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Whether I agree or not. This guy is the man.
Damn Straight!!
Absolutely
@@user-qb1sm3rk9r I'd let him, put it that way!!
My top 10 overrated bands are : 1. Coldplay 2. Coldplay 3. Coldplay etc. I can understand why people like most bands that aren't to my taste. There are very few bands I actually dislike, rather than don't like. I just can't see why Coldplay are so popular, other than they are popular.
Said it before and I'll say it again: Coldplay = 5th rate Radiohead tribute band!!
The first 2 albums were good. Downhill from there for me.
@@user-nd6to2qv7mThat is disrespectful to tribute bands. Coldplay are what Gwyneth paltrow would sound like if she made music. Awful band
@@sbwlearning1372 Too right, just like saying Lady Gaga is a tenth rate Madonna tribute act!!
Totally agree, Coldplay are complete pants. I cannot stand them.
Not a band, but the most overrated artist of all time has got to be Beyonce. The press treats her as the ultimate sacred cow, the most important artist of our era. Completely run of the mill commercial r&b with a shrill, unappealing voice and not even the charisma that you would expect from a major pop star. I just genuinely don't get why anyone rates her at all.
You wrong, the most precious thing in America is Taylor Swift...she's quite annoying and mildly talented.
She is narcissistic and blew up her group Destiny’s Child.
@@petegrusky2715I have never understood why Taylor Swift, and Ed Sheeran for that matter, are so popular. Their music is so vanilla. Music for the masses… music to be heard and not listened to!
@@essbee2316most people who don’t actually like music and just want to be socially acceptable loooooove vanilla crap.
Totally overrated for sure
Bon Jovi
Yesk…🫵🤡
Underneath it says “Translate to English”… unfortunately it still says “Bon Jovi”…🫵🥸
No, they were just popular...they were never "rated" that' the problem with overrated/underrated by whom? Critically or what?
@@AminorMorning Even as a teen I didn’t understand the fuss…🤣
@@kallekas8551 Bon Jovi aren't rated though...they're seen as a cheesy guilty pleasure band. Rated bands are: Radio head, Oasis, Nirvana et al....
Oasis - entire career based on Slade’s ‘How Does It Feel?’ … which is fair enough.
@JeffCooper10538 Agreed - just unlistenable to me. Especially when set alongside the genius of British contemporaries like Teenage Fanclub, Shack and XTC. Oasis isn’t worthy of mention in the same breath.
I agree..How Does it Feel is a great example lol. That and 'Rain' by the Beatles
Yep - totally derivative as tbh most of the 'Britpop' bands were
@@chriscoughlin9289XTC debuted in the late 70s. Oasis debuted in 94. Do you really view them as contemporaries? Btw XTC is genius, but Oasis wrote simple rock/pop anthems that now make for good 90s nostalgia. I don't see, where the problem is and why people have to snobbishly prove their inferiority on every corner by bringing up totally unrelated postpunk/new wave/art rock geniuses? The thing with Oasis is, Noel could get a tune out of very basic chord progressions, which is actually an underrated talent, and Liam looked cool in a parka, also they were funny in a stupid reality tv kinda way. The problem with XTC is, that Andy sounds like a barking seal and doesn't look cool in a parka (Maybe Colin could have pulled off a parka though). Again, XTC are total genius and they're criminally underrated, I agree on that, but why the need to compare?
And speaking of, aren't Slade one of the most underrated bands? (I mean, disregarding the misspelled glam hits, of course). Slade In flame is a killer album!
That rant about Pearl Jam and Americana was so epic! 😂
Hello! Thanks for the insight and the discussion you open up about music. I love the way you do videos, and I am happy to hear real opinions about about stuff. Lol, I am a big Grateful Dead fan as well. Over the course of a couple weeks and probably 8 videos you have given me several artists that are likely to remain in my playlists for a long time. I appreciate your perspective, you are doing a great job!
Excellent video as always Andy!! I sing Don't Look Back in Anger in a cover band and I've always laughed at how silly the lyrics are too 😂
Our band, when getting a request for an Oasis song, simply play a classic... By the Beatles. Seems to keep everyone happy - band and audience.
Green Day
You are so entertaining, don’t stop mate, carry on. Keep us laughing. Thank you.
Thanks, will do!
Right on. Grumpy Brits never get old. 🎉
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Advice...lose the ring light. Great for people who don't wear glasses, clownish for people who do.
