Most over rated "classics"

[Dexter Rutecki]

I've heard some live Robert Plant singing, even from the 70's, that makes me feel bad for him it's so awful. In the studio they always got him to sound pretty good, though.
If you think Page and Plant had any better understanding of music than about 500 guys who play in NYC every single night, you're just not listening to a whole lot of music. I bet most of the kids who go to Berklee understand music as well as those guys did.
But to quote a music professor of mine (eleven years ago??), "Not that there's anything wrong with Led Zeppelin."

[The Reverend Floater]

I've heard some live Robert Plant singing, even from the 70's, that makes me feel bad for him it's so awful. In the studio they always got him to sound pretty good, though.
If you think Page and Plant had any better understanding of music than about 500 guys who play in NYC every single night, you're just not listening to a whole lot of music. I bet most of the kids who go to Berklee understand music as well as those guys did.
But to quote a music professor of mine (eleven years ago??), "Not that there's anything wrong with Led Zeppelin."

I'm not sure "understanding of music" has a whole lot of relevance here. While there may or may not be 500 guys in NYC playing every single night who better understand music theory, compostion and the like, they're still not writing and performing in the manner that Zep did. On top of this, if you think Page and Plant wrote the majority of Zep's music, you clearly don't understand Led Zeppelin. John Paul Jones was as much or more of a factor in the writing of their music than the other two. Finally, tell your 500 or so friends to dominate any genre of music in tight leather pants and then talk to me.

[Dexter Rutecki]

I'm not sure "understanding of music" has a whole lot of relevance here. While there may or may not be 500 guys in NYC playing every single night who better understand music theory, compostion and the like, they're still not writing and performing in the manner that Zep did.

I'm not sure what 'understanding of music' means exactly myself, but that's how Freshie put it. Agreed that most of them aren't doing anything like what Zep did, but I would say that a lot of them are producing music that's just as worthy for whoever wants to listen to it.

On top of this, if you think Page and Plant wrote the majority of Zep's music, you clearly don't understand Led Zeppelin. John Paul Jones was as much or more of a factor in the writing of their music than the other two. Finally, tell your 500 or so friends to dominate any genre of music in tight leather pants and then talk to me.

Hey, some of those guys are actually wearing dresses when they perform (one of 'em that I can think of, anyway).
I'm not sure about how well I understand Led Zep, but I do include the band as a whole in composing the songs (that weren't covers), even if songwriting credits say otherwise.

[tuffy109]

get off the sidetrack already

[Dexter Rutecki]

get off the sidetrack already

It's a conspiracy to bore you.

[tuffy109]

i stop reading your posts at "De"

[Dexter Rutecki]

Ha, ha...twice as far as I get with you, t.

[FNG]

The Vines...totally over-rated.

[Plakespear]

Yeah, but nobody is calling the Vines "classic" More like flavor of the month.

[tuffy109]

classics are songs, not bands

[FNG]

Did I miss something or were you not just arguing with Dex over Led Zep being over rated?

[powpig]

Anything by U2.

Thank You!
U2 is at the top of my overrated list!

"Everybody stand around and gape in awe as I strain one Eno-esque chord out of my guitar and call it an album".
Henry Rollins, talking about The Edge of U2.

Followed closely by The Grateful Dead

[Dexter Rutecki]

Definitely "Light My Fire" by The Doors.