The Cardigans!

Damien Verrett (Jonas) · Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:54 pm

I love The Cardigans.

Do you?

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:11 pm

I have a cardigan, though I never, ever wear it.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:28 pm

i don't have a cardigan, but I do love the song Lovefool.

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:56 pm

cardigans are GREAT. my roommate and Glenn Case both agree.

I've played their covers of "Iron Man" and "The Boys Are Back In Town" on my show. Maybe just the latter. Their stuff rules, though, anyway.

rone rivendale · Post by **rone rivendale** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:29 pm

I have one of their CD's that I bought ages ago.

My favorite song off it was Happy Meal.

ken · Post by **ken** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:00 am

I like their cover of Iron Man as well. Have your heard them and Tom Jones ' cover Burning Down the House?

I forget which song it is, but Loyalty Day's Hey Ruth is modeled after a Cardigans song.

Ken

obscurity · Post by **obscurity** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:52 am

I love My Favourite Game and absolutely nothing else by them.

Damien Verrett (Jonas) · Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:54 pm

Yeah, their Sabbath covers are neat.

nicegeoff · Post by **nicegeoff** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:09 pm

The Cardigans are a severely underrated group! Life and First Band on the Moon are incredible. Everything they've done after that has been a little too adult contemporary, though.

Tonamel · Post by **Tonamel** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:42 pm

I don't really know their stuff, but I've been told that Gran Turismo is their best album. I couldn't really say, but I will agree that Starter is a good song.

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:08 pm

Hmmm... I suppose I should give these guys a chance. Back when "Lovefool" was oppressively omnipresent, (circa 1997 I think?) I developed a grudge against them.

("Oh great! Now THAT'S gonna be stuck in my head ALL DAY!")

But many folks seem to love their stuff, so perhaps I could be persuaded to see beyond my reservations. Maybe.

Damien Verrett (Jonas) · Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:44 pm

Yeah, Lovefool is a really great song but it kinda made them look like a one hit wonder, and they definitely aren't.

Freddielove · Post by **Freddielove** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:51 pm

Hey Obscurity, if you like "My Favorite Game" check out "Erase and Rewind" I think its on the same albumn.

I am in the call them underated group. I think in a way "Lovefool" defined their career in not a good way. It overshadowed most of their early, great work, at least on this side of the Atlantic, and they spent the rest of their career trying to escape it, writing more serious songs that sound alterna-generic. That could have happened anyway though.