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? :)
@@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?
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.
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 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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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! 😂 👍✌️❤️
The Velvet Underground and the Mothers were on the same label and bills. Zappa said "Well, that that sucked" when VU opened for the Mothers. It was tit for tat stuff. Both awkward blighters making contradictory statements according to mood. Neither of them nice people, really. Reed mellowed a bit with age. Zappa died still sneering at everyone and everything. Both loved Doowop. Both quite funny in interviews. Neither as great as their worshipers would have it.
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.
'Satellite of love' is probably in my top 10 favorite songs. Arrogance, naivety, despair ; always weaved together make Reed's approach at times fascinating. Music more for introverts maybe.
Kurt Cobain really annoys me. His hypocrisy is just as bad as Lennons ideas of no money or possessions but I’ll live in the biggest house you got. Stop it. Cobain on rant- “Oh I’m a tortured artist and I don’t want to be a rock and roll star and hate those who do. I despise Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith for singing about women and sex. They’re so sexist. Oh I’m so tortured!” Yet, he stated in multiple interviews how he wanted to be the biggest band in the world. They’d be a household name. I mean give me a break. Then you should’ve stopped making albums before Nevermind. He’s a liar and tells you he’s a liar. He was selling his depression and addiction to teenagers and we bought it and believed that’s how we should feel. I get it, he breathed new life in the landscape but cmon, your whining is just hypocrisy. And same goes for Eddie Vedder. They know their angst will sell. And we bought it and still buy into it.
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.)
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)
Andy, we should start a Super Group! Phil Aston Rythm Guitar-me (Danny) on Lead Guitar and vocals- Luis from "In the Prog Corner" on Bass-and you on Drums...And Pardo on...Promotion...and "Air Guitar"!
Bowie, Blackmore, Malmsteen, Lou Reed, Nico, Axl Rose, Bono Vox, The Edge, Roger Waters, Tom Morello, Anthony Kiedis, Radiohead, Michael Stipe, Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry,
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 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.
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.
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 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!
I love The Smiths, but Morrissey. Also all the Sonic Youth guys. Love the music, but there's an infamous interview Narduwar does with them and they act and talk like quintessential hipsters in it. Then there's some obvious ones : Gene Simmons, fucking Fred Durst, Anthony Kiedis, the Motley Crue guys, the Manowar guys...
This, the biscuit video and the scotch egg video, apart from the daft bit where you said that it should be cut in half. A scotch egg should be eaten straight out of the packet, you should be standing next to your car, legs astride, looking out over the beauty of a true English roadside parking area, and you should eat it in bites like the perfect pig apple that it is.
If nothing else comes of this video, we can only hope that a Top Ten Rockstars Suffering From Little Man Syndrome video is already in the pipeline. The Lars portion was the best segment of any RUclips video in 2024 by a mile.
"some kind of monster" Metallica doc is one of the most unintentionally funny documentaries ever made. It out does the fake version of This is Spinal Tap
David Letterman took his TV show to Chicago back in 1989, to a large theater venue, and made the colossal mistake of introducing Lou Reed, Mr. New York, as the musical guest. The enormous Chicago audience spontaneously booed Dave, which NEVER happened to him in NYC, before or after. It was beautiful.
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?'
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. .
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.
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...
The mentally challenged fellow who tunelessly screams/raps for Rage Against the Machine gets my vote, along with, of course, Gene Simmons and Axl Rose. Oh, and maybe virtue-signaling Bono and that whining singer from Green Day.
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!
Mr Angry, the one and only Ginger Baker has to be on this list! I read an interview with a journo who went to interview Baker at his home in South Africa. As the interview was about to start Ginger turned the TV on to watch a football/soccer match and ordered the journo not to talk while the game was on. Ginger then spent the entire match shouting abuse at the players😁 Even watching something he enjoys he was stil being an angry arse.😟 Bloody brilliant drummer though! Bonio. Sting. Geldof. Waters. Elton John. Sid Vicious was an obnoxious prick. Apparently, Chuck Berry was a rather difficult character to say the least. Also heard some bad stuff about Marc Bolan.
Gonna give you that he was a fairly major prick but I still love Ginger Baker. On my list of favourite drummers. Sid Vicious was just a dumb kid who got thrust in front of a musical movement and hooked on Nancy Spungeon and heroin, never really had a chance. If we put Ginger on the list we've got to include Clapton. Cream was fabulous but Clapton's a racist who's only been fitted with a tighter tinfoil hat over the years.
