The Rolling Stones can do whatever they want - they’re the Rolling Stones. Anything they’ve ever needed to prove, they’ve already proven.
JC,
U2 did redeem themselves somewhat with the newest album.
That said I still use the Zooropa cd as a coaster.
Steve Perry is from Journey; Joe Perry is from Aerosmith. And even though Steve does, in fact, produce inane drivel, I don’t think he ever rocked.
::runs in quickly and pummels black455 silly with recent releases from Sunny Day Real Estate, 5ive Style, and Red House Painters.::
As with several other people here, the OP’s subject led me to think of Metallica. For those who like their post-Justice work, I can only say “Hey, hey, hey” as some of my friends and I do when we think of “I Disappear”. Trust me, it’s much funnier in real life with the Hetfield voice. But in all seriousness, the only worthwhile album they’ve made since Justice was S&M. It was really pretty cool (although possibly Jimmy Page-derived for those who know the song Kashmir).
Besides the musical value, you can’t deny they at least TRIED to have social commentary value in Lightning through Justice. Off the top of my head - “Master of Puppets”, “Ride the Lightning”, “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)”, “And Justice For All”, etc. Anyways - enough repetitive ranting.
My first thought upon reading the thread title: “Sugar Ray!”
Followed closely by: “No, wait, Everclear!”
Makes one appreciate the bands who had the good sense to break up before they started sucking. (Or at least when they saw they were on a downward trajectory.)
I lost mine to Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t “Relax”.
Fortunately, her parents were gone the whole weekend.
At a minimum they’ve certainly proven that they’ve got no shame.
Seriously, there’s a time to hang it up. And they passed it long ago.
How 'bout this for a rule:
If a band releases an album, goes on tour, and completely disregards the music on the new album during the set then it’s time to schedule their execution.
I think that has a nice ring to it. Leaves room for older bands that still respect their ability to write songs that are worth playing while giving us the option of eliminating (BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY) bands that are just marking time.
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Oh, how about a mention for solo artists as well? I’d put Bryan Adams on top of the list. ‘Everything I Do, I Do It For You’, the theme songs to The Three Musketeers and Don Juan…Oi, Bryan! WTF?
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Fiat - Yes and yes.
If I may post a slight defense of the old guys, I have to say that they clearly can and do continue to rock whilst performing live. What I saw at the Super Bowl halftime show was not a bunch of geezers selling out to youth, but a band showing the whippersnappers what rock and roll is about. Granted, the incompetence and interference of the kids diluted the performance, but hell, those guys can still play. Ditto for the Rolling Stones.
Now, I’m not going to defend their current brand of rock-pop-schmaltz at all, but they are due some respect for being progenitors of the classic rock sound, and they can still prove that on stage (maybe we can limit them to live performances?).
Now, if only we could get Eric Clapton to realize his guitar has a whole other gear he seems to have forgotten . . .
I nominate Quixotic for Minister of Musical Defense.
Somebody get this man a badge and some diplomatic immunity!
::bustles up and hands Quixotic prewritten speech::
::pulls himself off the floor and chases down mouthbreather, whom he spanks about the buttocks with the recent releases from the Hellacopters, Black Halos, and Murder City Devils.::
Okay, let me amend my first post: Subpop has ruined a whole crop of formerly kick-ass-punk-rock-and-roll bands in the past couple of years.
Woah, woah, woah…‘I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing’!!!
I like a little Aerosmith now and then, but this song and the attached movie both sucked…imo. Hell, I don’t think they even wrote it.