I interviewed Bowie at the Virgin Records HQ in 1999. He pranked me by wearing a set of broken teeth into the interview and stared in the distance like a zombie until he pulled those plastic teeth out and said, "unflappable, I like that." David Bowie had a great sense of humor and would no doubt have loved your rant on him.
As I stated in my comment.... I had the pleasure of interacting with Bowie for a bit over 2 days in 1997. I was one of the managers of a club that he played 2 shows at here in Ft. Lauderdale. Very nice guy, at least in my limited experience.
Hahaha Andy!! Lou Reed is just so good! He had a go at Zappa once, and said he loved him another time. So was Bowie! Just genius. Lou criticised everyone in his day, because he was indeed, a wanker lol! Of course, both Bowie and Lou Reed did rely on the musical genius of Mick Ronson there for a bit. But honestly man, not convinced by the Stones!? During the '70s they were amazing. So many amazing songs. Sympathy For The Devil, and Can't You Hear Me Knockin', and many, many more. They were awesomely talented fellows. You can forget about the fact that they're still going. They're like a jumped up Vegas act now, but back in the day. However, the Stones were wankers all, except for Charlie Watts - yes. Bowie however, was a fabulous person for the most part, who by his own famous admission, had a dreadful period of indulgent commercialism in the 80s. He did so much too. Amazing albums. Man, Aladdin Sane is a phenomenal album. Yea, Trevor Bolder was a really good base player. Anyway, very funny rant mate.
Robert Smith was great many times with The Cure, although of course, that music doesn't remotely compare with that of The Mahavishnu Orchestra - different musical universes altogether. Ah, and no, you can't have Fripp on the list. He doesn't deserve it at all lol. As I was going to say - Robert Smith has surely got to be the eternal number 1 on the list of the most utterly ridiculous looking old rock stars. The Goth thing in the day was interesting and entertaining enough in the day, but look at him now. OMG! Really really ridiculous, and absolutely hilarious. Every time I see a pic of him nowadays I start laughing from my belly! At least Gene Simmons knows exactly who and what he is, as well as being a genuinely intelligent man. I too, absolutely hate Kiss as a band, but yea Gene is call, and was always just in it for fun, without taking himself seriously. I love how his old Israeli mum, after Kiss got huge, used to ask him "How is the orchestra?" The orchestra!? Hilarious. Kiss, - the orchestra. Lol! But yes Andy, we got older and wiser, those of us actually prone to thinking that is, and we realise that rock'n'roll and its fandom generally, is the land of the Left, for sure, and most of them are utterly moronic and insane with their world view and general politics, whilst at the same time being told by each other, and themselves, how intelligent they are. It's really painful eh. It's a good lesson in that art, music etc, is to be enjoyed for itself, while leaving personality cult out of it absolutely all together. I just can cope with it anymore unless I do that. To be quite honest, the ones I actually quite like as blokes, apart from Bowie, because although they're left-ish, they're not too far that way, and are actually very smart, and that's the members of yours and my favourite band - The Police. Sting is the huge star, and as much as I love so much of his music, while really hating his worst pop hits, he can be a bit painfully political and leftist, I really love Stewart and Andy. Oh, and by the way, I love Astral Weeks, wouldn't want to listen to it often any more, but I think it was a beautiful album, and along with Moondance, and His Band and the Street Choir, and Saint Dominic's Preview. Nice records. Now I'm really annoying you probably. I can imagine Van Morrison being a tosser, but I really don't know anything about him beyond his music, which is how I like to keep it with rock musicians generally. By the way, are you irritated by Prince? Or do you love the freaky little deviant and stylishly wild musical genius as much as I do? :)
@TheeRobertPhoenix the time the velvet underground opened for Frank Zappa and the Mother's . Frank came to the stage when VA finished and said in the microphone "Man those guys sicked, didn't they."
I met Robert Plant at a juice bar in Tulum Mexico. He was super nice and chill, asked me questions, I gave him a CD of my band, talked about Mexico... really pleasant exchange. A few minutes later I saw him checking out the potato crisps at the little shop down the road. Legend!
I met Robert a few years back at a local fish market. He was staying at an inn next to my place on Martha's Vineyard. Very friendly and engaging guy. His girlfriend even took a photo of the two of us with my camera when I asked her to.
@Strimbles I met Jimmy Page in Ibiza about 40 years ago, quite affable, bought him a large bacardi, had a bit of a chat. Tight Knt never returned the favour. Amazing how quickly perceptions change. Tightwad.
A mate worked for Van Morrison. Was his assistant. Van knew my friend was a massive Dylan fan. So when Morrison met Dylan in the lobby of a hotel while on tour Morrison could see my friend standing nearby obviously itching to meet Dylan. Morison purposely ignored my friend and chatted with Dylan until they departed. Friend came back from tour and quit saying that incident was icing on the cake of countless acts of meanness and disrespect. Morrison is not a good person.
Winston Watson the black drummer for Dylan from like 1994-almost 1997 has a tour diary on TH-cam that’s so interesting and has the worst story about Morrison talking shit about Winston in ear shot and ultimately told Dylan to sack him. Racist pig.
l heard another story from a bloke who knew someone who was a van fan and went backstage to meet him . Asked to autograph an album which by chance was a bootleg . lt was only by the intervention of a band member that he was'nt beaten up as Van was not happy . Another story was that he's entourage were'nt allowed to retire to bed until the man himself was ready to turn in . Apparently Morrison is a" miserable sod" too . Another one was that Rory Gallagher was invited to the studio to work with Morrison but he was either late or did,nt turn up and Rory walked out .These were all second hand stories so if there is any truth to them who knows ?
There’s a video on YT of Glen Hansard talking about the first time he met his hero Van. He was an unknown busker at the time but got invited to a house party that he was also a guest at. Basically he was a donkey to him until he found out he was actually talented then gave him some attention.
@@willieluncheonette5843you've gotta be kidding. I was just thinking about how painfully unoriginal this was. How is it funny just regurgitating shit every already seen?
Baker is a superb drummer and vile human being. Clapton is also vile, but doesn't have a fraction of Baker's talent. Cream should have fired Clapton and hired Hendrix when they had the chance.
That's classic ... and true. I mean musically he was good with Cream AND Blind Faith, but he was a terrible human being, even with Cream. Threatened to kill Jack Bruce on multiple occasions.
Bruce Springsteen to me is the most annoying hypocrite who could never sing, certainly couldn't play guitar and his lyrics were a joke. Also, he sold his songwriting catalog to a subsidiary of Blackrock, and Mr. Working-Class now charges $2000 a ticket for main seats in his live shows.
Totally agree. His music always sucked and he's never had an original idea. Derivative crap. I always called him The White Trash Hero. Now he's a millionaire and personifies all that's wrong with rock music.
@@davewilliams584 I replied to denniswood1437 and now I can't see it. Did my comment get deleted perhaps? Anyway, Bruce sucks. Always did, always will.
@@denniswood1437 in sweden the tickets icost around 120 dollars on the field. I have heard that it would cost you less to go to europe and watch a concert with your favorite artist.
Years ago I saw a journalist ask Pete Townshend how great a guitarist Keith Richards is .... Pete said "ask me that after he learns how to tune a guitar.";
Richards still likes to see himself as a Rock 'N Roll rebel when the reality is he's an indulged , mega rich , ageing Rock star and business man surrounded by yes people who fuel he's huge ego much the same as Jagger .
@@steevenfrost Steeven . The Stones never made a consistently good album since "Sticky Fingers"made well back in the year dot . Admitedly their albums had some good tracks amongst the mediocre stuff that made up most of the track listings but l gave up on them during the 70's and now they are just embarassing old men who are too greedy to retire .
Most people can come up with an anecdote about an artist which puts them in a bad light, because everyone can have an off day which never gets forgotten when you're famous. However, everyone who works, or has ever worked in the music industry, has got a bad one about Van Morrison; he is without a shadow of a doubt, a massive twat.
On Ginger Baker, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. A family member I won't name runs a social page that posts lovely old photos of Ginger and Cream and such. I waited a few weeks to comment on a photo, I think of Cream or Blind Faith, said something vanilla like "these old photos really capture the essence of a time and place." I get a notification she's replied, and I excitedly clicked on it. It's her basically screaming at me "WE ALL KNOW IT'S OLD!! WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO POINT THAT OUT! BLOODY HELL!" Like...ahhh...anyhoo, I wished her luck with her life and unfollowed the page lol.
I know exactly who you are talking about. She is constantly flogging her books (one of which I read and it is amateurish…rubbish actually). She also spends all day trying to “correct the record” on Ginger…like it matters. I feel bad her dad was not nice to the family and left them with no money but her attempt to monetize him at this point is kind of sad.
@@drummer78 Ginger was a thug who was so bad that Cream split up. A nasty little man who was in the biggest band on Earth without even being able to tune his kit.
Mike Love, Mike Love, Mike Love and Mike Love. Just watch the speech he gave at the Rock'n'Roll's Hall of Fame for the induction of The Beach Boys back in '88.
True but thats too easy. No one, and I mean no one other than Mike Love thinks that Mike Love is cool and awesome. He is impossible to be annoying because no one will ever say to you "Hey, you know who is really cool? Mike Love"
but i thought he said mystery man was in a band with some edge or rebellion spririt of rock. Beach boys at their best are good, but never rock. Much less with attitude.
