Who do you think should retire from music

[amazingfantasy15]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

To quote Kurt Cobain on Guns & Roses.

AD: Is there anything about Guns N’ Roses’ music you like?

KC: I can’t think of a damn thing. I can’t even waste my time on that band, because they’re so obviously pathetic and untalented. I used to think that everything in the mainstream pop world was crap, but now that some underground bands have been signed with majors, I take Guns N’ Roses as more of an offense. I have to look into it more: They’re really talentless people, and they write crap music, and they’re the most popular rock band on the earth right now. I can’t believe it.

Screw Kurt Cobain, GnR had ten times the talent of Nirvana. Name one bad song on Appetite for Destruction, go ahead I'll wait.

[adhokk7]

Originally Posted by Heretic

I will throw in Tesla as a great example of this. That band should be considered Classic Rock. They should be touring with the remnants of Foghat or The Black Crowes or some band that has credibility as a rock n roll band. However, they came out in the late 80's and are therefore looked at as creampuff hair metal.

Totally agree with this. I was a DJ at my college station in the late 80s and after a few months, I was assigned the Friday night metal show. That, the metal show, ran from 8:00 - midnight, so for the first two hours of my shift (6:00 - midnight), I played more mainstream rock. It never failed that once the metal had started, I would get a couple of dozen calls from people wanting to hear Tesla or The Who or Sex Pistols. I concede that the definitions for the various subgenres of rock are subjective, but come on.

That said, I always played the Tesla requests.

[adhokk7]

Originally Posted by amazingfantasy15

Screw Kurt Cobain, GnR had ten times the talent of Nirvana. Name one bad song on Appetite for Destruction, go ahead I'll wait.

Sweet Child O' Mine. Hated that song. It reeked of being the ballad the studio insisted on including for the girls. The rest of the album was fantastic, but that song was no good.

[Nirvana]

Originally Posted by amazingfantasy15

Screw Kurt Cobain, GnR had ten times the talent of Nirvana. Name one bad song on Appetite for Destruction, go ahead I'll wait.

I wouldn't know. I don't like ****ty music.

[Warhammer]

Slash, himself, had more talent than Nirvana.

[The Chairman]

Originally Posted by Mr.Webs

The No No Song
I Was Walkin
Step Lightly

And I'm 18.

Anyway, Chairman, Tony Bennet's voice might be as astonishing as it once was, but I saw him in concert only a few months ago, and he can still blow the roof right off with those pipes of his. BUT, if he did retire, we still have Michael Buble to continue that old-fashioned, wonderful music.

Buble is the reason Bennett shouldn't retire, for Buble is a talentless hack.

[Drizzle]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

I wouldn't know. I don't like ****ty music.

Stop with the douchebaggery. Grunge died with Cobain. Deal with it.

[Heretic]

Originally Posted by Drizzle

Stop with the douchebaggery. Grunge died with Cobain. Deal with it.

Actually Grunge never died...it just got watered down. All forms of music, once it goes mainstream, gets watered down to fit mass consumption, and due to the fact that its being played by people who are just trying to rip off a couple of bands from 6 months ago. Grunge managed to stay popular long enough to eventually replace mainstream music...and has been watered down to be essentially the same sound. Creed was Post-Grunge...as is say...Shinedown or any number of todays popular bands. The music has just completely lost its ties with the original intent of the architects of the movement, like Emo is doing now.

[Dark Victory]

Jonas Brothers

[Nirvana]

Originally Posted by Drizzle

Stop with the douchebaggery. Grunge died with Cobain. Deal with it.

But see, I'm not *****ing about how great of an artist Cobain is or how he was much more talented than Guns & Roses. That was everyone else. I'm just merely pointing out the fact that Guns & Roses are a ****ty band. I just found that quote by Cobain (who I obviously have a liking for hence my name) the most appropriate because Guns & Roses are ****. Not sure where I ever mentioned Grudge or how much more talented Cobain is anywhere. Reading comprehension goes a long way.

And if me not listening to ****ty music (Guns & Roses) makes me a douche bag, I guess I'll wear the badge proudly.

[Leto Atrides]

You came into a thread with your name and directly quoted Kurt Cobain dissing a metal band. Did you really think people weren't going to bring it up?

[Nirvana]

It kind of sucks really, I went through a Nirvana phase in middle school, stopped listening to them but still stuck with my universal screen name (Nirvana1375) so it's kind of like a direct target against me. Oh well. I still stand by very strongly that G&R are garbage.

[Mr.Webs]

Originally Posted by The Chairman

Buble is the reason Bennett shouldn't retire, for Buble is a talentless hack.

Come on now. Buble might have softened the sound, put a more pop feel to it, but, he's a step in the right direction.

[Rac]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

Really? I think Sonata Arctica are really talented. I'm really looking forward to seeing them with Nightwish in a couple weeks.

