Worst band ever: REM or Chili Peppers?
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BauerAlmeida
Hall of Fame
Both are great bands.
This x1000. There are thousands of worse acts.
chrischris
G.O.A.T.
Heycal, you are an authority on music. What bands are good?
purple-n-gold
Hall of Fame
neither one+4
chrischris
G.O.A.T.
So maybe Elvis isnt dead after all.. has just changed his name into the OPs.
Tennishacker
Professional
Timbo's hopeless slice
Hall of Fame
both great acts.
sure, REM have kind of dropped the ball since the early days, but worst band ever? seriously?
troll
sure, REM have kind of dropped the ball since the early days, but worst band ever? seriously?
troll
tenniscasey
Semi-Pro
Can we do a "worst troll ever" thread next?
RealityPolice
Rookie
You misspelled "Poison."
Timbo's hopeless slice
Hall of Fame
I think what has happened here is that our man can't spell anything, and is thus left with band names that are acronyms.
no excuse for not plumping for NKOTB, really, but a good enough reason to avoid Nickelback (certainly a contender) and the excruciatingly horrible 'Eddy Current Suppression Ring'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-qiZpMnBlw&feature=related
no excuse for not plumping for NKOTB, really, but a good enough reason to avoid Nickelback (certainly a contender) and the excruciatingly horrible 'Eddy Current Suppression Ring'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-qiZpMnBlw&feature=related
Tennisguy3000
Semi-Pro
RHCP's are awesome... Why wouldn't you like them?
Too many to name. It's much easier to name the two most over-rated bands of all time: The nearly unlistenable R.E.M., and the unlistenable Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Timbo's hopeless slice
Hall of Fame
so you would genuinely suggest that Nickelback or Creed are actually NOT contenders for worst bands of all time?
good grief
and can you honestly listen to the opening verses of 'Under the Bridge' or 'The One I love' (just examples) and declare them 'unlistenable'?
Sorry, but I think you are trolling.
Neither of these acts are on my all-time favourite list, but that doesn't mean I don't like them..
good grief
and can you honestly listen to the opening verses of 'Under the Bridge' or 'The One I love' (just examples) and declare them 'unlistenable'?
Sorry, but I think you are trolling.
Neither of these acts are on my all-time favourite list, but that doesn't mean I don't like them..
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TahoeTennis
Legend
What are your top favorite bands? Then we can discuss your bad taste in music. My sister just saw the RHCP 2 days ago and Flea ftw
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
No, he actually misspelled "Neil Young" and "The Rolling Stones". :twisted:
Cesc Fabregas
Legend
REM were decent once up a time but yeah the RHCP's are shocking.
TennisLovaLova
Hall of Fame
I used to listen to both bands when on their prime 
now all their songs sound the same
BUT: live RHCP is something to see before dying really...
And REM during the mid nineties had that weird rock sound I like very much
both bands play real music when compared to the crap we have to bear at the moment (adele, lana del shiBe, black eye bullphit, etc)
now all their songs sound the same
BUT: live RHCP is something to see before dying really...
And REM during the mid nineties had that weird rock sound I like very much
both bands play real music when compared to the crap we have to bear at the moment (adele, lana del shiBe, black eye bullphit, etc)
chrischris
G.O.A.T.
These 2 bands can play.
Boys, don't get your panties in a wad. I'm not considering these Nickelback and Dimehead or whoever flash-in-the-pan bands you kids listen to. Don't even know them. When I say "worst band ever" I clearly mean long-running, mystifyingly critically acclaimed acts.
And for the record, the correct answer here is "Chili Peppers". While both bands are horrible, just horrible, Chili Peppers are slightly more horrible. R.E.M. managed to fumble out one excellent song in their decades-long reign of terror ("Man on the moon") and maybe one other listenable tune, while the Chili Peppers are just 100% unremittingly unbearable.
And for the record, the correct answer here is "Chili Peppers". While both bands are horrible, just horrible, Chili Peppers are slightly more horrible. R.E.M. managed to fumble out one excellent song in their decades-long reign of terror ("Man on the moon") and maybe one other listenable tune, while the Chili Peppers are just 100% unremittingly unbearable.
Kevin T
Hall of Fame
Gotta listen to the early to mid 80's REM, Heycal. Tunes like "Radio Free Europe", "(Don't go back to) Rockville", "Fall on Me", "Finest Worksong", "I Believe", "It's the End of the World as we Know It", "The One I Love", "Orange Crush"...alternative/College rock at its finest. I agree that their popular stuff during the 90's isn't the best, IMHO.
