Originally posted by Celeste:
I HATE WILCO..THEY ARE TOTAL SHITE!
Sorry! I'm actually busy WORKING, but, felt I had to defend one of the greatest bands…point taken…but still, I could see how one might be indifferent to Wilco but to actively dislike them? I can't belive it :o
50 Worst Artists in Music History
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The real issue is why is the list racist?
for example,
Vanilla Ice makes the list Hc Hammer is absent.
Celine Dion, tick, Whitney Houston, no tick
Yes, but you like Feargal Sharkey. Case closed.
How many Wilco albums have you listened to in their entirety, and how many shows have you been to? If you have been to a show, as well as listend to all six of their albums, and still hate them, well that's fine…
How many Wilco albums have you listened to in their entirety, and how many shows have you been to? If you have been to a show, as well as listend to all six of their albums, and still hate them, well that's fine…
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Celeste:
I HATE WILCO..THEY ARE TOTAL SHITE!
Sorry! I'm actually busy WORKING, but, felt I had to defend one of the greatest bands…point taken…but still, I could see how one might be indifferent to Wilco but to actively dislike them? I can't belive it :o
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Celeste:"Total shite" would be angry if it heard you say that!
I HATE WILCO..THEY ARE TOTAL SHITE!
Sorry! I'm actually busy WORKING, but, felt I had to defend one of the greatest bands…point taken…but still, I could see how one might be indifferent to Wilco but to actively dislike them? I can't belive it :o
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by mankie:Sorry, no offense to total shite intended.
Originally posted by Celeste:"Total shite" would be angry if it heard you say that!
I HATE WILCO..THEY ARE TOTAL SHITE!
Sorry! I'm actually busy WORKING, but, felt I had to defend one of the greatest bands…point taken…but still, I could see how one might be indifferent to Wilco but to actively dislike them? I can't belive it :o
"WILCO ARE ALT-COUNTRY"…..better? ;)
haha, yes.
This list is so shitty it is almost not worth commenting on. Take Live for example…ok some bad albums, but Mental Jewelry and Throwing Copper are both some of the best albums of the grunge 90s. And Air Supply, I mean, yeah sappy good for nothing music, but still catchy pop tunes. I think it is pretty close-minded to label so many 80s bands as garbage just cause their music was so light and fluffy, or too pop based perhaps. And the Hooters…man. Just cause something is not edgy or different, it gets labled as bad? not all music has to open your eyes to something, it can be ok and just be the same old. I'm not saying any of these artists are great, but many of them do not belong on this list. And Toad the Wet Sprocket, thats just wrong, plain and simple.
Originally posted by redsock:haha, i was in this dive bar in Cleveland saturday and i missed two women getting in a fist fight over the bathroom because i was talking to some kid about toad the wet sprocket.
And Toad the Wet Sprocket, thats just wrong, plain and simple.
I see no country or alt-country artists on this list. Thus, I have to say that whoever made the list is alright by me.
Though I would have put Billy Ray Cyrus, Shania Twain, and maybe a couple of other country artists on it.
Though I would have put Billy Ray Cyrus, Shania Twain, and maybe a couple of other country artists on it.
Originally posted by redsock:You can take one off if we can add Dashboard Confessional.
This list is so shitty it is almost not worth commenting on. Take Live for example…ok some bad albums, but Mental Jewelry and Throwing Copper are both some of the best albums of the grunge 90s. And Air Supply, I mean, yeah sappy good for nothing music, but still catchy pop tunes. I think it is pretty close-minded to label so many 80s bands as garbage just cause their music was so light and fluffy, or too pop based perhaps. And the Hooters…man. Just cause something is not edgy or different, it gets labled as bad? not all music has to open your eyes to something, it can be ok and just be the same old. I'm not saying any of these artists are great, but many of them do not belong on this list. And Toad the Wet Sprocket, thats just wrong, plain and simple.
I read that the new Dashobard album was good stuff. But saying that this midget has "model good looks"? Please!
Confessional: Between Rock and a Heartbreak
By Shannon Zimmerman
Special to The Washington Post
Wednesday, August 13, 2003; Page C05
Like the overearnest classmate who writes a page and a half of "poetry" in your yearbook, Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba is an iffy proposition.
On the one hand, the guy's got an achy-breaky heart and an apparently deep-seated need to tell you all about it. On the other, it's easy to suspect that Carrabba's Mr. Sensitive routine is just a time-honored ploy to get girls. After all, what's a guy with model good looks and more tattoos than a Lollapalooza road crew got to be so weepy about?