The whole emo rock genre and bands like MCR, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, etc. Recent bands like Greta Van Fleet, The Black Keys, Kings of Leon, Weezer...
Green Day had better be on this list.
Boo ya
I went to see Green Day with my two Nephews and I heard a good Band with a real Rock Singer in the Tradition of English Hardrock and Punk Bands in the 70ties. They gave my Nephews what we needed when we were Teenagers. They were no Blink 182, luckily. Green Day gave the Generation of Kids 25-35 younger then mine what they needed. Nothing wrong with them.
GD should've retired at the end of the 90s.
Green day is better than Tool and Dream Theater.
@@elhatarolodohod2040 I agree. Dookie is a 90s staple for me.
Thanks Andy, not quite clear about your thoughts on Americana though!
He fucking HATES Americans.😆
🤣
"With or Without You" Bono's ode to a Norwegian pop group. Achtung, Baby and Zooropa was the cut off for me. I recently tried listening to Oasis' s Standing on the Shoulders album. Starts off alright with an instrumental ripping off Zeppelin, followed by two Beatles songs, I gave up halfway through Won't Get the Roadhouse Blues.
Love it!!! Great vid!! Great entertainment!. Who cares what the opinion is!! It’s well stated and fun as hell to watch!!!
Good luck mate with your new job! I will be watching!
Maybe check out the tracks Fear Inoculum, Pneuma and Invincible off the Fear Inoculum album. Those are great tracks.
Id say that's when they became overrated. That was a pompous album.
Dude, I love what you're doing, it's very much needed! Here's a thought, how about some of those underrated bands? I was checking out Marillion on the internet one day and a suggestion led me to a band called Illuvatar and their, heroically underrated, album called Children. So, just a thought, eh!
My list of underrated bands 1- (name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) 2-(name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) 3-(name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) 4-(name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) 5-(name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) 6-(name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) 7-(name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) 8-(name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) 9-(name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) 10-(name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) 11-(name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) 12-(name of some unknown band you'll never feel like checking out) Check them out, they're all really good!
Springsteen. Apart from being overrated, it pisses me off no end to see this man worth half a billion dollars still doing his working class, I'm one of you, blue collar act.
What is he going to sing about then? A song complaining about the nanny being late that morning or the wine not being chilled enough? Do agree with your comment however
And proclaiming himself as The Boss.
Not a Springsteen fan. But you are saying that you are upset with his success and mad because he has a lot of money
HIs stadium rock is cheesy I agree, but his dark moody stuff, and Americana style folk is top grade. He shouldn't be on this list for these works, such as Darkness on the Edge of Town, Nebraska are simply outstanding and top 250 all time albums. Its here where he really ventilates an American heartland, and its blindingly accurate.
annoying that he came onto the scene and he was "the Boss" right from the start.....HOW?...WHY?
You can’t win. You’ll get heat from people who voted for bands that you say are not overrated, and heat from people who didn’t pick the bands on the list that you agreed are overrated! Such is the nature of online discourse.
The safest is to be 100 positive, 0 negative. But thats boring. Prince Bowie Sinatra are wack.
Well , he will hopefully get a lot of views and discussion , so that’s a win. One can’t legislate for idiots who can’t understand his clear disclaimers that some videos like this aren’t his own opinion and in the ones where he gives his considered , entertaining and interesting opinion , he’s still respectful
@@CS.AtheistChannel.VoteBidenAOC 100 positive, 0 negative...so, Rick Beato 🙂 Even when Rick puts a thumbnail of how terrible the Top-10 Billboard songs are, he ends up complimenting them all.
bowie is in my best top ten
Was there a poll? I don't think so. I believe Andy just lifted what popped up most in his eye. Also, his associations and criteria for the word "overrated" are different from mine, and probably with others as well.
The 10 (or more) most underrated too, please!
There could definitely be several videos on that!
most underated must include blue oyster cult such a fantastic band
@@user-rl5gq4rg1nBOC is very good and very underrated
@@user-rl5gq4rg1n , I agree on Blue Oyster Cult, They had a string of 10 or more albums from the early 70s to early 80s that were loaded with great songs.
Brilliant show! How about a show about the underrated bands and artists? I'll start with Deep Purple...I know they're a huge band, but I feel that, unlike their brothers Zep and Sabbath, they'll be forgotten in about one or two generations. Barely anybody mentions the incredible Ian Paice or the genius of Jon Lord... King Crimson maybe? Elp? I'd be curious to hear your take on those bands. Cheers.
