The 5 Most Overrated Male Musicians

http://pjmedia.com ^ | April 30, 2013 | KATHY SHAIDLE

[equaviator]

Say-ah, man?..why don't you give "Meddle" a listen or ten? I think you'll like it LOUD! Real loud. Check out "Fearless" and "Echoes" and then you tell me!

[A Cyrenian]

I think you can add Jimmy Hendrix to that 5 as well.

As well as The Beatles.

They may be good but WAY overrated.

[rigelkentaurus]

so many bad musicians, so little space. We’d need to narrow it down to a specific era just to keep the discussion focused!

Springsteen - yuk, didn’t even know it was music, I always thought it was random electronic feedback; and a bad person

Marley - never heard of him

Wonder - never liked him either, especially considering the awesome groups that were good choices in that time period.

from the ~1978 period - Linda Ronstadt, jackson browne

Really, really bad - Richard Harris (Macarthur Park), Melanie (Brand new key) - I could list hundreds of horrid musicians and songs that make one want to rip the stereo right out of the car and throw it out the window and be done with it.

[Col Frank Slade]

I agree that Springsteen and the Doors belong on this list. Doors music is obnoxious, like their frontman Morrison.

Springsteen grossly overrated, his singing sucks, although the rest of his band are good without his screeching.

Zappa, a genius. Remember he butted heads with Tipper Gore in the 80s over warning labels on CD’s.

Pink Floyd individual members better than the whole.

The Who, watch their performance at the 911 concert and tell me they suck. Even the 121212 concert at 68 years old they blew the roof off.

[Snickering Hound]

Then there is Gordon Sumner, who insists even his own mother must call him Sting. If it wasn't for Stewart Copeland, no one would have ever heard of him.

[dfwgator]

Reverse list of writer/musicians ? Zappa would be near to No.1 . Clever, funny,inventive and a fine guitar player to boot.

Andy Partridge of XTC is criminally underrated.

[chris37]

As much as I hate Bono and the Edge, Bad is one of the finest songs I’ve ever heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfA2qBIJrYg

[Fiji Hill]

Zappa was the greatest rock 'n roll bandleader / guitar virtuoso ever. Period.

This is my favorite recording by his band. It was waxed under a pseudonym at a studio in Cucamonga, which was at the time a wide spot along Rte. 66 in San Bernardino County, Calif.

The World's Greatest Sinner--Baby Ray & the Ferns (1963)

[fatnotlazy]

Springsteen does play guitar. Maybe not the best, but he does play.

I liked Springsteen but only with the E Street Band. And now that Clarence Clemons has passed, I doubt I’ll be seeing the band anymore. His sax playing was the best. Just isn’t the same without him.

[dfwgator]

Then there is Gordon Sumner, who insists even his own mother must call him Sting. If it wasn't for Stewart Copeland, no one would have ever heard of him.

“He called himself a verb, present tense. He’s not Stung. He’s not Stinging. He’s Sting......"

"Allo Gordo."

"Uh, I'd prefer that you call me 'Sting' from now on."

"Sting? You've gone off your bleedin' rocker, you 'ave." -Dana Carvey

[Joe 6-pack]

In less than three minutes, this comedian exposes just how formulaic, trite and mindless Springsteen’s music is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1swNxMzAgQ0

[Vermont Lt]

Meatloaf? Eddie Money? Is anyone really suggesting that they were “rated” at all, let alone overrated. If you are having a conversation about overrated at a bar and someone said, “Meatloaf kind of sucked”, everyone would just nod.

[left that other site]

Yes...there was an old adage that if you knew three chords you could become a rock star.

Many of the Doors songs contain only TWO.

And more often than not, it’s the minor to its major four chord. (Break on Through, Light My Fire, Riders of the storm, etc etc)

I know because when i teach guitar and the ultra beginner student only knows two chords, those are the songs we play! (I get to rock on the bass though)

I LOVED Zappa back in the day. Saw him live many times at a hippie nightclub called (Are You Ready???) “THE TEA PARTY!!!!” LOLOL!

I loved the Doors back then, but I was 14 at the time and only knew two chords. hahahaha

[Hot Tabasco]

Pink Floyd didn't write bubblegum music, they wrote stories...Fans of bubblegum wouldn't understand that.

Like them or not, The Doors were the top of cutting age music during the era of psychedelica.

If you want true over hype and irrelevancy, start with John Lennon and Ringo Starr.

And while we're at it, lets add Elton John. He's never produced anything noteworthy on his own since his primary song writer Bernie Taupin left...........

[plain talk]

Zappa was a musical genius. Check out Steve Vai’s youtube where he describes his audition with Zappa if you haven’t seen it. Zappa was a ridiculous taskmaster

Better when he kept his mouth shut (shut up and play your guitar). He hated Christians. In one concert he wasted a bunch of time on a anti-Christian rant that really pissed me off.

[vetvetdoug]

Nobody ever mentions the Kingston Trio. They had great harmony and recorded most of their albums without any electronic manipulations. They were songwriters and performers and are credited with the first Grammy for Country Music with Tom Dooley . They recorded Hawaiian melodies and introduced many songs that were later to become standards for other singers and bands. Not only did the arrive and introduce a complete genre of music to the public, they continued long after folk music was passe. They still hold the record for the most albums in the top positions for the longest time.

[nickcarraway]

ain’t nobody

No, that song was by Chaka Khan.

[Gene Eric]

Waters is one of the best composers/writers in the realm of rock. He’s still a political idiot.

[Darren McCarty]

Hard to believe that the same band had Tom Johnston and Michael McDonald as singers (at different periods).