Yeah- Contemplating The Engine Room may well be my favorite concept album of all time. The CD footage of Watts tour of Pedro is also classic. I'm gonna go listen to it right now.

Overated-

-Sting-Has had a holier than though approach since the police.

You are brave to take on Sting as overrated; but I agree with you. He has always struggled with the ability to create good melody lines, and his voice, though distinctive, can get monotonous.

They are too new for a critical consensus, but I don't think I have disliked a band more than Akron/Family more in years. I don't even like the "/" in their name. And I can only get about 30 seconds to a minute and a half into each song on their album and I start to break out into hives.
Edit- Yikes, I posted a similar message when I first came round these parts. I must REALLY hate them.

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I submit that Captain Beefheart is underrated.

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A very underrated artist would be Nick Drake. (although i'm sad to see him popping up on every other soundtrack to every other crappy movie in the last few years)
Underrated song by underrated artist would be Nick Drake - Saturday Sun

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Originally posted by P-Bo:
A very underrated artist would be Nick Drake. (although i'm sad to see him popping up on every other soundtrack to every other crappy movie in the last few years)
Underrated song by underrated artist would be Nick Drake - Saturday Sun

I have never heard a critic with anything but effusive praise for Nick Drake. Oh wait, now I remember some dolt at Pop Matters slandering Pink Moon. That is as close to blasphemy as you can get in a music review.

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Originally posted by P-Bo:
A very underrated artist would be Nick Drake. (although i'm sad to see him popping up on every other soundtrack to every other crappy movie in the last few years)
Underrated song by underrated artist would be Nick Drake - Saturday Sun

I have never heard a critic with anything but effusive praise for Nick Drake. Oh wait, now I remember some dolt at Pop Matters slandering Pink Moon. That is as close to blasphemy as you can get in a music review.

blasphemy = An irreverent or impious act, attitude, or utterance in regard to something considered inviolable or sacrosanct.

I guess that means that some things things are just given. No opinion or original thought required. I feel Nick Drake never gets the respect he deserves and my subscription to Pop Matters ran out 3 years ago. Please teach me how to be important.

PS: Will the Beatles always be #1 because it would be "blasphemous" to suggest otherwise? If so, I will keep my vote for Bananarama to myself.

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Originally posted by P-Bo:

blasphemy = An irreverent or impious act, attitude, or utterance in regard to something considered inviolable or sacrosanct.

I guess that means that some things things are just given. No opinion or original thought required. I feel Nick Drake never gets the respect he deserves and my subscription to Pop Matters ran out 3 years ago. Please teach me how to be important.

PS: Will the Beatles always be #1 because it would be "blasphemous" to suggest otherwise? If so, I will keep my vote for Bananarama to myself.

This response utterly bewilders and confuses me. What does it all mean?

Reread it, Looney Tunes, because it's very funny.

It still looks like a muddle to me. I think at several points he tries to be sarcastic. Then he contradicts himself. Then he throws in a non sequitur for good measure. And then comes the nonsensical hypothetical question.

EDIT: I have no idea what that emoticon means, but I thought I'd throw it in there because I've never seen anyone use it before.

Then you'd best reread it once more because mark's right. It's very funny.

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Sorry I'm apologizing, but it's halftime at the Rose Bowl, but I still stand by what I posted! (I won't post an embarrasing though.)

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Then you'd best reread it once more because mark's right. It's very funny.

Still not seeing it. Perhaps someone could explain the jokes to me. For instance, is P-Bo angry that Nick Drake does not get enough respect, as he implies when he says "I feel Nick Drake never gets the respect the deserves" or is he angry that critics are not rigorous enough when reviewing Nick Drake as when he sarcastically remarks "I guess that means that some things are just given. No opinion or original thought required."?


And what on earth does "Please teach me how to be important" mean? Is it meant to imply that I'm trying to be important by noting that Nick Drake is a critically acclaimed artist or that criticizing his masterpiece is not dissimilar to criticizing church doctrine given the near-uniform praise among critics for Pink Moon?

"Will the Beatles always be #1 because it would be 'blasphemous to suggest otherwise? If so, I will keep my vote to myself." Number one what? Number one band? According to who? Who is voting and what are they voting for? What is Bananarama, and how is it or the Beatles relevant to anything?

So is supposed to express embarassment? I never would've guessed that. It looks more like someone whose just seen a ghost or something. I think I'm just gonna start throwing that emoticon in in random places. That'd be cool.

Overrated:
-Modest Mouse
-Eric Clapton
-John Mellencamp
-Rolling Stones after 1981
-Beck
-Tool
-Franz Ferdinand

Underrated:
-ELO Electric Light Orchestra
-The Louvin Bros.

underrated-Coldplay, rush of blood to the head

Overrrated:
Coldplay
50 Cent
All of G-Unit
Oasis

Underrated:
Common
The Roots
Jill Scott
Beck
Bright Eyes

I feel like no one really pays attention to Patti Smith. Even now, when they just released the aniversary addition of Horses, most of the rereviews I read were like "It's really good, but this is wrong or that is wrong, she rambles here, and she's also got a horse face." What that has to do with her music, i just don't know.

I've just come to realize that i think the band is pretty overrated. They've got some good songs but they sound like what they started as- a backing band. Listening to their albums feels like listening to a complilation, and I'm not really sure why. However, any band that can attract the kind of guest stars as The Band did in The Last Waltz can get my respect.

Also, no one seems to mention The Magnetic Fields. Apart from being lyrically amazing and endlessly catchy and listenable, they also have such a distinct sound that even the sparsest MagFields song is instantly recognizeable as them. I may go as far as to say it's one of the most recognizeable sounds in current music.

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I feel like no one really pays attention to Patti Smith. Even now, when they just released the aniversary addition of Horses, most of the rereviews I read were like "It's really good, but this is wrong or that is wrong, she rambles here, and she's also got a horse face." What that has to do with her music, i just don't know.

Agreed, although I'll admit her successors, such as PJ Harvey, have been more consistent. Patti was hit-or-miss.

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Also, no one seems to mention The Magnetic Fields. Apart from being lyrically amazing and endlessly catchy and listenable, they also have such a distinct sound that even the sparsest MagFields song is instantly recognizeable as them. I may go as far as to say it's one of the most recognizeable sounds in current music.

Great point! 69 Love Songs is, in my mind, a truly classic album. I think the reason people have a problem warming up to Magnetic Fields is Merritt's voice. He's not exactly on key all the time, but that's part of the charm. I compare it to my love of Joy Division. People can't get past Ian Curtis' voice, but once you "get it", you are hooked. Merritt, quite simply, is a superb songcraftsman...and completely underrated.