who is the tom hanks of rock?

LOL

Phil Collins?

i can see that.

John Mayer?

Jon Bon fuckin' Jovi. Always up for and winning awards he doesn't deserve, shitty blockbuster after shitty blockbuster.

Eagles

Anthony Kiedis

Captain goofball of the 80s, turned blockbuster in the early 90s with sap, now somehow becoming a grey eminence and Grammy/Oscar perennial.

Ben Folds

Billy Joel

da croup correct i think

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? Comfortable, not dangerous, soft?

Metallica

Metallica is the Nic Cage of rock

Dave Grohl

I think Kiedis was a good call

as comfortable stalwarts go, one could do alot worse (and scarcely better tbh) than TH. never got the hatred.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? Comfortable, not dangerous, soft?

not sure, to be honest. the question just popped into my head earlier today. wasn't sure what it meant, so i figured i'd ask. da croupier makes a compelling point for keidis, i think...

i'm thinking maroon 5

as comfortable stalwarts go, one could do alot worse (and scarcely better tbh) than TH. never got the hatred.

-- tremendoid, Thursday, February 7, 2008 10:38 PM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

otm. i don't generally like the movies he's in but he doesn't bother me

metallica is the worst answer by far

john mayer is a good call, but let's see if he's around

billy joel is good but too showy/weird when you really think about it

keidis is the best answer

except that Kiedis is a joke and nobody takes him seriously or buys his records

or hands him awards on an annual basis

shakey, go sit in the corner

I guess it would be an act that started off faux-edgy but quickly became a MOR, pudgy shill.

So . . . The Clipse?

googling for "nicest guy in rock" returns brad delp of boston and dave grohl.

(j/k, j/k). Simmer down.

Stadium Arcadium was critically praised for integrating musical styles from several aspects of the band's career.[3][4] The album gained the band seven Grammy Awards in 2007, the most nominations that the band had garnered in their 24-year career.

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australia 1
Canada 1
European albums 1
France 1
Germany 1
Italy 1
Poland 1
Japan 1
Netherlands 1
Portugal 5
Sweden 1
UK 1
U.S. Billboard 200 1
Worldwide chart 1

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have won seven Grammy Awards:[78]

* 1993: Best Hard Rock Performance - "Give It Away"
* 2000: Best Rock Song - "Scar Tissue"
* 2007: Best Rock Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package - Stadium Arcadium; Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Rock Song: "Dani California"

MTV Video Music Awards:

* 1992: Breakthrough Video - "Give It Away", Viewer's Choice - "Under the Bridge"

American Music Awards:

* 2000: Favorite Alternative Artist
* 2006: Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group, Favorite Alternative Artist

Billboard Music Awards:

* 2000: Best Alternative Group

The band will also receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008.[79]

waht

okay I stand corrected

keidis is just a bit too lunkheaded to fit. hanks has stores of self-awareness he's just too modest/content to employ in his films at this point, and I think it's a great decision, whatever else i might think about the his performances.

I guess my next question is who are these fuckin idiots that are still paying attention to Anthony Kiedis lolz

lol at latebloomer

by 'great' i mean I'm glad the essence he tries to chase(usually) is that of the 'everyman', if for no other reason than the fact he's the only one doing it. even russell crowe is straining for something to his 'everymen' and his utter failure to capture it should be cautionary.

straining to add some postmodern something to his 'everyman' that should read i think.

beck

It's weird: before Gump, Tom Hanks was totally loveable. Like he was a genuinely funny dude who appeared in darkly comic movies like Joe Vs. the Volcano and The Burbs. He hosted SNL a few times and always came off pretty well, never seemed too full of himself or anything. Even Philadelphia was like "awesome, can you believe Tom Hanks is totally going to win an Oscar?" Then he had about a 6 year stretch where he got all serious and befriended Spielberg and people crowned him America's Everyman and he did all this Important Oscar Bait and appeared in Important HBO Mini-Series, so now everyone hates him. But it's not like he's even been nominated for anything since Cast Away.

uh there was nothing awesome about Philadelphia

Were the Nora Ephron romcoms before or after Gump?

before and after

You've Got Hate Mail

Yeah:

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Gump (1994)
You've Got Mail (1998)

Who is the Leslie West of film?

Bon Jovi.

Bosom Buddies = Hair Metal

uh there was nothing awesome about Philadelphia

I remember liking it, although if I saw it now, it'd probably be kind of cringey.

beck

-- ^@^, Thursday, February 7, 2008 2:56 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

care to expand? i'm curious cos it was the very first name to pop in my mind also but i can't even remember why now. probably 'so 1994 lol' or something along those lines.

i mean i've found it damn easy to ignore tom hanks if need be since the 90's, even easier than the chili peppers(U2 is my shakeyesque blind spot, ask me a few years ago and I would've sworn they disbanded after joshua tree or something, still kinda wtf) so forgive my charity.

re: beck

both originally jokey, likeable, unassuming everyman types who successfully flipped those qualities + raw talent into 'serious artist'-dom, reputations which they continue to dine out on in spite of current choices (da vinci code/scientology) underling their obvious and utter indifference to and remoteness from those original traits

ok that is the correct answer. maroon 5 still have fiyah in the belly.

