richig07
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I also think Metallica is overrated outside of like 10 songs, and has been on cruise control since their first 2-3 albums.
Phil Collins.
Immensely talented, but shit music.
The friends I have that really are into the Beatles say the music got better when they started doing drugs...go figure.
There was some talent there, but the brand became much larger than the talent....great timing.
I'm not even sure I would classify this as rock, but Toto would be my nominee.
Eh... the drugs just happened to coincide with them breaking free of their original label, when they began doing their own thing. It had some influence, but it was all a part of them embracing being able to do whatever the fuck they wanted. Since they didn't have to listen to any suit-wearing businessmen anymore. They were the fuckin Beatles, and had proven that they weren't going away. And they were rich enough to tell everyone to fuck off, if nobody liked their new music anyway.
Some people don't get what The Beatles id, because you can't hear how different they were than the bands before them. You can't hear it in the same context. There's a reason that so many other musicians that came after them, worshiped them.
So many bands took influence from The Beatles, and their impact was so strong across music. You listen back now and go; "Huh... It doesn't sound so different."... Well, back then, that stuff did. When they came along, rock music was; "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Go Johnny Go". Fast forward 6 years, and everything is on it's head. And it never went back... it changed forever. The Beatles started all of that.
I would never try to tell somebody that they need to like them in 2017. However, the lack of respect, which comes from the lack of proper context. Is kind of infuriating. "Some talent there"... is just... asinine.
I sure wouldn't trade my music collection with yours.there are so many bands that absolutely shit all over the noise pollution that is "tha stones" that it's not even funny. are you kidding me with this garbage?? have you been living your whole life being pulled around via your nostrils by rolling stone magazine or something?? they're not even close to the best band out of the UK, let alone "best rock and roll band ever".
I don't recall mentioning anything about The Who. They're alright, I can take them or leave them. Leaps and bounds better than "tha stones", of course.
Disagree about Sting, but even though I like their sound U2 is kind of overrated. But they have many very good songs. They just all sort of sound the same.
Thank you...
I am so fucking confused with that guy. Some people worship him, like he's a god damn genius. I have a friend with a lyric of Springsteen's tattoo'd on his body.
I just... what is it? I don't understand what I'm supposed to think is good.
I feel the same way about Prince. All I hear is commercial pop music out of that guy. At least, I can understand people liking that, more than I can Springsteen. Pop music has it's place. I just don't understand why Prince is a "genius".
Sometimes, I think if you've achieved a certain amount of success and build yourself up to be a god, the masses will buy in. Kind of like Jim Morrison (even though I love The Doors... I just think he was 4th most talented dude in that band, but sold himself as this god). Then, he died at 26, at the height of his fame. Which always makes you kind of a legend.
Springsteen is shit, Prince is shit... they can both stay out of my catalogue.
springsteen is god awful
The Beach Boys without question are the most overrated... Hey fellas I have an idea let's sing about the beach, chicks and cars in every fucking song and make them all sound exactly the same... Yawn...
Kill Em' All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and ...And Justice for All are up there for the best first 4 albums ever, from any band in any genre.I also think Metallica is overrated outside of like 10 songs, and has been on cruise control since their first 2-3 albums.
The Born in the USA album is real good. The title song being the worst on the album. I've never been a huge Springsteen fan, but he has some really good stuff. The E Street Band was amazing.I was never much of a fan. I came of age in the 80's when he seemed to be pretty cheesy with the Born in the USA stuff.
About 10 years ago, I was invited to a concert of his and I decided to go because I wanted to see what it was all about. After committing, I read that his concerts usually are 3+ hours. It was on a week night, and I was in the midst of an extremely stressful time in my professional life, so I was not psyched to go after learning how long the concerts were.
So, I went in with a relatively bad attitude, and I have to say, he and his band blew me away.
I delved into his catalog and I've since become a fan. I don't think he's a god, and he's not my favorite, but I have a very healthy respect for what he's done. His first three albums, Greetings From Asbury Park, The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle, and Born to Run are fantastic. Born to Run was, in my opinion, his zenith, and that might be one of my top 10-20 albums of all time. He has some great songs after that, but I think from a full album perspective, that was his high water mark.
He's got some serious lyrical chops, too. I don't put him quite up there with the upper echelon with guys like Tom Waits, Sting, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan (who's on a level of his own in this regard), but he's not too far behind them.
The Beach Boys without question are the most overrated... Hey fellas I have an idea let's sing about the beach, chicks and cars in every fucking song and make them all sound exactly the same... Yawn...
They had some good stuff. The reason I think they win the overrated title is because even though they had no better songs than several groups, they where lifted up above all for some reason. I still don't quite understand it. I know they threw support behind certain causes, but that shouldn't have been enough to be as big as they were. Perhaps it was a split between those who leaned to the hair bands and those who didn't leaving U2 as one of only a few choices at the time.I'd also tend to agree with you about U2, although I think Joshua Tree and Actung Baby are both fantastic albums.
You tell 'em, hipster.