He fills it in both aurally and comedically, stepping into new voices (including Pee-Wee’s), declaring he’s going to hypnotize the listener (or his target, likely Benzino, who really was as jealous as Em claims), and spending the verses pranking him Bugs Bunny-style. The chorus is a highly choreographed, nasally syllable dance designed to finish with the softest of punch lines: “Because you’re a meanie.” And then after it’s put through its paces again, it climaxes on an insult that hasn’t been heard since 1984 by anyone over the age of six: “You’re just a big weenie.” Note that this hook is a fairly interesting, descending minor-key melody with Eminem’s vocal doubled, while the beat is a sparse, two-note pizzicato thing. Coyote cartoon: “Now I’m sitting here with your name on my skin/ I can’t believe I went and did this stupid shit again/ My next girlfriend, now her name’s gotta be Kim/ Shiiiiiiiiii-iiiiiiiiiiii-iiiiiiii-iiiiiiit.” It’s his willingness to go and play his love life for a slapstick cartoon that makes some of Eminem’s stupidest moments so hilarious despite advisability.Īs with “Puke,” it’s Eminem’s willingness to look like a total 4-year-old in both whining cadence and limitless imagination for comedy that makes “Big Weenie” an unfairly dismissed moment of transcendence. Me.” But the strange, re-run feel of his running Kim soap opera sends “Puke” into this otherworldly dimension where the slapstick comedy is like a Wile E. “Puke” will disgust many for its vomiting sounds alone, and its bratty, playground singsong cadence. It examines the bottom of the barrel from every angle, including inventive new ones. The trick to enjoying 2004’s little-loved Encore is that it goes past scraping the bottom of the barrel at its most ridiculous. Here are ten songs that Eminem fans should go back and understand are in the great tradition of his best. Love is pain, and also blind, so sometimes these fans lose faith in the object of their admiration in the first place. French Montana starts looking pretty good, despite inching no closer to Eminem’s title at his peak. Poetic heartbreaking lyrics, great rhythm section, and incredible guitar textures.So when the offense taken by fans gets personal, suddenly a goofy, out-of-step novelty like “We Made You” is one of the worst songs they’ve ever heard. One of the greatest songs of all time, never mind one of the best cure songs. Poetic heartbreaking lyrics, great rhythm section, and incredible guitar textures.” “One of the greatest songs of all time, never mind one of the best cure songs. Why Can’t I Be You? (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, 1987) Surely, this is The Cure’s most underrated song, and one of the world’s most moving pieces that will literally take you back to the scars of your past.”ġ3. Robert goes to the deepest depths of what heartbreak is truly about, in a manner with poetically and painfully woven verses, that will either destroy you with how you might relate, or seduce you with the almost epic, elegant, and somewhat fast paced guitar rhythm. “Simply the most well constructed song of all time. Click below and listen their famous songs.ġ4. Here are all The Cure songs ranked.ĭon’t miss out the music of the English pop rock band. The band has released 13 studio albums, two EPs, and over 30 singles to date.
Songs such as “Let’s Go to Bed” (1982), “Close To Me” (1985), “Just Like Heaven” (1987), “Lovesong” (1989), and “Friday I’m in Love” (1992) aided the band in receiving commercial popularity.
Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had acquired, introducing a greater pop sensibility into the band’s music. Following the release of the album Pornography in 1982, the band’s future was uncertain. Beginning with their second album, Seventeen Seconds (1980), the band adopted a new, increasingly dark and tormented style, which, together with Smith’s stage look, had a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic rock as well as the subculture that eventually formed around the genre. The band’s debut album was Three Imaginary Boys (1979) and this, along with several early singles, placed the band in the post-punk and new wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom.
The band members have changed several times, with guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith the only constant member. The Cure is an English pop-rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex, in 1978.