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Musicians/bands that take themselves way too seriously

Posted on 10/24/22 at 2:49 pm
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
4921 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 2:49 pm
Who are some musicians or bands that, regardless of whether you like the music or not, take themselves way too seriously.

My initial offerings are Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder (like them both), War on Drugs/Adam Granduciel (like them both), and Taylor Swift (who I dislike).
This post was edited on 10/24/22 at 2:50 pm
Posted by sertorius
Third Plebeian
Member since Oct 2008
1565 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 3:01 pm to
Old news, I know, but I love the way Don Henley explains that the chord progression that Don Felder came up with for Hotel California was anything but the essence of the entire song.

Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
69331 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 3:08 pm to
Metallica
My Chemical Romance
Fleetwood Mac
Nirvana
U2
This post was edited on 10/24/22 at 3:12 pm
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
3603 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 3:33 pm to
Arcade Fire. Just peep the track listing from their latest record and tell me this group doesn't savor the smell of their own farts...

1. "Age of Anxiety I"
2. "Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)"
3. "Prelude"
4. "End of the Empire I–III"
5. "End of the Empire IV (Sagittarius A*)"
6. "The Lightning I"
7. "The Lightning II"
8. "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)"
9. "Unconditional II (Race and Religion)"
10. "We"

There's a "Prelude," no less than FOUR sets of tracks with chapters, several songs with parenthesis in their titles, and a song subtitled "Race and Religion." Exhausting.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86462 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 3:38 pm to
quote:

Metallica
Fleetwood Mac
Nirvana
I guess I don't understand the thread.

quote:

U2


Wait, maybe I do.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46698 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 3:50 pm to
pretty sure roger waters is the answer here
Posted by contraryman
Earth
Member since Dec 2007
2024 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 4:02 pm to
Ok. I will play.

Dixie chicks (or whatever they call themselves now)
Green Day
REM (in particular Michael Stipe)
Bruce Springsteen
Crosby, Stills, Nash
Midnight Oil
Patty Smith
Plus the ones from above. Pearl Jam and U2 especially.

In fact any entertainer that is a high school drop out that thinks because they have a forum for change. frick all of them.

Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
3603 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 4:13 pm to
quote:

Metallica


These days, I don't think Metallica takes themselves seriously enough.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
28376 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 5:16 pm to
quote:

pretty sure roger waters is the answer here

Correct. Bono, Springsteen, Neil Young.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
154263 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 5:23 pm to
Any band that describes itself as "progressive" or considers what they do to be "art"
Posted by DR93Berlin
Member since Jul 2020
1552 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 5:43 pm to
Billy Corgan
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
27590 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 6:14 pm to
Started at point A with the Beatles. They basically imploded because of the egos.

U2 is a good example.
Posted by ldts
Member since Aug 2015
2870 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 6:46 pm to
Dave Mustaine
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
46425 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 6:53 pm to
A shite-ton of rappers
Posted by mikelsu15
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2006
1591 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 7:52 pm to
U2

Posted by wasteland
City of peace
Member since Apr 2011
5915 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 7:55 pm to
All the jam bands
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
24704 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 8:45 pm to
That revivalist guy
Moby
Michael stype
This post was edited on 10/24/22 at 8:46 pm
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 8:52 pm to
quote:

Ok. I will play.

Dixie chicks (or whatever they call themselves now)
Green Day
REM (in particular Michael Stipe)
Bruce Springsteen
Crosby, Stills, Nash
Midnight Oil
Patty Smith
Plus the ones from above. Pearl Jam and U2 especially.



You didn't just play. You won. That's a solid list.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77815 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 9:21 pm to
Foals
Posted by tigeroarz1
Winston-Salem, NC
Member since Oct 2013
3818 posts
Posted on 10/24/22 at 9:31 pm to
quote:

Billy Corgan
Smashing Pumpkins had a residency at a smaller Asheville venue about 15 years ago. Their PA went out and the venue had a hard time figuring it out. I really thought Billy would freak out but he was cool about it and the Smashing Pumkins played like 5 Beatles songs in a row until they got it back working.
This post was edited on 10/24/22 at 9:32 pm
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