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Chan790

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16. I though Maroon5 wouldn't even manage to remain noteworthy long enough...
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 09:04 AM
Apr 2014

for anybody to give a shit if they put out a second album. I was wrong but only because I underestimated the selling power of Adam Levine's smile, personality and hotness. Musically, they're still mediocre. There are worse acts out there, but not that have sold so many CDs.

I thought Sugar Ray were going to be huge...man, I had terrible taste in the mid-90s.

I told a woman in a grocery store while they were playing "Just Dance", a breakout first hit by an artist that had ties to the same neighborhood I was living in NYC (Lady Gaga), that "It's a poppy song, but it's got one hit wonder written all over it." That woman turned out to be her mother. So not only was I wrong, I made an ass out of myself.

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Boston Populist_Prole Apr 2014 #1
They had 2 hit albums? LynneSin Apr 2014 #2
Don't Look Back KamaAina Apr 2014 #5
I really undersold Nickelback gratuitous Apr 2014 #3
Much the way I did with Oasis KamaAina Apr 2014 #4
Van Halen CBGLuthier Apr 2014 #6
Oh man this is embarrassing.... Coventina Apr 2014 #7
I like the first two songs on Kid Rock's first album LynneSin Apr 2014 #8
I was going to post the same thing. JoeyT Apr 2014 #41
The Banana Splits, man Art_from_Ark Apr 2014 #9
Banana Splits freaked me out LynneSin Apr 2014 #18
I want whatever it was their creators were smoking. GoCubsGo Apr 2014 #28
Agreed; Sid and Marty Krofft must have been major stoners Tom Ripley Apr 2014 #32
I didn't think Eminem's career would survive a second album LadyHawkAZ Apr 2014 #10
Rob Zombie. Archae Apr 2014 #11
in 95-96 I worked at a cd store (I know, how quaint) and we had free tx to a Zombie show NightWatcher Apr 2014 #31
He makes really creepy movies, though. Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #35
Though decades after they were established Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #12
This will make you happy. Led Zeppelin. kwassa Apr 2014 #13
I thought Train would be Hugh and I felt the same way about The Counting Crows.. nirvana555 Apr 2014 #14
Hmm, I saw Zeppelin in Denver in December 1968 Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #36
Vanilla Fudge and Spirit were both good bands. kwassa Apr 2014 #39
Oh, I agree, they were good bands, Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #40
We were in a different place. kwassa Apr 2014 #42
Might have been Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #44
U2...couldn't stand 'em when I first heard 'em. pink-o Apr 2014 #15
Bowie can't carry a tune???!!! Tom Ripley Apr 2014 #19
I was about to say the same about U2. GoCubsGo Apr 2014 #29
I though Maroon5 wouldn't even manage to remain noteworthy long enough... Chan790 Apr 2014 #16
I remember they were comparing Lady Gaga to Madonna LynneSin Apr 2014 #17
Rookie mistake LeftOfSelf-Centered Apr 2014 #20
Wait just one gosh darn fricking minute.... LynneSin Apr 2014 #22
On a purely personal note: Muse LeftOfSelf-Centered Apr 2014 #21
Oddly enough I entered this thread to post nearly the same thing OriginalGeek Apr 2014 #25
I thought Nirvana were the weakest of the groups to emerge from Sub-Pop. Beware the BeastMan Apr 2014 #23
Back in the prehistoric days, rem was considered the most lightweight and inconsequential of the... Tom Ripley Apr 2014 #24
With Bohemian Rhapsody I thought Queen were pretentious 1 hit wonders intaglio Apr 2014 #26
Kinda the same for me too Populist_Prole Apr 2014 #30
Elton John. dawg Apr 2014 #27
i thought the singer T-Pain Jamaal510 Apr 2014 #33
Steely Dan lastlib Apr 2014 #34
Asia and The Firm both of which were stunning examples azurnoir Apr 2014 #37
Arctic Monkeys! Violet_Crumble Apr 2014 #38
The Talking Heads kwassa Apr 2014 #43
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