Sonny Corinthos

David Crosby hasn't been particularly quiet about his distaste for Kanye West in the past and appearing on Watch What Happens Live Tuesday night he didn't hold back.

Speaking with host Andy Cohen about his new album, the conversation turned to West and the Crosby, Stills & Nash icon echoed an argument about West he's made before.

"He can neither sing, nor write, nor play," Crosby said. "The thing that bugs me about him is the 'I'm the greatest living rock star.' Somebody needs to drive him over to Stevie Wonder’s house right now so he understands what a real one is. Secondly, they should send him all of Ray Charles' catalog so he can learn how to sing."

http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...t-happens-live

Ringmaster

I'm not a fan of Kanye but why go out your way to bash him? Crosby's big mouth got him in water with his "buddy" Neil Young. He should focus on patching things up with Neil instead of wasting energy on Kanye IMO.

Supermallet

David Crosby hasn't written or performed a song worth hearing since 1970.

Greg MacGuffin

Jason

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Coral

When asked what he thought about David Crosby's comments on him, Kanye West responded with "Who?".

bd007h

well, he isn't wrong.

and Crosby has been in two legendary groups.

bd007h

ummm, The bulk of CSN(&Y)'s hits came out in the 70s.

jgorow

sam kinison said it best "you don't see real rock stars grabbing hold of their genitals, when you are playing a guitar, you don't have the time to grab your genitals" did I offend anyone?

Alan Smithee

Kayne West hasn't written or performed a song worth hearing- ever.

Supermallet

Sounds like you haven't heard much of his work. CSN(Y) was fine for what they were, but if I were forced to choose to never listen to either them or Kanye ever again, it would be them in a heartbeat and I would never regret it.

B5Erik

Ugh. Kanye is a joke. A bad one.

Give me CSN(Y) every single time over Kanye.

Groucho

Talk about an apples and oranges comparison. But Crosby's rant seems weird. Reminds me of when Gene Simmons randomly started dissing Men Without Hats.

Decker

My wife & daughter went to Kanye's St. Pablo tour this weekend, so did my friend. All three said it was the best concert they ever saw. I'm not much of a rap concert fan, but it did look to be a cool show. Kanye performed the entire show from a suspended stage above the audience. Not my scene, but hard to deny it looks pretty cool and is imaginatively staged :

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Norm de Plume

I have no idea about his "music" (I haven't heard any of it), but I find him a detestable egomaniac, and his connection to the Kartrashcans only cements my contempt.

Supermallet

You may find him a joke, but he's often a brilliant artist. And I don't mind CSNY, but outside of the song "Woodstock", which they didn't even write, their stuff is largely forgettable to me.

cdollaz

That is how I feel. I am not familiar with his music. It may be really good, but I find him to be such a despicable person that I will never explore it.

Norm de Plume

^Precisely. And if, by chance, I heard his music and liked it, I would be loath to admit it.

Alan Smithee

I'll admit when music is good no matter who it's from- there are a number of Britney Spears tracks on my guilty pleasures list, but I haven't heard a single thing from Kanye West to even make that list. CSNY aren't my favorite either but they're FAR closer to real music.

It's not that I'm old- a lot of today's music really does suck!

B5Erik

Brilliant?

Riiiiiiiiiight.

sven

He also has no flow. The man is truly talentless. Well he's clearly good at self promotion but he's still a terrible artist.

bunkaroo

I don't give a shit about music from either of them, but I am curious to know why West often gets labeled as a genius or similar praise. What is he doing specifically that's so groundbreaking? I don't know anything about his material so it's an honest question. Snippets I have heard sound like the typical "find a simple beat or bassline and meld it with some sample of an already popular song from the past".

Troy Stiffler

I think Kanye is top of his game in the mainstream. Problem is, mainstream music is like, 2%, of what hooks me.

Giantrobo

If nothing else, you're consistent in your hatred for anything different.

Giantrobo

Somewhere in the timestream Mozart is calling David Crosby a musical hack...