Worst Band Ever?

[Brian_Wallace]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
  The Beatles
 The Who
 Led Zeppelin
 The Grateful Dead
 ....
 Live
 The Smashing Pumpkins
 Red Hot Chili Peppers (that point made about China/Nirvana/Led Zeppelin can also be applied to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.  Just substitute George Clinton/P-funk for Muddy Waters.)
 
 oh, and Rush.  I don't even think what they produce is music.  It's so awful on so many levels.  

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
  However, I'll defend Limp Bizkit.  

Now it's official.  You really are just trying to be controversial.  Pathetic. [/b]

Just a small addition to the epistle...
 
 I genuinely hate the Beatles, et al.  I have NO idea what they are talking about.  It's all simplistic, naive, emotions-with-Crayons.  Please people, cut the BS.  You aren't your parents.  There is no Harold Bloom-approved rock' n' roll canon.  It is acceptible to hate the Beatles.  I just fear if Hilary Clinton gets elected there will be some legislation passed the requires every American to pledge allegiance to 60's baby-boomer nostaliga.
 
 Just be honest.  Listen to songs like Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" or Modest Mouse's "Ocean Breathes Salty" or Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" or Jason Mraz's "You and I Both" or even Smashing Pumpkin's "33."  All incredible songs that make me glad to be alive when they were released.  Would you rate anything the Beatles or Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd ever recorded over those five songs?  Really?  Ok, then I withdraw my statement.  I'm not trying to change people's minds.
 
 I strongly prefer music that was made while I was alive that connects with me.  Call me crazy.
 
 Brian

[Bombay Chutney]

This just keeps getting better and better.

[Sir HC]

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
  The Beatles
 The Who
 Led Zeppelin
 The Grateful Dead
 ....
 Live
 The Smashing Pumpkins
 Red Hot Chili Peppers (that point made about China/Nirvana/Led Zeppelin can also be applied to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.  Just substitute George Clinton/P-funk for Muddy Waters.)
 
 oh, and Rush.  I don't even think what they produce is music.  It's so awful on so many levels.  

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
  However, I'll defend Limp Bizkit.  

Now it's official.  You really are just trying to be controversial.  Pathetic. [/b]

Just a small addition to the epistle...
 
 I genuinely hate the Beatles, et al.  I have NO idea what they are talking about.  It's all simplistic, naive, emotions-with-Crayons.  Please people, cut the BS.  You aren't your parents.  There is no Harold Bloom-approved rock' n' roll canon.  It is acceptible to hate the Beatles.  I just fear if Hilary Clinton gets elected there will be some legislation passed the requires every American to pledge allegiance to 60's baby-boomer nostaliga.
 
 Just be honest.  Listen to songs like Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" or Modest Mouse's "Ocean Breathes Salty" or Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" or Jason Mraz's "You and I Both" or even Smashing Pumpkin's "33."  All incredible songs that make me glad to be alive when they were released.  Would you rate anything the Beatles or Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd ever recorded over those five songs?  Really?  Ok, then I withdraw my statement.  I'm not trying to change people's minds.
 
 I strongly prefer music that was made while I was alive that connects with me.  Call me crazy.
 
 Brian [/b]

All those you mention would not exist if it were not for the prior bands.  They are standing on the shoulders of giants.  Because something does not connect with you does not make it the worst.  You have to give them credit (or at least those bands you mention give them credit) for the trails they blazed.

[beetsnotbeats]

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
 I strongly prefer music that was made while I was alive that connects with me.  Call me crazy. [emphasis added]

Thankfully, I was born in '63.

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
 I strongly prefer music that was made while I was alive that connects with me.  Call me crazy.

nah, that would be an insult to the insane.  i'll just call you narrow-minded.  you automatically can't relate to music that was written before you were born?  no questions asked, simply because of date?  i take it all classical music is out - a shame.  personally, i try to let the music stand on its own merits, regardless of when it was written/performed.  maybe i'm crazy.

[xneverwherex]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
 I strongly prefer music that was made while I was alive that connects with me.  Call me crazy.

nah, that would be an insult to the insane.  i'll just call you narrow-minded.  you automatically can't relate to music that was written before you were born?  no questions asked, simply because of date?  i take it all classical music is out - a shame.  personally, i try to let the music stand on its own merits, regardless of when it was written/performed.  maybe i'm crazy. [/b]

I'd like to know where someone like Bowie falls on your list. Now Im not sure when you were born, but Bowie has been around forever and he is still around. So does that mean early Bowie is out, but current Bowie is in? Clearly what he was writing about in his early stuff has to do with the times, which I guess you cant connect with. Same with the Stones. Still around.
 
