Axcel
Accuphase all the way
Split Enz:thmbsp: yes you got that right
Most over-rated and under-rated bands
- Thread starter grillebilly
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Split Enz:thmbsp: yes you got that right
underrated;Little River Band.
overrated;the Beatles.
(oh, boy am i dead!! bitchin!!
)
overrated;the Beatles.
(oh, boy am i dead!! bitchin!!
)
Axcel
Accuphase all the way
Here here:thmbsp:
pmsummer
simul justus et peccator
You're a wise man, John. :yes:
caddisgeek
sorry.......what?
underrated;Little River Band.
overrated;the Beatles.
(oh, boy am i dead!! bitchin!!
Thats just being silly, LRB? you talking shorrock or farnsey period. IMO, both were MOR crap, but like I said IMO
Damm, Little River Band, every ten years or so you septics jump on the worst Australia has to offer, I tell you
LRB
Air Supply
INXS
Savage Garden
caddisgeek
sorry.......what?
Oh yeah I forgot
Overrated: Jimmy Page
Underrated: Mick Ronson
Goes for playing, arrangement and production
go put on Rise and Fally of Ziggy Stardust & Transformer and you be the Judge! :thmbsp:
(not to say that one is better than the other!)
Overrated: Jimmy Page
Underrated: Mick Ronson
Goes for playing, arrangement and production
go put on Rise and Fally of Ziggy Stardust & Transformer and you be the Judge! :thmbsp:
(not to say that one is better than the other!)
grillebilly
Empty Head
Underrated- Surf bands
overrated- Metal bands
Why? Listen to any 10 surf tunes and then 10 metal songs and then tell me who has more talent. Pick "em.
overrated- Metal bands
Why? Listen to any 10 surf tunes and then 10 metal songs and then tell me who has more talent. Pick "em.
pmsummer
simul justus et peccator
grillebilly,
For what it's worth (and it ain't worth much), I'm really liking your posts. :thmbsp:
grillebilly
Empty Head
:tears:
Thanks. Thats the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me......
Thats just being silly, LRB? you talking shorrock or farnsey period. IMO, both were MOR crap, but like I said IMO
Damm, Little River Band, every ten years or so you septics jump on the worst Australia has to offer, I tell you
LRB
Air Supply
INXS
Savage Garden
ALL little river band. and that's john FARNHAM, not FARNSEY.
caddisgeek
sorry.......what?
clydeselsor
Lunatic Member
Overrated: KISS, RUSH
Underrated: Spirit
Spirit :thmbsp:
I agree with this post completely!!!
grillebilly
Empty Head
Overrated: KISS, RUSH
:thmbsp:
Underrated: Spirit[/B]
Have to agree. Spirit had some tasty psychedelic tunes, also the remnants of the band formed Kapt. Kopter and The Fabulous Twirly Birds. Randy California kept the band touring through the 80's still using the Spirit name. The double "Spirit Of 76" album has some interesting covers of "America The Beautiful", "The Times, They Are A Changing", "Like A Rolling Stone"."Hey Joe" and "The Star Spangled Banner".
Thanks for digging them up, good post IMO.
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Underrated: Spirit[/B]
Have to agree. Spirit had some tasty psychedelic tunes, also the remnants of the band formed Kapt. Kopter and The Fabulous Twirly Birds. Randy California kept the band touring through the 80's still using the Spirit name. The double "Spirit Of 76" album has some interesting covers of "America The Beautiful", "The Times, They Are A Changing", "Like A Rolling Stone"."Hey Joe" and "The Star Spangled Banner".
Thanks for digging them up, good post IMO.
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elgato8905
Nobody special.
Underated: The Supersuckers, Wayne Hancock, The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Flash Express, The Chelsea Smiles
and oh yeah grillebilly... You can throw Southern Culture on the Skids on that list too.
Overated: Just about everything I hear on the radio nowadays (Unless it's a college or jazz station...).
and oh yeah grillebilly... You can throw Southern Culture on the Skids on that list too.
Overated: Just about everything I hear on the radio nowadays (Unless it's a college or jazz station...).
TAGO MAGO
Super Member
Overated
Pink Floyd
While the Syd Barrett years provided some excellent music, David Gilmour and the rest of them really failed to live up to the standards Syd set for the band. The Floyd have never made any really wretched albums, but they have made plenty of mediocre ones. Most Floyd "fans" are drawn to either Dark Side Of The Moon,The Wall or Wish You Were Here and ignore the rest. Recently a new generation of listeners have been getting into Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, although because of Syd's "drug causality" status and not because he happened to be one of the best song writers that Great Britain ever produced.
Rolling Stones
From 1963-1972 they produced some of the best music along with such bands as The Who, Creation and The Pretty Things. From 1972 to today they have been coasting on auto pilot. Ron Wood was better in the Faces anyway.
Tangerine Dream
They were sort of interesting from 1969-73, although beyond that era they have produced mainly sleep inducing new age music. Do not operate heavy machinery while partaking.
The Beatles solo
The Beatles were a fantastic band, although was it George Martin who help make part of the magic or did John, Paul, George and Ringo keep each other in check? True, Paul produced both Band On The Run and Ram which were fantastic albums, although everything else was either sappy or lacking direction. George also did have is solo moment in the sun with All Things Must Past, but there was little after that to get excited about. Ringo produced some great singles, although I cannot say I could handle him for a full album's length. Lastly John was too preachy, too angry and too self indulgent. There were some fantastic solo songs in John's solo career, but there were some horrendous experimental material (Two Virgins, Life With The Lions, and Wedding Album) and much substandard material to wade through. He really started to produce excellent stuff with his comeback album Double Fantasy, but sadly we know what happened after that.
