The Roundup: Jeter Rules, Get Your Free Bucs Tickets, White Chocolate’s Back, Miggy as MVP
Baseball, College Basketball, College Football, ESPN, Golf, Mike Vick, NBA, NFL, Politics, Video August 20th. 2009, 8:00am
Brooklyn Decker in GQ … man whistles at three women, they proceed to beat him up … Beyonce, bikini, yes … you won’t text and drive after seeing this video … assuming this is real (see dateline), how can you admit that to police? … to sit Johan, to not to Johan, that is the question … “Squeaking by on $300,000” … spend a few minutes voting on the Suns dance team … man stole over $100k worth of DVD porn … always thought the L train sucked, but we never saw anything like this … liquor sales in Ohio set a state record … yes, Steven Tyler has seen better days …
Joe Posnanski has now deemed Derek Jeter a Golden God, offensively and defensively, so back off. (SI)
Dying his hair makes him look like the lovechild of Tom Arnold and Bono. (Sports Hernia)
No Vick jerseys will be sold in Dick’s sporting goods … they’re selling like hotcakes at Modell’s. (Philly Inquirer)
Fendi Onobun is the new Greg Paulus. Arizona hoops to Houston football. (2nd n’ short)
But are free tickets to a Bucs game worth anything? (Joe Bucs Fan)
College Hoops Gameday next year: It only crosses the Mississippi twice. (Rush the Court)
Jason Williams, aka White Chocolate, returns to the NBA and signs with the Magic. (ESPN)
John Feinstein recalls bonding with Robert Novak over college basketball. (Feinstein on the Brink)
Who’s ready to go 10 rounds over this UBS decision? Where are people stashing their money now? (Wash Post)
Nice analysis piece here on South Koreans and golf. (NY Times)
Making the MVP case for Miguel Cabrera. (M-Live)
First saw this on the Daily Show last night. Awesome.
The UMass mascot turned up at a blogger’s wedding.
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August 20th, 2009 at 8:09 am
for the early risers
http://twitpic.com/ek65m
August 20th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Steven Tyler looks like Norman Bates’s mom.
Nice roundup TBL.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:12 am
posted that squeaking by on 300,000 story on sunday…i’ll email next time, thought it was an interesting read…
August 20th, 2009 at 8:13 am
How is this possible?
August 20th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Brooklyn Decker > Beyonce.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:18 am
I love the shit out of Aubrey O’Day
August 20th, 2009 at 8:20 am
That’s racist
/I really don’t know who I would pick
August 20th, 2009 at 8:23 am
This reminded me of a Jason Lee monologue in Chasing Amy, but I don’t remember enough of it to quote it.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Aerosmith sucks, has always sucked, and will continue to suck long after he’s dead.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:25 am
The picture of Steven Tyler was brutal! Dude looks like a lady.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:26 am
When did Steven Tyler morph into Ruth Bader Ginsberg?
August 20th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Yeah, but damn are they both hot.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:30 am
I’m shocked that you have not seen this before, but yeah, it’s priceless. The Daily Show killed Fox News yesterday.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Steven Tyler: More proof that heroin and booze can be bad for you.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:32 am
yeah, maybe i have seen it before and just forgot?
thanks, Dirt. Consider probably 1/3 of the links are from you …
that surviving on 300k story is a great read. think back a few years. when you were fresh out of college making 30k (or less). now think to the present day. how the hell did you survive?
August 20th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Brooklyn Decker… the new Marissa Miller.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:38 am
“Squeaking by on $300,000”
No doubt. I look @ all the shit my wife and I “need” and its embarrassing.
I grew up in the single parent/latch key blah blah and mom made dirt and got it done somehow.
Seems like once you get settled in with a luxury it doesn’t take long before its a mandatory part of life. It frightens you to think about doing without.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:39 am
is that really steven tyler? he’s not long for this world if that is.
can’t see that daily show video, but i loved how he detroyed cnn the other day for their new segments, “Just Sayin’!” and “what the…?!?!?”
August 20th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Steven Tyler > Brooklyn Decker
August 20th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Did they kill MSNBC over this embarrassment too?
/fair and balanced
That WaPo article was pretty good, someone linked it in the comments the other day. That lady needs to get on the Dave Ramsey program.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:42 am
One of the better side by sides the Daily Show has done in a long time was the recent Glenn Beck one where he is repeating the party line that we have ‘the best healthcare system in the world’ then showing the videos of him after surgery saying how horrific the healthcare system is, acting like he’s near death.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Did they kill MSNBC over this embarrassment too?