Well done, Andy. This was a funny video for the right reasons. The Ulrich snippet was brilliant. Your summary of rock towards the end had me smiling from ear to ear. And I know you know that we all know who number one is!
It took until the "I'm not worthy" bit before I realized you were talking about Dave Grohl but I instantly thought of the word 'neutered' when you were trying to describe his effect on R&R. I think that he's the post R&R era version of what the music used to be, kind of like a '50's tribute band or an Elvis impersonator... and this i̲s̲ your best video.
Love the video. Love the anger. What I must know is, what brand of cymbals are on those drum kits ? I have Paiste Giant Beats and love how dark they are, but yours are fantastically darker. Love the textures (lighting helps) please let me know. P.S. thanks for not having Lars face fully on the screen.
Great stuff once again. Under the weather so many things attain peak annoyance, so prime time for thinking about which rockstar annoys me personally the most. I immediately though of Bono for the world savior / holier-than-thou image and overall aesthetics and Morrissey for coming out as someone who would surely be quite insufferable as a Smiths fan to meet in person. However, thinking a bit more what annoys me the most is mediocre musicians doing bland stuff but being hailed as rock gods or whatever and popping up needlessly often music related media/award shows etc. I guess the annoyance is directed more at other people not being able to see the vanilla rockers as what they really are, but the artist gets the blame so this one goes for Dave Grohl.
Lou Reed was absolutely spot on with Zappa (to me, PT Barnum of music, without attracting the crowds, talent free chancer of them all) - Soz. Despise Zappa - Dickensian character
When Linus Thorvald was in Australia on a Zoo he was bitten by a small Pinguin. A naughty Pinguin. So Linus made the Pinguin as the Linux Kernel mascot. That and the fact that penguins always struggle together made it being a mascot.
16:26 Yngwie Malmsteen is well known to enjoy doughnuts and people thats offer him this delicious snack. You should bring him some doughnuts to help break the ice when you meet him.
I love Van Morrison, but I know, that you are right. There is no doubt, the guy is more than full of himself. Love, that you get a good spin on the subject other than the whipping of the pompous. Keep on rocking!
I had a friend named Victor Agnello (RIP), who played in an SF based speed metal band called Laaz Rockit back in the 80s, whom Metallica used to open for. Strictly my COMPLETELY biased opinion but had Laaz not blinked on their 2nd album (as in trying to walk the line between commercial and thrash), Victor, who was a better drummer by far, would have been the one who got written up in all the drum mags, not Lars.
When you were saying how you don't need the banana album and you don't have to pretend you like that anymore all I could think was THE GREAT!!! SOUTHERN!!! TRENDKILL!!! (Actually I was thinking of the lyrics of the reprise at the end of the album) Id love to hear your thoughts on Pantera greatest record
Your method acting of wandering across the far side of the room and ten taking forever to make it back to the camera is reminiscent of an opening sequence in Monty Python’s Flying Circus when the tattered old man struggles to walk out of the ocean to finally make it all the way to the camera just to say, “It’s!”
Highly entertaining (even as a Van fan - had to write that for the alliteration)! On reflection, is that alliteration? I mean maybe just. Fffff Vfffa - No. It doesn't qualify. Apologies. ;)
Ages ago, someone did a version of Dancing In The Streets, as if the music was off and it was just Mick and Dave prancing around, mumbling the words and such. Best version of that awful song Edit: typed this just before Andy showed the very clip I was thinking of 🤷🏼
38:27 Spector was beaten to the punch in almost every way by Joe Meek who even beat him to shooting someone, Meek's decline into paranoia was quite tragic though and his murder suicide is a tragedy of someone who needed help , and the danger of the British mentality of tolerating eccentricity when it has a darker underbelly.
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? :)
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.
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
1. Bono
2. Gene Simmons
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@@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?
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.
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.
😂😂😂😂
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
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.
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.'
Andy: I'm in a bad mood."
Me: *hits like button*
Ted Nugent, Roger Waters, Courtney Love, Mike Love, Vanilla Ice, and Madonna
I kind of like Ted Nugent
@@Lupi33z Says a lot about you.
@@fifteen8 tell me what it says about me
@@Lupi33zIt says you like that rock and roll guitar stuff
@@Lupi33z "Trump fan" Everybody is today ... Suddenly.
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 😂
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 !
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.
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...
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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...
Can I cast my own vote for:
1. Roger Waters
Oh yeah, and you were talking about Dave Grohl for your 1.
