Re: Incredible: Red Hot Chili Peppers Reveal why Stones concerts have lost some groove.... " Nobody is Rocking Out"
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BornOnTheBayou
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Date: December 17, 2005 09:26
Midnight Toker Wrote:
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> Bayou- 1994 Voodoo Lounge, and I saw the RHCP's
> open for Pearl Jam.
Your information is truly over 10 years old then. The early 90's was a true low-point in the band also, for that matter... Slovak was dead, Frusciante was unreliable, alot of dis-connect with Dave Navarro... not to mention they didn't have EITHER the Californication or By the Way songs... that's like you saw the Stones BEFORE they had Sticky Fingers, Exile, and Let it Bleed. The RHCP is such a different band from the early 90's.
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> The question is, could the layperson name three
> RHCP songs right off of the tops of their heads. I
> doubt it.
That's not even remotely how you determine whether a band has great musicianship. For that matter, can the average "layperson" name 3 Who songs or 3 Moody Blues Songs or 3 Stevie Ray Vaughan songs or 3 Allman Brothers songs or 3 Derek and the Dominoes songs or 3 Johnny Winter songs ?
And I think "the layperson" who does any remote amount of music-listening can identify Scar Tissue, Californication, Give it Away, Higher Ground, Otherside, and Knock Me Down... those songs are so "out there" in MTV land.
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> Will The RHCP's leave a legacy? Nope.
Sh*t, where have you been ? They already have. 2 phenomenal Rick Rubin albums in the past 6 years, one the Grammy "Album of the Year", a hugely successful world tour...
... where have you been ???
And if the definition of "legacy" is a rabid fan base, very creative & poetic songwriting, and especially UNIQUE SOUND that no other band remotely has, not to mention the "Bass Player Hall of Fame" greatest bassist ever, then the RHCP has a major legacy in American music.
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> By the way, I've been playing guitar for 34 years.
> And I believe you were the guy who thought that
> SRV was overrated.
Way wrong again. I was "debating" all those fools who said SRV was over-rated and "not groundbreaking". Stevie's really my all-time favorite guitarist, but there was nary a soul on that thread who thought he could even tie Jimi's shoes, and I thought that was plain wrong, his blues stuff is MUCH more interesting than any blues Hendrix ever did IMO.
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> Could someone find this fellow, Bayou, a doctor.
Someone get this guy a pair of glasses so he can read the SRV posts.
"It's just that demon life has got me in it's sway..."
Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 2005-12-17 10:51 by BornOnTheBayou.