/fair and balanced
Not that I’ve seen, they destroyed CNN acouple of days ago though.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:46 am
That was awesome. My wife was watching with me and she was cracking up when they would play video of the CNN chick dropiing, “just saying.” over and over. CNN is so bad and MSNBC and FOX are in the tank for the left and right respectively. Why do people watch cable news?
I an’t watch the video, but I have no doubt it is MSNBC embarrassing themselves, but that does not change the fact that Fox News is being hypocritical in almost everything they say about health care. I’m not saying that MSNBC is any different, but Fox takes it to a higher level.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Re: The UBS article: I only wish there was a tax plan out there that eliminated loopholes, and the subsequent need for offshore tax havens for tax dodgers.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:48 am
That man is so batshit crazy. Surely rational conservatives don’t watch his show, right? It has to be the crazies.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:48 am
For some reason it won’t let me comment, but check out the first few comments on the video Mike posted. Specifically the one about how the media ignores minorities raping white women.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I read that story on Sunday and it didn’t really make me feel bad for her. She gets 75K a year from the hubby. That is more than most people make in a year AND she has a nice salary of her own. This story only runs in the Washington Post and gets away with it. This story wouldn’t fly in Detroit, NO, or any midwest city.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:50 am
moleman, i love ya for #21, but aerosmith sucks? c’mon man. having typed thatt, i do believe that it’s useless to argue over things like good/bad music
August 20th, 2009 at 8:50 am
This makes perfect sense…and it will never happen.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:51 am
August 20th, 2009 at 8:52 am
TBL, JerseyYo and other northeastern staters, are you worried about the hurricane since it could swing pretty close?
August 20th, 2009 at 8:52 am
How about everything Aerosmith has done since 1995 has sucked? Can we agree on that?
August 20th, 2009 at 8:53 am
boo-hoo for them.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Not really, its supposed to only affect the tides at the beaches… and this ian’t gonna be a good weekend for the beach anyway
August 20th, 2009 at 8:56 am
I do feel like this national scourge doesn’t get enough air play. When will the media get around to protecting our white women?
August 20th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Wow. If a minority rapes a white girl the cable news channels go into crisis mode. Nancy Grace would go apeshit.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:59 am
daily show has been on fire lately, mostly because the republicans on talk radio keep pushing the envelope with more and more stupid junk every week.
can’t believe not one of the 50 jeter haters on this site have tried to take on the joe posnanski piece.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Millionaires also bad for white women.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:59 am
I guess I meant it was interesting in the fact that the woman isn’t in touch with how most people live around her. I think in 2007, 1.93% of HOUSEHOLDS in the United States had incomes over 250,000, leaving the millions of other households and not to mention renters in the dust. She wants to keep living the lifestyle she had before when she enjoyed combined incomes. I thought the article would generate loads and loads of disgust from the middle and lower classes, because she doesn’t know what it means to truly sacrifice. Using a fucking coupon at ann taylor, is really “living within your means”.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Regrards to that article:
Does anyone else here own a pair of true religion jeans or any pair over 100 bucks. I don’t think I have one pair of jeans that hasn’t come from Old Navy and cost over 25 bucks.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:59 am
link
August 20th, 2009 at 9:00 am
good call.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:00 am
I don’t even own a pair of jeans!
August 20th, 2009 at 9:01 am
TBL, i thought there was a post or a quick hit on “Jeets” yesterday? actually, i think there was both, one of them resulting in a retarted argument comparing Jeter to honus wagner
August 20th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Very true, but let’s remember he’s 61 years old. Healthier men than Tyler have been long dead before 61.
I read this story. You owe me for the $3.00 breakfast burrito that I puked up after reading it. There is not one single sympathetic angle in that story.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:01 am
re: storm … not going to be at the beach this weekend. hope it doesn’t ruin the mets/phillies game sunday.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Scrub in basketball, will probably play in the NFL. Once again proving that NBA players are the best athletes in the world.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:02 am
stern fans/haters:
2 of the top 3 google trends were on the show this AM.
im surprised AJ Bailey wasn’t. be careful googling her, tho
August 20th, 2009 at 9:02 am
it’s a democracy…50 > 1
August 20th, 2009 at 9:03 am
spence, what do you like, music wise? hawkeye 19, I’m with you. as soon as they got into ballad mode, it was over
August 20th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Seeing as how Mets and Phillies fans will be there, it’s too late.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Yeah, this killed me too. What is missing in your life that you need to pay $100 for a pair of jeans? Aren’t jeans an article of clothing that started off as having to be affordable for a working man?
