Eliminate one female singer

[BCClone]

Yes, He toured with Prince (quiet guy, keeps to himself), Paul McCartney (Very nice to everyone, including the roadies and security, very likeable and approachable), Kid Rock (another very nice person to everyone and very approachable), Arianna Grande ( did not meet her, so no stories there), Aerosmith during their 70s druggie tours (total ******** to everyone back then), Rolling Stones (Charlie Watts was nice, Mick and Keith sort of kept to themselves), John Cougar Mellencamp (80s tours) was also nice and down to earth most of the time.

When I worked at Iowa state center, some that stuck out. Steve Miller bought pizza and beer for us after the show. Lead singer of Loverboy came back stage and actually talked to me for a bit while they were performing. Had to make himself some tea or hot chocolate, can’t remember.

Trisha yearwood wouldn’t leave her bus or deal with anybody, straight in and out to the bus. Aerosmith was very nice to me in early 90s. Assigned to Steven Tyler and he would joke around with me. Willie Nelson gave us ponchos because he felt bad that it was raining on us during farm aid.

Alice In Chains was NASTY. The worst in my memory.

What sticks out right away.

 

[bos]

Alice In Chains clearly had some demons to work out. I would guess they are a lot better with fans and such now, but obviously dont know that.

 

[cycloneG]

Not threatened by her. I’m tired of seeing her instead of the replays and formation lineup.

I’m tired of seeing McConaughy at games also. Even though he’s not shown as often. I don’t care if they are male or female, show the game, not a specific person over and over.

It's not their fault television networks won't stop showing them so much. Are you saying celebrities shouldn't be allowed to attend sporting events?

 

[BCClone]

It's not their fault television networks won't stop showing them so much. Are you saying celebrities shouldn't be allowed to attend sporting events?

Lol, what a stretch.

 

[cycloneG]

Lol, what a stretch.

You said you're sick of seeing celebrities at football games. How is that a stretch?

 

[BCClone]

You said you're sick of seeing celebrities at football games. How is that a stretch?

Is stretch Armstrong as far as he can go?

 

[baller21]

It's not their fault television networks won't stop showing them so much. Are you saying celebrities shouldn't be allowed to attend sporting events?

Only the ones he doesn’t like.

 

[Antihawk240]

Taylor at least seems to pay nice bonuses

So forgive the friend of a friend thing here but …..I have a friend whose brother was a guitarist for one of Taylor’s opening acts 6 years ago. Even the guitarist for the opening act of Taylor’s tours were treated very well. She would cater all the shows and the entire show would eat as a group before the concert. She would hang out with the entire group and simply small talk and get to know them. Also interesting tidbit: 0 alcohol before the show.

 

[ScottyP]

He's not threatened by a woman. His version of masculinity is pretty refreshing, actually.

How would you describe his version of masculinity? Just curious.

 

[cycloneG]

How would you describe his version of masculinity? Just curious.

Traditionally masculine with a capacity for emotional expression and supportive partnership

 

[Ankency]

All of the above

Correct answer!! This needs to be an option. Would take a number of 70’s & 80’s women over any of them. Stevie Nicks, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Pat Benatar, Annie Lenox, Kim Carnes, Laura Branigan, Chrissie Hynde. The list goes on and on

 

[MJ29]

Traditionally masculine with a capacity for emotional expression and supportive partnership

Nailed it.

 

[VeloClone]

Yes, He toured with Prince (quiet guy, keeps to himself), Paul McCartney (Very nice to everyone, including the roadies and security, very likeable and approachable), Kid Rock (another very nice person to everyone and very approachable), Arianna Grande ( did not meet her, so no stories there), Aerosmith during their 70s druggie tours (total ******** to everyone back then), Rolling Stones (Charlie Watts was nice, Mick and Keith sort of kept to themselves), John Cougar Mellencamp (80s tours) was also nice and down to earth most of the time.

