so many things wrong w Barenaked Ladies doing some dubby reggae thing, like this. Not a BNL fan in any case.
yikes! I cannot get the image of Peter Finch doing a white man's overbite dance on this one.
I can't tell which band is whiter...BNL or They Might Be Giants. In any case, ugh.
BNLs are whiter by virtue of also being Canadian. Even Robin Shabotsky thinks they're lame!
TMBG embraces their dorkiness with gusto, which makes them waay cooler. They're also from Brooklyn.
Despite Peter Finch's love of the band, I have to admit that I'm a fan. But more so of their concerts than their albums, which tend to be way over-produced. (Actually their shows are tightly produced as well, but they're quick on their feet with the improv and banter, so it always feels fresh.)
BNL has gone through stages of trying to be "cool", but early on they definitely embraced their dorkiness:
What bums me out is after his arrest for cocaine posession, Steve Page left the band. He was always the deep/moody/intellectual one that gave the band some gravitas, and his voice, OMG his voice.
BNL continues to tour as a foursome, but without Steve's sarcastic (and operatic) counterpoint, I just don't think it'd be as great. I've not bought their new album nor gone to any of their concerts. If I win the Mountain Winery tickets I might go...
Sorry, didn't mean to devolve into a BNL memorial.