OT: Underrated/Overrated Bands...

[Blue Jays]

Underrated:
Cheap Trick

Overrated:
Mariah Carey

[Jaybee]

Originally Posted by Dino Suegiù

Just looking at the bands on the Page 1 playlist at the time of this post:

Underrated bands:
"Morning Ride"
"Quarantine Projects"
"Throwback Greg Lemond"
"Old Movies During The Crisis"
"Good Backpacking Bags"

Overrated bands:
"Super Clean Zip Tie"
"Attending Graduate School"
"Tried Racing On Zwift"
"New Cannonball Run Record"
"PF30 Question"

Worst ever band, bar none:
"Covid-19 (The Event, Not The Discussion"

Post of the year. See you on January 1, fellas.

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by Blue Jays

Underrated:
Cheap Trick

Overrated:
Mariah Carey

Holy hell yes!!! First album I ever bought: “Live at Budokan.” They get overlooked as disco shifted to New Wave and the sugary pop of the early 80s. But I don’t know anyone who came of age during that era that doesn’t love Cheap Trick.

Kid Rock is downright eloquent when rhapsodizing about them at the RnR HOF:
“A garage band in sheep’s clothing. With Punk soul, Pop heartbeat, and Beatles ambition.”’

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DjSyo4kUq5M

[Frankwurst]

Originally Posted by rounder

Love Townes Van Zandt. Not sure if he is underrated or overrated,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zprRZ2wFQD4

Townes Van Zandt doesn't get rated simply because he wrote songs that have been played and respected by some of the best musicians we have had the pleasure of listening to. He was a song writer and a damn good one at that.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by goonster

“I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the f*** is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.”

- Nick Cave -

This is me everytime I hear Dave Matthews Band.

[Malinois]

Originally Posted by Dino Suegiù

Worst ever band, bar none:
"Covid-19 (The Event, Not The Discussion"

To be fair, back in the mid 90’s I remember looking at through the classifieds in SPIN and seeing a band called “Eric Clapton’s Flying Son”

....

So umm, yeah.

Patrick Sweany deserves some respect on the rock side; hip hop’s a huge blender but there’s a white rapper from Maine who goes by the name of Spose has been pretty on point for a while.

[Elefantino]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

Holy hell yes!!! First album I ever bought: “Live at Budokan.”

The. Best. Live. Album. Ever.

[CNY rider]

Under rated: Metallica pre- Master of Puppets.
Over rated: Everything Metallica since Master of Puppets.

[paredown]

I always think that it is impossible to hear music the way it first arrived--unless you were there--and you heard it with young ears and fell in love...

For me there were a few moments when you put it on the turntable--and you were honestly and completely stunned by what you heard--the freshness, the sound, the mix, the voices-the rock-ness of the rock and roll...

Sadly it only sounds that way to those that were there at that pivotal age--and those sounds will be "their" sounds forever...

A few albums come to mind--the world changed after you heard them:

Who: Live at Leeds
Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour--oh that opening!
The Dead: Uncle John's Band
Led Zeppelin: first--and especially Side 2/Second album: Heartbreaker and segue into Livin, Lovin;
Cheap Trick: Live at the Budokan (Yay--other people love this as much as I dol)
Cream: Crossroads (Wheels of Fire)
Stones: Let it Bleed

These are pretty typical picks for an old guy, I suppose but it is a generational thing.

Sometimes with some creative forgetting, you can do a kind of archaeology of fresh listening and try to hear why they became legends...

I remember going "back" when we were messing around in garage bands, and listening to early Elvis (not fat Elvis) and being stunned by how good he was, same with Sam Cooke (whose songs I learned from Rod Stewart).

Later, it was recovering a bunch of early blues guys--even finding the early Frank Sinatra and marveling at his voice and ability to swing--and having that little 'ah ha' moment--that's why he has the fans!

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by goonster

“I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the f*** is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.”
- Nick Cave -

Originally Posted by phoenix

This is me everytime I hear Dave Matthews Band.

True story: Some time back in the mid-1990s a friend called me up, didn't even say "Hi" or "This is RJ" or "How're you doing?"...

he just immediately asks "Who's that band that sucks?"

I'm slightly taken aback, but without missing more than a beat I reply "Hootie & The Blowfish?"

"Thanks" he says, and hangs up.

[Elefantino]

Originally Posted by paredown

I always think that it is impossible to hear music the way it first arrived--unless you were there--and you heard it with young ears and fell in love...

For me there were a few moments when you put it on the turntable--and you were honestly and completely stunned by what you heard--the freshness, the sound, the mix, the voices-the rock-ness of the rock and roll...

Sadly it only sounds that way to those that were there at that pivotal age--and those sounds will be "their" sounds forever...

A few albums come to mind--the world changed after you heard them:

Who: Live at Leeds
Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour--oh that opening!
The Dead: Uncle John's Band
Led Zeppelin: Side 2/Second album: Heartbreaker and segue into Livin, Lovin;
Cheap Trick: Live at the Budokan (Yay--other people love this as much as I dol)
Cream: Crossroads (Wheels of Fire)
Stones: Let it Bleed

These are pretty typical picks for an old guy, I suppose but it is a generational thing.

Sometimes with some creative forgetting, you can do a kind of archaeology of fresh listening and try to hear why they became legends...

I remember going "back" when we were messing around in garage bands, and listening to early Elvis (not fat Elvis) and being stunned by how good he was, same with Sam Cooke (whose songs I learned from Rod Stewart).

Later, it was recovering a bunch of early blues guys--even finding the early Frank Sinatra and marveling at his voice and ability to swing--and having that little 'ah ha' moment--that's why he has the fans!

I'd add "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" ... while not a real Elton fan, the opening of that double LP is just stunning.

[paredown]

Originally Posted by Elefantino

I'd add "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" ... while not a real Elton fan, the opening of that double LP is just stunning.

Yes!

My real entree for Elton was the live album '17-11-70'--it absolutely rocks the house--it was another album that stunned me. Recorded in NYC, no lush productions, just that driving piano--OMG!

(I think he has said that he considers it his best "live")

[Dekonick]

It is all just music until you muddy the waters

Blues and Jazz - Doesn't get the respect it should today... Now it is autotune and prefab bands...

[soulspinner]

Underrated.....Alice in Chains

Overrated.......Metallica

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by Dino Suegiù

Just looking at the bands on the Page 1 playlist at the time of this post:

Underrated bands:
"Morning Ride"
"Quarantine Projects"
"Throwback Greg Lemond"
"Old Movies During The Crisis"
"Good Backpacking Bags"

Overrated bands:
"Super Clean Zip Tie"
"Attending Graduate School"
"Tried Racing On Zwift"
"New Cannonball Run Record"
"PF30 Question"

Worst ever band, bar none:
"Covid-19 (The Event, Not The Discussion"