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Great Balls Of Fire!! Have You Seen The Line-Up For HBO’s Sunday-Night 2009 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERT??
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For Immediate Release
Nov. 19, 2009
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERT, A FOUR-HOUR EVENT FEATURING MUSIC’S BIGGEST STARS, DEBUTS NOV. 29, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO
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Performers Include Jeff Beck Band, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Aretha Franklin, Metallica, Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, U2 And Stevie Wonder
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The unique four-hour music event THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERT debuts Thanksgiving weekend on SUNDAY, NOV. 29 (8:00 p.m.-midnight ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Featuring performances from two groundbreaking concerts held Oct. 29 and 30 at Madison Square Garden, the special is anchored by iconic musicians that include Jeff Beck Band, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Aretha Franklin, Metallica, Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, U2 and Stevie Wonder.
The live concerts celebrated the 25th anniversary of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The two nights featured different lineups, with artists performing their own songs and the music that inspired them – tracing the history of genres ranging from soul to hard rock.
Each of the artists overseeing a different segment of the concerts was joined by special guests to create unique performances. Guests included Black Eyed Peas, Jackson Browne, Ray Davies, Dion, John Fogerty, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Mick Jagger, Billy Joel, B.B. King, John Legend, Annie Lennox, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Darlene Love, Sam Moore, Tom Morello, Ozzy Osbourne, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, Smokey Robinson, Patti Smith, Sting and James Taylor.
The lineup for the HBO special THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERT features:
Jerry Lee Lewis: “Great Balls of Fire”
Crosby, Stills & Nash segment:
“Woodstock” – Crosby, Stills & Nash
“Almost Cut My Hair” – Crosby, Stills & Nash
“Love Has No Pride” – Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bonnie Raitt
“The Pretender” – Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne
“Love the One You’re With” – Stephen Stills, James Taylor
Stevie Wonder segment:
“For Once in My Life” – Stevie Wonder
“The Tracks of My Tears” – Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson
“The Way You Make Me Feel” – Stevie Wonder, John Legend
“The Thrill Is Gone” – Stevie Wonder, B.B. King
“Higher Ground/”Roxanne” – Stevie Wonder, Sting
“Superstition” – Stevie Wonder, Jeff Beck
Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel segment:
“You Can Call Me Al” – Paul Simon
“Here Comes the Sun” – Paul Simon, David Crosby, Graham Nash
“The Wanderer” – Dion, Paul Simon
“Two People in the World” – Little Anthony & the Imperials
“The Sounds of Silence” – Simon & Garfunkel
“The Boxer” – Simon & Garfunkel
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” – Simon & Garfunkel
Aretha Franklin segment:
“Baby I Love You” – Aretha Franklin
“Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” – Aretha Franklin
“Chain of Fools” – Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox
Metallica segment:
“For Whom the Bell Tolls” – Metallica
“Sweet Jane” – Metallica, Lou Reed
“Iron Man”/“Paranoid” – Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne
“All Day and All of the Night” – Metallica, Ray Davies
“Enter Sandman” – Metallica
U2 segment:
“Vertigo” – U2
“Magnificent” – U2
“Because the Night” – U2, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” – U2, Bruce Springsteen
“Gimme Shelter” – U2, Mick Jagger, Black Eyed Peas
“Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” – U2, Mick Jagger
“Beautiful Day” – U2
Jeff Beck Band segment:
“People Get Ready” – Jeff Beck Band, Sting
“Let Me Love You” – Jeff Beck Band, Buddy Guy
“Rice Pudding”/“Foxy Lady” – Jeff Beck Band, Billy Gibbons
“A Day in the Life” – Jeff Beck Band
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band segment:
“Hold On I’m Coming”/”Soul Man” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Sam Moore
“Ghost of Tom Joad” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Tom Morello
“Fortunate Son” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, John Fogerty
“Pretty Woman” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, John Fogerty
“Jungleland” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
“A Fine Fine Boy” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Darlene Love
“New York State of Mind” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Billy Joel
“Born to Run” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Billy Joel
“Higher and Higher” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, John Fogerty, Billy Joel, Darlene Love, Sam Moore, Tom Morello
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established 25 years ago by legendary record executive Ahmet Ertegun and a group of music business executives to honor the artists that have defined rock and roll and have inspired and continue to inspire a generation. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission both through its operation of a world-class museum designed by I.M. Pei in Cleveland, Ohio that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as educational programs.