Deep Purple is UNDERRATED for the reasons you mentioned. Jon Lord and Ian Paice are two of the greatest musicians ever to play rock music.
Deep Purple, excellent call.
Purple are still going and no one has forgotten them yet...I follow a lot of classic rock/hard rock/metal youtube channels and I feel that along with Sabbath, Deep Purple are the most lauded, praised and frequently mentioned band. Because of this, I think they'll still be remembered. Lord and Paice maybe go under the radar but Ian Gillan, David Coverdale and Ritchie Blackmore are constantly praised and talked about. Glenn Hughes too, although also for his work with other bands.
Man oh man. It's a sad day when one of the big three are forgotten. I would daresay that the members of Deep Purple were on parity with the first supergroup - Cream.
It's weird , I've only just started my early 70s journey. Love zeppelin Sabbath king crimson etc Finding it difficult to bond with purple
Fripp has mentioned that the idea of an artist approaching what they know with naivete is key. Agee about ACDC. As a snobby jazz rocker of the 70s I was probably just jealous
I tried to get into Oasis but couldn't find a way. I always thought they were trying to get off the council estates in Manchester with anything they could do. Attitude and drama.
At this point, U2 may have swung back around to underrated. Young people just think of them as the band apple put on your phone without you asking for it, but never heard war or unforgettable fire. Springsteen I like as a songwriter, Nebraska is my favorite followed by darkness on the edge of town.
I'm astonished by how many Bruce Springsteen fans nominate 'Nebraska' as his favorite album. The State slogan for Nebraska is "Not for everyone." I would have gone with that.
War and unforgettable fire boy and October are rubbish compared to their contemporaries at the time. They were in awe of bands like magazine and joy division . HOWEVER., Achtung baby is a masterpiece
All three of the 1990s work by U2 is great. Even Pop. Achtung Baby is indeed a fantastic album .
They may never heard War, because the band itself doesn't exactly promote these songs anymore. Bunch of hypocrites. Bono, friends with Bush, Blair, pro-Israel, rendez-vouz-ing with the big boys in Davos, draping himself in the American flag during the American Football Super Bowl, when the Iraq war was in full swing. War was one of my favorite albums during my teams, but I vowed to never ever listen to it again.
I think you have a point. U2 is the last of the behemoth bands that have dozens of classic songs, yet most young people only know about their biggest 6 to 8 hits.
There is a difference between popular and influential. Some people mix theses up sometimes ,when referring to bands
Agreed. And also between popular, influential and good.
Good change of approach! This thread is a lot funner.
Andy, do you like the Steve Hillage album Green? Fish Rising, L, Motivation Radio, and Green. Those albums. Green, produced by Nick Mason. But the whole album is, for me, a masterpiece. What about Gong, Arzachel, and Khan?
Early gong is stunning a perfect blend of jazz, rock, sound effects that doesn't sound like anyone else all wrapped up in a psychedelic sensibility
@@sbwlearning1372 Yes! Such great stuff. Flying Teapot, and such …
Camembert Electrique is THE Gong album for me!
Andy,when you rant ,it hilarious 😂
Yeah, I find the Brummie accent is very arousing when the cool is being lost!!
I had to prepare myself for Oasis, which I knew was coming at number 1. I LOVED Oasis when they came on the scene. Their debut album 'Definitely Maybe' was such a slap in the face, it was totally unlike anything else you could hear at the time, in sound, attitude. It's hard to appreciate what they represented for a lot of people at the time. It's an incredible album. Now are they overrated? Yes they are. By the second album 'What's the Story Morning Glory' (which had all the hits and made them one of the biggest bands in the world, if only for a short time), I was still very much a fan, but I started to see the other side, the boring self-indulgent side, the caricature of themselves. It's well documented that with the second album Noel had planned for a calculated shift towards more commercial songs, a much more sellable sound (far from the punk influence from the fist album,) which worked even better than expected in terms of commercial success. It's not often mentioned how much the band changed from the first to the second album. And it became completely apparent in the 3rd album which was a big let down (other people started to see it), and I lost interest from there. They had many other albums and maintained a decent level of success for so many years while being totally uninspired, so yeah they are overrated. But the first album alone keeps them at a special place for me.
I agree with you that moodiness is tiring. Even Nirvana would switch up the bad moods with joy. As you get older, it's harder to digest all the angst also, because you have real reasons to be angsty and don't need to be reminded of it.
