Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:42 pm
by govmentchedda
I loved BSSM, and really enjoy John Frusciante's work, but otherwise agree about RHCP.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:45 pm
by bapo!
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:41 pm
I don't know if its because I was all-in on rap back then, but his delivery on all the faster songs (I knew) sounded just as shit to me as Debbie Harry on "Rapture".
I will not tolerate Debbie Harry slander in this or any other thread! Take that shit back to reddit!
Syb, thanks for the Russia stories. TWILTS.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:58 pm
by A_B
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:42 pm
I loved BSSM, and really enjoy John Frusciante's work, but otherwise agree about RHCP.
When I first got into playing guitar Frusciante was one of the guys who just blew my mind.
Eff off with the Matheny Shit, Sabo. I know it's coming.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:01 pm
by A_B
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:41 pm
I don't know if its because I was all-in on rap back then, but his delivery on all the faster songs (I knew) sounded just as shit to me as Debbie Harry on "Rapture".
A friend in College SWEARS that Debbie Harry invented rap with that song.
I give him a pass because he taught me how to play my first chords and left his Martin flattop at my apartment for two years. God what a beautiful sounding instrument.
I should play guitar more.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:15 pm
by mister d
If you gave those lyrics to someone who'd never heard the song and asked "Rock & Roll Hall of Famer" or "Suburban Wine Mom Freestyle", 0.00% would get the answer right.
(I'm going to ignore the belief that rap could have been invented in 1980. Its too much for me to deal with right now.)
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:22 pm
Just to keep this chain going, I absolutely hate the RHCP.
[INSERT DID WE JUST BECOME BEST FRIENDS GIF]
Add a third to that, Giff.
Also I don't like RHCP either.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:26 pm
by A_B
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:15 pm
If you gave those lyrics to someone who'd never heard the song and asked "Rock & Roll Hall of Famer" or "Suburban Wine Mom Freestyle", 0.00% would get the answer right.
(I'm going to ignore the belief that rap could have been invented in 1980. Its too much for me to deal with right now.)
White kids from eastern kentucky. Always factor that in when I speak of my bygone days.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:22 pm
Just to keep this chain going, I absolutely hate the RHCP.
[INSERT DID WE JUST BECOME BEST FRIENDS GIF]
Add a third to that, Giff.
Also I don't like RHCP either.
Not a fan at all.
"Under The Bridge" is okay, but they always struck me as making music that Eagles fans liked to listen to when they felt like rebels.
ETA: Blondie are trash. "Rapture" is one of the 20 worst popular songs of all time.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:04 pm
by P.D.X.
You know that trope in 80's movies where there's a scene at a party/club/concert and it basically turns into a music video for the band for a bit. Was watching Thrashin' (1986) when lo that band turns out to be a very young RHCP. Never really was a fan of theirs but I definitely get how they were shaped by their time/place.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:41 pm
I don't know if its because I was all-in on rap back then, but his delivery on all the faster songs (I knew) sounded just as shit to me as Debbie Harry on "Rapture".
A friend in College SWEARS that Debbie Harry invented rap with that song.
I give him a pass because he taught me how to play my first chords and left his Martin flattop at my apartment for two years. God what a beautiful sounding instrument.
I should play guitar more.
I think she was one of the first to bring rap into a rock song. Maybe that’s what he meant.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:43 pm
by rass
I love Breaking the Girl and the song from Coneheads, otherwise no strong feelings either way.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:49 pm
by A_B
rass wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:43 pm
I love Breaking …heads, otherwise no …feeling…
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:50 pm
by rass
Feel like you wussed out there.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:14 pm
by A_B
rass wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:50 pm
Feel like you wussed out there.
1000000 percent.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:47 pm
by govmentchedda
rass wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:43 pm
I love Breaking the Girl and the song from Coneheads, otherwise no strong feelings either way.
Soul to Squeeze? That's a great one.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:56 pm
by rass
It is! Farley in the video is a bonus.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:30 pm
by Rush2112
I really don't care for any of the Peppers after BSSM, but Mother's Milk was my jam Freshman year in college. I also liked the earlier albums (Uplift Mofo, Freaky Styley, etc) that said I probably haven't listened to any of them in 10+ years.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:41 pm
I don't know if its because I was all-in on rap back then, but his delivery on all the faster songs (I knew) sounded just as shit to me as Debbie Harry on "Rapture".
