The Lamest of the Used-To-Be-Cool

Bob Seger's downward spiral started when he obsessed about getting old (Night Moves -- Bob, yer 31, deal with it) and he moved onto cheesy pickup-line ballads (We've Got Tonight) to reactionary diatribes about music he didn't understand (Old Time Rock and Roll, ugh -- holy mother of God, is that the VP of Communications reliving her college days and shaking that thing on the dance floor at the Chamber banquet? Shield your eyes!) to Ford truck-commecial soundtracks (Like a Rock). But his first live album kicks ass.


[Edited on Aug 31, 2003 by YoLaJimbo]

I'm going to ignore all of the stuff y'all are saying about Phil Collins.

Okay, the Red Hot Chili Peppers suck ASS. More specifically, Anthony Kiedis sucks ass. Because I am lazy, I am going to cannibalize from a post I made in WhiskeyFightPit's journal.

"I remember how not too long ago I thought Anthony Kiedis seemed like a pretty cool guy. Then that feud between Mike Patton and Kiedis erupted, and Kiedis came out looking like a dicksmack. FUN FACT! Google "Anthony Kiedis." The only category that pops up is "Arts > Music > Bands and Artists > M > Mr. Bungle." I think this is proof enough that Mr. Bungle and Faith No More are of more importance than the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who suck now. In my mind, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Dave Matthews Band are irrevocably linked because they are two bands that will always be played at frat parties.

"If you're not familiar with the Kiedis/Patton feud, Anthony Kiedis accused Mike Patton of imitating his stage presence or whatever. I forget why, but I know Kiedis was able to get Mr. Bungle kicked off the line-up of some huuuuuuuge Australian music even the Red Hot Chili Peppers were headlining. What a dick!"

I hear the hate for Madonna. She's really annoying in that GAP commercial. The fucking leg thing at the end? That bugs. But... Missy Elliot, she used to be pretty cool. Now she is in a commercial with Madonna for the Gap, and she wears a tee shirt with a picture of herself on it. Okaaaaay. That's just stupid. I should go to the mall and get a picture of myself screenprinted onto a tee shirt. Then I can be as cool as Missy!


[Edited on Aug 31, 2003 by braveliltoaster]

*snicker*

i don't have anything else to contribute, i just wanted to snicker at braveliltoaster's scathing social commentary on the fuckitude of the RHCP.

im going to stick with the musical territory i know from my youth....


Dead Kennedys, minus Jello,, he still keeps it real.

Misfits, minus Danzig, who might not keep it real, but atleast knows how to move on

Ray Cappo from Youth of Today... i dont know if he has done anything since 2000, but he just didnt know when to let go...

any old broke up punk band should stay that way, punk should be about something intense that was great while it lasted. and if you missed it, then you'll never get the chance to relive it. that way, you'll just do something of your own, and live the intensity first hand...
bleh....

When were the Red Hot Chili Peppers ever cool?

I've watched this whole thread and nobody has mentioned one of the saddest drop-offs in music history...Public Enemy. Let's face it since 91 they've done nothing musically. There's a ton of rap that comes and goes and no one cares, but PE WAS cool.
WTF happened? Guess Flav gettin busted with a brick of pot was all it took.
Lame.
I'll also chime in with Tom Petty and worse yet:
Sonic Youth.

why do you think sonic youth is now lame?

just curious.

Sonic Youth started to veer off into lameness with all those SYR instrumental wanking discs, but now is moving back toward greatness with Murray Street.

haha, i own the fishtank-session disc.
i am also lame!

Rolling Stones
Madonna
AFI
Green Day
Billy Idol
Metallica