The Hate Thread - list the top five bands/musicians that you just hate

[James Franciscus]

You can rename Talking Heads 'Van Halen' and they'd still have been 50 times better than Van Halen.

With Belew, they even had a better guitar player. Not that that makes or breaks a band.

Large suits and massive shoulder pads do not a good band make. Sorry son.

 

[smurfco]

Large suits and massive shoulder pads do not a good band make. Sorry son.

Says hooooo

 

[Flamencology]

Large suits and massive shoulder pads do not a good band make. Sorry son.

They don't hurt.

 

[dmn23]

With Belew, they even had a better guitar player.

 

[335clone]

The name of this band is Talking Heads.

And they were brilliant.

Yes they were. Even if the music itself doesn't get you, Stop Making Sense is brilliant performance art.

 

[tiger roach]

I didn't care for Talking Heads when they first came out. I was biased against anything that smacked of "New Wave," and "Take Me To The River" rubbed me the wrong way (it still isn't one of my favorite TH tunes).

But after a couple of years I warmed up to them big time. And +1 on Stop Making Sense. Such a great performance and concert movie. I think on that tour more calories were expended on stage every night than Cirque du Soleil.

 

[James Franciscus]

I guess they're fine if you like absolutely soul-less bands that rely on pretentious schtick and gimmicks. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Tig]

Anybody seen Christie Brinkley lately?

Seen Billy Joel lately?

He may be the dumbest motherfucker on Planet Earth.

I thought she dumped him but I could be wrong. Inquiring minds might know.

 

[335clone]

I guess they're fine if you like absolutely soul-less bands that rely on pretentious schtick and gimmicks. Nothing wrong with that.

Well at least they played their own instruments and didn't have to hire Neil Giraldo to get the bass and guitar tracks done for their biggest hit.

 

[James Franciscus]

I thought she dumped him but I could be wrong. Inquiring minds might know.

They both moved on to happier relationships. OGG is once again using misinformation to form baseless opinions.

 

[James Franciscus]

Well at least they played their own instruments and didn't have to hire Neil Giraldo to get the bass and guitar tracks done for their biggest hit.

They would actually be listenable if they had Neil's help, then again they'd lose their status as the preeminent nerd band.

 

[James Franciscus]

I didn't care for Talking Heads when they first came out. I was biased against anything that smacked of "New Wave," and "Take Me To The River" rubbed me the wrong way (it still isn't one of my favorite TH tunes).

But after a couple of years I warmed up to them big time. And +1 on Stop Making Sense. Such a great performance and concert movie. I think on that tour more calories were expended on stage every night than Cirque du Soleil.

So you're a waffler? Can't decide what you like?

 

[Tig]

Say what you will about Billy Joel, but his accolades include a Kennedy Center Honor. Eagles are to receive theirs this year as well.

I don't recall any of us receiving one. Let's check...