Underrated
Can
Possibly as important than the Beatles to the future of rock music. Certainly more important that post-Syd Pink Floyd. It was a bit of a rarity to have four talented musicians in one band in the 70's and not have a bunch of techo flash ala Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Can compositions were more akin to improvisational jazz than rock, except rather than have each member solo the band worked together like a machine (at least in their early days) driven by the wonderful rhythm section of Jaki Leibeziet (percussion) and Holger Czukay (bass). Often the melody lines were handled by Michael Karoli (guitar), Irmin Schmidt (keyboards) and the vocalists Malcolm Mooney and during their peak 1970-74 period, Damo Suzuki. It is interesting that their influence can be felt in both the punk music and eurodisco of the late 70's.
The Soft Machine (the Robert Wyatt era)
Excellent band with massively skilled musicians. Started as part of the band The Wilde Flowers out of which grew the Soft Machine as well as Caravan, although Soft Machine were the artier of the two bands. The original line-up featured Robert Wyatt, Daevid Allen, Kevin Ayers and Michael Ratledge. Allen was the first to leave after a single and an albums worth of demos, but before their proper debut album because of drug related immigration issues. He remained in France and formed Bananamoon and later Gong. The Softs continued as a trio, although Ayers left in 1968 to go solo and was replaced by Hugh Hopper. This line-up often augmented with a horn section produced the psychedelic classic Volume Two and the fantastic avant-garde jazz oriented Third. Wyatt left in 1971 and the Softs lost a lot their charm and magic. Their real downfall was in 1974 when Karl Jenkins became the dominant force and they started producing some rather unremarkable fusion.
The Pretty Things
Nastier than the Stones and Punk long before the Pistols, in fact lead vocalist Phil May even slept with Nancy Spungen before she met Sid Vicious. Produced the sadly overlooked psychedelic classic S.F. Sorrow and easily one of the best albums of 1969, Parachute has often drawn comparisons with the Beatles best work.
Pink Floyd
While the Syd Barrett years provided some excellent music, David Gilmour and the rest of them really failed to live up to the standards Syd set for the band. The Floyd have never made any really wretched albums, but they have made plenty of mediocre ones. Most Floyd "fans" are drawn to either Dark Side Of The Moon,The Wall or Wish You Were Here and ignore the rest. Recently a new generation of listeners have been getting into Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, although because of Syd's "drug causality" status and not because he happened to be one of the best song writers that Great Britain ever produced.
Rolling Stones
From 1963-1972 they produced some of the best music along with such bands as The Who, Creation and The Pretty Things. From 1972 to today they have been coasting on auto pilot. Ron Wood was better in the Faces anyway.
Tangerine Dream
They were sort of interesting from 1969-73, although beyond that era they have produced mainly sleep inducing new age music. Do not operate heavy machinery while partaking.
The Beatles solo
The Beatles were a fantastic band, although was it George Martin who help make part of the magic or did John, Paul, George and Ringo keep each other in check? True, Paul produced both Band On The Run and Ram which were fantastic albums, although everything else was either sappy or lacking direction. George also did have is solo moment in the sun with All Things Must Past, but there was little after that to get excited about. Ringo produced some great singles, although I cannot say I could handle him for a full album's length. Lastly John was too preachy, too angry and too self indulgent. There were some fantastic solo songs in John's solo career, but there were some horrendous experimental material (Two Virgins, Life With The Lions, and Wedding Album) and much substandard material to wade through. He really started to produce excellent stuff with his comeback album Double Fantasy, but sadly we know what happened after that.
Underrated
Can
Possibly as important than the Beatles to the future of rock music. Certainly more important that post-Syd Pink Floyd. It was a bit of a rarity to have four talented musicians in one band in the 70's and not have a bunch of techo flash ala Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Can compositions were more akin to improvisational jazz than rock, except rather than have each member solo the band worked together like a machine (at least in their early days) driven by the wonderful rhythm section of Jaki Leibeziet (percussion) and Holger Czukay (bass). Often the melody lines were handled by Michael Karoli (guitar), Irmin Schmidt (keyboards) and the vocalists Malcolm Mooney and during their peak 1970-74 period, Damo Suzuki. It is interesting that their influence can be felt in both the punk music and eurodisco of the late 70's.
The Soft Machine (the Robert Wyatt era)
Excellent band with massively skilled musicians. Started as part of the band The Wilde Flowers out of which grew the Soft Machine as well as Caravan, although Soft Machine were the artier of the two bands. The original line-up featured Robert Wyatt, Daevid Allen, Kevin Ayers and Michael Ratledge. Allen was the first to leave after a single and an albums worth of demos, but before their proper debut album because of drug related immigration issues. He remained in France and formed Bananamoon and later Gong. The Softs continued as a trio, although Ayers left in 1968 to go solo and was replaced by Hugh Hopper. This line-up often augmented with a horn section produced the psychedelic classic Volume Two and the fantastic avant-garde jazz oriented Third. Wyatt left in 1971 and the Softs lost a lot their charm and magic. Their real downfall was in 1974 when Karl Jenkins became the dominant force and they started producing some rather unremarkable fusion.
The Pretty Things
Nastier than the Stones and Punk long before the Pistols, in fact lead vocalist Phil May even slept with Nancy Spungen before she met Sid Vicious. Produced the sadly overlooked psychedelic classic S.F. Sorrow and easily one of the best albums of 1969, Parachute has often drawn comparisons with the Beatles best work.
Saint Johnny
Bon Ton Roule
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