The executive producer of THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERT is Jann Wenner; executive producers for Playtone, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman; directed and produced by Joel Gallen; executive producer, Joel Peresman; special advisor, Robbie Robertson; creative consultant, Cameron Crowe.
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Nov. 19, 2009
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERT, A FOUR-HOUR EVENT FEATURING MUSIC’S BIGGEST STARS, DEBUTS NOV. 29, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO
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Performers Include Jeff Beck Band, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Aretha Franklin, Metallica, Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, U2 And Stevie Wonder
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The unique four-hour music event THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERT debuts Thanksgiving weekend on SUNDAY, NOV. 29 (8:00 p.m.-midnight ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Featuring performances from two groundbreaking concerts held Oct. 29 and 30 at Madison Square Garden, the special is anchored by iconic musicians that include Jeff Beck Band, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Aretha Franklin, Metallica, Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, U2 and Stevie Wonder.
The live concerts celebrated the 25th anniversary of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The two nights featured different lineups, with artists performing their own songs and the music that inspired them – tracing the history of genres ranging from soul to hard rock.
Each of the artists overseeing a different segment of the concerts was joined by special guests to create unique performances. Guests included Black Eyed Peas, Jackson Browne, Ray Davies, Dion, John Fogerty, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Mick Jagger, Billy Joel, B.B. King, John Legend, Annie Lennox, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Darlene Love, Sam Moore, Tom Morello, Ozzy Osbourne, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, Smokey Robinson, Patti Smith, Sting and James Taylor.
The lineup for the HBO special THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERT features:
Jerry Lee Lewis: “Great Balls of Fire”
Crosby, Stills & Nash segment:
“Woodstock” – Crosby, Stills & Nash
“Almost Cut My Hair” – Crosby, Stills & Nash
“Love Has No Pride” – Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bonnie Raitt
“The Pretender” – Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne
“Love the One You’re With” – Stephen Stills, James Taylor
Stevie Wonder segment:
“For Once in My Life” – Stevie Wonder
“The Tracks of My Tears” – Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson
“The Way You Make Me Feel” – Stevie Wonder, John Legend
“The Thrill Is Gone” – Stevie Wonder, B.B. King
“Higher Ground/”Roxanne” – Stevie Wonder, Sting
“Superstition” – Stevie Wonder, Jeff Beck
Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel segment:
“You Can Call Me Al” – Paul Simon
“Here Comes the Sun” – Paul Simon, David Crosby, Graham Nash
“The Wanderer” – Dion, Paul Simon
“Two People in the World” – Little Anthony & the Imperials
“The Sounds of Silence” – Simon & Garfunkel
“The Boxer” – Simon & Garfunkel
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” – Simon & Garfunkel
Aretha Franklin segment:
“Baby I Love You” – Aretha Franklin
“Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” – Aretha Franklin
“Chain of Fools” – Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox
Metallica segment:
“For Whom the Bell Tolls” – Metallica
“Sweet Jane” – Metallica, Lou Reed
“Iron Man”/“Paranoid” – Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne
“All Day and All of the Night” – Metallica, Ray Davies
“Enter Sandman” – Metallica
U2 segment:
“Vertigo” – U2
“Magnificent” – U2
“Because the Night” – U2, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” – U2, Bruce Springsteen
“Gimme Shelter” – U2, Mick Jagger, Black Eyed Peas
“Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” – U2, Mick Jagger
“Beautiful Day” – U2
Jeff Beck Band segment:
“People Get Ready” – Jeff Beck Band, Sting
“Let Me Love You” – Jeff Beck Band, Buddy Guy
“Rice Pudding”/“Foxy Lady” – Jeff Beck Band, Billy Gibbons
“A Day in the Life” – Jeff Beck Band
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band segment:
“Hold On I’m Coming”/”Soul Man” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Sam Moore
“Ghost of Tom Joad” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Tom Morello
“Fortunate Son” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, John Fogerty
“Pretty Woman” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, John Fogerty
“Jungleland” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
“A Fine Fine Boy” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Darlene Love
“New York State of Mind” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Billy Joel
“Born to Run” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Billy Joel
“Higher and Higher” – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, John Fogerty, Billy Joel, Darlene Love, Sam Moore, Tom Morello
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established 25 years ago by legendary record executive Ahmet Ertegun and a group of music business executives to honor the artists that have defined rock and roll and have inspired and continue to inspire a generation. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission both through its operation of a world-class museum designed by I.M. Pei in Cleveland, Ohio that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as educational programs.
The executive producer of THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERT is Jann Wenner; executive producers for Playtone, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman; directed and produced by Joel Gallen; executive producer, Joel Peresman; special advisor, Robbie Robertson; creative consultant, Cameron Crowe.
