To flip this theme on its head, how about musicians in bad movies. I'm not a country music fan, but I had the displeasure of seeing Pure Country once (with George Strait). Ridiculous doesn't even begin to describe that gem.
Originally posted by m.leland: You bought it for the cover.
No. I'd already seen Shatner "do" "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" on TV, so that was enough for me! Sebastian Cabot and Leonard Nimoy (and all of 'em) are hoots as well.
"Naked Woman, Naked Man Where did you get that nice sun tan?"
I believe the question then becomes what's worse, musicians trying to be actors or actors trying to be musicians. Whatever the outcome, it's nearly always painfully humorous. At least some of them know they're hams....
Originally posted by RavingLunatic: And, yes, Eric, I know it annoys you to no end to know that I'm not an expert on 70's rock. Why you should give a damn is beyond me. Get over it.
Actually, it just annoys me when you feel the need to critique something (in this case 80s music) you know nothing about, and that you can't even be bothered to familiarize yourself with it, even though you fancy yourself a "music fan". But for someone who supposedly cares about music, you sure seem to have a disdain for everything that falls outside of your limited comfort zone. It's like calling yourself a culinary expert when all you eat is McDonald's, Burger King, & Wendy's. Most of the time I'm just trying to get you to broaden your horizons, but since you're so uncomfortable with that, have fun with the excitement you'll get from listening to the same three sub-genres of music for the rest of your life.
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Originally posted by jonathanbrisby: I believe the question then becomes what's worse, musicians trying to be actors or actors trying to be musicians. Whatever the outcome, it's nearly always painfully humorous. At least some of them know they're hams....
Hey man, I agree with you, but if I was a famous actor, I would definitely use my pull to record an album. Vice versa if I was a big musician. Hell, if Sony came banging on my door to record an album right now, I would do it in a second, regardless of how bad it may suck.
The only shame is that us regular folk will likely never get the chance. I'm sure everyone on here would record an album if they had the opportunity.
When I discovered that RJD2 sampled Elliott Smith's "I Didn't Understand" for his song "Ghostwriter".
I like them both but wow, that was a drastic change.
------ Aren't there any girls out their who like good music? I need to and want to meet them. My favorite bands are Overkill River, The Nife, Songs:Ohio, and Nuetral Milk Hotel. Please let me know if your into indy music and like to go to show's and drink beer's and makeout.
"Any way you look at it, the 80's was a shitty decade. Fucking Ronald Reagan was president. And Thatcher in England. Latin Americans were slaughtered by the hundred-thousands by US-led forces. I can't say there wasn't any good music because I haven't listened to enough 80's music, but I do know that there was a whole lot of bad music."
I suggest that you read "Rip It Up And Start Again" by Simon Reynolds, especially the New Pop section.
My contribution? Shihad changing their name to Pacifier, then changing it back to Shihad. The people who made them change their name in the first place were Goddamn ****ing wuss-bag Yankee corporate cowards.
How about Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees teaming up for a craptastic film based on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Why the soundtrack featured more cuts from Abbey Road always puzzled me. Aerosmith's cover of "Come Together" still gets some occasional play on the local classic rock station here.
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1989: The Grammys introduce the new best hard rock/heavy metal performance. Metallica, Jane's Addiction, and Iggy Pop are all nominated for fine albums, but lose the Grammy to...
70s prog rockers Jethro Tull.
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When that show Who Wants to be a Millionaire was new and really popular, that was the final question for some guy going for a million. He walked away I think, and I was jumping up and down screaming "Jethro Tull!!"
I remember being disappointed when the Grammies awarded that because I was a middle schooler in love with Metallica and couldn't believe Jethro Tull of all freaking bands beat them.
I was flipping through the newest Decibel magazine at work last night and came across an interview with Glenn Danzig. As per usual there is always something stupid or hilarious coming out of his mouth. I'll quote him here:
"I believe in instant justice..." "I should have the right to kill someone if they fuck with me."
I can't believe I forgot this gem, but I just heard the song on the radio:
1985 - John Fogerty (of CCR fame) gets sued for plagiarizing himself. Saul Zaentz, who owned the publishing rights to CCR's catalog, tried to sue Fogerty on the grounds that his '85 hit "The Old Man Down The Road" sounded too similar to his 1970 hit "Run Through The Jungle". Fogerty won his case by taking his guitar on the witness stand and playing the two songs back to back.
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Originally posted by Mike: I nominate...Michael Jackson!
I can't think of a Michael Jackson moment outside the Pepsi commercial that would fall under the "most ridiculous" umbrella. Everything else was perpetrated by an alleged pedophile who also happened to be a pop star.