The Super Group I'd pay serious money to see (maybe £20): Singer: Van Morrison Backing vocals: Bono Lead Guitar: Yngwie Malmsteen Rhythm Guitar: Slash Keyboards: Chris Martin Bass: Roger Walters Drums: Ginger Baker
I think Paul McCartney is the most irritating of all time. For all the reasons you gave for Dave Grohl. "Ebony and Ivory" had John Lennon turning in his grave.
For me, Morrissey makes Robert Smith look like (insert least annoying person you can think of here). I will say, though, that going to a forum where fans of The Smiths and fans of The Cure are throwing insults at each other in an apparent attempt to prove that they are the more miserable people is very, very entertaining.
Ever watch the Simpson's episode, "Panic on the Streets of Springfield?" It's doesn't come out and say it's about Morrissey but it's kind of hard not to see the resemblance. Even Morrissey thinks it's about him.
@ No, but I’ll have to watch it now! For the record, I kinda like the Smiths, I just absolutely can’t suffer Morrissey. I’m not into the culture surrounding them or The Cure, but there’s a lot worse music out there for my tastes.
@@stevesheroan4131 I think the two bands are quite different musically (mainly because of Marr's guitar work) but yeah there is a sort of a rivalry between the fanbases since Robert Smith and Morrissey dissed each other a while back. Morrissey also dissed Joy Division and The Doors in interviews in the 80s just to be edgy. Unique frontman but obnoxious in interviews.
I saw Morrissey at Glastonbury years back (I'm married, bite me). I acknowledge that he's a despicable human being and his songs are fawful, but he had stage presence. Unlike Guy Garvey, who subbed the next day.
Rock n Roll is the music of youth. There's nothing more sad and pathetic than rock performers in their 60s and 70s still trying to look and act like they did when they were in their 20s. So many of these artists refuse to hang it up. They're already rich, and don't need the money. It's all about narcissism and vanity.
You said exactly want l think and have put in my comments on ageing Rock bands and musicians who refuse to retire through either greed , boredom or inflated ego's probably all three . Nothing more pathetic than old men trying to relive past glories .Deep Purple , Yes , Black Sabbath , Jethro Tull , AC/DC etc , etc .
I have to agree with you, except that Miles Davis is in a totally different league as far as the music he made. He pretty much earned the right to be annoying. ;)
Putting up the picture of the old man from Poltergeist 2 for Steve Howe and leaving it up during the whole rant for his number 2 spot was hysterical. I was rolling on the floor laughing. So funny man. I love your videos. The Ginger Baker was so spot on as well. You killed it with this one. Keep up the great work.
Grohl. This happens a lot. When a rebel/villain becomes popular, they get sanitised by people who can make money from them. Donald duck was originally more like Daffy Duck, but became a family duck. Even Daffy is not as anarchic as he was intended to be. Thus it is with rock stars.
@@originalhgc that was Bugs! And I agree they did tone Daffy down from a raving lunatic to a selfish sod, and that character was kept going for years in Seinfeld, and then in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
@@2wayplebney Laughing about Daffy morphing into Larry. On some occasions, Bugs had Daffy with him when he missed the turn. Believe it or not, I did 3 secs of research before posting before, just to make sure.
@@originalhgc well done on the extensive research. Some may think that Ozzie was an evil, Satan - worshipping monster before he was on The Osbournes, but he lived near us in Stafford in the early 70's and was a smashing fellow, according to my pals who met him. Not sure what point I'm making here, but Daffy and Ozzie rule!
Rogers solo stuff is so much better than any post waters floyd or solo Gilmours stuff and I love gilmour as a guitarist an vocalist but a songwriter he ain’t. Although my favorite post waters Floyd song might just be lost for words which was just a fuck you to Roger lol
Happy New Year ! I don't know how I found this or why I watched all the way through ,but I'm glad I did. laugh out loud funny ! "Whats with the wigs and the murderin" 😂 your Ginger is a riot, We DO count ! Have a great year !
Prime Edwards! Lou Reed anecdote: I'm working in an Indie Record Store in Soho in New York City in the early 90s. We sell vinyl and CDs. The CDs are locked behind a rolling glass cabinet. I'm dealing with someone, nice conversation in progress. Suddenly a voice cuts through the air in a harsh tone. "Hey can I see these Velvet Underground CDs!" And I'm thinking, 'Who does this guy think he is? Lou Reed?' And then I turn. It's Lou Reed himself wanting to look through our Velvet Underground bootlegs. Van Morrison? His career slid into the pretension gutter after his solo record on Bang Records in 1967. May I never hear Moondance again. And Andy I think your lip-sinking to Dancing In The Streets was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. More! Don't let the bastards grind you down!
You’re giving off a “Mr. Smokes-Too-Much” vibe (Monty Python travel agency sketch), it’s entertaining enough. And then, the “Dancing in the Street” video! I would love to see you take other 80s or 90s music videos, and give them the half-hearted dubbing, along with the hilarious Foley sounds.
Look up all the many great videos like that from 15 years ago. Most of them were called "____ shreds." Like "Van Halen shreds." It was a whole thing back then. You'll laugh.
Brilliant, funny, incisive! What a list ! Seeing Andy express so much of what's packed into his complex, mischievous, learned brain is great entertainment. Especially given that it's mostly off-the-cuff.
I remember crossing paths with Lou Reed very early on a Sunday morning on the West side of NYC in the 90s. He was walking a ridiculously small dog. I could not not say anything to him as we were the only people around so I said 'Hi man' and felt instantly ridiculous because I realized that's it's a very West Coast thing to say 'man' and nobody says that in NYC. He said Hi to me with a kind of annoyed face but as I looked closer to his expression I realized that it was an act and that he was happy to have somebody salute him like I did , and that he almost smiled. He had a red bandana on his head and as I walked away I thought that he looked like the chief of some invisible tribe scattered around the world, which in a sense he probably was (fans who like his stuff). Whatever one thinks about his 'spiny personality' , I got the feeling that he was a very unique (and real) person from that small encounter.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer No Problemo. My 'story' belongs to anyone willing to enjoy it. Glad to hear that it found a way into your imaginary. Keep up the good work !
Great videos Andy. Just discovered you. Very entertaining. Totally with you on Van the Man. His voice has always grated on me. Look forward to enjoying more of yours videos.👍
If David Bowie had been alive to see you ranting, Andy, I am absolutely certain that he would have pissed himself laughing and applauded your comments.
Which doesn't mean he didn't absolutely trash the life of Veronica Bennett, best known as the lead singer of the Ronnettes ... and as Mrs Ronnie Spector.
I was so happy and shocked that you went there about Steve Howe. What's up with that? (we probably may never fully know). I was hoping you would mention him and you exceeded my expectations by putting him on the top of your list. Anyway Happy New Year to us all.
There is no measure of how much musically we owe to the Rolling Stones and to Mick in particular., Before the stardom, when American blues albums were being passed around in the UK, one guy had the biggest collection and that was Mick Jagger. They brought Howling Wolf over and would book concerts for themselves and then bring out Howling Wolf and tell the audience, in no uncertain terms, that this was the real deal. American blues music was heading to obscurity in the US if not for the ceaseless promotion of Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones.
The most annoying prick in the history of R'n'R is undoubtedly Roger Waters, by a country mile. Your number one is presumably Grohl, but he doesn't offend me nearly as much. I'm not convinced you can blame him entirely for killing Rock. His major crime is blandness. Great video though! Love it! Please do a video on the Cure. Obviously you like them really.
@@axeman2638 He pursued her affections ... She mocked him during their first encounter and clearly still maintains the upper hand ... I enjoyed watching him play Sabbaff licks ... focussed the old curmudgeon more than his endless noodling
Great list. Van is insufferable and a complete bore. Mr. Baker was never going to win the Mr. Nice Guy award. Lou Reed fired Dick Wagner on the 'Rock 'n' Roll Animal' tour because people cheered Dick's guitar more than Lou's vocals, even after Dick resorted to standing behind his Marshall stacks. The joke was on Reed, as the band left with him and became Alice Cooper's backing band. Dick explained it in great detail when I interviewed him in 2012.
Very enjoyable rant Andy, I especially enjoyed your little big man impersonation. When Richard Washinton aka Ditmus (Dr John's incredible percussionist) played on Exile On Main Street, Mick didn't bother writing his name down and credited him only as Amyl Nitrate. Ditmus was so annoyed he put a hex on Mick & the Stones. I've always found the Jagger - Bowie video to be totally ridiculous, as you very amusingly pointed out. The clothes they were wearing were also hard to fathom, even back then. Peter Tosh was not as happy as Bowie working with Mick. Though I enjoyed the doco Being Mick. Such a charmer.
Belfast Malmsteen story: when on tour back in the (Eighties) he (apparently) insisted on playing the biggest venue in each city he was playing in. His Belfast venue was to have been the illustriously named Queen's University snack bar but he insisted on hiring the city's then largest indoor venue -- the King's Hall. My brother was a huge fan so we both went to the concert. All the venue ground floor seating had been removed to increase the capacity lol. During the show I turned round and there were two 5 a side football matches taking place across the empty expanse. I since found out that the promoter had people on the doors literally trying to drag people in off the street in the hope that Yngwie wouldn't realise he was playing to a mostly empty arena. The flipside of the coin was he was very good and you could stand in front of the stage without being crushed. 🤣
I gotta malmsteen story from his chubby fingers years.. he had on his tour rider two mcdonalds big macs. Fine. Promoter's people dropped off said big macs. PROBLEM> ! big macs were cold. Return these cold burgers to the heart of the sun, son, and bring me back proper warm big macs. They did, and like andy turning his back on lord saint sir van morrison, yngwie turned his back and scarfed down 2 hot big macs. Hey, really was it too much to ask to have his burgers warm? Nothing phoney about yngwie. I think he deep down knows he is both, ridiculous and its proud of it and at peace with who he is. And why not.