Have you ever listened to Cliff Williams prior band Home? Especially with the late great Clive John (aka Clint Space) only on their first album! Their second album 'Home' is a gem, especially Dreamer!
Shout out to firehose. RIP D. Boon
@danpearce4547 Pedro boys throw down.
nice one.
Double Nickles on the Dime is one of the top 3 double albums in history.
A lot of people think " overated " means stuff I dont like.😂 Never really understood the term myself.
Yeah, that's pretty much what it means. LOL
Think it means doesn't really deserve the huge plaudits!! Like Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and Adele for instance!! Is Ed Sheeran's music really that good that he can sell out 100 nights at Wembley Stadium??
@@user-nd6to2qv7mAgreed Big old foghorn Adele reminds me of big old foghorn tom Jones yuck
Nice one Andy, agree with all of those! Since you quite rightly had Prince in there please add David Bowie in for the next one :)
Another Brilliant Vid .. just shared it to a mate .. best channel I’ve found in the last 3 weeks .. on many topics 😎
Is there a video for underrated bands too?
Porcupine Tree should be on it if there is
@user-nd6to2qv7m my list would be Uriah Heep The Troggs The Monkees ( yes, they had good original music) The Buzzcocks Budgie The Small Faces The Pixes Testament Toots and the May tails 10cc ( they have strong deep cuts)
@@foxsparrow8973Cabaret Voltaire
Rolling Stones during the Mick Taylor years are NOT overrated .
you mean he carried them
@@WELLBRAN Taylor didn't carry them, but he certainly elevated them.
Taylor, Watts, Jones were the only musicians in the band.
@@zootallures6470 Richards riffs? Jaggers charisma?
@@snatchhog While I tend to agree on Richard’s riffs, a real musician doesn’t need charisma. Take John McLauglin, he is just doing his thing: _the music._ Kraftwerk is totally anti-charisma.
I had a similar experience with the Red Hot's in 1985. As a freshman studying percussion performance in Wichita, KS, a classmate demanded all of us drummers go check them out at the Coyote Club. There were about 100 people at the show and we were all completely blown away by the performance.
I appreciate that you have the guts to have this much fun this day and age 🤘 many thanks!
“Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read.” ― Frank Zappa,
Reminds me of that saying, "Critics are just failed artists."
Frank Zappa made so many keen observations. HIs music is garbage though.
@@user-qb1sm3rk9ryou’re out of your gourd of a brain. Speak not of what you know nothing about.
@@user-qb1sm3rk9r it really is.
And Bruce Springsteen did a great job compering "Strictly".
Two things I like about Bruce Springsteen: The River and him playing on Warren Zevon's final album. Prison Grove is a chilling track!!
That's was pretty funny with Brucie, people who were born in the USA and anyway outside of Britain will be thinking, wtf?! Born to Run and Born in the USA are cool albums though
Another very entertaining 👏 video ..i m really enjoying your takes ..even when they are not necessarily kind to some of my favourite bands .. ❤
Indeed. It’s all so very tongue in cheek. People should really try not to get their nickers in a twist. On the other hand, them doing so, is entertaining in itself
@@johannOplease Agreed 👍.. when I was young I d be offended if someone criticised any band I like ..I take it as a personal slight ..but then I grew up , lol 😆
Your Americana rant was awesome.
I don’t much get The RHCP, I’ve tried tho. Maybe I should try again.
As someone else who's repeatedly tried to 'get' RHCP, at some point you just gotta admit - there's probably nothing much to get. They're really not a great band - they just happened to have a sound that managed to possess a few trending-at-the-time attributes, and managed to squeeze a hit or few out of it. However, there's no real depth to their catalog, no musicianship, songwriting or lyricism to marvel, neither a broad selection of "bangers" (appealing hits) nor artistically significant or impressive deep cuts etc.
I personally like Bruce Springsteen (Nils Lofgren fan from wayyy back) although, I just say "like." I always enjoyed the fact that Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" album was conceived of as a parody album (of Bruce) by Todd Rundgren who produced it on his own dime & was shocked when he actually made money from it.
Great guitar riffs by TR on the tiltle track.
U2 -- a GREAT band that decided to write great songs that I don't care to hear starting in the 1990s. They helped define the REAL 1980s. They chose to be political but still managed to write amazing pop songs. And they formed in the late 1970s and never changed the line up I do believe. Similar bands that come to mind are Midnight Oil, INXS, The Church and The Call ... and even Simple Minds, Big Country (one of my all time favs) and Echo & The Bunnymen. But the band that I personally pair them up with due to where I grew up is ... R.E.M. These are all fantastic bands as far as I am concerned, regardless of whether I like a particular song or even album or not -- they did something amazing at some point in their careers, often many amazing things.
