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Post by JessieLou on Aug 4, 2023 9:59:40 GMT -5
killyourstereo.com/news/josh-homme-thinks-bands-who-don-t-play-the-hits-are-c-nty/vIgCrtHQ09I/03-08-23Josh Homme Thinks Bands Who Don't Play The Hits Are 'C*nty' Queens Of The Stone Age vocalist and Eagles Of Death Metal multi-instrumentalist Josh Homme has weighed in on acts who don’t play their biggest hits, calling them “a little bit c*nty.” Artists not playing their biggest hits is just something that happens – Radiohead hadn’t played Let Down in ten years when they hit the road in 2016, while their most famous song, Creep, hadn’t been in setlists for seven years. Radiohead aren’t the only ones who didn’t play the hits. Led Zeppelin refused to perform Stairway To Heaven, while Kurt Cobain was quoted as saying, “Before every song, I’d play the intro to ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and then stop,” in the book Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects, via Ultimate Classic Rock. Dave Grohl recalled not playing the Foo Fighters’ track Big Me for years, and R.E.M. refused to perform Shiny Happy People or have it included on their 2003 Greatest Hits compilation album, In Time. Josh Homme does not support those moves. Appearing on the Tuna On Toast With Stryker podcast, Homme addressed the move not to play the greatest hits, as transcribed by Blabbermouth, “I understand that I'm always going to play No One Knows because I still like playing that song, and that's something that, it's an agreement with the audience: ‘I assume that this is a part of coming here to see us, and here you go.’” He added, “When there's bands that don't wanna play their big song or their big songs, I always think it's a little c*nty to do that. [Laughs] Acting like a song that a lot of people like is a burden is just a strange reaction to the gift that your fans have given you. Seems like an odd reaction.”
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Post by JessieLou on Aug 4, 2023 10:00:33 GMT -5
I agree with him. I was so disappointed when I saw Bush open for Alice In Chains last year and they barely did any 90's songs, mostly their newer stuff. It was very weird to me.
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Aug 4, 2023 10:40:12 GMT -5
He's got a good point. The song that the musician may be tired of playing is someone's favourite in that audience, especially given how big a hit it is, and they'd be disappointed if they don't hear it.
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Post by billcs on Aug 4, 2023 15:05:04 GMT -5
Lots of artists now skip the hits. Usually they've posted about it online. For instance, Alison Moyet said online before her concert that I saw in 2017 that she no longer performs Invisible, and she explained at the concert that the song is meaningless to her now, though it's her biggest international hit. I don't necessarily agree with this but when they do decide to play them again they should make that public as it will attract long-time fans vs fans of their newer stuff.
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