Name something slightly underrated/not fully appreciated

[Tommy_Carcetti]

By that, I don't mean that indie band that no one's ever heard of that you think is the best band ever (which it very well could be, but who knows?)

I mean things (people, places, movies, music, etc.) that are commonly known amongst the general public but not given the respect they fully deserve.

I'll start:

Jimmy Carter
Florida's natural beauty
Everglades National Park (on a similar note)
The Smashing Pumpkins as great band of the 1990s
Mike Judge as a director

[Dr. Strange]

1. Algebraic Number Theory

[TZ]

2. Not saying this to kiss up but seriously: Ska and Reggae

I really enjoy the music and often very clever entertaining lyrics. MUCH better than most of the writing in mainstream Rock N' Roll

[Captain Hilts]

5. I LOVED Ska! Where's our DU DC Ska performer that used to post here?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. He got TS'ed.

Posted a nasty thread about Panda Express, or was it Wok N Roll?

[Symarip]

10. Wok n Roll is no more.

Your insults are so 2009.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. Well clearly your disparagment of them on the internets ran them out of business.

I hope you are happy with yourself now.

[TZ]

12. Wok N Roll is no more?

Heavens now where do you go for your meals? :hide:

[Captain Hilts]

13. There you are!

[Symarip]

15. If you make three bullshit threads about celebrities

I appear.

[TZ]

9. I will give him props..he introduced me to Ska.

and I very much love it now. Also, his band is definitely worth listening to.

[AsahinaKimi]

3. Miso Soup in America

[Symarip]

4. The replies in this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9288990

[Captain Hilts]

6. There he is!

[Broken_Hero]

7. Superman....

its true, he is probably one of the most well known superheroes, and one of the first of the Superhero era, but in all my travels amongst Comic Book havens, and fanatics, I've only come across 2 other Superman fans. In short, they just know his name, but could careless about the character.

I think he is unappreciated, I feel at times that I'm the lone torch carrier for Supes.

eta:clarify

[RandomThoughts]

14. Star Blazers TV Show !

http://www.dzai.com.br/jonatansouza/video/playvideo?tv_vid_id=42533

[amyrose2712]

16. LOVE IT!OUR STAR BLAZERS!

We're off to outer space
We're leaving Mother Earth
To save the human race
Our Star Blazers

Searching for a distant star
Heading off to Iscandar
Leaving all we love behind
Who knows what danger we'll find?

We must be strong and brave
Our home we've got to save
If we don't in just one year
Mother Earth will disappear

Fighting with the Gamilons
We won't stop until we've won
Then we'll return and when we arrive
The Earth will survive
With our Star Blazers

[RandomThoughts]

18. yea that season 1's opening title.

Season two theme is a bit different

We're off to outer space
We're leaving mother Earth
To save the human race
Our Star Blazers

A cry for help, a desperate plight
Makes our Star Force reunite
As we rush to meet our fate
The Comet Empire awaits

We must be strong and brave
To stop its evil ways
If Zordar's plot should work
He'll destroy the universe

We'll fight the Comet Empire
Battle through the raining fire
Filled with the hope that Earth will survive
We'll keep peace alive with
Our Star Blazers



They have a live action film coming out also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiDlWzdqtjM

[mitchum]

17. David Bowie's musicianship

his performance and visionary qualities are lauded, but many people seem to overlook his actual chops as a musician

[MissMillie]

19. Aimee Mann and egg salad

oh, and um....



ME!

[Heidi]

20. Handwritten letters and notes of thanks. (nt)

[Swede]

21. Cheese

[mochajava666]

30. As a cheesehead from Wisconsin

I have to tell you that Cheese is fully appreciated here. In fact we worship cheeses.

Damn, that picture looks good...

[Dr. Strange]

33. I don't see any Bromage in that montage.

[Urban Prairie]

22. Indoor plumbing, showers, air-conditioning, microwave ovens

I worked @ the Michigan Central RR Depot in Detroit during the 70s, and there was no building A/C except for small window units enjoyed by the management in their offices only. I remember that some summer days were so miserably hot and humid in our office, that the paperwork that I was writing on would stick to my (short-sleeved dress shirt) arm when I lifted it to answer or make a phone call.

[LanternWaste]

23. Screwball comedies of the 30's and 40's...

Screwball comedies of the 30's and 40's

Peace and quiet and silence-- the stillness of a moment

Humility

Grammar-- both written and spoken

Sitting on the balcony with a cup of coffee, watching the sun rise and the world waking up.