Facts! All those bands you mentioned are creators of highly melodic and very distinctive music! Australia, home to Midnight Oil, The Church and INXS has some amazing talent coming from down under! Early U2 was glorious and beautiful music, mysterious and Edge's guitar sonics were heavenly - the man knows a great tone!
Yet another great video! Especially enjoyed the well communicated and explained love directed at Prince and Blur.
Much appreciated!
How about a list of underrated bands; in particular, FISHBONE? Mainly, their first 4 albums. If you dig RHCP, then check out Fishbone. They also have a number of live concert footage from their heyday in the mid- late 80s here on KZhead.
Massively underrated
Porcupine Tree
@@user-nd6to2qv7mOh yeah. More underrated than even Rush.
@@RogueReplicant ,Rush is usually rated very highly, as they should be.
@@user-zt2wc3uh1lMaybe underrated isn't the word. They're not as well known and renowned as other mainstream bands.
Those early U2 albums are so good. You can't stay at that level forever.
Boy is still my favorite U2 album and IMO one of the best debuts in all of rock history. I kinda checked out around Joshua Tree, though Achtung Baby had some moments.
@@shotakuervo duran duran's debut is better than boy.
Andy if you ever do a top 10 most underrated bands. May I suggest a little welsh band called “Budgie”. Sledgehammer riffs every bit as heavy as Sabbath. With some excellent albums throughout the 1970’s. Please check them out if you haven’t already
Once a certain Miles Davis said: "Prince could be the new Duke Ellington". I don't know if he was right, but the Revolution trilogy (Purple rain, Around the world in a day, Parade) were just mind-blowing...
As Brucie would say ´what a wonderful list Andy, so much better than last weeks´.
Glad you enjoyed it
I appreciate your defense of Prince.
Prince is a genius.
Sorry I Don’t Think The Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin or Prince or U2 or Bruce Springsteen Based on Their Career Albums! But I Do Believe Nirvana is!
Totally agreeing about Pearl Jam - apart from "Jeremy" (great song), I haven't really heard anything from Pearl Jam that really switched me on. For me, Alice in Chains stand head-and-shoulders on top of the four great (so-called) grunge bands.
Hey Andy, can we have a vid ranking of the albums of Yoko Ono?
Dab dab traaaaaainñnnn
Yoko was correctly rated.
Maybe he could get an interview with her.
Meridith Monk's Turtle Dreams too.. it's awesome and terrible and ridiculous. It's not really rated by anyone other than old burn out art school commies though.
Loved the Prince comments. I would cut Bruce and U2 some slack. U2 was HUGE for a long time. Literally the biggest band in the world for a time. That is impossible to maintain. You either ACDC things or find a new path. They picked a new path and it pissed people off. Probably the same ones that are pissed at ACDC. Bruce is many levels better than Bon Jovi as a song writer and a performer. A few of his later songs strike me. He isn't over-rated but rather over exposed maybe for what his songs mean. I don't listen to any of these anymore. Cheers.
You know your stuff, man. Congratulations on a true great video. Keep up the good work!!!
Great video Andy. Comparing Bruce to Bon Jovi wow! I had a long running argument with a friend that The Smiths were better than Bon Jovi. What do you think? The best concert I ever saw was Bruce live at Roundhay Park Leeds. Live better than studio definitely. Keep the podcasts coming, cheers.
I could listen to Andy's passionate rants all day, every day.
That makes two of us.
Your take on Prince... thank you.
Yes PRINCE was a juggernaut. Along similar lines, TODD RUNDGREN was sooo underrated!!!
I have had the exact same experience with Tool as you did. Thought I d get one album, cause everybody was constantly referencing them, got Lateralus, and it did nothing for me neither.
Pro tip; don’t have those ring lights directly facing you, place them to the side at a slight angle so we don’t feel as though we are staring at a car with its high beams on.
Maybe it was a a little nod to the, not in any particular order, number one act.
Why do so many presenters not know this? So annoying.
Noooo. The Stones can’t be on the list. Plus I would argue .. they’d be less “overrated” if they came from Kidderminster which is closer to Brian’s home town of Cheltenham. Nicely done in your response.
what do yo think about suede
Su who?
damn i do like some stones , and woah straight up were doing a black face mock up, cray and the lady having a mis carry after her rec. session. didnt know those things, lots of darkness follows that band. great vlog. good sir.
