Music Thread: Overrated? You're Damned Straight They Are Overrated!

[Garrett's winter footwear]

Overrated? How dare you!

Yeah...I am not suggesting that the artists I have on my sh*t list are bad, but I am claiming that their reputations are not completely deserved. And that of course is mostly opinion, but that's the fun of talking music...

I bounced this question off of Garrett, who actually does know a thing or two about music and other stuff that totally isn't gay. He had a few comments about overrated, and of course he is 100% wrong. Lou Reed is great! Well, maybe not 100%. He is correct about Neil Young and Post-65 Dylan, but those are no-brainers.

Janis Joplin is a pretty run-of-the-mill blues rock (folk rock?) singer. I think her voice is overrated, and what I consider her best song was written by Kris Kristofferson!

Me And Bobby McGee

Jimi Hendrix is annoying. His guitar is screechy and cacophonous, and I think the real reason he is lauded is that he was one of the first to expand what a guitar could do (aside from hurting my ears. But Hey Joe is a solid song, so I'll give him a bit of credit.

Pearl Jam is crap. As bad as Nirvana, and even more pompous. Imagine being more unpleasant than Kurt Cobain! But Eddie Vedder manages that.

Better Man is a pretty good song, so at least he isn't a complete disaster.

Bruce Springsteen is not to be confused with his solid band from the 1970s and early 1980s. I think The E Street Band carried Springsteen, as evidenced by his total sh*t solo stuff. Yeah, "Nebraska" had a couple of okay songs on it, but Bruce Springsteen as a solo artist is laughable. If I wanted to be yelled at, I would just pick a fight with my wife. Why spend $500 for a concert ticket?

Spirit In The Night is from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., his first album. It's pretty good, as are the next three. Then he made a pop album, and then his head got so big he couldn't fit through the doors of his mansion. 21 albums, and nothing worth a damn after 1980!

And the Grand Prize Winner is below the fold!

The Beatles are not the ne plus ultra of rock bands. They are sometimes great! They made some wonderful music! But they also made a bunch of forgettable, formulaic stuff that everyone seems to forget about. And while Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band isn't the worst album ever, it sure isn't great. Maybe half the songs are good, and that does not a classic album make!

Here Comes The Sun is a sweet song from their last album, Abbey Road, which is a solid piece of musicianship. Solid. Upper tier. Certainly putting them in the top 100 bands of all time.

Now go home and get your f*cking shinebox!

posted by CBD at 07:30 PM

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