EL the Famous Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Just saw this and thought it was funny... July 08, 2006Chili Pepper blasts 'sell-outs' U2 and Black Eyed PeasRed Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith has slammed U2 and The Black Eyed Peas for allowing their music to be used on television advertisements. The Dani California star finds it difficult to understand how bands can sacrifice their integrity by selling their songs to corporations. And Smith brands U2 and The Black Eyed Peas "idiots" for letting their respective tracks Vertigo and Hey Mama be used to promote the sale of iPods. Smith, 44, says, "I'm fine with getting our music out to people but I don't want to be on a TV commercial with some guy bowling and then music comes out of his phone. There's no artistic credibility. I'd feel like a jerk if we did that. "I think Black Eyed Peas look like a bunch of idiots. It's dangerous. "The U2 song on the iPod when it came out was weird and it was longer and it had more parts. "It's dangerous to tie yourself in with a product and also the visuals that go along with it. "I think young people, not old guys like myself, think it's normal now to have Led Zeppelin on jeans commercials. Oh no! That's not normal to me." ...must have forgot about that stupid Nike commercial they did w/ Agassi around 'Mother's Milk'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 fwiw, their Nike commercial was just a jam if i recall, and not an actual song of theirs, which is what he was getting at moreso than actually appearing in the commercial. but you're right, pretty funny/rather hypocritical statement Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 fwiw, their Nike commercial was just a jam if i recall, and not an actual song of theirs, which is what he was getting at moreso than actually appearing in the commercial. but you're right, pretty funny/rather hypocritical statement yeah, you're right...youtube has it, but it's down right now. regardless, like you said, it's still pretty hypocritical. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deaf Ro Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Who still listens to the Chili Peppers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Chad Smith is the dufus of that group, and that's saying something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 Who still listens to the Chili Peppers? Oy. Extend your pinky finger and loosen up the powdered wig, Amadeus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I still listen to RHCP. Their new album is fan-fucking-tastic. That being said, I wonder if Chad Smith is aware that there are like 4 songs from that new album being used in commercials on ESPN right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 I still listen to RHCP. Their new album is fan-fucking-tastic. That being said, I wonder if Chad Smith is aware that there are like 4 songs from that new album being used in commercials on ESPN right now. I'll admit that I still have not bought and or/really listened to their new one...I listened to the stream of it before it came out and, while it wasn't bad, it didn't hook me. That ESPN thing is pretty funny...and, yes, Smith really is a total doofus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I spelled doofus wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 I spelled doofus wrong. Really? Is there an official spelling for the word? It struck me as one of those words one could pretty much have artistic license with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 nah, dufus was right imo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deaf Ro Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Oy. Extend your pinky finger and loosen up the powdered wig, Amadeus. Buddy: I listened to more new music in the last 24 hours than you have in the last six months. And even if I hadn't, it doesn't change the fact that the RHCP are washed up and mediocre radio garbage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 RHCP has never been very good. It shows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 except for john frusciante. he's at the top of his game imo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Dunno if it means anything you your folks, but it means something to this arguement. I'm not sure if RHCP gets $$ for it, but NASCAR has been using that piece of sh*t song "Dani California" for weeks in its Nextel Cup broadcasts... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willkoman Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Excuse me but what are the Black Eyed Peas really sacrificing. Their striking while the iron is slowly cooling. U2 is most likely giving the $$$ to charity but that's in essence Apple's money not theirs. So anyone who's going to use that as a defence is off the mark and I don't buy it. U2's music has been compromised. Sellouts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Dunno if it means anything you your folks, but it means something to this arguement. I'm not sure if RHCP gets $$ for it, but NASCAR has been using that piece of sh*t song "Dani California" for weeks in its Nextel Cup broadcasts...not too surprising: http://www.billboardbulletin.com/bb/biz/ar...02/7002/7005/-1 and Flea & Chad also worked the pit crew for some racing team recently i believe Excuse me but what are the Black Eyed Peas really sacrificing. Their striking while the iron is slowly cooling. U2 is most likely giving the $$$ to charity but that's in essence Apple's money not theirs. So anyone who's going to use that as a defence is off the mark and I don't buy it. U2's music has been compromised. Sellouts. thing is, BEP used to be a pretty decent hip hop group before Fergie joned Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 This is as good a place as any for me to say I've been wondering if RHCP were ever really any good, or was I just really young. I hear their new stuff and it doesn't sound all that different from (neither better nor worse than), say, "Suck My Kiss" or "Funky Crime". And I used to love those songs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 except for john frusciante. he's at the top of his game imo.But is he an artist or a craftsman? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deaf Ro Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 If it were not for their early 90s output (which even then I found to be occasionally fun, but never mindblowing), their music of the last 5-7 years has been completely average, uninteresting, and undistinguishable from all the other crap on the radio. In a word: RHCP is easy, comfortable, inoffensive music for people with neither the means nor the inclination to find music that isn't forcefed to them by the majors and the radio stations in their pay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 well, considering he released at least 3 great solo records in the last 3 years, i would say artist. and the other ones he released were damn good too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 (edited) JF may be the finest axeman around right now. Even those who don't like RHCP should be able to acknowledge that. And I think a lot of people who are hating on the new album have some pre-conceived notions about them. Not liking them is one thing, but the hatred that some people have towards them seems pretty undeserved, IMO. And I really don't think any of it sounds like anything else on the radio right now, although I do acknowledge that most of it is pretty easy to swallow. By the Way was sort of hit or miss, but there's not a bad track on the new one. In my opinion at least. Edited August 15, 2006 by MrRain422 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 the new album is pretty mediocre, i must admit, especially to myself a fan since Mother's Milk came out. it's better than By The Way though, but ot say there's not a bad track out of what, 26 or whatever???? come on... that would inherently make it the best double album of all time if that was the case. imo it would have been a really solid 16 song record. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G_willy Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 since we are on the subject of selling out ... I dont know how many people actually DO like coldplay out there. But I have been a fan of there music for a while, and I really dont know what to say about the fact that the only thing I can associate that World Trade Center movie to is Coldplays 'Fix you'... ugh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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