@@FredGarvin-bn8lj There was a time, a far away time, when, for a few very short years, Sting was writing great songs, and was surrounded by two unique musicians (neither of whom GAF about convention), and thus Sting was actually cool. The worst thing he did was leave The Police (and be "the boss" of his own bands). He's a great writer but his musical "taste" is suspect, as evidenced by "Dream of the Blue Turtles," the first thing he did without the guiding hands of Copeland and Summers. Overall, I still have to tip my hat, because he's written some bangers.
@@julioalvarez3788 His talent is immense, but so is his ego. The police were astonishing, as were a good number of the songs sting wrote for them. His solo career reeks of pretentious assh*le, albeit a talented one. And it annoys the s*** out of me.
I just realized that Robert Smith looks just like Elizabeth Taylor in her Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf era. No disrespect to Elizabeth Taylor, she was wonderful, brilliant, down to earth, gorgeous, authentic.
Haha, yes he could be mistaken for any of those mentioned. There's a shot of him on a nice sunny beach, near a volleyball net that's unintentionally hilarious, taken around the same time as this less-than-flattering photo shown here.
I once did a gig with Barry Mannilow. He was playing the Bingley Hall, a barely converted cattle market outside Stafford. It was 1980. He needed a choir and he used rhe one at my college. He was great. In my faded unreiable memory, in the green room he was sipping white wine and wearing a fluffy stole.
I worked a Manilow show back in '82 and I remember him having about 300 lbs of mirrors for his dressing room. We were also instructed to not make eye contact.
I read a ton of rock and music bios--- and if its a good read, doesn't even matter if I'm a big, medium or not even a fan at all. So many I come away liking the artist less (not the music but the artist or band members). Reading Barry Manilow's bio..came away full respect. And what a likeable guy. What a ton of hard work and paying dues. Guy knew music AND songwriting a that make lou reed look like an kid beating on pots and pans in the kitchen. Barry even let his ego be humbled at time and record someone else's song--- ironically barry wrote most of his hits and was a legit composer, but "I write the songs" ? yeah that wasnt his song.
I was a stage hand in New York and a fellow worker said the biggest piece of garbage he ever worked for was Lou Reed. He told him to get effed and lost thousands by walking off the job!
When Van Morrison was playing a music venue I worked at in Belfast, it said on his rider that he wasn't to encounter another human being on his journey from his dressing room to the stage.
I once went to see Van Morrison. A member of his band announced “Ladies and gentlemen Mr Van Morrison” he walked on stage without acknowledging the audience and performed his set, didn’t speak a word or engage with the audience. After about ninety minutes which he just turned around and walked off stage. “Ladies and gentlemen Mr Van Morrison” But he was brilliant! as was his band
I saw vm play at great woods outdoor venue near Boston in the early 90s. I was over the moon to finally see him live. He very quickly disabused me of any enthusiasm. Played for 1 hour and it was just awful. I still love his music but gosh what a come down.
The Bowie/Jagger video/voiceover brought tears of laughter to my eyes because you shined a light I never thought I'd see on the absolute absurdity of it all! Touche!
Many decades I was a headliner on a festival the day after morrison. I got friendly with one of the backstage girls. She gave me her copy of the morrison rider: Burgers and carling black label for the roadies Steak and Johnnie Walker black for the band Lobster and champagne for morrison and his lawyer. Now it starts to get a little weird: she had to take the lobster and champagne on a silver tray, knock on the green room door, the lawyer would open the door. And she had to look away while the lawyer took the tray. There was other weird stuff. Unfortunately there was a fire in my flat, and that was one of the documents that went
Thanks a lot, Andy. I was watching your video while putting together a piece of furniture for someone's Christmas and because I was laughing so hard I screwed up and had to take half of it back apart! So thank you very much! (By the way, it was worth it.)
Dave Grohl? If so yes, I agree I don't get ff at all. He went from Sid Viscious to Sid James in one career! On the other hand I've never written a hit record or been in a stadium band so what do I know? I have literally 10's of fans! 😂 👍✌️❤️
I once saw Lou Reed annoy a whole festival audience. You know those 'rules' about playing to an audience that isn't just your fans? Yeah, he didn't care and played absolutely nothing that anyone would have known, he didn't play a single 'hit' or popular song. I was probably a little more familiar than 99% of the audience and I only recognized one song, it mostly sounded like an hour long jazz jam.
Was that the Hop Farm. Originally a two day festival. The chance to see Lou was one of the reasons I went. Absolutely agree he was fucking awful. Seemed in a really bad mood. Nothing off Transformer, wilfully obscure songs and like you I'm pretty familiar with most of his stuff. Because we were near the front also noriced he kept on looking over at some girl in the wings, scowling and shouting, poor girl was nearly in tears.Morrissey curated that days bill apparently (he headlined). The Stooges came on after Lou and knocked it out the park. The third day they added with Prince though, what a performance, one of the best live performances I've ever seen. After Lou's performance I saw Stewart Lee in the comedy tent. Did a much more conventional set for a fesrival crowd. Opening line was somerhing like 'God, Lou Reed was shit wasn't he?'
Yep. I saw him with saxophonist John Zorn in a duo performance at Poisson Rouge in NYC. Reed played guitar only and didn’t sing once. Just a lot of noodly guitar playing. Really dude!? Throw us a bone! Sweet Jane… something. Zorn- like him or not- and I do, at times- is a much more skilled improvisor than Reed who was clearly out of his league. The worst part, however was the pre - show announcement “ The artists have requested that the bar be closed during the performance”. WTF!!!!!!!!! BTW. I love the Velvets dearly.Lou’s solo work not quite so much. He was one of a kind, though!
Bono the bonehead. I actually like U2, but Bono just seems like a massive vvanker when interviewed. I kind of love/hate Mick Jagger's stage persona, but he's actually alright when interviewed. Im surprised Nob Geldof didn't get a mention, maybe it's because people have forgotten about him?!
Bro, I've been saying for more than 10 years that Dave Grohol has become a total businessman, completely losing touch with the rock & roll spirit. I bet most of your voters thought you were talking about Bono, but NO. Bono is talented and has a GREAT track record to fall on. But Grohl seemingly decided to do a 180 from Nirvana's path and pursue friendship with the corporate record labels. He is very talented, yes, but the true spirit of music has been utterly lost with him.
You can do a 3 hour video just on Lars... Virtue-signaling, the way he talks, never wrote one riff yet takes credit for EVERY song, Napster, fake laugh, idiotic modern art collection, steered Metallica toward sellout and mediocrity, posh boy, inferiority complex, cokehead, punchable face, tells interviewers what they wanna hear, the list goes on and on...
He has become used to being indulged hasn't he? Like the sort of Rock Star persona you would get in Law & Order or something. I knew he was an idiot when he said Bonham was a better drummer than Peart.
@@SteveConkie-t6r ok thanks , anytime the who was better thing gets tossed around its always fucked up, i just prefer groove over all, so thats maybe one of the few bright things this clown said in his scandacalifornia accent
I must say your coat and cap give you a decidedly Pete and Dud at the art gallery vibe. Wonder if anyone else felt that, and if that's your intention? You have nice hair.
The best thing Robert Smith did was to write a complaint letter to Remo drum heads after the band felt like there was a drop in Remo's quality control. The band received a couple of dud ambassadors in the studio. I had noticed this problem myself after buying two dud 12 inch coated ambassadors. I think they did sort it out after Robert's letter.
Yeah Roger gets on my nerves so hard, any time he opens his mouth or does anything. :/ Even just what he's said about Polly, Gilmour's wife... he can go take a... hike.
I'm a huge Yes fan and I agree with you about Steve Howe. I once gave him a little model of a guitar as a gift, bloke couldn't be bothered to say thank you! Btw, are you able to not rock back and forth when you're talking?
You're right Andy, this is your best video yet. I sent the Jagger/Bowie video to t friends and encouraged them to subscribe to your channel. I would send you my dry cleaning bill because I did piss my pants laughing at it but what sort of a narcicist gets their underwear drycleaned ffs! Sofa pongs a bit though. I've rumbled No 1 though....self-styled 'Nicest Man In Rock' Mr. Dave Grohl. 'All My Life' is a banger though. Keep'em coming mate, you made my Wednesday which going a bit shonky due to mildly pshycotic new girlfriend 😂😂😂❤
The fact that Ace was not included in Genes spot in this video is the real crime. Compared to Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons is the greatest man that’s ever lived.
Gene Simmons is a very polarizing figure, as people either like him or hate him, ( I personally like Kiss a lot) but it doesn't matter how much you dislike Gene and how obnoxious he can be, he goes on and on being Gene, like bacteria that has grown resistant to all anti- biotics, he is sort of indestructible. .