August 20th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Honus Wagner is one of the top ten players of all time. The level of ignorance it takes to even begin to compare him to Jeter is more disturbing than what’s been going on with our white women.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:05 am
i only wear kilts so i dunno if im qualified to answer this.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:05 am
The thing is I don’t think they will have much pull with Swiss banks that don’t operate in the US. UBS does so they are much more susceptible. People who really want to hide their money will take it to countries with poor or no regulation and risk having chunks or all of it turn up missing.
The funny thing is, if these accounts have been held only a few years (2000-present) and were invested, not just held in interest bearing accounts, it’s possible they don’t have any unreported income but rather unreported losses.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:06 am
I’d rather listen to the death rattle of a baby panda than listen to Tyler scream into the microphone. Cock rock hair band garbage before cock rock hair band garbage had a name.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:07 am
love to see keith richards and steven tyler in a face-off
reminds me of the old leprosy-hockey joke
August 20th, 2009 at 9:07 am
@johndewar:
the most i spent on jeans as $28 for a pair of calvin klein jeans at their outlet store. originally $85, marked down to $35, then another 30% off. most comfortable pair of jeans i’ve ever owned.
a child “needing” a $100 pair of jeans makes me sick.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:07 am
i was a music major in college so im a huge music snob…classic jazz, prog rock/metal, country, baroque and other classical, soul, funk, jam bands…
pretty much everything aside from aerosmith, lynard skynard and the beatles.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Aerosmith was good when they were strung out on H and blow in the 70s.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:08 am
TBL rule no. 217 states that you never, EVER ask spencer about music.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Why do I want to believe you really do probably only wear kilts and like plaid shorts
/NTTAWWT
August 20th, 2009 at 9:09 am
i only wear kilts so i dunno if im qualified to answer this.
Spencer is ashamed of his $120 banana jeans that he bought with a hole in them already.
Also, if anybody sees Mrejr, please tell him that he gets to reach into my internet point man purse today and take a few, for saying “Honus Pageviews” yesterday. I was very amused by that.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Yep, That’ll be a ten yard penalty for musical snobbery.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Memphis hoops just got their record 38 wins taken away.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Most overrated band ever.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:11 am
moleman, i agree that screaming is not cool most of the time, but there was plenty of aerosmith tunes without screaming. no need to argue this point. what do you like?
August 20th, 2009 at 9:12 am
10 yards for not having the wool pulled over my eyes by every music critic ever who doesn’t want to admit that the beatles were more overrated than big ben, kobe and derek jeter combined?
August 20th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Most overrated band ever.
most overrated cool guy opinion ever.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:13 am
There are some Aerosmith songs I like, but overall I just find them generic as hell. I mean I know they’re called the ‘greatest American rock band of all time’ but that’s like being the best football team in the Big Ten.
From a comparable time frame of careers, my favorite band of that era is Pink Floyd.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:13 am
@spencer – I can understand someone’s dislike for Skynard based on their mascot status in the south, but Freebird, Curtis Lowe, and Simple Man are three tremendous songs that deserve credit. I was born and raised in Alabama and a fan/graduate, but I want to puke when I hear Sweet Home Alabama.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:14 am
the beatles -Most overrated band ever.
This is revisionist history.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:14 am
i like silver tab jeans. they are a bit expensive for me, but I only buy a pair maybe once a year
August 20th, 2009 at 9:14 am
If it wasn’t for The Who, Aerosmith would be the biggest sellout, corporate fraud, would give any TV show or commercial their music for five dollars, shell of their former selves in the history of rock music.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:16 am
spence, we can agree on most music i bet, and i didn’t pay for a music degree. my blog is senyormadre.blogspot. you’ll only be interested if you have kids and breathe oxygen. am i allowed to plug?
August 20th, 2009 at 9:16 am
re: skynard…gimme back my bullet and saturday night special are their two greatest songs. freebird is a musical abortion…any guitar solo, scratch that, ANY solo that lasts over 2 minutes and doesn’t change keys is straight up musical masturbation.
it’s FACT.
i wrote a thesis paper on why the beatles ruined music that got me an A in a class i attended 8 times for an entire semester…i’ll just email you that.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:17 am
@jay: i agree, i think that can be applied to 99% of all bands from the 60’s/70’s/80’s that are still hanging around.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:18 am
What about this guy
August 20th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Anyone listen to The Band?
