Most overrated bands/performers

Star believes everyone ripped off the Beatles, even Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Elvis.

 

Good call.

 

Chris Gaines was way better.

 

Uh uh. Right here, we are talking about The Rolling Stones. The direct sequence of instances from 1964-1970 in which the Stones directly and clearly attempted to imitate or duplicate the Beatles is well known; it is pretty much an absolute baseline basic-history topic in "classic rock" analysis and criticism. Who's that peeking out of the flowerbeds on Satanic Majesties?

 

Going back to the thread... The Beatles.

 

Loverboy is overrated.

 

Beat me to it. Agreed, except for the first five words of your post. Plus, I heard Don Henley is a major asshole.

 

The Eagles are by far the most fortunate of bands. They broke up just ahead of MTV (which would have buried them), they continued to get airplay on the new "classic rock" format hitting FM, then CDs came out and their Greatest Hits albums sold millions as people adopted the new medium. Then country acts started referencing them and adopting their sound, boosting their appeal to a new generation of fans as country became less country and more rock and then they reunited just as their initial fans were now doctors and lawyers making some real money so they could gouge the hell out of them, charging $300 a head for floor seats in a 20,000 arena or larger stadiums, venues that did not exist when they originally toured.
And if you've seen them live after all of these years, their shows are just them standing behind mikes and playing. They never put much of an effort into their live shows.

 

It was a joke. They were friends. People set the Stones up as the anti-Beatles, and this was a riff on that, down to the album title. When the Beatles were singing "Love Me Do," 'the Stones were breaking off double entendres about bodily fluids.

 

Duran Duran may have been pretty boys and Simon Lebon isn't the best live vocalist, but they had some incredible musicianship. John Taylor (arguably the handsomest of them all) is one of the best in the business.

Andy Taylor was no slouch either, but his replacement, Warren Cuccurullo is god-like. Very weird guy, but what do you expect from a Zappa disciple? Thanks 2 Fr@nk is a great guitar album. All tracks recorded live in 1-3 takes with no overdubs.

Now I have to return some videotapes.

 

You can't love music if you think Loverboy is overrated.

 

Duran Duran was the shit for a good 5 years. Not quite Depeche Mode but still very good.