I am so over my Wham! phase. Now I have decided that, as great as Wham! was, there is a group out there that has had even more impact on my life, as well as on the lives of all of us, historically and musically speaking. I am talking about Columbia, SC's own Hootie and the Blowfish.

Laugh all you want, scoff if you will, but damn it, name a band that is better at southern fried rock than the Blowfish. Name a group who has delivered more insightful lyrics, who has changed the fabric of scoiety as we know it. Sure there were the Beatles but, you know really, besides 8 or 10 really good albums, what the hell did they do? Did they make your toes tap? Did they have three back to back Top 10 hits as revolutionary as "Hold My Hand", "Let Her Cry", and "Only Wann Be With You". Hell no.

You can have Paul McCartney. I'll take my main man Dean Felber. And Ringo has got nothing on Soni Sonnenfeld. And make me laugh by comparing John Lennon with Hootie.

Hootie Rules!

The Rutles are better than Hootie and the Blowfish.

Darius Rucker makes Bob Dylan look like a second-rate Vanilla Ice impersonator.

"Laugh all you want, scoff if you will, but damn it, name a band that is better at southern fried rock than the Blowfish. Name a group who has delivered more insightful lyrics, who has changed the fabric of scoiety as we know it".

Okay I will...Lynard Skynard!!! They were and in still to some degree a better southern rock band than Hootie. Hootie, was a band with good intentions until, their overexposure killed them. That thing about them being better than the Beatles....No. You cannot compare "Hold My Nuts"....Opps I meant....hand to "I wanna hold your hand. As campish as I wanna...was, it was still a better song.
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lilgish said:

I don't remember the Beatles or Dylan getting any deal with Burger King, so yeah, Hootie is probably better.

NDRU said:

So, just because you get a deal to sell burgers, this means that u are better? To me, it means that u are a sellout. If u are selling burgers, then u should not be doing music.

the Beatles could never get Hootie to even associate with them, so obviously the Blowfish are a leg up in that department

shorttrini said:

But did you hear the song? It was like Strawberry Fields & Like a Rolling Stone all rolled up together on a sesame seed bun.

"My tender bacon crisp cheddar ranch"
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NDRU said:

NDRU said:

I've heard the song, but what's ur point? They should be just doing music...not pushing burgers.

shorttrini said:

the beatles pushed acid. dylan pushed bad facial hair grooming. are burgers so much worse?

Anx said:

The Beatles sold more crap than anyone! They even opened a new age store in London. Therefore, Hootie's music is much better. It's simple arithmetic.

I'm only kidding shorttrini!
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NDRU said:

and while george harrison diddled away his talent hanging out with ravi shankar (kinda the larry to george's prince), i'm pretty sure hootie and the blowfish has jammed extensively with dave matthews. NO CONTEST, really.

At least Hootie wont release things like the recent Love album by "the beatles"

dammme said:

yeah, really, what a bunch of hacks!

dammme said:

a band which, may i remind everyone, BROKE UP. isn't hootie and the blowfish still going strong? obviously this band is made up of team players, unlike SOME liverpool losers i could name.

Anx said:

"yesterday, now it seems so far away, now that hootie's here to stay, why should i care about yesterday"

KidOmega said:

I've got a party planned for 2015 when Hootie is inevitably elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Who's with me?

KidOmega said:

are you quoting a song? i'm not familiar with it.

Anx said:

I believe Ross, Chandler & Monica were so moved by Hootie that they allowed the music to cause a rift between them and Rachel, Phoebe & Joey

Anx said:

some more tripe from those hacks.

NDRU said:

true. like the Beatles ever had that kind of impact.

The Beatles never even rapped!

Did the Beatles have Dan Marino in any of their videos?

Case closed.

GottaLetitgo said: