Good news. Ryan Adams, who has an excellent Stereogum-approved new album, is dealing with his issues. Remember that whole ordeal about Ryan getting pissed at concertgoers’ jokey requests for Bryan Adams’ “Summer Of ’69″?
PITCHFORK: Do you ever wonder if people go to Bryan Adams shows and yell out the names of your songs?RYAN ADAMS: I think the only reason that they do that — I mean, they don’t really do it much anymore, I hear it once in a very long while — is because they think that it actually makes me mad.
Well, in fact, it did make him mad. And depressed. It “paralyzed” him as a performer, according to the new Spin in which Mr. Adams (the non-Canadian one) does some Q&A…
SPIN: There’s still a lot of press about your fights with your audience. Do you hate the kind of people who love your music?RYAN ADAMS: Yeah, they’re a bunch of fucking cocks. They come to my shows just to provoke me. I had to go into therapy beause of whole Bryan Adams “Summer Of ’69″ thing.
SPIN: What did going through therapy teach you?
RYAN ADAMS: I used to go out onstage, and I couldn’t hear any of the clapping. I could only hear, “Fuck you!” or “Jeff Tweedy’s better!” … So now it’s not like someone’s not going to shout “Summer Of ’69,” but I can choose to not let than ruin my evening.
I don’t think that’s an invitation to request Bryan Adams’ mid-’80s megahit but if you must, go ahead. This time, you won’t get kicked out.
I think we can all agree Ryan’s too prolific for his own good. So please excuse the posting of a song from Jacksonville City Nights, as opposed to the newer 29. Does the riff remind anyone else of the super-unfunny Jimmy Fallon/Horatio Sanz/Chris Parnell/Chris Kattan SNL song “I Wish It Was Christmas Today”?
Ryan Adams – “Trains” (MP3 Link Expired)
And, since we’ll never again have a reason post this, a house remix from Ryan’s audio nemesis.
Bryan Adams – “Summer Of ’69″ (Remix)” (MP3 Link Expired)
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And no mention of the burgeoning Cam’ron-Jay-Z beef? Stereogum, for shame.
I wish Ryan Adams the best, I really do, but I will admit that the one concert of his I attended was by far the worst I’ve ever seen. It was just after he’d released Gold — one of my favorites at the time — but the entire show consisted of him on stage alone doing ridiculously slow, quiet renditions of the album, most of which I barely recognized and some of which he didn’t even finish. I felt like I’d stumbled into a drunken practice session. The man’s talented, but good God.
When he came back to Minneapolis shortly after I skipped the show, but read that he talked shit about Paul Westerberg — which is sort of like ripping on the Pope in Vatican City. It didn’t go over well. Anyway, that’s my two pennies.
The only times I’ve heard Ryan Adams I thought I was listening to some radio friendly neo-Dave Matthews thing. Ugh. Bust out “Come Feel Me Tremble” by the aforementioned Mr. Westerberg – or Old 97s – if you need your fix, but I just can’t go there, whatever the hipsters say.
I do love “Summer of 69″ however.
Point of fact: in the “Summer of ’69,” Bryan Adams was 9 years old. I’m just saying. Still a classic drunken wedding song though.
Because Ryan Adams is completely serious with everything he says.
I don’t care what the mayor say
I wish it was Christmas todaaaahay
That’s super-NOT-unfunny.
Brandon, where was that first show you saw?
cuz his First Avenue show in December of 2001 was utterly fantastic. 3.5 hours+, giving the waitress $50 to buy the crowd Rolling Rocks and passing them out, etc.
the Orpheum show in March of ’02 was pretty darn good too, much more focused.
but yeah, the First Ave show in ’03 was a f’n trainwreck and a half, and the State one in ’4 wasn’t much better.
i’m done w/ him live for a while, but from ’00 to ’02 he was putting on really great shows most of th enights.
saw the spring tour opener here in l.a. and thought it was good, though i agree the early ’00s solo shows were more my thing.
Come on, Ryan. Who’s the real fucking cock here?
As for “I Wish it Was Christmas Today,” you should know that what you’re doing is unfunny when you make Horatio Sanz the center of attention in a sketch and not even he laughs at it. He didn’t even crack a smile.
ryan compared to dave matthews? ahhahahahaha. that’s funny.
Ryan Adams needs to get over himself.
Ryan adams sucks… but the “I wish it was christmas today” song rules the world…
I saw the dickhead here in Dallas last year. He got so mad that he kept walking on and off the stage. So not worth seeing him. I heard his tour got yanked because he’s a wanker.
Why doesn’t he just do a cool version of “Summer of ’69″? If he’s THAT talented, he could pull it off. And shut up the hecklers.
You know what America just cannot get enough of? Semi-talented asshats who take themselves WAY too seriously. We salute you, Ryan Adams!
Also, why no “Cuts Like a Knife” requests?
The show I am referring to was at the State. What a nightmare. If I remember correctly he ended the show by dropping his guitar and walking off the stage, then the PA system played Madonna’s “Like a Virgin.” If that was supposed to be funny I missed the memo.