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Can't wait!
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I can't wait to see that Stevie Wonder segment with Sting. Jeff Beck looks solid too. Oh hell, the whole line-up looks strong.
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...gonna be a helluva show!!! Would love to be at that one!
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to hear The Boxer live.
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to hear the pixies Doolite live.
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Had an excellent in depth look at the whole thing. If you can get a hold of it I recommend that you do.
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please
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Verdammt! Won't be able to see it over here in Germany. I wanna see that Metallica set with Ozzy singing Paranoid.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cleveland. Worst. Decision. Ever.
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That's surprising! I remember a few years back there was some Music Awards show in London. Maybe it was held by one of the music magazines or something. Pattie Smith won some kind of lieftime achievement thing & there was a segment where the likes of Michael Stipe & Bono paid tribute to her. She came on stage, thanked Stipe & launched into the most vicious attack on Bono ever! I think it started with "Michael, thank you. Bono, fuck you!".
Mind you, he probably deserved it, if only for being a pretentious cunt.
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Still, got it set on the DVR.
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And actually wanted to see this pretty bad. I hate concert music, but was really kinda into this awesomeness.
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MJ would be nowhere on your radar 6 months ago, and we ALL know it. The absolute joke MJ would have taken SO much away from this show and the HOF. Do not fool yourself into believing he was relevant.
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Is totally my highlight of the show as well.
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Much like having The Who play half time at the Super Bowl, I really think it is time to move on. Where is Dave Mathews? Pearl Jam? The Killers? I know these guys are also old school but they must be better than the old geezers (Springsteen, U2, Fogerty, Joel) they are having play. Yes, I know it is the "Hall of Fame," but the younger bands could play with the older folks, can't they?
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While Dave Matthews, Pearl Jam and the Killers may be seen as recent innovators, their total impact and influence (or lack thereof) has yet to be seen, so THAT is why there is a waiting period between a band's first release and when they are eligible for the Hall Of Fame. (And dear God, do I dread the inevitable wave of pouty, yodeling singers/songwriters that are all going to be wearing their Dave Matthews inspiration rather proudly on their sleeves...)
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A line-up including Aretha Franklin, Jeff Beck, BB King, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, John Fogerty, Buddy Guy, Sting, U2,
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Crosby Stills & Nash, John Legend, Annie Lennox, Ozzy Osbourne, Lou Reed, James Taylor, Tom Morello, Paul Simon, Smokey Robinson
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Bonnie Raite, Ray Davies, Jerry Lee Lewis, Patti Smith, Dion, Jackson Browne, Little Anthony, Darlene Love, The Black Eyed Peas, and Mick Fucking Jagger,
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not to mention Ty Cobb, Jimi Hendrix, James Stewart, Wilt Chamberlain, Johnny Moss, Albert Einstein, and Jesus Christ himself
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Just. Wow.
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Until Rush gets nominated for induction, these people get ZERO respect from me.
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...Bono, Sting & Springsteen until they're 85 aren't we?
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Both nights of taping. And he fully understands I never intend to speak to him again.
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what a legend. Van Morrison was also supposed to be there.
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*shakes fist*
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Thank (insert preferred deity here) that Aretha isn't going to make us sit through the billionth performance of "Respect." I am so bloody sick of that song, no matter who sings it.
I also hate "Bad to the Bone" and "Old Time Rock & Roll," and will immediately change the station if any of those songs happen to start playing on my car radio. I also refuse to see any movie which uses them (and "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown) in their trailers. -
I love Wilco
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Other than U2 (barely) none of these artists have made anything relevant the past twenty years.
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Til then, my boycott continues. Unlike that hypocrite Michael Stipe, I MEAN IT!!!
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ROCK AND ROLL, FUCK YEAH!
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Bruce Springsteen released The Rising in 2002 and that's considered to be a pretty relevant album. Plus he's released 3 good albums and 1 excellent album since then. So, obviously I disagree with your statement.
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He's turned Rolling Stone, what was once the bible for new and exciting music into a shrine to safe baby boomer artists like Bruce Springsteen and pop culture crap like Twilight and Miley Cyrus. I can't even remember the last time that a new band was on the cover of Rolling Stone. Oh, and Jann get your head out of your ass and get KISS in the rock hall while they're all still alive, OK?
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fuck corporate rock and roll
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..no thanks.
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...Rush isn't in the Hall. Major oversight, but not surprising.
