Bad Timing [Explicit Lyrics]

About the Artist
Band bios are usually entirely too boring, and this one is no exception. For the time being, we'll keep it brief and to-the-point. We're a rock band. We've heard various descriptions, ranging from "rockabilly" to "cowpunk" to "utter garbage," and none of them really fit. We're a rock band, plain and simple.

We believe that Hank Williams, Sr. was more punk than Sid Vicious, and that Sid Vicious was more country than any of the garbage nashville has put out in the past 20 years. We also think Man In Black by Johnny Cash should be required reading in public schools, and that children should have to watch The Decline of Western Civilization (2) instead of "To Kill A Mockingbird" for the hundred-gadzookieth time. Above all, we like to play fast, play hard, and get the hell off stage.

Product Description
11 hard hitting booze swilling rock and roll anthems. Hop in the '66 pop this cd in and cruise!

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Average customer rating: "untilted" Post-Rock Moonshine the inside of jim o'rourke The Good side of Jim O'Rourke ...

Bad Timing Jim O'rourke Manufacturer: Drag City ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Eureka Insignificance Camoufleur Happy Days Born Again in the USA ASIN: B0000019SC Release Date: 1997-08-25

Tracks:

1. Untitled
2. Untitled
3. Untitled
4. Untitled

Amazon.com

Guitarist Jim O'Rourke is best known as half of Gastr del Sol, one of the finest workaday avant post-rock outfits around. But O'Rourke is also a serious guitarophile, equally awestruck by John Fahey's open-ended takes on rural and Delta blues, and by Derek Bailey's unwavering free improvisation. O'Rourke's Bad Timing is replete with twisty blues plucking that spins like a series of tops winding around on a well-polished floor. The melodic lines O'Rourke concocts as a soloist on "There's Hell in Hello but More in Goodbye" are unnerving in their clarity and precision, not to mention their close-hewn structural integrity. And the rest of Bad Timing is all about construction: building an acoustic session out of various horns, guitar, piano, hints of percussion, and an ear for both ambient music and absolute sound. O'Rourke keeps enough delicacy in Bad Timing that it'll be plenty safe sound furniture, but when you listen up, the details will blow you away. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

"untilted".......2007-01-10

this is an album i just happened to wander up to, thanks to a friend i worked with at a cybercafe in th' ATL in the 90's. i just recently rediscovered the cassette i had made of the LP version this friend loaned me. (my new-to-me used ferd F-150 has a casette deck in it.) this is an absolutely amazing work. yes, the john fahey comparisons are vital to explain how this sounds. (if you don't know john fahey, you should!) yes, it's also very the post-whatever adjective one uses to describe music like what tortoise makes. (thankfully no marimba or vibes here!) but more than that, the other reviewers seemed to miss something i caught. i often use the word "wistful" to describe music but never use the word, "joyous" EVER! and never together. these pieces of untitled tunes are both by turns. two of the tunes are purely john fahey inspired ("wistful" which to me means "sad but happy anyway/resigned"???) the other two untitled tunes, not these are another thing altogether. they start out fahey and "wistful", but in one track it slowly adds some wonderful horn stuff that takes us right up to "joyous" then slowly takes us down to "wistful" again. the last track starts as fahey/wistful but then SUDDENLY! danny davis and the nashville brass STOMP thru the studio, then immediately, leave. now, not many hipsters/youngsters are going to know that reference, but i am positive that me and jim o' rourke are similarly aged and our parents had similar record collections. the nashville brass were a record label confection that were equally muzak and "country cosmoplitan". we're talking american cheese here! and somehow, not fake-up but merely "joyous". FUN, even. (it makes me smile!!!) the drum solo (hip hop-lite from the guy from tortoise) only adds to the abrupt discontunity. i HATED the artwork on this LP - a muddy disco ball as painted by some amateur - made no sense to me until i heard the record. BUY THIS!!! you will not be disappointed, if you managed to get this far.

maybe one day, he will do something with a herb alpert influence.

Post-Rock Moonshine.......2002-12-24

Like a fine whisky, distilled from ingredients culled by bandits, smugglers, thieves and vagrants, Bad Timing emerges from Jim O'Rourke's sonic palette. The trilogy commencing with "94 the Long Way" is both a treatise in tape-splicing and a profound exercise in the melancholy of the non-amplified guitar (though there is some amplified slide in the final movement). Hear it in its entirety on Scaredcat Radio ...or buy it on Amazon, but don't miss out on this classic.

the inside of jim o'rourke.......2002-04-24

too bad previous reviewer doesnt get it all.
youre right that album is great! but so are the others
relax and let it come at you side ways. the man is a mad professor.

