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Old 04-26-2017, 12:06 AM   #1
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Default Who's better? Rivers Cuomo or Billy Corgan?

- Both fabulous songwriters
- both famous at the same time
- both can shred their asses off
- both had a 2 album period of brilliance and then put out a bunch of material that the fans hate
- both have lashed out at fans for living in the pass


4 years ago I would have gave the honor to Billy Corgan, but the last 2 Weezer albums were pretty damn good whereas Billy hasn't put out a good album in ages. I liked monuments, but those vocals.. EEK. Weezer still rocks live whereas Billy Corgan can hardly sing anymore and doesn't do the old songs much justice.

I think I'm gonna have to pick Rivers.

yeah, yeah, dumb thread- but I think the similarities that both have shared in their careers is somewhat interesting.

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Old 04-26-2017, 01:05 AM   #2
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Corg sang pretty well on the tour last year I thought.

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 01:51 AM   #3
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lol jokes on you, Corgan has never "sang well"

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 02:26 AM   #4
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Matt Sharp >

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 02:28 AM   #5
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lol jokes on you, Corgan has never "sang well"
This

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 04:13 AM   #6
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Nor has rivers

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 04:14 AM   #7
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Basically both suck

BORIS HEAVY ROCKS!!! 666

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 04:14 AM   #8
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(tho pinkerton. i like pinkerton)

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 05:42 AM   #9
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I've never heard cuomo do anything close to "shred his ass off"

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 06:39 AM   #10
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- Both fabulous songwriters
- both famous at the same time
- both can shred their asses off
- both had a 2 album period of brilliance and then put out a bunch of material that the fans hate
- both have lashed out at fans for living in the pass
do you actually believe any of these things to be true?

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 06:43 AM   #11
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heres a way more interesting concept that i pitched here like 10 years ago:

whats the deal with all the overlap with nightmare before christmas and the pumpkins?

-nightmare before christmas and MCIS use the same font
-the skeleton guy looks like billy
-the skeleton guy calls himself "the pumpkin king"
-in nightmare, the dogs name is zero
-both billy and the skeleton can shred their asses off
-i think there are cats in nightmare, billy fuckings loves cats
-both famous at the same time

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 06:53 AM   #12
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Well done.

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 10:17 PM   #13
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heres a way more interesting concept that i pitched here like 10 years ago:

whats the deal with all the overlap with nightmare before christmas and the pumpkins?

-nightmare before christmas and MCIS use the same font
-the skeleton guy looks like billy
-the skeleton guy calls himself "the pumpkin king"
-in nightmare, the dogs name is zero
-both billy and the skeleton can shred their asses off
-i think there are cats in nightmare, billy fuckings loves cats
-both famous at the same time
https://media.giphy.com/media/26ufdi...NA4g/giphy.gif

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 10:50 PM   #14
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http://i.imgur.com/8PN737R.gif

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 10:52 PM   #15
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I get what fuzz is going for here, but this thread was doomed before it even started.

I'll just say I'd much rather hang out with Rivers than I would Billy. Seems like a more pleasant and all-around healthier person, which says a lot if you know a thing about him.

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 10:52 PM   #16
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The day Rivers appears on Alex Jones, I will eat my hat.

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 10:52 PM   #17
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And I don't even own a hat.

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 10:55 PM   #18
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BTW fuzzrod, I found this gif while searching for something apropos. Hope you enjoy.

https://underneathestarz.files.wordp...2014/08/do.gif

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 11:13 PM   #19
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The only way to decide is to put Billy in a bus crash and see if I'm as disappointed to learn that he survived.

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 11:26 PM   #20
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I've never heard cuomo do anything close to "shred his ass off"
Then you haven't paid attention. Dudes got serious chops.

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 11:30 PM   #21
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do you actually believe any of these things to be true?
I think there's a lot similarities with the 2 fan-bases and the artists career arcs. Only difference is that Cuomo's managed to stay somewhat relevant while putting out the music that the fans hate.

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 11:32 PM   #22
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with that said, Corgan was deemed more prolific than Cuomo ever was and Billy has an upper-hand in the fact that he partnered up with JC

 
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Old 04-26-2017, 11:32 PM   #23
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I saw Weezer two years ago at the Basilica block party in Minneapolis. Rivers completely nailed it in and didn't put any emotion into his singing, didn't acknowledge the crowd, had a no Pinkerton set list, and didn't improvise a single solo.

Then last year at the MN state fair weezer was fun as hell despite a shitty shitty set list.

I guess what I'm saying is Rivers is the Randy Moss of rock stars. He plays when he wants to play and otherwise is the king of mailing it in.

 
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Old 04-27-2017, 02:41 AM   #24
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Question who is more stupider? fuzzy or monty?

both are really stoopid.

i think the similarities is somewhat interesting.

 
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Old 04-27-2017, 07:04 AM   #25
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This is the official theme song for this thread.


I would have liked to also i-n-c-l-u-d-e "Magik, Magik", but Billy cancelled D4N

 
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Old 04-27-2017, 08:25 AM   #26
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I know the name of the band but not the guy

 
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Old 04-27-2017, 09:01 AM   #27
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heres a way more interesting concept that i pitched here like 10 years ago:

whats the deal with all the overlap with nightmare before christmas and the pumpkins?

-nightmare before christmas and MCIS use the same font
-the skeleton guy looks like billy
-the skeleton guy calls himself "the pumpkin king"
-in nightmare, the dogs name is zero
-both billy and the skeleton can shred their asses off
-i think there are cats in nightmare, billy fuckings loves cats
-both famous at the same time
GOOD points

 
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Old 04-27-2017, 10:27 AM   #28
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I'll take a Billy Corgan/Alex Jones interview any day of the week over this..



And this is coming from someone who doesn't completely hate Weezer or MCR

 
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whose bettar, radiohedd or pumpkisz? DISCUS.

 
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If you want to destroy billy crogan's sweater oh whoa whoa don't despair as I eat your moth balls

 
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