The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Faith No More’s Best Song Gets “Ruined”
Welcome to another edition of the Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files, in which we try to win your hearts and minds with a forgotten song that deserved a better life.
Artist: Faith No More Song: “Everything’s Ruined,” 1992 What happened: After the early-’90s success of “Epic” and “Fall To Pieces,” people mistook FNM as another “wacky” punk-funk band, not realizing that their heavy-metal roots. So when the super-schizo Angel Dust was released, the label had no idea where to release the chugging, brooding numbers (“Midlife Crisis”) or the poppier slap-bass tunes (“A Small Victory”). So they just sort of released them all, which means the excellent “Everything’s Ruined” never quite cut through the clutter. Why it should have been a hit: It’s a weird mix of quick-and-dirty thrash and over-reaching pop theatrics, like Meatloaf on SST. Plus, we were 15 when this song came out, and it still sounds amazing.
Faith No More – Everything’s Ruined [MP3, link expired]