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I'd subscribe to HBO just to see Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy. So would Dave Matthews and the tools from The Killers. Are there artists missing from this lineup? Sure, but none of them have been mentioned so far.
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He should only have 5 songs like everybody else. Give more airtime to Aretha. She may be a ten ton mess nowadays but those songs and her voice are still amazing.
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I feel sorry for any idiot who seriously believes those acts deserve to replace ANY of the acts currently performing. Or deserve to be anywhere near the Hall of Fame for that matter...
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B_P_P: Complain about those two all you want (I actually respect both for different reasons) but there's a lower tier of musical shit. Ponder this: In 15-20 years, it is almost a slam dunk that Nickelback, Linkin Park, and Beyonce will be going into the ROck N Roll "Hall of Fame." Possibly on the same ballot. RenoNevada: I think Pearl Jam is eligible pretty damn soon. Blanket-Man: Don't know if your serious, but considering that: 1. They had a string of top ten hits. 2. Had a lasting impact on pop culture. 3. Justin Timberlake and NSync will probably go in someday. 4. Nearly EVERY FUCKING OBSCURE ONE-HIT DOO-WOP GROUP IN EXISTENCE gets voted in, it's hard to argue against the Monkees going in.
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So the whole thing is bullshit anyway.
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An artist becomes eligible for nomination 25 years after the release of their first album. "Ten" was released in 1991, so Pearl Jam won't be eligible until 2016.
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Can we please replace Black Eyed Peas, DMB,and Fergylicious with Aerosmith, The Who, and Neil Young? Please pretty pretty please???
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Oh yeah, no doubt there is a lower tier of musical shit out there, all I'm saying is that DMB or The Killers are still nowhere near the bands in this show, or anywhere near being the best bands working today.
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Again,I reiterate that the acts they have on this show are old and dated. The names I brought up were people who are more modern and relevant today. We can have modern, or far more recent bands play those of the past in tribute. Do we really think that someone who was popular when Reagan was president (28 years ago) can be anywhere near as relevant today? Really? I am sorry, Sprinsgteen, U2, Billy Joel, are not the trend setters of the Beatles, Temptations or even the Stones.
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I heard they were Franklin Roosevelt's favorite band.
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Isn't in the hall either. Their selection committee is a total joke. They keep putting in hip hop artists and mediocre rock bands (eg. Metallica). They need to either rename it the Music hall of fame, or reign in the genres back towards rock a little bit.
I remember a quote from Slash about meeting Keith Richards at the bar upstairs during an induction ceremony a few years back. Slash asked Keith why he wasn't out there and he said something to this effect:
"I'm here for rock and roll, not hippity hop."
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animatronic skeletons with instruments. Rockin' it out on HBO! Woooooo! Doesn't get any cooler than that...
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Nov 29, 2009 6:10:19 PM CST
Wow, you guys slam these bands but kiss McCartney's ass?
by lockesbrokenleg
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HBO has only begun to suck after 'The Wire' ended. Where were you all this time, Lockes.
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I have three words: fuck that shit. I'll just watch "Bring On the Night" instead.
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When are we going to stop letting them rape music?
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Bono referred to her as something like "a sister, a lover, and a mother" and she took offence to the mother part. Told him to do his "own dirty work, and fuck off". Must admit that while I don't care for Bono either (though at least he outgrow that Cuban phase he went through in the mid'90's where he spoke faux Spanish the whole time), I never quite grasped what Patti was getting so offended at. The lover part I could have understood, but mother? Whatever. Doesn't alter the fact that Chris Martin is a wanker, and the fact that Bono called him out as one publicly means that he will always get my vote.
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Well, I tried to watch Deadwood, but after the fifth cocksucker, I returned my Box set.
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Seriously, time hasn't been very good to CSN. I did think Bea Arthur was dead and I never knew she replaced Graham Nash in CSN. Between them and the bad eye job on Jackson Browne, it is a little depressing watching these aged rock stars. Only James Taylor has aged remotely well of the first group.
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Maybe at times during their Load - St. Anger period, but certainly not before or after. Lightning, Puppets, Justice and The Black Album produced some of the best material the metal genre has ever seen. Their songwriting chops are some of the best in music. Hetfield is the premiere rhythm guitarist/riff writer of all time. How you can call this band "mediocre" is mind bending. Maybe their style isn't your cup of tea, but to say they're only mediocre at what they do is ridiculous. They are not one trick ponies like the group they are often lumped into (Anthrax, Slayer, etc.), but have incredible range and talent as far as writing in different genres goes. I could understand your comment if every song they wrote sounded like Nothing Else Matters or if every song they wrote sounded like Motorbreath, but this is simply not the case.
