AVFC_Hitz Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Manic Street Preachers Get out! They were gash! They had some truely great songs that just never got the air time. 'Out of Time' 'Let Robeson Sing' and 'We're all Bourgeois Now' stand out for me. 'If you tolerate this...' was a great tune aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Nirvana for me. One big hit that the average man on the street would recognise. Not sure how Oasis got so many votes, yes, the Gallagher brothers a couple of tossers but still they've made literally dozens of great songs. Even songs like She's Electric, Morning Glory and Champagne Supernova are household classics that weren't even released as singles. They've a back catalogue of B-sides that are better than many bands 'A' sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 28, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2011 Radiohead. Few good songs, but mostly whiny bollocks, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Radiohead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Has to be QUEEN but from your list then Coldplay dull tedious music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 28, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2011 Great minds, Wiggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 28, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2011 Nirvana and Pearl Jam were both massive disappointments to me. In each case I heard one song on the radio (Teen Spirit, and I forget what the PJ one was now) and loved them. Bought the albums, and discovered that in each case the single was the only decent track amid a sea of dullness. Got rid of both of them. Oasis are a bit like The Ramones - one song played very slightly differently over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 +1 for Radiohead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Great minds, Wiggy. Indeed they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 28, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2011 I really like Nirvana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 28, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2011 I'd also nominate "The Killers" They had one good album, but everything since then, and I include Brandon Flowers' solo stuff, is completely shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Nirvana and Pearl Jam were both massive disappointments to me. In each case I heard one song on the radio Nirvana I just didn't see the appeal then one day i heard the unplugged album being paid on the radio and it converted me , some real raw emotion in the vocal , not heard a singer with that raw anger since Lennon yeah they have a few songs that i still skip but on the whole they deserve the adulation they receive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 28, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2011 I suspect that even the very best bands only have one or two good albums in them. So almost by definition, any act that becomes mega-massive for a number of years is probably overrated. Certainly true of the Stones, who haven't done a really good album since 1972, but still keep going. I don't blame them for doing that, but even as a big fan of their best work, I cannot imagine why anybody in their right minds would want to buy dross like "Emotional Rescue" or "Bridges to Babylon". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 28, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2011 Nirvana and Pearl Jam were both massive disappointments to me. In each case I heard one song on the radio Nirvana I just didn't see the appeal then one day i heard the unplugged album being paid on the radio and it converted me , some real raw emotion in the vocal , not heard a singer with that raw anger since Lennon yeah they have a few songs that i still skip but on the whole they deserve the adulation they receive essentially how I see it. I dipped in and out of them at first (and i'm young(er) so i wasn't into music when they were actually recording and performing, so this was all afterwards). But once I actually bought a couple of albums, including that unplugged one, I really got into them. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Certainly true of the Stones, who haven't done a really good album since 1972 The only track i really really like is 'Gimme Shelter'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 The only track i really really like is 'Gimme Shelter'. you might like this if you've not seen it before ... http://tinyurl.com/32zucnr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 28, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2011 The only track i really really like is 'Gimme Shelter'. you might like this if you've not seen it before ... http://tinyurl.com/32zucnrOh I love that site. Wasted a lot of time very enjoyably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 The only track i really really like is 'Gimme Shelter'. you might like this if you've not seen it before ... http://tinyurl.com/32zucnr Cheers Tony, i will have a listen when i get home tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Manic Street Preachers Get out!They were gash! They had some truely great songs that just never got the air time. 'Out of Time' 'Let Robeson Sing' and 'We're all Bourgeois Now' stand out for me. 'If you tolerate this...' was a great tune aswell. Everything that is wrong with the Manics is summed up in this post. Their first four albums were **** great, but they should have split (or at least changed their name) after Everything Must Go because they simply weren't the same band as a three piece. It's difficult to explain because he contributed so little musically, but the Manic Street Preachers were undoubtedly Richey's band and when he disappeared they changed to the point where you can ignore everything they released after 1996. Let Robeson Sing is a great tune, but it really is the only one that is a patch on the stuff they put out on the first four albums. Motown Junk You Love Us Motorcycle Emptiness Love's Sweet Exile Little Baby Nothing From Despair to Where La Tristesse Durera (scream to a sigh) Life Becoming a Landslide Roses in the Hospita Everything from The Holy Bible & Everything Must Go which are both masterpieces for very different reasons. Everything Must Go is just a perfect end of an era record, and its the best record about loss and moving on I have ever heard. I guess the key lyrics about the two eras come from the last record touched by Richey and the first record that wasnt. Probably the same message in both cases, but still: Everything Must Go: Freed from the memory Escape from our history, history And I just hope that you can forgive us But everything must go And if you need an explanation Then everything must go I look to the future it makes me cry But it seems too real to tell you why Freed from the century With nothing but memory, memory And I just hope that you can forgive us But everything must go The Everlasting: (track 1 on TiMTTMY for a reason) Oh you're old I hear you say It doesn't mean that I don't care I don't believe in it anymore Pathetic acts for a worthless cause In the beginning when we were winning When our smiles were genuine It's clearly a message about their back catalogue and how they just cant continue doing what they did, but its really cool that they are songs for the fans, and almost break up records I guess. Postcards from a Young Man visits the same themes and is well worth a listen I think. The Manics were awesome. Were awesome. They should have changed their name after Everything Must Go though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Motown Junk can hear The Skids influence in that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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