I find this interesting. I don't have a lot of detail on most of these acts but what he is telling you about Prince does not jive with anything else I have heard about the artist. He may be quiet and keeping to himself, by all accounts that is true, but that doesn't mean he is easy to work for/with. He was extremely demanding (for example he didn't expect much except that every venue looks EXACTLY the same to him back stage which is pretty much impossible with so many varied venue configurations) and unforgiving. (I spoke with multiple people on his tour and in the business and he went through people in many positions - especially head of tour security - faster than I change my underwear. You do one minor thing that he doesn't like and you are gone. We had him come to a venue I was working at and I asked to talk to the security person by name when they arrived on site. The tour manager laughed and said that he was 2 or 3 security guys ago, I don't remember how many exactly. I asked if this was uncommon and he says nobody in that position makes it more than a month or two on his tours.)

I also used to work with a guy who did A/V, sound and lighting rentals in a previous job. He got a call from Paisley Park at Oh-dark-thirty in the morning that Prince needed a particular piece of equipment right at that moment. My buddy got out of bed, left his family and drove to the shop to get the equipment then drove it to Paisley Park. This wasn't the first time he had gotten middle of the night requests from Paisley Park. When he got there he was in the room with Prince and Prince's assistant setting up the equipment. This wasn't an event emergency just Prince was working on something in the middle of the night and he didn't have that particular equipment or his wasn't working - I don't remember which. Prince had all sorts of questions but he kept asking his assistant to ask my buddy each question. After about 10 minutes of this my buddy said to Prince, "I came to help you out in the middle of the night with no notice. If you have questions, I'm right here. Either treat me with respect and address your questions directly to me or I am leaving with my equipment and going home." Only then would Prince act like my buddy was in the room with him just a couple of feet away and address his questions to him directly. I don't care how shy you are or how famous you are, that is not an acceptable way to treat people.

These are just a few examples. Prince was an incredible talent but I wouldn't put him on any list of people who were nice or treated those around him with respect.

 

[HFCS]

Not a huge fan of any of these but other than Madonna I listen to them a lot because of my wife being a fan of Beyonce, Swift, Rihanna, Mariah. This board has horrible taste in music if they actually think Beyonce is the worst artist here, you could argue Taylor Swift is better because she's a song writer (probably most commercially successful songwriter since the Beatles) but Beyonce is obviously much more talented than the others to me. On occasion I'll hear something from her or a cover that's just objectively great.

Beatles cover:


Live, this is just undeniable incredible live R&B performer:

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

I'm not sure there are any songs Taylor Swift has released that were not at least co-written by her. Many of her songs are 100% written by her alone. She is not the type to simply buy a song and record it.

Sorry but that's not how big music works. She may have made some lyrical changes and yes sometimes I'm sure she has her input but when the song is produced by the two guys that 'co-wrote' the song, it was made for her. That's her most listened to song on YouTube music.

Rick Beato, a big time producer addressed this on his YouTube but I can't find it off hand or I'd post it. I'll see if I can find later.

 

[somecyguy]

Alice In Chains was NASTY. The worst in my memory.

What sticks out right away.

Including Lane? A friend of mine was an intern at their record company (can't remember which), when AIC first gained popularity. He said he met with the band many times and that Lane was one of the nicest guys. He choked up when he heard about his death.

 

[KnappShack]

Correct answer!! This needs to be an option. Would take a number of 70’s & 80’s women over any of them. Stevie Nicks, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Pat Benatar, Annie Lenox, Kim Carnes, Laura Branigan, Chrissie Hynde. The list goes on and on

Just one more, but you're right. The lost goes on and on

 

[VeloClone]

When I worked at Iowa state center, some that stuck out. Steve Miller bought pizza and beer for us after the show. Lead singer of Loverboy came back stage and actually talked to me for a bit while they were performing. Had to make himself some tea or hot chocolate, can’t remember.

Trisha yearwood wouldn’t leave her bus or deal with anybody, straight in and out to the bus. Aerosmith was very nice to me in early 90s. Assigned to Steven Tyler and he would joke around with me. Willie Nelson gave us ponchos because he felt bad that it was raining on us during farm aid.

