VH1 Rock Honors Concert -July 17- (blues, fan, pearl jam, Incubus)

Dr_Rez · 07-17-2008, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boo boo

I'd rate it like so.

The Who - Roger and Pete were great as always, playing the standards. Baba O'Reily, Who Are You, My Generation, Behind Blue Eyes and one of their new songs. But watching them play alone just makes me miss John and Keith even more.

Foo Fighters - They did a very awesome version of Young Man Blues, and they did a pretty good version of Bargain, but I guess Grohls vocals were shot or something so they had the guy from Supergrass sing Bargain. They gave one of the more enegetic performances of the night.

Incubus - They played note for note perfect versions of I Can See for Miles and I Can't Explain. But it was a little too perfect. I wanted to see them loosen up and rock out a little more. Of course this is Incubus we're talking about here, since Make Yourself they've never been much of a "rocking out" kinda band. I'm a big fan of Incubus, but Who songs just don't seem like a real good fit for them.

1: Agreed, his voice has really gone downhill though.

2: Agreed on that also, and Taylor sang some also! Made me glad because he usually is left hiding behind Grohll most of the time.

3: But i do not agree with the not "rocking out" since make yourself. I assume you have heard all of A Crow Left of the Murder. Listen to songs like Priceless, Talk Shows On Mute, Megalomaniac, and many others on the album. Maybe i have a different opinion on what rocking out is but for me that hits the spot.

ps: Especially the second half of Priceless, some good guitar work there. Very similar to Frusciante.

boo boo · 07-18-2008, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RezZ

3: But i do not agree with the not "rocking out" since make yourself. I assume you have heard all of A Crow Left of the Murder. Listen to songs like Priceless, Talk Shows On Mute, Megalomaniac, and many others on the album. Maybe i have a different opinion on what rocking out is but for me that hits the spot.

ps: Especially the second half of Priceless, some good guitar work there. Very similar to Frusciante.

I think Crow Left of the Murder is a great album, I kinda forgot about it. Einzigers playing on songs like Sick Sad Little World, Pistola and Priceless are really great. He has some real chops, which is especially noticable on their first album Fungus Amongus, a lot of flashy soloing there. His playing is a lot more stripped down on their later albums so people kinda overlook him as guitarist for that, unfortunately.

I love all of their albums except Light Grenades, which I didn't really care for, seemed rather uninspired and too much of an attempt to be "indie", though I haven't really listened to it in a long time so I should probably give it another listen.

I'm not really too fond of their new direction, they lost a very important part of their sound when Dirk Lance left, they don't have that same groove anymore.

Double X · 07-18-2008, 06:20 AM

Flaming Lips were amazing, tip my imaginary cap to an underrated band.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

07-18-2008, 06:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Double X sleepe Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: boston Posts: 1,140	Flaming Lips were amazing, tip my imaginary cap to an underrated band.