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
For the record, Phil Spector did not murder his wife. It was actress and fashion model Lana Clarkson, an acquaintance.
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
Fun fact: Robert Smith is Barbara Cartland's sister.
Older sister.
Now that's funny.
Not Jo Brand's?
I thought that Barbara Cartland's sister was Ivor Cartload.
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.
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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The Velvet Underground and the Mothers were on the same label and bills. Zappa said "Well, that that sucked" when VU opened for the Mothers. It was tit for tat stuff. Both awkward blighters making contradictory statements according to mood. Neither of them nice people, really. Reed mellowed a bit with age. Zappa died still sneering at everyone and everything. Both loved Doowop. Both quite funny in interviews. Neither as great as their worshipers would have it.
I like both artists but that is a fair comment. Great music is driven by great egos.
I got the impression that Frank had a better sense of humor.
Also, one of them was a genius (and it wasn't Lou)
. I prefer Beefheart to Zappa and Cale to Reed. I don't believe in artistic genius. I think that kind of thing is fanboy logic.
@@matthewcoombs3282 I like a few things by both.
Dancing in the street is the 80s greatest music video, especially on mute😂 the disembodied high kicking leg is a seminal moment.
Yeah it’s brilliant! I don’t know why they get so much flack for it, it’s obviously meant to be funny and silly!
Jo Brand has improved her makeup regime hasn't she. I just wish she'd brush her hair in the morning. /s
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......
How about a "Ten most admirable rockstars of all time" next?
Debbie Harry.
Kate Bush.
Agnetha Faltskog (Abba Blonde)
Suzi Quattro.
Gaye Advert.
Ann Wilson (Heart) before she got fat.
@@Carboggg Liberace
RUSh?
Only when the power comes back on!!!
Perfect day is one of the best songs ever. So sad. I love Lou Reed. He was a grumpy man, but he always made me feel less alone
'Satellite of love' is probably in my top 10 favorite songs. Arrogance, naivety, despair ; always weaved together make Reed's approach at times fascinating. Music more for introverts maybe.
Kurt Cobain really annoys me.
His hypocrisy is just as bad as Lennons ideas of no money or possessions but I’ll live in the biggest house you got. Stop it. Cobain on rant-
“Oh I’m a tortured artist and I don’t want to be a rock and roll star and hate those who do. I despise Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith for singing about women and sex. They’re so sexist. Oh I’m so tortured!”
Yet, he stated in multiple interviews how he wanted to be the biggest band in the world. They’d be a household name.
I mean give me a break. Then you should’ve stopped making albums before Nevermind. He’s a liar and tells you he’s a liar.
He was selling his depression and addiction to teenagers and we bought it and believed that’s how we should feel.
I get it, he breathed new life in the landscape but cmon, your whining is just hypocrisy.
And same goes for Eddie Vedder.
They know their angst will sell.
And we bought it and still buy into it.
Good call on Cobain. Personally, Eddie Vedder annoys me even worse.
Yeah Cobain just pretended to be depressed,thats why he wanted to end his life.
He was an awful singer, guitarist, and writer. Looked like he smelled like a monkey butt too. Then there was the macho posturing with guns.
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.)
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. 😆.
David Lee Roth enters chat
the whole system that created the concept of a person being "a star" is to blame
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)
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.
😂
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
Andy, we should start a Super Group! Phil Aston Rythm Guitar-me (Danny) on Lead Guitar and vocals- Luis from "In the Prog Corner" on Bass-and you on Drums...And Pardo on...Promotion...and "Air Guitar"!
Bowie, Blackmore, Malmsteen, Lou Reed, Nico, Axl Rose, Bono Vox, The Edge, Roger Waters, Tom Morello, Anthony Kiedis, Radiohead, Michael Stipe, Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry,
The Edge??
@@richfrank8540 Yep, not on the same level as Bono Vox, but I think he's a bit snobbish and mainly because he supports Bono Vox 100%.
Let's throw Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen in there as well! As they also enable the activities of Bono Vox
continuing part2: Ted Nugent, Jon Bon Jovi, Steve Harris, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Nina Simone, John Lydon, Van Morrison,
@@richfrank8540 That bloke from U2
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.
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.
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.
Gene's wig is the fifth member of the band.
Although I love him. I'm annoyed by Paul McCartney sometimes.
Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Steve Tyler, Lars Ulrich, Fripp, Dave Grohl, Gene Simmons, Don Henley, Mike Love- all come to mind.
For me "Bonio" followed by "String" .
Paul David Hewson, known by the nickname Bono.