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Nov 29, 2009 7:53:06 PM CST
Master of puppets is like sex on a cd
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
I rub one off every time I listen to that fucking classic
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His amazing singing never ceases to amaze me. The dude's got some fucking PIPES.
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Nov 29, 2009 8:05:13 PM CST
"Hetfield is the premiere rhythm guitarist/riff writer of all ti
by ian216a
that is the wrongest thing that has ever been typed.
Metallica were shite when they started thrashing out scales when they started, and they were shite when they lost all there fans respect when they started playing "metal" with an orchestra.
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As much as I love the Stones and Keith Richards, all that story does is show how he's a stupid old fart. Music evolves. Get over it.
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And yes, I'll take old school Metallica over just about any of these new hipster rock bands any day.
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Nov 29, 2009 8:41:47 PM CST
What an insult to many of the artists that performed in this con
by rob0729
will it be when the Hall starts allowing bands like Nickelback and Fall Out Boys into the Hall in about 20 years because they are the "best" rock acts of this generation. In my mind, only Kings of Leon have the potential of being half as good as the great bands of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and early 90s.
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along with Cheap Trick, the New York Dolls, and some kabuki band, and some canadians with a whiny singer aren't in the Hall Of Fame. Just saying what's on every other message board.
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They play two songs from All you Can Leave Behind, but only one from Joshua Tree. The former is a great album, but Joshua Tree is their only true iconic album. Well, maybe Actung Baby which have no songs represneted. Plus they play Vertigo which is a good, not great U2 song. They even play a song from their new album over classic tunes.
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I wasn't fair to U2. War and Unforgettable Fire can be consider iconic albums.
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Patti Smith sounded great until Bozo had to sing along.
U2- Most overrated band in the world
Bozo- Most annoying musician ever.
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It's a mellow, mid-tempo tune. Jagger can do mellow, mid-tempo, check out "As Tears Go By" from Shine A Light, but he's screwing up here. Barely half-watching it anyway, The Running Man is on CH TV (Basic local Canadian TV), and its unedited. You don't get that shit in the States, yo.
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Should have ended the show there.
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Nov 29, 2009 10:04:21 PM CST
Nickelback is the worst band of all time
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
Ever. Plain and simple. Fucking god awful.
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Wow, great stuff.
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in the SOUTH! This is where rock was born from country and blues. BTW, a good bit of this show was on PBS last night.
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No chit chat, just get to the good stuff.
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And they'll totally deserve it, too. If you don't like Rage Against the Machine, you should be painfully sterilized.
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I agree with you, but they seem to be the band all the bands out there want to emulate. In the 60s and 70s, they stole from the old blues musicians. In the 80s and 90s they stole from the Beatles, Stones, Zepplin, Who, etc. Today, bands want to steal from Nickelback and Fall Out Boys. Apparently with the shitty music being put out today, the bar has been set pretty low of who to emulate.
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make the hall...ill be satisfied
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That's spelled P. W. N. S.
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Nov 29, 2009 10:28:35 PM CST
Holy shit, Morello and Springsteen actually sound really good to
by redjester
Holy shit, Morello and Springsteen actually sound really good together!!! F*ck yeah!
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Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, Sam Moore, and Ghost of Tom Joad.
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It was like the audience wasn't there, or at least told not to sound like they were.
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They probably didn't have a mic on the audience.
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is inducted, the Hall of Fame will be forever considered the HALL OF SHAME.
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War, Iggy & the Stooges and Kate Bush?
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New artists out there today, at least not on top 40 radio.
Name one that's debuted, I'll even give you as far back as 2000. The music industry has been shit for a long time.
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The Metallica - Lou Reed Sweet Jane.
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Nov 30, 2009 8:25:27 AM CST
Someday, maybe Tom Waits, Warren Zevon and Frank Zappa get their
by 2for2true
Until then, I'll wait.
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No, he's not exactly Top 40, but his work with the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather is a pretty impressive resume.
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I agree some bands arent revelent compared to old school rock, but there are a lot of good "this generation" type rock bands... Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, Weezer, Jack White like someone said above me, Franz Ferdinand, and even Fall Out Boy (TO ME... but I know they arent cool among us cool AICNers)... but if people always live in the past, of course nothing revelent will happen cuz theyre too stubborn to realize things change, and music is prone to change
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especially metallica/ozzy/ray davies and the U2 stuff. and springsteen.
but christ almighty, they really need to dial back the autotune. a couple of times there, both sting and CSN were sounding like t-pain! trust your artists, mr. soundman! -
on aicn? say whaa?!
