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The 10 Biggest Classic Rock Douchebags
LA Weekly ^ | July 15, 2014 | Jonny Whiteside

Posted on 08/28/2014 3:33:39 PM PDT by EveningStar

While rock 'n' roll is necessarily classified as a form of pop music, it is actually an idiom whose radical, destructive primitivism established a new type of socio-cultural disorder. It's about rejection of the status quo and celebration of the dis-imprisonment it instills.

Always exploited for profit, rock's unmanageable aspects have been steadily diluted by a sinister, commercially driven course of revisionist myth-making. There is no acceptable role in the marketplace for radicals like Charlie Feathers, Poly Styrene, Lux Interior or Roky Erickson, but there's always room for the homogeneous, money-hungry, play-it-safe phonies on this list.

These douchebags all have one thing in common -- they screwed up rock 'n' roll, big time.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: bobdylan; brucespringsteen; carlossantana; classicrock; davidcrosby; douchebags; frankzappa; jerrygarcia; johnfogerty; johnlennon; loureed; philspector
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To: EveningStar

I like Santana.
The rest, especially Springsteen, can go pound sand for all I care.


81 posted on 08/28/2014 6:09:48 PM PDT by BlueNgold (Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
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To: Bullish

I’d agree, well about him being a singer, as a musician I can’t judge, but as a song writer I’d say he wrote some great ones. But, like I said, only up to a point.

“Sandy” is probably the greatest, it’s very ironic (maybe because I’m never sure what irony is) that that became the name of the worst storm to ever hit New Jersey.

But, it’s a very melancholy song, mostly about loss, so it’s appropriate.


82 posted on 08/28/2014 8:04:59 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: EveningStar

I think this is the kind of article you write if you’re Donny and Marie’s manager.


83 posted on 08/28/2014 8:09:59 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: Yardstick

LOL! Yea, what you said!


84 posted on 08/28/2014 8:17:06 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: EveningStar

A real talent, who has it all over Springsteen is Bob Seger. Great guy. Very underrated. BTW Seger has a new CD coming out on October 14th called “Ride Out”.


85 posted on 08/28/2014 9:06:54 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: God luvs America

i take exception with John Fogerty...


86 posted on 08/28/2014 9:29:38 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
The whole article was made with the mention of how John Lennon dumped a beer on Chris “Let’s Dance” Montez, a former Golden Gloves boxer, who proceeded to whup Lennon’s woman beating ass up one side and down the other.

i loved "Let's Dance..." it reminds me of my cousins' garage bands back in the day... along with Wooly Bully...

87 posted on 08/28/2014 9:32:30 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: HerrBlucher
The only one on that list I still listen to is Fogerty in his CCR days.

hear, hear!

88 posted on 08/28/2014 9:36:21 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: LongWayHome

Saw Bob Seger 3 times in concert at The Fabulous Forum in the early 80’s.


89 posted on 08/28/2014 9:40:43 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

I seen him on his recent tours in 2006, 2011, 2013. He’s held up well. Can’t hit the high notes any longer, but he’s 69 after all.


90 posted on 08/28/2014 10:43:30 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: LongWayHome

Kid Rock is the new Bob Seger.


91 posted on 08/29/2014 1:18:48 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: EveningStar

I fully agree on that listing, ES. ...They may have surfaced during the R&R era, but their music was not R&R.

Personally, I prefer the Rythym & Blues and Doo Wop music much more than R&R.


92 posted on 08/29/2014 2:02:51 AM PDT by octex
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To: EveningStar

You scraped the bottom of the barrel posting this hack ‘s crap.


93 posted on 08/29/2014 2:23:26 AM PDT by csvset
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To: Perdogg

Off-Topic — any new news about Bond 24? Start of filming, etc.

Is D. Radcliffe still looked at as a possibility for the villain?


94 posted on 08/31/2014 11:35:01 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: lefty-lie-spy; wardaddy

And it is funny. I admire his venom.


95 posted on 08/31/2014 10:25:05 PM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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To: dfwgator
“What did one Deadhead say to the other after the drugs wore off?”

“Man, this band sucks.”

LOL!!! I was once in a band that evolved into a Dead tribute band. My dislike of their music turned into an eternal hatred, and I left that band soon after.

96 posted on 10/11/2014 7:32:10 AM PDT by stratman1969 (IMPEACH, REMOVE, & IMPRISON OBAMA)
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To: EveningStar

John Fogerty?


97 posted on 10/11/2014 7:44:07 AM PDT by MileHi
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To: HerrBlucher
I never did "get" the grateful dead and Garcia's guitar playing

The Grateful Dead belong on the all-time list of great hucksters. Look at photos of their concerts, progressively from the early ones. The tie-dye, cult-type fashion, the SanFrancisco hippie druggie ambiance, was skillfully and gradually filtered in. Providing an atmosphere where outsiders were the insiders made them a huge money making machine.

I'm not into drugs, never have been. I used to enjoy going to the concerts, straight, and taking it all in. The music was for the most part pretty awful. The crowd was like something out of Zombie Apocalypse. It was more entertaining and baffling than a circus performance.

98 posted on 10/11/2014 7:54:39 AM PDT by grania
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To: TomServo

Johnny Whiteside is a nothing burger. The guy wrote a couple of half baked biographies that have been widely panned online. Other than that not much. He’s basically full of himself and full of crap.

You may or may not agree with the politics of John Lennon,Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Carlos Santana but they are all important figures and have made a mark on the music world.

I still get up and boogey when Creedence Clearwater’s “Run Through The Jungle” comes on. :-)

Until this stupid article whoever heard of Johnny Whiteside?


99 posted on 10/11/2014 8:34:26 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
You may or may not agree with the politics of John Lennon,Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Carlos Santana but they are all important figures and have made a mark on the music world.

I make my mark every day in the toilet bowl - and it's still crap.

100 posted on 10/11/2014 11:55:07 AM PDT by TomServo
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