Disturbed - "Down with the Sickness"

[halo19]

Now here's one that's so bad that it's good. It's kind of even funny, actually. When this was out, some people identified it as "that monkey noise song". And I often did that noise along with the song when I heard it on the radio, because I think it's fun.

For whatever reason, it doesn't seem to me like the verses are terrible or anything, although it was funny to hear a "radio version" here where instead of removing profanities, everything after the "get the f*ck up" line was removed from the song, but with all of the profanities from other parts still.

The bridge is quite amusing too, I think.

[Mega248]

I'm not a big fan of this, though the Richard Cheese remake is pretty fun to listen to. Has anyone else heard that?

[crash46]

halo19 said:

Now here's one that's so bad that it's good.

That would be my analysis as well. I like this song for just about the same reason as I like "The Whisper Song (Wait)". It sounds terrible at first due to stupidity and simplicity, but then I just kept finding one thing after another that I liked about the song, that soon enough I was able to just look past everything I hated about it and jam with it.

There wasn't anything that got me going on the steering-wheel drums at the time more than this drum solo intro that slowly builds up to the screaming and coughing noises, and it never lets up.

[The Duality Of Man]

mega248 said:

I'm not a big fan of this, though the Richard Cheese remake is pretty fun to listen to. Has anyone else heard that?

Richard Cheese is the man.

[a Nick O!]

I like the song just fine. I always choose not to take it too seriously and read into it too closely, kind of like with "Bodies" by Drowning Pool.

The bridge is atrocious, however. I mean, what the f*** is that. Was David for real when he wrote all that? It doesn't fit at all and it epitomizes the reasons new-metal gets discredited. I can't believe the band recorded that section, let alone wrote it. And I can't believe the record company didn't balk at it, forcing them to take it out or substitute something else.

[slinky]

This song is hilarious with all the random sounds. I like it.