Oftentimes on our group chat, we find ourselves falling down a rabbit hole discussing some of the preposterous things that have gone down during our adolescent or adult years. On Sunday November 18th 2018, a subject led us down a patch that continued well into Monday. It all started with one tweet…

Creed performed at Cowboy Stadium in 2001, and to this day it is the funniest thing I have ever seen. You cannot medically prepare yourself for what happens 9 seconds into this clip pic.twitter.com/G30vCvnZ1t — CPAC Chopra (@steak_ham) November 18, 2018

…that’s right drink it all in. Haven’t had enough? OK that’s fine. Here is a vdeo of the full performance. You’re welcome in advance.

Farky: Do kids today know Creed? Or have they disappeared?

Burris: They don’t. Poor bastards.

Schill: I probably listen to Marlins Will Soar once a week.

Sean Z: So many things with that video… it opens with an uppercut fist Pump then the faint glimpse of his “Stapp” custom made Cowboys #11 jersey… simply a masterpiece

Reggie: Also a nice close up of some Mark Tremonti power chords

Sean Z: This guys comments are outstanding!!!!!

Sean Z: I cant take my eyes of it. You could do a 5,000 word running diary on just this first song.

(Editor’s note: It’ll run about 2,000 #math)

Reggie: I was actually going to give Stapp some credit for rocking a Danny White jersey…nope it’s a custom Stapp #11

Sean Z: The outfit and jewelry are unbelievable

ROO:

Sean Z: Me either. I’m dying.

EVERY 5 SECONDS IS SOMETHING TO DIE LAUGHING AT

I GUARANTEE THAT STAPP THOUGHT “WE ROCKED THAT THANKSGIVING!”

Reggie: I mean you can’t pick 3 better songs to make fun of in the entire Creed catalog than these

Sean Z: His sweatpants and “working of the crowd” drives me crazy

Reggie: This is absolutely teed up

Sean Z: I vote we have to kick off every league draft day with this video. It’s only right

Reggie: 100% agree

Sean Z: Those women in the red are dressed like hookers! Its Thanksgiving, Scott

Farky: That band sold 28M albums and sold the 9th most of the 2000’s. Haha Wrap your heads around THAT!

Schill: I’m almost in tears. Can we open the draft with that and make Schreck and Grilli hang from the rafters by scarfs?

Sean Z: I cant believe it yet I can. What a time. Done and done, Schill

Schill: Is Stapp good at lip syncing?

ROO:

Farky: Who found this? Roo? Well done

Schill: Tremonti is either too cool for school, or he is so embarrassed to be there. By his wardrobe, I have to lean the former.

Sean Z: So Owen Hart had to die and not either one of these clowns knotted up with 500 thread cut bed sheets… unreal. And I cant believe everything Stapp does. Every move is meticulously ridiculous, it’s brilliant. I never heard this “Dont Stop Dancing” song before… I’m genuinely flabbergasted

Schill: His wife is a lucky lady. Those hips don’t stop moving.

Farky: I didn’t get that far. Is it worth it?

Sean Z: Was that a thing… kids were maybe gonna stop dancing… so scott wrote a song to make sure they changed their mind?!?!

Farky: This man put the effort in every chord.

ROO: Looks like the scene from Silence of the Lambs

Sean Z: I just cant believe what I watched. Absolutely baffling. There’s been some AWFUL thanksgiving halftime shows but THAT is by far the 10 out of 10…

Reggie: You mean the best ever: Tell me that wasn’t the most entertaining of all time. It’s not even close

Sean Z: Kid rock yelling born free 86 times in a row is a 6.5 compared to ole Scott. Oh it’s the most entertaining on unintentional comedy scale. It actually reset the scale

Reggie: Yes. Exactly

Sean Z: What are some of the other shitty ones???

Schill: Roo’s last picture reminds me of Vince Vaughn in Old School. “Still holding…”

Sean Z: With the cig in his mouth

Reggie: Need the cigarette. I’m actually the opposite Farky. I live for moments like these. I can’t believe I don’t remember this. But yeah we all just turned 22 so it’s likely we were comatose from being hammered the night before

Farky: Haha my brain is conditioned to stuff as much food in my mouth as possible during halftime on Thanksgiving.

Sean Z: Yeah it was always a special performance waiting to happen. That said, I was hungover and either eating or sleeping during this shitshow

ROO: I think it was from 2001

Reggie: Ahhh…that would make more sense

Farky: Roo’s right. The 2006 I saw was the year it was uploaded.

Sean Z: They let that performance marinate for 5 yrs before posting it for the world to revisit, huh

Farky: Not sure when YouTube became a “thing.”