I used to hear people talking about Ryan Adams and all i could think about is Brian Adams.. so i feel for him..
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ryan adams also did that cool song from the robin hood movie. prolific indeed! what are the chances of him releasing a boxset this year?
Ryan Adams is an incredibly talented singer/songwriter/guitarist that takes himself way too seriously.
I saw him at the Wiltern in 2004, the tour he did for Love Is Hell right after he got back from his broken arm, and it was fantastic. I think he was just so happy that his fucking arm worked. My friends, however, were at the show at the Ryman where the infamous “Summer of 69″ incident occurred, and said it was the worst concert they had ever seen.
That said, he’s one of my favorite artists…but he still annoys the shit out of me. I listen to the music and don’t read ANY interviews.
It really is an unfortunate coincidence. Therapy though?
Well, I guess I’d be pretty upset… maybe have an identity crisis.
Hey, the guy was going through an unbelievable trauma. It’s a tough situation. I’m sure he needed therapy. Take it from me, talented singer/songwriter Freddie Money.
If you want to really piss him off at a concert…call him by his real name. He’s walked off stage after a simple “Daaavid”
dude the joke is on you guys. if you read the rest of the article, he bullsh*ts about 80% of the answers; he’s making fun of people like you who spend your day making fun of people like him.
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
funny… although you can find the actual SNL christmas cover over at clap your hands and say yeah…
Actually, Ryan has performed Summer of ’69
http://www.spin.com/features/news/2005/07/050729_ryan_adams/
and he has an incredible sense of humor – but he’s also a brat, but it’s also what keeps people interested – like going to a Cat Power show – will this be one where he has a total mental breakdown or will it blow you away.
I always think it’s funny that the Ryman show got so much attention, he did the exact same “bit” at his Beacon Theater show in 2002.
His biggest problem is that his audience is so wide – he never knows who he’s playing to. I’ve seen him try to do quite piano songs and have beers thrown at him, that would piss me off too.
Anyway, I’d do him.
You know, if he had stayed David Ryan Adams in the first place he could have just avoided all this bullshit. I like David Ryan Adams. I guess his label screwed him or something.
i think ryan adams is a great songwriter… some of his stuff can veer to the mundane, but some is downright jaw-droppingly beautiful. it’s a grab-bag, and i think the good far outweighs the bad. in any event, i’ve never seen him live, but i thought he was damn good on austin city limits last night.
Ryan Adams is an incredibly talented singer/songwriter. Every album is a fucking masterpiece in my opinion. When I hear shit like people were throwing beers at him because he plays a slow piano song I want to puke. What the hell is wrong with this stupid country, where musicians can’t even play there own music without the industry, and now the fans dictating the artists. No wonder he’s touring in Europe now….Rock on my friend.
CAught Ryan three times …. Once opening for the Stones with his Pink Hearts Crew. It was kinda cool … kinda alright.
The next time was with the Cardinals, his new band, and it effing ROCKED THE HOUSE!!!!!!! Best flippin show I’ve ever seen …. EVER!!!!! If you missed the Cold Roses Tour you MISSED out, period.
The third time was in Dallas at the WORST flippin VENUE on the face of the planet, The Gypsy “No place to sit, other than behind an effing brick wall, not to mention the awful acoustics” Tea Room. We’ll, the Band was NOTHING SHORT OF AWESOME, but the crowd was full of punk-aSs frat boys and cellphone bimbos that wouldn’t shut the F*%$k up! The rudest, most unmusical crowd ever. – SERIOUSLY. I don’t blame Ryan for lambasting them and would have walked off too. Half the crowd actually paid to hear a show, not flippin hear the lipstick chatter, and sportsbar chit chat.
BELOW IS THE LETTER THE DALLAS OBSERVER PRINTED AFTER THE RYAN SHOW:
Ryan’s Song
Maybe they thought they were at Bryan Adams?:
I was the guy at the back of the Gypsy Tea Room last Friday screaming “Shut up!” to people insisting on yapping their flaps while Ryan Adams was doing his best to emote a tender country ballad over a room bellowing with chatter, yackety-yak and cackling. Having seen Ryan a few times this year, I could tell he was getting pissed. Ryan finally stopped playing and spoke up. “You know, I keep hearing some guy yelling ‘Shut up!,’ and he’s right. I mean, what the fuck?! If you didn’t come to hear a show, then get the fuck out so other people actually can!!!” He went on to berate the frat-house crowd before walking off stage, declaring it the end of the first set. Yet the chitchat, lipstick banter and cackling continued throughout the night, much to the disrespect of artist and fan alike. As a result, songs were reworked to include the band in numbers that had previously just been Ryan playing alone with an acoustic guitar, singing into a bullet mike in other cities. The show ended comparably early without encore, and music fans lost to jabber better reserved for sports bars.
Lance Courtney
Via e-mail
http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2005-06-23/news/letters.html