Worst band ever?
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Fab Foodie
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dellzeqq said:
What!
C'mon, nobody else ever wrote an album quite like Potato Land!
Mr Pig
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albal said:
Yeah, come on people. Coldplay really, really are like the most over rated like band like ever yeah?
Dave5N
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Mr Pig said:
You got it.
Dave5N
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Rhythm Thief said:
I think so. I never ever quite got to the end of Trout Mask Replica sober.
Nice sleeve though.
Dave5N
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Oh, and leave lou alone or I'll introduce you to the real herefordshire. The herefordshire that lives in the woods and burns charcoal.
'bin warned, roight?
'bin warned, roight?
rustychisel
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Wow, this thread really has the ring of truth about it.
When considering Skunk Anansie (not in the running) I though of The Sex Pistols (reformed) who toured with Skunk A, and were pretty dreadful. But they don't win.
U2: candidates, but the fact that their first 3 albums had redeeming features is an instant disqualification.
Queen: forget arguing, they're too bland to win
Guns N Roses: what could possibly be said that isn't instinctively understood by the entire populace at large? Anyway, to win any kind of award or nomination would swell their heads [more].
I have another nominee, but sadly, he's one bloke so doesn't really qualify: John [Cougar Butthead Fagmuncher Knobthrostle] Mellencamp. 'Jack & Diane', nuff said.
Which brings me to the nub, or knob, of the question... can Coldplay do anything with any measure of panache? Even a miniscule amount? Because if they can they're gonna get beaten, maybe by the aforementioned Supertramp.
Here in Australia there's a bloke named Jimmy Barnes - doesn't matter if you've never heard of him, he's appalling. What matters is that when he resurrected his career in sexually abusing soul songs (Hold On I'm Coming, Soul Man, River Deep, Mountain High etc) he was so awful that I managed to talk the entire contingent from his record company head office (hello Sony!!) into walking out of the gig and going out drinking. Which was nice. And fair.
And then I recalled attending a gig years ago which promised so so much and delivered - precisely nothing! That's right, as pointless an exercise as reading Richard Hammond's biography. I dunno if they're the worst band ever, but they have to be close. With a great name they were unappealing, appalling, cretinous, insipid, obvious and trite, in ways which the Spice Girls could only mimic.
Yep, it was the Dead Kennedys.
When considering Skunk Anansie (not in the running) I though of The Sex Pistols (reformed) who toured with Skunk A, and were pretty dreadful. But they don't win.
U2: candidates, but the fact that their first 3 albums had redeeming features is an instant disqualification.
Queen: forget arguing, they're too bland to win
Guns N Roses: what could possibly be said that isn't instinctively understood by the entire populace at large? Anyway, to win any kind of award or nomination would swell their heads [more].
I have another nominee, but sadly, he's one bloke so doesn't really qualify: John [Cougar Butthead Fagmuncher Knobthrostle] Mellencamp. 'Jack & Diane', nuff said.
Which brings me to the nub, or knob, of the question... can Coldplay do anything with any measure of panache? Even a miniscule amount? Because if they can they're gonna get beaten, maybe by the aforementioned Supertramp.
Here in Australia there's a bloke named Jimmy Barnes - doesn't matter if you've never heard of him, he's appalling. What matters is that when he resurrected his career in sexually abusing soul songs (Hold On I'm Coming, Soul Man, River Deep, Mountain High etc) he was so awful that I managed to talk the entire contingent from his record company head office (hello Sony!!) into walking out of the gig and going out drinking. Which was nice. And fair.
And then I recalled attending a gig years ago which promised so so much and delivered - precisely nothing! That's right, as pointless an exercise as reading Richard Hammond's biography. I dunno if they're the worst band ever, but they have to be close. With a great name they were unappealing, appalling, cretinous, insipid, obvious and trite, in ways which the Spice Girls could only mimic.
Yep, it was the Dead Kennedys.
Rhythm Thief
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Mr Pig said:
Two "l"s in "fuelled", Mr Pig. Personally, I wouldn't mind that, being a bit of a dabbler in drug fuelling myself.
Andy in Sig
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Fab Foodie said:
The Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus was good but that was when they had a good singer and Randy California was taking a bit less of the limelight so FM sort of has a point.
GilesM
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rustychisel said:
I can only put this poor understanding of culture down to living in a land where a large percentage of the population must be descended from Prison Officers.
The Dead Kennedys
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYv3kwQW6lI&NR=1
Up their own arses, complete self-gratification artists.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3KrdwnlBIs
I rest my case M'Lord
papercorn2000
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Early Dead Kennedys can do no wrong! Up themselves, drug-fuelled, pompous, pretentious - I would accept all these charges (on their behalf) but that's what rock bands are supposed to do!
At the risk of falling onto the road most travelled, I will put my cross against Coldplay, Keane and all other boring, worthy twallops of that ilk.
I would also have to add The Offspring - who went from quite good in their first 3 or 4 albums to really, really awful! Stereophonics - who despite having the ability to rock out and produce some decent rawk songs decided that it was better to churn out a turgid stream of anonymous sub-coldplay ballads. Iron Maiden - despite my having bought most of their albums as a teenager - I now find really embarrasing! Kasabian - see Stereophonics but instead of the insipid ballads, insert really crap rawk!
I will also leap to the defence of Guns and Roses. In the early 90's I saw them in all their glory on the Get in the Ring Tour. They played for almost 3 hours (only coming on at nearly midnight) and the energy and sheer sonic dynamism meant a stadium gig as mind blowing as any visual and aural experience as I have ever had. Plus they lived the classical rock and roll lifestyle as demanded by the handbook.
At the risk of falling onto the road most travelled, I will put my cross against Coldplay, Keane and all other boring, worthy twallops of that ilk.
I would also have to add The Offspring - who went from quite good in their first 3 or 4 albums to really, really awful! Stereophonics - who despite having the ability to rock out and produce some decent rawk songs decided that it was better to churn out a turgid stream of anonymous sub-coldplay ballads. Iron Maiden - despite my having bought most of their albums as a teenager - I now find really embarrasing! Kasabian - see Stereophonics but instead of the insipid ballads, insert really crap rawk!
I will also leap to the defence of Guns and Roses. In the early 90's I saw them in all their glory on the Get in the Ring Tour. They played for almost 3 hours (only coming on at nearly midnight) and the energy and sheer sonic dynamism meant a stadium gig as mind blowing as any visual and aural experience as I have ever had. Plus they lived the classical rock and roll lifestyle as demanded by the handbook.
Rhythm Thief
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The Dead Kennedys were a great band. Really.
Fnaar
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Generally I really can't stand U2, but I DO think that "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Sweetest Thing" and "Stuck in a moment" are cracking songs. 