Surely the answer is Springsteen. Everyman who's early career was full of fun, excitement and possibility. Then got a bit moody, intropective and serious in his middle age but is now relaxing and having a bit of fun again in the latter stages of his career.

I think Dods might have it (although I still like the Kiedis theory).

problem with the springsteen theory is that his resurgence is as much, if not more, owing to current public appetite and props from younger bands; whereas hanks' rep as a good guy-turned hollywood schlockster seems a little more unmovable

ie. springsteen now is pretty much just as relatable to the springsteen of '85; hanks, not so much

TS: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005AVS9.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg vs. http://991.com/newgallery/Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Freaky-Styley---1-160892.jpg

who the fuck is adrian zmed

my first thought was john mayer too. but it guess it could be beck.

John Hiatt.

Adrian Zmed was in Grease 2!

Tom Petty - doesn't have the early wackiness so much, but their current music and movie careers fit pretty well (nice background, but do you want to go out of your way to see/hear either one?)

Kiedis is probably the right answer, but he's still a bit wacky with the shirtlessness and heroin relapses and stuff

The correct answer to the question of "the nicest guy in rock" is Ted Leo, but Petty or Kiedis are a better fit for the Hanks comparison.

I was gonna say Grohl but now that someone said Springsteen I think that's the best. I think Kiedis was too batshit early in his career to really fit a Tom Hanks parallel.

as comfortable stalwarts go, one could do alot worse (and scarcely better tbh) than TH. never got the hatred.

-- tremendoid, Thursday, February 7, 2008 10:38 PM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

otm. i don't generally like the movies he's in but he doesn't bother me

-- latebloomer, Thursday, February 7, 2008 2:41 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Link

i'm agreeing with this and on that note suggesting Radiohead

I almost wanna say Radiohead is the George Clooney of rock, proving he's not just another hunk with esoteric side projects and risk-taking, worshipped as a god, crazy high profile despite lack of actual blockbusters.

he's still a bit wacky with the shirtlessness and heroin relapses and stuff

well Hanks did make the Ladykillers

how much you pay for michael clayton

Coldplay = Brad Pitt (free trade now!, dreamy, "oh but next time I'm working with..." and it still winds up mush)

Tom Petty = Nick Nolte (reliable trooper through early 90s, then suddenly got REALLY haggard and its grandpa time here on out)

Bruce Springsteen is some sick amalgam of Robert Redford (USA, every movie treated like a big deal only who the fuck actually cares) and Al Pacino (HOO-HA!)

John Mellencamp = Kevin Costner

actually Coldplay's not fair to Pitt. Coldplay is Orlando fucking Bloom.

COLDPALY FOR PRESIDETN!

Don Henley = Michael Douglas

(maybe?)

Bono is the Tom Cruise of rock.

Yes.

Who's the Jack Nicholson of rock, Iggy Pop perhaps?

nah, Rod Stewart

Iggy's the Gary Busey of rock

Jack Nicholson = Neil Young

Dustin Hoffman = Neil Young

Neil's comfortably moving into Grandpa status, while Rod's still crooning to the ladies

Dustin Hoffman = Leonard Cohen

Peter O'Toole = Leonard Cohen

What album is Road To Perdition?

Dustin Hoffman does not have a sexy muse.

x-post

Peter O' Toole = Ray Davies

TS: Venus vs. Dear Heather

Ray Davies doesn't have ANYTHING to do with sex

I'm thinking more album/film trajectory, but fair point, although Hoffman was supposedly quite the ladies man.

well most rock stars and musicians are.

can't think off the top of my head of a brit star crabby and nostalgia-obsessed enough to be Davies.

movie stars and musicians, rather

Oh, and Dennis Hopper = Iggy Pop

yeah, that works better than Busey, all had a comeback in the early 90s but Iggy isn't fuuuuuucked, just kind of an immortal weirdo/hack, also I think "Search And Destroy" was in a sneaker commercial, just like Hopper.

Yeah, Iggy/Hopper is too perfect. I bet the former's songs have turned up on soundtracks for at least 3 of the latter's movies, too.

also: Easy Rider--->The Last Movie--->Apocalypse Now = Stooges--->Fun House--->Raw Power

and

The Idiot--->Lust For Life = Rivers Edge--->Blue Velvet

Daniel Day Lewis=Scott Walker (?)

Who is the Ernest Borgnine of rock?

leslie west