Music Feuds: David Crosby vs. Phoebe Bridgers

[UncleSonny 6677]

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: 

 

 

 

 

[stc 1474]

that was about the least rock n roll smashing of a guitar i've ever seen. 

[noharleyyet 2853]

"No goddammit, we're gonna use a fake monitor and an $85 guitar."

-SNL bean counter....

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/phoebe-bridgers-comments-on-snl-guitar-smash/?fbclid=IwAR2uh9YG1Owtuy0sIWVjPnl95nvsYnmry2yK9ycKfwfx4kD9qtT-M4exo7c

[Ollie Slatt 289]

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.      

[mdmost 43332]

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?". 

[TonyTexas 10587]

He was the Ringo of CSN&Y

[DougO 5257]

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.

[UncleSonny 6677]

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. 

Spoiler

Driving out into the sun
Let the ultraviolet cover me up
Went looking for a creation myth
Ended up with a pair of cracked lips
Windows down, scream along
To some America First rap country song
A slaughterhouse, an outlet mall
Slot machines, fear of God
Windows down, heater on
Big bolt of lightning hanging low
Over the coast, everyone's convinced
It's a government drone or an alien spaceship
Either way, we're not alone
I'll find a new place to be from
A haunted house with a picket fence
To float around and ghost my friends
No, I'm not afraid to disappear
The billboard said "The End Is Near"
I turned around, there was nothing there
Yeah, I guess the end is here

Either way, I dig it. 

[Reynolds Woodcock 4886]

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

Neil Young on David Crosby: “Crosby should write an introspective book: 'Why People Won't Talk to Me Anymore. '"

[Guest Lobo]

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

[WhatTheBuck 28852]

I’ve never heard of Phoebe Bridgers and SNL has sucked for years.

[jimmyjazz 46526]

OK, Boomer.

[Celery Man 21036]

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.

Edited February 11, 2021 by Celery Man

[Reynolds Woodcock 4886]

2 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I’ve never heard of Phoebe Bridgers and SNL has sucked for years.

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

[WhatTheBuck 28852]

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. 

[hullabelew 3724]

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.  

 

Edited February 11, 2021 by hullabelew

[TwiceHorn 31705]

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.

[alincoln 2385]

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.

[NOMAAA 1696]

i dont get phoebe bridgers.

[C-Man 27413]

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.

[gsoda3 3315]

she looked like my 2nd grader trying to split wood with my ax.  should've smashed an acoustic guitar.  A for effort but C for execution.  

[DougO 5257]

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

[topochico 1049]

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. 
 

[Steel Shank 9440]

 

[Guest Lobo]

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"  

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

she's always seemed like a cunt

so I'm surprised they don't get along

[tbone_ 14300]

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.

[Al_4_ISU 12550]

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.

[Chad Fuck 17902]

 

[tbone_ 14300]

Lol at the guy in the Metallica crowd that had a set of bolt cutters

[noharleyyet 2853]

Sone tough neck joints in that abomination. 

[yoladu 4172]

this is how you do it.. a lot of good late 90s Austin memories

why stop at just the guitars, eh?

Edited February 25, 2021 by yoladu

[sidis 9874]

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.

[noharleyyet 2853]

1 hour ago, yoladu said:

this is how you do it.. a lot of good late 90s Austin memories

why stop at just the guitars, eh?

I don't get it..at all.

[yoladu 4172]

23 hours ago, noharleyyet said:

I don't get it..at all.

well there was some semblance of a song proceeding that.

[DougO 5257]

Those seemed like some pretty rugged instruments.

 

[Reynolds Woodcock 4886]