Rock and pop? The same. It says here.

[The Curmudgeon]

If the internet has a punching bag, it's pop stars. Bieber, of course, Miley Cyrus looks to be the number one target now, and all those other "clench fist in the rain, pull open shirt" boyband popstar types because they make fake bullshit aimed at stealing 11 year old kids money.

This Cracked article, though, which has had nothing but 100% negative comments, suggests that your favourite rock stars are exactly the same. Take a look.

www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-rock-stars-teen-pop-stars-are-exactly-same/




Anyone with half a knowledge of rock music knows that KISS have always been in it for nothing but the money. Pointing that out is like observing that the sky is blue. And wow, rock stars aren't REALLY Satan worshipping hell-hounds? You mean Alice Cooper and Marily Manson and Slipknot are just, ulp, regular guys in make-up and costumes? Stop the fucking press. So David Bowie was never really an alien rock star from Mars, either? Fucker.

And there's a world of difference between a bunch of guys getting together from school or whatever, jamming together, finding out what works and who's best at writing lyrics, singing etc, than six guys in a fucking "focus group" finding out what next song One Direction need for their next album and then handing them a lyric sheet and telling them to memorize it. James Dean Bradfield writes pretty much zero lyrics on the Manic Street Preachers records, but he's got a voice as loud as a fucking air-raid siren, you gonna let him sit at the back?

It's a shame, because I usually really like this guys stuff on Cracked (I added him as a friend on Facebook too) but man, he is WAY off on this one. What do you think?

[trashcanman]

Weak. His research on Black Sabbath was flawed to say the least, and in fact Sabbath ceased occult-based lyrics pretty early in their career. They actually rewrote all of the original lyrics to "War Pigs" (originally called "Walpurgis") because they didn't want to be seen as satanic anymore. That was their second album. Also, the film that influenced them to start writing music like horror movies? "Black Sabbath". A true classic, but not exactly the biggest blockbuster of its era or any other.

God, and most of his article is that rock stars are as lame as Beiber because they are in bands that write their own music, but someone else in their band writes the lyrics? How flimsy a premise is that? And is he really saying that the greatest pop poet/songwriter of all time has a 1/10 ratio of gibberish to good songs? Did that just happen? Just because you are too fucking stupid to comprehend the lyrics does not mean they are bullshit. That is the assertion of someone who has never listened to an artist. ALL OF THESE ARE. I'll give him Elvis and Axl (would never buy a ticket to see him), but even they had something these losers don't: the music was GOOD. Really good. And that's all I ask. if the music is good, I can let most anything slide.

Dude, this guy is a fucking hack and I can't believe he got paid to bang out something so half-assed, and that a site like Cracked actually posted it. That site really has taken a nasty turn for the worst. If you have his FB, it's your JOB to kick his ass.

[lemex]

Isn't the guy from Slayer a devout Catholic?

[trashcanman]

He is. Tom Araya just sees songs about Satan and horror and all that as entertainment and not necessarily real life. Crazy, I know.

[lemex]

Who would'a thunk it.

[The Curmudgeon]

Cracked seem to be going through a phase now of "hey, instead of funny, factual stuff let's just troll the fuck out of our readers with opinionated, poorly researched bullshit."

Like this;

www.cracked.com/blog/5-subtle-clues-your-favorite-band-secretly-sucks/

Man, I could sit and write about why this whole article is garbage but.. sigh.

[trashcanman]

"Walk on the Wild Side" is overplayed? I've never even heard that on the radio. Maybe it's an East Coast thing. Tupac is the most influential rapper? Whaaaaa? Jesus fuck. I think he meant "dead". Tupac is one of the most dead rappers of all time. He's not that influential. Why all the Rollins hate on Cracked? Fucking bizarre. lrn2punk, morons.Is it not weird that they used the Grateful Dead twice out of the three logos signifying the one about not selling albums? Seems like just naming the two specific bands you're talking about would be more efficient. And it seems to me that selling a shit ton of records due to millions spent on pop production and corporate advertising being terrible live would be more "sucky" than being awesome live and not selling a ton of records. Motorhead is a great band. You know why? Because you put ANY of their albums on and the first feeling that courses through your body is "fuck yeah". That is not what we call "suck". That's the other thing.

So much fucking fail. I told you that's why I don't go to Cracked anymore.