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 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!
I love The Smiths, but Morrissey.
Also all the Sonic Youth guys. Love the music, but there's an infamous interview Narduwar does with them and they act and talk like quintessential hipsters in it.
Then there's some obvious ones : Gene Simmons, fucking Fred Durst, Anthony Kiedis, the Motley Crue guys, the Manowar guys...
Harduwar always flushes out the phonies....check out his interview with Blur.
This, the biscuit video and the scotch egg video, apart from the daft bit where you said that it should be cut in half. A scotch egg should be eaten straight out of the packet, you should be standing next to your car, legs astride, looking out over the beauty of a true English roadside parking area, and you should eat it in bites like the perfect pig apple that it is.
Pig apple😂 marvellous stuff
If nothing else comes of this video, we can only hope that a Top Ten Rockstars Suffering From Little Man Syndrome video is already in the pipeline. The Lars portion was the best segment of any RUclips video in 2024 by a mile.
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.
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.
"some kind of monster" Metallica doc is one of the most unintentionally funny documentaries ever made. It out does the fake version of This is Spinal Tap
It really does. I like how Dr. Sweatervest got them to talk about their feelings. Now that was high comedy.
David Letterman took his TV show to Chicago back in 1989, to a large theater venue, and made the colossal mistake of introducing Lou Reed, Mr. New York, as the musical guest. The enormous Chicago audience spontaneously booed Dave, which NEVER happened to him in NYC, before or after. It was beautiful.
Can't believe you actually put Paul McCartney at #1!
The Beatles are dying in descending order of talent...
...Ringo is sh!tt!ng himself!
I see what you did there :D
Had to be my guess. My college roommate was (is) a big Lennon fan. He couldn't stand Paul. I'd never given it any thought, myself.
@@hankhillsnrrwurethranone at all obviously
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?'
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
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.
simmons is the only annoying one in the thumbnail. the others are annoyed by human interaction, which is actually cool.
Andy is going Monty Python on us
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...
The mentally challenged fellow who tunelessly screams/raps for Rage Against the Machine gets my vote, along with, of course, Gene Simmons and Axl Rose. Oh, and maybe virtue-signaling Bono and that whining singer from Green Day.
"KILLING IN THE NAME OF"
I second all that.
Tantrum Against the machine indeed.
Any rant that mentions hobos gets an upvote from me.
This is why Britts are not supposed to talk about Lou Reed:(
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!
Mr Angry, the one and only Ginger Baker has to be on this list!
I read an interview with a journo who went to interview Baker at his home in South Africa.
As the interview was about to start Ginger turned the TV on to watch a football/soccer match and ordered the journo not to talk while the game was on. Ginger then spent the entire match shouting abuse at the players😁
Even watching something he enjoys he was stil being an angry arse.😟
Bloody brilliant drummer though!
Bonio. Sting. Geldof. Waters. Elton John.
Sid Vicious was an obnoxious prick.
Apparently, Chuck Berry was a rather difficult character to say the least. Also heard some bad stuff about Marc Bolan.
Gonna give you that he was a fairly major prick but I still love Ginger Baker. On my list of favourite drummers.
Sid Vicious was just a dumb kid who got thrust in front of a musical movement and hooked on Nancy Spungeon and heroin, never really had a chance.
If we put Ginger on the list we've got to include Clapton. Cream was fabulous but Clapton's a racist who's only been fitted with a tighter tinfoil hat over the years.
Ginger was either deeply bipolar or maybe schizophrenic. Sure was annoying though, dangerous, even
Waters? Muddy was a laid back dude, wasn’t he?
@@danielschaeffer1294 in case you're not joking, Roger Waters
@@paulmartinson875Of course I was!
Answer to #1: Dave Grohl. Extra credit: Don Henley😊
Ooo. That's a good call. I was thinking Phil Collins.
As bad a singer as Lou Reed is, he’s still a better singer than Frank Zappa.
You do not have a clue what singing is all about. Neither of one of them are bad singers.
@@anderslarsson7426 Conversely, neither of them are good either.
Well done, Andy. This was a funny video for the right reasons. The Ulrich snippet was brilliant. Your summary of rock towards the end had me smiling from ear to ear. And I know you know that we all know who number one is!
Axl, always Axl.
Peter Hamill, always reminded me of Nigel Tufnel.
It took until the "I'm not worthy" bit before I realized you were talking about Dave Grohl but I instantly thought of the word 'neutered' when you were trying to describe his effect on R&R. I think that he's the post R&R era version of what the music used to be, kind of like a '50's tribute band or an Elvis impersonator... and this i̲s̲ your best video.
