Todd In The Shadows Thread

My sole knowledge of her is based on a single (from the infamous 'Sellout' album) that was released as DLC for Rock Band back in the day. I have no recollection of the song itself, and upon revisiting it I found it utterly forgettable.

However, I did check out Exile in Guyville, and I think it's really quite good. Then again, I have affinity for a lot of acts that were probably inspired by Phair, so I might be biased.

As Todd said though, Liz Phair is more (critically) well-known for being an indie icon.

Is... Is Todd really advertising VPN with the express purpose to break regional gatekeeping?

Edited by Redmess on Oct 26th 2020 at 2:41:25 PM

As a lot of youtubers do…?

Yes, but I don't think most Youtubers are that up front about the shadier aspects of using VPN.

Yeah, usually ExpressVPN is advertised a way to ensure the protection for one's data.

Edited by Motyka5 on Oct 26th 2020 at 9:14:08 AM

They've all been doing it that way lately. I'm guessing the ad copy they're given is telling them to play up the region breaking aspects.

Another Youtuber I watched (I think it was Johnny 2 Cellos?) very recently advertised VPN services to get around Netflix bans, and I think Jacksfilms has said the same when he advertised VPN. I guess it's just becoming more acceptable to say why people really want a VPN.

We all know about his "Worst hit songs of X" videos (not to be confused with his year end vids), but I wonder if he'd ever do the BEST hit songs of a certain year. 1983 would be a great choice IMO.

1977 was also very, very strong.

Todd brings back One Hit Wonderland SPOOKTACULAR EDITION on Patreon!: The Buoys' "Timothy"

Todd posted ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Timothy" by The Buoys.

I didn't know of the song beforehand, and didn't really see the thumbnail that clearly, so when he got to the twist, my jaw dropped with disbelief.

This is probably the funniest episode of OHW.

I was a little disappointed with the song itself; as I'm sure everybody here can tell, I like 60s-70s folk pop, but this song just doesn't sound outstandingly good. I'm glad it gave Todd such good material, though.

Edited by MisterTambourineMan on Oct 31st 2020 at 4:59:28 AM

Well, this review certainly gave us a lot to chew on.

(oh come on, you knew a joke like that was inevitable!)

I don’t know, it left me hungry for more.

Edited by DookieIdiotNimrod on Nov 4th 2020 at 6:52:56 AM

I do love mainstream songs with a story that doesn't have to do with romance (ie Hotel California), so I'm definitely going to watch this one.

What’s that about?

It's from the trainwreckords episode when Lauryn has a breakdown during her performance and Todd starts feeling awful as he starts to feel like he's just making fun of a womans mental health problems.

A folk-pop song about eating a coworker is like a death metal song about brushing your teeth.

My favorite is the She Blinded Me with Science episode, where he goes from a song he's meh about to increasingly getting excited over the artist's life and his music.

Maybe it's just because I loved the first album he sang on with Yes (He later returned on a re-recording of their 2011 album Fly From Here, which was called Fly From Here: Return Trip), but similar to the above, one of the most memorable Todd reactions for me was the "Video Killed the Radio Star" episode, where he gets more and more incredulous as he reads off hit after monster hit Trevor Horn produced. He eventually ends it with something like "Oh come ON, this isn't even FAIR!" And this is after he mentions Geoff Downes and his stint in Asia.

There are a surprising number of OHW figures who have turned out to have significant industry presence, like Semisonic's Dan Wilson and New Radicals' Gregg Alexander in songwriting, Van Mc Coy in production work, Rick Derringer discovering Weird Al...

My favourite OHW episode will forever be his Float On episode, you can just tell he was brimming with joy doing that episode and that infectious joy really carried his review. The episode on "Oh Yeah" by Yellow is also really good and probably ties with Float On in my enjoyment. It's a fun episode and also gets to show off this weird pioneer Industrial group that is one of those influential, "Your favorite band's favorite band" groups like The Butthole Surfers.

Favorite Trainwreckords is Be Here Now just because I love the madness that surrounded that album and just how fucking monumentally crushing "All Around The World" was to the point it's a meme with my friends. Though Funstyle is also pretty damn fun (You're bein' a penius [colada that is])

And for the undisputed king of pop song reviews for me, it's his review of Wiggle. I go back to watch that video all the time because of how perfect his delivery is in it