I made these lists recently, coincidentally. 10 most overrated and 10 most underrated. most underrated Bread 5th Dimension Supremes - Holland Dozier and Holland. Rod Stewart Led Zep X Cat Stevens Thomas Dolby B-52s Klaatu most overrated Queen - just a little bit overrated of late Kanye - nothing there to even talk about Beyonce ah she's just, she just doesn't do anything for me. umpeenth remake of anything Michael Jackson - was way better as a little kid Kate Bush - the raves are over the top Madonna - if you think you like her, get stuck listening for a long time and you'll be crying out in anguish. the Band - way overhyped Journey - just awful Van Halen - stupid, unmusical, doofy
In no order: Great White - House Of Broken Love Jimi Hendrix Experience - Red House House Of Fire - Alice Cooper Men At Work - Upstairs In My House The Commodores - Brick House The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun AC/DC - This House Is On Fire Van Halen - House Of Pain Mary Jane Girls - In My House The Smithereens - House That We Used To Live In Honorary mention: Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble - The House Is Rockin'
Current top 10 wanted albums that are missing from streaming services: Martin Briley - One Night With A Stranger Kim Carnes - Café Racers Motörhead - Inferno Peter Wolf - Lights Out The Motels - Little Robbers Bananarama - Bananarama Blondie - The Curse Of Blondie Jon Astley - Everyone Loves The Pilot (Except The Crew) Rick Derringer - Good Dirty Fun Sweet - Level Headed
I don't totally agree with your list but, I like Queen as much as the next guy, however - yes - a bit lately. (plus you hit the nail on the head with Journey)
The "THE" List... 1. The Battle Of Evermore - Led Zeppelin 2. The Movie - Aerosmith 3. The Soft Parade - The Doors 4. The Long Run - The Eagles 5. The Chain - Fleetwood Mac 6. The Surfer Moon - The Beach Boys 7. The Tears Of A Clown - The Miracles 8. The Lantern - The Rolling Stones 9. The Christmas Waltz - Frank Sinatra 10. The Innocent Age - Dan Fogelberg
The 10 Best Ways To Appreciate Led Zeppelin II: 1. First and foremost, ANY version or format you can find! Then, if you have the luxury... 2. The Super Deluxe Set 3. The Deluxe Vinyl 4. The 2 CD Deluxe 5. On headphones! 6. Find a RL Pressing 7. On Cassette Tape 8. On Digital / Streaming 9. On 8 Track 10. On reel to reel tape!
10 "Don't Judge A Band By Their Inner Turmoil" Records... (As All Of These Are Great In My Eyes): 1. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 2. The Beatles - The Beatles 3. Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones 4. The 1978 Kiss Solo Albums 5. Unmasked - Kiss 6. Dynasty - Kiss 7. Music From The Elder - Kiss 8. Draw The Line - Aerosmith 9. Night In The Ruts - Aerosmith 10. The Long Run - The Eagles
TOP 10 MEMORIES created by THESE SONGS:- 1. I FEEL FINE/SHE'S A WOMAN (Beatles) - My first ever single given to me on my 10th birthday, 3rd March 1965. 2. ELOISE (Barry Ryan) - Great song reminds me of Saturday mornings, no school, watching the Eloise film clip on TV of Barry Ryan riding a horse on the beach. 3. HEY JUDE/REVOLUTION (Beatles) - At school lunchtimes with my transistor up to my ear hearing the radio station's "...song number 1" jingle then "Hey Jude, don't make it bad......" 4. EASY QUESTION (Elvis) - Singing this song with some friends when I was a little kid in their backyard on one Xmas Eve in the 60's waiting for Santa Claus (yes, I was a believer). 5. ALMA MATER (Alice Cooper) - This song came out late'72 in my last year of High School. I had so much fun I didn't want to leave. The song was about leaving school. 6. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (Led Zep) - This song came out when I hitchhiked one time from Sydney to Cairns. I can still hear it playing on my transistor as I stand in the rain waiting for a car to stop. 7. BRON-Y-AUR STOMP (Led Zep) - Playing this track on my mates old HMV Record Player with the accompanying speakers on the left and right hand side waiting for the drum/clap drum/clap to start. 8. THE MAN FROM NAZARETH (John Paul Joans) - Night times in '71 listening to our transistors on camping trips in our tent. These eventually became drinking trips when we discovered "beer". 9. THE LOVED ONE (The Loved Ones) - Returning from the pub in '76 with my mates at midnight to our small caravan and playing the beat to this song with spoons on the back of saucepans. We got kicked out the next day from the Caravan Park. 10. SATISFACTION (Rolling Stones) - Sitting by the side of the stage @ the Country Road Bar in Bangkok in the 90's (drunk) trying to play the tambourine in time to the tambourine in "Satisfaction", I got through the whole song without missing a beat.
