He's more of a sleaze and not particularly yuppie, I think. Hunter Thompson wannabe rather than Jay McIerney wannabe.

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I don't believe I've ever heard this song but you make a very convincing case.

Don Henley, Glen Frey, Joe Walsh and any musician from the past 40 years would give an arm to write something as great as the Final Jeopardy! music.

@avclub-525f76574b3a2a5bcb4da793c92a16fb:disqus I think Random Rules and Hatesong suffer from the same problem — it's hard for lots of people to talk about music without resorting to vague descriptions of sound and personal signifiers.

Radio that is not actually radio but an iPod? It may play more songs that I like than other formats I dislike (anything talk, for example) but no, it is the worst.

Garcia being a Butthole Surfers fan doesn't surprise me, Paul Leary was one hell of a psychedelic guitar player.

To clarify — I don't hate Natural One and don't know people who do. But I can easily picture some guy a decade from now holding it up as bad 90s indie rock with an annoying hook that gets stuck in your head, maybe even harping on Barlow's "yeaaaaaaaaaaah" the way he craps on Henley's "dance."

That is a terrible line. Sometimes it's best to just go for a different rhyme. "Into my pants" would be sleazier and goofier but several orders of magnitude less douchey.

Also, Mike fucking Campbell deserves more recognition than "the diabetic guitar player from Tom Petty," especially from the Chia-headed bassist from J. Mascis.

I like this — it's the paranoid yuppie asshole version of Lawyers, Guns and Money.

There's really no reason to listen to Hotel California when Desperadoes Under The Eaves exists. It even has Henley backing vocals!

You mean the 311 tune?

When I was eight that line was incomparably badass, tinny sound and whiny voice be damned. Molotov cocktails, dude!

@avclub-9acf7344ec50993b012999f76196c4c6:disqus same here on the Huey Lewis front.

I have a childhood affection for the song as well, even though I think it's also pretty annoying. Doesn't bother me that Barlow hates it. I'm sure there are people who hate "Natural One" for similar reasons.

@avclub-e3f5ab7f02122f95b801e13e2c586d6a:disqus or even better — avant garage! Synth as noise generator is fucking great. Allen Ravenstine, bitch:

Damn, that Prince idea is a good one. I mean, giving a song to Prince is a good idea in general but it works for this one in particular.

In terms of weird song snippets that get stuck in your head, "Stop playing that crap! You're out of the band!" pops up frequently when someone or something is pissing me off.

Hugely underrated line from that movie. The arrogant whine is delicious.