RHCP @ the Grammys

patrickredeyes

jackrabbit slim wrote:

the chili's were and are great. did you want to see more of t.i. and ludacris? fuck off.

I would have liked another Police song though.

PJ_Lukin

yield2me wrote:

exactly

Spin, Spin...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7kzNzwg__0

mookie9999

patrickredeyes wrote:

I would have liked another Police song though.

That's what I was saying during the third song by American Idol twit and Rascal Shit's "tribute" to the eagles.

patrickredeyes

mookie9999 wrote:

That's what I was saying during the third song by American Idol twit and Rascal Shit's "tribute" to the eagles.

I just caught the Police at the start and then turned it off. So sad I missed the American Idol songs. LOL

jackrabbit slim

patrickredeyes wrote:

I would have liked another Police song though.

I agree. Also does sting not age? must be all the tantric sex.

patrickredeyes

jackrabbit slim wrote:

I agree. Also does sting not age? must be all the tantric sex.

hahaha Yea he always looks the same. Still has a great voice. They would be a nice Summerfest show this yr.

bee_boy

mookie9999 wrote:

RHCP cannot hold a candle to a live PJ performance. They are good, but not great. At times, they are definitely boring! However, they have been "overlooked" by Grammy for so many years that this year they were the Carlos Santana of the show. To the original poster who asked why PJ were not honored, look up Ed's '96 grammy speech and then ask again.

Any links?

juannis

post 23 has a link. i cant wait to watch it as soon as the office empties.

LineOneMightyFine

I thought The Police were excellent. Nice to see them together again. Anyway, as far as the RHCP go - I'm a casual fan. I didn't see their performance, but I have no problem with them being there. They'll always be popular.

I still haven't bought SA, but I've listened to it. There's some decent tracks, but overall its boring IMO. I've only seem them live once - about 6 years ago at some festival. They were really boring live - I was actually shocked. I thought they'd be tearing it up, but they were very subdued. I still think they're a really good studio band though. Frusciante plays some beautiful guitar.

bee_boy

Thanks for the link people. That speech was SO Ed. He said it himself.

Anyone got the link for the MTV Video Music Awards speech?

jackrabbit slim

I also liked how mike sneered when stone thanked dave a.

MichaelMcKevin

RHCP may have survived the 90's, but they are no longer a good band. The newer stuff is poppy, predictable and recycled. They used to be a serious band. I think "snow" is a decent song, but stuff like "Dani California" and "Tell Me Baby" all seem to sound alike and put me to sleep. They're running out of ideas and it's painfully obvious.

JP2026766

Dani California pretty much ripped off Mary Jane's Last Dance...I just dont think the stuff RHCP have done in recent years is all that good. Alot of the stuff off of By The Way and Stadium Arcadium is just so pop. I was surprised they played Snow last night, a very slow paced, boring closer. Flea was jumping up and down trying to get things going, but it never really happened. As to being as good as Pearl Jam, RHCP's earlier stuff was very good, and they are all talented musicians, but i think that for the most part Stadium Arcadium was boring, using alot of the same chord progressions, and not really challenging themselves. PJ = much better.

chris01

Mike looks like he's about 15 years old there!

pjnokaoi

GivenToCarve wrote:

RHCP may have survived the 90's, but they are no longer a good band. The newer stuff is poppy, predictable and recycled. They used to be a serious band. I think "snow" is a decent song, but stuff like "Dani California" and "Tell Me Baby" all seem to sound alike and put me to sleep. They're running out of ideas and it's painfully obvious.

..thats why they're on the grammies, songs brought to you by corporate america, for the masses.

josevolution

i'm just glad that PJ was nowhere to be found last night the farther the better, the grammy's are a bullet to any self caring band too bad for the PEPPERS to have chosen this path for their down ward spiral ......oh yeah fuck the POLICE .....

gozzo5058

jbalicki10 wrote:

Why is there so much hate for the RHCP? They are one of the few good bands out there. Plus they are one of the few who survived the 90s.

i personally don't hate the chilis. actually like them, but imo i though they mailed in their performance except for flea (as per another member's post) and sure ed has his opinion of the grammy's as per his previous acceptance speech...but hey i'm just looking out for pj, i sincerely believe they deserve the recognition despite if they want it or not...

cheers

artjam

At one point, a host or presenter, i cant remember, said "and later, the Red Hot Chili Peppers with a performance everyone will be talking about tomorrow." Yeah, talking about how boring. I remember seeing all that confetti thinking, wow, did RHCP switch the song they were supposed to play? How could the award show coordinators put that together knowing the song was so boring? I guess the confetti was in part because it was the end of the show and not how "great" that song was. BORING, thats all.

momofglynn

I liked the performance last night. I thought they were right on. They played the song as it should be. It's a rough crowd in here. Honestly do people think they sucked that bad? It wasn't bad at all, IMO. Would you had perferred Nickelback?

Thanks for the link to Ed and the boys, I remember that.....

I was fine with all the Mary J. songs and glad she won but I was all set with Carrie Underwood. Her first song was good but the rest was too much and then she won an award, just too much all at once. I got the impression that was her final award for winning American Idol. You know part of the overall package, 'here take the prime spot of the show and have 20+ minutes all on you'.....Then there was night long ass kissing to the Dixie Chicks.

rhinomagic

I thought the RHCP performance lacked a lot of energy. Maybe it was the song selection. Maybe it was the length of the awards show. Maybe it was that they're not an elite live band. I'm not sure, but I thought their performance was anti-climactic whatever the cause.

As for kissing Dixie Chicks' ass, I thought their new album was one of the five best I listened to last year. Right up there with Modern Times and Pearl Jam. However, I think DCX were rewarded for having survived their rift with Nashville as much as for making a fantastic album. In a sense, I thought it was the Academy's way of validating DCX's politics.

Taking the Long Way is, as I said, a fantastic album. Kudos to the band, Dan Wilson, and Rick Rubin. They turned out some fine work.

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