Not often we disagree on musical STUFF. Not for me, though.
I don't think its a BAD track. I think its a bad CURE track. Its not what I want from them. That probably makes no sense, but it does to me.
Put it this way - if I were in an office or a shop being forced to listen to Radio One, and...
They wrote stuff at that time (I think 'Show me, show me, show me' was on Wish?) that are GOOD pop songs. Friday, as you've correctly already pointed out, was so very clearly written, with the mindset 'Let's write a song to get Radio One airplay' rather than 'Let's write a GOOD song'.
Obviously there are hundreds if not thousands of songs out there, by rubbish bands, that are far inferior, but I don't think there are a pair of songs that I dislike so much from a band that I actually really LIKE.
There are bands whose early output I did really like, but who then went a...