HomeAs above, Bohemian Cacophony and Twat Out Of Hell. Also there's a song that gets aired quite a lot on the radio called Black Betty Bam O Lam or something which annoys the fuck out of me and I just wish they'd give over playing it.
Most Overrated Song
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Norpig
Reebok Trotter
Numpty 28723
B.D.P
wanderlust
okocha
rammywhite
Mr Magoo
MartinBWFC
scottjames30
Soul Kitchen
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karlypants
Hipster_Nebula
Banks of the Croal
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22 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 11:48
Reebok Trotter
Nat Lofthouse
I thought Bat out of Hell was brilliant. McArthur Park is an odd one because only a fool would leave a cake out in the rain. Remember Richard Harris couldn't sing for toffee but the resonance of his voice carried the song.
O Superman by Laurie Anderson is the most overrated song I have ever heard. Wtf is it all about?
O Superman by Laurie Anderson is the most overrated song I have ever heard. Wtf is it all about?
23 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 11:48
karlypants
Nat Lofthouse
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Numpty 28723 wrote:Black Betty Bam O Lam or something which annoys the fuck out of me and I just wish they'd give over playing it.
24 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 12:52
Soul Kitchen
Ivan Campo
And written by the Bee Gees!B.D.P wrote:Fight the Power by Public Enemy. Racist bullshit for wankers.
Islands in the Stream by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. Absolute shite for cross dressing sissy's.
25 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 12:58
Soul Kitchen
Ivan Campo
Beefheart and KC in their many forms were weird and wonderful! Today the test of time has not stood, as indeed that of most Prog Rock, not that I'm suggesting Beefheart was. I used to love ELP and Yes but they ultimately got swallowed by their own rsoles, as, indeed did another band of similar ilk, Gentle Giant.wanderlust wrote:okocha wrote:Best song, certainly in terms of lyrics:-either Tin Angel or The Magdaleine Laundries by Joni Mitchell.
Not sure if you've read the brief correctly Okocha.
Highly subjective question is "most overrated" as it asks to balance individual perceptions of commercial success with personal music preferences.
Most of Beefheart and Fripp's stuff leaves me wondering what the hell I was taking to have enjoyed it so much at the time. Very popular and mainstream in the 70s but I find it hard work these days. Prog rock in general is increasingly an anathema to me.
26 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 13:06
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
Anyone remember Gnidrolog? Was a big fan at the time. Not many people I know seem to remember them.
27 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 13:12
Norpig
Nat Lofthouse
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anything by Kasabian is rubbish to me, they started off as a poor mans Stone Roses and never got any better.
Slightly more controversial, i never understood the love for Stairway to Heaven
Slightly more controversial, i never understood the love for Stairway to Heaven
28 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 13:45
rammywhite
Frank Worthington
Along the same lines Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah ( how do you spell it?)
Everybody seems to have covered it- but to me its a tedious drone with an unimpressive tune and mundane and predictable words
Everybody seems to have covered it- but to me its a tedious drone with an unimpressive tune and mundane and predictable words
29 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 14:03
Numpty 28723
Andy Walker
With you there. I can't stand that song.rammywhite wrote:Along the same lines Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah ( how do you spell it?)
Everybody seems to have covered it- but to me its a tedious drone with an unimpressive tune and mundane and predictable words
30 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 14:14
Numpty 28723
Andy Walker
I've heard of them but haven't a clue what they sounded like. They can't have sold many records because no-one would have been able to walk in the shop and pronounce the name to ask for it. £1.25 sounds like a good deal to see them and Bowie and Thin Lizzy but it was probably a year's wages back then.boltonbonce wrote:Anyone remember Gnidrolog? Was a big fan at the time. Not many people I know seem to remember them.
32 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 15:10
xmiles
Jay Jay Okocha
boltonbonce wrote:Anyone remember Gnidrolog? Was a big fan at the time. Not many people I know seem to remember them.
I do remember them but I don't remember whether or I ever saw them live. According to Wiki they "played gigs with fairly well known bands such as Colosseum, King Crimson, Wishbone Ash and Soft Machine" and I saw all those bands several times. However the combination of deteriorating memory and the fact that I wasn't always sober when I was at gigs means I'll never know now.
33 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 15:11
rammywhite
Frank Worthington
xmiles wrote:boltonbonce wrote:Anyone remember Gnidrolog? Was a big fan at the time. Not many people I know seem to remember them.
I do remember them but I don't remember whether or I ever saw them live. According to Wiki they "played gigs with fairly well known bands such as Colosseum, King Crimson, Wishbone Ash and Soft Machine" and I saw all those bands several times. However the combination of deteriorating memory and the fact that I wasn't always sober when I was at gigs means I'll never know now.
I bet you also saw Hawkwind a few times- they seemed to be the support band for everyone in the 70s
34 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 15:23
xmiles
Jay Jay Okocha
rammywhite wrote:
I bet you also saw Hawkwind a few times- they seemed to be the support band for everyone in the 70s
Actually the support band I saw most often was the Alan Bown Set. They seemed to be the support or often second support at half the gigs I went to! I was in London at the time and I think they were a London based band.
Another good live band I saw quite a lot was Family.
35 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 15:26
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
I saw Hawkwind at The Hardrock in Stretford.
36 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 15:27
Norpig
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rammywhite wrote:Along the same lines Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah ( how do you spell it?)
Everybody seems to have covered it- but to me its a tedious drone with an unimpressive tune and mundane and predictable words
have to disagree, Jeff Buckleys version is amazing and is far from mundane. Much better than the original.
37 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 15:41
Numpty 28723
Andy Walker
The Groundhogs were a popular support band as well.
38 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 15:45
Boggersbelief
Nat Lofthouse
Kasabian are very good. Norpig is clueless about music
39 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 15:48
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Roger Chapman/Family were everywhere and I still like their pop hit "Rollin and Tumblin ain't done me no harm..." that I can never remember the title of but had a classic riff.xmiles wrote:rammywhite wrote:
I bet you also saw Hawkwind a few times- they seemed to be the support band for everyone in the 70s
Actually the support band I saw most often was the Alan Bown Set. They seemed to be the support or often second support at half the gigs I went to! I was in London at the time and I think they were a London based band.
Another good live band I saw quite a lot was Family.
"Darryl Way's Wolf" also seemed to turn up everywhere in the early/mid 70s.
40 Re: Most Overrated Song Mon Nov 17 2014, 15:53
Soul Kitchen
Ivan Campo
I remember them Bonce. A duo on the island /chrysalis label if I'm correct, about the time of Blodwyn Pig?boltonbonce wrote:Anyone remember Gnidrolog? Was a big fan at the time. Not many people I know seem to remember them.
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