PJ on List of "Worst Bands"
Sorry if this has been posted before...
Bigtime :fp: !
http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/wo ... 6C10361940
It's more than a year old, but a list dubbed the "Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time," compiled by the staff of the L.A. Weekly, is making the rounds on social media -- and the fact that it's far from a new article hasn't calmed down music fans.
The list, which puts The Dave Matthews Band in the No. 1 spot, includes such giant musical names as The Eagles (No. 2), The Sex Pistols (No. 4), Pearl Jam (No. 7), Rush (No. 9) The Red Hot Chili Peppers (No. 11) and Foreigner (No. 14). It mixes in some lesser-known groups (Animal Collective at No. 5, Pretty Ricky at No. 15), but of course, it's the major music acts that earned the list the most heated criticism.
The writers seemed to delight in poking at each chosen band's fans, saying of No. 9 Rush, "It's often said that people either love Rush or hate them, but a more accurate statement is that most people hate Rush, while a scattered few really love them. Sort of like anchovies; in fact, it's quite fair to call Rush the anchovies of rock music."
Fans of the long-lived Canadian group were not taking the pizza-topping comparison lying down, and jumped in to defend their band. "If you like Rock, Jazz Rock, Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Hard Rock, drums, guitars, bass groove lines, (intelligent) lyrics and (intense), melodics and (emotional) voices... RUSH is the best band in this Galaxy," wrote one reader.
The list dismissed Seattle band Pearl Jam by mocking Eddie Vedder's lyrics ("Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oooooooowhoaaaaaaaaooooooooo ohhhhhhh ohhhhhhh ohhhhhhh oooooooowhoaaaaaaaaooooooooo hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiiyiiiiyiiiiyiiiiiiiiii yeah uhhh huh uhhh huh uhhh huh yeahah uhhh huh uhhh huh uhhh huh uhhhhh huh") and describing the group as "Boring, tepid, rehashed classic rock with a thin veneer of alt."
Needless to say, not everyone felt the same way.
"Pearl Jam?" asked one reader. "Seriously? Have you not seen their fan base? This was a waste of time."
But others readers gave the list the equivalent of a waving lighter or a backstage pass. "Finally someone shredding Dave Matthews in the press," wrote Kevin Luby. "The poster child for mediocrity."
And some were upset that their least-favorite bands were left off. "No Creed?" asked Steve Gifford in the comments. "None of the three-word named bands, Third Eye Blind, Three Doors Down, Third Door Blind, whatever? List is invalid."
Others felt they saw through the list itself to its potential for viral sharing -- the very kind it's still generating 16 months after being written.
"LOL Somebody's boss wanted to get their social media impressions up," said one reader. "It worked too. I never read this blog and I just read a whole article here!"
Bigtime :fp: !
http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/wo ... 6C10361940
It's more than a year old, but a list dubbed the "Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time," compiled by the staff of the L.A. Weekly, is making the rounds on social media -- and the fact that it's far from a new article hasn't calmed down music fans.
The list, which puts The Dave Matthews Band in the No. 1 spot, includes such giant musical names as The Eagles (No. 2), The Sex Pistols (No. 4), Pearl Jam (No. 7), Rush (No. 9) The Red Hot Chili Peppers (No. 11) and Foreigner (No. 14). It mixes in some lesser-known groups (Animal Collective at No. 5, Pretty Ricky at No. 15), but of course, it's the major music acts that earned the list the most heated criticism.
The writers seemed to delight in poking at each chosen band's fans, saying of No. 9 Rush, "It's often said that people either love Rush or hate them, but a more accurate statement is that most people hate Rush, while a scattered few really love them. Sort of like anchovies; in fact, it's quite fair to call Rush the anchovies of rock music."
Fans of the long-lived Canadian group were not taking the pizza-topping comparison lying down, and jumped in to defend their band. "If you like Rock, Jazz Rock, Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Hard Rock, drums, guitars, bass groove lines, (intelligent) lyrics and (intense), melodics and (emotional) voices... RUSH is the best band in this Galaxy," wrote one reader.