August 20th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Lacoste – $130. My wife had a great year. Probably the first pair bought in 3-4 years.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:19 am
ok, what’s the most underrated band ever? Beard, two of those three LS songs you love i think are the only the most played. I can’t stand freebird. Down south jukin, that smell, the hunter, them’s for me
August 20th, 2009 at 9:19 am
vezina…for some reason my work is blocking it…i’ll check it out this evening.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:21 am
gimme back my bullet
Wow I thought I was the only person in my generation who likes this song
August 20th, 2009 at 9:21 am
what genre?
if we’re talking big name rock bands…i’d say queen is pretty underrated. they were fucking geniuses and don’t get the credit that gets heaped upon the beatles.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:21 am
spence, i appreciate it. only have about 14 posts so far, started after being laid off in June.
MSu spartan, i think Old people listen to the Band
August 20th, 2009 at 9:22 am
the beatles -Most overrated band ever.
Whether you like them or not, they are the most influential band ever.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:22 am
I can’t speak for the cool-guy masses, but I have always thought the Beatles were all hype. I’m not saying that I don’t like every one of their songs, because there are some that I do like, but I don’t get all of the fawning over them.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:22 am
I’ll agree with you that they became the most overrated band in their later years. But up through Rubber Soul, they stack up against Zeppelin, Sabbath, anybody.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Shaq is such a bitch.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:24 am
joe namath was the most influential QB of the early super bowl era…doesn’t make him an actual good QB tho, no matter how many times they show that highlight.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:25 am
I’m 20, and fucking love them. I had to go buy their dvd, The Last Waltz.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:27 am
never thought queen was underrated. best part of Highlander the series was the opening credit and the Queen song.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:27 am
yea…that concert was amazing.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:30 am
I second the underrating of Queen.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:30 am
That song fucking rocks.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Genesis
August 20th, 2009 at 9:31 am
underrated in the big picture? probably not, seeing as they’re widely popular.
but when people mention the all time heavy bands…led zep, beatles, pink floyd, the who, etc…queen is rarely mentioned, and if they are, it’s not until way down the list. i guess i should’ve said they’re relatively underrated.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:31 am
FREEEEEBIIIIIRRRRDDDD!!!!!!
August 20th, 2009 at 9:32 am
joe namath was the most influential QB of the early super bowl era…doesn’t make him an actual good QB tho, no matter how many times they show that highlight.
Spence – I love ya, but the doesn’t make sense.
The Last Waltz… good shit. My favorite story about that concert is that Scores Easy had to re-edit Neil Young singing because he had a big glob of coke hanging out his nose.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:32 am
what genre?
if we’re talking big name rock bands…i’d say queen is pretty underrated. they were fucking geniuses and don’t get the credit that gets heaped upon the beatles.
Bingo, Queen is tits. Big ones too.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:32 am
A few months ago, Maxim crowned Aerosmith as the greatest American band of all-time. At first I was appaled, but if you think about it, there aren’t many others who could top them. Initially I would say Van Halen, but they didn’t have staying power. I can really only think of Chicago.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:33 am
spence, you’re not a fan of the beatles, what about Elvis?
August 20th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Queen was the biggest band on the planet. They took a huge PR hit in the 80s when it was found out Freddy was gay. That was a different time, children. That shit didn’t play back then. I will second that they are currently an underrated band, but back in the day they were huge.
/JPQ’d
August 20th, 2009 at 9:34 am
@St.Bear: do you have a link? I’m curious to see everyone else on that list.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:35 am
elvis is tits.
and i forgot to mention the band i hate the most above all others…KISS. if KISS never existed, the world would be a better place.
van halen is a great choice, but i’d go with guns’n'roses…it’s the rock and roll culture…why should we expect staying power from bands that are fueled by cocaine and cognac? shit…we demand that stuff.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:36 am
kc, Neil Young in the dvd was amazing. And yes, he was obviously on another planet after all that coke.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Somehow forgot about GNR. That’s a fine choice.
Would Nirvana also go on that list?
