Good Musicians Who Make Shitty Music

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:03 pm

I'm not talking about someone like Michael Jackson who fell off. I'm talking about someone who is a talented musician who just makes crappy music. Wait? Is there a difference?

This could get messy.

Piff Tannen · Post by **Piff Tannen** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:11 pm

id go out on the limb and say 50 cent is a talented artist who has succumbed to putting out complete trash. but i think these guys are great who make really shitty music pretty consistently now:

no need to argue, maladroit, the green album or anything else post pinkerton is worth more than a fast forward and a sigh of sadness.

T-Wrex · Post by **T-Wrex** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:14 pm

First name to come to mind..

Prince.

Next on the list.. Eddie Van Halen.

I mean.. Sammy comes aboard and says, "Hey Eddie.. Ill play guitar.. Wanna do some keyboard or something?.." WTF IS HE THINKING?!?!?

HopeLess · Post by **HopeLess** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:22 pm

I agree with 50-Cent, along with Eminem as well, at least lately.

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:00 pm

to me dave matthews is really hit and miss, almost all songs are technically great, but some are just really boring and bland

GM Dizzy Skillespie · Post by **GM Dizzy Skillespie** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:42 pm

I'd agree with everyone mentioned thus far.
Eminem makes fucking wretched music now-a-days.. its disgusts me.
"ass like that" is vomit-enducing

I'd add Gavin Degraw.
he can sing and I had to cover his performance at my college for a paper... the man can sing, play guitar somewhat well and play piano... but his music is horrible.
the covers he did, he did exceptionally well. Except "let's get it on" no one should touch that song... especially a white man.. no soul.

A__TRAIN · Post by **A__TRAIN** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:20 pm

Ludacris in some cases. He can spread out his lyrical subjects but he decides to focus on fucking women, it can get old sometimes.

Tariq's Dilemma · Post by **Tariq's Dilemma** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:25 pm

John Mayer

dibdap · Post by **dibdap** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:28 am

John Mayer is better than Raifi but light years behind Sufjan Stevens. Besides, I believe you've over looked the Portland Trail Blazers, who recorded "Bust a Bucket" in the early-90s. These were clearly good musicians not on their A-game that day.

PiThief · Post by **PiThief** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:11 am

the drummer from blink182 is a talented drummer in a really bad band. He also has a hotter wife then anyone under 4 feet deserves.

Y@k Bollocks · Post by **Y@k Bollocks** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 7:07 am

Whatabout all those crazy technical guitarists like Yngwie Malmsteen who just do that really self indulgent horrible guitar stuff.

Also, people like Kid Koala. Really impressive, sounds boring to me.

T-Wrex · Post by **T-Wrex** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:55 am

Y@k Bollocks wrote:Whatabout all those crazy technical guitarists like Yngwie Malmsteen who just do that really self indulgent horrible guitar stuff.

Also, people like Kid Koala. Really impressive, sounds boring to me.

Just cuz you're 7 foot doesn't make you a good baller..

Those types of people can't make good music.. they don't have the ear, heart or drive to do so....

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:29 am

Prince makes/made shitty music..?
you need to get yerself a new pair of ears.

T-Wrex · Post by **T-Wrex** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:51 am

I Drive A Lexus wrote:Prince makes/made shitty music..?
you need to get yerself a new pair of ears.

havent really liked much anything after Come..
Emancipation.. Musicology.. Rave/Fantasic.. etc..

Snuggles the DESTROYER · Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:56 pm

Y@k Bollocks wrote:Whatabout all those crazy technical guitarists like Yngwie Malmsteen who just do that really self indulgent horrible guitar stuff.

Also, people like Kid Koala. Really impressive, sounds boring to me.

I'd say more so Q-Bert, or even some of Mix Master Mike's Albums, as well.

They're great DJ's but I don't want to hear someone scratch a car alarm sound over an electro beat for an hour.

OMNI · Post by **OMNI** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:20 pm

PiThief wrote:the drummer from blink182 is a talented drummer in a really bad band. He also has a hotter wife then anyone under 4 feet deserves.

That guy THINKs he is a good drummer, but he is not.

Prince? WTF

John Mayer has no talent.

The Iron Sheik · Post by **The Iron Sheik** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:05 pm

OMNI wrote:
PiThief wrote:the drummer from blink182 is a talented drummer in a really bad band. He also has a hotter wife then anyone under 4 feet deserves.
That guy THINKs he is a good drummer, but he is not.

No, but seriously, he's a pretty good drummer.

zizek · Post by **zizek** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:26 am

Yeah, when I saw this thread the first name I thought of was Yngwie Malmsteen, followed by other guitar geniuses like Joe Satriani. If you can play great technically, that's cool, but rock isn't jazz. Jeff Beck is the one of this breed who can make semi-listenable albums, but mostly because he constructs them like jazz-fusion albums. Some of the prog rock bands are also great players who make boring, shitty albums--Emerson,Lake & Palmer, for instance. Some of those avant garde gurus, like Derek Bailey,
are pretty unlistenable.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:58 am

That Liberace fella could play the piano effortlessly but he was hella wack.

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:39 am

Yeah you need to listen to Prince "The Rainbow Children"

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:47 am

yep, first thought of Yngwie. INCREDIBLE guitarist, technically.
Makes super shitty music.

Choke · Post by **Choke** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:47 pm

For some reason Lenny Kravitz was the first person I thought of, but I dont know if he'd be considered "technically" good. I just know his music is shitty.

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:24 am

Q-tip.. i guess that counts as falling off though.

Vlad Analogue · Post by **Vlad Analogue** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:56 am

Carter Beuford (sp?) from Dave mathews Band is one of the most technically gifted drummers in the game, but has unfortunately decided to play for the great gavel-mouther afrikaner

Liger Woods · Post by **Liger Woods** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:21 pm

lenny kravitz is the king of this thread.

Henessee Williams · Post by **Henessee Williams** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:10 pm

as of late Automator.
raffi.
jeff beck (good call whoever made it)
q bert (^)
joe satriani

Uprock · Post by **Uprock** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:24 pm

2 words

Prince Paul

Ethix Skeptro · Post by **Ethix Skeptro** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:28 pm

METALLICA

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:53 pm

Strange, Yngwie Malsteem and Joe Satriani were the first people I thought of too.

A lot of the bands in the 70's had great skills but churned out super-shitty music - the aforementioned Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, the Grateful Dead, Rush, etc.

And come to think of it, a lot of stuff that people like to listen to while high falls into this category...

Jennie C · Post by **Jennie C** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:02 pm

Ethix Skeptro wrote:METALLICA