Tom Morello, Bono, Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach (though I recognize Bach is an excellent vocalist) and Sharon Osbourne (not a musician but I'm throwing her there anyway)
Tom and Dee would be the types of picks I'd make. Monied, performative politicking for revolution... on Sony records! It's beyond ridiculous and these people chiming in on the issues.. ugh
Miles was cranky mean bastard, (he claimed to hate most white people, because of the racism he experienced) but he had an endearing side to, he copped a lot of flak from the other black musicians in his band, and in general, for choosing white players, like Bill Evans, they would say , "why don't you choose black guys'' and he used to say in reply, "find me a black guy who plays like that" and I'll put him in him in the band". He never backed, down his music came first.
A real cheery curmodgeonly video, I hope your leccy gets back on soon but I'm glad it was off to get this. By the way, you mentioned you'd gone down to do a video about modes. When are you gonna do a video about your top 10 most annoying modes and scale types? I reckon you'd get a lot of comments on something like that.
1. Sting 2. Bruce Springsteen 3. Bono 4. Natalie Merchant 5. David Gilmour And I don't know if we're counting deceased people but, to be honest, John Lennon.
Everyone in Ireland has a Van Morrison story but the general consensus here is that there's two types of people. There's those that like him and..... There's those who have met him.
Andy, i really give you that you have valid arguments. Jagger's and Bowie's rendition of Dancing on the Street was really horrible, for me it feels not annoying but just plain ridicoulus. I hava a little annecdote about Bowie. When he played the US Festival back in 82, he got paid 1 Million Dollars but he only paid his musicicans 200 lousy bucks, that doesn't really speaks in his favor. I always was a big Stones Fan since the age of six, but getting older has changed my view not only in this regard. We have to be honest here- Bill Wyman is simply PDF File, and i don't care if the parents of his child wife gave permission or not. There are so many others: Jimmy Page, Steve Tyler, Anthony Kidis, Chuck Berry, Ike Turner, Jay Z... This are just a few names i could spit out effortless, without doing any further research. It is a systemic problem, not only in the Music Industry but also in Hollywood. Maybe the best example here is Steven Spielberg beside of course Harvey Weinstein. We really have to call out this people to make a change, also we have to stop worshiping and idolizing them. In the end, they are just people like you and me. Number one is Dave Grohl. He was legit in the Nirvana days, but his Foo Fighter (Foo Fighters where UFO's that invaded U.S. Airspace in WWII) Project he absolutely took out everything we loved about Rock'n Roll and then he comes out and apologizes for having cheating on his wife an affair and a baby with this other woman. What a hippocrat!
I interviewed Bowie at the Virgin Records HQ in 1999. He pranked me by wearing a set of broken teeth into the interview and stared in the distance like a zombie until he pulled those plastic teeth out and said, "unflappable, I like that." David Bowie had a great sense of humor and would no doubt have loved your rant on him.
As I stated in my comment.... I had the pleasure of interacting with Bowie for a bit over 2 days in 1997. I was one of the managers of a club that he played 2 shows at here in Ft. Lauderdale. Very nice guy, at least in my limited experience.
Hahaha Andy!! Lou Reed is just so good! He had a go at Zappa once, and said he loved him another time. So was Bowie! Just genius. Lou criticised everyone in his day, because he was indeed, a wanker lol! Of course, both Bowie and Lou Reed did rely on the musical genius of Mick Ronson there for a bit. But honestly man, not convinced by the Stones!? During the '70s they were amazing. So many amazing songs. Sympathy For The Devil, and Can't You Hear Me Knockin', and many, many more. They were awesomely talented fellows. You can forget about the fact that they're still going. They're like a jumped up Vegas act now, but back in the day. However, the Stones were wankers all, except for Charlie Watts - yes. Bowie however, was a fabulous person for the most part, who by his own famous admission, had a dreadful period of indulgent commercialism in the 80s. He did so much too. Amazing albums. Man, Aladdin Sane is a phenomenal album. Yea, Trevor Bolder was a really good base player. Anyway, very funny rant mate.
Robert Smith was great many times with The Cure, although of course, that music doesn't remotely compare with that of The Mahavishnu Orchestra - different musical universes altogether. Ah, and no, you can't have Fripp on the list. He doesn't deserve it at all lol. As I was going to say - Robert Smith has surely got to be the eternal number 1 on the list of the most utterly ridiculous looking old rock stars. The Goth thing in the day was interesting and entertaining enough in the day, but look at him now. OMG! Really really ridiculous, and absolutely hilarious. Every time I see a pic of him nowadays I start laughing from my belly! At least Gene Simmons knows exactly who and what he is, as well as being a genuinely intelligent man. I too, absolutely hate Kiss as a band, but yea Gene is call, and was always just in it for fun, without taking himself seriously. I love how his old Israeli mum, after Kiss got huge, used to ask him "How is the orchestra?" The orchestra!? Hilarious. Kiss, - the orchestra. Lol! But yes Andy, we got older and wiser, those of us actually prone to thinking that is, and we realise that rock'n'roll and its fandom generally, is the land of the Left, for sure, and most of them are utterly moronic and insane with their world view and general politics, whilst at the same time being told by each other, and themselves, how intelligent they are. It's really painful eh. It's a good lesson in that art, music etc, is to be enjoyed for itself, while leaving personality cult out of it absolutely all together. I just can cope with it anymore unless I do that. To be quite honest, the ones I actually quite like as blokes, apart from Bowie, because although they're left-ish, they're not too far that way, and are actually very smart, and that's the members of yours and my favourite band - The Police. Sting is the huge star, and as much as I love so much of his music, while really hating his worst pop hits, he can be a bit painfully political and leftist, I really love Stewart and Andy. Oh, and by the way, I love Astral Weeks, wouldn't want to listen to it often any more, but I think it was a beautiful album, and along with Moondance, and His Band and the Street Choir, and Saint Dominic's Preview. Nice records. Now I'm really annoying you probably. I can imagine Van Morrison being a tosser, but I really don't know anything about him beyond his music, which is how I like to keep it with rock musicians generally. By the way, are you irritated by Prince? Or do you love the freaky little deviant and stylishly wild musical genius as much as I do? :)
I'm an unquestioning member of the Bowie cult and loved Andy's piss take. Hilarious stuff. He was an all round good egg was David though.
@TheeRobertPhoenix the time the velvet underground opened for Frank Zappa and the Mother's . Frank came to the stage when VA finished and said in the microphone "Man those guys sicked, didn't they."
Something tells me that the more you insult Bowie, the longer your electricity will be out
Touché!
Careful… Edison’s men are on the way;)
Especially since David Lynch transformed him into a supernatural kettle...
i thought that was only true with Mother Teresa
I agree, but have no idea why.
I met Robert Plant at a juice bar in Tulum Mexico. He was super nice and chill, asked me questions, I gave him a CD of my band, talked about Mexico... really pleasant exchange. A few minutes later I saw him checking out the potato crisps at the little shop down the road. Legend!
I met Robert a few years back at a local fish market. He was staying at an inn next to my place on Martha's Vineyard. Very friendly and engaging guy. His girlfriend even took a photo of the two of us with my camera when I asked her to.
@Strimbles I met Jimmy Page in Ibiza about 40 years ago, quite affable, bought him a large bacardi, had a bit of a chat. Tight Knt never returned the favour. Amazing how quickly perceptions change. Tightwad.
@@cfcuker So he didn't give ya a "horse" ride EH?
It has to be Dave Grohl ... McDonald's safe sanitized Corporate Rock at its "finest" ... 💩💩
Yes
😂😂
Thank you!!!!! He's DISGUSTING
Are you sure, when his former bandleader Kurt Cobain railed against "kitty pettin baby kissin corporate rock whores"?
I second this. Even an 89-year-old grandma doesn't consider Foo Fighters edgy or cool rock 'n roll.
A mate worked for Van Morrison. Was his assistant. Van knew my friend was a massive Dylan fan. So when Morrison met Dylan in the lobby of a hotel while on tour Morrison could see my friend standing nearby obviously itching to meet Dylan. Morison purposely ignored my friend and chatted with Dylan until they departed. Friend came back from tour and quit saying that incident was icing on the cake of countless acts of meanness and disrespect. Morrison is not a good person.
My dad's mate is a pilot and has flown a few celebs around. One was Van Morrison. According to my dad's mate, Morrison stinks of piss.
@@ralphenstein9105 Hahahhhahahhahhahahhaaaaaa! Gold.
Winston Watson the black drummer for Dylan from like 1994-almost 1997 has a tour diary on TH-cam that’s so interesting and has the worst story about Morrison talking shit about Winston in ear shot and ultimately told Dylan to sack him. Racist pig.
l heard another story from a bloke who knew someone who was a van fan and went backstage to meet him . Asked to autograph an album which by chance was a bootleg . lt was only by the intervention of a band member that he was'nt beaten up as Van was not happy . Another story was that he's entourage were'nt allowed to retire to bed until the man himself was ready to turn in . Apparently Morrison is a" miserable sod" too . Another one was that Rory Gallagher was invited to the studio to work with Morrison but he was either late or did,nt turn up and Rory walked out .These were all second hand stories so if there is any truth to them who knows ?
There’s a video on YT of Glen Hansard talking about the first time he met his hero Van. He was an unknown busker at the time but got invited to a house party that he was also a guest at. Basically he was a donkey to him until he found out he was actually talented then gave him some attention.
