You don’t like Blues Traveler…big fucking deal…how exactly is it they are hurting you? Did they come to your house and handcuff to your chair and force you to listen to a long gig with three encores?
I don’t care for their music much, myself, but I can sure think of about a million things which cause my blood pressure to rise higher than any silly pop band.
Get over it.
Awwww…but Eddie, this is the PIT! That’s what it’s for. Otherwise I would spend all my time bitching about silly things to people who I actually know who can’t just type a different destination in my browser and send me to another site…?
I agree with…who was it?..that asked why anyone cares what pop singers and actors have to say about anything anyway. I guess i has to do with the fact that they are always so visibly making asses of themselves by expressing their boneheaded opinions to tons of people they don’t know. I don’t know a THING about that.
Also (an idea I don’t think anyone has presented yet), Queesn Latifah was probably reading a cue card or a teleprompter. Not a lot of people, no matter how much the LOVE LOVE LOVE a musical artist, can spin off that artist’s discography and issue dates at the drop of the hat. Perhaps it’s possible she read the cue card thinking “1968? I didn’t know that.” Or even “I could have sworn it was earlier than that.” It doesn’t mean she doesn’t know shit about Aretha.
And byt the same token…no matter how much I hate (intensely dislike?) Blues Traveler, I don’t have any problem with John Popper’s comment that started this thread. He was probably in the same “just read the cue card” situation.
Finally, a quote that sums up Blues Traveler very well, from a review of their album “Straight on till Morning” on The Onion website (www.theonion.com):
“Of course, just about every track here is anchored by a chirpy, endlessly noodling harmonica solo, which is good or bad depending on your threshhold for chirpy, endlessly noodling harmonica solos. (If just about every song featured a chirpy, endlessly noodling guitar solo, as “Yours” does, Blues Traveler would be laughed off as an overblown '80s relic.) Ultimately, while there don’t appear to be any mega-hits amid the 65-minute morass, fans should get a kick out of the jams and generous portions. The rest of the world should, and likely will, steer clear.”
As a non-fan, I especially like the part about the guitar solos, but it seems a pretty fair review.