Janie you’re a lying fucking idiot, I was at that show in Brisbane. He didn’t trick the crowd into anything and the setlist had a similar core to what they’ve been playing for the last two years. If you want the show perfected to your personal tastes you’re better off staying home and listening to the album. Also they left the stage for 20 minutes to fix the sound (as ryan explained before they left ) which was fucked for the first 2 songs.

I think if he went back to playing “Everything I Do, I Do It For You” and “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman”, then he’d have some real success with the fans…..it’s all about the nostalgia, folks….*snicker snicker*

After reading the review of his nuclear ego-meltdown at the Minneapolis show, I think I’d actually rather subject myself to 2 hours of BRYAN Adams than shell out one cent to see this arrogant, self-destructive prick.

In dealing with egomaniac babies like Ryan Adams, the fans need to speak the loudest with their wallets. If they stop buying his records, that’ll send a clear enough message. I unfortunately own a couple, but never again. It just seems weird to me, because, from a lot of the reading I’ve done about Adam’s career, it’s almost as if the more he abuses his core fan base, and the more insulted they feel, the quicker they run out to buy his next crap record. It’s like musical sado-masochism…..

Ah well, I’m off to listen to my Robin Hood soundtrack…

Just saw Ryan & the Cardinals at the Tivoli in Brisbane, and wish I hadn’t. :S I’ve been listening to his music for the last 8 years, and had some sort of foolish image of what the “sensitive” Ryan was like, and how great he would be live, but the show was an absolute joke!!(apart from the brilliant playing of The Cardinals).
He’ll promote his great tracks, and then he won’t play them, so it was ALL obscure songs apart from a few of his weaker, better known tracks which I could count on my middle finger. Yes, Ryan. A middle finger in your direction buddy. He got a bit of light shone in his widdle eyes, took off from the stage for 20 minutes claiming the light “wiped my memory!” Okay.. I can forgive that (if it’s honest) but to trick the crowd into thinking you were going to play “the requests” was just sad.
Unfortunately, great songwriters aren’t great people. Hopefully he’ll mature with age.

Who cares if he sells out. He done such great music over the years that it should be heard by everyone! It Cuts like a Knife and feels soooo right. I also love that Summer of 69 song! They should make a commercial out of that too!

The stuff Ryan is recording now, Heartbreaker throughto Easy Tiger and barring R&R eclipses the sophmoric material he wrote with Whiskeytown. Not to mention his records are well-written, well-recorded, mixed, produced (never over-produced), using great vintage gear, vocals are strong … yeah screw him, right? So what he didn’t say “Hi” or talk to you or even told you to “wait five effing minutes.” With all the songs he writes you will never get to hear all your favorites that night; just let the band play what THEy wanna play, what they’re inspired to play and order a drink, turn off your cell phone, tell your girlfriend to shut up, quit texting and enjoy the effing show!

Who the fuck is Ryan Adams?

If only he’d put out a good record in the past seven years. His talents were lost following Whiskeytown.

–Not really Phil

Um … everybody needs to pay the bills. Get over it. It’s called being a grown-up. Renaissance painters had patrons.

Um…Who’s Ryan Adams?

willie nelson didn’t take any shit for that ad… because he’s willie nelson. that’s why. simple as that. he’s accorded the respect due to a legend. get over it, ryan. he’s willie nelson and you’re not.

maybe because willie’s not an asshole. and ryan (at least in the past) has been. just a thought.

If that is sarcasm, then you just aren’t funny, you must be from England

i don’t remember that gap commmercial either, but give the guy i break. i think the worst thing i’ve ever seen done to nirvana was some crazy chick w/ bad red hair who did her version of “smells like teen spirit”…on a piano….that’s right, and not even like beethoven where it was at least dark and gloomy sounding, it was all tinkling and stuff and she sang in a whispery voice…she looked like she escaped from a mental institution, you can only get away with words like that when you got guitars and don’t give a crap about anything…stupid whore

That song ‘Cuts like a Knife’ really gets my toes tappin’……

Happy Birthday Sweet Chantal

I once worked at a grocery store with a guy named Ryan Adams. He didn’t do a gap comercial though.

I think Nirvana fans should take Courtney love to court for selling out Nirvana. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is going to be on the new game “Rock Band”.

The anthem of a generation, on a video game. It’s degrading in my opinion. How are younger generations supposed to appreciate the value of that song? When music ends up on stuff like that, it’s just another song…

Thanks Courtney. You killed the nostalgia of Nirvana.

I don’t even remember the Gap commercial. Oh well, guess it was before my time! No one is bitching about Wilco entire album being used to sale Beatles and Jettas? Every artists compromises their principles or beliefs for some cash. Actually, most of them don’t have any. They just want to have some cash to roll-out and really sometimes paying the bills isn’t nothing to be ashamed of. It’s not like Ryan Adams has luxurious cars, or yachts or whatever; he’s simple.

