Gene Simmons insults Radiohead

HughesJB4 wrote: ^If I were to do poo in bags and sell them and make poo popular, it's still poo isn't it? Enjoy the turd all you want, poke it, throw it in someone's eye, but that turd cannot be turned into gold or polished for that matter.

hahahhaha

give me a Rolls Royce .. and I'll abuse the hell out of it like my old '78 Chevy Monza and blow the f**ker up racing a Corvette...

one man's poo is another's gold.. and vice versa... 

the thing is brother.. calling it poo here in a prog forum will make your opinion sound better.. but calling it so does not make it so.  Some here turn their noses up at groups like AC/DC and Kiss simply because.. it is simple.. or appeals to the lowest denominator... but what you call poo.. is exactly what the rest of the rock population might say of our  music here .. in large part due to the fans.. who are too egg-headed to appreciate anything less than 5 minutes or with lyrics you don't need to be on drugs.. or have a college degree to interpret

micky wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: ^If I were to do poo in bags and sell them and make poo popular, it's still poo isn't it? Enjoy the turd all you want, poke it, throw it in someone's eye, but that turd cannot be turned into gold or polished for that matter. hahahhaha give me a Rolls Royce .. and I'll abuse the hell out of it like my old '78 Chevy Monza and blow the f**ker up racing a Corvette... one man's poo is another's gold.. and vice versa...  the thing is brother.. calling it poo here in a prog forum will make your opinion sound better.. but calling it so does not make it so.  Some here turn their noses up at groups like AC/DC and Kiss simply because.. it is simple.. or appeals to the lowest denominator... but what you call poo.. is exactly what the rest of the rock population might say of our  music here .. in large part due to the fans.. who are too egg-headed to appreciate anything less than 5 minutes or with lyrics you don't need to be on drugs.. or have a college degree to interpret

1800iareyay wrote: You know guys, I'm with Gene on this one. I don't shell out anywhere from 25-100 bucks for a ticket to basically watch 5 guys stand around like I'm watching footage of them in the studio. It's why I'd kill for Bruce Springsteen, King's X, and Peter Gabriel tickets but didn't really get excited when Porcupine Tree came to town. PT's live DVD is one of the best live prog DVDs, but only because of the music. Visually, there is no reason for me to watch my TV screen while it's on. While Gene is certainly just doing this to be Gene, he's got a point and if you look at the more commercially successful prog/related groups (Rush, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, etc.), the majority of them put on a killer show. Now, commercial gain shouldn't be the reason for doing it, but perhaps if more artists brought an energy to their live shows prog would have been or would be bigger.

 Right on!!! A stage show is especially critical to the success of a show! No stage show? Just buy the album, and save yourself some cash!
 It doesn't have to be all flash pots and blood. Iggy Pop put on the most compelling shows, all without the aid of special effects.
 It doesn't surprise me at all that a boring band, puts out a boring show.

Kind of like being insulted by Don Rickles. 

Kiss Sucks... But i have to admit, what He said was funny...

micky wrote: tardis wrote: Yeah baby, let's blow sh*t up!! Who gives a stuff about music quality?  and you imply KISS is NOT about musical quality... ' I hope the four guys who make up the group, whose names don't matter, are putting money away for the future.  The NEAR future, because KISS won't be around long' Seattle Daily Times May 27, 1974 what is quality... but for making music that people enjoy brother....

Funny how easy it is to prove how bad the music is that is made by groups who've managed to maintain their popularity ( I know that being popular is a bad thing in the eyes of many here) over a few decades.
Imagine if someone mentioned that the simple fact that some folks are still discovering & liking Faust's debut even after 3 decades is taken as proof of its' quality. Yet, Kiss, AC/DC, Zep, Elvis, Moody Blues and other such "mainstream" acts only serve as examples of the hoi polloi's inablilty to see through their lack of talent.

HughesJB4 wrote: Enjoy the turd all you want, poke it, throw it in someone's eye,

Saaay, you're not a chimpanzee by any chance?

He's dead right. I walked out halfway through a Radiohead gig because they were so boring and so poor.

I have no particular love for Kiss but I suspect I'd rather watch them than Radiohead any day.

I heard an amusing story on the radio today about a Kiss concert. Someone asked Gene the strangest thing anyone ever threw on stage, and he said that one time someone put a naked baby on stage. They stopped playing to avoid permanently damaging its hearing, but the parent refused to take the baby back until they all signed the baby.

Now, do you think a Radiohead concert was ever that interesting? ;-)

GoldenSpiral wrote: It's true guys! music is allowed to be fun!

No more fun! Fun is for people who cannot think of anything important to do!


Edited by Henry Plainview - June 17 2008 at 17:20

Haha, that might explain a lot.

I wouldn't go that far, since I really am not a fan of Kiss...but Thom does look extremely unpleasant in that picture.