(04-12-2017, 10:23 AM)Wyche Wrote: I like The Doors, but not as much as a lot of folks do....and I LOVE Pink Floyd.....but replace RUSH with The Grateful Dead.

(04-12-2017, 03:54 PM)magikod Wrote: I used to not like the Grateful Dead either. You have to be in a certain mood for some Dead. But they do jam like no other!

(04-12-2017, 04:32 PM)Wyche Wrote: I hear you.  I find that as I age, the more I like them.  I never really understood the big time fascination with them (even though I liked some of their studio stuff), until I started listening to the live stuff and watching their concert footage.  Even my 71 year old dad said "damn, them boys can pick!" after watching a concert I have on DVD.  Allman Bros. could jam out some too.

(04-13-2017, 01:35 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The Offspring cause me physical pain, I am not joking about this.  Two of the guys went to my high school, they practiced down the street from one of my best friend's house.  They sucked back then.

Bush makes me want to asphyxiate on my own vomit.

Agreed with xxlt, I loathe The Eagles.

Grateful Dead, Umphreys McGee, pretty much any jam band.

I think U2 is the most overrated piece of shit band that has ever existed.  

Smashing Pumpkins, because I cannot abide Billy Corgan's voice; it's either whiny or breathy and both suck.  The band is technically very good and inventive though

Rush, Getty Lee's voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me.  I am at a complete loss as to how anyone listens to it.  I do understand that people feel the same way about Layne Staley and one of my all time favorite bands, Alice in Chains.  But those people are insane.

Lastly, joke bands that maybe some people still like that are some of the most putrid crap published in human history, Limp Bizkit and Crazy Town.  Not sure anyone would admit to liking either band at this point though.

(04-13-2017, 01:35 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The Offspring cause me physical pain, I am not joking about this.  Two of the guys went to my high school, they practiced down the street from one of my best friend's house.  They sucked back then.

Bush makes me want to asphyxiate on my own vomit.

Agreed with xxlt, I loathe The Eagles.

Grateful Dead, Umphreys McGee, pretty much any jam band.

I think U2 is the most overrated piece of shit band that has ever existed.  

Smashing Pumpkins, because I cannot abide Billy Corgan's voice; it's either whiny or breathy and both suck.  The band is technically very good and inventive though

Rush, Getty Lee's voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me.  I am at a complete loss as to how anyone listens to it.  I do understand that people feel the same way about Layne Staley and one of my all time favorite bands, Alice in Chains.  But those people are insane.

Lastly, joke bands that maybe some people still like that are some of the most putrid crap published in human history, Limp Bizkit and Crazy Town.  Not sure anyone would admit to liking either band at this point though.

(04-12-2017, 04:32 PM)Wyche Wrote: I hear you.  I find that as I age, the more I like them.  I never really understood the big time fascination with them (even though I liked some of their studio stuff), until I started listening to the live stuff and watching their concert footage.  Even my 71 year old dad said "damn, them boys can pick!" after watching a concert I have on DVD.  Allman Bros. could jam out some too.

(04-13-2017, 10:35 AM)samhain Wrote: I've gotten into the Dead very recently.  Never had interest before, but re-appropriated a CD from my father-in-law.  I find myself listening to it way more than I ever would have expected.  I really enjoy Sugar Magnolia and St Stephen. 

(04-11-2017, 06:04 PM)magikod Wrote: Rolling Stones are WAY better!  :andy:

(04-13-2017, 11:40 AM)xxlt Wrote: For you Floyd fans and recent converts to jam bands like the Dead, check out Government Mule and Robert Randolph and the Family Band. Both are great. I know this thread is supposed to be about hatin' on something so gimme a second...
Yeah, I will agree again that Rush sucks. But I do love Dan Patrick's "cover" of Fly By Night.  

(04-13-2017, 11:34 AM)xxlt Wrote: The Stones were shameless thieves, but at least they never lied about it. And by stealing from and mimicking great American Blues artists they put out music that was usually at least good and sometimes even flirted with great.

