| magicalfreddiemercury 26.02.2006 15:03 |
Thought this was interesting -link Such an eloquent band. <rolls eyes> |
| All I Hear Is Radio Gaga 26.02.2006 15:18 |
I know...seriously |
| Music Man 26.02.2006 15:34 |
Susan Evans, executive director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, said of the band's announcement, "They're being the outrageous punksters that they are, and that's rock 'n' roll."Amen. |
| Sherwood Forest 26.02.2006 15:35 |
RIiiiiiiiiiiiight. |
| brENsKi 26.02.2006 15:52 |
magicalfreddiemercury wrote: Thought this was interesting -link Such an eloquent band. <rolls eyes>well, they were...actually. 1. listen to the lyrics on NMTB - songs have real meaning 2. they helped to change a very stagnated world music scene. didn't queen's Roger Taylor say something about them making queen think about what they were doing? 3. we'd still be listening to 25minute genesis and yes tracks if it wasn't for them 4. mcclaren and lydon have more brains in their little toes than you appear to have (from your ill-thought comments) in your head 5. lydon is a good irish lad...so he's ok by me |
| Thanks 26.02.2006 15:56 |
magicalfreddiemercury wrote: Thought this was interesting -link Such an eloquent band. <rolls eyes>Why do they need to be eloquent to be valid? 75% of the people on here would be permanently barred if you tried enforcing that. Fair play to them for sticking to their principles. Perhaps you'd rather they did a Pop Idol programme to get themselves a new McLaren..? |
| magicalfreddiemercury 26.02.2006 17:02 |
Thanks wrote: Why do they need to be eloquent to be valid? 75% of the people on here would be permanently barred if you tried enforcing that. Fair play to them for sticking to their principles. Perhaps you'd rather they did a Pop Idol programme to get themselves a new McLaren..?They don't need to be eloquent to be valid. However, if they have a point to make, don't you think they could make it much better and be 'heard' by so many more people if they'd at the least use proper English or speak with some respect? Or would that not be cool? And no, I wouldn't rather have them do a Pop Idol Program, and no again, I don't dismiss them for sticking to their principles. I did, however, roll my eyes when I read their quote. Seriously, if Freddie had been quoted as saying what they said, I'd buy up all the local papers so no one I know would hear my idol 'speak' that way. Maybe some think what they said was appropriate for them. I found it to be in poor taste. Sorry if that offends you, it wasn't my intention. |
| Thanks 26.02.2006 17:27 |
Cool. WIll you be rolling your eyes at the numpties on here who have similar issues with punctuation? If so, I predict about 30 rpm. |
| magicalfreddiemercury 26.02.2006 17:32 |
Thanks wrote: Cool. WIll you be rolling your eyes at the numpties on here who have similar issues with punctuation? If so, I predict about 30 rpm.lol. I guess it depends on their eloquence. :-) |
| Mr.Jingles 26.02.2006 17:32 |
The Hall of Fame is a joke. I know that all of you might say... "but, Queen is there". Yes, Queen is there, but Queen failed to be to inducted 2 years since the first time they were elligible. For a band that achieved so much, and was as influential as Queen, failing the first year of elligibility is an insult. Look at Black Sabbath. They should have been inducted ages ago. They have possibly become the strongest influence of the whole heavy metal genre, and now they're being inducted next to Blondie. Sorry, but that's a complete utter joke. Just look at the list of inductees: link Every year there's 2 or 3 artists that make you ask: - WHO?? - Meanwhile, artists like Genesis, Deep Purple, and Van Halen haven't been taken into consideration. |
| Music Man 26.02.2006 17:42 |
Mr.Jingles wrote: The Hall of Fame is a joke. I know that all of you might say... "but, Queen is there". Yes, Queen is there, but Queen failed to be to inducted 2 years since the first time they were elligible. For a band that achieved so much, and was as influential as Queen, failing the first year of elligibility is an insult. Look at Black Sabbath. They should have been inducted ages ago. They have possibly become the strongest influence of the whole heavy metal genre, and now they're being inducted next to Blondie. Sorry, but that's a complete utter joke.Not to mention that everybody and their uncle gets into the hall eventually. |
| TheImpossibleMan 26.02.2006 23:05 |
The Sex Pistols might be the single most overrated band of all time. They're like the Spice Girls: they were artificially constructed. They were a fad band, a band that played up its "bad boy" image to bring fans while cutting only one studio album that was headlined by shitty songs. Have any of you actually -listened- to "God Save the Queen" or "Anarchy in the U.K."? Their management's position was "Here's a bunch of kids who can't sing, can't play, and can't write songs, and children will flock to them in droves because they're counterculture." The fact that they were inducted as performers is absurd. Maybe you could argue their influence, but the Sex Pistols were a bad band. |