Alice In Chains was NASTY. The worst in my memory.

What sticks out right away.

I was bummed when I started there and I got put on backstage security when James Taylor was coming. I would have liked to hear his show. I was put on security on the corridor with the band dressing rooms, Taylor's dressing room was on the other side. My BIL was at the show and after the show he said to me that Taylor played his first set and then right before intermission said he would be back in a few minutes, he had to change his laundry. Everyone laughed at the joke. When my BIL told me this I laughed too. I laughed because the room with laundry was in my corridor also. At intermission James came back, said hello to me and went in and moved his laundry from the washer to the dryer then came back out and chatted my up for a few minutes before he had to go back out on stage.

Probably one of the most genuine artists is Garth Brooks. He tries to keep his concert tickets reasonably priced so more people can afford to go to his shows. This means there is huge demand so he will do a weeks worth of shows or more at a single venue. When he is there he genuine and polite. He thanks everyone he sees from the stage hands to the janitors. During each stop he makes sure he takes a picture with the entire arena staff trying to get everyone possible in a picture with him and thanks them all again. He will also take individual and/or small group pictures with the people most instrumental with putting his show on locally.

In addition when most artists do two weekends of shows with a few days off during the week they will often jet out of town and fly back in for the second weekend. Garth always makes a point of staying around town taking in some local attractions and usually making appearances at hospitals or some other charity work.

Because of all of this he is loved by a ton of fans. I am a fan of the person even though I am kind of meh on most country music.

Because of all this he has done a ton of shows at a lot of venues. He has sold the most tickets and done the most shows at Target Center, for example, of any recording artist ever.

 

[somecyguy]

I find this interesting. I don't have a lot of detail on most of these acts but what he is telling you about Prince does not jive with anything else I have heard about the artist. He may be quiet and keeping to himself, by all accounts that is true, but that doesn't mean he is easy to work for/with. He was extremely demanding (for example he didn't expect much except that every venue looks EXACTLY the same to him back stage which is pretty much impossible with so many varied venue configurations) and unforgiving. (I spoke with multiple people on his tour and in the business and he went through people in many positions - especially head of tour security - faster than I change my underwear. You do one minor thing that he doesn't like and you are gone. We had him come to a venue I was working at and I asked to talk to the security person by name when they arrived on site. The tour manager laughed and said that he was 2 or 3 security guys ago, I don't remember how many exactly. I asked if this was uncommon and he says nobody in that position makes it more than a month or two on his tours.)

I also used to work with a guy who did A/V, sound and lighting rentals in a previous job. He got a call from Paisley Park at Oh-dark-thirty in the morning that Prince needed a particular piece of equipment right at that moment. My buddy got out of bed, left his family and drove to the shop to get the equipment then drove it to Paisley Park. This wasn't the first time he had gotten middle of the night requests from Paisley Park. When he got there he was in the room with Prince and Prince's assistant setting up the equipment. This wasn't an event emergency just Prince was working on something in the middle of the night and he didn't have that particular equipment or his wasn't working - I don't remember which. Prince had all sorts of questions but he kept asking his assistant to ask my buddy each question. After about 10 minutes of this my buddy said to Prince, "I came to help you out in the middle of the night with no notice. If you have questions, I'm right here. Either treat me with respect and address your questions directly to me or I am leaving with my equipment and going home." Only then would Prince act like my buddy was in the room with him just a couple of feet away and address his questions to him directly. I don't care how shy you are or how famous you are, that is not an acceptable way to treat people.

These are just a few examples. Prince was an incredible talent but I wouldn't put him on any list of people who were nice or treated those around him with respect.

You have to watch this from Kevin Smith. He explains exactly what you are describing.

 

[Bipolarcy]

Listening to the Odd Couple on the radio.
They brought up the top 5 female selling artists of all time. One has to go, who is it?

I wouldn't be too unhappy if they all left. I couldn't tell you one Beyonce song, one Mariah Carey song or one Taylor Swift song. I barely remember hearing a Rihanna song, but I don't know the name of it.