Ten favorite songs (not in order) Work To Do - the Isley Brothers Factory Girl - the Rolling Stones Holly Wants To Go California - Funkadelic Cortez the Killer - Neil Young My Lover's Prayer - Otis Redding Save the Country - Laura Nyro Day Dreaming - Aretha Franklin Starship - Norman Connors Ride Me Donkey - the Tennors To Be Stuck Inside of Mobile - Bob Dylan
Top favorite albums (not in order) Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones Go For Your Guns - The Isley Brothers Uncle Jam Wants You - Funkadelic Complete And Unbelieveable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul - Otis Redding Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young Sun Sessions - Elvis Presley Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan Exodus - Bob Marley Gonna Take A Miracle - Laura Nyro & LaBelle Young Gifted and Black - Aretha Franklin
Top 10 Songs About Celestial Objects George Harrison - Here Comes the Sun The Church - Under the Milky Way Audrey Hepburn - Moon River David Bowie - Life on Mars? Oasis - Champage Supernova Donovan - Lady of the Stars Sarah Fimm - Mercury Emmylou Harris - Jupiter Rising Stevie Wonder - Saturn Rage Against the Machine - People of the Sun
Top Ten Album I Just Keep Going Back To. 1. Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers 2. Merle Haggard - Songs I’ll Always Sing 3. Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Blvd 4. Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters 5. John Hartford- Mark Twang 6. Marshall Tucker Band- A New Life 7. Delbert McClinton- Keeper of the Flame 8. Emmylou Harris - Roses in the Snow 9. Willie Nelson - Stardust 10. Townes Van Zandt - Live from the Old Quarter
Einstein's 10 Laws Of Music Enjoyment: 1. An artist's positive impact is equal to the amount of negativity and complaining that indirectly and unknowingly acknowledges it. 2. 1989 is not equal to 1999, but both contain positive electrons. 3. All music appreciation is relative. (Einstein specialized in this) 4. E=MC5 5. Notions of imposed objectivity in musical worth upon others is proportionate to ego. 6. Po2 = OT (Personal opinion or observation squared equals objective truth). 7. The GJ = IAMF law (If anything about the Beatles music, breakup, or post band activity bothers you, there is a direct equivalence between GJ (Glorifying John) and IAMF (It's all McCartney's fault). 8. I = Gl + AiD (Image of a band is equal to Gp (Great if you like them) plus AiD (they are ALL image if you dislike them). 9. The "Flippant versus Thoughtful Principle". (The thought-out (or lack thereof) length of an artist bashing is in direct proportion to the basher's actual familiarity or unbiased ability to the said artist). 10. The "AaH > EL Paradox" (The allure of critiquing or using energy on an artist one hates is greater than the energy that could be expelled towards artists one likes).
Reminds me of a email conversation I had with a friend a couple years ago. He asked - So is Sheer Heart attack punk? (And he referenced wikipedia where Roger Taylor was talking about the song and The Sex Pistols recording next door.) My answer: It is if Roger says it is. It isn’t if I say it isn’t. It is a superposition of rock and punk. If I listen to it, it isn’t. If Roger listens to it, it is. Until you listen to it, it is neither and both. Schrodinger's well know punk rock principle. I added ( in keeping with the thread): Nearly 10 fast rock songs that are not punk: I Don't Need No Doctor - Sonics Stone Cold Crazy - Queen Whistle Bait - Collins Kids Tick Tick Boom - The Hives Breadfan - Budgie Medication - Queens of the Stone Age Hello There – Cheap Trick Fireball · Deep Purple Hold On to Your Hat – Rolling Stones
10 "Trendy To Hate" Songs. And, Yes, No Surprise, I Love Them All... 1. Revolution 9 - The Beatles 2. Good Night - The Beatles 3. Any McCartney Beatles song that is melodic, featuring him at the piano, that has elements of vaudeville or dance hall. (I have yet to figure out why someone would see this as some kind of negative rather than a talent? Even if they don't care for the song personally). 4. Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney & Wings 5. Hot Dog - Led Zeppelin 6. The Crunge - Led Zeppelin 7. Hats Off To (Roy) Harper - Led Zeppelin 8. Almost any Elvis Presley Soundtrack song. 9. Almost any Chicago hit penned by and sung by Peter Cetera. 10. Any song on the Rolling Stones "Their Satanic Majesties Request". If I only had a nickel for every time I've heard these songs being endlessly touted as "bad"...