The defenses of Prince and AC/DC here astoundingly great.
AC/DC?? How can anybody like band with a name that sounds like a sexual preference?? Back In Black has a cool riff though!!
@@user-nd6to2qv7m If you're that stunted by a name that you misinterpret, I think you might be the problem.
Agreed But I still can't Get into the Majority of His Material and feel His Albums Have Loads of Filler and Wish He Played more Guitar on his Albums .
acdc were good with bon Scott after that there were good songs but bad songs too
acdc were good with bon Scott after that there were good songs but bad songs too
The thing with music is that it's so subjective. One man's pleasure is another man's pain.
You're right, of course. But it goes beyond that. Musical taste is also subject to normal shifts in mood...within a single individual.
"One man's fish is another man's poisson."
@@Simon.the.Likeable And I've tried soup de poisson and it's bloody horrible! The stupid guy I was with in Paris, who told me he could speak French in an attempt to impress me, said that Soup De Poisson meant soup of the day! YUCK!
@@johnwilliamson3981 True, if you're getting divorced I'm guessing the Face Value album by Phil Collins really resonates!! But then you come back to reality!!
@@user-nd6to2qv7m I think you intended your message for someone else!
Love your rant about Prince
I was watching footage of the Some Girls tour on telly a little while ago and (at 13.50) the same thing occurred to me.
THANK YOU ANDY! Americana 🥶🥶🥶 your description is PERFECT! ❤
Now I like quite a bit of Pearl Jam, well the first two albums … those were enough for me. I like a lot of “Americana” tho. So now I’m confused. 😂
stop liking it, its quite simple.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummeryour problem solving advice is quite something 😆
Can't get past Vedders voice. To me, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains were the royalty of grunge. Pearl Jam and Nirvana.... ehh.
Hey Andy great video and it is nice to get a differnt perspective on music. For Tool I find I like the bass and drums but the guitar and vocals are mid.
Barry over at Classic Album Review did vid on trolls (small T as befits their status) and he mentioned you'd had some hate on your channel.
Anybody who rates Prince definitely wasn't at any of the 3 concerts he did at Wembley Arena in August 1986. I was at the second one, on the third row from the stage, dead centre and it put me off him for life. I was offered hundreds of pounds for my ticket by several different people outside the venue, when hundreds of pounds was a lot of money and my fiancee who attended the gig with me said she'd break up with me if I took the money. The concert was probably the worst one I've ever seen by some distance. Needless to say, after the show during the 200 mile plus journey back home, not a single word was said, though I know she thought, just like I did, WHY DIDN'T WE TAKE THE MONEY.
You need to say why it was so bad...
Just out of curiosity, who are your top 3 bands/ artists? Be honest now
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Wow, Hi Andy, I'm deeply honoured you've replied personally. Thank you for taking the time. Okay, so it wasn't really a very long show, he came on stage late, but the thing that really ruined it for me personally and probably for most of the audience too was that the only song he performed in it's entirety was Purple Rain at the very end. Other than that, it was one verse and a chorus here of one song and one verse and a chorus there of another song and that's the way it played out all evening. He even performed a version of 'How Much Is That Doggie In The Window!' Seriously, he did, very strange! It was all very rushed. At the time, August 1986, Seeing as M.J. was busy doing his Bad album, Prince was arguably the biggest - can I say - pop star, in the world? Purple Rain had happened and Parade was his current album, the single 'Girls And Boys' being released to coincide with the shows. The three shows had certainly been hastily arranged, almost as an after thought. A mere 4 weeks before the three gigs, there was an article in a national tabloid newspaper announcing the shows with the date and time the tickets were going on sale. I'm from the North West of England, had just passed my driving test at the time and drove down to Wembley alone in the early hours to ensure I got tickets, this was my first ever long driving journey. Around the Northampton area I started experiencing extreme driver fatigue and in not knowing the rules, I pulled over on the hard shoulder of the M1 for a sleep. I was awoken by an officer of the law a short time later and was prosecuted for the offence. When I arrived at the Wembley Arena around 4.30am the queue for the box office was already quite long. By the time the box office opened at 10am, the queue was right around the whole arena, such was the demand for tickets. Only 4 tickets per person were allowed to be purchased. This was the first time Prince had come to perform in the UK since he publicly proclaimed he would never play in this country again following the scathing reviews his 'Dirty Mind' concerts received in London (Dominion?) a few years before, so anticipation was off the scale, yet during the concert, you could tell he just didn't want to be there, it was just so apparent. Maybe those bad reviews from a few years before were still on his mind? The house lights went down, there was a huge deafening roar from the crowd, he stated to the audience: "I'm Prince and I've come to play with you!" The title track from Around The World In A Day started up, the curtains opened and for me, it was all down hill from there. Maybe we were unlucky, I know great artists have bad gigs, but boy was he off that night. All in all, just a massive anti climax, I just didn't feel it and I know I wasn't alone. After that, I didn't bother following him anymore.