The list dismissed Seattle band Pearl Jam by mocking Eddie Vedder's lyrics ("Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oooooooowhoaaaaaaaaooooooooo ohhhhhhh ohhhhhhh ohhhhhhh oooooooowhoaaaaaaaaooooooooo hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiiyiiiiyiiiiyiiiiiiiiii yeah uhhh huh uhhh huh uhhh huh yeahah uhhh huh uhhh huh uhhh huh uhhhhh huh") and describing the group as "Boring, tepid, rehashed classic rock with a thin veneer of alt."
Needless to say, not everyone felt the same way.
"Pearl Jam?" asked one reader. "Seriously? Have you not seen their fan base? This was a waste of time."
But others readers gave the list the equivalent of a waving lighter or a backstage pass. "Finally someone shredding Dave Matthews in the press," wrote Kevin Luby. "The poster child for mediocrity."
And some were upset that their least-favorite bands were left off. "No Creed?" asked Steve Gifford in the comments. "None of the three-word named bands, Third Eye Blind, Three Doors Down, Third Door Blind, whatever? List is invalid."
Others felt they saw through the list itself to its potential for viral sharing -- the very kind it's still generating 16 months after being written.
"LOL Somebody's boss wanted to get their social media impressions up," said one reader. "It worked too. I never read this blog and I just read a whole article here!"
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10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
The comments were filled with attacks and all sorts of vile stuff toward the knucklehead that wrote it and made me feel worse about fellow PJ fans for that afternoon.
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Bootleg Reviews: http://pjbootlegreviews.blogspot.com/
that's what i was thinking
"what a long, strange trip it's been"
LA Weekly fucking sucks :roll:
LA Weekly sure do swallow AC/DC & Nickelback garbage down their throats.
2010 WATCH IT GO TO FIRE!!
The problem right here...
:fp:
I use to tell people who said they didn't "get Pearl Jam".. (in my most pretentious sneer of course)
"Some people aren't smart enough to get it..."
Maybe I said that to the person who compiled the list....
And what would the problem be?
The author mentioned in one of his other articles that he loved Axl Rose. :roll:
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Worcester 1 & 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Philly 1 & 2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Oslo, Gdynia, Leeds, Cincinnati, St. Paul, Milwaukee
2015: New York City, Mexico City
2016: Miami, Columbia, New York City 2, Quebec City, Chicago 2
2018: Seattle 1 & 2, Boston 1 & 2
2022: MSG 2, Camden
2023: St. Paul 1 & 2, Chicago 2, Austin 1 & 2
2024: Vancouver 1 & 2, Las Vegas 1 & 2, MSG 1 & 2, Philly 1 & 2, Baltimore, Auckland 2, Melbourne 2, Sydney 2
Your poor musical taste.
2009 - 8/21,10/30, 10/31
2010 - 5/15, 5/17, 5/20, 5/21
2011 - 9/3/11, 9/4, 9/11, 9/12, 9/14
2012 - 9/2
2013 - 7/19, 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/25
2014 - 6/16. 6/17, 6/20, 10/1
EV solo 8.1.08, 6.8.09, 6.15.11, 6.16.11
There are some bands out there that I don't particularly care for... but I don't bash them in front of their fans.
When you bash a band- especially one as significant as DMB- you should expect some form of backlash. Did you think people who like the DMB are just going to recoil from your comment as if they had been slapped?
DMB requires a level of appreciation. Scotch drinkers didn't particularly enjoy their first sips of scotch, but after time... it grew on them and, well, you know the rest.
LOL
Me either.
Either way they are entitled to their opinion, although in the long run whoever wrote the articles don't seem very worthy of me taking their words into consideration
But if you click on the bottom where you can vote for who's the worst, over 55,000 people have voted and PJ and The Eagles are tied for the fewest votes at 2% each. I'll take that sample size over the staff at some newspaper in LA....even if I think The Eagles suck.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
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www.cluthe.com
I didn't expect backlash or recoil. I was only stating my opinion and although using the word 'harsh' may be a bit much, I wasn't trying to troll or make a definitive statement on anyone's taste in music. Just that to my ears, they're not so good. I'll admit they're talented and I appreciate that of anyone....that's wonderful and from that standpoint I can enjoy many things. However, it's what they do with their talents and the music they make that doesn't necessarily require any of my appreciation. It's not my thing.