Comments on: No. 42: 3 Doors Down, “Kryptonite”

By: Ying Cychosz

Ying Cychosz — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:33:33 +0000

I am trying to come up with a novel truthfully pretty much nothing is coming to me. I continually come up empty, will you get over writers-block?

By: Digiturk Lig tv

Digiturk Lig tv — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:28:50 +0000

Very interesting stuff many thanks :)

By: solanine

solanine — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:11:00 +0000

Agree with others upthread. This song is much better than the vast majority of radio rock produced in the past half-decade; it has a nice funkiness to it, IMO. And it also marks the turning point right *before* Three Doors Down became The Worst Shit Ever.

By: vbr

vbr — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:45:01 +0000

I don’t believe any other rock band has had more corporate synergy than 3 Doors Down. I once saw an entire column about one of their albums on ESPN.com. Not an ad, an entire web page on a sports website. I don’t believe I clicked on it though, I might have blacked out. God they suck.

By: cryptosicko

cryptosicko — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:32:52 +0000

Kryptonite > My Humps

By: MhS

MhS — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:21:53 +0000

let us not take Robert Christgau as a font of wisdom

By: bonkers09

bonkers09 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:22:20 +0000

@dsven: yea, I agree that this does not deserve worst 50 placement.

By: dsven

dsven — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:38:13 +0000

I guess I’m in the minority here…don’t actually find the song that bad. It is the only 3DD song I actually can tolerate (which isn’t saying much). I won’t defend 3DD but I don’t think that “Kryptonite” is bad enough to warrant a top 50 placement.

…but if we’re talking lifetime achievement, well that’s another story entirely.

By: bonkers09

bonkers09 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:50:40 +0000

It is true that this songs lyrics are terrible. Also I never REALIZED how much moaning and groaning bands were doing in the early 2000′s. It’s like the music industry was trying to turn EVERY band into the next Nirvana and came out with a pile of shit. That aside, I don’t feel this song is THAT bad (especially when compared to all horrific/idiotic/whattttt???? songs already listed. Actually, I’m kinda nostalgic…reminds me of listening to the radio back in the day. Though, listening to this now makes me think, “What the HELL was on the radio back then??”

By: Christopher R. Weingarten

Christopher R. Weingarten — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:59:05 +0000

@anthonyisright: Dude, I'm taking A LOT into account here, not just the drumming. Come on now!

By: anthonyisright

anthonyisright — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:40:00 +0000

@Christopher R. Weingarten:

Would you kick Alex Van Halen out of bed for playing clumpy, crowd-pleasing diddlybop beats, too? Hopefully you’ll use your unique “behind the kit” perspective to find us the worst Dream Theater song later, rather than exempt them from criticism.

I’d like to point out that this song was Robert Christgau’s #17 single of 2000, which would be more impressive if he didn’t place “Who Let The Dogs Out?” at #7 and three Eminem tracks in the top 4 (“Kim” at #1, because really what could be more impressive).

By: othertim

othertim — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:37:54 +0000

For the first time so far I have to completely disagree with a selection here. At least take something they released later, such as “Here Without You,” a song that I still believe to this day was such a big hit because the band came out in support of the Iraq War and were thusly rewarded by Clear Channel by having their power ballad played incessantly. yes, it’s a wacky conspiracy theory, but I don’t care.

(Holy crap, “Kryptonite” actually went to #3 in 2000. I woulda thought “Here Without You” was their biggest hit. Anyway, “Kryptonite” is far, far from offensive. Nearly everything else they’ve put out sucks, though)

By: kicking222

kicking222 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:09:39 +0000

@Lucas Jensen: If this was a lifetime achievement award- that is, adding up all of a band's crap as opposed to just putting their biggest song on the list of crap- Three Doors Down would be way, way, way the hell higher. I've probably only heard a total of four or five of their songs in my life, but every one of them was balls-shrinkingly horrible.

By: MhS

MhS — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:01:46 +0000

Golly gee, there better be some really awful crap to come on this list, because I don’t find this song objectionable at all.

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:45:59 +0000

I see this as a lifetime achievement award, really.

By: dabug

dabug — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:30:31 +0000

Worst thing about “Citizen Soldier” is that you get to watch it Clockwork Orange style before previews start in the movie theater. Though it’s not like it was exactly easy to avoid 3DD when this song was big.

By: Christopher R. Weingarten

Christopher R. Weingarten — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:02:53 +0000

The beat is what makes me hate it!

By: BradNelson

BradNelson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:50:38 +0000

@anthonyisright: Yeah, as awful as "Kryptonite" is, everything they released after it is increasingly more awful.

By: anthonyisright

anthonyisright — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:54:32 +0000

Just try to argue that this isn’t worse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJRthpxDM10

By: anthonyisright

anthonyisright — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:52:27 +0000

I’m really jealous of anyone who thinks this song is Three Doors Down’s worst, cuz I have to assume they haven’t heard anything else by them. They’re all groaners, but “Kryptonite” is the only one with a beat.