Creed: Awesome or Sucks?

My bartender looks like Scott stapp

this brings tears to my eyes

He has a pooka shell necklace with a cross on it.

Long brown locks that scream "I am beefing with kid rock"

But also "pretty cool that Jesus died for our sins, guys"

this band is way too hilarious to hate

exactly! "with arms wide open" = secret cheesy classic. i recommend singing along while imitating scott stapp's voice.

This should be a 'defend the indefensible' thread.

I hate being elitist but this and nickelback are my foolproof bands to know if I shouldn't discuss music with you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vMpfbuI9FY

http://www.change.org/p/mgm-change-the-name-of-the-movie-creed

Of course, this is much funnier when one believes it to be earnest.

i hope this sorry sack of shit band does not get critically rehabbed when the 00s revival comes about.

― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:14 AM

My Own Prison turns 20 tomorrow, and I interviewed Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, and producer John Kurzweg about it for Stereogum.

awesome

Creed performed at Cowboy Stadium in 2001, and to this day it is the funniest thing I have ever seen. You cannot medically prepare yourself for what happens 9 seconds into this clip pic.twitter.com/G30vCvnZ1t

— CPAC Chopra (@steak_ham) November 18, 2018

that is some gob bluth shit

I share this with friends every thanksgiving, I watched the full performance in 2001 and it remains the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.

thank you bg for giving me something to be thankful for this year

Cool, I'd been looking for the musical equivalent of drdoomcrying.jpg.

stapp's fist-pump gesture after the angel's departure just kills me every time

the moment in its full glory (all praise to Him, of course) is here, at 1:12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prLQhRYh_Ls

not to actually the tweet, but

that's not even the best part of that performance pic.twitter.com/1thBAYil5R

— Zach Scott (@weinventyou) November 19, 2018

while it was unfolding live i couldn't believe what i was seeing. cheerleaders, a tot with a salvation army kettle, a gospel choir, a bunch of Ed Kowalczyks flying through the air on sashes, Scott Stapp #11 and his ill-prepared lip-syncing.

I doubt there's a pop culture time capsule that better explains the immediate post-9/11 era and atmosphere of the U.S.

Idgi... it’s just a dude doing aerial silks?

I doubt there's a pop culture time capsule that better explains the immediate post-9/11 era and atmosphere of the U.S.

yeah, my partner and i were just talking about that. it is incredibly over-the-top nov 2001

idg how this is any different from every other stupid superbowl halftime show

it's that, but up for six days on meth

xp Owl City is def way worse than Creed wtf

At least Creed is lulz

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/828/665/533.jpg
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idg how this is any different from every other stupid superbowl halftime show

look I share your antipathy toward halftime shows (except the Prince one) but shirtless flying dude taking wing past Scott Stap singing "Higher" in a Dallas Cowboys jersey and fistpumping ascends his bald angel ascends to the upper air of the stadium, if you can't see how that's special then you need to get higher

*as his bald angel ascends

stapp looks a lot like kenny loggins. i sort of always knew that but didn't really.

it's that, but up for six days on meth

― Saddo Wannabe (rip van wanko), Monday, November 19, 2018 11:34 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not to nitpick but he looks a lot more like he's on downers to me. his lukewarm performance and the fact that he looks like a blurry character in a mcnaughton painting is what makes the aerial stunting so embarrassing imo.

when he puts his arms out to his sides and sashays around he looks like a figure skater.

the "christian" and the "rock" and the b+ theater are a perfect storm of camp

i can't believe i'm dissecting a creed super bowl video

i'm right here with you for this

well, um... huh.
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/tv-film/9501073/scott-stapp-frank-sinatra-ronald-reagan-biopic/

Everything about this sounds awesome. A Reagan biopic starring Real Hollywood Conservatives Dennis Quaid and Jon Voight, with Scott Stapp as Frank Sinatra, directed by the guy who made the Bratz movie, two Casper sequels, and 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain starring Hulk Hogan. (The latter having the distinction, per Wikipedia, of being "the worst of the four" in the 3 Ninjas franchise.)

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https://www.villagevoice.com/2023/02/14/creed-the-musical-not-an-unserious-production-by-unserious-people/

should be more plays/movies where Scott Stapp goes to jail imo

let's go there

has anyone here played creed on a jukebox as a joke?

this thread should only be updated with clips and gifs of that halftime show performance

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thank you omar

@medranothelion
1 year ago

Love or hate Creed, you can't deny that after the attack, this performance was what we needed to start healing. Creed were heroes on this days.

there's something abt Stapp's performance which really reminds me of some extremely bad acting you might see on a basic cable tv show, from an actor who knows he's very good looking and just every single look and expression is an overemphatic and false, just an absolute masterclass in unctuousness.

I interviewed Stapp and Tremonti (and their producer, John Kurzweg) some years ago, when their debut album turned 20. They were all nice guys, and interesting to talk to.

xp Lorenzo Lamas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwDNSCsD8w8

I saw Creed live once. it wasn't necessarily "on purpose", because they were opening for Metallica (very odd lineup of Sevendust, Kid Rock, Creed, then...Tallica). he did some bullshit spiritual philosophy crap between each song.

but, at the time, they only had two albums, and...I still kinda like My Own Prison, so...it wasn't the worst thing I ever heard.

well...except for the lyrics. and Stapp

back in I think 1999, when Yahoo was still doing live chats with bands where you could log in and submit your questions and listen to the audio of them answering, I asked Scott what he thought of his comparisons to Eddie Vedder, and he said "Oh I kick his ass completely, he doesn't even do the same voice on any of his albums", and giggling about how awesome he was vocally.

someone snuck in the question "what Creed song would be on the compilation 'crap songs of our time'" and then Stapp got mad that the moderator let that one through

then he answered "none because Creed is not crap you see"