@@goodknight37 Can't speak for Mr Edwards Esq. but for me personally it would be Pink Floyd, The Doors and Marvin Gaye
I honestly can’t imagine that. I saw him live once, and he was astonishingly good.
You are so right about most every band you name. But I had to catch up on the bloke who so got it so wrong about Pink Floyd. Yes I have a bias and love them, but beyond that, its ludicrous saying they are "overrated". Basing your rating on how long they took to find their mature sound is just weird. Every good band started out sounding more naive when they were starting. The Beatles included Yes also sounded quite elementary on their first albums. The fact that Pink Floyd had 3 great full albums should be enough. The fact that they are so unique in their creativity should also hold weight. they didn't even borrow any sound like Led Zep did with blues. It was totally their own creation. I agree btw about The Wall. But the DSOTM, WYWH, and A albums were masterpieces. Then include many songs that stand on their own from other albums. Comfortably Numb (The Wall), or Echos from Meddle. And others from other albums They simply were and still are (which is a clue) a great band. Not over rated or under rated. In fact they never got their due when they were in their prime so any praise now is catching up.
Actually, 5 great albums. 3 great albums isn't enough. Most bands can do that.
Floyd got there due via being aristocratically wealthy from Dark Side being a top seller for decades. What kind of accolades did they need that they haven't gotten? The only people who notice Floyd gets heaps of praise that maybe is too much are from folks that like the other Prog of that era.
Oh, I heard U2 play in SF on Joshua Tree. Their early albums up through Achtung Baby were fantastic. They should have retired after Zooropa.
Americana rant was nothing short of epic!
Led Zeppelin didn't give credits to the old days Blues musicians? So what - did Elmore James give credits to Robert Johnson for the Dust-My-Broom-Riff? Ripping off tunes was absolutely familiar in Blues music. at any times.
Zeppelin made hundreds of millions though.
@@hansolo9585 yeah because all Zeppelin have are a handful of Willie Dixon blues tunes.
Not to mention Zep can't be overrated....because they're #1. They can only be underrated.
@@jimmycampbell78 Their first record sold over 10 million copies
To be fair, Zeppelin also nicked things from artists who were essentially contemporaries of theirs, like Jake Holmes, Burt Jansch, and Moby Grape. But on the whole, I think the Zeppelin plagiarism thing is a little overblown. Plant & Page wrote a bunch of great originals, too.
THIS CHANNEL (in the nicest way possible...): "Music critics don't review music, they review themselves." - Robert Fripp.
Bob with a pithy "I know you are, but what am I?". hah.
Which reminds me of another saying- "Critics are just failed artists."
That Bruce picture made me laugh out loud. Well played sir !
Yeah like the Jocky Wilson picture when Dexy's were on totp doing Jackie Wilson said!! Classic!!
Have you ever had a band where everything adds up to something you’d absolutely love and then the vocals kick in and you go “awww man. Now it’s ruined” . I hate that I’m so sensitive to the singing cuz I know I’d dig much more stuff!
"I want to be overrated" - QR Metal Health ... it really says you've made it, they don't criticize nobodies.
For some reason, I heard the Ramones singing that quote.
Bingo! Absolutely! A musician's goal should be to become overrated.
Zeppelin are not overrated. They were not well received by certain critics. But they are quite obviously one of the 5 greatest rock bands ever.
Indeed
So who are your other 4?
@@doscwolny2221 I don't know about him but I agree with him on LZ, and my own other four greatest rock bands would be Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Rush, and The Who. If we say 'metal', I would say my top 5 are Judas Priest, Van Halen, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Opeth. 'Prog'- Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, ELP. I'm cheating a little to name 15 bands rather than 5 but in many cases its like comparing apples to oranges so I had to. An honorary mention to AC/DC, I think they are a little one dimensional to be in the top 5 rock bands but what a one dimension it is.
