The Offspring - I’ll Be Waiting 7″
July 25th, 2006 at 10:19 am
What the fuck??? Offspring??? Na na na na na… You’ve heard that idiot song that went mega big. And it’s so fucking bad it makes me want to self explode and fuck a duck.
But here we have The Offsprings first 7inch dating back to 1986 wich actually is quiet good and of course super rare! 500 copies with sleeve and 500 without. I ordered it after reading a raving review of it in MMR.
I’ll Be Waiting is really good except for that pointless middle bridge that don’t serve a purpose except to be annoying. Blackball the flip is good too except for the middle part. All in all this sounds like it could’ve been released in 1980. Classic Southern Californian Punk Rock!
Country: USA
Year: 1986
Label: Black Label
Format: 7″
Songs:
I’ll Be Waiting.mp3
Blackball.mp3
July 25th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
I’ll be interested to take a listen to this since I thought their first LP wasn’t too shabby. I’m amazed at just how crappy they are now. God, their lyrics make me want to punch the radio. And its not because they “sold out” or some such thing- its just because they straight up suck. By the way, did they steal Obla Di Obla Da (sp?) by the Beatles on purpose for that dumbass Job song or was that an accident. It is seriously the exact same song.
July 25th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
Yepp they suck so hard they would make the best blow jobs in the world. Hey, why don’t they move over to the porn business instead?
It sounds like a totl rip off to me too. But wasn’t the Beatles Obla Di Obla Da a rip off too? I don’t know my Beatles history but I think I’ve heard something like that.
July 25th, 2006 at 7:39 pm
Maybe its a “traditional” rhythm that everyone has borrowed. But even the backups that sound like they are through a megaphone or something sound almost exactly like the Beatles song. Its weird, there’s music you don’t like and then there are those bands that make you physically angry when they come on. For some reason the Offspring do that to me even though it sounds silly.
July 25th, 2006 at 11:31 pm
Like you, I bought this record from the band when it came out. It was a breath of fresh air at a time when everybody was going metal, although it sounds almost exactly like early TSOL! I remember telling people when “Smash” came out in 1994: “Yeah, the Offspring, they’re o.k., they’re like TSOL!” Little did I know what they had in store for us…
July 26th, 2006 at 6:55 am
I LOVE this single. I keep telling people that the Offspring used to be really good but no one believes me. Their first album and this single are great!
July 27th, 2006 at 8:19 am
Is the sleeve on your copy unstuck?All the copies i’ve seen have been.
July 27th, 2006 at 8:37 am
Sorry for my bad understanding of english but by \”unstuck\” do you mean unglued? If that\’s the case my copy of the sleeve is glued togheter.
July 27th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
July 27th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
July 28th, 2006 at 3:55 am
Fun fact: The Offspring themself stuck on the glue for those records as they couldn’t afford it to be done professionally at the time.
July 28th, 2006 at 4:10 am
Oh my! I have a copy that the Offspring have TOUCHED ;).
July 29th, 2006 at 12:03 am
It’s a nice 7″, which I too bought after the MRR review. But frankly spoken: SMASH is way better than this! I simply love that album for its punch. And yes, I’m one of them who always liked THE BEATLES and hated ROLLING STONES (except for one or two songs).
August 26th, 2006 at 12:05 am
I would rather stick a red-hot nail through my dick than to listen to the Offspring…and …Bon Jovi too
August 26th, 2006 at 1:24 am
I don’t believe you.
August 27th, 2006 at 9:44 am
YOU LOT ARE ALL SUCH POSEURS THAT YOU JUDGE A BAND ON HOW MUCH THEY\’VE SOLD AND THEIR POPULARITY. IT REALLY DOES SUCK THAT YOU ATTACK A BAND THAT HAS GREAT SONGS JUST SO YOU CAN CALL YOURSELF A PUNK. /Mike Rush aka Adam Wilson aka septicnecro
September 16th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
Offspring used to be considered an Agent Orange / TSOL rip off band in 1986. They looked like a speed metal band.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
The whole neocon persona they are preaching today is nauseating. Income aside, it is in their music and their compassionless ethics that they seem bankrupt.
May 10th, 2007 at 5:37 am
Ha-Ha-Ha! just read the Mike Rush characters post. who is this moron? disgruntled, dissatisfied and what have ye that begins with dis, he seems to be. can’t comment on the record though, cos i aven’t eard it, lucky me?!
June 6th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
I find this to be great, but I also love ‘Smash’. Smash is seriosuly a great album. Go ahead and bash em all you want, but The Offspring are an amazing band and Smash is amazing too.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:08 am
You’re the first time I’ve ever listened to Offspring. OK, except those middles like you said. Always on target.