Singles That Don't Represent the Band Well
 

What are some popular songs by artists that you feel don't capture what they're really about?

The first one that comes to mind for me is Radiohead's "Creep", it's a great song and all but their other tracks sound worlds apart from that tune and it's their biggest hit. Another one would be Yes's "Owner of a Lonely Heart", which is crap while a good lot of their material is not.

So what do you think?

Shiny Happy People is a great one.

I think Rusty Cage isn't a good representative of Soundgarden. As the song implies they might be worth checking out.

I'd argue that Black Hole Sun is an even bigger hit, meaning most people know better than to check them out.

I'd argue that "Black Hole Sun" is actually one of their few good songs, unlike "Rusty Cage".

Rusty Cage is a great song, but Soundgarden does a poor job with it.

"Wait what the **** since when have there been two guys in outkast?"

"And there's rapping, too?"

This great moody, sample heavy hit single "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" by Primitive Radio Gods is unfortunately not representative of them at all:




This crapfest is what they really sound like:



One of my most disappointing album purchases ever.

One of the rare examples when the singles don't represent the band well but are still excellent.