1. Bono
2. Gene Simmons
3. Bono
4. Gene Simmons
5. Bono
6. Gene Simmons
7. Bono
8. Gene Simmons
9. Bono
10. Gene Simmons
@@stevenjohnston2263 you forgot gene Simmons
@anthonyscully2998 I forgot his middle name: Gene "lock up the unvaccinated" Simmons
lol....best laugh i had today
People still crying about the vaccine ..Babies can't handle a shot
@@willieluncheonette5843you've gotta be kidding. I was just thinking about how painfully unoriginal this was. How is it funny just regurgitating shit every already seen?
Don Henley for suing anyone who even drops a hint of one of his songs.
Yeah, he truly deserves to be on this list. Certainly more annoying than Bowie or Smith. Or Reed. Or Howe. Or most of them, really.
...and for trying to screw Don Felder.
Why would anyone bother?
You can't mention Don Henley without including Glenn Frey, who was a much bigger douche.
@@deplorableneanderthal1265 It's really a competition for King Douche with those two.
27:11 This reminds me of a joke I was told years ago by a coworker. 'What do Ginger Baker and coffee have in common? They both suck without Cream.'
I heard it was Eric Clapton was the subject of the quote
Baker is a superb drummer and vile human being. Clapton is also vile, but doesn't have a fraction of Baker's talent.
Cream should have fired Clapton and hired Hendrix when they had the chance.
@@outsider2222 "Backless" is a wonderful album.
@@outsider2222interchangeable lol
That's classic ... and true. I mean musically he was good with Cream AND Blind Faith, but he was a terrible human being, even with Cream. Threatened to kill Jack Bruce on multiple occasions.
Bruce Springsteen to me is the most annoying hypocrite who could never sing, certainly couldn't play guitar and his lyrics were a joke. Also, he sold his songwriting catalog to a subsidiary of Blackrock, and Mr. Working-Class now charges $2000 a ticket for main seats in his live shows.
Totally agree. His music always sucked and he's never had an original idea. Derivative crap. I always called him The White Trash Hero. Now he's a millionaire and personifies all that's wrong with rock music.
All of his ticket prices are ridiculous. The characters in his songs couldn't afford them
@@davewilliams584
I replied to denniswood1437 and now I can't see it. Did my comment get deleted perhaps?
Anyway, Bruce sucks. Always did, always will.
@@denniswood1437 in sweden the tickets icost around 120 dollars on the field. I have heard that it would cost you less to go to europe and watch a concert with your favorite artist.
@@denniswood1437 why do you bother. You don’t seem specially intrested anyway. Why are you calling him Mr Working class ?
Bono...
End of list
When it comes to singers with one names...
Sting > Bono
Sting at least comes off as a nice bloke.
Bono is a pretentious tool.
I don’t see Bono 🤣
I'm guessing Bono was a given.
Low hanging fruit
@@fightersweep😂
My thought.
Bonehead , boner or whatever he calls himself is about as annoying as they get
Holy crap the voice-over of dancing in the streets video is pure brilliance.
😂 absolutely
you beat me to it
@digitalofen is the channel, it's hilarious!
Absolutely! Comedy gold. Probably the funniest thing I've seen all year.
Should we encourage Andy to clip it and release as a meme? I bet somebody already has.
I've heard there's a better band than The Cure they're called Prevention......... I'll get me coat.
@@daicullinane7746 Dad, is that you? I'd recognize your dad jokes anywhere!
Or a band that's not quite as effective as The Cure.....Placebo.
😂😂😂😂
You can stay..
Just because an ounce of one is worth a pound of the other doesn't mean one is better...
i read Keith Richards book about himself, and he is so up himself. To listen to him, he single handed rescued Rock and Roll.
Years ago I saw a journalist ask Pete Townshend how great a guitarist Keith Richards is .... Pete said "ask me that after he learns how to tune a guitar.";
Richards still likes to see himself as a Rock 'N Roll rebel when the reality is he's an indulged , mega rich , ageing Rock star and business man surrounded by yes people who fuel he's huge ego much the same as Jagger .
@@oldcrow-iw3kc they never moved on, musically.
@@steevenfrost Steeven . The Stones never made a consistently good album since "Sticky Fingers"made well back in the year dot . Admitedly their albums had some good tracks amongst the mediocre stuff that made up most of the track listings but l gave up on them during the 70's and now they are just embarassing old men who are too greedy to retire .
Most people can come up with an anecdote about an artist which puts them in a bad light, because everyone can have an off day which never gets forgotten when you're famous. However, everyone who works, or has ever worked in the music industry, has got a bad one about Van Morrison; he is without a shadow of a doubt, a massive twat.
On Ginger Baker, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. A family member I won't name runs a social page that posts lovely old photos of Ginger and Cream and such. I waited a few weeks to comment on a photo, I think of Cream or Blind Faith, said something vanilla like "these old photos really capture the essence of a time and place." I get a notification she's replied, and I excitedly clicked on it. It's her basically screaming at me "WE ALL KNOW IT'S OLD!! WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO POINT THAT OUT! BLOODY HELL!" Like...ahhh...anyhoo, I wished her luck with her life and unfollowed the page lol.
"Narky Nettie"
I know exactly who you are talking about. She is constantly flogging her books (one of which I read and it is amateurish…rubbish actually). She also spends all day trying to “correct the record” on Ginger…like it matters. I feel bad her dad was not nice to the family and left them with no money but her attempt to monetize him at this point is kind of sad.
Lmao.
@@drummer78 Ginger was a thug who was so bad that Cream split up. A nasty little man who was in the biggest band on Earth without even being able to tune his kit.
Nettie is actually funny.
The Bowie and Jagger dance with the added sounds was genius!
It's a classic. Andy didn't make that, but good that he used some of it.
brilliant.....I laughed until I stopped !
We need a whole series of these Andy. Cut them out and make them mini epics!
Mike Love, Mike Love, Mike Love and Mike Love. Just watch the speech he gave at the Rock'n'Roll's Hall of Fame for the induction of The Beach Boys back in '88.
True but thats too easy. No one, and I mean no one other than Mike Love thinks that Mike Love is cool and awesome. He is impossible to be annoying because no one will ever say to you "Hey, you know who is really cool? Mike Love"
but i thought he said mystery man was in a band with some edge or rebellion spririt of rock. Beach boys at their best are good, but never rock. Much less with attitude.
@@gozorak That's so true.
And later that night, Bob Dylan thanked him for not mentioning him in his rant.😂
Poor Brian 😢
The Super Group I'd pay serious money to see (maybe £20):
Singer: Van Morrison
Backing vocals: Bono
Lead Guitar: Yngwie Malmsteen
Rhythm Guitar: Slash
Keyboards: Chris Martin
Bass: Roger Walters
Drums: Ginger Baker
What about Morrissey on triangle?
I prefer Ginger Baker's "singing" to Van Morrison's
Slash as rhythm guitarist!!!!??? Come on man, Izzy is one of the best rhythm guitarists of all time
I think Paul McCartney is the most irritating of all time.
For all the reasons you gave for Dave Grohl.
"Ebony and Ivory" had John Lennon turning in his grave.
Play " Oh Yoko ". by John Lennon . Is that annoying enough ?
You mean Faul McCartney mate👍
@@skyrocket0113Billy Shears 😅
@@skyrocket0113 Billy to his close friends
Like Butters would chant “kill-J L, kill J-L!”
Robert Smith looks like Roseanne Barr as a horror movie slasher.
😂😂😂
Roseanne Barr's drunk cos-play of Elvira? :)
@jimnewl The only funny thing Bill Maher has said in the last 5 years is comparing Robert Smith to his Aunt Mildred...
I've never seen Smith and Barr in the same room together...
Rosanne actually aged pretty well. She looks better today than 1994.
For me, Morrissey makes Robert Smith look like (insert least annoying person you can think of here). I will say, though, that going to a forum where fans of The Smiths and fans of The Cure are throwing insults at each other in an apparent attempt to prove that they are the more miserable people is very, very entertaining.
Ever watch the Simpson's episode, "Panic on the Streets of Springfield?" It's doesn't come out and say it's about Morrissey but it's kind of hard not to see the resemblance. Even Morrissey thinks it's about him.
@ No, but I’ll have to watch it now! For the record, I kinda like the Smiths, I just absolutely can’t suffer Morrissey. I’m not into the culture surrounding them or The Cure, but there’s a lot worse music out there for my tastes.
@@stevesheroan4131 I think the two bands are quite different musically (mainly because of Marr's guitar work) but yeah there is a sort of a rivalry between the fanbases since Robert Smith and Morrissey
dissed each other a while back. Morrissey also dissed Joy Division and The Doors in interviews in the 80s just to be edgy. Unique frontman but obnoxious in interviews.
I saw Morrissey at Glastonbury years back (I'm married, bite me). I acknowledge that he's a despicable human being and his songs are fawful, but he had stage presence. Unlike Guy Garvey, who subbed the next day.
@@davidmorgan6896 (Takes pause to look up)... who.
Rock n Roll is the music of youth. There's nothing more sad and pathetic than rock performers in their 60s and 70s still trying to look and act like they did when they were in their 20s. So many of these artists refuse to hang it up. They're already rich, and don't need the money. It's all about narcissism and vanity.
