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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:42 PM
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Top 3 "Artists" I wish weren't performing at Al Gore's "Live Earth"
going by its wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Earth

3 Robin Thicke
2 The Black Eyed Peas
1 Kanye West

these people suck, suck, suck. Others on the list aren't my cup of tea, but these people are special when it comes to sucking. One is the double-douchey spawn of Alan frigging Thicke, the next is a group which seems to have been written into the constitution to perform at any and every nationally televised event for no apparent reason, and last is just this raging asshole who has won the critic bullshit lottery.
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:43 PM
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1. Sheryl Crow...
...because she's just not a nice person, regardless of her Dem cred.
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halobeam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:50 PM
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9. do tell...
I haven't heard that...

inquiring minds
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:51 PM
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10. I'm curious: why do you say that?
because she got divorced?
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:31 PM
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28. There are pictures of her
Flipping off boxes of kitties. KITTIES!

TlalocW
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 11:03 AM
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38. LOL! well, the person has thus far not explained the comment, so it might as well be...
KITTIES!
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:53 PM
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13. another one asking why you say that...
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:58 PM
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33. What do you have against journeyman rockers?
Or would that be journeywoman rockers?
C'mon, Sheryl listens to the greatest hits of 70s rock (so I don't have to)
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:44 PM
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2. I love Kanye....C'mon...
"George Bush Don't Like Black People" ?! Genius! :bounce:
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:47 PM
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5. Why must people continue to bastardize words like "genius" ?
It's not only not genius its downright destructive and racist. What was going on was about CLASS not race. And too many privaledged assholes like Kayne West can't grasp that.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:50 PM
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No, it was about race too. Just ask those less privileged than Kanye West...
who stood on top of their submerged homes for days. I bet you'd hear a similar refrain.
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:08 PM
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17. even if they would, which you have no evidence or way of finding out
they would still be wrong.

The fact that the Mississippi destruction has all but been ignored since Katrina demonstrates Katrina has equal opportunity middle/upper-class-not-giving-a-shit-aboutness written all over it.
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illinoisprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:45 PM
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3. It's all a matter of personal taste. To you they suck but, to others, they don't
Me. I am a die hard blues fan. I love all kinds and can be happy with delta, chicago, detroit, ect. kind of blues.
But, there are people who think it's sucky. to each his own
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ElizabethDC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:46 PM
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4. Oh, I love the Black Eyed Peas
I think they're great - lots of fun. And they're very popular, which is probably why they're on TV so much. I like Kanye's music, but he's got just about the biggest ego I've ever seen.
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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:47 PM
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6. It all comes down to personal taste
Edited on Sat Feb-24-07 09:48 PM by Scooter24
but I have to give kudos to every artist willing to support the cause, no matter what thier musical genre is.

I like the black eyed peas! :)
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Codeblue Donating Member (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:48 PM
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7. BEP?
They're great. Great music and the themes they present in some of their songs are just great. Kanye has a big ego, but you almost need one when you're going up against the kings of egos.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:50 PM
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8. Kanye "George Bush hates black people" West.
That's enough for him to be included right there.



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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:23 PM
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22. Yes, but if you didn't include him, he'd get on the stage anyway.
Edited on Sat Feb-24-07 10:24 PM by IanDB1
Angry is good.

Being right is good.

Going nutty and rushing someone else's stage is bad.
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TroglodyteScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:31 PM
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27. Okay, I read on past the ridiculous "George Bush don't like black people" miquote above...
But now that there are two misquotes, please let me say this:

"George Bush doesn't care about black people."

How is that such a difficult quote to remember?
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:34 PM
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29. LOL! Oh my.
Now that is a funny post.


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TroglodyteScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 11:37 AM
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39. Just sayin...
If you're going to quote someone, do them the courtesy of getting it right. :shrug:
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Nabia2004 Donating Member (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 02:01 AM
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35. Quote from The Legendary K.O: "George Bush don't like black people" - lyrics and video link
for the fans



Video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8192158647351525883&hl=de


Title: George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People
Artist: The Legendary K.O


I ain't saying he's a goldigger, but he ain't messing with no broke niggas
I ain't saying he a goldigger, but he ain't messing with no broke niggas
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people

Hurricane came through, fucked us up round here
Government acting like it's bad luck down here
All I know is that you better bring some trucks round here
Wonder why I got my middle finger up round here
People lives on the line you declining to help
Since you taking so much time we surviving ourself
Just me and my pets, and my kids, and my spouse, trapped
In my own house looking for a way out (pause)

