The Hootie and The Blowfish Appreciation Thread

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

So as a Hardcore Hootie-head, i was curious who else enjoy's the blowfish's greatness


HOOOOOOOOOLLLLLDD MMMMMYYYYYY HANNDDDD

[4real]

I think i speak for most British Crappers when i ask this question.

Who?

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

4real said:

I think i speak for most British Crappers when i ask this question.

Who?

Golf Rock greats from the states. their just a fun band with a couple radio freindly songs on the radio around 1996. probably best known for black singer darius rucker who was commonly though to be hootie

[4real]

I always thought they were your version of Oasis, since you never gave a crap about them. But America seems to be waking up to the fact that Oasis are beyond awesome finally.

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

i dig oasis, brit pop a lot of time i find is overrated.

bands like blur, radiohead, travis, even coldplay are....eh alright. same goes with a lot of english indie bands, same goes for american indie bands, they're way to bummed out and down trodden for me

and thats why i like hootie

[gsguy]

I liked Hootie. Cracked rear window is a very good album.

Now he just sings for BK, what a shame.

[KStrick]

I agree with Animaniac. Hootie's Cracked Rear Window was a really good album. "Goodbye" still gets a lot of plays on my Yahoo Radio and iPod.

[Blindkarevik]

4real said:

I always thought they were your version of Oasis, since you never gave a crap about them. But America seems to be waking up to the fact that Oasis are beyond awesome finally.

I honestly really liked "Definitely, Maybe" back when it came out...

But that all changed when I fell in love with heavy music.

Also... on the whole Darius Rucker being referred to as Hootie... I look at it this way... if you're in a band called "Hootie And The Blowfish" I don't care what you say..... the lead singer is Hootie and the rest of the guys are The Blowfish.

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

blindheartagram said:

4real said:

I always thought they were your version of Oasis, since you never gave a crap about them. But America seems to be waking up to the fact that Oasis are beyond awesome finally.

I honestly really liked "Definitely, Maybe" back when it came out...

But that all changed when I fell in love with heavy music.

Also... on the whole Darius Rucker being referred to as Hootie... I look at it this way... if you're in a band called "Hootie And The Blowfish" I don't care what you say..... the lead singer is Hootie and the rest of the guys are The Blowfish.

oh seriously, he set himself up for that. but still a killer band

[RoloSolo IV]

It's a shame on what happened to Hootie.

[iamchris]

Yeah. I loved everything about hootie when I was a kid. And I may be the only person who can say that, I feel Fairweather Johnson was a good album. And I'm a music snop. HELL YEAHZ TO HOOTIE!!!!!

[elvispresley]

hootie blow sauasage

[David Troy a.k.a legendmythman]

I always thought it was weak how on I love the 90's, they didn't tear them a new one for sucking so much quality air time on the radio from better bands than them.

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

lifeoftheparty said:

4real said:

I think i speak for most British Crappers when i ask this question.

Who?

Golf Rock greats from the states. their just a fun band with a couple radio freindly songs on the radio around 1996. probably best known for black singer darius rucker who was commonly though to be hootie

Is "Golf rock" an actual genre? If so, I love the term.

Hootie was pretty blah. Actually, really blah. I don't know if it's coincidence that their (and many others', to be fair) rise to prominence on MTV/radio in the mid-90's led a teenaged dothebird to seek out the magical worlds of punk, then indie rock. So I suppose I should thank Hootie. And I will, by buying a BK Broiler tomorrow.

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

dothebird said:

lifeoftheparty said:

Golf Rock greats from the states. their just a fun band with a couple radio freindly songs on the radio around 1996. probably best known for black singer darius rucker who was commonly though to be hootie

Is "Golf rock" an actual genre? If so, I love the term.

Hootie was pretty blah. Actually, really blah. I don't know if it's coincidence that their (and many others', to be fair) rise to prominence on MTV/radio in the mid-90's led a teenaged dothebird to seek out the magical worlds of punk, then indie rock. So I suppose I should thank Hootie. And I will, by buying a BK Broiler tomorrow.

ya but opposed to indie bands, hootie seemed like they had fun playing music, they didn't come off like whiney self righteuos bastards

anyhow, the golf rock is a term they call themselves. i thank pop up video for that knowledge

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

What the hell ever happened to Pop-Up Video? I loved that. Then they started with the Behind the Musics and got too big for their britches....

[Lucky Duck]

I liked Hootie.....they were great to just drive and sing along to.....which is what I think they were going for, pretty much.

[Ben Wyatt]

I liked Hootie and the Blowfish. They were a fun band to listen to back when they came out. Though I admit, they just seemed to come out at the perfect time.

Cracked Rear View is still a great album after 10-11 years IMO

[Candyman's surprise]

They're professionals!!

[Triple Kelly]

"Cracked Rear View" was one of the biggest selling albums of my lifetime and I'm proud to say I own a cassette copy (this was before I owned a cd player) and sang/sing my heart out like a blissfilled fool to "Only Wanna Be With You", no matter how goofy the lyrics are.

-Kelly