The Five Most Overrated Classic Rock Artists

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I saw Jimmy Buffett make an appearance on this thread, and while I can see how people get turned away by Margaritaville and CHeeseburger in Paradise, but the dude has some good songs(A Pirate Looks at 40, Son of a Son of a Sailor, Come Monday, etc)

I agree. I have the Boats, Bars, Beaches and Ballads Cd set. Pretty good stuff on the right days. Some of his less popular stuff is very good.

One of the funner concerts you'll ever attend as well.

I'm an old Parrot head from way back. Seen him live plenty of times.
The guy is a darn good story teller/songwriter/musician....and he used to put on some real good & fun shows.

 

[beardown07]

Little trivia about Jimmy Buffett:

One of my all time favorites, Jerry Jeff Walker picked up a hitchhiking Buffett and drove him to Key West, and that's when Jimmy made it big.

That is another thing...his story is fucking unreal.

 

[Chewbaccer]

That is another thing...his story is fucking unreal.

Dude went from nothing to being worth nearly a billion, and he still dresses like he has nothing.

 

[GNG]

I like this one...

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

That is another thing...his story is fucking unreal.

Without a doubt.
And while were at it....let me just say NB4 someone posts some nonsense about other great story tellers/songwriters like John Prine & Tom Waits as being somehow overrated.

This thread has become borderline comical at this point.

 

[GNG]

Without a doubt.
And while were at it....let me just say NB4 someone posts some nonsense about other great story tellers/songwriters like John Prine & Tom Waits as being somehow overrated.

This thread is borderline comical at this point.

Tom Waits and John Prine are both great songwriters.

 

[GNG]

One of my all time favorites, Jerry Jeff Walker picked up a hitchhiking Buffett and drove him to Key West, and that's when Jimmy made it big.

I've seen Jerry Jeff Walker in concert. I'm a big fan of his.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Tom Waits and John Prine are both great songwriters.

Did you cringe and try to subdue your guilt when you posted that?

 

[GNG]

Did you cringe and try to subdue your guilt when you posted that?

Not guilty at all, both guys are excellent songwriters.

 

[TheDayMan]

I've seen Jerry Jeff Walker in concert. I'm a big fan of his.

Did you see him in “Texas,” or Wisconsin?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Not guilty at all, both guys are excellent songwriters.

I agree on the latter....but I'm still gonna go get my salt shaker nonetheless for the former.

 

[GNG]

Did you see him in “Texas,” or Wisconsin?

Texas.

 

[TheDayMan]

Texas.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

How 'bout Manzerek? Wasn't he the band leader and writer of most of the music?

Ray Manzarek is one of my all-time favorite musicians. He was always so calm while Jim was all over the place. If he hadn't been in the group, I don't think they would have survived as long as they did. But Robby Krieger wrote both the words and music to most of their biggest hits

 

[Montalban]

Rbby Krieger was the Door's main songwriter.

I didn't know that.

 

[Montalban]

Ray Manzarek is one of my all-time favorite musicians. He was always so calm while Jim was all over the place. If he hadn't been in the group, I don't think they would have survived as long as they did. But Robby Krieger wrote both the words and music to most of their biggest hits

Yeah, Guns and Guitars said the same thing. I didn't know that. I just remember hearing that Manzerek could do the bass line and the keyboard parts himself and they didn't need a bass player. I thought that was interesting.

 

[GNG]

I didn't know that.

Now you do.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Yeah, Guns and Guitars said the same thing. I didn't know that. I just remember hearing that Manzerek could do the bass line and the keyboard parts himself and they didn't need a bass player. I thought that was interesting.

sometimes Robbie would play bass lines and lead at the same time

 

[Montalban]

Floyd has a cult-following, so you'd better not criticize them too loudly, or you'll get a bunch of "you suck! you need to listen to THIS Floyd album," etc.

I've listened to almost everything Pink Floyd ever recorded, and it's just not my cup of tea. Most of their tracks make me wanna slit my wrists

I like Dark Side Of The Moon: "The lunatics are on the grass....." They wrote some pretty cool lyrics and they are probably the only band I can think of that had two seminal albums; those being the aforementioned Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall. You never see that.

 

[Montalban]

Now you do.

Not that it matters. They were highly over-rated; especially Morrison.