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What a weird feud, apparently David Crosby has been pissy online and bringing some real boomer energy about the Phoebe Bridgers SNL performance. Specifically her smashing her guitar: 

 

Bridgers for her part has been a little more succinct: 

 

 

 

 

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It is becoming Crosby's schtick to drum up attention by insulting other musicians on twitter.   I am pretty sure nobody under the age of 50 cares what Crosby has to say.  But he has figured out that he can get attention by insulting EVH, Bridgers or whoever else is in the news.  

Its also pretty funny that he is saying "I prefer people who can actually write songs" about a woman who writes (or at least co-writes) all of her songs.  And while Crosby wrote a few great songs, it is certainly not what he is famous for.      

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Crosby is the very definition of the acronym, FIGJAM. This sad quest to remain relevant is pretty pathetic. I'd rather anyone who he goes after just responds with "who?". 

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She writes like those random emails I used to get that were just a bunch of words cut and pasted from different things and strung together with no particular purpose other than to generate a random email with words in it.

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8 minutes ago, DougO said:

She writes like those random emails I used to get that were just a bunch of words cut and pasted from different things and strung together with no particular purpose other than to generate a random email with words in it.

That's funny, I don't really get that at all from her writing. I think her lyrics tend to be pretty clear about whatever she's getting at without being so on the nose they are boring or cheesy. 

To be fair the last verse of "I know the end" does string together a lot of random shit. Reading through it, it has to be the most Bright Eyes song Conor Oberst ever ever wrote that's not actually a Bright Eyes song. Pretty easy to tell he co-wrote on that one. 

Either way, I dig it. 

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Mr. Crosby---show me on the fretboard where Pete Townshend hurt you...

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Phoebe Bridgers is great. Respect for everything Crosby has done but maybe there’s a reason he’s famous for being an asshole.

I saw a picture of Isbell wearing a better Oblivion Community Center shirt. Maybe he can take some sense into him.

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1 hour ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

I’m surprised you could type this while simultaneously yelling at clouds and kids on your lawn.

I also almost cut my hair. Happened just the other day. But I didn’t.

 Because SNL sucks. 

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I really like Phoebe's stuff with Conor Oberst.....That being said, here is Hiatt weighing in on the subject, back by my favorite band he has ever put together.  Michael Ward, Davey Faragher and Michael Urbano.  

I've seen Faragher several times with different bands.  LOVE that dude.  Once with Cracker, he wore a dress.  Converse Allstars and a fucking dress.  He also played bass on that video with Costello recorded in that small club Memphis.  

 

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1 hour ago, hullabelew said:

I really like Phoebe's stuff with Conor Oberst.....That being said, here is Hiatt weighing in on the subject, back by my favorite band he has ever put together.  Michael Ward, Davey Faragher and Michael Urbano.  

I've seen Faragher several times with different bands.  LOVE that dude.  Once with Cracker, he wore a dress.  Converse Allstars and a fucking dress.  He also played bass on that video with Costello recorded in that small club Memphis.  

 

That song came to mind reading this thread.  Big Faragher fan too.  Any time I hear someone named "Davey," which is rare, I think of David and Goliath.

Slow Turning is a great album.

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Crosby has hated the world since his girlfriend died in a car wreck in 1969.  That said, Bridges' guitar smash was almost as pathetic as Herman's sledgehammer antics.

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21 minutes ago, alincoln said:

Crosby has hated the world since his girlfriend died in a car wreck in 1969.  That said, Bridges' guitar smash was almost as pathetic as Herman's sledgehammer antics.

It was very bizarre. And poorly executed. Her SNL performance didn't really make me more of a fan.

 

1 minute ago, NOMAAA said:

i dont get phoebe bridgers.

I'm not sure I do either. I loved "Dylan Thomas" for awhile. I still like it. It was my first exposure to Phoebe. I haven't liked anything nearly as much since.

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8 minutes ago, DougO said:

Someone should compile all of the known recorded guitar smashes on one video and rank them from top to bottom.

The plaque for the alternates is down in the ladies room. 
 

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who was the poster on the old site that had the avatar which was Pete about to crush his axe and it said, "This guitar has seconds to live"  

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I can’t think of anything I care less about than this kerfuffle and I am posting it to make sure all of you know.

That said, I’d be interested in the guitar smashing compilation video.

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I'm cribbing Steve Hyden's tweet here, but I thought it was hilarious to see Crosby state that smashing guitars is what people who can't write do, only to have it pointed out that Pete Townshend probably wrote 10x as many great songs as David Crosby.

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On 2/10/2021 at 6:36 PM, Reynolds Woodcock said:

Phoebe reminds me of a well-adjusted Elliott Smith. Good shit.

excellent.  i had been trying to figure out what she reminded me of and this is pretty on point.  elliott smith with a bit of tempo.

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