The Good side of Jim O'Rourke.......2001-06-13

It seems Mr. O'Rourke puts out two different kinds of albums. There are the ones like Happy Days and that thing that he did with Sonic Youth that sounds like he turned his guitar all the way up, leaned it against his amp to get some nice stable feedback going, and pushed record. Then there are albums like Bad Timing. Bad Timing is one of the dopest albums. It is mainly acoustic guitar picking, in the vein of John Fahey, with some modern additives. He does a wonderful job constructed peaceful, smooth, unbelievable songs with his guitar. This album is perfect for a calm day, when your doing nothing, sitting on your porch, watching the wind blow the dust around.

I can never just go out and buy a jim O'Rourke record anymore. You gotta go do your research to make sure he actually picks up the guitar. And on Bad Timing, he does it brilliantly.

..........2001-06-01

i LOVE jim, but its NOT becauase of this albulm. its great.. but a bit stagnant.

Average customer rating: Hey Mac.... BAD MEANS BAD AS IN REALLY BAD BEST PUNK AND ROLL CD IN YEARS!! A brand new "Classic" you must own if you love rock and roll

Bad Timing Big Daddy Chrome Manufacturer: Workers United Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00068G8FC Release Date: 2004-10-10

Tracks:

1. Alone Again Blues
2. Never Change
3. Bad Timing
4. Sorry Darlin'
5. Lush
6. Dark Cloud
7. Another Day, Another Letdown
8. Giving Up On Me
9. Flashin' Lights
10. Won't Let You Down
11. Double Barrel Cure

Album Description

11 hard hitting booze swilling rock and roll anthems. Hop in the '66 pop this cd in and cruise!

Customer Reviews:

Hey Mac...........2006-03-17

Sorry you think the disc sucks, but a lot of other people disagreed. So much so, that we're almost sold out, and could really use another copy to sell at our merch table. So, if you email us through the site, we'll give you a few bucks for it.
-Mike, the totally sucky lead singer who really takes the cake

BAD MEANS BAD AS IN REALLY BAD.......2006-02-26

I GOT TRICKED INTO BUYING THIS CD. THE LEAD SINGER SUCKS.
I KNOW THERE ARE ALOT OF GREAT BANDS OUT THERE WITH A NOT SO GOOD LEAD SINGER. BUT I WOULDNT LIE. THIS GUY TAKES THE CAKE.
NOT TO MENTION, WEAK LYRICS. NOT ORIGINAL AT ALL.
GO TO THIER WEBSITE AND DOWNLOAD A WHOLE SONG. SEE FOR YOURSELF. YOU WILL THANK ME LATER.

BEST PUNK AND ROLL CD IN YEARS!!.......2004-10-23

This CD happens to be one of the best Punk -n- Roll CD's by far. The opening track has a very Social D sound to it without sounding like Social D... You get a good mix of Punk, Country and even some hardcore breakdowns, like in the end of Double Barrel Cure. Not only is the musician ship great, the production and quality of the total package is incredible! the six page book with lyrics is a big plus! Overall this is by far the best thing i have heard in years!

A brand new "Classic" you must own if you love rock and roll.......2004-10-22

A kid described BDC as "Sick of It All meets Skynard" and their singer/rhythm guitarist "All American Hero" Mike Belt, took that as high praise.

This is a genuine, high octane, power chord crushing American band that loves rock and roll as much as muscle cars, whiskey and the flag. Bad Timing is a tour de force of pure rock along the lines of early Social Distortion and the Blasters, laying down one beefy slab of intoxicating, heel kicking, beer drinking music after another. You will travel through gruff voiced "morning after the bar" laments like "Alone Again Blues", humorous relationship miscues in "Sorry Darling" and find yourself singing along to the title track "Bad Timing", a REAL rocker with guitar work John Doe would be proud of (lead guitarist Nicky O'Steen makes it cry and scream and turns it out!). Rhythm section Jimbo Viner on a booming bass and thunderous drummer Craig Thomas pick up the tempo and pound it on "Lush"....with awesome lyrics "You say I drink too much, well baby that's just tough! I've been thinking you don't drink enough."

Buy this record all ready! You will thank yourself in the morning.

Average customer rating: so what does "mal" mean again? Bad Timing, but a good time Junkmedia.org Review - Willfully anachronistic rock and roll rock and roll lives

Bad Timing Grand Mal Manufacturer: Arena Rock ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Maledictions ASIN: B00008BLCA Release Date: 2003-03-18

Tracks:

1. 1st Round K.O.
2. Bad Timing
3. Quicksilver
4. Old Fashioned
5. Disaster Film
6. Duty Free
7. Get Lost
8. Flowin' Tide
9. Black Aura
10. Steal It Back
11. Lay Right Down

Album Description

2003 album from NYC's Grand Mal incorporates the boogie swagger, punk sneer & visceral thrill found in records by the New York Dolls, Flamin' Groovies, & Mott The Hoople. These eleven barn burning, lease breaking tracks also feature performances by members of The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, & Hopewell. Arena Rock.

