Overrated Boomer Bands?

[Front 242]

Jim liking Black Sabbath is probably his only redeeming quality. Sabbath's run up to, and including, Sabotage is flawless. Changes is the only stinker, and Solitude is middling.

Those riffs are absolutely undeniable and Ozzy was never better either. Sabbath are in the pantheon and it's undeniable. I hope there's AIDS piss in your Schweppes @JoeCumiawearsDIAPERS

 

[alkiefuck2]

The Beatles are definitely overrated but that has more to do with the amount of praise than the lack of quality. Clever musicians and a cultural phenomenon but people behave like they're a bunch of Mozarts.

Where's the line drawn then? Franz Liszt was the last great composer. Anything after him was complete shite.
"The Beatles are definitely overrated" Jesus Christ man
I'm heating the fuck up here

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

Jim liking Black Sabbath is probably his only redeeming quality. Sabbath's run up to, and including, Sabotage is flawless. Changes is the only stinker, and Solitude is middling.

Black Sabbath sucks cock. Cake’s cover of War Pigs is better than the original.

 

[Easily_Remembered]

This site raves about David Lynch, then denounces Pink Floyd.

Are we SURE that we left Reddit?

 

[JoeCumiawearsDIAPERS]

Those riffs are absolutely undeniable and Ozzy was never better either. Sabbath are in the pantheon and it's undeniable. I hope there's AIDS piss in your Schweppes @JoeCumiawearsDIAPERS

I’m already HIV positive but nice try with the hate tho

 

[Front 242]

Black Sabbath sucks cock. Cake’s cover of War Pigs is better than the original.

Did you never smoke weed?

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

Did you never smoke weed?

I’ve smoked an absurd amount of weed in my past. Sabbath doesn’t even seem like weed music anyways. “Just like witches at black masses!” Did ya, do ya, etc.

 

[Front 242]

I’ve smoked an absurd amount of weed in my past. Sabbath doesn’t even seem like weed music anyways. “Just like witches at black masses!” Did ya, do ya, etc.

Not gonna dog on you. Iommi's riff on Snowblind still melts my face but I get it. I really dislike Iron Man and more than a few of their other tracks

 

[Chive Turkey]

Where's the line drawn then? Franz Liszt was the last great composer. Anything after him was complete shite.

That's not what I meant, silly. I'm criticizing the types who're essentially saying: "Everything before and after The Beatles is complete shite."

 

[Chive Turkey]

I’ve smoked an absurd amount of weed in my past. Sabbath doesn’t even seem like weed music anyways. “Just like witches at black masses!” Did ya, do ya, etc.

Ya twelve-year-old

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

Not gonna dog on you. Iommi's riff on Snowblind still melts my face but I get it. I really dislike Iron Man and more than a few of their other tracks

I am Iron Man!
Are ya?

Ya twelve-year-old

I hope Ozzy gets electrocuted.

 

[Front 242]

Colin thinking face instead of ribs. Why did you motherfuck me @BonnieMcFarlaneMe2 you goddamn Benedict Arnold. This is the beginning of my villain arc.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

Colin thinking face instead of ribs. Why did you motherfuck me @BonnieMcFarlaneMe2 you goddamn Benedict Arnold. This is the beginning of my villain arc.

Colin is more of a compliment than ribs by the way. It means that it’s clever or especially insightful.

 

[Front 242]

Colin is more of a compliment than ribs by the way. It means that it’s clever or especially insightful.

It's all about how I interpret what you said. Apology accepted.

 

[guest]

Never got the hype around pink floyd, it not's bad but severely overrated.

Why does every guitar player think Wish you were here is some gold standard song that you have to learn?

I remember in my early 20s, seething out of jealousy that my roommate was musically literate, seemed to have a well-defined taste, had a crazy CD collection etc. So I said "I'm getting into music..." So I ask him what should I start listening to, and he told me to get Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

I buy the CD's...put them on, ready to become this music-ie (like foodie, but for music idk)....So when I listened to Led Zeppelin, it was "meh" and I didn't get it. The stairway to heaven etc. (keep in mind, the shit that was on tv and the radio back then was 50cent, Sean Paul, Mike Jones, The Game, fabulous, lil bow-wow, LMAO)

So Led Zeppelin was underwhelming (but still not bad)

But when I put on the Pink Floyd stuff, I was soooooo underwhelmed. Hot garbage. I legit felt like I didn't have class or something, just couldn't get it, but no it was the music that was garbage.

 

[Dusty Dan]

I remember in my early 20s, seething out of jealousy that my roommate was musically literate, seemed to have a well-defined taste, had a crazy CD collection etc. So I said "I'm getting into music..." So I ask him what should I start listening to, and he told me to get Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

I buy the CD's...put them on, ready to become this music-ie (like foodie, but for music idk)....So when I listened to Led Zeppelin, it was "meh" and I didn't get it. The stairway to heaven etc. (keep in mind, the shit that was on tv and the radio back then was 50cent, Sean Paul, Mike Jones, The Game, fabulous, lil bow-wow, LMAO)

So Led Zeppelin was underwhelming (but still not bad)

But when I put on the Pink Floyd stuff, I was soooooo underwhelmed. Hot garbage. I legit felt like I didn't have class or something, just couldn't get it, but no it was the music that was garbage.

Led Zep never impressed me,even less so when I found out about their plagiarism.

Pink Floyd are great. I wouldn't expect you to be blown away years after the fact - neither was I other than a couple of tracks - but you can still appreciate that they're very tight musicians who wrote some interesting rock music, experimented and pushed boundaries constantly and inspired a whole bunch of people. There is still not one album that sounds like Dark Side of the Moon. It is totally unique. Meddle is a good starting point if you want a balance of musicianship and cohesive song writing.

Wish You Were Here is incredible and the story behind it is heartbreaking, plus it doesn't outstay its welcome. One of the few albums ever that I'd rate close to a 10/10.

 

[Ants Hard Drive of Horror]

I hope the zoomer half of this thread enlightens me with what modern bands are 10 times better than stupid Pink Floyd/Black Sabbath etc. I happen to like those bands and would love to be blown away.

 

[JumboYumYums]

I’ve smoked an absurd amount of weed in my past. Sabbath doesn’t even seem like weed music anyways. “Just like witches at black masses!” Did ya, do ya, etc.

They're definitely weed music.

 

[alkiefuck2]

Colin is more of a compliment than ribs by the way. It means that it’s clever or especially insightful.

I use a Col when I legit laugh out loud sniff

 

[Patrick O'Neal]

Pink Floyd wrote a LOT of decent songs. Even if you don't like everything you have to admit they have a dozen or so very solid ones. Great guitar sounds too. Can you name a better 4-note guitar riff than this? A better guitar sound from around 1975?



They had a very spacy sound that was influencing bands for years. Radiohead's OK Computer for instance.

Their first single is basically Blur's whole output. I don't like it, but it's pretty impressive to write one song that another big band then do for whole albums.



The singing's not that great, but it works. Like Wish You Were Here. Sounds pretty good to me.