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But everyone in that band is incredibly talented. It's not really my kind of music in the slightest, but their live show proves they can wail. Pearl Jam will undoubtedly be included when they're elligable. But big time lolz at The Killers. And to say bands like U2 and Springsteen aren't relevant today is idiocy. They sell just as many if not more tickets per tour than some shitty Joy Division knockoff. They're just not all over crappy modern rock radio. RATM doesn't deserve to be in the hall of fame. 3 albums with only two of them being decent is not good enough. Metallica deserves it if only for influencing almost every single metal band since their inception. Name a metal guitarist that actually says he wasn't influenced by Hammet or Herfield, either directly or indirectly.
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My point behind this is that Springsteen, U2, Billy Joel, The Who, The Stones, all have lost their relevance from what they had previously. Wouldn't it have been better to have modern and far more relevant bands and artists (i.e. john Mayer, Pearl Jam, Green day etc...) sing old school songs? You can't possibly tell me that Simon and Garfunkel are anywhere near what they sounded like in the 60s or early 70s. Same with the Who, or Springsteen. They aren't the same. It is sad to watch them perform at ages 65+. They need to retire.
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How does music lose its relevance?
Are you proposing that Pearl Jam and Green Day (the bands you suggested and both of whom I enjoy) symbolize rebel youth?
The reason why I want to see this performance is because all the heavy weights contributing to each other's work. There's a zillion other venues for "modern relevant bands" even though music doesn't lose its relevance.
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Please reread what I said. The music does OT lose its relevance. The singers do. They aren't the same. And yes, songs that protest Vietnam mean far less today than they did then. The artists are well over 65. They don't sound or look like they did. The songs are timeless. They aren't. I suggested modern bands cover the timeless songs with modern interpretation, that's all.
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Springsteen at 60 peforms better than 99% of the live acts today. Just sayin'.
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Muse and The Killers
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Metallica did a great set, and they were playing to an audience that really wasn't there kinda fans, but they full on won them over by the end.I don't know if they showed it in the same sequence that the acts performed in, but it seemed fairly anticlimactic with Bruce taking so much stage time.Simon and Garfunkel were amazing, actually... 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' was a show-stopper.Great show, would have liked to see Eric Clapton, The Who, or AC/DC, but I'll take Stevie Wonder playing with BB King any day.
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watch MTV Idol. No one wants to go to the HoF induction to watch garbage like The Killers and Green Day. I do find it kind of funny you mention Pearl Jam as being in the "young and hip" category when they're all in their mid 40s and Ten predates Hot Fuss by about 15 years. I do completely agree they deserve a spot in the hall, but they have a lot more in common with "geezers" like Springsteen and the Who than they do Brendon Flowers. People go to see the bands that are actually getting inducted into the HoF, not Avril Lavigne covering Fuel. And saying a song protesting Vietnam isn't as relevant today, especially given today's political climate, is completely asinine. Songs like "What's Goin On" mean just as much today as it did when it was written.
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I'm 28 by the way, not an old fart. Music has evolved into something where musicianship, talent, and creativity take a back seat to the ability to sell records. Half the groups and individuals in the Rock and Roll hall from the 60's-80's probably wouldn't even get airplay in today's pop-idol dominated market. You think Bob Dylan, Neil Young, or even Zeppelin or Floyd would make it today? Maybe not; most would seem unmarketable to record companies today despite their musical genius. Hell, you don't even need to know how to sing or play an insturment anymore to sell a ton of records. It's sad. There are very few new musicians or groups in the last 10 years that I'd consider impactful in terms of their art and talent. None of them are anywhere near the god-awful top-40 mainstream.
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Why do you keep clinging to the notion that playing music is like working construction or playing a professional sport? What, exactly, is it about age hampers one's ability to wiggle their fingers or use their vocal cords? Let's use Robert Plant as our example: he's not as pretty or as flashy (with rare exceptions) as he once was, so I'll grant you that he has lost something with age. However, he still has a stage presence and vocal range that eclipses even modern, younger acts. Age is a factor in the ability to perform certain tasks at a high level. Music is not one of those things. B.B. King will outshine John Mayer until he's 104...check out a Clapton Crossroads festival for a side by side comparison if you need one.
