Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Stinks

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(02-08-2022, 09:56 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: The Who has never had a #1. The Trogs have a #1.

Basing musical acts on charts is ridiculous; any true, blue musician would acknowledge this.

Journey has: "Anyway You Want It," "Open Arms," and "Don't Stop Believin'," (which is one of the most-overrated songs in music history, let alone rock), that are known outside the US.

They are a formulaic, late 70s, early 80s rock act, in the same vein as Foreigner, Bad Company, Cheap Trick, Styx, etc. Those are all POPULAR acts, but popularity (ie: charts) doesn't mean good. If we're going off of Charts = talent, then that means that Rush isn't a band with merit, even though they can write and perform circles around any of the bands mentioned above.

I mean,, "My Sharona," was #1 for 6 weeks in 1979 FFS and it's a song largely devoid of any decent writing or talented playing. Or the Cantina song from Star Wars was #1 for 2 weeks in 1977 (I honestly couldn't believe that when I read it. Absolute joke). Charts are an absolute sham/joke/bunch of BS, etc.

And I LOVE Cheap Trick; "Reach Out ," is easily one of my 3 favourite soundtrack songs from film ever and as much as it is played to death, "I Want You to Want Me," is indeed a classic song, even if it too is nothing special from a writing and performance POV.

Have to be objective when it comes to music; Limp Bizkit is my second-favourite band ever and outside of Jon Otto and Sam Rivers (and even then, they still aren't up to a high level), nobody currently or in the band's past can ever conceptually or physically, perform or write at the levels of a Who, Rush, Hendrix, Cream, etc.

Edit*** and no, I don't, "hate," anything. I do my best to be objective (look at my other posts ITT if you need proof). Music is so subjective and taste-oriented, but there still is an objectivity in terms of chops and skill. You can have a popular sound and still be a terrible musician. You can sell records and have a huge fanbase if you get popular with enough people.

I'm not arguing.

Especially about popularity, awards, whatever to validate the importance of music.

All I'm saying is that they have more than two hits.

Nothing more.  Nothing less.

They are musically talented too though.

It's not my fault you don't recognize it, even if you don't like their music.

Neal Schon was a guitar prodigy at age 15 and was much sought out.  Joining Santana at 17.

I know people are all jaded with Youtube and the immense amount of teaching tools that gets very young kids playing like virtuosos but in that day and age it wasn't the case.

What Schon did was special.