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Posted: Tue Jul 16th, 2019 10:41 pm

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Not sure anyone truly rates KISS as ground-breaking musicians. Marketers, yes. They basically took the Sweet shtick and mainstreamed it a bit but pushed themselves as being edgy and alternative.

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Posted: Wed Jul 17th, 2019 12:54 am

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kargol wrote: Not sure anyone truly rates KISS as ground-breaking musicians. Marketers, yes. They basically took the Sweet shtick and mainstreamed it a bit but pushed themselves as being edgy and alternative.Nobody who knows music does. But if you watch music talent shows or listen to celebrities talk about their musical inspirations, a high percentage mention KISS. That's when I immediately change the channel.

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Posted: Wed Jul 17th, 2019 05:35 am

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Erick Von Erich wrote: I'll say Jefferson Airplane. Sure, they were hot in the late 60's, but their overall career catalog is severely over-rated. And yes, I'm only considering "Jefferson Airplane" and not lumping in "Jefferson Starship" and plain ol' "Starship".

They've long been given a pass because they were there in the late 60's, I feel. I just always assumed their old stuff was the "good stuff"... but I finally listened to it, as an adult, and thought: "that's it?"

I compare that to Fleetwood Mac. Finally listened to their old Peter Green stuff and was pleasantly surprised.

I'll also second that Nirvana was over-rated. Prime example is the song "Lithium". They couldn't come up with a chorus, so went with "Yeahhhh". Okay, so Usher and Lil Jon did the same, 13 years later, but it worked for them.

For KISS-- well, yeah, their songs all sound like they were written by a stray Muppet. But I'd argue that Ace Frehley may have influenced more guitarists than anybody else. Not for his playing technique, but "Space Ace" caught their eye and initially inspired a ton of kids to pick up the instrument.

Plus, Paul Stanley's 1/2 of the basis for Dr. Rockzo, so there's that.

RUSH will always be a personal favorite. They were the first band whose lyrics I completely understood at age 7 ("Red Barchetta"). But they're not for everyone and I get that. Unless you live in Toronto. Then you're required to like them or you'll be exiled to Manitoba.

RUSH fans will always (rightfully) point out their technical prowess. Excluding singing, of course. Everyone knows Geddy Lee and Neil Peart are legends in their fields. However, if Alex Lifeson had been in any other band, people would put him on the shortlist of Great Guitarists.
Jefferson airplane is crap. I think they have 2 listenable songs. The rest is really bad. And they were horrible live too

Never a fan of CSNY either. Or Fleetwood Mac.

I dont understand the appeal of Jimmy Buffet. I know one song but he has a loyal following.

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Fleetwood Mac (after Lindsay & Stevie joined) were awesome when they were reasonably sober. The double album Rumours is a masterpiece.

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Posted: Wed Jul 17th, 2019 11:28 am

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I agree Rumours is a masterpiece, but it's a single album!

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Posted: Wed Jul 17th, 2019 01:06 pm

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chrob61 wrote: I agree Rumours is a masterpiece, but it's a single album!
They're not a one album wonder. That might be their best, but they have tons of great songs across their whole catalogue, including recent ones. Even "Say You Will", from 2003, is awesome.

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Posted: Wed Jul 17th, 2019 01:16 pm

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By "single" album, I mean 1 disc, not 2. I wouldn't even put FM in this discussion of over rated bands, but that's just my opinion.

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Toto is one of my favorite bands, but I would have to put them down as overrated because of how they always butcher their own songs live.

I love most of their songs, but their live performances usually sound like crap. I get that a lot of songs sound different live, but when Toto sing their own songs they sound like people at karaoke bars who have bad too much to drink trying to sing songs way beyond their range.

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Dr. Strangelove wrote: Toto is one of my favorite bands, but I would have to put them down as overrated because of how they always butcher their own songs live.

I love most of their songs, but their live performances usually sound like crap. I get that a lot of songs sound different live, but when Toto sing their own songs they sound like people at karaoke bars who have bad too much to drink trying to sing songs way beyond their range.This actually would be a good idea for a thread title. There's a lot of good bands that suck live.

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Posted: Fri Aug 9th, 2019 01:41 pm

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Heenan Fan wrote: Dr. Strangelove wrote: Toto is one of my favorite bands, but I would have to put them down as overrated because of how they always butcher their own songs live.

I love most of their songs, but their live performances usually sound like crap. I get that a lot of songs sound different live, but when Toto sing their own songs they sound like people at karaoke bars who have bad too much to drink trying to sing songs way beyond their range.This actually would be a good idea for a thread title. There's a lot of good bands that suck live.
The absolute worst live performances I've seen in the past few years are Vince Neil, Van Halen (David Lee Roth), and Don Dokken. Plenty of '80s guys have lost a step, but these 3 are incapable of publicly performing anymore and that goes above and beyond everyone else from that generation.

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Posted: Fri Aug 9th, 2019 01:50 pm

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Big Garea Fan wrote: Jay Z
Technically he's not a singer, band, or musician. He's a great talker and producer. Much like Arn Anderson.

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Posted: Fri Aug 9th, 2019 06:10 pm

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I mentioned Fleetwood Mac as a comparison... but I don't consider them over-rated. Decent band. Have the early blues stuff with Peter Green, the 70's AOR stuff, 80's soft rock, and even listenable stuff in the past 20 years.

As a kid, I thought it was odd (or a typo) that Judas Priest's "Green Manalishi" was cited as a Fleetwood Mac cover. Finally heard the original, years later, and agreed with Priest that it was a cool song.

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Erick Von Erich wrote: As a kid, I thought it was odd (or a typo) that Judas Priest's "Green Manalishi" was cited as a Fleetwood Mac cover. Finally heard the original, years later, and agreed with Priest that it was a cool song.
I didn't realize this was a Mac song until into the 2000s, and I was very surprised.

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Superstar wrote: Big Garea Fan wrote: Jay Z
Technically he's not a singer, band, or musician. He's a great talker and producer. Much like Arn Anderson.

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