He had a terrible review in Memphis. He never addressed the crowd,never, no thank you, no thanks for coming out. All he did was play a low key uneventful set.
I am a fan and will continue purchasing his music but will not spend ANOTHER dime watching him in concert.

Yo, The Real… it’s not Bryan, it’s Ryan …..

Cool band here: GravityCo at Myspace

Who gives a shit if he does a commercial? Is that what selling out is? The guy is signed to a major label record company…he probably got a million dollar advance…don’t you think that’s the point, if any, that you could say he sold out? Gimme a fucking break…You buy his records, you go to his shows, you give him your money, so really you have no right to complain about anything because you spend your money of your own free will. FUCK OFF.

actually i could have just shortened that by saying turn rock and roll up real loud and listen to it all the way through

look, ryan adams exemplifies the artist who runs his mouth not only though his lips but through his writing and completely UNDERRATED voice, which is what makes him the shit. He’s got the talent to back it up, which you can see in the songs that are unreleased because they don’t even resemble demos. And for anyone who hates ” Rock N Roll”…come on, it’s his best album because the record company said, nah we want something with hits…..every song on rock and roll resembles a punk/pop band from the late 80’s and 90’s and each song is better than any song the artist he is imitating ever made ( goo goo dolls[Burning Photographs], U2 [So Alive] gin blossoms [Do Miss America], Third Eye Blind [Luminol], nirvana [note to self], Oasis [1974 end guitar], Green Day [Wish You Were Here…in my opinion], but anyway, I’m just saying, he doesn’t put out a false image, maybe he is an asshole, but if I started to think so I guess I wouldn’t be suprised and I really wouldn’t mind because he writes some of the best songs I’ve ever heard and the cardinals are great.

i didnt care for the r.a. gap add. but, if he did sell out, why is he still not on clearchannel? there are alot worse crimes. im sure steve albini could list a few.

Satan get a clue, learn sarcasm, dumbass.

brian

is it brian or ryan

The Real:
It’s Ryan Adams, not Bryan Adams.

he’s alright with me. Very good singer who cares. grow up

he’s alright with me. Very good singer who cares. grow up

he’s alright with me. Very good singer who cares. grow up

Hey Ryan, perhaps the reason you are being singled out is because you are a mouthy, bitchy asshole. Everytime I read something about this butt munch he’s running his pie hole. Shut up already and have another drink.

Fuck you Ryan Adams.

I saw you at the Moore and when people started yelling out requests you told us to ‘Wait five fucking seconds’ into a megaphone. You’ve got spots of brilliance (Strawberry Wine, To Be Young, etc.) but you’re an egotistical asshole.

Oh and the show sucked. 1 band, 1 1/2 hours, and everything was a boring ass ballad.

Fuck you Ryan Adams

Tell Ryan to listen to Bill Hicks’ “Rant in E-Minor” for the Willie Nelson pardon. “$24 million tax bill, Willie was a little looser than the rest of us. I just advert my eyes whenever he sings about tacos.”

if you do a Gap ad, you don’t deserve respect - I’m not being sarcastic, you really don’t & your career deserves to be ruined for it, I don’t care who you are.

if you do a Gap ad, you don’t deserve respect - I’m not being sarcastic, you really don’t & your career deserves to be ruined for it, I don’t care who you are.

First of all, Ryan adams is completely overrated. Secondly, musicians have an extremely hard life and don’t usually see the monetary rewards they deserve, even if they are great artists. To deny a lucrative opportunity that would put food on the table and garner even more exposure for your music is just stupid. In fact Ryan Adams would be an even bigger asshole than he already is for not doing it. Here’s a list to get you thinking:

New Order- Sunkist commercial
Kings of Leon- Volkswagon
The Walkmen- Saturn
Iggy Pop- Carnival Cruise Lines(!)
Nick Drake-Volkswagon
The Smiths-Mitsubishi

People( especially fucking hipsters!) need to get over it. Unless a cool band does something stupid and tasteless like a diaper commercial or fast food ad,orlet a politician use it for some campaign, then they should be able to pocket as much money as they can.

One thing that’s so awesome about Ryan Adams is he’s a quote machine - not as quotable as Shirley Manson, but damn close. I think that in 2002 - “selling out” was still considered an artistic sin. Moby deflected it a bit with “Play” during those first few months when he was bankrupt and the album wasn’t selling jack. But now - groups like the Shins and Wilco do it and with the exception of a few hundred irate purists, the act goes virtually unnoticed. I think Adams would have probably received less flack if he did it in 2007 than when he did it in 2002.

who cares…the dude is one of the greatest song writers of our time and even his less-than-par stuff is better than the emo/pop-punk crap that is flooding the airwaves!

every artist sells out in one way or another throughout a successful career, why should Bryan Adams be any different? “Everything I do, I do it for you.”

its keith moon for snickers………………..

What kind of losers would give him crap for that? I live in Chicago and I still can’t hear him on the radio, I can’t even imagine what it’s like for small cities. I’m happy for the guy for getting a paycheck and some publicity.

ryan adams should be an agony aunt, he’s awesome