Five days in this motherfucking attic
Can't use the cellphone I keep getting static
Dying 'cause they lying instead of telling us the truth
Other day the helicopters got my neighbors off the roof (off the roof)
Screwed 'cause they say they coming back for us too
That was three days ago, I don't see no rescue
See a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
Since God made the path that I'm trying to walk through
Swam to the store, tryin' to look for food
Corner store's kinda flooded so I broke my way through
I got what I could but before I got through
News say the police shot a black man trying to loot

(Who!?) Don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like 'em

I ain't saying he a goldigger, but he ain't fucking with no broke niggas
I ain't saying he a goldigger, but he ain't checking for no broke niggas
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people

Five damn days, five long days
And at the end of the fifth he walking in like "Hey!"
Chilling on his vacation sitting patiently
Them black folks gotta hope, gotta wait and see
If FEMA really comes through in an emergency
But nobody seem to have a sense of urgency
Now the mayor's been reduced to crying
I guess Bush said, "Nigga's been used to dying!"
He said, "I know it looks bad, just have to wait"
Forgetting folks who too broke to evacuate
Niggas starving and they dying of thirst
I bet he had to go and check on them refineries first
Making a killing off the price of gas
He would have been up in Conneticut twice as fast
After all that we've been through nothing's changed
You can call Red Cross but the fact remains that...

George Bush ain't a goldigger, but he ain't fucking with no broke niggas
George Bush ain't a goldigger, but he ain't fucking with no broke niggas
Come down Bush, c'mon come down
Come down Bush, c'mon come down
Come down Bush, c'mon come down
Come down Bush, c'mon come down

George Bush ain't a goldigger (Hmmn)
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
Come down George, c'mon come down
Come down George, c'mon come down
Come down George, c'mon come down
Come down George, c'mon come down

(Fade out

http://www.dailynugget.com/2005/09/george_bush_doesnt_care_about_black_people.php

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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:51 PM
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11. The more the merrier I think. Although, the Peas do seem to be ubiquitous.
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:52 PM
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12. I am laughing at your commentary.
I am not a fan of these three groups either.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:53 PM
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14. They all have fans and if those fans tune in
to see them and learn something about environmental issues in the process, that's fine by me. No one is going to like each and every performer.
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:53 PM
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15. No accounting for taste.
BEP have some good songs, the rest of your hate list I cannot put a tune to.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:06 PM
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16. There's only one band on the entire list that I even remotely like
The Police, and I'm not even a huge fan of them.
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ellenfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:09 PM
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18. so, tell us how you REALLY feel. lol eom
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:10 PM
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19. Though I find them mediocre, I'm grateful to the Peas for a song w Chicken Adobo in the lyrics.
So they get a pass!
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:11 PM
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20. Actually, the real dreck on this schedule is....
Bon Jovi, Snow Patrol, Korn, AFI and Fall Out Boy. Talk about suck, suck, suck!
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Codeblue Donating Member (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:47 PM
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30. What?
I can't think of a Bon Jovi song I dont like.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:50 PM
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32. Reverse for me.....
The only song of their's I even mildly like is "Never Say Goodbye." The rest just blends into one long commercial rock-pop drone for me.
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:20 PM
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21. While I don't really like any of those bands either
and I don't even know who "Robin Thicke" is I will say that it's nice to see some younger bands getting in on the act. There is always going to be someone who doesn't like a cretain band or certain people. Even the most widely loved band on DU The Dixie Chicks have a reputation for being really nasty Diva's on the road. Now that may have changed since the incident but I know many roadies who refuse to tour with them.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:24 PM
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23. Rappers and acts like BEP are too studio/video-dependent to be effective live
Dancers and fancy outfits and six-pack abs and bling bling scenery and sexy closeups work fine in music videos, but acts who are built on them tend to melt down like a wicked witch onstage--I think that's part of the problem. Thicke, on the other hand, is an actual singer with an acutal band, so for him it's just a matter of getting the sound system right.

:headbang:
rocknation
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:27 PM
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25. Actually, the Black Eyed Peas are quite good live and use a live band....
Goodness knows they were the highlight of the Gwen Stefani concert. She sucked.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:24 PM
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24. At least Toby Keith isn't performing. n/t
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:29 PM
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26. I Think Black Eyed Peas Make Great Pop
Haven't heard the other two, so can't judge.