August 20th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Says something that we are talking about music into the triple digits and the Kiflin video gets a handful of responses. Mainly that it’s socially unacceptable to masturbate at work.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:38 am
GNR, feel old everytime I hear them on XM Classic Rock station 49.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:39 am
I don’t see why bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, RHCP, can’t be considered. It’s not like Aerosmith stopped cranking out Alicia Silverstone videos in 1985.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:39 am
I don’t think it was a list. They did an article on Steven Tyler, and referred to Aerosmith as the Greatest American Band.
More bands that should be considered is the Beach Boys, and unfortunately Green Day. As much as they suck now, you can’t deny their popularity, and they’re still pumping out platinum records.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:40 am
1. I don’t think the Beatles are overrated, but it depends what you are asking of a band. They weren’t the greatest individual musicians ever. But, the song-writing of Lennon and McCartney was astounding. In a fickle world like pop music, particularly at that point, to put out song after song after song after song that were that good is insane.
2. I wholeheartedly agree with Queen being underrated. I think part of the issue was that they lost popularity in the States midway through their career. So people here don’t place them in the same caliber with Zeppelin.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Guns ‘n’ Roses? Ugh. Talk about overrated. And the fact that they went through the critical looking glass to the point of endless Chuck Klosterman fappage, unbelievable. GnR couldn’t hold Van Halen’s sweaty stretch pants.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:40 am
nirvana was the first band i ever really got into, but i’d say no.
personally…my favorite american band is the allman brothers, but i don’t think they’re big enough to qualify in the grand scheme of things. maybe grateful dead? they certainly had enough followers and popularity and were pretty damn good…food for thought.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:42 am
You know who else I cannot stand? Bruce Springsteen. And his non union Mexican equivalent, Bon Jovi.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:43 am
You know who else I cannot stand? Bruce Springsteen. And his non union DIGNIFIED LATINO AMERICAN equivalent, Bon Jovi.
Jesus this moderation is dumb.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:43 am
nirvana – too short a shelf life
pearl jam – too eclectic
RHCP – they haven’t made a good album since one hot minute…i’ll even go a step farther…they haven’t made an album worth the materials it’s printed on since one hot minute. i want to punch john frusciante, flea and anthony keidis in the face.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:43 am
The Doors also.
My list:
1. Chicago – especially before the first singer died
2. Doors
3. Van Halen
4. Beach Boys
5. Green Day – I hate myself for having them this high
6. GNR – I would love to have them higher, but they only put out 2 solid albums (Appetite and half of the Use Your Illusions)
August 20th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Bite your tongue. Green day fucking sucks.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:44 am
seriously?
TELL me you don’t get goosebumps when you hear the guitar intro to sweet child of mine.
van halen and GNR are on the same level of rock god awesomeness.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:45 am
BACK THE FUCK OFF…
August 20th, 2009 at 9:45 am
The Beach Boys are underrated.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:46 am
i’d put them no. 1 based on the “gale sayers corollary…”
they were so fucking good for that short time, that it doesn’t matter that they had such a short run of brilliance.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Fuck that. They put out as many studio albums as Hendrix did when he was alive and that doesn’t stop people from considering him one of the greatest.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:47 am
definitely.
pet sounds is one of the best studio albums ever.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Alabama? Nitty Gritty Dirt Band?
/JerseyYo
August 20th, 2009 at 9:48 am
I understand your point, and agree to disagree based on how I interpret the rankings. I forgot about RHCP, they’d be in the 4-5 range, ahead of Green Day.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Appetite for Destruction is a GREAT album, but the rest of their career…
GNR became too big too fast. They had already lost it by the time “November Rain” came out. That song is horrible.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:49 am
are you really comparing fucking nirvana to HENDRIX?!?!?!
hendrix was like aliens coming to earth…nobody had ever even THOUGHT of the shit he was doing. think of how the guitar has evolved since hendrix rocked everyone’s shit…that can’t go underestimated.
nirvana didn’t change the face of music nearly as drastically.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:49 am
GNR would have lasted longer if not every member of the band was their own, individual cancer. I love Slash, but he was just as bad as Axl was.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:49 am
i want to punch john frusciante, flea and anthony keidis in the face.
I’ll be there to knee them in the nuts.