Customer Reviews:

so what does "mal" mean again?.......2004-08-02

music to shrug to.

nothing wrong with this really, but for all the hype around it, i expected better (i probably trust pitchforkmedia a little too much). it's just standard guitar pop with a, um, oh yeah, "rough edge". i dunno. the lyrics are supposed to be pretty great, but if the music doesn't pull me in, the lyrics won't either. and plus, when i got this one in the mail, i discovered it was just a promo copy, with no liner notes or anything, and that pissed me off.

Bad Timing, but a good time.......2003-05-03

Bill Whitten's previous band, St. Johnny, often appeared to mistake "purposely annoying" for "musically challenging". That unfortunate propensity followed him to the initial releases by his more straightforwardly rockin' Grand Mal project. 1999's "Maledictions", for example, contained some great sleazoid glam rock concoctions like "Out on Bail", but dissipated that sporadic energy by wallowing mostly in melody-deprived slacker noisefests.

Thankfully, this time out Grand Mal jumps that glam beast and nails it to the floor. The lyrics make the band's intent plain by slyly referencing both the Only Ones' Peter Perrett and the Stooges' "Rock Action", and listeners who don't need footnotes to understand those particular namedrops will find much to enjoy here. Whitten's main stroke of genius amounts to combining the wasted vibe and lazy riffing of "Exile on Main Street" with the sultry boogie sensibility of T.Rex (even adding wailing Lady Soul backing vocals on some tracks). The resulting hybrid replaces glam androgyny with a kind of macho fatalism that sounds immediately familiar, though trust me, glam rock never sounded like this. But it should have.

Junkmedia.org Review - Willfully anachronistic rock and roll.......2003-04-07

"The 21st century bores the hell out of me," proclaims Grand Mal mastermind Bill Whitten in the middle of the band's third full-length, Bad Timing. Well, duh, Bill. Anyone who's listened that far can easily discern that the songwriter is clearly a man out of time -- a guy whose record collection is most likely filled exclusively with albums released sometime during the Nixon administration. Even the title Bad Timing suggests that Whitten would feel more comfortable in 1973 rather than 2003.

This willfully anachronistic attitude towards music making is both endearing and frustrating: on one hand, it's refreshing to hear someone approach the classic rock genre with a decidedly un-ironic approach. Whitten and his bandmates appear to have a genuine love of '70s rock -- everything from Exile On Main Street-era Stones to Radio City-style power pop is referenced proudly here. There are even gospel back-up singers on a few tracks. Grand Mal takes a connoisseur's approach to classic rock, and when it works, the best of Bad Timing can stand tall next to its forefathers. The title track, in particular, is an undeniably perfect rock song: it's hard hitting, cocky (with just the right tinge of melancholy) and boasts a positively irresistible chorus.

On the other hand, the album at times slips into a general blandness that threatens to drag the band into mediocrity. A few songs have all of the elements of great rock and roll in place, but there's an ineffable quality missing. The excitement of the best classic rock is lost somehow.

Producer Dave Fridmann, who has manned the boards for the Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev among other alt-rock luminaries, spices things up a bit with some unusual production, and Lips multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd contributes various sonic bits and bobs throughout. Ultimately, Bad Timing won't thrill you with its daring, but Whitten and company deserve credit for crafting an album full of a kind of rock and roll that just isn't made very much anymore. It may not be as exciting as the canonical '70s records the band loves, but it's close.

Tyler Wilcox
Junkmedia.org Review

rock and roll lives.......2003-03-21

Grand Mal's latest 'Bad Timing' lays it on you strait. Apparently Dave Friedman engeneered this solid set of 70's style stonsy/stoogy rollin' ... rock that doesn't get old. tunes are catchy, lyrics low down and nasty, NYC style. Somehow it's all cool and breezy at the same time. Justice says this Brooklyn based band will be burying the heaps of bandwagon "garage" rockers in no time. A fine record and just what I've been looking for.

Average customer rating:

Balance and Timing Before Braille Manufacturer: SUNSET ALLIANCE & BAD NEWS BEAR RECORDS ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAEO32 Release Date: 2004-12-07

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1. Merry Christmas, I'm Cheating
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4. Ex-Mas Eve
5. Fight or Flight
6. Camera Disdain

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