Who Do You Think Is The Most Overplayed Classic Rock Artist?

[BulletproofLandshark]

Poll question: Who Do You Think Is The Most Overplayed Classic Rock Artist?

[Chan790]

1. nah, see all those people are good...

the most overplayed artist would have to be someone terrible yet played a lot...like J. Geils Band.

[Decruiter]

5. Aw, shit...

I was going to make the same comment and reference someone like
Eddie Money or Boston, but you said J. Geils!
I would love to have a station that played J. Geils.
Not that Freezeframe stuff, but earlier: Whammer Jammer, House Party, Love Stinks.
They were a fave from way back. Saw 'em twice..

[LostInAnomie]

2. AC/DC

I think the reason for it is that people are afraid to admit that they suck.

[liberal renegade]

4. dude, you can't be serious....

:crazy:

[Pierre.Suave]

8. Repent your sins

lol, seriously AC/DC rocks man.

[LostInAnomie]

11. I'm making my stand against orthodoxy.

Someone has to be willing to say that AC/DC sucks. I can't live in a world knowing that my children will be forced to believe that a band that has been playing the same song (just changing the names) for the past 25 years rules.

Someone has to make a stand. :patriot:

[Pierre.Suave]

14. Well, all i can tell you is

if you believe it, stand tall.

[CanuckAmok]

20. Fuck, finally.

I've been waging this battle for years. ACDC has absolutely no redeeming qualities at all. Just terrible from the get-go.

But if KISS had been on that list, I would have chosen them; they suck even more than ACDC.

I'd rather listen to Styx than KISS. I'm talking Paradise Theatre/Kilroy Was Here/Cornerstone era Styx, the suckiest of all Styx incarnations.

[Skittles]

24. I absolutely disagree

the Young brothers put on a fine concert - yes INDEED

[Blue_In_AK]

73. I'll make a stand with you.

I can't stand AC/DC and I REALLY can't stand Ronnie James Dio, Scorpions, or any of those other bands with the seriously overwrought lead singers.

ed. Oh, and Queensryche, or however they spell it. That was the other one. Yikes.

[jobycom]

68. People are afraid to "admit" something that is untrue.

I can still listen to AC/DC, but I change Led Zepplin off the radio quicker than the Village People. Not that Led Zepplin wasn't great, but they have become horrendously boring to muddle through these days. AC/DC is still fun. Fun is an underrated music quality, technical skill an overrated one.

[mark414]

3. no classic rock station should EVER, under any circumstances

play anything by Journey, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Chicago, and a few more that i'm forgetting

horrible crap, all of it, that is more forgettable than 'classic' and definitely not 'rock'

[Decruiter]

7. I'll trade any of those for ...

Frank Zappa
King Crimson
Motorhead
Queen (the harder stuff: Sheer Heart Attack, e.g.)
MC5
Iggy Pop

[mark414]

9. now you're talking

:thumbsup:

[DBoon]

19. I'd add Styx to that list

nt

[mark414]

32. yes!

i knew there was at least one more craptacular band out there that i was forgetting...

[njdemocrat106]

35. You break my heart.

I'll admit to liking several songs by each of the artists you mentioned (and if that scares you, you definitely don't want to see my record collection :) ).

[B3Nut]

62. If you mean Steve Perry-era Journey, I agree

but Journey's early stuff when it was a showcase for Gregg Rolie and Neal Schon *rocked*. The first album is killer, the influence of their former boss Carlos Santana is in heavy evidence. Before Steve Perry showed up it was about good rock'n'roll musicianship with jazz and prog overtones. Lots of kickass solos from Schon and Rolie, with his trademark heavy Hammond or course. :)

THAT Journey totally belongs on classic rock radio, and is practically never heard on same.

Todd in Beerbratistan

[bridgit]

6. of these: Lynyrd Skynyrd...

[Danger Mouse]

10. You forgot Aerosmith.

They've always sucked, they've always been overplayed, and they started sucking even harder after returning from the dead in the 90's.

[Lady Effingbroke]

12. Maybe we can start an "Aerosmith sucks" group.

I can't stand Aerosmith. Every time I hear one of their songs, I think of Wayne's World.

The most crappy, overplayed band ever - and that's before their 90s 'songs', which are the crappiest pile of shitty shit ever.

No insult to shit intended.

[Danger Mouse]

16. Aerosmith doesn't even deserve the recognition and acknowledgement that they suck so bad.

That's giving them too much credit.
Just like magic faeries, just turn your back on them. With noone to wail his banshee wail to, steven tyler will simply cease to be.

[Lady Effingbroke]

18. We can only hope.

Lately there have been several cats prowling around my house emitting yowls of love in the small hours, prompting me to bolt upright in bed exclaiming, "Steven Tyler, is that you?"

I mean, cats screwing, Steven Tyler...what's the difference? :shrug:

[regnaD kciN]

52. Dream On...!

:evilgrin:

[CanuckAmok]

22. But they're not technically a "classic rock artist".

They have never been anything other than a Vegas sideshow attraction. How they ever became rock gods is beyond me; they're cartoon versions of rock stars.