2014
Al Green
Tom Hanks
Patricia McBride
Sting
Lily Tomlin
2013
Martina Arroyo
Herbie Hancock
Billy Joel
Shirley MacLaine
Carlos Santana
2012
Buddy Guy
Dustin Hoffman
David Letterman
Natalia Makarova
Led Zeppelin
2011
Barbara Cook
Neil Diamond
Yo-Yo Ma
Sonny Rollins
Meryl Streep
2010
Merle Haggard
Jerry Herman
Bill T. Jones
Paul McCartney
Oprah Winfrey
2009
Mel Brooks
Dave Brubeck
Grace Bumbry
Robert De Niro
Bruce Springsteen
2008
Morgan Freeman
George Jones
Barbra Streisand
Twyla Tharp
Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey of The Who
2007
Steve Martin
Diana Ross
Leon Fleisher
Martin Scorsese
Brian Wilson
2006
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Zubin Mehta
Dolly Parton
Smokey Robinson
Steven Spielberg
2005
Tony Bennett
Suzanne Farrell
Julie Harris
Robert Redford
Tina Turner
2004
Warren Beatty
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
Elton John
Joan Sutherland
John Williams
2003
James Brown
Carol Burnett
Loretta Lynn
Mike Nichols
Itzhak Perlman
2002
James Earl Jones
James Levine
Chita Rivera
Paul Simon
Elizabeth Taylor
2001
Julie Andrews
Van Cliburn
Quincy Jones
Jack Nicholson
Luciano Pavarotti
2000
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Chuck Berry
Plácido Domingo
Clint Eastwood
Angela Lansbury
1999
Victor Borge
Sean Connery
Judith Jamison
Jason Robards
Stevie Wonder
1998
Bill Cosby
Fred Ebb & John Kander
Willie Nelson
André Previn
Shirley Temple Black
1997
Lauren Bacall
Bob Dylan
Charlton Heston
Jessye Norman
Edward Villella
1996
Edward Albee
Benny Carter
Johnny Cash
Jack Lemmon
Maria Tallchief
1995
Jacques d'Amboise
Marilyn Horne
Riley B.B. King
Sidney Poitier
Neil Simon
1994
Kirk Douglas
Aretha Franklin
Morton Gould
Harold Prince
Pete Seeger
1993
Johnny Carson
Arthur Mitchell
George Solti
Stephen Sondheim
Marion Williams
1992
Lionel Hampton
Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Ginger Rogers
Mstislav Rostropovich
Paul Taylor
1991
Roy Acuff
Betty Comden
Adolph Green
Fayard Nicholas
Harold Nicholas
Gregory Peck
Robert Shaw
1990
Dizzy Gillespie
Katharine Hepburn
Rise Stevens
Jule Styne
Billy Wilder
1989
Harry Belafonte
Claudette Colbert
Alexandra Danilova
Mary Martin
William Schuman
1988
Alvin Ailey
George Burns
Myrna Loy
Alexander Schneider
Roger L. Stevens
1987
Perry Como
Bette Davis
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Nathan Milstein
Alwin Nikolais
1986
Lucille Ball
Ray Charles
Hume Cronyn
Jessica Tandy
Yehudi Menuhin
Antony Tudor
1985
Merce Cunningham
Irene Dunne
Bob Hope
Alan Jay Lerner
Frederick Loewe
Beverly Sills
1984
Lena Horne
Danny Kaye
Gian Carlo Menotti
Arthur Miller
Isaac Stern
1983
Katherine Dunham
Elia Kazan
Frank Sinatra
James Stewart
Virgil Thomson
1982
George Abbott
Lillian Gish
Benny Goodman
Gene Kelly
Eugene Ormandy
1981
Count Basie
Cary Grant
Helen Hayes
Jerome Robbins
Rudolf Serkin
1980
Leonard Bernstein
James Cagney
Agnes deMille
Lynn Fontanne
Leontyne Price
1979
Aaron Copland
Ella Fitzgerald
Henry Fonda
Martha Graham
Tennessee Williams
1978
Marian Anderson
Fred Astaire
George Balanchine
Richard Rodgers
Arthur Rubinstein

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Say what you will about Billy Joel, but his accolades include a Kennedy Center Honor. Eagles are to receive theirs this year as well.

I don't recall any of us receiving one. Let's check...

