Morrissey won't even humor the thought of a The Smiths reunion.

They probably want to avoid giving people the impression that they’re reuniting... even though they’re milking the reunion for all the publicity they can.

I hated this fucking band. They still play their obnoxious shitty songs at shops and restaurants around here. Didn't we suffer enough in the '90s?

Fuck 'em all.

Well, duh. The Go-Gos hate each other, too and yet still reunite whenever they need the cash.

there, their, they're. Is English not taught in schools anymore?

Each member of Fleetwood Mac deeply despises the others but they've been making reunion millions since 1997. New tour later this year!

[quote]Is Lisa Lougheed?

OMG, *that* is a blast from the (obsure) past!

Lougheed, obscure?

Isn’t ‘Run With Us’ the unofficial Canadian National Anthem?

Their best songs are sang by Steven Page and aren’t necessary their hits. “What a Good Boy” is amazing. Any haters of the band just watch this performance.

My name is the hair shirt I wear....

R47. I was the guy who posted a link to Good Boy upstreams. It is an incredible song. Not a month goes by when I don't send a link to the video to a friend who hasnt heard it. It is an amazingly insightful song about gender.

R48 - I missed the link up the thread. Sorry. It is awesome.

Sorry to post again, but, listening to that song never fails to give me goose bumps.

I wake up scared, I wake up strange. I wake up wondering if anything in my life's gonna change. And...We've got these chains hanging around our necks, and people to strangle us with them before we take our first breath.

Please: to those on this tread who are casually dismissing them, listen to this song. Any group capable of this brilliance should not be so quickly dismissed. I do prefer the studio version to the live version.

Most of what’s silly and lame about BNL comes from Ed. Steven is a talented songwriter who doesn’t deserve to be thought of as a novelty act.

As annoying and cloying as Moxy Fruvous

Bare Naked Ladies were really different and put out some good music in their day. A lot of witty novelty music including "Brian Wilson". I like them and have most of their hits but they've never been the same since their lead singer Steven Page left the group. Just a nostalgia group now.

Back in the day.

Steven might have been the one who wrote the deeper and better songs, but, oddly enough, he was the one who clowned it up most on stage. He was the goofball you didnt take seriously, but it belied a talent for writing thoughtful songs.

Biggie and Tupac, the Canadian edition.

They had a big hit single called "One Week" that reached #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart back in 1998.

Steven Page, co-founder and the brains behind the group. A nerd but a talented one.

r33's pic is proof that MichFest needs to be reinstated - STAT!

separate lives