But even they don't suck as much as KISS.

[Danger Mouse]

40. I've only ever heard one KISS song and I'd like to keep it that way.

That one was bad enough :P
Anyway, my friend...the reverand Michael Mills once had a radio program where he deemed KISS to be 'Knights in Satanic Service,' and talk about their devotion to Satan.
If that's true, then Satan not only has piss poor taste in music, he picked lousy deliverers of his message.

[Kat45]

13. Steve Miller.

Local classic rock station is always playing him. Didn't like him then, don't like him now.

[Danger Mouse]

43. My local 'classic' rock station plays 'Take the Money and Run' like every day.

Too bad I fuckin' hate that song.

[regnaD kciN]

53. Abra, Abracadabra...

...I wanna reach out and grab ya!

(And wring your neck for coming up with that godawful piece of "musical" excrement!) :spank:

[Blue_In_AK]

76. Only Steve Miller's first two albums were any good...

Children of the Future and Sailor. But then I was really stoned back then, so what do I know? :hippie:

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Eric Clapton

[MrSlayer]

17. Lynyrd Skynyrd

And I say this only because they aren't as good as the others, they're a second tier band. You can't overplay Zeppelin, thier songs are as good the thousandth time you hear them as they were the first.

[leeroysphitz]

21. The Rolling Stones.

They are tired, so very tired...

[Common Sense Party]

26. The Stones have ALWAYS sucked fetid bat guano.

And now it's just septuagenarian fetid bat guano.

[regnaD kciN]

54. Best comment I've seen about Mick and the boys recently...

...from the comic strip Safe Havens.



:rofl:

[LynneSin]

75. Anything they made after "Some Girls" pretty much sucks

and that's the nicest thing I could say about the Stones.

I'd rather sit through a Ted Nugent/Kid Rock concert than the Rolling Stones

[AshevilleGuy]

23. ALL the above, but the Eagles are in a ghastly category

all their own!!! I will do whatever I have to do to avoid hearing them - leave the room/building/city, stop my ears, attack who is playing it, whatever.

I do NOT understand this nostalgia for the 70s. Especially from persons who weren't even born then. Hey, get in a time machine and spend three days there!! You will never want to go back, believe me, it's empty there. That 70s Show is NOT what it was like!! :puke:

[Common Sense Party]

27. I absolutely LOVE the Eagles.

There's nothing quite like driving through the desert listening to the Eagles.

[AshevilleGuy]

28. In that case I would drive over the nearest cliff. n/t

[Common Sense Party]

29. In most places in the desert, the best you can do is drive

into a dried-up arroyo.

You might get some tumbleweeds stuck in your grill.

You wouldn't make much of a statement, I'm afraid.

[AshevilleGuy]

30. I've never been in or seen a desert.

Unless East TN counts as one. Its a TYPE of desert. Like the entire decade of the 70s, especially the first half. :)

[Common Sense Party]

31. Deserts can be stark and barren, but still strangely beautiful.

I never saw one until I was married and moved West. I saw cornfields most of my life.

Ah...Asheville. One of my favorite spots in the South. I miss traipsing around the Biltmore.

[njdemocrat106]

37. I thought I was the only one here who liked the Eagles

Rock on!

:thumbsup:

[Common Sense Party]

49. What's not to like? Great melodies, fantastic harmonies,

timeless lyrics, AND Joe Walsh! What more could you want?

A lot of DUers are much more "elitist" than I when it comes to music.

I'm not afraid to admit that I like Journey and Foreigner and REO Speedwagon, etc. Good tunes are good tunes--and the old timers' stuff is much better than what passes for music these days.

[NoGOPZone]

63. You're not alone

I saw them in your state a few years ago and they kicked ass.

[NoGOPZone]

64. dupe

[mark414]

33. Jesus, man, could you change the channel?

Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man!

[AshevilleGuy]

38. Exactly. What is the problem? N/t

[Danger Mouse]

41. Fuck you, man. If you don't like my fuckin' music get your own fuckin' cab.

I'll pull over and kick your ass out!

[JanMichael]

47. Oh gawd I hate the Eagles too. Awful awful awful.

Whiny icky self absorbed types...

[wildhorses]

25. true CLASSIC rock can NOT be overplayed

i am not sure van halen fits the definition of CLASSIC rock:shrug:

[Va Lefty]

34. Elton John

I like alot of his songs, but the ones that get played on the radio (Candle in the Wind, Rocket Man etc.) blow.

[njdemocrat106]

36. I voted for Zeppelin

I love the Zep, but the radio plays the same 4 or 5 songs of theirs into the ground.

[bertha katzenengel]

39. AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and Van Halen are classic rock?

???

[Blue_In_AK]

77. Black Sabbath is, I think...

They were around in '68 with the rest of them.

