Felonious Spunk
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Post by Felonious Spunk on Nov 15, 2019 14:46:42 GMT
I can name two Black Crowes songs, She Talks to Angels and Hard to Handle. The latter is a Blues Brothers-esque take on Otis Redding and the former is a still popular with muzak programmers for some reason. That's one more song than I can name of the Spin Doctors, so there's that.
(Also, the Amoreca cover was originally a Hustler cover in the 70s, so they can't even have credit for that.)
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Post by FabGear Prophylactic on Nov 24, 2019 6:15:39 GMT
Seems like Black Crowes fans are the kind of people who assume that they can speak authoritatively for the likes and dislikes of The Silent Majority. Uh huh. So, typical Shites. So yeah this planned mega-tour reunion bullshit will obviously end in (unsold) tears. Do they think they're as big as The Backstreet Boys?
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Post by Sanjay Gupton on Nov 24, 2019 15:36:54 GMT
I'm a big Stones fan, so there's a lot of crossover there. Crowes fans get their noses way out of joint when someone just dismisses them as also-rans or a footnote. It's pretty hard to not egg them on. For whatever reason, I seem to like Magpie Salute, which is the guitar player brother's band with an ex Crowes guitar player, Marc Ford. It's not groundbreaking or anything but I think they're pretty good. If they're done now that the brothers are back together it won't ruin my life, though. I've got two Magpie Salute albums and I feel like that's enough. I can't be catalog on everything.
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Post by FabGear Prophylactic on Dec 7, 2019 2:25:17 GMT
Their drummer seemed like a decent sort on his old talk radio show. I gather that his memoirs aren't flattering to his old bandmates.
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Post by hoofyflipflops on Dec 26, 2019 21:19:19 GMT
Their drummer seemed like a decent sort on his old talk radio show. I gather that his memoirs aren't flattering to his old bandmates. He could have called his book "The Black Crowes were the best band to never amount to shit because the 2-Man Clown Car named Robinson completely screwed the pooch. Over and over and over again."
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Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on Jan 2, 2020 18:19:21 GMT
ABKCO is the absolute, 100% worst company on the planet (after Apple Computers). It's a 500Hz tone that was applied to the studio tracks and they have seemingly c0ck teased us all and left the party. I hate them with steaming, hot passion.
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Jan 4, 2020 6:59:36 GMT
For what it's worth, fuck ABKCO.
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daved
Better than Steve
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Post by daved on Jan 4, 2020 12:08:10 GMT
How is Apple Computers the worst company? These fucking guys.
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Post by 5kbooster on Jan 17, 2020 6:30:54 GMT
Takes all kinds, but a dude with the user name "Nick Drake Fan" being a hardcore Crowes fan made me laugh. Yeah, the parallels between the two are uncanny. they’re BOTH Steve Marriott wannabes...
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Post by mintyjackhole on Jan 17, 2020 12:05:22 GMT
Takes all kinds, but a dude with the user name "Nick Drake Fan" being a hardcore Crowes fan made me laugh. Yeah, the parallels between the two are uncanny. they’re BOTH Steve Marriott wannabes... Ha... and only one of them sang with PP Arnold!
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Post by hoofyflipflops on Aug 21, 2021 4:24:38 GMT
POLL: The Black Crowes or The Robinson BrothersI've been reading a lot of posts here and on Facebook about whether or not this should be called a Black Crowes reunion or not and it's very divisive. Is it fair to call this a Black Crowes reunion with JUST the brothers, or do you need past band members. I personally feel that this is a cash grab and nothing more and not a legitimate BAND reunion. So what say you? The one positive thing you can say is that their fans are passionate. Just the Robinson Bothers [sic] does not The Black Crowes make. Legally, it's The Black Crowes. Morally, it's The Robinson Brothers. It's the Robinson Brothers to me, unless they put out some new music worthy of the Black Crowes. There’s a division in The Black Crowes fanbase? No ****ing way Also. No ****ing way is it The Black Crowes. No, it's not The Black Crowes as long as it excludes every other past member whose name isn't Robinson. It'd be one thing if they were all dead, but that's not the case. I'm sick of all this bitching, too. I've been recently getting back into the band's catalog and for me, this is great news and likely the highlight of the Budweiser Stage's concert line up next summer. This latest "reunion" is strictly a truce between the brothers to do something with the brand name to generate some cash flow. On Stern's show, Chris redacted the comments he had made a couple of years prior in regards to his kinship with his brother and the burying of the Black Crowes entity and nine times out of ten, when there was a problem within the band, usually it was always drawn back to Chris' attitude and demeanor whether between his brother or another band member, but usually the problems pointed in Chris' direction. Losing Neal Casal within Chris' Brotherhood solo project was a huge blow and perhaps death has shaken Chris up a bit with Neal's passing, coupled with the brothers' father, Stan having passed some time ago also, maybe