Barenaked Ladies — Box Set
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I never thought that you would love me
The way that you do.
I never thought that you would love me
Half as much as I do.
You say you want to know everything about me,
Well, here you go;
You say you couldn't live your life without me,
I don't know;
But if you want it girl, you got it;
It's all right here in my box set.
I never thought that words like product
Could ever leave my lips,
But something happened to me somewhere
That made me lose my grip.
Well, maybe it's a lack of inspiration
That makes me stoop,
Or maybe it's a lack of remuneration;
I can't recoup.
But if you want it, folks, you got it;
It's all right here in my box set.
Disc One
It's where we've begun, it's all my greatest hits,
And if you are a fan then you know that you've
already got 'em
Disc Two
It was all brand new, an album's worth of songs,
but we had to leave the whole disc blank 'cause
some other label bought 'em
Disc Three
This is really me in a grade school play,
I had about a hundred thousand lines, but of course
I forgot 'em
I never thought there'd be days like this,
There was always someone at my door.
I never thought I would ever miss,
And the crowd would always holler for more.
But now it seems all that people want
Is what I used to be
And every time I try to do something new,
All they want is 1973.
I never thought I'd be regretful
Of all my past success,
But some stupid number one hit single
Has got me in this mess.
You can put it on every compilation -- that's alright.
You can hear it on the oldies radio station every night.
And if you want it again, you got it --
It's right here in my box set.
Disc Four
Never released before, and you can tell why;
It's just some demos I recorded in my basement.
Disc Five
I was barely alive, I was hacking up a lung
So they had to use a special computer as my replacement.
Disc Six
A dance remix, to catch the latest trend
and it'll make you scratch your head
and wonder where my taste went.
So now my fans are crying sellout,
They say I've lost my touch.
They say I should just get the hell out
Before I do too much.
Hear my songs in an ad for a bathroom cleanser --
They say it's greed,
And now I'm wondering where my friends are
In this time of need.
But if you change your mind and buy it,
I hope you enjoy my new box
I hope you enjoy my new box
I hope you enjoy my new box set.
The way that you do.
I never thought that you would love me
Half as much as I do.
You say you want to know everything about me,
Well, here you go;
You say you couldn't live your life without me,
I don't know;
But if you want it girl, you got it;
It's all right here in my box set.
I never thought that words like product
Could ever leave my lips,
But something happened to me somewhere
That made me lose my grip.
Well, maybe it's a lack of inspiration
That makes me stoop,
Or maybe it's a lack of remuneration;
I can't recoup.
But if you want it, folks, you got it;
It's all right here in my box set.
Disc One
It's where we've begun, it's all my greatest hits,
And if you are a fan then you know that you've
already got 'em
Disc Two
It was all brand new, an album's worth of songs,
but we had to leave the whole disc blank 'cause
some other label bought 'em
Disc Three
This is really me in a grade school play,
I had about a hundred thousand lines, but of course
I forgot 'em
I never thought there'd be days like this,
There was always someone at my door.
I never thought I would ever miss,
And the crowd would always holler for more.
But now it seems all that people want
Is what I used to be
And every time I try to do something new,
All they want is 1973.
I never thought I'd be regretful
Of all my past success,
But some stupid number one hit single
Has got me in this mess.
You can put it on every compilation -- that's alright.
You can hear it on the oldies radio station every night.
And if you want it again, you got it --
It's right here in my box set.
Disc Four
Never released before, and you can tell why;
It's just some demos I recorded in my basement.
Disc Five
I was barely alive, I was hacking up a lung
So they had to use a special computer as my replacement.
Disc Six
A dance remix, to catch the latest trend
and it'll make you scratch your head
and wonder where my taste went.
So now my fans are crying sellout,
They say I've lost my touch.
They say I should just get the hell out
Before I do too much.
Hear my songs in an ad for a bathroom cleanser --
They say it's greed,
And now I'm wondering where my friends are
In this time of need.
But if you change your mind and buy it,
I hope you enjoy my new box
I hope you enjoy my new box
I hope you enjoy my new box set.
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god.. does it end? they have some WAY better stuff then this!
Originally Posted by JoeHoya:
Quite right. Ten years ago, BNL was a fun band. But I just get queasy when I hear their new stuff.
i agree completely! i saw them live on New Year's Eve 1999 and it was fantastic. new stuff and commercial radio songs very mainstream and "squeaky clean."
I love Barenaked Ladies...but this is not one of their better songs, in my opinion. I think Maroon is probably the best of their albums.
Have to disagree with some of the other thoughts on this board about the barenaked ladies - they are pretty cool! Keep playing them! 
Originally Posted by gio:
Fear not. There are others!
I totally agree with the original post that they are extremely overrated
Originally Posted by lily34:
i think i'm the only person here who does NOT dig this band. nothing they've done that i've heard has appealed to me at all.
Fear not. There are others!
i think i\'m the only person here who does NOT dig this band. nothing they\'ve done that i\'ve heard has appealed to me at all.
I needed this chuckle!
This band caught my attention at the tender young age of 10, and this was my first CD. It is still one of my favourites nearly 11 years later. While I haven\'t liked everything they\'ve done, they continue to produce good music and are genuinely great guys. I have my own \"box set\" of BNL as I own all of their CDs. The BNL kick ass! :)
Barenaked Ladies are *NOT* a novelty act; they never have been, in fact - as someone else pointed out, their first album includes tracks like \'The Flag\', \'What a Good Boy\', and the nasty \'Hello City\'.
And yes, they did just recently release a greatest hits package, titled, ironically \'All Our Greatest Hits\' which just goes to show that they don\'t take themselves too seriously.
Originally Posted by holborne:
This song is nowhere even close to as clever as the group thinks it is. And how long do you think it'll be before they come out with their own boxed set? I give it two more years. Wonder whether they'll include this song.
This group, as someone else has said around here, is an overrated novelty act whose joke wore thin around five years ago.
Yeah, their new album Maroon is full of these "novelty" songs. Take Helicopters for example, I think the joke about how Americans like to bomb the hell out a country and then just forget about it is wearing thin. Bosnia certainly has no parallels to what is currently going on in American foreign policy.
Originally Posted by holborne:
This song is nowhere even close to as clever as the group thinks it is. And how long do you think it'll be before they come out with their own boxed set? I give it two more years. Wonder whether they'll include this song.
This group, as someone else has said around here, is an overrated novelty act whose joke wore thin around five years ago.
They've started, click here.
This song is nowhere even close to as clever as the group thinks it is. And how long do you think it\'ll be before they come out with their own boxed set? I give it two more years. Wonder whether they\'ll include this song.
This group, as someone else has said around here, is an overrated novelty act whose joke wore thin around five years ago.
Huh, I have never heard a Barenaked Ladies tune I liked....until now. 
I still love all of the songs on Gordon, even after all these years. This and \"If I Had $1000000\" are my favorites.
One of the few BNL tunes I\'ll still listen to a few years after I first heard it... can\'t believe at one point I was listening to their stuff all day long, it makes me sick these days. Good choice!
Please play more Ladies 
