Great bands/performers you just can't fall in love with.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,900
    lightman1 wrote: »
    rednedtugent wrote: »
    oh sure, agree w/ Doc.
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Good points there, Doc. You can hear Dylan type inflections in Pettys and Knopflers singing styles.
    But it's the dichotomy of what "bad singing" to poetic lyrics has done to influence many otherwise great songs since.
    Break off into groups and postulate......

    Do you see that last word in my post? B)

    Don't youse guyses postulate too much -- you'll need to get glasses.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    actually no. :/ Makes better sense now. :#
    lightman1 wrote: »
    rednedtugent wrote: »
    oh sure, agree w/ Doc.
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Good points there, Doc. You can hear Dylan type inflections in Pettys and Knopflers singing styles.
    But it's the dichotomy of what "bad singing" to poetic lyrics has done to influence many otherwise great songs since.
    Break off into groups and postulate......

    Do you see that last word in my post? B)

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,560
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    nbrowser wrote: »
    rednedtugent wrote: »
    wha?
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    nbrowser wrote: »
    daddyjt wrote: »
    Rush - quite possibly the most over hyped band of all time, IMHO.

    I have to agree as a Canadian to boot!. They are overplayed up here due to CANCON rules (Canadian Content), I just find their music nauseating to say the least.

    Rush sucks, that's the facts...from a dyed in the wool CANADIAN!!!!!

    I listen to Rush all the time when I am in the car....

    As far as the band goes, I am inclined to agree somewhat, but there is no denying that Neil Peart is one of the greatest drummers of all time.

    Lets not forget the fact he wrote 95% of the lyrics.
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  • stones89
    stones89 Posts: 229
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  • StevieB
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    daddyjt wrote: »
    StevieB wrote: »
    Just so you guys know, ELP, Yes, Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Hendrix etc. were known as acid rock for a good reason. >:)

    Wait... You're implying there's a drug connection to Pink Floyd??

    Just my attempt to enlighten the younger listeners. :p
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  • dkfreebird
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    The Ramones,Iggy Pop and the like never did it for me.
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  • daboyz
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    Boston. Can't put my finger on it but their music just grates on me.
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  • Toolfan66
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    REO Speedwagon is another for me especially the later garbage...
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  • dromunds
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    Yeah, I really liked their first album. Lol
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  • pitdogg2
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    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    REO Speedwagon is another for me especially the later garbage...

    Early stuff i thought was good, but around hi infidelity it went south pretty bad. Today you couldn't pay me enough to go to a show.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,900
    daboyz wrote: »
    Boston. Can't put my finger on it but their music just grates on me.

    My guess is it's the screetchy mastering (at least of their first, eponymous album). Pretty typical of Columbia LPs of its era, IMO. Thin and grating.

    The fact that Tom Scholz's 'technology' (again, IMO) was mammothly over-rated at the time probably didn't help, either.
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  • mhardy6647
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    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    REO Speedwagon is another for me especially the later garbage...

    The song "Roll with the Changes" was (is) great basic rock 'n' roll, though (I'd opine)
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  • stones89
    stones89 Posts: 229
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    REO Speedwagon is another for me especially the later garbage...

    The song "Roll with the Changes" was (is) great basic rock 'n' roll, though (I'd opine)

    I agree and the album with the song "Golden Country" was a crowd pleaser for me in my formative years.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    I always referred to them as Reo T-u-r-d Wagon. Immature I know, but I cannot stand to listen to that music.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,560
    stones89 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    REO Speedwagon is another for me especially the later garbage...

    The song "Roll with the Changes" was (is) great basic rock 'n' roll, though (I'd opine)

    I agree and the album with the song "Golden Country" was a crowd pleaser for me in my formative years.

    The one live album is all you ever will need, everything on one CD
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  • [Deleted User]
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    flash in the pan, great band!
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  • Jimbo18
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    The Grateful Dead. And they were from my "era". Just never enjoyed their music. Wrong state of mind, perhaps, if you know what I mean <wink, wink, nudge, nudge>.
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  • afterburnt
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    Bruce Springsteen destroyed the future of rock and roll
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  • afterburnt
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    DonnerUndBlitzen wrote: »
    Is "schmaltz" the white stuff found at the top of a pink of root beer?

    It's chicken fat
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  • Jimbo18
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    Rick88 wrote: »
    ^^^ I'm only 53, so....


















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    :)

    I was never a Dead Head, but those people I knew that were, had a high propensity for a certain herb.

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  • pitdogg2
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    Jimbo18 wrote: »


    I was never a Dead Head, but those people I knew that were, had a high propensity for a certain herb.

    Even that don't help trust me there >:)

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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    I love good herb, and there is not enough in the whole world to make me appreciate the Dead.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,547
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Bruce Springsteen destroyed the future of rock and roll

    IMHO, The Boss didn't quite kill it - but Nirvana swooped in and drove the death nails...

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,900
    edited March 2017
    You know -- I'm astonished, really, that so far no one's mentioned -- the Bay City Rollers.

    :)

    As to the Dead, there were other recreational pharmaceutical agents involved, at least for them -- at least in their heyday.

    I've gotta say, though, that, if (and only if) one acquires a taste for the Dead's oeuvre, no chemical enhancement is required.

    And I say this in spite of the familiar old joke:
    Q: What did the Deadheads say when they ran out of pot?
    A: This band su¢ks!

    :*


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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    ^^there is my nerdgasm for the day, thank you ;)
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  • afterburnt
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    DonnerUndBlitzen wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    DonnerUndBlitzen wrote: »
    Is "schmaltz" the white stuff found at the top of a pink of root beer?

    It's chicken fat

    They use chicken fat in root beer?

    Nah just chopped liver
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    What did one dead head say to the other when they ran of drugs at a dead concert? Hey this misuc sucks!
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited March 2017
    stones89 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    REO Speedwagon is another for me especially the later garbage...

    The song "Roll with the Changes" was (is) great basic rock 'n' roll, though (I'd opine)

    I agree and the album with the song "Golden Country" was a crowd pleaser for me in my formative years.
    As well as the songs mentioned REO had a "few" other tunes that were actually listenable. Keep Pushin',Ridin' the Storm out and this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dva8aVJH8uE
    Richrath was a more than decent guitarist IMO.
    As for my over rated list,Hendrix,Joplin,Dylan,Pearl Jam,Nirvana, Tragically Hip come to mind.
    Over time I have gained an appreciation for Pink Floyd,especially the talent of Gilmour.His live at Royal Albert Hall is one of my favourite concert DVD,s.
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