Ryan Adams isn't worthy to sweep up the stage after Neil Finn, much less play with him on it.

FloydA: I liked that song "Summer of '69."

Fun fact: he would have been 10 years old.

bingethinker: This headline cuts like a knife.

*shakes tiny fist*

fusillade762: FloydA: I liked that song "Summer of '69."

Fun fact: he would have been 10 years old.

bingethinker: This headline cuts like a knife.

*shakes tiny fist*

The song isn't about the year 1969. You realize that, right?

He did fine on that duet with Tina Turner.

Dinobot: Who?

It was all over when Cliff Burton died.

You know he wrote a book for Free Verse poetry? Here's a sample :

Home safe
Just get home safe
heartsickness, my body said,
my body said stuff, it talked shiat like a sewer rat eater
born in an orchid patch
glittering stop signals
two
two of me watched
one down
two across
"l o n e l i n e s s"
only five letters, and too long
two words reach across the page of time
and
turn it into the reach of time
destroying this page

You're welcome.

I really like Neil Finn's music, with Crowded House and with his brother and solo. He seems like a great guy too.

I really like Ryan Adams' music. He seems like a total dick. But he writes and sings just unbelievably great music.


A few recent examples:

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/I really like Oasis and Rush too, so my love of Ryan Adams lets me hit the Fark Trifecta!

Can you believe Mandy Moore married that guy?



*sigh*

Brokenseas: I really like Neil Finn's music, with Crowded House and with his brother and solo. He seems like a great guy too.

I really like Ryan Adams' music. He seems like a total dick. But he writes and sings just unbelievably great music.


A few recent examples:

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/I really like Oasis and Rush too, so my love of Ryan Adams lets me hit the Fark Trifecta!

Welcome to my Favorites. I'm so happy to not be alone now.

FLMountainMan: Typical Fark. Quick rush to judgment, no other voices tolerated. We don't know what went on backstage, Adams hasn't been allowed to give his side. Maybe the other two provoked him? Maybe Finn made fun of his severe acne scarring? You just don't know.

Hey, Mr. Adams. Welcome to Fark. So what happened back stage?

I read the whole article thinking it was the "Summer of '69" guy. Now that I realize it isn't, I have absolutely no clue who Ryan Adams is. And wasn't Janis Ian the alleged lesbian in "Mean Girls?"


(I realize I could Google both of these people, if I cared enough.)

FLMountainMan: Typical Fark. Quick rush to judgment, no other voices tolerated. We don't know what went on backstage, Adams hasn't been allowed to give his side. Maybe the other two provoked him? Maybe Finn made fun of his severe acne scarring? You just don't know.

You shut your rational and quite enlightened mouth up when the trolls and freaks are belching!

RandomAxe: Liking Oasis and Rush is similar to liking paper cuts and lemon. I can understand liking lemon. And liking both seems mildly self-hating.

I got nothin' to do on this Friday night. Let's listen to some music!

Some great Oasis songs from the last few years:

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Some great Rush songs from the last few years:

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I like Ryan Adams. He has a great voice.

FLMountainMan: Typical Fark. Quick rush to judgment, no other voices tolerated. We don't know what went on backstage, Adams hasn't been allowed to give his side. Maybe the other two provoked him? Maybe Finn made fun of his severe acne scarring? You just don't know.

Ryan Adams: Who did that? Who shouted out Summer of 69? GTFO! I ain't playing unless that guy leaves. GTFO! Mommy, someone did it again. Bwahha

I celebrate the guy's entire catalog.

Dinobot: Who?

Thank you. I thought I was alone.

Adams has some great CDs (Hearbtreaker is among the best albums of last decade) and a good deal of meh, but all in all is fairly talented.

Yeah, many musicians, actors, and other entertainers are complete douchebags who are out of touch with reality...

eh. who cares? it's not like I have to put up with him.

and I like the new album, so suck it, haters.

I once saw Ryan Adams be an onstage douche with whiskey town, and not a half hour later decide to engage me in conversation at another bar (guess my not bothering him while he sat next to me made me somehow interesting). Was a funny nice guy. Go figure.

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"I once saw Ryan Adams be an onstage douche with whiskey town, and not a half hour later decide to engage me in conversation at another bar (guess my not bothering him while he sat next to me made me somehow interesting). Was a funny nice guy. Go figure."

Maybe the guy's bipolar.

Neil Finn is a great musician and has struck me as a nice guy. I would imagine it would take some effort to piss him off.

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Yeah, Ryan Adams would have to be behaving like a total douchebag to annoy Neil Finn, one of the nicest and level-headed guys in the biz.

Joliet_Jake: The song isn't about the year 1969. You realize that, right?

That's what he says these days, but I think the "69" interpretation is revisionist history on his part. It's an effort to make the song seem a little more edgy or interesting.

First, check the title. "Summer of '69" The apostrophe suggests the year. The apostrophe is also on the cover art.

None of the lyrics even remotely suggest sex, not even in a casual way, but they ARE strongly nostalgic and constantly refer to the past.

Adams has said previously the song was originally called "The Best Days of My Life" and that the phrase "Summer of '69" initially appeared only once, suggesting "69" wasn't exactly on his mind when he wrote it, days gone by were.

So bottom line is, Bryan Adams is fibbing when he now says the "69" is a reference to the sexual position.

Joliet_Jake: fusillade762: FloydA: I liked that song "Summer of '69."

Fun fact: he would have been 10 years old.

bingethinker: This headline cuts like a knife.

*shakes tiny fist*

The song isn't about the year 1969. You realize that, right?

Ryan was born in 74, Bryan wrote 69 in 84. 84-74 = 10 years old.

Just watched the vid. Although Adams was shooting Finn some looks that I would consider passive aggressive, he did do a knock up job on the guitar parts.

You mean a guy in desperate need of a haircut, wears old style Batman shirts 2 sizes too small and wears skinny jeans is an asshole? Wow.... color me shocked.

I want to beat all of you up for being NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDS.

However. Adams told people before the album was even released that the song included a pun about sex. You could google it. Moreover, the pun is obvious, and there's no other reason for that year being picked, aside from scansion and one rhyme, and other years would have worked fine.

Lastly, I direct your attention to the end of the song, when Adams (as he's confirmed, in case you can't make it out) sings "Me and my baby did sixty-nine."

The song isn't about sex, but it does contain references to oral sex, which is not, in and of itself, terribly remarkable.

Srsly, where's Cobra Kai when you need 'em? A good nerd-whippin' would serve this place well.

RandomAxe: However. Adams told people before the album was even released that the song included a pun about sex. You could google it. Moreover, the pun is obvious, and there's no other reason for that year being picked, aside from scansion and one rhyme, and other years would have worked fine.

Lastly, I direct your attention to the end of the song, when Adams (as he's confirmed, in case you can't make it out) sings "Me and my baby did sixty-nine."

I hereby declare all evidence that is contrary to my theory to be falsified and likely the work of a communist and/or teenage girl, whichever is worse. Possibly even a Canadian.