[South40]

Prince.

He was one of the opening acts for the Stones in 1980 at the LA Coliseum and he was, literally, booed off the stage. I think I booed the loudest.

[a fool in paradise]

I think that it's rather telling that apart from U2, Nirvana, Bruuuce, and maybe Led Zeppelin, none of the artists listed on this thread have had an album in the top 40 in the past 30 years.

Does this mean that no one who's come along since 1984 is overrated? Or are there just so many overrated nu-acts that it is impossible to list them all? Or are FReepers just being overly focused on the music they heard growing up and being completely out of touch with all of the overrated drek that has come out ever since that day?

I'd stake just about any band that ever won a Grammy as being far overrated in comparison to other acts that released albums in those years.

And just to stoke the fire, Winchester Cathedral won out for Grammy over the Beatles’ Yesterday. People may not like the Beatles but I haven't found anyone to hold up that bit of vo-di-oh-do music as great songwriting.