 Thats the weakest excuse Ive ever heard of why a band is the worst. Go take some Music Appreciation courses such as Music 101 (or something with a similar title) and go trace the roots to current day music.
 
 And for a band that wears their influences on their sleeves - check out The Dandy Warhols. Guess you could like them, but not the Velvet?

[nkotb]

You know, the good thing about music is that its SUBJECTIVE.  There's no formula for what's good and what's not.
 
 I definitely think Brian's out of his mind to list those 5 songs as better than anything the Beatles, etc. released.  But it's music.  In the end, who gives a shit what he likes?  Are we that combative that we need him to fall in the ranks with the rest of us?
 
 Besides, the only good reason to not like Zepplin (derivative rip-off of the blues) is to over-analyze and over-intellectualize it.  I'm listing to "Dazed and Confused" as I type this, and I really don't care if it's ripping a paycheck out of Robert Johnson's starving great-grand children's hands.  At the end of the day, it just SLAYS.  Isn't that what matters?
 
 

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
 Go take some Music Appreciation courses such as Music 101 (or something with a similar title) and go trace the roots to current day music.

[sweetcell]

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[Vas Deferens]

Did you laugh hard when you first saw that picture? LOLcatz rule.
 
 

Originally posted by sweetcell:
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[BLACKSTORM]

Originally posted by Marty666:
  id say the top five worst bands of all time are;  led zepplin, rush, linkin park, creed and bon jovi.
 
 they are all a triumph of mediocrity and proof the masses will accept the most bland mass produced tripe as long as its popular. of course rush "trys" to be different, but its calculated and panders to wannabee musicians who are impressed by simple things like off beat rythyms and the number of notes played in a minute. its musical masterbation.

Idiot.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Agreed. But not because of his/her music taste. Rather, because he/she can't spell "tries" (or masturbation).
 
 

Originally posted by Blackstorm:
   

Originally posted by Marty666:
  id say the top five worst bands of all time are;  led zepplin, rush, linkin park, creed and bon jovi.
 
 they are all a triumph of mediocrity and proof the masses will accept the most bland mass produced tripe as long as its popular. of course rush "trys" to be different, but its calculated and panders to wannabee musicians who are impressed by simple things like off beat rythyms and the number of notes played in a minute. its musical masterbation.

Idiot. [/b]

[Mobius]

Definitely Maybe is great but the Beatles suck.  So do T Rex.
 
 Also, I love America but the Constitution is pretty lame.

[eltee]

Thanks, Sir HC! Definitely the point I was going to make.
 
 And, Kosmo - whew. I was perplexed for a moment when I read your initial KISS statement.

[renton007]

Four pages in and not one mention of The Eagles, what gives?

[TheREALHunter]

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
     

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
  The Beatles
 The Who
 Led Zeppelin
 The Grateful Dead
 ....
 Live
 The Smashing Pumpkins
 Red Hot Chili Peppers (that point made about China/Nirvana/Led Zeppelin can also be applied to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.  Just substitute George Clinton/P-funk for Muddy Waters.)
 
 oh, and Rush.  I don't even think what they produce is music.  It's so awful on so many levels.  

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
  However, I'll defend Limp Bizkit.  

Now it's official.  You really are just trying to be controversial.  Pathetic. [/b]

Just a small addition to the epistle...
 
 I genuinely hate the Beatles, et al.  I have NO idea what they are talking about.  It's all simplistic, naive, emotions-with-Crayons.  Please people, cut the BS.  You aren't your parents.  There is no Harold Bloom-approved rock' n' roll canon.  It is acceptible to hate the Beatles.  I just fear if Hilary Clinton gets elected there will be some legislation passed the requires every American to pledge allegiance to 60's baby-boomer nostaliga.
 
 Just be honest.  Listen to songs like Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" or Modest Mouse's "Ocean Breathes Salty" or Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" or Jason Mraz's "You and I Both" or even Smashing Pumpkin's "33."  All incredible songs that make me glad to be alive when they were released.  Would you rate anything the Beatles or Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd ever recorded over those five songs?  Really?  Ok, then I withdraw my statement.  I'm not trying to change people's minds.
 
 I strongly prefer music that was made while I was alive that connects with me.  Call me crazy.
 
 Brian [/b]

Sounds like you like soft stuff to put on eye makeup and emote in front of the mirror to, so with that in mind here are a few songs that you might like from the bands you hate:
 Across The Universe
 The Rain Song
 Thank You
 A Pillow of Winds
 
 And how does 33 by the Smashing Pumpkins make you feel all tingly when they're apparently one of the bands you hate? Consistency son!