@@jimmycampbell78Gotta agree with you. I'm 60 and only switched on to the majesty of AC/DC recently. "shoot to thrill" and "if you want blood " were played to me on a great vinyl rig at "palpable" levels. I'd not really listened before and thought they were a joke band. Could have cried realising what I'd missed and knowing I'd never get to see them live in all their pomp. This damned hobby 😂😂
@thevampyre2598 on what planet are Van Halen metal? They're complete butt rock and they suck.
All those needed to be said, thank you
I saw prince in the early 80s in a small venue and he was great!
Andy, I had the same reaction to Tool as you, until the latest album Fear Inoculum, which blew me away. I can't believe how much I love Pneuma. Amazing riffs. Speaking of the English aesthetic, I am surprised to hear you slag off Radiohead as 'moody.' I love the English melancholia explored in Pink Floyd, Mervyn Peake, Genesis, Zeppelin, Crimson, etc.
Yes who cares if Radiohead are moody, they write incredible songs and are the Beatles of today, combining innovation with great melodies and riffs.
@@morrisseywilde6233 To quote Silvio in the Sopranos, "A lot of the top guys had dark sides. Napoleon, he was a moody fuck."
The songs Aenimea and forty six and 2 are both 10/10s
If you want "moody" try joy division talk talk ( laughing stock spirit of eden )cabaret Voltaire( early stuff 77-84l) and early stranglers
@@morrisseywilde6233 Radiohead are dull and Thom Yorks whiney/cry singing is why there's T clinics popping up everywhere (maybe- lol). They're The Beatles though? Hah.. yeah.. I don't think so.
Thank you Andy for your Prince love, an in depth analysis of his early work would be wonderful
I agree, Make a Prince top 5
That “Americana” rant was goddamn EPIC 😂
Check out Fil at Wings of Pegasys, and his review of that Prince guitar solo, on Play that Funky Music. That’s all you need to know. For more, watch the video of Prince’s Gently Weeps solo, during the George Harrison concert.
For most people it seems calling a band overrated is just a way of saying “I’m sick of hearing about them”.
23:19 - I literally said that right before you did. Not a fan on AC/DC, But appreciate them for what they are.
Personally, I think that there are no overrated albums and even if some bands make such an impression, it is only because there are underrated bands. So what about underrated bands?
It's so wrong but, I knew AC⚡DC was going to be on this list. AC⚡DC is rock.
What I have learned from this channel, there is not a band thats ever existed that someone could not make an argumet for as best, worst or over-rated. And perhaps convincingly.
What a great point!
Nobody could convince me that scorpions kiss or UFO were anything other than average when compared against contemporaries. Do get your point though
Agreed. You can take literally any act in the history of music, including the Beatles, Dylan, and Zeppelin, and you can find millions of people across the world who think they suck. Music really is all subjective.
Andy keep on keeping on. People need to learn to lighten up and not get so personal over your video. I have to agree with you about The Stones, Led Zepellin, Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, AC/DC, etc, great bands. The best ones on here that people came up with are Pearl Jam and Oasis. I had that take on them back then in the 90s that they were overrated although not terrible.
I was surprised to see Led Zeppelin named by people, or perhaps not. Although it's a bias and prejudice that we all have with anyone we call 'overrated', I don't think we own or will have listened to a massive amount of anyone that we give that tag. But I suspect anyone who calls Led Zeppelin overrated will have only heard a handful of songs. They'll know Stairway to Heaven obviously, and surely Kashmir, Whole Lotta Love, maybe Black Dog and Rock and Roll, and base the 'overrated' opinion off that. I doubt anyone calling Zeppelin overrated will have actually listened to or own a full album. It's difficult to imagine that, but there's no accounting for people's tastes.
Went to see Mercury Rev once. They spent the first fifteen minutes yelling at each other (OK, they managed a couple of songs in that time, but a LOT of yelling, never found out what about). I cut my losses and went home. Didn't mind Deserters' Songs, to be fair, but stuff that for a game o' soldiers!
There were more Mercury Rev stickers on lampposts, etc. in downtown Manhattan in the late 90s than there were wads of gum on the sidewalk. Never seen a band more shamelessly self-promoting.
@@apchsiri1156 Maybe they had a 'street team' or whatever they call it by then! There'd been a lot of fuss about them in the music weeklies in the UK in the early 90s. Paid my money and got a stand-up row from 'em. I think that singer left shortly after and they reconfigured.
Andy, what do you think of Americana?