You said exactly want l think and have put in my comments on ageing Rock bands and musicians who refuse to retire through either greed , boredom or inflated ego's probably all three . Nothing more pathetic than old men trying to relive past glories .Deep Purple , Yes , Black Sabbath , Jethro Tull , AC/DC etc , etc .
Great video Andy! My list would include Bono, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Miles Davis, Gene Simmons and Mike Love.
I have to agree with you, except that Miles Davis is in a totally different league as far as the music he made. He pretty much earned the right to be annoying. ;)
@@stevemack4643No one earns the right to be an asshole. Kissing one, however, seems to be a compulsion for some people.
Miles Davis? Annoying, maybe. Genius, yes.
@@thenaturalmidsouth9536
Plus, he was hardly a "rock star". He was a legit musician. Something many rock stars cannot lay claim to.
@@willmercury
I have never kissed the ass of any musician in over 40 years of working in the live music industry.
Andy: I'm in a bad mood."
Me: *hits like button*
Never thought I'd hear Bowie referred to as a heroin addled 70's mum, but there it is. Now he"s ruined.
Thanks Andy 😂
That was hilarious.
Gene's wig is the fifth member of the band.
😂😂😂
That pic of Robert Smith -makes Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane look fresh as a daisy!
Putting up the picture of the old man from Poltergeist 2 for Steve Howe and leaving it up during the whole rant for his number 2 spot was hysterical. I was rolling on the floor laughing. So funny man. I love your videos. The Ginger Baker was so spot on as well. You killed it with this one. Keep up the great work.
Grohl. This happens a lot. When a rebel/villain becomes popular, they get sanitised by people who can make money from them. Donald duck was originally more like Daffy Duck, but became a family duck. Even Daffy is not as anarchic as he was intended to be. Thus it is with rock stars.
Simultaneously a sensible comment and crazy at the same time. At least Donald still has a crazy voice.
That original Daffy Duck energy would have been hard to sustain through the years. Should have turned have turned left at Albuquerque, though.
@@originalhgc that was Bugs! And I agree they did tone Daffy down from a raving lunatic to a selfish sod, and that character was kept going for years in Seinfeld, and then in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
@@2wayplebney Laughing about Daffy morphing into Larry. On some occasions, Bugs had Daffy with him when he missed the turn. Believe it or not, I did 3 secs of research before posting before, just to make sure.
@@originalhgc well done on the extensive research. Some may think that Ozzie was an evil, Satan - worshipping monster before he was on The Osbournes, but he lived near us in Stafford in the early 70's and was a smashing fellow, according to my pals who met him. Not sure what point I'm making here, but Daffy and Ozzie rule!
Can I cast my own vote for:
1. Roger Waters
Oh yeah, and you were talking about Dave Grohl for your 1.
Wow, I thought he was talking about David Gilmour. So pleased to find out I’m wrong, as obviously you are correct.
Roger Waters...
Nooo, he is the only one Artist with a pair of balls today.
Maybe so, but an angry Roger is a creative force.
Rogers solo stuff is so much better than any post waters floyd or solo Gilmours stuff and I love gilmour as a guitarist an vocalist but a songwriter he ain’t. Although my favorite post waters Floyd song might just be lost for words which was just a fuck you to Roger lol
100%
Oohh yes!
Happy New Year ! I don't know how I found this or why I watched all the way through ,but I'm glad I did. laugh out loud funny ! "Whats with the wigs and the murderin" 😂 your Ginger is a riot, We DO count ! Have a great year !
You only have to watch that film, the Fabulous Mr. Baker, to see what a horror Ginger was. He clearly thought that he was Art Blakey.
Everyone who ever lived gets annoying if you scrutinize them enough.
William Farr annoyed me by beating me to that opinion.
Even Andy is a bit annoying 🙄
It's as my son says: anyone who lives long enough eventually turns into a Boomer.
That's why you should never scrutinize yourself too much.
Jo Brand has improved her makeup regime hasn't she. I just wish she'd brush her hair in the morning. /s
Prime Edwards! Lou Reed anecdote: I'm working in an Indie Record Store in Soho in New York City in the early 90s. We sell vinyl and CDs. The CDs are locked behind a rolling glass cabinet. I'm dealing with someone, nice conversation in progress. Suddenly a voice cuts through the air in a harsh tone. "Hey can I see these Velvet Underground CDs!" And I'm thinking, 'Who does this guy think he is? Lou Reed?' And then I turn. It's Lou Reed himself wanting to look through our Velvet Underground bootlegs.
Van Morrison? His career slid into the pretension gutter after his solo record on Bang Records in 1967. May I never hear Moondance again.
And Andy I think your lip-sinking to Dancing In The Streets was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. More! Don't let the bastards grind you down!
I share your disdain for Moondance. Thank you!
Springsteen better be on this :)
You’re giving off a “Mr. Smokes-Too-Much” vibe (Monty Python travel agency sketch), it’s entertaining enough. And then, the “Dancing in the Street” video! I would love to see you take other 80s or 90s music videos, and give them the half-hearted dubbing, along with the hilarious Foley sounds.
"Well, better cut down then"
Look up all the many great videos like that from 15 years ago. Most of them were called "____ shreds." Like "Van Halen shreds." It was a whole thing back then. You'll laugh.
David Lee Roth, Ozzy Osborne, Udo Lindenberg, Yoko Ono, Bob Geldoff, most rappers.
and of course Roger Waters at #1.
All rappers
I totally LOATHE Roth! He’s putrid
@@paulcorcoran2160I love Gansta’s Paradise”
Only two of those are Rock Stars
Brilliant, funny, incisive! What a list ! Seeing Andy express so much of what's packed into his complex, mischievous, learned brain is great entertainment. Especially given that it's mostly off-the-cuff.
I remember crossing paths with Lou Reed very early on a Sunday morning on the West side of NYC in the 90s. He was walking a ridiculously small dog. I could not not say anything to him as we were the only people around so I said 'Hi man' and felt instantly ridiculous because I realized that's it's a very West Coast thing to say 'man' and nobody says that in NYC.
He said Hi to me with a kind of annoyed face but as I looked closer to his expression I realized that it was an act and that he was happy to have somebody salute him like I did , and that he almost smiled. He had a red bandana on his head and as I walked away I thought that he looked like the chief of some invisible tribe scattered around the world, which in a sense he probably was (fans who like his stuff). Whatever one thinks about his 'spiny personality' , I got the feeling that he was a very unique (and real) person from that small encounter.
Tiny dog...says it all...
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer If you've been to NYC and like dogs, tiny ones are de rigeur.
Tough guy Lou with a Paris Hilton designer yapper, love it! 🐩
I'm afraid I have incorporated your story into a forthcoming video
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer No Problemo. My 'story' belongs to anyone willing to enjoy it. Glad to hear that it found a way into your imaginary. Keep up the good work !
Great videos Andy. Just discovered you. Very entertaining. Totally with you on Van the Man. His voice has always grated on me. Look forward to enjoying more of yours videos.👍
If David Bowie had been alive to see you ranting, Andy, I am absolutely certain that he would have pissed himself laughing and applauded your comments.
Got to be BONO. Not only that but he his an appalling musician!. He isnt liked in Dublin for sure, such a hypocrite
The Jagger/Bowie video must be the long lost footage of Monty Python's "most deadly joke of the world"
My dog has no nose. How does he smell? Awful.
It also reminds me of the Ministry of Sily Walks
The Queens Of England
Steve Howe has aged like a fine bowel movement
If you love life, there is no alternative to ageing.
HE HE HE.......
For the record, Phil Spector did not murder his wife. It was actress and fashion model Lana Clarkson, an acquaintance.
Which doesn't mean he didn't absolutely trash the life of Veronica Bennett, best known as the lead singer of the Ronnettes ... and as Mrs Ronnie Spector.
Whew! Thank god for that. Was worried there for a minute.
Thank God for that! And I’ve been hating him all these years
why did she murder his wife?
I hope that the courts recognised this and downgraded his murder charges.
I was so happy and shocked that you went there about Steve Howe. What's up with that? (we probably may never fully know). I was hoping you would mention him and you exceeded my expectations by putting him on the top of your list. Anyway Happy New Year to us all.
There is no measure of how much musically we owe to the Rolling Stones and to Mick in particular., Before the stardom, when American blues albums were being passed around in the UK, one guy had the biggest collection and that was Mick Jagger. They brought Howling Wolf over and would book concerts for themselves and then bring out Howling Wolf and tell the audience, in no uncertain terms, that this was the real deal. American blues music was heading to obscurity in the US if not for the ceaseless promotion of Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones.
Paul David Hewson, known by the nickname Bono.
The most annoying prick in the history of R'n'R is undoubtedly Roger Waters, by a country mile. Your number one is presumably Grohl, but he doesn't offend me nearly as much. I'm not convinced you can blame him entirely for killing Rock. His major crime is blandness. Great video though! Love it! Please do a video on the Cure. Obviously you like them really.
Interesting that Mars Analog cite Pink Floyd as an influence.
But Waters changed to the better in the last years. surely not in the mind of circumcised.
Why is Roger Waters the most annoying etc?
Toyah bloody Wilcox for attempting to make Robert look funny on those annoying videos.
they're old and they're having fun. I just ignore it, but I don't begrudge it
The Sunday with Robert and Toyah clips are the best thing she has ever done and they have slightly humanised Robert
What a hose-bag she is
Only succeeding in making Robert look cringe AF.
