you sound like a true hipster. aka asshole

There's nothing wrong with Hootie and the Blowfish.

Quit trying to ruin my adolescence!

But Banana Republic is still out of khakis and the espresso machine is still jammed, so... :(

Good. They've had a few good songs. More than I can say for most rappers out there.

I was going to say something, but real shaman beat me to it.

Or Dave Mathews for crappy tour boats.

Only 16 million people would take offense at your remark, subby.

/// If only they'd had you to steer them right subby! Alas. They probably will never know what they've missed. What a shame you never came out of your Mom's basement and told them.

///Sonic Death Monkey rules!

Which one's Hootie?

OMG!! When did this not happen?!?!

but is there a band BLANDER than Hootie?


/not subby
//agrees with his sentiment

I can't think of a Hootie and the Blowfish song. None. I'm not even sure what sort of music they play.

Don't be dissin' 'Cracked Rear View'.

Raw_fishFood: I can't think of a Hootie and the Blowfish song. None. I'm not even sure what sort of music they play.

You're either very young, or you were somewhere outside of America during the mid-90s.

King Something: But Banana Republic is still out of khakis and the espresso machine is still jammed, so... :(

Good, you got this covered, I can move along now, I've got to go find Tex and tell him Billy Bob said "Howdy".

Shamelessly hotlinked.

shivashakti: Raw_fishFood: I can't think of a Hootie and the Blowfish song. None. I'm not even sure what sort of music they play.

You're either very young, or you were somewhere outside of America during the mid-90s.

I was in Canada, not listening to Hootie and the Blowfish ;)

His name is Darius Rucker. His name is Darius Rucker.

/"Let Her Cry" was the harbinger of the Great Wussification of the United States

Sheesh...Creed, Nickelback, Hootie & The Blowfish...is there anyone remotely popular you Farkers don't despise?

Damn, what am I saying? This is Fark.

Who knew that Fark was full of WOW and Hootie appologists.

Chief Wiggum: Your mission is to find the firework smugglers and get them to say something incriminating on this tape.
Bart: Hootie and the Blowfish?
Chief Wiggum: Yeah. It's cheaper than blank tape

I have seen Hootie & the Blowfish live four times. I am 23 years old. Take from that what you will.

Hey, the 1995-1998 period was a good time to be a live, and is probably where my main taste in music will be, you know? In 10 years we'll hear Hootie and the Blowfish hits (and they did have like three) on the oldies stations, when we're remembering how awesome the 90s was (we won't have any more success explaining bell-bottoms than those from the 60s).

Hootie and the Blowfish is the easy listening side of the Nirvana generation. I don't like any of the rest of their music, but I'll still pop in Cracked Rear View if I'm cleaning the garage or something, you know?

*alive

or

*a live human being

...as you will

I don't mind Hootie on occasion, but I might actually be more of a fan of Darius' solo work, Back To Then in particular. The new country stuff is different, probably an acquired taste since I'm more partial to 70s-80s country, but its alright.

/so what

Kill them with fiiiieeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyeeeeer. It was either that or typing in all caps to indicate screaming, which is what I do when I am reminded that these assclowns made "music".

:/

Or Dave Mathews for crappy tour boats.

I just want to know when Dave and Hootie switched traded bands.

Time is an amazing song, just for the lyrics alone it makes it. So lay off Hootie.

itsdrew: I have seen Hootie & the Blowfish live four times. I am 23 years old. Take from that what you will.


How YOU doin'?

John Buck 41: Sheesh...Creed, Nickelback, Hootie & The Blowfish...is there anyone remotely popular you Farkers don't despise?

Whoa. The trifecta of suck has been activated.

God help us all.

He is, however, busy with Hootie and the Catfish at present...

I quite liked their first album. It wasn't exactly deep, but it had a bunch of catchy, hummable tunes.

I don't get all the hate for mind candy. There's nothing wrong with Hootie, Survivor and John Grisham books, so long as you accept them for what they are: light entertainment.

I came for the "Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch" posts, and was NOT disappointed.

Thanks, KeeperX!

Hey, they got me laid in college, so they are fine by me!
/go eagles
//no the other ones
///no the ones that got their asses kicked by Georgia

TheYeti: John Buck 41: Sheesh...Creed, Nickelback, Hootie & The Blowfish...is there anyone remotely popular you Farkers don't despise?