Thank god no one over 50 is here or someone would be hollering for The Eagles.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Look, I’ve had a rough night, and I fucking hate the Eagles, man.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:52 am
haha Clown, +1
August 20th, 2009 at 9:52 am
he used to own the sweetest house in the town I live in.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:54 am
seriously tho, the Judds put up some haymakers in the 80s and early 90s
August 20th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Exactly. Hendrix altered the genre more than any other rock musician. He changed what every rock band at that time was going. You look at every band, whether it is the Beatles, Stones, The Who. Their music changed when they encountered him. Everything post-1967 was much harder and much more guitar driven.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Rolling Stone had Jack White ranked higher than Frusciante on the greatest guitarist list. Abortion.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:54 am
The story about how that intro originated as Slash fucking around as a joke and Axl immediately jumping on it and saying “fuck yeah that’s what we need” is pretty funny.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:56 am
and it doesn’t stop with rock either…hendrix was one of the main inspirations for miles davis experimenting with electronic instruments and ushered in the jazz fusion era. and classical composers heard what he was doing and they went apeshit.
fucking meetings…god damnit.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:57 am
I think the interesting point is that there really isn’t an American band that can hold a candle to the bands from the UK. There are so many great bands from overseas, and we can’t come up with one?
On the otherhand, America seems to have a plethora of individual musical icons (Hendrix, Elvis, BB King, Coltrane, etc.).
August 20th, 2009 at 9:57 am
don’t even go there…that list was TERRIBLE. i think van halen, one of the 5 greatest guitarists in HISTORY was in the 70’s, if i remember correctly.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Van Halen, Allman Brothers, GNR, Beach Boys. All of whom take a back seat to Elvis.
Queen was great, but every time I hear Radio Ga-Ga on the radio I want to cry, and not in a good way.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:58 am
i agree with all of that.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:59 am
See my comment from earlier. Best American band = Big Ten Champion.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:00 am
I remember when that list came out. I worked with a guy just like Spence (music major/snob), and he was so upset he could barely talk about it.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Dude that stole the porn looks like that guy who is nailing Drew Berrymore
August 20th, 2009 at 10:01 am
youre a piece of shit
August 20th, 2009 at 10:03 am
You sir are a crazy person. From uplift mofo party plan all the way to stadium arcadium goodness positively spews forth from the RHCP.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:05 am
My point about RHCP, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam isn’t that they’re the greatest, rather that I think bands from my generation should be considered. People act like you have to have thirty years of albums to be considered the best. But really, when was the last time the Rolling Stones put out a good album?
August 20th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Seriously. The only thing I get from listening to “Sweet Child O’ Mine” is irritated.
Where are The Stooges? The MC5? X? Black Flag? Velvet Underground?
August 20th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Van Halen would need a stool to kisss GNR’s ass. (runs away and hides)
August 20th, 2009 at 10:07 am
i am going to go listen to some pink floyd.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:07 am
So we can consider Hendrix’s influence but dismiss the Beatles?
August 20th, 2009 at 10:09 am
@sparty:
good idea. The wall or dark side…hmmm…
August 20th, 2009 at 10:09 am
You should only listen to Piper at the Gates of Dawn, after that they got too corporate.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:09 am
you guys are old.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:10 am
You were correct through “uplift mofo party plan” and then that sentence went to hell.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Hendrix got big in England before coming here though. not sure what that means in the discussion, but had he not built a rep over there, no one would have listened to him over here.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Coma
Seeing Velvet Revolver live was probably the best concert experience of my life.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:13 am
Wait one. You can make the argument that Nirvana changed the face of rock almost as much as Hendrix.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:13 am
CRm where did you see them?
I’d love to get to a show when they get back on the road.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Completely forgot to throw another band that is miles better than Aerosmith into the mix. Talking Heads.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Pink Floyd’s best begins and ends with Animals
August 20th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Saw them in Amherst when they were touring the first album. Weiland is out now (He’s back with STP) and they’re looking for a new singer.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Co-signed
August 20th, 2009 at 10:19 am
I don’t know if it’s due to the media or the way tastes have changed, but it seems that bands in the last 10-15 years can’t constantly put out high quality albums. I honestly think that part of it is due to such the huge exposure that they get from early on (MTV, VH1, iTunes, YouTube).
Even the really great bands like Pearl Jam and STP dropped off considerably after their 2nd albums.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:19 am
was never a huge fan of weiland in the band. i’ve heard rumors that VR has actually offered to a few singers only to be turned down. also heard they were real close a couple weeks ago.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:22 am
hendrix’s influence went beyond songwriting…it seeped into theory, individual virtuosity and equipment and revolutionized the future of an entire instrument, one which every single rock band has used.
the beatles influence is pretty limited to songwriting, as far as im concerned.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:22 am
It’ll probably end up being Daughtry. What a world.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Coma was such a fucking awesome song. Double Talking Jive, Right next door to hell, Yesterdays.. Good stuff.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:24 am
which is what i have playing.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:24 am
animals is my favorite album by theirs, but damn did they have a lot of great shit…meddle, dark side, wish you were here…
August 20th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Nickelback? Creed? Limp Bizkit?
