God, both bands suck. Watered-down, Clear Channel-friendly, bland, stock, stale, repetitive. Both bands only make the same song, over and over again.
But I'll give RHCP the nod, because at least they've gone through a few phases and therefore have remade several different songs over and over, instead of just the one song for their entire career, like Foo Fighters. And they were almost passable when Dave Navarro was playing guitar.
But I'll give RHCP the nod, because at least they've gone through a few phases and therefore have remade several different songs over and over, instead of just the one song for their entire career, like Foo Fighters. And they were almost passable when Dave Navarro was playing guitar.
Yeah, if you like Muzak. Seriously, you're talking about albums that got played at movie theaters before the movie, along with the ads for dentists. Albums that get played at Ross over the PA system to soothe buyers and make them buy more underwear. Albums that couldn't get played on the "lite-rock, less talk" stations because programmers worried listeners might fall asleep or change the station to hear something heavier, like Rod Stewart.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers created their own genre of music when they finally refined themselves in the mid/late 80s. Being the former biggest RHCP fan on these boards, I have always petitioned for the music of days past where there was more Anti-Beat Box, & less Universally off-key(Speaking). The best music they put out now is the spontaneous jams they play leading in & out of their monotonous set lists, & occasionally the b-side tracks. For the past few years they've gotten a lot more radio friendly, & while I can handle that, this harmonious shit isn't flying with me. Keidis isn't a singer & Fruciante isn't a backup vocalist(good grief). The acoustic stuff seems to work sometimes at least(Road Trippin, Venice Queen)
The band is an amazingly talented group of musicians though. Three quarters of the band is in their 40s now. They don't need this shit anymore it seems. Flea is responsible for some of that weak "Pea" attitude, & he's not quite the same player(though arguably still one of the better bassists out there). I give him points for still trying to mix in the trumpet every now & then. Frusciante & Smith both have their heads in the music most of the time, & I look forward to anything serious those guys work on.
For my record: BSSM>CFC>UMPP>OHM>MM>BTW...
Foo Fighters are grunge/alt-rock guys. Dave is awesome, & I think the rest of the band is a little intimidated by him. He's a very good frontman & musician. Not much of a singer, but of course he's better then Keidis. His music, for what it is(& what I've heard), is engaging. I just don't hear much difference song to song as I'd like. I'm not a serious fan, so my opinions are from the outside looking in.
The band is an amazingly talented group of musicians though. Three quarters of the band is in their 40s now. They don't need this shit anymore it seems. Flea is responsible for some of that weak "Pea" attitude, & he's not quite the same player(though arguably still one of the better bassists out there). I give him points for still trying to mix in the trumpet every now & then. Frusciante & Smith both have their heads in the music most of the time, & I look forward to anything serious those guys work on.
For my record: BSSM>CFC>UMPP>OHM>MM>BTW...
Foo Fighters are grunge/alt-rock guys. Dave is awesome, & I think the rest of the band is a little intimidated by him. He's a very good frontman & musician. Not much of a singer, but of course he's better then Keidis. His music, for what it is(& what I've heard), is engaging. I just don't hear much difference song to song as I'd like. I'm not a serious fan, so my opinions are from the outside looking in.
Easily the Red Hot Chili Peppers. While a lot of their recent stuff is just ok, their older stuff was excellent.
Honestly I've never been a fan of the Foo Fighters.
Honestly I've never been a fan of the Foo Fighters.
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and that's why rhcp wins. generic music is lame... and grammy's go to generic stuff. generic stuff = the stuff that sounds like bits and pieces of everyone else's music compiled into something that a large portion of the public will like.
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more proof that foo fighters = generic band. it's harder for electric amish to figure out if it's foo fighters or not because it sounds like other stuff... whereas rhcp has it's own sound and is, therefore, easier to identify.
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oh, by the way, rhcp has much more talented members. flea, john frusciante, chad smith... badasses.
oh, and by the way betch, chad smith looks like will ferrell.
oh, and by the way betch, chad smith looks like will ferrell.
+1
foo fighters is some BLAND, DRY radio rock. its sooooooo boring.
old rhcp is pretty nice - very catch (under the bridge, soul to squeeze, etc)
Love Foo Fighters, good music.
Hate RHCP, sounds like they dont know how to write music even though they have some extremely talanted players, expecialy thier bassist. But the music itself is just amaturish.
though I do own more RHCP cd's than Foo Fighter cd's
Hate RHCP, sounds like they dont know how to write music even though they have some extremely talanted players, expecialy thier bassist. But the music itself is just amaturish.
though I do own more RHCP cd's than Foo Fighter cd's
Mr. Lennon
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*places a dunce hat on nakedfrogs head*
RHCP has some awesome musicians...way better than Foo Fighters. I also just love their tone.
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Originally posted by: Czar
Love Foo Fighters, good music.
Hate RHCP, sounds like they dont know how to write music even though they have some extremely talanted players, expecialy thier bassist. But the music itself is just amaturish.
though I do own more RHCP cd's than Foo Fighter cd's
it may sound amateurish to you because it's not the same, generic old crap you're used to hearing on the radio. i bet if you heard dillinger escape plan, you'd probably say it just sounded like uncoordinated, amateurish noise and not music.
Didn't you see just a few post downs someone listing the awards for RHCP? By your standard, FF wins by quite a bit.
Edit: Hell, I'll even repost it for you courtesy of Excelsior.
fustercluck
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RHCP by far, they have many many great songs, where as the Foo Fighters have many many mediocre and worse songs. Just Stadium Arcadium alone (RHCP's most recent album) has more good tracks than the Foo Fighters have ever made.
MartyMcFly3
Lifer
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Are you relinquishing that title to me then?
I don't have any "age-old" arguments regarding this band with other forums members as far as I know. I just don't care as much as I use to.
I'll live in the past for now. For now.
MartyMcFly3
Lifer
Originally posted by: Coquito
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Are you relinquishing that title to me then?
I don't have any "age-old" arguments regarding this band with other forums members as far as I know. I just don't care as much as I use to.
I'll live in the past for now. For now.
I just remember there was one RHCP thread way back that we started going back and forth about them. We weren't arguing though, we were both just claiming how much we love them.
Ahhh....... Memories. :beer:
Well I'd like to point out that they none of the stuff off BSSM went #1 and it was by far their best album, which says something.
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