rattled something in his head that he should try yo mend fences with his brother and it dawned on him that this "Black Crowes" thing is bigger than the two of them. The only thing that dumbfounds me about this latest lineup for these gigs is the blatant disregard of any key faces such as drummer Steve Gorman. Now when they reunited in '05, it DID take a few months before Steve was coaxed back into rejoining, which thankfully, he did, but calling it The Black Crowes for these Bowery gigs is a completely different approach to reunions of the past. For example, when they last toured in 2013, they did have another guitarist in Jackie Greene, but the rhythm section remained(Sven Pipien and Steve Gorman) as had in past formations. And the keyboard spot remained fulfilled by Harsh replacement Adam MacDougal; this latest philosophy doesn't follow the trend of reformations from the past, which is a bit odd, imo. That band is not the Black Crowes. It’s the Robinsons maximizing their income. Speaking of money though -it is a shame Rich kind of sidelined Marc and Sven and Magpie and didn't include them in this reunion! I can only imagine how they feel putting out an album they are proud of, only to get the surprise that they will not tour behind it because Rich is going back to the band they were also a part of and hiring other random people instead of them to save money lol That is why I am in the "Robinson brothers" as opposed to "legitimate band" camp, when things are not driven by a creative collective but monetary decisions that are of dubious nature, it ceases to be a "band" and more of a hired hand backing band thing I'm still of the opinion that it's not really the BC's with just two original members and a whole passel of previous partners being ignored. I totally agree I know there were lineup changes over the years before the breakup as well. But to me there is a difference between replacing a member while keeping it mostly in tact - and hiring ALL new random people with no connection to any of the Crowes' past When you ask any of them "where were you when _ was written", and none of them can answer it, it is no longer a band. It is a backing band of hired hands, branding or not it is not the same band Hardcore, long-time Crowes fan here. They should not be calling this a Black Crowes reunion. Learning to tolerate your brother to earn a few million dollars, whilst also sacking the rest of your bandmates of 30 years so you can replace them with compliant cheap Yes Men isn't "reforming" a band. It's a cynical commercial enterprise nobody really wanted apart from the brothers financial advisers. I guess they think because The Who & Queen are now a duo, they qualify to do the same and take all the loot. The big difference is every classic Crow apart from Harche is still alive which makes it even more distasteful. johnny99 works for Live Nation
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Post by NeverHeardOfEm on Aug 21, 2021 13:46:14 GMT
I don't care enough about the Black Crowes to finish reading all those quoted poats.
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Post by hoofyflipflops on Sept 28, 2021 18:14:53 GMT
I love the Black Crowes and wiseblood has never bothered me.
GodSHITEr, on the other hand...fuck THAT guy.
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Post by powerpoppackage on Apr 3, 2022 19:19:18 GMT
I'm reasonably certain that Wiseblood is posting lengthy diatribes about Rhino Records in a Monkees thread, and then agreeing with himself in equally lenghty diatribes as Danofdune. In case you were wondering.
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Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on Oct 17, 2022 18:00:01 GMT
I'm not even sure this fully gets to the crux of how miserably lame this presentation is, but it does bring up a fascinating point that I do love to point out often. For the bulk of the 1960's the Beatles were at the front of the pack in recording exploration and presentation. They mattered and you knew they mattered. The best part? They didn't come off as snooty or above anyone else. They just did what they did and did it very well. So well that they were the best in the bunch. That same energy has not been adopted by the Apple people over the years. As a matter of fact, Apple has been not just reactionary, but behind the times. I find it rather insulting to the legacy of the Beatles to be so soft in these conversations about media presentation. And certainly, so much has been done over the years and if the band had stayed together they too would have found themselves repeating their own work and ultimately falling behind their own progressive steps. Fine. I get it. But this video, like so much else with what Apple has done with the Beatles the last 15 years is so lacking in Beatle spirit. It goes to the Let It Be box with the stupid 7". It goes to the Abbey Road set that just felt rather underwhelming on the whole. The Beatles 1+ package that got ZERO publicity and support. The stupidity of the 2014 CD box set of US albums that amounted to people paying $100+ USD for artwork that surrounded the 2009 remasters (and US masters if they were so unique the 2009s couldn't suffice). The 2012 vinyl box that was an absolute nightmare. And perhaps the effort that is there reflects the audience they know will be all-in on these purchases and unfortunately for us, it's not as big as we may think or want to believe. I wish there was more care being taken with the Beatles work and it was more cutting edge and at the front of the pack rather than just being somewhere in the middle and reactionary. Kinda sucks.
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