You might not have wanted to put Fripp on the list, but I think that his better half, Toyah, deserves a place.
Love the video. Love the anger. What I must know is, what brand of cymbals are on those drum kits ? I have Paiste Giant Beats and love how dark they are, but yours are fantastically darker. Love the textures (lighting helps) please let me know. P.S. thanks for not having Lars face fully on the screen.
Iplay Dream cymbals
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer thank you very much
I didn't see Steven Tyler's name one the list.
Great stuff once again. Under the weather so many things attain peak annoyance, so prime time for thinking about which rockstar annoys me personally the most. I immediately though of Bono for the world savior / holier-than-thou image and overall aesthetics and Morrissey for coming out as someone who would surely be quite insufferable as a Smiths fan to meet in person. However, thinking a bit more what annoys me the most is mediocre musicians doing bland stuff but being hailed as rock gods or whatever and popping up needlessly often music related media/award shows etc. I guess the annoyance is directed more at other people not being able to see the vanilla rockers as what they really are, but the artist gets the blame so this one goes for Dave Grohl.
Lou Reed was absolutely spot on with Zappa (to me, PT Barnum of music, without attracting the crowds, talent free chancer of them all) - Soz. Despise Zappa - Dickensian character
When Linus Thorvald was in Australia on a Zoo he was bitten by a small Pinguin. A naughty Pinguin. So Linus made the Pinguin as the Linux Kernel mascot. That and the fact that penguins always struggle together made it being a mascot.
Great British humour you can’t beat it. Rock on Andy
16:26 Yngwie Malmsteen is well known to enjoy doughnuts and people thats offer him this delicious snack. You should bring him some doughnuts to help break the ice when you meet him.
I love Van Morrison, but I know, that you are right. There is no doubt, the guy is more than full of himself. Love, that you get a good spin on the subject other than the whipping of the pompous. Keep on rocking!
I feel the same way. I like he's music but he seems like a nightmare.
I had a friend named Victor Agnello (RIP), who played in an SF based speed metal band called Laaz Rockit back in the 80s, whom Metallica used to open for. Strictly my COMPLETELY biased opinion but had Laaz not blinked on their 2nd album (as in trying to walk the line between commercial and thrash), Victor, who was a better drummer by far, would have been the one who got written up in all the drum mags, not Lars.
When you were saying how you don't need the banana album and you don't have to pretend you like that anymore all I could think was THE GREAT!!! SOUTHERN!!! TRENDKILL!!! (Actually I was thinking of the lyrics of the reprise at the end of the album) Id love to hear your thoughts on Pantera greatest record
I completely agree with you regarding Mr Grohl. He is the original catalyst of today's homogenised rock.
Phil Spector is the definition of a villain, horrible person.
I don't know anything about The Cure, but why, when you were talking about Robert Smith, did you put up a picture of Frances Bavier?
Do you mean Aunt B from Andy Griffith show?
I find Miles Davis and James Brown particularly annoying, personality wise
Your method acting of wandering across the far side of the room and ten taking forever to make it back to the camera is reminiscent of an opening sequence in Monty Python’s Flying Circus when the tattered old man struggles to walk out of the ocean to finally make it all the way to the camera just to say, “It’s!”
There’s a certain Andy Kaufman vibe to this video Andy.
I like it
I can’t see Dave Grohl saying things like ‘let’s bring Satan in’ and ‘I don’t have a problem with the murder’
Highly entertaining (even as a Van fan - had to write that for the alliteration)! On reflection, is that alliteration? I mean maybe just. Fffff Vfffa - No. It doesn't qualify. Apologies. ;)
The van Morrison impersonation was absolutely hilarious 😂😂😂
You know somebody is really annoyed when creating a youtube video before taking off the jacket and hat
And when doing so even though he clearly really, really needs to go to the bathroom.
Ages ago, someone did a version of Dancing In The Streets, as if the music was off and it was just Mick and Dave prancing around, mumbling the words and such. Best version of that awful song
Edit: typed this just before Andy showed the very clip I was thinking of 🤷🏼
Your lists, Andy are 2nd to none, which is in itself a list
38:27 Spector was beaten to the punch in almost every way by Joe Meek who even beat him to shooting someone, Meek's decline into paranoia was quite tragic though and his murder suicide is a tragedy of someone who needed help , and the danger of the British mentality of tolerating eccentricity when it has a darker underbelly.