@@axeman2638 He pursued her affections ... She mocked him during their first encounter and clearly still maintains the upper hand ... I enjoyed watching him play Sabbaff licks ... focussed the old curmudgeon more than his endless noodling
Great list. Van is insufferable and a complete bore. Mr. Baker was never going to win the Mr. Nice Guy award. Lou Reed fired Dick Wagner on the 'Rock 'n' Roll Animal' tour because people cheered Dick's guitar more than Lou's vocals, even after Dick resorted to standing behind his Marshall stacks. The joke was on Reed, as the band left with him and became Alice Cooper's backing band. Dick explained it in great detail when I interviewed him in 2012.
Very enjoyable rant Andy, I especially enjoyed your little big man impersonation. When Richard Washinton aka Ditmus (Dr John's incredible percussionist) played on Exile On Main Street, Mick didn't bother writing his name down and credited him only as Amyl Nitrate. Ditmus was so annoyed he put a hex on Mick & the Stones. I've always found the Jagger - Bowie video to be totally ridiculous, as you very amusingly pointed out. The clothes they were wearing were also hard to fathom, even back then. Peter Tosh was not as happy as Bowie working with Mick. Though I enjoyed the doco Being Mick. Such a charmer.
Belfast Malmsteen story: when on tour back in the (Eighties) he (apparently) insisted on playing the biggest venue in each city he was playing in. His Belfast venue was to have been the illustriously named Queen's University snack bar but he insisted on hiring the city's then largest indoor venue -- the King's Hall. My brother was a huge fan so we both went to the concert. All the venue ground floor seating had been removed to increase the capacity lol. During the show I turned round and there were two 5 a side football matches taking place across the empty expanse. I since found out that the promoter had people on the doors literally trying to drag people in off the street in the hope that Yngwie wouldn't realise he was playing to a mostly empty arena. The flipside of the coin was he was very good and you could stand in front of the stage without being crushed. 🤣
I gotta malmsteen story from his chubby fingers years.. he had on his tour rider two mcdonalds big macs. Fine. Promoter's people dropped off said big macs. PROBLEM> ! big macs were cold. Return these cold burgers to the heart of the sun, son, and bring me back proper warm big macs. They did, and like andy turning his back on lord saint sir van morrison, yngwie turned his back and scarfed down 2 hot big macs. Hey, really was it too much to ask to have his burgers warm? Nothing phoney about yngwie. I think he deep down knows he is both, ridiculous and its proud of it and at peace with who he is. And why not.
How many picks did you catch?
@@naturadventur7425 Not me, but my brother may have as he was the big fan... I'll ask him.
For me "Bonio" followed by "String" .
They took ecky steps into toilet cubicle.....gooooo.
On my list, sting is number one
beer everywhere moment
@@FredGarvin-bn8lj There was a time, a far away time, when, for a few very short years, Sting was writing great songs, and was surrounded by two unique musicians (neither of whom GAF about convention), and thus Sting was actually cool. The worst thing he did was leave The Police (and be "the boss" of his own bands). He's a great writer but his musical "taste" is suspect, as evidenced by "Dream of the Blue Turtles," the first thing he did without the guiding hands of Copeland and Summers. Overall, I still have to tip my hat, because he's written some bangers.
@@julioalvarez3788 His talent is immense, but so is his ego. The police were astonishing, as were a good number of the songs sting wrote for them.
His solo career reeks of pretentious assh*le, albeit a talented one. And it annoys the s*** out of me.
I face death impatiently when Foo Fighters are on the radio.
Ever-ever-everlong.
I'm comin' Elizabeth! This is the big one!
I have to play one of their songs. It’s just a pointless bunch of notes thrown together for four minutes.
Their fucking awefull!!
Lou Reed may have starting the horrid trend in music of how lack of musical ability actually became cool.
Malmsteen is hilarious, just too funny to be annoying, I agree, if you ever interview him make sure you get him a box of doughnuts
I just realized that Robert Smith looks just like Elizabeth Taylor in her Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf era. No disrespect to Elizabeth Taylor, she was wonderful, brilliant, down to earth, gorgeous, authentic.
Surely you mean Bette Davis in Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (?)
Elsa Manchester in Bride of Frankenstein.
Haha, yes he could be mistaken for any of those mentioned. There's a shot of him on a nice sunny beach, near a volleyball net that's unintentionally hilarious, taken around the same time as this less-than-flattering photo shown here.
I thought he looks like Big Ernie McCracken (Kingpin)
Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Steve Tyler, Lars Ulrich, Fripp, Dave Grohl, Gene Simmons, Don Henley, Mike Love- all come to mind.
I once did a gig with Barry Mannilow. He was playing the Bingley Hall, a barely converted cattle market outside Stafford. It was 1980. He needed a choir and he used rhe one at my college. He was great. In my faded unreiable memory, in the green room he was sipping white wine and wearing a fluffy stole.
Great story.
I worked a Manilow show back in '82 and I remember him having about 300 lbs of mirrors for his dressing room. We were also instructed to not make eye contact.
I read a ton of rock and music bios--- and if its a good read, doesn't even matter if I'm a big, medium or not even a fan at all. So many I come away liking the artist less (not the music but the artist or band members). Reading Barry Manilow's bio..came away full respect. And what a likeable guy. What a ton of hard work and paying dues. Guy knew music AND songwriting a that make lou reed look like an kid beating on pots and pans in the kitchen. Barry even let his ego be humbled at time and record someone else's song--- ironically barry wrote most of his hits and was a legit composer, but "I write the songs" ? yeah that wasnt his song.
Unhinged and brilliant. Still wiping the laughter tears from my eyes. You would be fun to jam with!!!
Andy Summers wins the Biggest Wanker award for me. His girlfriend apologized for his rude behaviour.
I was a stage hand in New York and a fellow worker said the biggest piece of garbage he ever worked for was Lou Reed. He told him to get effed and lost thousands by walking off the job!
When Van Morrison was playing a music venue I worked at in Belfast, it said on his rider that he wasn't to encounter another human being on his journey from his dressing room to the stage.
So he's a bit shy, no need for hating on him.
I once went to see Van Morrison. A member of his band announced “Ladies and gentlemen Mr Van Morrison” he walked on stage without acknowledging the audience and performed his set, didn’t speak a word or engage with the audience. After about ninety minutes which he just turned around and walked off stage. “Ladies and gentlemen Mr Van Morrison”
But he was brilliant! as was his band
Was that in case he forgot the lyrics?
I saw vm play at great woods outdoor venue near Boston in the early 90s. I was over the moon to finally see him live.
He very quickly disabused me of any enthusiasm. Played for 1 hour and it was just awful. I still love his music but gosh what a come down.
Someone once told me there are 2 kinds of people in the world.....those who like Van Morrison.....and those who've met him......
Noel Gallagher / Liam Gallagher (Repeat)
Noel has wit
@@krisinsaigon not wit just shit
100%
They have become the very thing that they fought against. Also, by Noels own admission they cribbed a load of tunes from existing works.
Too easy
I thought Bono would be #1 lol, but you made the right choice with DG, when is part 2 coming out?
You are hilarious. It’s 1”14 here in US I WAS laughing like a lunatic. Watching 10 most annoying rock stars. I totally agree. I’m a new fan of yours.
The Bowie/Jagger video/voiceover brought tears of laughter to my eyes because you shined a light I never thought I'd see on the absolute absurdity of it all! Touche!
All rockstars are fairly annoying to be honest.
😬 yes there's an overall lack of authenticity . im thinking of going folk rock 😒 seriously
@ lol yeah man it’s like coming home to the same old town you left so many years ago.
True, except maybe for Cliff Richard and Pat Boone. 😆.
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the whole system that created the concept of a person being "a star" is to blame
How has Mick Hucknall evaded all detection here 🧐
Yes, apparently everyone hates that guy.
it isn't music anyone can take seriously, no matter how delusional
To good of a singer.
Many decades I was a headliner on a festival the day after morrison. I got friendly with one of the backstage girls. She gave me her copy of the morrison rider:
Burgers and carling black label for the roadies
Steak and Johnnie Walker black for the band
Lobster and champagne for morrison and his lawyer.
Now it starts to get a little weird: she had to take the lobster and champagne on a silver tray, knock on the green room door, the lawyer would open the door. And she had to look away while the lawyer took the tray.
There was other weird stuff.
Unfortunately there was a fire in my flat, and that was one of the documents that went
Dave Grohl
Thanks a lot, Andy. I was watching your video while putting together a piece of furniture for someone's Christmas and because I was laughing so hard I screwed up and had to take half of it back apart! So thank you very much! (By the way, it was worth it.)
Dave Grohl? If so yes, I agree I don't get ff at all. He went from Sid Viscious to Sid James in one career!
On the other hand I've never written a hit record or been in a stadium band so what do I know? I have literally 10's of fans! 😂
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It has to be!
I've not heard Dave Grohl's cackle though - tough to match the legendary Sid James 😂
I once saw Lou Reed annoy a whole festival audience. You know those 'rules' about playing to an audience that isn't just your fans? Yeah, he didn't care and played absolutely nothing that anyone would have known, he didn't play a single 'hit' or popular song. I was probably a little more familiar than 99% of the audience and I only recognized one song, it mostly sounded like an hour long jazz jam.