ROO: I thought the Michael McDonald NBA all Star half time show was the best before I saw that

THE NEXT DAY Reggie: Crazy

Sean Z: I love that last sentence

Grilli: We are all living in the matrix Dorito Dink

Burris: It’s the Matrix correcting itself. A Deja Vu

Sean Z: We ain’t living in a matrix… theres no rationale for that Creed Thanksgiving performance…

Grilli: I still haven’t watched the whole thing. Very much looking forward to that in a few minutes

Reggie:

Burris: They’re from FL right?

Reggie: I have that medley stuck in my head this morning. Thanks for nothing, Scott. Go get your ass beat by 311, loser

Sean Z: I have it in my head too. The lyrics to Higher SUCK

ROO: I took this week off and that video is going to ruin it. @Sean Z Both Stapp and Tremonti were Noles

Burris: Tremonti is a goddamned powerhouse

Reggie: Ever heard of Alter Bridge?

ROO:

Sean Z: Eric Clapton still alive?

Reggie: How much does that racing stripe facial hair suck?

Sean Z: Did him and Stapp not bother to coordinate? I’m not saying dress alike but what is the deal with those 2?

Reggie: They were dressed in normal show gear but Stapp decided, “nah, I gotta go personalized jersey tucked in and Adidas sweatpants”

Sean Z: “Man fellas I cant take Stapp anymore… dude just changes shit up last minute and dresses like hes going thru an NFL walk thru… I’m about done with him”

Reggie: “Tired of carrying this band, busting out power chords and riffs while this DB galavants around with dudes flying overhead.”

AK Rowdy: Classic power struggle. It’s basically Van Halen but way cooler.

Reggie: I have good news…there is a Creed “Behind the Music” episode. That has to be hilarious

AK Rowdy: BAHAHAHA

Burris: Stapp is a god in the guitar world. That’s not a joke.

Reggie: Stapp or Tremonti?

Sean Z: I need some evidence of him being a God in that world

AK Rowdy: Well, the opening line of it makes me want to vomit already. Instant pause and swallow back puke.

ROO: I’m gonna check out the behind the music shortly

Burris:



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There’s your proof. As a terrible guitar player, I’ll vouch for him.

Sean Z: Stapp or Tremont?

Burris: Tremonti

Sean Z: Oh you said Stapp is a God… and as for Tremont… he can be great but he looks like a tool

Burris: Scott Stapp has the voice of a dude taking a dump

Sean Z: Tremont wasting away with Stapp is a testament to his utterly horrible judgement at least

Reggie: “Tremont”…hahaha. Like the Cleveland neighborhood

Sean Z: Exactly. Good food and location, but homes are mostly shit

Burris: I like Tremont. I’d never live there but the food and drinking is awesome.

Sean Z: Good guitar player but band/Stapp, pure shit. Striking similarities between Tremont and Tremonti

Burris: You’re spot on.

Sean Z: “You’re spot on” (referring to a Unit take…)… yeah you can just tee the old “copy and paste” up for that. You’re welcome.

Grilli: Have either the tucked in Stapp jersey and guys in the black “green man” suit twirling the red white and blue ribbons been discussed yet? This is a preposterous video

Reggie: Worst lip sync job of all time. “We’ll just play the studio version and mime it live. We’re such a tight live band and my voice is so pure, they’ll never know.”

ROO: Stapp gets so jacked during the transition from “Higher” to “My Sacrifice”.

Reggie: That was my favorite part Roo…catches you off guard because the riffs are so similar. Wasn’t sure what was going on until I heard “Hello my friend we meet again…”

Sean Z: Yeah @Grilli I mentioned em

Schill: If you can be the lead guitarist to a top 5 WWE entrance song, sure, you can be a “god”.

Grilli: No those are different guys

Sean Z: Pic? Then you have first crack at their analysis

Grilli

Farky: I remember hearing bits and pieces I just didn’t care to know more. I hate myself for liking this band back then “That’s on me.”

Burris: Who won the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in 2003-2004

Reggie: UConn

Farky: Cuse UConn?

Reggie: Cuse was 03

Sean Z: I was never into creed

Farky: I was a year off

Burris: I didn’t know that but I know the history of Creed. Priorities

Sean Z.: Did love The Wallflowers I’ll cop to that

Farky Oh no, I just realized Higher is on our basketball highlight tape.

Burris: Like. Like. Like. I don’t apologize for any of the bands I liked. Including Creed. Godsmack. Korn. Limp Bizkit

Farky: I still like Fred Durst

Reggie: I had the Creed “discs”. Godsmack too

Farky: Korn was outside my genres

Burris: You ever wear a steel ball necklace, Farky?

ROO:

Farky: T-shirt

Well I hope you guys enjoyed this journey into the early 2000s rabbit hole as much as we did. The Never Ending Glory Podcast…home to hottest of HOT TAKES!



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