/msuspartan
August 20th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Meddle on repeat was my white sound when i slept.
I once used to use Money as my alarm.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:28 am
i have no idea what people were thinking with limp bizkit. i just remember thinking faith sounded awesome as a sophmore in high school, but i hear it now and realize how god awful it was.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:30 am
it means that hendrix should be considered british. his whole band was british, he used british equipment, his early stuff sounded british…the only thing that wasn’t from england, was him.
it’s a pretty valid point…he would’ve sounded completely different had he started a band with americans and started his career in new york or chicago.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Time was a better one to use. Really got your butt out of bed.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:30 am
threadjack/
Plax pleads guilty, two years in jail
/end tj
August 20th, 2009 at 10:31 am
rush’s tom sawyer is mine right now.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Never.
DMB, People Under the Stairs, Gang Starr, and The Band are all on repeat right now.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Allow me to speak some truth:
Aerosmith : Some decent stuff in the 70s, useless thereafter. Joe Perry is a great guitarist who wasted his talents
Queen: Gimme a break. I dig Brian May, but they put out a LOT of crap. They aren;t even remotely in the discussion for most underrrated band ever.
Van Halen & GNR : They both rock. Hard.
Beatles: Overrated? Maybe. Great band? Obviously.
As for a couple of Moleman comments:
But really, when was the last time the Rolling Stones put out a good album?
Their last one (A Bigger Bang) was great. Bridges to Babylon was great. Voodoo Lounge was great. Late-era Stones records are absolutely, positively underrated…mainly because everyone expects them to suck, and they have such a massive legacy to live up to. But they rock.
Most underrated band of all time (from a general public perception) is probably The Band. The most underrated band, critically, is the Grateful Dead.
And of course the greatest artist of all time is Bob Dylan.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:36 am
True words.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:36 am
get the fuck out of here with that noise.
greatest artist of all time is unequivocally miles davis. anyone who tries to argue this is flat out wrong.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Can’t believe no one has mentioned Mother Love Bone.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:40 am
kind of blue should be required listening for everyone.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Brad Paisley.
/spencer096
August 20th, 2009 at 10:41 am
shirley, you cant be serious
August 20th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Californiacation is better than One Hot minute.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:43 am
he rocks.
like a heart attack.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Spence is serious. And don’t call him Shirley.
Remember Live? Somehow this discussion has me watching their videos on YouTube. Day = ruined.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:44 am
rchp now every song on their albums are good. their old cds there were usually 3 great songs and the rest shitty punk/jam songs.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Michael Jackson anyone?
August 20th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Put him in the group of individual artists that I mentioned earlier.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:51 am
I can’t really say GNR is underrated but most people don’t realize how incredible Appetite for Destruction is. There isn’t a bad song on that CD. I will argue until I am blue in the face that it is one of the top 5 greatest albums ever written.
I, personally, think Thin Lizzy is a fairly underrated band. Of course, I am speaking from a guitar stand point. You can thank them for every dual guitar harmony part of any rock song.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Carole King.
/Cousins of Ron Mexico
August 20th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Jimmy Page me please.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:03 am
i remember that creepy video with the pregnant lady. great song.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:19 am
sorry, but no. you can thank the allman brothers for that…duane allman, especially, since he was doing that with eric clapton on the derek and the dominoes album before thin lizzy broke it big.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Animal Collective.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Clutch > Everyone Else
August 20th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Coop Clutch does rule.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
LOVE animal collective. good call.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I am sticking with Thin Lizzy. Allman may have done some of it with D and the Domino’s but the process became common use thanks to Thin Lizzy. No shots at Allman.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
i’m a skinny sweaty man in a green suit
skinny sweaty man in a green suit.
wow, look what i started. music is fun
August 20th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Phoenix, Discovery, Ra Ra Riot, Owl City, Of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Mags, you’re gonna turn this into Obscure Band thread now? Cuz i can go if you want to go. Radio Birdman, Angel City, Rock City Angels, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Prinzhorn Dance School, The Debutanntes, and on and fuckin on
August 20th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
The Whigs, Dismemberment Plan, Kyuss….