Our Lady Peace

mr dave · 03-17-2012, 07:13 AM

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I still say though, that so far, their best two albums are their first two.

Agreed, hell I even heard people say the only really good thing the band released was the first half of their first album. Starseed and Naveed are FANTASTIC tracks, Superman's Dead wasn't horrible but I don't think it aged well.

Personally I found Raine Maida to be a bit too much in all regards. From what I understand one of the main reasons the early discs have a different feel and an actual rock edge to them was their original guitarist (Mike Turner) who subsequently quit when the band he started, after they got big and Maida's head / attitude / ego expanded in line with it.

I'll admit I haven't paid attention to OLP in years, but the last time I heard anything it sounded like a pretentious ripoff of Radiohead. They also stand as the absolute worse live band I've ever seen. Back in 1998 they were the most boring, flat, and predictable band on a festival stage. I honest to crap couldn't tell if they played live or just cranked the cd.

slatesphanboi · 03-18-2012, 01:09 AM

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Starseed and Naveed are FANTASTIC tracks, Superman's Dead wasn't horrible but I don't think it aged well.

Really? I like Superman's Dead up till today and they play it all the time on Music Choice it seems so like I have heard it 3-4 times over the last few months.

mr dave · 03-20-2012, 06:51 AM

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Really? I like Superman's Dead up till today and they play it all the time on Music Choice it seems so like I have heard it 3-4 times over the last few months.

Even back in the day I found the AieeeAieeeAieeeAieeeEEEeeeEEEeeeeEEeee of the chorus grating. The big joke was Maida sang like a donkey.

Did you ever get into I Mother Earth? I bring them up because they were another band from Toronto that popped up around the same time as OLP. Something about the phonetic relationship within the 3 words that made up each band name lead to a lot of confusion between the groups with my peers. IME was far superior to my ears.

slatesphanboi · 03-21-2012, 09:26 AM

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Did you ever get into I Mother Earth? I bring them up because they were another band from Toronto that popped up around the same time as OLP. Something about the phonetic relationship within the 3 words that made up each band name lead to a lot of confusion between the groups with my peers. IME was far superior to my ears.

Nope. Never heard of them.

Frankly when I think of Canadian music I only think of Bryan Adams and Leonard Cohen. Sorry.

mr dave · 03-23-2012, 07:08 AM

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Nope. Never heard of them.

Frankly when I think of Canadian music I only think of Bryan Adams and Leonard Cohen. Sorry.

You're missing out hehehe

I also agree with AutomaticChaos, IME kind of tanked once they changed singers. I've read rumours about possible new material coming out, but I don't think reconciling the original band will ever happen.

Automaticchaos · 03-25-2012, 09:07 AM

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You're missing out hehehe

I also agree with AutomaticChaos, IME kind of tanked once they changed singers. I've read rumours about possible new material coming out, but I don't think reconciling the original band will ever happen.

What did you think of Edwin's solo album? "Hangten" was or is a decent track. The rest of the album was a massive yawn to me.

mr dave · 03-26-2012, 08:09 AM

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What did you think of Edwin's solo album? "Hangten" was or is a decent track. The rest of the album was a massive yawn to me.

Good god it was bad. What disappointed me the most was that his backing band was apparently Glueleg (they put out 2 albums before this point but this was their end)

@Bastard - holy cow man that SnowJob video takes me back haha

Automaticchaos · 03-22-2012, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by mr dave

Even back in the day I found the AieeeAieeeAieeeAieeeEEEeeeEEEeeeeEEeee of the chorus grating. The big joke was Maida sang like a donkey.

Did you ever get into I Mother Earth? I bring them up because they were another band from Toronto that popped up around the same time as OLP. Something about the phonetic relationship within the 3 words that made up each band name lead to a lot of confusion between the groups with my peers. IME was far superior to my ears.

I loved Sceneary and the Fish. But after that, they kinda sucked IMO.