manamongkids
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@jbutler http://www.theonion.com/article/disappointing-prince-vaults-found-contain-37000-ho-52853
wish there was a crying face emoji on here
wish there was a crying face emoji on here
is there any musician more irritating and overrated than billy joel? (1 Viewer)
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@Chicken Rob beat you to it a few posts back, but pretty good. The Onion used to be a daily read for me. The quality isn't as great anymore, but there are still some gems.
A thread with almost 200 posts, just because jbutler's jealous 'cause he didn't get to sleep with Christie Brinkley. Jeez.
No shame in that jealousy.
Chicken Rob
Full House
B.C.
Straight
I've stayed out of this thread on purpose for a long time - but like finally admitting at your first AA meeting you have a problem, here goes:
I'd argue that there are at least 5 Billy Joel songs which compare more than favorably to anything else out there musically and lyrically (and written by him) from any other artist and would be considered all-time musical greats in its comparable genre.
I'd also argue he has some steaming piles of crap on his resume as well.
I'd argue that there are at least 5 Billy Joel songs which compare more than favorably to anything else out there musically and lyrically (and written by him) from any other artist and would be considered all-time musical greats in its comparable genre.
I'd also argue he has some steaming piles of crap on his resume as well.
LabMonkey
Flush
FlushBlack
Straight
the real AC/DC went down with Bon Scott's tragic passing, that was a band and he belted out some great tunes
legend672
Full House
Billy Joel ...... " he knows that it's me ( the great Billy Joel ) they've been coming to see. " - oh brother
"They put bread in my jar and say man what are you ( the great Billy Joel ) doing here ? with a bunch of schleps like us . I mean you are , after all, the great billy Joel.
He Is a self-important egomaniac with very little talent. Why can't he just go home and leave us alone
"They put bread in my jar and say man what are you ( the great Billy Joel ) doing here ? with a bunch of schleps like us . I mean you are , after all, the great billy Joel.
He Is a self-important egomaniac with very little talent. Why can't he just go home and leave us alone
I can get behind at least this part.
It's so strange. It's like the guy who learned to play acoustic guitar just to get laid in college all of a sudden started selling out arenas and said to himself, "Damn, I gotta find at least eleven different ways to put these four chords together if I'm gonna write a whole album."
That's exactly how I feel about Jim Morrison. Except in his case, it's only four notes. Most over-hyped dead musician ever.
I love The Doors...except for all the time Jim Morrison is singing.
Chicken Rob
Full House
Was he yelling "stop lighting the audience"?
That's what I heard. I'll cue this up next time someone starts blathering about how Kanye or someone is too dramatic and therefore they can't like his music.
Also don't miss the awesome keytar on stage in that clip.
Jambine
Full House
tommythecat
Flush
The reason he was yelling it was because this happened in Russia and every time they lit up the audience they would stop dancing out of fear for someone in the government seeing them. This was when rock and roll was very much a no-no there.
Chicken Rob
Full House
Thanks for the context.
links_slayer
4 of a Kind
i heard piano man on my way into work this morning was like goddammit today's gonna be a good one!!
legend672
Full House
If I changed the station before I heard 3 bars, it would be "whew, that was a close call. "
Heard 3fer from Geils band that was rockin. One last kiss> surrender> piss on the wall.
Good stuff
How could he be the worst ever when Gene Simmons walks the planet?
I'm not a fan of all his songs but there are some good ones in his catalog.
I'm not a fan of all his songs but there are some good ones in his catalog.
Gene Simmons is a bassist. He is one of the worlds best marketers. Not one of the greats but belonged to one of the best marketed bands.
Billy Joel was just plain over rated
Billy Joel was just plain over rated
When I was a kid, back when there was no such thing as streaming music or youtube, I asked for every Kiss (and solo) album for Christmas. Never regretted that decision.
Kiss is amazing. They are exactly correctly ranked because for every Kiss fanboy, there are a hundred indierock dickfaces (I know you aren't an indierock dickface BPT
) who don't see how great they are. Fortunately things do seem to be pulling back toward the pro-Kiss camp in the last few years, but for a while everyone I played in bands with and everyone who thought themselves musically educated talked shit about Kiss.They have so many songs that get summarily dismissed because they're Kiss songs when they would be LOVED if they came from any other band. If someone leaked a bunch of unreleased Big Star tracks and Flaming Youth came out with an Alex Chilton songwriting credit, hipsters would be blasting it.
Same story if Drive-By Truckers put out Room Service as a b-side.
I could go on. One of Kiss' biggest accomplishments is being thought of by some as hard rock or metal when they're at their core a pop band. Of course that's where the marketing genius comes in and it was certainly that. But it's the music that makes them truly great.
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
To the best of my recollection, there have been 3 Kiss references on Family Guy, and 3 Billy Joel references.
At some point you just have to accept both are awesome, and it is just narrow-mindedness that prevents you from truly enjoying everything life has to offer.
At some point you just have to accept both are awesome, and it is just narrow-mindedness that prevents you from truly enjoying everything life has to offer.
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