Was that the Hop Farm. Originally a two day festival. The chance to see Lou was one of the reasons I went. Absolutely agree he was fucking awful. Seemed in a really bad mood. Nothing off Transformer, wilfully obscure songs and like you I'm pretty familiar with most of his stuff. Because we were near the front also noriced he kept on looking over at some girl in the wings, scowling and shouting, poor girl was nearly in tears.Morrissey curated that days bill apparently (he headlined). The Stooges came on after Lou and knocked it out the park. The third day they added with Prince though, what a performance, one of the best live performances I've ever seen. After Lou's performance I saw Stewart Lee in the comedy tent. Did a much more conventional set for a fesrival crowd. Opening line was somerhing like 'God, Lou Reed was shit wasn't he?'
Yep. I saw him with saxophonist John Zorn in a duo performance at Poisson Rouge in NYC.
Reed played guitar only and didn’t sing once. Just a lot of noodly guitar playing. Really dude!? Throw us a bone! Sweet Jane… something. Zorn- like him or not- and I do, at times- is a much more skilled improvisor than Reed who was clearly out of his league.
The worst part, however was the pre - show announcement “ The artists have requested that the bar be closed during the performance”. WTF!!!!!!!!!
BTW. I love the Velvets dearly.Lou’s solo work not quite so much. He was one of a kind, though!
Bono the bonehead. I actually like U2, but Bono just seems like a massive vvanker when interviewed. I kind of love/hate Mick Jagger's stage persona, but he's actually alright when interviewed. Im surprised Nob Geldof didn't get a mention, maybe it's because people have forgotten about him?!
Bro, I've been saying for more than 10 years that Dave Grohol has become a total businessman, completely losing touch with the rock & roll spirit. I bet most of your voters thought you were talking about Bono, but NO. Bono is talented and has a GREAT track record to fall on. But Grohl seemingly decided to do a 180 from Nirvana's path and pursue friendship with the corporate record labels. He is very talented, yes, but the true spirit of music has been utterly lost with him.
You can do a 3 hour video just on Lars... Virtue-signaling, the way he talks, never wrote one riff yet takes credit for EVERY song, Napster, fake laugh, idiotic modern art collection, steered Metallica toward sellout and mediocrity, posh boy, inferiority complex, cokehead, punchable face, tells interviewers what they wanna hear, the list goes on and on...
He has become used to being indulged hasn't he? Like the sort of Rock Star persona you would get in Law & Order or something. I knew he was an idiot when he said Bonham was a better drummer than Peart.
Punchable face. Love it.
@@SteveConkie-t6r the truth Always hurts the most
@@arfshesaid4325 Wow! Sick burn dude. You're like,,,so Rad.
@@SteveConkie-t6r ok thanks , anytime the who was better thing gets tossed around its always fucked up, i just prefer groove over all, so thats maybe one of the few bright things this clown said in his scandacalifornia accent
The width and breadth of your videos is unparalleled. You make us laugh-and you make us think. Or practice. Thank you.
You are so welcome
Bahahah! That's hilarious, the pic you used for Steve Howe. When I was a kid, that preacher from Poltergeist II scared the living bejabbers out of me.
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yup
I was thinking Skeletor.
😂
An emaciated end-of-the-line Charlton Heston...normally comparing those two would be absurd, but take a look again. Uncanny.
I must say your coat and cap give you a decidedly Pete and Dud at the art gallery vibe. Wonder if anyone else felt that, and if that's your intention? You have nice hair.
th-cam.com/video/Au9_vfx6t6c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=yXQVC2f_fqniLnGh Robert Smith's inspiration.
Any rockstar over 50 who can’t let their decade go
You might not have wanted to put Fripp on the list, but I think that his better half, Toyah, deserves a place.
Her singing sounds like someone trying to be an opera singer
The best thing Robert Smith did was to write a complaint letter to Remo drum heads after the band felt like there was a drop in Remo's quality control.
The band received a couple of dud ambassadors in the studio. I had noticed this problem myself after buying two dud 12 inch coated ambassadors.
I think they did sort it out after Robert's letter.
It's bad enough that Pink floyd is not your #1 prog. band or even the most influential band but I'm so angry that Roger Waters was not mentioned.
Yeah Roger gets on my nerves so hard, any time he opens his mouth or does anything. :/ Even just what he's said about Polly, Gilmour's wife... he can go take a... hike.
Roger was not mentioned because the video was meant for comedy purposes.
@@sub-jec-tiv But Waters is right and correct with what he is telling. The circumcised may see it differently.
Pink Floyd are NOT a Progressive Rock band. If that is your definition of Prog that is so milktoast.
@@TheRetiredrummer Whaaaat?
I'm a huge Yes fan and I agree with you about Steve Howe. I once gave him a little model of a guitar as a gift, bloke couldn't be bothered to say thank you!
Btw, are you able to not rock back and forth when you're talking?
You're right Andy, this is your best video yet. I sent the Jagger/Bowie video to t friends and encouraged them to subscribe to your channel. I would send you my dry cleaning bill because I did piss my pants laughing at it but what sort of a narcicist gets their underwear drycleaned ffs! Sofa pongs a bit though. I've rumbled No 1 though....self-styled 'Nicest Man In Rock' Mr. Dave Grohl. 'All My Life' is a banger though. Keep'em coming mate, you made my Wednesday which going a bit shonky due to mildly pshycotic new girlfriend 😂😂😂❤
If there was a rock band made up of supervillains, Gene Simmons would be the leader.
I think that might be Gary Glitter. Eeek
The fact that Ace was not included in Genes spot in this video is the real crime. Compared to Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons is the greatest man that’s ever lived.
Gene Simmons is a very polarizing figure, as people either like him or hate him, ( I personally like Kiss a lot) but it doesn't matter how much you dislike Gene and how obnoxious he can be, he goes on and on being Gene, like bacteria that has grown resistant to all anti- biotics, he is sort of indestructible. .
Andy needs to make a video of this happen
@@arzabael Peter Criss
Tom Morello, Bono, Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach (though I recognize Bach is an excellent vocalist) and Sharon Osbourne (not a musician but I'm throwing her there anyway)
Tom and Dee would be the types of picks I'd make. Monied, performative politicking for revolution... on Sony records! It's beyond ridiculous and these people chiming in on the issues.. ugh
Dee at least stood up against the PMRC twats in the 80s so...
Bach was good on The Trailer Park Boys
I find Miles Davis and James Brown particularly annoying, personality wise
Miles was cranky mean bastard, (he claimed to hate most white people, because of the racism he experienced) but he had an endearing side to, he copped a lot of flak from the other black musicians in his band, and in general, for choosing white players, like Bill Evans, they would say , "why don't you choose black guys'' and he used to say in reply, "find me a black guy who plays like that" and I'll put him in him in the band". He never backed, down his music came first.
@@theodoreconstantini2548 and it survives as does Browns
A real cheery curmodgeonly video, I hope your leccy gets back on soon but I'm glad it was off to get this.
By the way, you mentioned you'd gone down to do a video about modes. When are you gonna do a video about your top 10 most annoying modes and scale types? I reckon you'd get a lot of comments on something like that.
1. Sting
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. Bono
4. Natalie Merchant
5. David Gilmour
And I don't know if we're counting deceased people but, to be honest, John Lennon.
Answer to #1: Dave Grohl. Extra credit: Don Henley😊
Ooo. That's a good call. I was thinking Phil Collins.
The fact that you like Gene, I'm afraid, discredites the entire list...One love. 💙
I didn't mind him until covid when he outed himself as a major douche
@@stewrmo because Gene likes Trump? Is that it?
@Asdwer1 Umm. I don't care about US politics. We just look on. I live in Scotland.
@@stewrmo scotland isn't predominantly leftist?
@@Asdwer1 Wow...
Although I love him. I'm annoyed by Paul McCartney sometimes.
Lemme guess...cuz he's not John Lennon...
@@kcewing1 Even Paul is annoyed that he isn't John Lennon.
@@mikefrank6319 Even John was annoyed he wasn't George
Everyone in Ireland has a Van Morrison story but the general consensus here is that there's two types of people.
There's those that like him and.....
There's those who have met him.
Andy, i really give you that you have valid arguments. Jagger's and Bowie's rendition of Dancing on the Street was really horrible, for me it feels not annoying but just plain ridicoulus. I hava a little annecdote about Bowie. When he played the US Festival back in 82, he got paid 1 Million Dollars but he only paid his musicicans 200 lousy bucks, that doesn't really speaks in his favor. I always was a big Stones Fan since the age of six, but getting older has changed my view not only in this regard. We have to be honest here- Bill Wyman is simply PDF File, and i don't care if the parents of his child wife gave permission or not. There are so many others: Jimmy Page, Steve Tyler, Anthony Kidis, Chuck Berry, Ike Turner, Jay Z... This are just a few names i could spit out effortless, without doing any further research. It is a systemic problem, not only in the Music Industry but also in Hollywood. Maybe the best example here is Steven Spielberg beside of course Harvey Weinstein. We really have to call out this people to make a change, also we have to stop worshiping and idolizing them. In the end, they are just people like you and me. Number one is Dave Grohl. He was legit in the Nirvana days, but his Foo Fighter (Foo Fighters where UFO's that invaded U.S. Airspace in WWII) Project he absolutely took out everything we loved about Rock'n Roll and then he comes out and apologizes for having cheating on his wife an affair and a baby with this other woman. What a hippocrat!