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BTW, LM, Kurt Cobain is a fucking GOD!!! HAHA
Quote by LadyXRush will always ge slammed because of the voice."omg he sounds like a girl!, so annoying!" Some would say " wow! that guy can really sing high" And he plays bass guitar, and keyboards while he's singing. You would be hard pressed to find a bassist and percussionist as gifted/talented as Geddy Lee or Neil Peart. In rock and roll that is anyway. Alex lifeson isn't the geatest guitarist in the world but, still very talented and creative on the guitar.
I realize that this thread isn't really that serious, but still...how can a group of musicians who are functional on instruments really be considered objectively worse than a group that isn't? For instance, I'm not into Coldplay, or Pink Floyd, or Rush, but despite the fact that I don't care for their style of music, it's pretty damn obvious that they're not awful musicians. Depending on which members of those bands you're talking about, some of them are really quite good and well respected on their instruments. They may not be cutting-edge, or innovative, but they're good enough to record the multi-platinum selling music on their own, without stand-in musicians. That's more than a hell of a lot of 'bands' can say. You may not like to watch golf, but that doesn't mean Rory McIlroy sucks at it.
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All "boy bands" would qualify for 'worst band' nomination, as Nikki first pointed out, but that's almost too easy.
I'll go with Black Eyed Peas. Will.I.Am is a second-rate producer/creator, Fergie's a shitty rapper and even shittier singer with no charisma, and the other guys don't seem to contribute in any meaningful way. Their songs are either ridiculous without being witty ("My Humps"), or are catchy but without a good hook (which leaves songs like "Boom Boom Pow" melting your brain for days).
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Good call. Fergie is awful. When the BEP's played for halftime of the Super Bowl a few years ago, she had to sing without autotune and it was terrible. She was all over the place. She was so off pitch.
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Darn it, Garza! I value your opinion on music and you go and throw in Kings of Lean and Death Cab on your list. They've made some good stuff. C'mon!
What's going on? Greenday? Coldplay? Prince? Guns N' Roses? Bob Dylan?
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All "boy bands" would qualify for 'worst band' nomination, as Nikki first pointed out, but that's almost too easy.
I'll go with Black Eyed Peas. Will.I.Am is a second-rate producer/creator, Fergie's a shitty rapper and even shittier singer with no charisma, and the other guys don't seem to contribute in any meaningful way. Their songs are either ridiculous without being witty ("My Humps"), or are catchy but without a good hook (which leaves songs like "Boom Boom Pow" melting your brain for days).
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As for worst band ever? My pick goes out to Europe and thier trademark song,'the final countdown'Followed closely by any 80's hair band.
Did i win?
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Rush will always ge slammed because of the voice."omg he sounds like a girl!, so annoying!" Some would say " wow! that guy can really sing high" And he plays bass guitar, and keyboards while he's singing. You would be hard pressed to find a bassist and percussionist as gifted/talented as Geddy Lee or Neil Peart. In rock and roll that is anyway. Alex lifeson isn't the geatest guitarist in the world but, still very talented and creative on the guitar.
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And for the guy who said Pink Floyd sucked without Syd Barrett, why do you say that? He was very talented but also very one-dimensional. When he had his meltdown and left the band, Roger Waters' Lyrics and David Gilmour's guitar playing took them to a whole different level they never would have achieved with Syd, especially once the Psychedelic era ended.
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Well, we'll never know what Syd would have done had he not had his meltdown, but one of my many contentions about this is that Syd had a playfulness about him that the rest of Pink Floyd completely lost, becoming just dull and sullen and more than a little self-important.
Ultimately though, music, by its very nature, is subjective, which is why the comparison someone else made with sport doesn't work. Sport has clear rules which tells you who wins, who loses, and who is the greatest by the number of titles they win. How do you judge who is the most musical? Some people are technically great, but fail utterly to engage - a lot of vocalists do the technical side of singing very well, but in the process they don't seem to have the personality they were born with. Others have personality but can't sing for toffee (Dylan).
Oh, and whoever it was said Europe and "The Final Countdown". Spot on! Trouble is, it never goes away, because as soon as there's something to be counted down, out the blasted thing comes.
Quote by Nikki703Whom would that be? out of curiosity. I don't know his name but the only one i can think of that compares or might be considered a better bassist is from the band Primus. Steve Harris from Iron Maiden is regarded as a really good bassist and he is imo. Comparing him to Geddy Lee though is another story.
I think there are many bassists as good or better than Geddy Lee ( no knock on Geddy)
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Whom would that be? out of curiosity. I don't know his name but the only one i can think of that compares or might be considered a better bassist is from the band Primus. Steve Harris from Iron Maiden is regarded as a really good bassist and he is imo. Comparing him to Geddy Lee though is another story.
Quote by Nikki703mmmmh good calls on the bass comparisons. Forgot about a couple of them, and if it hadn't been for for 2112 i probably would have never got into Rush.
Actually after I wrote that I started thinking and really couldnt come up with that many. I guess its all a matter of preferance too. But a few I think are better are Billy Sheehan, who played with several bands, Chris Squire from Yes, Stanley Clarke who is a rock/jazz fusion musician and possible the best who ever lived(JMO of course), John Entwistle for the Who ,Tony Levin from King Crimson and the guy you mentioned Les Claypool. But Geddy is right up there. And I also think Alex Lifeson is a very good guitarist too. Rush is an amazingly talented band. People who dont like them only know the stuff they hear on the radio. They should listen to 2112, A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, and any of there pre-1980 albums.
Steve Harris is very good but i thing geddy is better
Sorry for getting long winded but I am very passionate about music and while I wont always agree I respect well informed opinions of others!!
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The worst band in history? A little group from the 1980's called magic Powers. Yeah, I knew 'em, and no, they never made it past the "garage band" stage.
Oh, the worst band people have actually heard of?
Gotta be "The Monkees".
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Dont get me wrong, I think Syd was amazing and you are right, we will never know what he would have did and where the band would go. And Syd and Roger were complete opposites in many ways. Syd did have that child like playfulness while Roger was more of a hardened, I hate the world kind of guy (if you know anything about him you can understand why). I agree with what you said about the band personality becoming Dull and Sullen, but do not agree on self-important. They pretty much remained anonymous, didnt promote themselves, didnt have their pictures on albums, didnt do interviews, like most bands did. As a matter of fact, many times they would mingle in the audience after shows and not even be noticed. They just made their music and lived their lives. Were polar opposites of comtemporaries like the Stones, The Who, Led Zep who craved publicity.
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I didn't know that they mingled in the audience without being noticed, but I'll take your word for it. What I mean by self-important is that I always get the feeling that Pink Floyd records exist to tell you how clever the band is. They just don't give me anything. I don't mind a band being clever, but clever and dull is never an attractive proposition.
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Someone mentioned Prince. I dont like his music but he is actually a very talented guitarist which never seems to be mentioned.
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You say "worst band" as if there's only one. I'd have to say any so-called "band" or "singer" who does "live" shows by lip-syncing, or make use of digital effects to hide how sucky they really are. If you're going to be a performer, then actually perform; there's no point in paying for tickets to see some over-hyped, over-privileged pretty person dancing around a stage.