I used to like their old stuff when they were released (Ecliptica, Silence) but not so much these days. The new stuff is just dull and crap. I couldn't even finish their newest last year.

And try to be a roadie for them. Jeez. I "kinda" "get"/"understand" that the band themselves have piss on their head because they are a "succesful" band, but that their crew too! The head dude, my God, what an *******! I pray that next year they won't be at same rock festival where I am working. At least not on the same stage! I only like the bomb guy (or pyro techinician ). He's nice and down-to-earth -type of dude.

The singer, Tony Kakko, has got a nickname in Finnish rock circles: Tony Kakka. Kakka means literally poo in English. You know, Kakko -> Kakka, ehee.

[NewYorkSpider]

Originally Posted by Eggyman

Oasis.
- Liam's singing has gone really bad - it was never a spectacular voice, but he used to be able to sing with a lot more balls.

They did a concert in Vancouver about a week ago. From what I heard, people were saying that Liam's voice has gotten better.

[04nbod]

I hate to say it but Dave Grohl and the Foos. They haven't had a good song since Best of You and I doubt they'll have another 'everlong'

[jks]

Originally Posted by Manic

One guy even called them "Axel Rose and the new guys" because he refuses to refer to them as Guns N Roses.

"tubby McPredatorhair and the guys that ain't slash"


Not only is calling his solo band guns n roses a slap in the face to gnr's legacy and fans, so is he music they've made.

[jks]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

To quote Kurt Cobain on Guns & Roses.

Quote:
AD: Is there anything about Guns N’ Roses’ music you like?

KC: I can’t think of a damn thing. I can’t even waste my time on that band, because they’re so obviously pathetic and untalented. I used to think that everything in the mainstream pop world was crap, but now that some underground bands have been signed with majors, I take Guns N’ Roses as more of an offense. I have to look into it more: They’re really talentless people, and they write crap music, and they’re the most popular rock band on the earth right now. I can’t believe it.

Uhhh, surely I'm not the only one who sees the irony of kurt cobain of all people calling ANYONE talentless and calling ANYONE else out about writing crap music.....

[jks]

Originally Posted by Heffer Wolf

Really? I thought it was a little hair metal killer called Nevermind

Ironically enough bands like poison and motley crue still tour and draw pretty decent crowds. How many grunge bands are still out there?


ps, please dont let media brainwash you, the hair metal scene was dying out by 1990. Nevermind had as much to do with killing it as metallica's S/T

[jks]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

I wouldn't know. I don't like ****ty music.

...but you're sitting here defending kurt cobain and have a screen name of nirvana....how does that work, exactly?

[The Chairman]

Originally Posted by Mr.Webs

Come on now. Buble might have softened the sound, put a more pop feel to it, but, he's a step in the right direction.

No, even when he was closer to the original sound of that music he was never that good at all. He has a decent voice and makes for pleasant background music. But he puts no soul into his music and never makes you take notice of his sound. He also lacks charisma and his attempts at developing rapport with his audience are not that great at all. He's like any other lounge singer. Nothing special about him whatsoever.

[danoyse]

Originally Posted by Spiritinthesky

OK, enough is enough, who do you think should stop making a fool of themselves and pack it all in!

'Start Me Up' sang Mick Jagger in 1981, (he's now 65).
Are 66 year old Paul McCartney's troubles still so far away, or can't he remember that far back?

Should Madonna be dressing like an 18 year-old?

Will Michael Jackson ever 'Beat It?'

Is Elton John 'Still Standing?'

'Yeah, I hope I die before I get old' sang The Who.

To vote for who you think should retire
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I've seen The Who, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, and Paul McCartney in concert in the last 10 years. Haven't seen a bad show from any of them yet, so no...I don't think they should retire.

However I'm fairly certain the world could have done without a New Kids on the Block reunion.

[The Chairman]

Originally Posted by danoyse

I've seen The Who, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, and Paul McCartney in concert in the last 10 years. Haven't seen a bad show from any of them yet, so no...I don't think they should retire.

However I'm fairly certain the world could have done without a New Kids on the Block reunion.

I'm fairly certain their original incarnation was not needed, either.

I've seen all of those acts except McCartney (who, if the rumors are true, is supposed to close down Yankee Stadium this October, so I'll see him then), and they're all among the Best Shows I've ever seen.

[JayCaz]

I'm sorry, but Lou ****ing Reed, the guy hasn't got a note left in his ****ing head

[danoyse]

Originally Posted by The Chairman

I'm fairly certain their original incarnation was not needed, either.

I've seen all of those acts except McCartney (who, if the rumors are true, is supposed to close down Yankee Stadium this October, so I'll see him then), and they're all among the Best Shows I've ever seen.

Really? I hadn't heard that one. I'm going to London in October, I'm sure that's the week he'll end up playing there.