The Proclaimers ("I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more...")

[mitchum]

24. Stanwyck's The Mad Miss Manton is a screwball comedy that is particularly underrated

And, of course, The Lady Eve is the funniest movie ever made

[LanternWaste]

31. I go with Grant and Dunne in The Awful Truth

I go with Grant and Dunne in The Awful Truth as the funniest movie ever made.... :)

[mochajava666]

25. The damage Thatcher and Reagan did to this world

Only Thom Hartmann seems to see this also.

Al Gore, Carl Sagan, Howard Dean - all have been ridiculed unfairly for being right.

Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart - Two great, courageous Americans delivering news to the people through satire.

James Caan, Steve Buscemi, Edward Norton Junior as actors

Social workers, teachers, counselors, and other people who spend their lives working at low paying jobs helping people that are less fortunate.

[foxfeet]

27. This retired social worker thanks you!

[Lurks Often]

26. How about

Me? :P

[flvegan]

28. flvegan

That guy rules!

:hide:

[Dr. Strange]

37. I'll be needing a link before I believe any of that.

[flvegan]

38. Here's a bunch of them

[Dr. Strange]

42. Dude! Have you no decency?

Nobody needs to see your sausage flapping around in the Lounge.

[bigwillq]

29. Lentils (nt)

[redqueen]

32. Soccer

[Tikki]

34. Del Shannon and Gene Pitney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLLcvWeiKw
"Runaway"....Del Shannon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk_FR3341bA
"Hats Off To Larry"...Del Shannon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt1V9sjaIoo
She's A Heartbreaker"...Gene Pitney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ZPJS_wl9o
"It Hurts To Be In Love'"....Gene Pitney

Tikki...and don't even get me started on Lou Christie..

[abq e streeter]

36. +1. (or maybe I should say +3 ) A couple of my faves of Del's, and of Pitney's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znzfyEkFPjU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl1fiiF_dyw


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w0FGNPEC2g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_IXw1UOQJ8



Not to mention Gene writing Hello Mary Lou and He's a Rebel...

Also, I had the great privilege of having met ( and had a brief conversation with) Del Shannon. Super nice guy, and this was at the stage of his career ( and less than a year before he tragically took his own life) where he could have coasted on his reputation, and just gone through the motions, but instead went all out onstage and gave a great high energy performance and seemed like he was thoroughly enjoying himself.

[RagAss]

35. Hockey

[KamaAina]

43. +1

:bounce:

[WildEyedLiberal]

54. +2

Hockey is a far superior sport to basketball, and yet enjoys a fraction of the popularity in the US.

[Auggie]

39. Merlot

Too much mass-produced crap and bad P.R. has given this variety a bad name. Good Merlot is wonderful to drink and a great food wine.

[Initech]

40. Frank Zappa

[taterguy]

41. Lynyrd Skynyrd

The whole Confederate flag thing turns people off. And then there's that whole "Free Bird" thing.

But by any quasi-objective standard, in their prime they were the best fucking band on the planet.

[Mopar151]

45. Those dudes had them some range

Real hard-life blues, rock with the power of a twin-turbo Cat diesel, Southerners with the guts to call guns, drunkenness and racisim stupid, and so many good players in their extended musical family that they staffed 3 other bands.

[pokerfan]

50. I always enjoyed Skynyrd's sound

Animal House had a confederate flag for some reason:


(Lakeland Ledger Aug 22, 2003)

[KamaAina]

44. New Orleans!

of course, if it were fully appreciated, hotels there would be as expensive as in midtown Manhattan... :scared:

[Mopar151]

46. Tires

The amount of engineering, science, and black art in good tires is absolutely amazing. Fair warning - experiencing really good ones, fully in their element, will forever ruin you for the cheap stuff.

[mvd]

47. Conan O'Brien

Definitely better than Leno.

[CreekDog]

48. Oregon

The Bee Gees (mainly because of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePKS9HMrQ_s )

Bruce Springsteen's album "Tunnel of Love": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idnJnjV_8rg
(and kudos to a man who just refuses to lip sync) :patriot:

Jerry Brown


Nevada's Desert


Los Angeles

[BlueIris]

51. Totally. And the rest of your picks are good, too! nt

[BlueIris]

49. "The Messenger" (2009).

Totally agree on Jimmy Carter.

[Coventina]

52. Classical music. n/t

[JCMach1]

53. The Ozarks- it's not just for hillbillies!