Whoa. The trifecta of suck has been activated.

God help us all.

Well, uh, thanks...but still, no one has answered my question.

Ah dammit, I wrote in my column for wrapping up 2008 that they had broken up and so it would now be even more rude than ever to call Darius "Hootie."

The 90's---the decade that gave us artists who produced one overplayed/overhyped (though not necessarily without merit) album and then found themselves on the road to relative obscurity, making way for the next "big thing". Live, Alanis Morrisette, and Blues Traveller come to mind.

My friends and I call it "Frampton Comes Alive" syndrome.

Doesn't he lose it when you call him Hootie?

Hey, you, yeah I'm talkin to you, Hootie. Hootie. That's you.

jj325: The 90's---the decade that gave us artists who produced one overplayed/overhyped (though not necessarily without merit) album and then found themselves on the road to relative obscurity, making way for the next "big thing". Live, Alanis Morrisette, and Blues Traveller come to mind.

My friends and I call it "Frampton Comes Alive" syndrome.

Don't forget Matchbox 20

Hootie and The Blowfish isn't really bad as much as they are just extremely bland, yet extremely popular for some inexplicable reason. Putting them on par with creed, Nickelback, Matchbox 20, though, is more than a bit unfair.

FeedTheCollapse: Hootie and The Blowfish isn't really bad as much as they are just extremely bland, yet they wereextremely popular for some inexplicable reason. Putting them on par with creed, Nickelback, Matchbox 20, though, is more than a bit unfair.

ftfm.

/they were playing the Puyallup Fair only 2 years after Cracked Rear View.

In other news apparently Hootie and the Blowfish were still together!

/Class of '95
//"Tiiiimeeeeee why you punish meeeeee"

Jenessa:itsdrew: I have seen Hootie & the Blowfish live four times. I am 23 years old. Take from that what you will.


How YOU doin'?

Just so you know, I have been miserable studying all day for exams (just checking Fark periodically) and you have made my day. FYI, Drowning is playing right now on my computer.

/NOT the type of response I expected
//awesome

To be fair, Hootie and the Blowfish made better music, than the disposable shiat that is churned out now.

Dammit,I like Hootie.

King Something: But Banana Republic is still out of khakis and the espresso machine is still jammed, so... :(

Came here for that, leaving happy.

A few years ago I went to see Django Walker play, and he opened for Hootie. It was the first time I'd seen them in about 15 years and they were still good. Darius played a few country songs and I was really impressed. I hear his country album is good but haven't checked it out yet.

shivashakti : You're either very young, or you were somewhere outside of America during the mid-90s.

I'm turning 31, I was in the US in the 90s, and I can't remember a hootie and the blowfish song.

/I remember what their music sounds like, and I know I would recognize a particular song of theirs if I heard it. But I can't remember the title of the song or any of the lyrics off the top of my head.

/edit, looked at their discography, nope. Turns out the song I thought was theirs was Dave Matthews.

//Was listening to Snoop Dogg, Iron Maiden, Enigma, Depeche mode, Cypress Hill, Outkast etc in the 90s

jj325: The 90's---the decade that gave us artists who produced one overplayed/overhyped (though not necessarily without merit) album and then found themselves on the road to relative obscurity, making way for the next "big thing". Live, Alanis Morrisette, and Blues Traveller come to mind.

My friends and I call it "Frampton Comes Alive" syndrome.









...and those are just the four best ones.

lordargent: //Was listening to Snoop Dogg, Iron Maiden, Enigma, Depeche mode, Cypress Hill, Outkast etc in the 90s

Oh good god.

I was in high school from 93-97, and had a graduating class of 972. I can honestly say one thing: In this time frame, not a single person I knew of was listening to anything even remotely popular at the time.

The hipster kids were listening to Fugazi, PJ Harvey and Liz Phair. I was listening to Pantera (sort of mainstream at the time), Slayer and other thrash bands. Everyone I knew owned both the Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump soundtracks, and those were both classic rock collections.

I don't know who in the hell was listening to Hootie back in the day b/c that should have been in my age group's wheelhouse at the time.

Same goes for Alanis too.