10 Great Opening Tracks You Don't Often See Applauded Enough (If You Ask Me): 1. Eye No - Prince (Lovesexy) 2. Got To Choose - Kiss (Hotter Than Hell) 3. Room Service - Kiss (Dressed To Kill) 4. Caught In A Dream - Alice Cooper (Love It To Death) 5. Ramble Tamble - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Cosmo's Factory) 6. Sing A Mean Tune Kid - Chicago III 7. No Surprise - Aerosmith (Night In The Ruts) 8. Let The Music Do The Talking - Joe Perry Project (Let The Music Do The Talking) 9. Love's An Injection - Hanoi Rocks (Self Destruction Blues) 10. Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell (Court And Spark)
Top 10 Things I Will Never Understand 1. Why is Keith Richards still alive? 2. Why did Keith Richards add the s? 3. Why does everyone complain about Nickelback but nobody ever does anything about it? 4. Why do so many middle-aged men who have listened to loud music most of their lives still insist they can hear frequencies above 16kHz? 5. Why has the accordion not played a larger role in the evolution of rock music? 6. When will Neil Young finally realize nobody cares about genetically modified food? 7. How does Ronnie Wood get his hair to stand up like that? 8. Why is it considered more virtuous to recover from addiction than to not get addicted in the first place? 9. Was Blur vs. Oasis really a thing? 10. Why were the Modern Lovers never a thing?
A great list! If I may, I would also add... 1. Why are remixes and deluxe boxes endlessly bashed towards those who ARE enjoying them, when the power is in the hands of the bashers - just don't buy them or play them! 2. Why is violence "cool" or credible in music, but sex is seen as criminal or juvenille? 3. What does the way an artist look have to do with whether you ultimately like the music or not? 4. Why is "new music" automatically applauded just because it's the latest thing? 5. Why DID Ringo push that button? 6. Why is it the fault of a great album that you burned out on it? And why didn't you choose to listen to something you liked INSTEAD of getting burnt out on it? 7. Why are the ones who are bashing groups as being immature or "made for kids" the ones that come off as the "kids"? 8. Why does no one suddenly have an "argument" when you bring up the 90% of quality music Led Zeppelin wrote and DIDN'T steal? 9. Why is it more important to care what others like than what you like? 10. Why do I type so many of these damn lists!
4. I can hear that frequency. The problem is that I hear it all the time. All good questions except #5.
#5 is actually a good question. Accordions are good drone instruments, and more doom metal, shoegaze, goth rock, and Velvets-inspired acts should try to make use of them.
Speed in which newly posted threads on the SHF get buried on page 4: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Just kidding of course (sort 0f)
10 Things Wrong With The Bruce McMouse Show 1. Bruce 2. Paul's haircut 3. The back projections 4. The costume changes 5. The set-list 6. Paul having to rely on the other members doing things he could do better himself 7. Linda's bare feet 8. How did Paul get from bass guitar to piano so fast in Mary Had a Little Lamb 9. The fact it was missing for 46 years 10. The fact they found and restored it after 46 years.
10 songs I totally love for no particular reason and never get tired of.. 1. Reptile by the Church 2. In A Big Country 3. Rikki Don't Lose That Number 4. All is Well by Chicago 5. Screen Kiss by Thomas Dolby 6. Liar by Three Dog Night 7. Hammond Song by Roches 8. Give Me Back My Man - B-52s 9. Jet 10. Wherever I May Roam - Metallica