| Music Man 26.02.2006 23:20 |
TheImpossibleMan wrote: The Sex Pistols might be the single most overrated band of all time. They're like the Spice Girls: they were artificially constructed. They were a fad band, a band that played up its "bad boy" image to bring fans while cutting only one studio album that was headlined by shitty songs. Have any of you actually -listened- to "God Save the Queen" or "Anarchy in the U.K."? Their management's position was "Here's a bunch of kids who can't sing, can't play, and can't write songs, and children will flock to them in droves because they're counterculture." The fact that they were inducted as performers is absurd. Maybe you could argue their influence, but the Sex Pistols were a bad band.True. But bad enough to not be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? I've yet to meet that band. |
| deleted user 27.02.2006 09:27 |
<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote:I like you and all but, I've Seen All Good People ROCKS all other yes /genisis sucks, but cream is ok and don't forget wings, the cross, or any band other than Queen that roger was partof they rocked but every song was like a solo album.magicalfreddiemercury wrote: Thought this was interesting -link Such an eloquent band. <rolls eyes>well, they were...actually. 1. listen to the lyrics on NMTB - songs have real meaning 2. they helped to change a very stagnated world music scene. didn't queen's Roger Taylor say something about them making queen think about what they were doing? 3. we'd still be listening to 25minute genesis and yes tracks if it wasn't for them 4. mcclaren and lydon have more brains in their little toes than you appear to have (from your ill-thought comments) in your head 5. lydon is a good irish lad...so he's ok by me |
| magicalfreddiemercury 27.02.2006 10:31 |
Barry © wrote: The Pistols statement. linkWell, at least they dotted their I's... most of the time. Thanks for the link Barry. It reads even worse in their writing than it did in print. |
| magicalfreddiemercury 27.02.2006 17:57 |
See, now this I can respect... not that they have to impress me, personally, but what I read first was impossible to sympathize with. Now they have my attention. |
| user name 27.02.2006 21:53 |
How do the Nobel Prizes work? Rock halls and such should be a lot more like that. But of course, it just wouldn't bring in the revenue, now, would it? |
| magicalfreddiemercury 27.02.2006 22:47 |
Barry © wrote: Most people think John is this wild punk rocker and a crazy person. I was shocked to see him cry about Sid's death and how they turned it into making money.Who is 'they'. He said that, too. That 'they' turned it into a money making thing. Sorry, I didn't follow them, so I don't know their history. |
| Munchsack 28.02.2006 08:34 |
Getting the gist most of you are dissing the Pistols. Not really fair as they are a great band. Lay off 'em. PISTOLS RULE!!!!! |
| magicalfreddiemercury 28.02.2006 08:46 |
Barry © wrote: linkWhere do you get these things?! :-) |
| magicalfreddiemercury 28.02.2006 08:47 |
Barry © wrote: This is what I mean about cashing in on Sid's death, link Even when Nancy Spungen was found dead Malcolm even used that to make money. Not long after her murder Malcolm and Vivienne Westwood bring out T-shirts with the following on them, "She's dead, I'm alive, I'm yours"Well, that's absolutely repulsive to me. I can more than understand his anger. Let me play devil's advocate here, though. The bad-boy, tough attitude, punk facade was all part of their show, (their lives, too, I suppose), yes? Doesn't this kind of thing simply follow that through? I mean, if Brian, Roger and John did that after losing Freddie, I think the world would have been shocked. But this is almost apropos to the way Sid lived - the f*ck it all attitude. No? Maybe I'm wrong. Another example that comes to my mind is James Doohan - "Scotty" from Star Trek. Weren’t his ashes just shot into space? Bizarre, don't you think? But not for him, it makes sense – in an odd sort of way. Maybe the fans expected this. I'm sure those 'souvenirs' were bought up by the masses, yes? I'm not saying this was a good thing in anyway, I think it's disgusting. But… playing the other side... what do you think? |
| M a t i a s M a y 13.03.2006 02:50 |
they suck they suck THEY SUCK |
| john bodega 13.03.2006 07:18 |
See I don't know. Am I supposed to like them because they gave convention the big finger? Or am I supposed to like them because they're 'good musicians'? Call me anything-you-like, but I can't get behind such an overtly negative group of people. It's malignant, depressing - and they aren't very efficient social commentators, if that's what they were trying to do. I don't doubt their relevance to the people who were big on their music; if that helped people through their frustration, then more power to 'em... but the Sex Pistols have always made me think 'well... Meh'. |