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They deserve to be thrown in an incinerator. You guys are almost 40 years old. Stop wearing make-up and fucking retire. They were always a shit band. Good music is hard to come by these days. As long as people keep listening to nickelback and buttcherry and green day and seethed and slipknot and 3 doors down and kid rock and just about every other top 40 bullshit that's around, shits not gonna change. Some of the best albums go largely unheard of because of shit that gets stuck in the colon of good taste. You want to hear something good? Check out Fantastic Planet by Failure. That album came out in '96 and it still sounds better than 90% of the shit you're gonna hear. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that doesn't change the fact that you have shitty taste if you think Nickelback is in ANY WAY good for anything other than a landfill or a paper shredder.
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It was a good show check it out
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Just My 2 Cents. Sony bribed disc jockeys to play their artists starting about 1997. They gave them TVs, VCR's, DVD players, stereos, computers, Playstations. They also put them up in fancy hotels, with all expenses paid, for showcases and award shows: especially the CMA Awards and the Summer Fanfest in Nashville, the Grammys in NYC and LA, the Mtv VMAs in NYC and Miami, and the BET awards. Because of this, we had Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Simpson having success on the charts.In addition, they hitched their wagon the American Idol, and now guarantee to sign the top 2 finishers from every season, and usually sign one or 2 more from every batch of 12. That's about 12-15 acts that have received a major push from Sony in the last 9 years. So even though Sony was busted in 2004 for payola, through Idol they have kept their stranglehold on what gets airplay in the USA.This past decade should have been dominated by non-US acts, call it a 3rd Britsh Invasion, but they were shut out. The Internet helped, but it still did not stop the stagnation this decade.------later-----m
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The fact that you don't recognize that RATM will and deserve to be in the Hall of Fame, and you like Dave Matthews, makes your opinion REALLLLLYYY irrelevant.
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RE: Stooges:That's the first entirely true statement in this TB.
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in even the same chunk of "shitty bands" block reinforces your opinion about music being totally and completely irrelevant. If you don't recognize that Green Day's Dookie is one of the most influental and memorable albums from the early 90s and they also deserve to be in the Hall of Fame, you really don't know anything about music history.
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Nov 30, 2009 2:56:30 PM CST
green day have three classics under their belt
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
dookie and american idiot are fucking classic, insomniac was a unerrated masterpiece, i like to think of it as dookie part 2. kerplunk was good also. the concept and story of american idiot is really fuckin pulled off well, and the lyrics were much improved from their last few albums, same with the music itself and tres kick ass drumming. my mind was blown the first time i listen to that whole album. and then they made 21st century breakdown. which sounded like american idiot and warning leftovers. ugh, last night on earth is the worst song theyve ever recorded.
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...my parents and grandparents will definitely be watching!
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Yeah, I'm still waiting for another Cobain to come along and blow all this pop/r&b/hip-hop/emo bullshit off the plant, but unfortunately, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has probably made such a thing impossible since it allowed the suits and bean counters to have total control over all media. Thank D.I.N.O. corporate tool and fat fetishist Bill Clinton for an eternal future of lousy music shoved down our throats.
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...I meant "planet"! Not "plant". Fuck!
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...will be tuning into the Disney channel for musical entertainment.
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What makes them classics? They sold a shit ton of copies, but the music is shit! I'm sure Jennifer lopez used to sell shit tons of records too. That doesn't make it good. You wanna hear a concept record, listen to Fantastic Planet. Even The Mars Volta can pull off a concept record better than green Day, and that shits almost impossible to decode. Green Day jumped on the bush bashing bandwagon unsuccesfully. Them and Incubus were the worst offenders, and unfortunatly only one of them fell off. It should have been both.
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Nov 30, 2009 5:18:39 PM CST
whoa i didnt mention anything about sales!
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
and nor would i with shit like nickelback moving 8 million copies in the u.s. of A TURN YOUR CRAPPY NICKELBACK DOWN! im just sayin their good albums, and usually generally regarded as such, and im not trying to go with the crowd it just is what it is...and american idiot wasnt a political record the whole way through maybe 1 to 3 political songs AT MOST the concept is way beyond than "BUSH SUCKS" as your putting it.
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of my favorite YouTube videos...
"Nickelback gets hit with rocks" -
"Are there any Nickelback fans in Portugal?"
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Nov 30, 2009 7:44:00 PM CST
the nickelback video was hilarious but...
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
i cant take that much suckitude just to see him walk of stage. by the way, why would you pay for a ticket (to the worst band ever) if you dont even like them?
