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Lee Newman said:
I should listen to this so that I can tell Train and them apart in a lineup (unlikely).
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I don't think I know more than one Train song and only because it got a lot of radio play. I worked in a factory in Detroit in the 90s for a summer and there was this one guy, mullet, covered in piercings and tattoos, wore sleeveless shirts, etc. and he would only listen to Matchbox 20 and Sarah McLaughlin when it was his turn to put something on the stereo. He made us listen to it every day. Strange dude.
 
Hemotep said:
I don't think I know more than one Train song and only because it got a lot of radio play. I worked in a factory in Detroit in the 90s for a summer and there was this one guy, mullet, covered in piercings and tattoos, wore sleeveless shirts, etc. and he would only listen to Matchbox 20 and Sarah McLaughlin when it was his turn to put something on the stereo. He made us listen to it every day. Strange dude.
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I mean part of me saying this and that is Train is because in a lot of ways they are all the same to me (Goo Goo Dolls, as well)… nondescript bland boring pop rock from the nineties. Hootie got a lot of shit back then but at least they were different. I also like Counting Crows (or at least those first two albums)
 
Hemotep said:
I don't think I know more than one Train song and only because it got a lot of radio play. I worked in a factory in Detroit in the 90s for a summer and there was this one guy, mullet, covered in piercings and tattoos, wore sleeveless shirts, etc. and he would only listen to Matchbox 20 and Sarah McLaughlin when it was his turn to put something on the stereo. He made us listen to it every day. Strange dude.
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I had Train’s first album on CD in high School. I really liked the song “Meet Virginia”, unfortunately the rest of the album (and their career) kinda sucked beyond that track.
 
Lee Newman said:
I mean part of me saying this and that is Train is because in a lot of ways they are all the same to me (Goo Goo Dolls, as well)… nondescript bland boring pop rock from the nineties. Hootie got a lot of shit back then but at least they were different. I also like Counting Crows (or at least those first two albums)
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You should listen to some of Goo Goo Dolls early albums they were way more punk at the beginning; often compared to the Replacements, similar in a lot of ways to Soul Asylum and The Lemonheads. They started out as punk and slowly softened the edges becoming more poppy to varying degrees of success. I still think The Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo was their sweet spot. Problem was (similar to Soul Asylum) they leaned the wrong lessons from their early success and pushed further into the schmaltzy realm of pop balladry which garnered them hits and airplay but also ruined their reputation as a punk band.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
You should listen to some of Goo Goo Dolls early albums they were way more punk at the beginning; often compared to the Replacements, similar in a lot of ways to Soul Asylum and The Lemonheads. They started out as punk and slowly softened the edges becoming more poppy to varying degrees of success. I still think The Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo was their sweet spot. Problem was (similar to Soul Asylum) they leaned the wrong lessons from their early success and pushed further into the schmaltzy realm of pop balladry which garnered them hits and airplay but also ruined their reputation as a punk band.
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I hate that Iris song with an unbridled passion. It is almost the perfect summation of everything I hate about 90s American music.
 
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