Over-rated groups.

[Archae]

I'm recording 4 albums of the Doobie Brothers for my Mom's neighbor, and it really shows just how BAD they could be, most of the time.
A few good tunes.
But so much of their music was just shit.
"Jesus Is Just All Right With Me" :wtf:

Other groups, well, Led Zeppelin.
Same as with the Doobie Brothers, a few good tunes.
But so much total shit.
"Baby, baby, baby, I got to ramble..." :eyes:

Steve Miller Band.
Total shit.
And Steve Miller is a frikkin' moron.
I saw an interview with him, he sounded like just a total idiot.

[SwampG8r]

1. total agreement

[Bennyboy]

2. LED ZEPPELIN...

Saw them five times. Only once did I even like the show. The rest of the time it was pretty bad. Once I was so pissed becasue of them being HOURS late. The others were a case of rockstar lunacy and excess..

They sucked.

[BurtWorm]

3. Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page

Robert Plant wasn't quite awful enough to get in the way of Page's dirty guitar. For me, anyway. Bonham was an amazing drummer and Jon Paul Jones an amazing bassist. They were tight, those three.

I'll buy your assessment of the Doobie Brothers and Steve Miller completely. (Although Jungle Love, for some reason, hooks me.)

I will add U2 to the list. I haven't found a U2 song interesting since I Will Follow.

[Bucky]

4. Wings

[NoGOPZone]

5. Yes on Zeppelin

I don't know about the other two. I never considered them highly regarded.

[HopeHoops]

6. Twisted Sister. Actually, they've always rated right below a steaming pile of dog shit.

That's STILL over-rated.

[Archae]

11. They were a one-hit wonder.

I loved "We're Not Gonna Take It," the rest of their music was simply boring.

[HopeHoops]

18. Fuck - that one sucked too.

[Throd]

7. KISS

Not bad enough to be campy. Just plain bad.

[jobycom]

8. Steve Miller, Boston, and post-Duane Allman Brothers.

That last one will get me in trouble. I saw them in concert in the 80s. The audience was so bored they started throwing beach balls and frisbees and not watching. It was an all-day outdoor concert, and they were the one act that didn't get an encore. They milked one sound for far too long.

Steve Miller, yeah. My teenage rock fan daughter heard them the first time the other day--Jet Airliner, probably. When it started she was excited. Halfway through she said I could change it. I told her that was my opinion of them, too. She had the same reaction to Gary Wright with Dream Weaver, but he wasn't respected enough to be overrated.

Boston to me is like the Allmans. I can hear that they are talented, and some of what they do is brilliant, but they just sounded so monotonous, from one song to the next, as well as from the beginning to the end of the song. You get excited when they come on, but by the middle of the song you're reaching for Seek.

[dawg]

9. I love Boston but ....

I do agree that their music has a certain "sameness" about it. That being said, there are only 2 or 3 albums from their classic period so they didn't really repeat themselves *that* much. Hell, their debut album recorded in Tom Sholz's basement plays like a greatest hits.

[Archae]

10. Agree in part with Boston.

Their first album was great.
But the second album was terrible, and they went downhill fast.

[TZ]

15. are you feeling unwell today?

I can't believe you left something out...:rofl:

[jobycom]

21. I gave you a break.

:)

[Shell Beau]

25. My husband would cry. He loves the Allman Brothers.

LOVES them. Of course they were best when it was the original Allman Brothers.

[Bennyboy]

29. Well that's kind of not true now...

That band is pure fire now with Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks playing guitar. Warren used to play Duanes parts when Dickie was in the band but now he play Dickies stuff while Derek more than ably does the Duane stuff. Easily the two best guitar players in any one band and for me these guys are two of the best ever.



They change their set lists now a lot more than in the past.

[Shell Beau]

30. Derek Trucks is awesome. But most things are better in their

original form. My husband and I went to see Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd a few years back. I have to say it wasn't like it probably would've been if both were the original bands, but it still kicked some major ass. Plus we saw Little Milton in his last performance. Can't beat that.

[dawg]

12. Zeppelin overrated?

Maybe III, Presence, and (gulp) Physical Graffiti. ITtOD is underrated. Coda is mostly crap. Everything else is stellar!

[Bennyboy]

22. They sucked ASS live.

Anyone can do anything on a record. But playing live, well they were pretty weak.

[dawg]

23. Overrated as perfomers I can accept ...

but as artists and arrangers, I think they had it goin' on.

[Bennyboy]

24. The whole stealing other songs and not crediting them kind of sucks ass too...

That is arrogance to the nth degree I think.

[BurtWorm]

13. Ahem!

[BurtWorm]

19. Let me put it another way

[TZ]

14. Beastie Boys

:hide:

( I cannot believe a certain poster above me forgot a certain band that I LOVE) someone else will undoubtably throw it in though..:rofl:

[flvegan]

16. Rush.

[TZ]

17. Four minutes after I posted Beastie Boys

I think thats a new record for you...:headbang: :rofl:

[flvegan]

20. Hey, I'm actually working (a little) here.

[Shell Beau]

26. Ok, this will probably get me hurt, but I say Pink Floyd.

It's not that I didn't like them, but boy did I get burned out quick. Not a huge fan.

[Bennyboy]

27. You need to listen to some the early stuff...

some live stuff when tehy were totally improv. Incredible stuff.

Here is their live (in the studio) performance during the landing on the moon, live. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2HHT7txFQ0

[mvd]

28. Guns N' Roses,

KISS, Animal Collective, nu-metal like Slipknot, etc.

[edhopper]

31. My problem with threads like this

is it's obviously just opinion.
But for every "overrated" band you put up, you should be required to name one you think is great.
That way we see where your taste lie.

BTW If you can listen to Zeppelin I & II and call them overrated, you are not a fan of Rock and/or Roll.

[Shell Beau]

32. I definitely like rolls. I have to have them with every meal.

;)

Really though, I don't think they are overrated, but that is coming from someone who said Pink Floyd was.

[mvd]

35. Yep, it is definitely opinion

Personally I think most of the classic rock groups, including Zeppelin, deserve their accolades.

[Taverner]

33. Steve Miller had a great teacher (Dick Dale) but was a horrible student

This is why his 'solos' sound so much like drunk cats trying to stick it in, but miss the whole time.

[Bennyboy]

34. Steve Miller sucks ass....

I so hate that guy. Stevie Guitar Miller. Fuck that dude.

Miles Davis said of Steve Miller "That non playing mother fucker"...

[taterguy]

36. R.E.M.

All they did was create the whole ethos that made indie music profitable.

Music wise, they really weren't too great.

Certainly not great enough to be dubbed the best rock band in America on the cover of Rolling Stone (back when it was a music mag)