August 1995's "Battle of Britpop" – when Blur and Oasis chose the same day to release Country House and Roll With It, Blur "winning" this overhyped run-off between two mediocre singles — is the money shot in this retelling.
Released in June, 1970, "Lola" became a top-ten hit in both the United States and the United Kingdom, re-establishing the band as a chart force after a series of artistically superb but commercially mediocre singles ("Village Green Preservation Society," "Shangri-La," "Victoria").
But a bad showcase in front of industry executives could set back years of diligent striving — a young Jim Carrey was once axed from appearing on "The Tonight Show" after such a performance — and a single mediocre audition for "S.N.L".
Robbie Daw from Idolator wrote that, "Compared to his last few mediocre offerings, this single actually seems to have some fire" courtesy of the samples in the song.
Raekwon had earlier spoken out against Keep Watch, A Better Tomorrow's lead single, calling it "mediocre shit".
Approval ratings for the Legislature ranged from mediocre to poor, plummeting to single digits during years in which lawmakers squabbled over large state budget deficits.
Some displays revert to a large collection of designs lined up together, (when a single piece is mediocre but a grouping looks impressive) and they don't quite sing out à la Matisse and his cut-outs, though both contain design-like elements.
We find that our method makes mediocre predictions using only RhoGAP single-knockdown morphological data, yet achieves vastly improved accuracy by including original data from a double-knockdown RhoGAP genetic screen, which likely reflects the redundant network structure of RhoGAP/GTPase signaling.
I frantically tapped away, finally finding a vaguely satisfactory deal on Booking.com's Tonight app, a single at the Hotel Potsdamer Hof Berlin — a mediocre-looking place in a mediocre location for 59 euros.
This is hardly unexpected since he single-handedly propelled two mediocre films – "Ready" and "Bodyguard" – to blockbuster status.