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Codeblue Donating Member (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:50 PM
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31. My question is
Anatarctica?
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 11:02 PM
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34. Why aren't the reformed Stooges on the bill?!
Is the missus afraid they will play "Cock In My Pocket"?
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Nabia2004 Donating Member (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 02:23 AM
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36. Love the Black Eyed Peas, anti-war song "Where is the Love" - lyrics & video link
Great social commentary.



Artist: Black Eyed Peas
Album: Elephunk
Title: Where is the Love?

what's wrong with the world, mama?
people livin like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world's addicted to the drama
only attracted to the things that'll bring the drama
overseas ya we tryin to stop terrorism
but we still got terrorists here livin
in the U.S.A, the big C.I.A
the bloods & the crips, and the KKK
but if you only got love for your own ways
then you only leave space to discriminate
and to discriminate only generates hate
and when you hate, then you're bound to get irate
madness is what you demonstrate
and that's exactly how anger works and operates
man ya gotta have love, this'll set us straight
take control of your mind and meditate
let your soul gravitate, to the love ya'll

people killin
people dyin
children hurt and
women cryin
will you practice what you preach
and would you turn the other cheek
father father father, help us
need some guidance from above
these people got me got me questionin
where is the love?
(love) where is the love?
(the love) where is the love?
(the love) where is the love?
(where is the love the love my love)

it just ain't the same
old ways have changed
new days are strange, is world insane?
if love and peace is so strong
why are there pieces of love that don't belong
nations droppin bombs
chemical gasses fillin lungs of little ones
with ongoin sufferin, as the youth die young
so ask yourself, is the lovin really gone
so I can ask myself, really what is going wrong
with this world that we livin in, people keep on givin in
makin wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
not respectin eachother, deny thy brother
a war is goin on but the reason's under cover
the truth is kept secret, and swept under the rug
if you never know truth, then you never know love
where's the love ya'll? (i don't know)
where's the truth ya'll? (i don't know)
and where's the love ya'll?

people killin
people dyin
children hurt and
women cryin
will you practice what you preach
and would you turn the other cheek
father father father, help us
need some guidance from above
these people got me got me questionin
where is the love?
(love) where is the love?
(the love) where is the love?
(the love) where is the love?
where is the love?
(love) where is the love?
(the love) where is the love?
(the love) where is the love?
(where is the love the love my love)

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
as I'm getting older, ya'll people gets colder
most of us only care about money makin
selfishness got us followin the wrong direction
wrong information always shown by the media
negative images is the main criteria
infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema
..
whatever happened to the values of humanity?
whatever happened to the fairness and equality
instead of spreading love we spreadin animosity
lack of understandin leading us away from unity
that's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin under
that's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin down
It's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin under
gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
now ask yourself

where is the love?
where is the love?
where is the love?
where is the love?
father father father, help us
need some guidance from above
these people got me got me questionin
where is the love?
now sing with me ya'll (one love one love)
we only got (one love one love)
that's all we got (one love one love)
and something's wrong with it
something's wrong with it
something's wrong with the w-w-world
we only got (one love one love)
that's all we got (one love one love

video
http://boss.streamos.com/real/interscope/blackeyedpeas/elephunk/video/whereisthelove/000_whereisthelove.ram

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Nabia2004 Donating Member (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 05:54 PM
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40. this link goes to the album, click song for video
Edited on Sun Feb-25-07 05:57 PM by Nabia2004

Click "Where is the Love" for video.
http://www.blackeyedpeas.com/home/albums/336
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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 02:25 AM
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37. Uh, Bon Jovi? Kelly Clarkson? Enrique Iglesias? Genesis? Duran Duran?
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Bronyraurus Donating Member (871 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 06:57 PM
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41. I loathe the Black Eyed Peas
Talentless hacks. They are execrable!

Kanye's Golddigger is a fine tune, can't speak to the rest of it.

I have no idea who Robin Thicke is.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 07:02 PM
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42. I wish Korn didn't exist at all.
Let alone play this show. Hell, there is practically no one I want to see there. Genesis and The Police are it for me.
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 07:06 PM
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43. Y'know, particularly when it comes to artistic taste, you can't please everyone.
If I had my way, it'd be 6 hours of Phil Lesh, Jay Farrar, Steve Earle, and R.E.M., none of whom are included on this bill. Dammit!
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