RHCP live are fantastic. Last time I saw them was Coachella '07 and they still had it. You don't even like "Soul to Squeeze" or "Under the Bridge"? Great songs, even for someone who hates the Peppers. 'Californication' is a great album but 'Mother's Milk' in '89 introduced me to the band and is a sentimental fave.
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SempreSami
Hall of Fame
This post has my approval.
Kevin T
Hall of Fame
I love The Beatles but agree. I'll "one-up" you RE The Beatles...Bam!!! Oasis is better than The Beatles.
chrischris
G.O.A.T.
SempreSami
Hall of Fame
They're just a Beatles parody band.
TahoeTennis
Legend
The Beatles are, and will forever be, the greatest, most influential, groundbreaking, and long lasting band ever. Period. Their music seems to be inherent in nature, and they have influenced EVERY band that came after them and EVERY band that will ever come.
all you need is love
all you need is love
Kevin T
Hall of Fame
Sometimes parodies trump the originals.
Peters
Professional
This is one of those urban myths it seems, old opinions that get latched on to. I often see the phrase bandied around.
They're anything but a Beatles parody band.
BigServer1
Legend
I disagree with this so much...
The Beatles were a very good band, but the fact that they have so many people calling them the "best band ever" is just ridiculous to me. Most groundbreaking? Inherent in nature? What?
They're influential and long lasting, but as Kevin said, often times parodies can be better than the original.
SempreSami
Hall of Fame
This boring statement is why I'm tired of the Beatles. In Britain we seem to have got ourselves into a state where it's almost an obligation to ask him to perform that dirge Hey Jude at the end of stuff. Had our Olympic opening ceremony not been awesome, I would have been more annoyed than I was to see them follow up that cool montage with the fireworks with old **** face.
TahoeTennis
Legend
Lennon Saves.
Keep listening to the Beatles and one day you'll understand.
Keep listening to the Beatles and one day you'll understand.
SempreSami
Hall of Fame
I'll stick to relevant artists like PJ Harvey and Neil Young instead of boring Scousers.
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BauerAlmeida
Hall of Fame
The Beatles are not over-rated in any means. They did amazing songs and were ridicously ahead of their time. Doing things like "You Never Give Me Your Money", "Strawberry Fields...", "Tomorrow Never Knows", "A Day in The Life" and "I Am The Walrus" in the 60's shows how good they are. Lennon is a ****in' genius. And Paul and Harrison fantastic musicians too.
ninman
Hall of Fame
In terms of being ahead of one's time, and genius, The Beach Boys are totally under rated by comparison to the Beatles.
Brian Wilson was an awesome musician and song writer. He was one of the first to use multi-tracking for backing vocals. His production abilities were incredible. Awesome talent.
Timbo's hopeless slice
Hall of Fame
sigh these things always get into a beatles argument..
OP, you're an idiot, simple as that.
OP, you're an idiot, simple as that.
Fearsome Forehand
Professional
King Crimson.
I would have to vote for SuperTramp.
But, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying.
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
King Crimson.
I would have to vote for SuperTramp.
But, I fear tomorrow I'll be crying.
A bit of confusion here. We will make it your epitaph.
RHCP became the Aerosmith of Generation X. "Under the Bridge" is our "Dream On"; the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik was a cornerstone drunksexytime album during the grunge-era. Then they discovered a second stage career with melodic sing-alongs that's carried them through to this day.
I think most people would agree REM was never the same after Bill Berry left. Except for "Automatic for the People" (can't go wrong with the Nightswimming, Man on the Moon, Find the River ), I prefer the pre-Scott Litt era.
I think most people would agree REM was never the same after Bill Berry left. Except for "Automatic for the People" (can't go wrong with the Nightswimming, Man on the Moon, Find the River ), I prefer the pre-Scott Litt era.
SoBad
G.O.A.T.
I personally voted for peppers here. I don't know anything the peppers sang, but REM I think had a nice sad old song, if I am not mistaken - something about a deer?
ninman
Hall of Fame
Please, The Beatles learned everything they needed to know from Brian Wilson, who in turn learned it all from Phil Spector. Those are the real legends, Paul McCartney's not fit to wash Brian's socks.
Cesc Fabregas
Legend
Everybody knows Zappa/The Mothers are the greatest.
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