bands that are considered "gods" but you think

[beetsnotbeats]

This topic would probably be a lot more fun if it were, say, a People magazine forum and you listed someone like Josh Groban. Go on, tell 'em he's not an opera singer.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Shadrach:
  Nirvana and The Grateful Dead, two bands that never did it for me and I can't quite grasp their popularity.

Grateful Dead make the noise that real bands make when tuning up.
 I think their concerts are just events for stoners of all ages to hang out at....I don't think it actually has anything much to do with the band. Not unlike the Parrot heads and Jimmy Buffet. It's the event, not the concert that they go for.
 
 Nirvana are/were, well, just shyte, plain and simple. Cobain became the poster boy for the Seattle grunge movement and that's how they got their following. He will end up being a minime Che Guevara with teenage boys wearing t-shirts with his face on because it's cool to do so, even though they don't have a clue who he was.

[Relaxer]

Interesting. I would mos def put the Smiths into God territory, both because of my own personal opinion that they are giants among men and because I figured that was the conventional wisdom.

[walkonby]

the smiths - how could i forget them?  thanks for the reminder.  they more than suck, they supersize suck, they suck more than an uncle's day at a whorehouse.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by walkonby:
  the smiths - how could i forget them?  thanks for the reminder.  they more than suck, they supersize suck, they suck more than an uncle's day at a whorehouse.

I bet they don't suck more than you.      
 
 You like village people, Barbara Streisand and show tunes, we like The Smiths, each to their own.

[audreysuefix]

The Police

[SPARX]

Originally posted by sister:
  The Police

Another great band til ego kicked in. Those first  few releases were way ahead of the curve at the time. Caught them at Painters Mill in '80, f*in great musicianship.

[chaz]

Originally posted by callat703:
  The Velvet Underground
 The Stooges
 
 

on crack

[chaz]

Originally posted by eros:
 
  Bob Dylan.

on really strong crack

[chaz]

Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
  Off the top of my head
 
 Beatles
 Ramones
 
 

New Jack City Crack

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by SPARX:
   

Originally posted by sister:
  The Police

Another great band til ego kicked in. Those first  few releases were way ahead of the curve at the time. Caught them at Painters Mill in '80, f*in great musicianship. [/b]

you know i was wondering if there would have been as much hatred for U2 had they broken up after the release of their third album "War".  as it was during the tour in the support of the album that ego started to emerge.  Bono went from being just another singer in a rock and roll band with a some what unique sound to them, to become a lead singer ready to solve all the problems of the world.  up until then they had two solid record with a number of great singles, with a medium sized but not completely rabid fanbase.  all that change despecially with the arrival of "Joshua Tree". Which IMHO was just another collection of good songs and was in no way life changing.  The rest is history including those wack sunglasses...

[azaghal1981]

That Bono South Park episode might be the best one ever.
 
 
 "No! I can't be #2! Say it! I'm not #2!"

[SPARX]

Originally posted by kosmo:
   

Originally posted by SPARX:
   

Originally posted by sister:
  The Police

Another great band til ego kicked in. Those first  few releases were way ahead of the curve at the time. Caught them at Painters Mill in '80, f*in great musicianship. [/b]

you know i was wondering if there would have been as much hatred for U2 had they broken up after the release of their third album "War".  as it was during the tour in the support of the album that ego started to emerge.  Bono went from being just another singer in a rock and roll band with a some what unique sound to them, to become a lead singer ready to solve all the problems of the world.  up until then they had two solid record with a number of great singles, with a medium sized but not completely rabid fanbase.  all that change despecially with the arrival of "Joshua Tree". Which IMHO was just another collection of good songs and was in no way life changing.  The rest is history including those wack sunglasses... [/b]

I'd say you'd be correct in your assumption. When I saw them during that tour @ UM's  Ritchie Coliseum he was just just a damn fine front man to a fantastic band with a great bunch of songs. Once they garnered attention from the subsequent singles and then Joshua Tree I'd say is where he jumped the shark. It's a shame really. I found him quite entertaining all the way up in the top of the bleachers waving his Irish flag, all by himself and lovin it. The man had serious passion " for his music" at that point. Meetings with world leaders not even a consideration.

[SPARX]

Originally posted by chaz:
   

Originally posted by callat703:
  The Velvet Underground
 The Stooges
 
 

on crack [/b]

I held my tongue with that one myself. I considered posting "whatcha talkin bout Willis" then I just figured different strokes. They're not for the masses.
 
 Personally, It would'nt have been the same had I not had those 2 crazed geniuses to turn to in my youth. They gave me years of musical pleasure growing up and still do, as well as some street smarts.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by walkonby:
  phil gramm must have meant them when he said whiny americans.

i think phil gramm was referring to his son's band aden ... serious whiners