Carl's vocals are nice in it, but the song is SO boring and the production too MOR.

I think he means "All I Want to DO", the song off 20/20.

matt-zeus...glad to see I'm not the only one who feels that way. ALthough...

I HATE Winds of Change. I almost expect Al to start singing about Miss Piggy and how it's not easy being green. :

I like LA Light, but Full Sail and Going South are ass-tastic. Also, I hate the version of Shortening Bread used; there was a much better one done on the Adult Child boot.

Yeah, I did. That is what is so confusing. Even more so is the fact that I was signed on at home, clicked on a thread, and it showed I wasn't logged in. Everytime after that I got an error message.

Grrr...Once again now I can't get on at home. I'm REALLY getting frustrated.

And yet now I'm signed on at home.


Weird.

Still Cruisin (the song) is pretty awful. Not so much the song, but the production is just...I dunno...for lack of a better word, "plastic". It just sounds brittle. I also hated "In the Back of My Mind" , but many seem to love it. "Oh Darlin" sucks too, but I actually like the early version with Brian's lead.

My choice though would have to be "Endless Harmony". Bruce's vocals are pretty sickening, esp. that WTF-type of falsetto. Also, there is a weird sound to the vocals, like the tape was slipping.

Also, I cannot change my avatar! I went to the profile options, and there's no option there!
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scratch that...I just had to change themes...

I still can't login from my home computer...

Been listening to "Philosophy of the World" lately. I know this is supposed to be awful, and it is, but for some odd reason I actually like it.

Please tell me I'm not the only one.

Of course, I also am a fan of Daniel Johnston...

Yeah...I'm here at work killing time. No manager until after lunch (which is in 10 minutes), so I'm jackin around on the net, and you'd best believe my eyes about bugged out when I saw that. Ken Barnes *is* pretty good for a critic (far better than Elysa Gardner-I think that's her name- I always end up mad as hell after reading her reviews).

I like his track suggestion, too, although I'd have to throw in Love Surrounds Me and Little Bird.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/

Make It Good, The Beach Boys: Like, for example, this symphonic evocation of Dennis’ despair, so fragile it disperses as soon as you hear it. It was a toss-up between this and his other Carl & the Passions -- So Tough track, the gorgeous Cuddle Up, but this one sounded moodier. In all the (richly deserved) hoopla about Brian Wilson, Dennis gets short shrift, but you could compile yourself a stunning virtual mini-album with these two tracks; Forever and Got to Know the Woman from Sunflower; the Dennis Wilson & Rumbo single Sound of Free (might have to do some digging in the dark side of the internet for that one); the Carl Wilson-penned, Dennis-sung Angel Come Home from the L.A. album; and maybe even the Charles Manson-penned, Dennis-adapted Never Learn Not to Love from 20/20.

Kinda odd to see a rather obscure song getting props from Usa Today, but cool nonetheless.

What did it say?

I am too.

Trying to get a 06 VW Rabbit.

See, maybe its due to me growing up in the 80s, but I never "got" the Beatles. My first exposure to them was the 20 Greats, or something with that title. It had 20 songs on it.  I was about 10. I thought it was "pleasant", but that's about it. At that point, I didn't research groups, so I only knew stuff from my dad or the radio. About a year later, when I first began writing music, I started researching all the artists I'd heard (sadly, this was pre-internet). After reading that the Beatles were "perfect" and "the best", I was intensely disappointed. It was pleasant enough, not bad, but not for the hype. Jaded, I lumped in everyone of the critics picks and shunned guys like Dylan, Costello, ect. And upon learning of the Stones' claiming themselves to be the greatest, I hated them without even listening, esp. on them being around since the time of Christ. Yet, years later, I heard and really liked "She's a Rainbow", and was shocked to find out who it was. I bought 40 Licks, and honest to good loved every track, even the 2002 stuff. Now I have a bunch of stuff (legit and otherwise), and although I prefer the Jones-and first part of Taylor's-era, I like pretty much everything.

My point is, I had actually underrated the Stones, just because of their reputation/hype. But listening to their music AS music, I "got" them. Doing the same with the Beatles proved less successful.

Live 8 CG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTpWdGaVg5k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCvikD9u4YY

H&V

You're reading my mind, dude. In all fairness to Martin, though, he did produce Jeff Beck's classic Blow by Blow.

To me, though, that's what makes them cool. They're nerd junkies, when you think about it.

I'm of the school that believes that the Beach Boys were tons better than the Beatles, who I do feel are overrated. Honestly, them breaking up when they did was perfect, as if they would've continued they would've declined worse than the Beach Boys did IMHO. Already they were starting to, looking at their post-Pepper output. Or, if I'm being frank, their post-Revolver output.

 

Gotta disagree about Radiohead...love them.

Any of Steve Winwood's bands, like Traffic, Blind Faith, etc.

Yes!Now I don't feel so bad. I agree totally.


Mmmm...can someone please tell me just why Beyonce has a career? She really cannot sing ( I honestly think Kelly Rowland had the best voice in Destiny's Child). She has a strong voice, but no idea on how to use it. She goes all over the place, and I HATE those runs she does. Joss Stone IMHO is tons better.

I do like Weezer, but they have a nasty habit of releasing EPs and calling them albums. A CD in this day and age should be longer than 25 minutes, I'm sorry. Meh. I do like the music, but they're one group where I actually support just downloading the songs and burning a cd.

Anyway...am I really the only person in the US who doesn't understand the love for Bruce Springsteen?

Cosmic...Zappa's a guy you either love or hate. No middleground at all.

We all have times where certain musicians are constantly praised by critics (or maybe just friends), and then we finally take it listen and...we hate it. No matter how much you try,you just can't get into this certain release that just got a ***** rating from Rolling Stone.

So, how about it? Who are your overrated artists and/or albums?

(I have a feeling this topic's already been done, but it must've been a while ago because I can't find it).

Dresden Dolls ARE pretty great. One band too I like is the Scissor Sisters. Saw their Live 8 performance last year and got into them then. Now I'm a fan. I love off-beat bands (hell, I'm in one!), and they certainly are a bit left-of-center.

Surfergirl...I agree about Nelly Furtado, although I do admittedly like her newest release. However, her first two albums were excellent. I miss her vocal stylings off the first album, as she now uses a more mainstream style of singing.

You know who else I really like? Vanessa Carlton. Yes, the "A Thousand Miles" girl. It's a shame that she's best known for that song. It's good, but nowhere NEAR the rest of her material, esp. off her second album. She kinda sounds like a female Todd Rundgren, if that makes any sense, and her piano playing is excellent.