2014
Al Green
Tom Hanks
Patricia McBride
Sting
Lily Tomlin
2013
Martina Arroyo
Herbie Hancock
Billy Joel
Shirley MacLaine
Carlos Santana
2012
Buddy Guy
Dustin Hoffman
David Letterman
Natalia Makarova
Led Zeppelin
2011
Barbara Cook
Neil Diamond
Yo-Yo Ma
Sonny Rollins
Meryl Streep
2010
Merle Haggard
Jerry Herman
Bill T. Jones
Paul McCartney
Oprah Winfrey
2009
Mel Brooks
Dave Brubeck
Grace Bumbry
Robert De Niro
Bruce Springsteen
2008
Morgan Freeman
George Jones
Barbra Streisand
Twyla Tharp
Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey of The Who
2007
Steve Martin
Diana Ross
Leon Fleisher
Martin Scorsese
Brian Wilson
2006
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Zubin Mehta
Dolly Parton
Smokey Robinson
Steven Spielberg
2005
Tony Bennett
Suzanne Farrell
Julie Harris
Robert Redford
Tina Turner
2004
Warren Beatty
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
Elton John
Joan Sutherland
John Williams
2003
James Brown
Carol Burnett
Loretta Lynn
Mike Nichols
Itzhak Perlman
2002
James Earl Jones
James Levine
Chita Rivera
Paul Simon
Elizabeth Taylor
2001
Julie Andrews
Van Cliburn
Quincy Jones
Jack Nicholson
Luciano Pavarotti
2000
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Chuck Berry
Plácido Domingo
Clint Eastwood
Angela Lansbury
1999
Victor Borge
Sean Connery
Judith Jamison
Jason Robards
Stevie Wonder
1998
Bill Cosby
Fred Ebb & John Kander
Willie Nelson
André Previn
Shirley Temple Black
1997
Lauren Bacall
Bob Dylan
Charlton Heston
Jessye Norman
Edward Villella
1996
Edward Albee
Benny Carter
Johnny Cash
Jack Lemmon
Maria Tallchief
1995
Jacques d'Amboise
Marilyn Horne
Riley B.B. King
Sidney Poitier
Neil Simon
1994
Kirk Douglas
Aretha Franklin
Morton Gould
Harold Prince
Pete Seeger
1993
Johnny Carson
Arthur Mitchell
George Solti
Stephen Sondheim
Marion Williams
1992
Lionel Hampton
Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Ginger Rogers
Mstislav Rostropovich
Paul Taylor
1991
Roy Acuff
Betty Comden
Adolph Green
Fayard Nicholas
Harold Nicholas
Gregory Peck
Robert Shaw
1990
Dizzy Gillespie
Katharine Hepburn
Rise Stevens
Jule Styne
Billy Wilder
1989
Harry Belafonte
Claudette Colbert
Alexandra Danilova
Mary Martin
William Schuman
1988
Alvin Ailey
George Burns
Myrna Loy
Alexander Schneider
Roger L. Stevens
1987
Perry Como
Bette Davis
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Nathan Milstein
Alwin Nikolais
1986
Lucille Ball
Ray Charles
Hume Cronyn
Jessica Tandy
Yehudi Menuhin
Antony Tudor
1985
Merce Cunningham
Irene Dunne
Bob Hope
Alan Jay Lerner
Frederick Loewe
Beverly Sills
1984
Lena Horne
Danny Kaye
Gian Carlo Menotti
Arthur Miller
Isaac Stern
1983
Katherine Dunham
Elia Kazan
Frank Sinatra
James Stewart
Virgil Thomson
1982
George Abbott
Lillian Gish
Benny Goodman
Gene Kelly
Eugene Ormandy
1981
Count Basie
Cary Grant
Helen Hayes
Jerome Robbins
Rudolf Serkin
1980
Leonard Bernstein
James Cagney
Agnes deMille
Lynn Fontanne
Leontyne Price
1979
Aaron Copland
Ella Fitzgerald
Henry Fonda
Martha Graham
Tennessee Williams
1978
Marian Anderson
Fred Astaire
George Balanchine
Richard Rodgers
Arthur Rubinstein

Billy Joel and the Eagles have won the same award and you still consider it a credible validation of art? Geez.

 

[frunobulax]

You can win an award and still suck.

Hell, they gave one of those things to Bill Cosby.

 

[smurfco]

They would actually be listenable if they had Neil's help, then again they'd lose their status as the preeminent nerd band.

 

[smurfco]

Billy Joel and the Eagles have won the same award and you still consider it a credible validation of art? Geez.

Bill Cosby won it too. Although he literally raped people while Billy Joel and the Eagles have just been sonically raping us.

 

[frunobulax]

Sting!


Fucking Sting!

No one mentioned Sting.

 

[tiger roach]

So you're a waffler? Can't decide what you like?

Since that one time in 1980 I haven't changed my mind, ever.

 

[Tig]

Hell, they gave one of those things to Bill Cosby.

In before the discovery!