Sometimes, though, Carrabba's woe-is-me act can be pretty convincing. He's the darling of indie-rock's "emo" scene, thanks mainly to 2001's "The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most," a sad-sack opus pockmarked by angsty rants with titles like "Again I Go Unnoticed" and "Screaming Infidelities." The latter tune in particular racked up heavy rotation on alt-rock radio, and, a mere two albums into his career, MTV rewarded Carrabba with his very own episode of "Unplugged 2.0."
Now it's follow-through time. Judging from the manifesto-like title of Dashboard Confessional's third studio long-player, "A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar," Carrabba thinks that this time around, lots of folks who weren't paying attention before are sure to tune in now.
And he may be right. The new album is tighter and slicker than Dashboard Confessional's earlier work, and it's also more straightforwardly "rock." Mostly gone are the acoustic guitar strumfests that earned the singer-songwriter the obsessive cult following that chants along to every song during concerts. Now, turned on and plugged in, Carrabba and his band are vying for the same weekly-allowance dollars that might otherwise go to the likes of Blink-182 or even Avril Lavigne.
Which means that Dashboard Confessional doesn't waste a second here. The album opener, "Hands Down," is easily the disc's best tune, a percolating, pop-punk thriller laced with Carrabba's whisper-to-a-scream singing and a frenetic rhythm attack that practically dares you to run in place. Even better, for once in his life, Carrabba isn't such a mope-a-dope. "My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me," he intones like the hopeful romantic he ain't. "So won't you kill me, so I die happy."
Fat chance. Mr. Misery reverts to form elsewhere, waxing just as morose as ever. He follows the Paxil-ated "Hands Down," for instance, with the aptly titled "Rapid Hope Loss," wherein the band ricochets gamely between crunchy power chords and jangly arpeggios as their leader's love life flames out. "Now that I can see you / I don't think you're worth a second glance," Carrabba snipes just before the song's genuine fist-pumper of a chorus kicks in.
And so it goes, with Dashboard Confessional alternating drippy love-conquers-all head fakes ("As Lovers Go," "Carry This Picture") with embittered post-breakup screeds ("Ghost of a Good Thing," "So Beautiful"). The latter are more convincing, but regardless of which angle he's working, Carrabba's newfound knack for arena-ready melodies rarely fails him.
The guy may be rock's current king of pain, after all, but he's savvy enough to know that if you really want to bring the heartache, Bic-flicking anthems will almost always do the trick.
Confessional: Between Rock and a Heartbreak
By Shannon Zimmerman
Special to The Washington Post
Wednesday, August 13, 2003; Page C05
Like the overearnest classmate who writes a page and a half of "poetry" in your yearbook, Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba is an iffy proposition.
On the one hand, the guy's got an achy-breaky heart and an apparently deep-seated need to tell you all about it. On the other, it's easy to suspect that Carrabba's Mr. Sensitive routine is just a time-honored ploy to get girls. After all, what's a guy with model good looks and more tattoos than a Lollapalooza road crew got to be so weepy about?
Sometimes, though, Carrabba's woe-is-me act can be pretty convincing. He's the darling of indie-rock's "emo" scene, thanks mainly to 2001's "The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most," a sad-sack opus pockmarked by angsty rants with titles like "Again I Go Unnoticed" and "Screaming Infidelities." The latter tune in particular racked up heavy rotation on alt-rock radio, and, a mere two albums into his career, MTV rewarded Carrabba with his very own episode of "Unplugged 2.0."
Now it's follow-through time. Judging from the manifesto-like title of Dashboard Confessional's third studio long-player, "A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar," Carrabba thinks that this time around, lots of folks who weren't paying attention before are sure to tune in now.
And he may be right. The new album is tighter and slicker than Dashboard Confessional's earlier work, and it's also more straightforwardly "rock." Mostly gone are the acoustic guitar strumfests that earned the singer-songwriter the obsessive cult following that chants along to every song during concerts. Now, turned on and plugged in, Carrabba and his band are vying for the same weekly-allowance dollars that might otherwise go to the likes of Blink-182 or even Avril Lavigne.
Which means that Dashboard Confessional doesn't waste a second here. The album opener, "Hands Down," is easily the disc's best tune, a percolating, pop-punk thriller laced with Carrabba's whisper-to-a-scream singing and a frenetic rhythm attack that practically dares you to run in place. Even better, for once in his life, Carrabba isn't such a mope-a-dope. "My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me," he intones like the hopeful romantic he ain't. "So won't you kill me, so I die happy."