[hellbound-liberal]

42. I'll see your Elton John and raise you a Billy Joel

I don't know if either of them count as "classic rock" artists any more but I have definitely heard enough of both of them. Rod "lounge lizard" Stewart too.

[Pool Hall Ace]

44. Billy Joel and The Doors.

Any Bill Joel that is played is too much, because he is not a classic rock artist. I don't hate The Doors, but didn't they do another song besides L.A. Woman?

[Common Sense Party]

50. Ooh, I'd have to agree on The Doors.

But I like old Billy Joel.

[dolo amber]

56. Yes. Definitely the Doors

At least in the markets I've lived in. x(

[SKKY]

45. Bob Dylan. "Holy Mediocre Batman!!!"

[deucemagnet]

46. All of the above, plus....

...plus god-awful, sappy anthem-singing, no-talent fucking Meatloaf. The entire genre of classic rock has been done to death. When my driving in rural areas, if my only options are a classic rock station or nothing, I turn the radio off. x(

[MAGICBULLET]

60. Word up!

Meatloaf has got to be the worst of all. No other rock band makes my back hurt when I hear them. I'm thinking, as a DJ, almost all of the other artists mentioned in this forum could be played at almost any given party and people would get into it, except Meatloaf. I am pretty sure people would walk out on me if I busted out 'paradise by the dashboard light'.

[ok_cpu]

48. I voted Zep

I like them but I listen to "Top Tracks" on XM all day at work and about every 5th song is Led Zeppelin. Another good choice would be Cream/Clapton/Derek and the Dominos.

[AshevilleGuy]

51. In the early 70s this stuff was top-40, it was MAINSTREAM!

This was "AM" and we weren't into it. On the what we would call today alternative FM we had GlamRock, and later PunkRock. That was a lot of good stuff and is listenable today - it hasn't been played to death either.
Just a few notable examples are Roxy Music, Bowie (NOT Young Americans!!!), T-Rex, New York Dolls, Can, Lou Reed, Sparks, The Residents, etc etc.

"Classic Rock" was the 70s equivalent to Linkin Park, Staind, and yes ... Nickleback. Time wil not improve that current shit, nor has it improved Classic Rock.

[NashVegas]

57. Rolling Stones, *Some* Floyd, *Some* Zep

But most of what's on the poll, I never heard on the radio until we got FM with our cable company, around 1972-73. I guess maybe if you were in a larger market, you might have heard the Dolls, but we sure didn't. Our AM radio played Bowie, though.

I agree with you about today's "alternative" radio - very 18-34 year-old male dominated. Not like the 1980s when you could hear the likes of New Order, Ziggy Marley, the Cure, Echo, & B-52s.

[Efilroft Sul]

55. What, no Beatles?

I love 'em, but the classic rock station I know plays them all the time.

[RebelOne]

58. I lived through the music eras of the '50s to the present.

My favorite music is the '70s to early '80s classic rock.

[MissMillie]

59. Bob Seger!

followed by Lynard Skynard

[NoGOPZone]

61. The Who. Or maybe it's just that rock radio stations forget

everything they recorded pre-Tommy.

[MissMillie]

67. I'd put them high on the list

:thumbsup:

[mcscajun]

65. Edgar Winter

If I hear "Frankenstein" One More Time, I'll freak!

Runner Up: Peter Frampton "Show Me The Way" I'd like to show him the way. :grr:

[Jimbo S]

66. Mellencamp, Seeger, Petty

overrated.

I can listen through most anything, but these three get me to turn the radio off.

[El Fuego]

69. Classic rock stations have killed classic rock, IMO.

I'm at the point where I never want to hear some of those songs again in my life. I'm totally sick of them.

[jobycom]

70. Face it, Classic Rock stations should be banned.

There isn't a song worth hearing that hasn't been overplayed beyond all ability to stomach it. Unless Mark Knofler is on it.

[redqueen]

72. :D

:hug:

knopfler... :loveya:

[jobycom]

81. Figures

Someone smart enough to have Cheese as an avatar would like Knopfler. :)

[Blue_In_AK]

71. I love Zep

but I do think they get played too much, at least certain songs. It would be better if the classic rock stations would play something other than "Stairway" and a few others.

[LynneSin]

74. You guys can all go fuck yourself.....

...or at least anyone who picked Led Zeppelin

((((goes sits in the corner and cries her eyes out))))

[Blue_In_AK]

78. Lynne, I love Led Zeppelin

I just wish the radio stations would play something besides four or five of their songs. I think they're spectacular, and Jimmy Paige is a guitar god.

[LynneSin]

80. Yeah, Stairway needs to be retired

and that message was only for the anti-Zep folks here who have nothing better to do than hurt my feelings

(am I pouring it on thick or what?)

[Throd]

79. The Doors

Close that damn door already.

[Joe Fields]

82. Springsteen, although I personally wouldn't categorize him as such.

Many radio stations do, though, and he makes me physically ill.