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Woodstock era douchebags. As far as I'm concerned, that whole fucking generation shit on the skulls of the heroes who won World War II, and bent this country over for the royal unlubed assfucking we are currently experiencing. I hate their music, as a result, with a passion. That being said, CSN & Simon & Garfunkel were fucking great. Actually, just about the whole show was great. And I now have to begrudgingly retract everything I've ever said about Fergie, because that fucking bitch sang the shit out of Mick Jagger and Bono. And she looked great. Overall, the entire concert was fabulous.
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The pendulum went 180 degree's and went the opposite w/ all the boy banders and Britneys and Christina's et al. My senior yr of high school was '92 so I was the perfect age for the grudge movement. All those bands came out of nowhere and blew every bodies hair back! Sadly, when Kurt called it a day the whole movement went with it. And also there was a huge female element that same time w/ Fiona Apple, who was brilliant bytheway! Jewel, Sheryl crow, Alanis, even though I hated that crap you have to give her credit. Even if it was a knock-off of Liz Phair. Shirley Manson of Garbage and Courtney Love of Hole. Sarah McLachlan and the Lilith Fair tour. Lisa Loeb, Juliana Hatfield, Natalie Merchant, No Doubt was a great band. Lauryn Hill, Cowboy Junkies, Indigo Girls, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Blind Melon, Foo Fighters, Jane's Addiction, Beck, Radiohead, The Sundays, Belly, 311, Alice in Chains, Wilco, Weezer, Violent Femmes, Tomi Amos, The Cranberries, Flaming Lips, Sublime, Stone Temple Pilots, REM, Red Hot chilly Peppers, Beastie Boys, Guns and Roses, Pet shop boys, Phish, Social D, Luna, Oasis, Lenny Kravitz, Korn, Jeff Buckley, INXS, Green Day, Fugee's, George Michael, Dwight Yoakam, Dido, Counting Crows, Blur, Black Crows, Ben Folds Five, Aimee Mann, Nine Inch Nails, A Tribe Called Quest, Living Colour, Soundgarden, Primus, Sonic Youth, Screaming Trees, The Prodigy, Mad Season, Anthrax and the Pixies just to name some quite different types of bands during the '90's and coming of age for me. This decade doesn't even come close to the last five sadly. But the bands who performed for HBO are legends and none of these 'current' acts don't hold a candle to any of the old-timers.
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Cocksucker.
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And if you haven't seen it...Flea's speech inducting Metallica was spot on!
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Can we all go back hating U2?
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Never liked Black Eyed Peas or that style of music... but Fergie actually has some good pipes for singing rock. Also made me find a Youtube link of her singing Barracuda with Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart on American Idol, and not only did she hold her own with Ann, she actually sounded like 70s Ann Wilson... she should really switch music genres.
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Pretty solid point you make. I knew this decade was bad but I didn't realize how bereft it i was until i read your list. Even the bands I didn't like were good. You listed Oasis & Blur but there was a ton of great music coming out of england in the early nineties, all the manchester bands, stone roses, inspiral carpets, bands like Teenage Fanclub, Neds Atomic Dustbin, World Party, then there was all the shoegaze, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Moose, some great Cocteau Twins records, St Etienne, Peter Gabriel was still doing solid work, Bob Mould's Sugar, Dinosaur Jr, Disintegration/Wish era Cure, so much great work. Now it's all bleh. I'm getting old.
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It sucks. Boring and stale. You can see more interesting memorabilia at the Hard Rock Cafe a few blocks away. It has nothing to do with it being in Cleveland. It's just that the spirit of rock & music in general is something that just can't be captured properly in a museum environment.
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You could count on one hand the number of bands who have done anything noteworthy. I personally blame Simon Cowell and his minions for producing below average crap and claiming them to be the messiahs of the music scene.As for the question regarding Zeppelin and Floyd making it today... Of course they would. In fact we need someone like them coming along to save the scene because there is not one person out there who can. They care more about the money than the music today. Where are the larger than life characters along the lines of Keith Moon? Instead we get some transexual called Lady Gaga who is more famous for changing into different wacky clothes.It really is shocking today how pitiful the output is, quite sad really.
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album. Like i said above I'm 35 so I don't know what the younger people like but I really thought The Strokes were going to bring what was old ala Ramames, Stooges, Clash etc.
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but they've always brought it. Go back to the kinks to the Vines. And White Strips are really good too.
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Definitely true about the Brits. Why are they so damn good at music?? Anyway, it's fun talking about music on aicn. There seems to be a slight bit more consensus.
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..if anything, AICN folk can talk music. Bring film into the mix and we all came here with a bit of a superiority complex, but I've read a few productive music discussions here in the past week or so. What fun.
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