The Beatles were just hacks during the early years. Then, once they had more money than they could ever spend they actually learned how to play and it wasn't long after that the wheels fell off (go ahead and blame Yoko, I blame a young Obama in Kenya ). Funny thing - the most beloved Beatle, Paul, never got much better. Lennon at least tried some new things and wrote some good music and tried to grow as a human being, and Harrison really learned how to play and churned out some great music after the band broke up. Hell, even Ringo created better stuff post Beatles than McCartney or Lennon, so it is funny that they are so revered. Best Beatle Harrison, then Starr, then Lennon, then McCartney. Yet in the eyes of their adoring public they often would be ranked in the opposite order.

(04-13-2017, 09:58 AM)Wyche Wrote: Oh man....the Offspring.  That shit came out during my college days, and was literally everywhere you turned.  Some dudes in my dorm wore that shit out.  I absolutely cannot stand that band, in fact, I had blocked them from the archives of my memory until now.  Thanks.....Stooler fan.

I wish someone would smash them......

(04-13-2017, 11:34 AM)xxlt Wrote: The Stones were shameless thieves, but at least they never lied about it. And by stealing from and mimicking great American Blues artists they put out music that was usually at least good and sometimes even flirted with great.

The Beatles were just hacks during the early years. Then, once they had more money than they could ever spend they actually learned how to play and it wasn't long after that the wheels fell off (go ahead and blame Yoko, I blame a young Obama in Kenya ). Funny thing - the most beloved Beatle, Paul, never got much better. Lennon at least tried some new things and wrote some good music and tried to grow as a human being, and Harrison really learned how to play and churned out some great music after the band broke up. Hell, even Ringo created better stuff post Beatles than McCartney or Lennon, so it is funny that they are so revered. Best Beatle Harrison, then Starr, then Lennon, then McCartney. Yet in the eyes of their adoring public they often would be ranked in the opposite order.

(04-13-2017, 01:35 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I think U2 is the most overrated piece of shit band that has ever existed. 

(04-13-2017, 11:34 AM)xxlt Wrote: The Stones were shameless thieves, but at least they never lied about it. And by stealing from and mimicking great American Blues artists they put out music that was usually at least good and sometimes even flirted with great.

The Beatles were just hacks during the early years. Then, once they had more money than they could ever spend they actually learned how to play and it wasn't long after that the wheels fell off (go ahead and blame Yoko, I blame a young Obama in Kenya ). Funny thing - the most beloved Beatle, Paul, never got much better. Lennon at least tried some new things and wrote some good music and tried to grow as a human being, and Harrison really learned how to play and churned out some great music after the band broke up. Hell, even Ringo created better stuff post Beatles than McCartney or Lennon, so it is funny that they are so revered. Best Beatle Harrison, then Starr, then Lennon, then McCartney. Yet in the eyes of their adoring public they often would be ranked in the opposite order.

(04-13-2017, 07:49 PM)McC Wrote: But you're taking the Beatles out of context.  They were something never seen before.  And it was more than just the music.  They were an utter phenomenon.  They were pioneers.   They absolutely deserve their due.  They are deeply woven into the fabric of rock and roll history.

People will say Elvis sucks.  It only means they have no understanding of him or the times in which he lived. 

Without Elvis, there is no Beatles.  Without the Beatles, there is no...name any band that came after.  They were a garage band that inspired the birth of so many other garage bands who grew up to be legends and inspired countless other bands. 

Some people get a moment in history.  They are remembered, probably by some more than others.  Then there are others who make history.  Their stories last forever.

Also don't see how their post-Beatles careers has anything to do with them as a band.

(04-13-2017, 07:22 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: I agree with you on this and The Edge as well for his guitar playing(effects noodling).

You'd think this band wrote the best music ever by the way people and the media fawn all over them.