Comments on: No. 38: Say Anything, “Got Your Money”

By: mark hayes

mark hayes — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:58:30 +0000

I love this song :)

By: three days ago

three days ago — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:52:43 +0000

Hey. Apparently you kids don’t do your research. And you probably haven’t even heard much of Say Anything’s music. Unsupported claims about a band and its associations, interests, and label make you seem just as stupid and imprudent as your obtuse, one-sided rambling. Of course, your heads are probably too far up your asses to read or comprehend this, but I’ll say it anyway. This “cover” obviously isn’t meant to be taken seriously, and if you even thought the title “Punk Goes Crunk” could mean anything serious for just one second, you’re an idiot. If you ever decide to call anyone a self-indulgent art-fuck again, take a look at this article and all of your pretentious bullshit. And they aren’t “indie-punk,” they’re whatever the fuck they want to be. So much for your clichés.

By: MFORCE310

MFORCE310 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:10:01 +0000

hahaha wow i’m laughing so much. i just want you guys to know that you all sound like a heap of pompous, uninformed assholes. and i’m guessing that you are pompous, uninformed assholes.

clearly, max bemis does not take this seriously whatsoever, thus resulting in high-quality entertainment. this is not an actual say anything take of odb. there are countless other songs that deserve your attention for “worst songs of the decade”.

By: Brad_Wood

Brad_Wood — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:29:33 +0000

As a regular reader of Idolator I was dismayed to see this song make your list. While you are entitled to hate the song as much as needed, I just want to clear one thing up: the conclusion you came to regarding Cisco Adler is wrong. All we knew of him in 2007 was that he has an enormous nutsack as evidenced by a picture on the internets. That picture was used as a torture device throughout the recording process & Adler seemed a perfect choice for the updated Eddie Murphy diss from ODB’s version. Since then, Cisco Adler has been, uh, stuffed down our throats via the mtv. If only his talent were as large as his balls… Anyway, good luck on your continued list-making.

Best- Brad

By: cryptosicko

cryptosicko — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:57:21 +0000

Got Your Money < My Humps

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:19:32 +0000

I really like penis imagery, but the cover of their first album made me want to kick them all in their stupid heads. Then I heard their hit single and decided to just kill myself instead.

By: Janelleyo

Janelleyo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:16:20 +0000

I think the irony being is that he didn’t do it because the label said he should, but because HE WANTED THE MONEY :) I think the song is hilarious, the whole album is so bad, there is only one good song on there (Person L’s Seed 2.0) and the rest is a travesty.

By: cassidy2099

cassidy2099 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:36:04 +0000

I am also a fan of Say Anything’s first album, which is about as good as emo punk gets. At the same time, as their video for “I Can Get Sexual Too” presents, Say Anything have a detached and unfortunate view on rap cliches, and this cover sadly slams home their tone deafness on this subject. Since this song was already forgotten the moment after its release, I don’t think it really makes sense for this list. So many of us can think of actual bad songs that plagued us in worse ways. In other words, “Beverly Hills” better rank fucking high.

By: Lax_Dangerhouse

Lax_Dangerhouse — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:03:17 +0000

haha I actually like Say Anything, but I enjoyed this takedown immensely.

Punk Goes Crunk was a monstrosity of the highest order, but Set Your Goals’ cover of Lil Jon’s ‘Put Your Hood Up’ therein absolutely slays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PBBJoZVBIU

By: ampersandparade

ampersandparade — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:40:59 +0000

@BradNelson: Oh so mean to tell me that perhaps they went into this wanting to treat the track with respect, or from some place of admiration? I'll take that with a Costco-sized case of salt.

By: MayhemintheHood

MayhemintheHood — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:30:35 +0000

@drunkwithpower: They have a freaking double album? I couldn't tell you to be sure, but it sure seemed to last forever. Some of the worst lyrics I've ever heard, but my sis is midwest-smalltown-"outkast" and is right in the Hot Topic wheelhouse, so she loves it.

By: BradNelson

BradNelson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:07:46 +0000

Which, I realize, songs that were doomed from inception to be evil should find their way into this list. It just feels… too easy to me.

I’m realizing how untenable my position is with each successive comment!

By: anthonyisright

anthonyisright — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:06:49 +0000

@Christopher R. Weingarten: I was afraid of his dingleberries.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:05:18 +0000

I like Say Anything, and have avoided listening to this track because I would like to continue liking them.

By: BradNelson

BradNelson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:55:33 +0000

@NedRaggett: For something to be an easy target has little to do with its omnipresence or obscurity. It's just, it's on a goddamn compilation called Punk Goes Crunk. I just find it hard to engender a bunch of hate toward a cover that was never going to be good in any sense.

By: NedRaggett

NedRaggett — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:48:36 +0000

@BradNelson: maybe this is meant to be a list of easy targets I am so not getting this criticism of the list (in all its iterations on comments here and elsewhere). While there have been particular entries that were gimmes ("You're Beautiful" is the slam dunk for me, at least), a good chunk of them are completely obscure. Hell, you're saying YOURSELF that this song is completely obscure! So which is it, a list of easy targets or a list of digging out one-offs to make acts you love look bad? You can't have it both ways.

By: BradNelson

BradNelson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:40:31 +0000

I’m a big Say Anything fan, I think Is a Real Boy and In Defense of the Genre are great big, dramatic pop records in the tradition of those last few Fall Out Boy records.

And yeah, this is vile, but so is (probably) every other song on that compilation. Moreover, it’s the second alt-rock-band-covers-hip-hop-classic-and-man-they-are-so-white entry on this list, except this wasn’t even released as a single but as a one-off on a bullshit compilation.

I mean, maybe this is meant to be a list of easy targets, but there are far more than 50 songs in this decade that went way more out of their way to be awful.

Also, there’s no reason to read malevolence into the band’s intentions just because the cover is shit, ampersandparade.

By: drunkwithpower

drunkwithpower — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:06:48 +0000

@MayhemintheHood: Was it their monstrosity of a double album? I pitty anyone who sat through that in its entirety.

By: Christopher R. Weingarten

Christopher R. Weingarten — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:59:30 +0000

Hey Anthony, there’s some hairs you forgot to split in the Aaron Carter entry…

By: Robbie

Robbie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:23:13 +0000

This could not suck any little bit more.
I’m listening to it while I write this.
Ok, I may have been wrong in my first statement…
FML, this sucks bad! OMG, why is he growling?! Oh, how sad, there are some people forced to wail in the background!… Well, no wonder all of them are whining and snarling about getting their money, I mean, look at how low they’ve stooped to get it.