I will not tolerate Debbie Harry slander in this or any other thread! Take that shit back to reddit!
Syb, thanks for the Russia stories. TWILTS.
I'm with bapo! Rapture may not be a great song, but Debbie Harry slander is not to be tolerated. Blondie had many bad songs, but they also had many great songs. And, they all had Debbie Harry, which was a plus.
Humorous digression : My wife has varying degrees of eye-rolling regarding my crushes past and present on Debbie Harry, Chrissie Hynde, Lucinda Williams, Elizabeth Cook, and Margo Price.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:39 pm
by A_B
Wait til you see Japanese breakfast live.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:46 am
by mister d
sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:34 pmI'm with bapo! Rapture may not be a great song, but Debbie Harry slander is not to be tolerated. Blondie had many bad songs, but they also had many great songs. And, they all had Debbie Harry, which was a plus.
I hold artists accountable for the worst of their work. Like if REM was a 4 album band and had "Shiny Happy People" and "Radio Song", I'm not sure I'd feel close to the same about them.
Also, since this is the de facto Cobain thread for now ...
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 9:37 am
by bapo!
sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:34 pm
I'm with bapo! Rapture may not be a great song, but Debbie Harry slander is not to be tolerated. Blondie had many bad songs, but they also had many great songs. And, they all had Debbie Harry, which was a plus.
Have I ever mentioned Lester Bangs' biography of Blondie? It's hilarious. Bangs' band ran in the same circles as Blondie, and he was jealous that Blondie made it big, while his band never did. So he wrote a short book about how overrated Blondie was and how much he hated them. It's a hundred pages of petty score-settling.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:10 pm
by mister d
This is a little weird. I saw your post but it didn't make sense to me so I went to Lester Bangs' wiki page and realized he's a different person than Lance Bangs. Then I read his page and towards the end it mentions his praise for Toots and the Maytals and in a dream I had last night I remember telling someone that Toots was way ahead of the gender curve because all of the Maytals were female then immediately thinking (in my dream) that I had no idea if that was true and knew it probably wasn't. Very insecure in that one.
The end.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 9:37 pm
by EnochRoot
If you argue this - it's cuz you were going to score points with a girl.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:55 pm
by Pruitt
That's an absolute Classic!
So's this...
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:24 am
by Pruitt
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 1:34 pm
by rass
A true power move is writing a song that’s named after your band.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 2:01 pm
by EnochRoot
Greatest Fucking Classic Rock Radio Single of All Time Nominee:
Hollywood Nights (did I already post this a year or so ago?)…
She looked at him with those soft eyes so innocent and blue
He knew right then he was too far from home
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 2:03 pm
by tennbengal
weirdly enough, way down on my list of good Seger songs.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 2:09 pm
by rass
That’s a song with some drive
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:19 pm
by sancarlos
Yeah, I could name a dozen Bob Seger songs I like better than that one. But, to each his own.
rass wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 1:34 pm
A true power move is writing a song that’s named after your band.
Couple good examples:
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:55 pm
by EnochRoot
sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:19 pm
Yeah, I could name a dozen Bob Seger songs I like better than that one. But, to each his own.
rass wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 1:34 pm
A true power move is writing a song that’s named after your band.
Couple good examples:
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Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 4:41 pm
by Pruitt3
rass wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 1:34 pm
A true power move is writing a song that’s named after your band.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 9:57 pm
by EnochRoot
sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:19 pm
Yeah, I could name a dozen Bob Seger songs I like better than that one. But, to each his own.
Eh - I’m not ranking Seger’s greatest hits. This is the song that rallies the troops. Especially love’s losers.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 10:08 pm
by EnochRoot
Tina Turner gets it. (o:
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:23 am
by A_B
The answer is Roll Me Away re: Bob Seger.
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:01 am
by Gunpowder
rass wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 1:34 pm
A true power move is writing a song that’s named after your band.
That's why I vote for "Hey Everybody Let's Blow Some Fish" by Hootie and the Blowfish
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 12:56 pm
by tennbengal
"At Seventeen" (Janis Ian) has to be one of the most quietly devastating songs that gets played on classic rock stations, right?
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:24 am
by Pruitt3
tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 12:56 pm
"At Seventeen" (Janis Ian) has to be one of the most quietly devastating songs that gets played on classic rock stations, right?
So frigging grim. Haven't heard it in 30 years and it still makes me want to curl up in a ball.
On a happier, more summery note...
Re: Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time