Fat chance. Mr. Misery reverts to form elsewhere, waxing just as morose as ever. He follows the Paxil-ated "Hands Down," for instance, with the aptly titled "Rapid Hope Loss," wherein the band ricochets gamely between crunchy power chords and jangly arpeggios as their leader's love life flames out. "Now that I can see you / I don't think you're worth a second glance," Carrabba snipes just before the song's genuine fist-pumper of a chorus kicks in.
And so it goes, with Dashboard Confessional alternating drippy love-conquers-all head fakes ("As Lovers Go," "Carry This Picture") with embittered post-breakup screeds ("Ghost of a Good Thing," "So Beautiful"). The latter are more convincing, but regardless of which angle he's working, Carrabba's newfound knack for arena-ready melodies rarely fails him.
The guy may be rock's current king of pain, after all, but he's savvy enough to know that if you really want to bring the heartache, Bic-flicking anthems will almost always do the trick.
Originally posted by Robert Pollard:You can take one off if we can add Dashboard Confessional. [/QB]
Originally posted by Robert Pollard:Thank you for reminding me that the new album came out yesterday. Whatever your feelings about DC are, there are a 1000 more emo/pop-punk bands that deserve to go up on that list before he does. I would make a crack about GBV, but i honestly haven't heard any of their stuff, despite the prolific nature of your namesake. So I'll just bide my time…..
You can take one off if we can add Dashboard Confessional.
Come on Dashhwank are bad, but before them there are loads of 70s and 80s acts to go on the list:
The eagles
Journey
Toto
any band named after a city or continent
Chicago
Asia
are fine examples.
would no one really like to see J-lo burn in hell?
The eagles
Journey
Toto
any band named after a city or continent
Chicago
Asia
are fine examples.
would no one really like to see J-lo burn in hell?
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:Thank you so much for adding the Eagles. Also add any Eagles related solo stuff (Glen Frye or whoever, Don Henly)
Come on Dashhwank are bad, but before them there are loads of 70s and 80s acts to go on the list:
The eagles
Journey
Toto
any band named after a city or continent
Chicago
Asia
are fine examples.
would no one really like to see J-lo burn in hell?
While I'm at it, I declare Steve Miller Band and Bad Company among the absolute worst rock bands of all time.
Originally posted by chaz:So bascially, anything played on 94.7 the arrow is shit to you all. You are all so closed minded sometimes. Though I would agree with the Eagles comments, they do suck, not sure what the appeal is there.
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:Thank you so much for adding the Eagles. Also add any Eagles related solo stuff (Glen Frye or whoever, Don Henly)
Come on Dashhwank are bad, but before them there are loads of 70s and 80s acts to go on the list:
The eagles
Journey
Toto
any band named after a city or continent
Chicago
Asia
are fine examples.
would no one really like to see J-lo burn in hell?
While I'm at it, I declare Steve Miller Band and Bad Company among the absolute worst rock bands of all time.
hey, some people call me Maurice, some call me the gangster of love.
lay off Steve Miller.
And I have a soft spot for eagles members gone solo…. Could you really hate the boys of summer and the heat is on? Probably if you had any sense
lay off Steve Miller.
And I have a soft spot for eagles members gone solo…. Could you really hate the boys of summer and the heat is on? Probably if you had any sense
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
[QB] Yes, but you like Feargal Sharkey. Case closed.
How many Wilco albums have you listened to in their entirety, and how many shows have you been to? If you have been to a show, as well as listend to all six of their albums, and still hate them, well that's fine…
Saw them live twice, once with Billy Bragg..why would I buy an album to listen to if I think they're shite live?
Also, there's no alt-cuntry on the list for the same reason Hall & Oates aren't…they're just not considered "Artists in music"
Originally posted by redsock:hotel California is quite amusing, the rest of that album gave me a nose bleed….
]So bascially, anything played on 94.7 the arrow is shit to you all. You are all so closed minded sometimes. Though I would agree with the Eagles comments, they do suck, not sure what the appeal is there.
I have never listened to 94.7, I only listen to internet radio stations, old timer. Is 94.7 the local bland soft rock station…… Oh that made me remember Heart. Heart deserve to be on that lis and Wilson Phillips…….
Originally posted by mankie:Mankie who did your mate go and see live again? I am amazed you havent added them to the list……
Also, there's no alt-cuntry on the list for the same reason Hall & Oates aren't…they're just not considered "Artists in music"
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:Huey Lewis….he's no mate, well not since that comment anyway!
Originally posted by mankie:Mankie who did your mate go and see live again? I am amazed you havent added them to the list……
Also, there's no alt-cuntry on the list for the same reason Hall & Oates aren't…they're just not considered "Artists in music"