Todd In The Shadows

[BubbaDaLoveSponge]

Sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised by other interesting songs I’ve heard from this act I somewhat recognize. Honestly, I think OHW is the only real Todd content that really interests me these days.

Can't say I'm the same given some of the trainwreckords have good songs, Summer in Paradise may be hot shit but Lahaina Aloha is pretty good despite the drums being louder than they should be

 

[TokiBun]

To be fair to Todd he isn't choosing the video topics for One Hit Wonderland right now. He's doing paid requests after taking Amy to the vet. Not going to judge him for wanting to hoard tons of patron money--unlike Lindsay he uploads every month. Go and get that bag Todd.

 

[S@credC]

Good song, less annoying video. The one's he's made for the Amydog repair money have been some of the strongest recently tbh. Also the Waterboys and The Alarm have some really good songs, check them out along with the rest of Big Country's catalog.

Finally got around to watching his video on Untouched, and I think you’re onto something. I actually enjoyed it. Had some funny moments too.

To be fair to Todd he isn't choosing the video topics for One Hit Wonderland right now. He's doing paid requests after taking Amy to the vet. Not going to judge him for wanting to hoard tons of patron money--unlike Lindsay he uploads every month. Go and get that bag Todd.

He needs to take more outside input. Yes, some of the bands or sets that people suggest don't fit exactly for the criteria, but that's sort of Todd's job to sort through and see what does fit.

(and I'm still waiting for him to remember he could do a Trainwreckords on Christina Aguilera's album Bionic)

 

[Random Internet Person]

To be fair to Todd he isn't choosing the video topics for One Hit Wonderland right now. He's doing paid requests after taking Amy to the vet. Not going to judge him for wanting to hoard tons of patron money--unlike Lindsay he uploads every month. Go and get that bag Todd.

Rarely will I ever go after somebody for going after the money if somebody’s going to just throw it at them, but at the same time, I have to wonder what it is that it took requests from Patreon to get me to actually care about his uploads again.

Can't say I'm the same given some of the trainwreckords have good songs, Summer in Paradise may be hot shit but Lahaina Aloha is pretty good despite the drums being louder than they should be

I guess we’re gonna agree to disagree. I have no interest in Trainwreckords past the first one. Mainly because his thing of “this album stopped this artist from being/being remembered as a megastar” never really interested me. Even if it was the point, all the artists who are featured have at least one thing they’ll be remembered positively for, and it’s not like this shitty Trainwreckord is going to change that.

 

[Ninon42]

Rarely will I ever go after somebody for going after the money if somebody’s going to just throw it at them, but at the same time, I have to wonder what it is that it took requests from Patreon to get me to actually care about his uploads again.

Simple. If he doesn't care, why should you? I think getting relatively large amounts of money from people he had to acknowledge and felt some semblance of responsibility to actually got him to put in more than the bare minimum that's he's been coasting by on recently. Remember, the most impressive accomplishment Todd has IMO is his Patreon consistency--his y-axis margins are tight, not much month-on-month change throughout the years. A loyal, complacent fanbase begets a lazy, complacent creator.

 

[S@credC]

Mainly because his thing of “this album stopped this artist from being/being remembered as a megastar” never really interested me

Well, that's not really what the thesis of Trainwreckords is. It's more of a look at the point in an artist's career where the momentum stopped dead in its tracks (hence the name) through the lense of one album. Now, it's been discussed here that many of the subjects do not adhere to a strict definition of "trainwreck" (some petered out rather than came to an abrupt halt), so I can understand why some people's ideas about what it's about can drift.

 

[Random Internet Person]

Well, that's not really what the thesis of Trainwreckords is. It's more of a look at the point in an artist's career where the momentum stopped dead in its tracks (hence the name) through the lense of one album. Now, it's been discussed here that many of the subjects do not adhere to a strict definition of "trainwreck" (some petered out rather than came to an abrupt halt), so I can understand why some people's ideas about what it's about can drift.

Still, I have the same gripe: momentum stopped, but the artist probably still has that thing to define them before said stop. And even then, there’s still the chance of a comeback (which has made Todd disqualify some works altogether).

 

[Samuel Fuller]

Rarely will I ever go after somebody for going after the money if somebody’s going to just throw it at them, but at the same time, I have to wonder what it is that it took requests from Patreon to get me to actually care about his uploads again.



I guess we’re gonna agree to disagree. I have no interest in Trainwreckords past the first one. Mainly because his thing of “this album stopped this artist from being/being remembered as a megastar” never really interested me. Even if it was the point, all the artists who are featured have at least one thing they’ll be remembered positively for, and it’s not like this shitty Trainwreckord is going to change that.

Trainwreckords aren't always what killed an artist's career, they're just anomalously bad albums from artists that had big careers. Hell, he did one for Mardi Gras by Creedence Clearwater Revival, which was such an anomaly that nobody really remembers that it exists and CCR is still regarded as one of the greatest American rock bands of all time.

 

[Random Internet Person]

Trainwreckords aren't always what killed an artist's career, they're just anomalously bad albums from artists that had big careers. Hell, he did one for Mardi Gras by Creedence Clearwater Revival, which was such an anomaly that nobody really remembers that it exists and CCR is still regarded as one of the greatest American rock bands of all time.

Interesting. Especially considering how Todd first described the show when he debuted it.





Though to be fair, Todd has mentioned that there were other albums that he covered because they were more deserving of the episode than the perceived “wreck”.

 

[Señora Airi]

Todd, never failing to insert dumb politics into a eulogy.

I will give him some credit, this is far better than what the IWC has said about the Hulkster after he died.

 

[Lil Miku]

Trainwreckords aren't always what killed an artist's career, they're just anomalously bad albums from artists that had big careers. Hell, he did one for Mardi Gras by Creedence Clearwater Revival, which was such an anomaly that nobody really remembers that it exists and CCR is still regarded as one of the greatest American rock bands of all time.

Still championing Todd doing pretty. Odd by Panic! At the Disco because that album caused the split that changed the band forever, and also the slow burn of a train wreck career for frontman/future only member left Brendon Urie.

 

[Samuel Fuller]

I will give him some credit, this is far better than what the IWC has said about the Hulkster after he died.

Wrestling fans have known for a long time what a piece of shit Hogan was behind the scenes for a long time, the general public doesn't know any of it. That's why the reaction from fans was a lot less glowing than from the general public.

For all the success he had, Hogan derailed a lot of people's careers and hurt the business by hanging onto his spot for too long after both his WWF babyface run and his WCW NWO heel run peaked.

 

[Señora Airi]

Wrestling fans have known for a long time what a piece of shit Hogan was behind the scenes for a long time, the general public doesn't know any of it. That's why the reaction from fans was a lot less glowing than from the general public.

For all the success he had, Hogan derailed a lot of people's careers and hurt the business by hanging onto his spot for too long after both his WWF babyface run and his WCW NWO heel run peaked.

A carny doing carny activites isn't a reason to defecate on a fresh grave.
Also IWC fans still celebrate achievements done by people far more horrid than Hulk.