markie
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 04:51 PM UTC
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Van Halen Rulez!
Until DLR left. Then they sucked.
What's your excuse for Kajagoogoo?
there are no excuses for Kajagoogoo. But no one took them seriously and I doubt you would find anyone who would admit to liking them. That is not the case with Van Halen, is it?
Why do Van Halen rule(z)
ggw
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 04:55 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Why do Van Halen rule(z)
Because they played Spicoli's birthday party after he saved Brooke Shields from drowning:
<img src="
http://www.rippleillusions.com/spicoli.gif" alt=" - " />
MaLo
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 04:56 PM UTC
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
[qb] Originally posted by mankie:
[qb] Huey Lewis….he's no mate, well not since that comment anyway!
huey lewis is at wolftrap this sunday nite
ggw
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 05:03 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Yank:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Van Halen Rulez!
Until DLR left. Then they sucked.
What's your excuse for Kajagoogoo?
The silent majority think they sucked before he left.
Let's not forget about:
Whitesnake
Motely Crue
Twisted Sister
Def Leppard
Cinderalla
Poison
and any other of those 80's hair bands.
Van Halen was hardly an '80s hair-metal band.
They were just completely-over-the-top larger-than-life hard rock. Most of the people that don't like them just take themselves and their musical taste too seriously.
Rhett Miller
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 05:10 PM UTC
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1. I would not judge Wilco by their two Mermaid Avenue records. Though there are a handful of good songs on each (most of them the ones with Jeff Tweedy on lead, not Billy Bragg), much of both are pretty mediocre. Any Wilco concert that featured the Mermaid Avenue material as its star attraction probably DID suck compared to when they were highlighting other albums.
2. Though the 80's did have it's share of good ROCK bands, both British, and American, I would say the 50's were a much better decade for MUSIC. Rock and roll was at its vibrant origins. Country music was REAL…before it went all pop…and jazz was still a great thing…before it went all fusion-y and smoooooth.
jadetree
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 05:33 PM UTC
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Originally posted by tiia:
she'd be better off with someone from pearl jam…
Yeah she probably would be better with somebody who actually has TALENT.
markie
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 05:35 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Robert Pollard:
Yeah she probably would be better with somebody who actually has TALENT.
do you have talent?
ggw
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 05:38 PM UTC
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markie
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 05:44 PM UTC
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sonickteam2
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 06:02 PM UTC
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now you sound like markie.
and it really could be worse…mr. flock of seagulls
markie
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 06:07 PM UTC
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
now you sound like markie.
and it really could be worse…mr. flock of seagulls
thanks Sonick. When I skimmed through I thought I had actually posted Mankies comments. Perhaps we are both just tragically hip?
Venerable Bede
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 06:13 PM UTC
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ahhh. . .the hipster backlash against 70s rock and anything from the 80s that wasn't "indie."
and hearing critism of american rock bands from 2 brits is quite amusing (not to mention quite grating), although def leppard was british. all i have to say is that "pyromania" is one of theeeee best albums of the 80s.
ggw
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Re: 50 Worst Artists in Music History
August 13, 2003 at 06:13 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Yank:
Wow, that's a completely over the top statement. If you don't like Van Halen, you take yourself and your musical taste too seriously!???? Is there a scientific study to back this ridiculious comment up?
I implied correlation not causation.
The study can be found in the Journal of American Music, Vol.VII.4, February 1997; 34-42.
