Stars you feel are overrated

[rich p]

Well, if we're talking reggae, Nora Dean's Barbed Wire in his Underpants is severely under-rated!

http://banalevita.livejournal.com/97301.html

 

[Glow worm]

Simply Red

Level 42

 

[Rhythm Thief]

But I'd put Lee 'Scratch' Perry ahead of anyone on the reggae field.

Oh, yes. I'd forgotten about him. Class.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Simply Red

Level 42

Does anyone rate them at all? Surely not!

 

[slowmotion]

Peter Tosh was way better than Bob Marley, IMVHO, but I think that I never really got the point of the whole musical genre. I probably didn't have access to enough ganga at the time.

 

[mangaman]

Nice one, I like that. But I'd put Lee 'Scratch' Perry ahead of anyone on the reggae field. In fact, in front of anyone in ANY field. There aren't enough trees in the whole world that could be pulped to produce enough paper to give righteous credit to that man.

Good call - probably the coolest guy in history.

A bit bonkers mind. But responsible for great stuff like this

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSuUOtj4mSU


although it only really sounds great with a huge sound system with the base cranked up and a massive spliff

 

[PaulB]

Good call - probably the coolest guy in history.

A bit bonkers mind. But responsible for great stuff like this

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSuUOtj4mSU


although it only really sounds great with a huge sound system with the base cranked up and a massive spliff

Funnily enough, when we went to see him in about 2007 at the Liverpool Academy, we walked out stoned and yet we hadn't deliberately partaken, simply because the majority in there were exhaling de weed

 

[Fnaar]

Moving away form the reggae vibe, "comedian" Russell Howard... I just don't find him funny. I find him anoying, and want to stamp on his toes when I hear him talk.

 

[totallyfixed]

Lloyd Grossman, the name says it all, his voice is akin to nails down a blackboard.

 

[tyred]

Joe Pasquale (sp?). Not only is he not funny but the sound of his voice is extremely irritating.

 

[KEEF]

Ross Noble. Comedian?????????????

 

[oliglynn]

Alan Carr .... All mince, no meat.

 

[Funtboy]

The Beatles

One of the greatest pop bands ever!

 

[Funtboy]

The Smiths

I'm leaving this thread right this minute.

 

[Over The Hill]

One of the greatest pop bands ever!

OK they are, but the world seems to treat them as gods and they get put in a seperate league to any other sixties group.

Their records get played far too much and really I think most people are fed up with all their records. I really cannot think of one Beatles record I would really like to listen to right now.

They were brilliant at re-inventing themselves and started that trend but really their music is all rather tired now 40 years on.

However you could listen to loads of 60s music (Kinks, Dusty Springfield etc) and discover more to it and be pleased to hear it.