What do you think of the following singers/ musicians/ bands?

[Bossy Monkey]

Do me the favor of responding to each name below with your reaction as expressed in percentages in the subject line, eg Like (or Plus, or Good, or something positive) 60%; Dislike (Minus, Bad, something negative) 40%. I'm probably going to get banned for crossing the spamming filter for making multiple posts in a very short period, so feel free to add more musical artists by responding to this here original post with their names in the subject lines. Ok? Go!

[Bossy Monkey]

1. Neil Young

[LibraLiz1973]

2. 90% positive.

He's cool. His music is cool.


End message

[Bossy Monkey]

3. Like 80%; Dislike 20%

And that's speaking as somebody who doesn't think he can sing!:D

[dudoll]

4. 20%

Not my kind of music...

[Liberal_Andy]

17. 100%

[swag]

38. 90 - great songwriter - at best, brilliant. at worst, forgivable.

[peekaloo]

53. 98% positive

great songwriter whose missteps are much more interesting than the majority of airwave space wasters.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

56. 85

[Ramsey]

64. 10% like; 90% dislike

Really can't sing, has a few good songs, started a riot at the only concert of his I ever attended

[ghostsofgiants]

81. 87% like

[mitchum]

117. 90% of his work 25% for the man (often a self-serving prick) 100%...

FOR HIS AMPLIFIER

[Djinn]

134. 90% positive

cool guy but a smidge too much warlby-folk for me

[Magrittes Pipe]

144. Plus good

[Heidi]

178. 95 percent positive. (nt)

[last_texas_dem]

194. 85

With so much work, he's got a lot of stuff that doesn't do a lot for me, but his good stuff is so good it helps to make up for some of the filler. I definitely understand why some people become obsessed fans of this guy.

[Burma Jones]

199. 80% Like - 20% Dislike

He can get whiny

[mr blur]

201. Plus 90%

[khashka]

215. 90% good

Harvest is one of the all time perfect albums. Live Rust is brilliant.

However, he's capable of being just truely terrible. I've got a copy of American Stars And Bars that I still can't figure out why I don't throw it on the fire rather than actually pay for firewood. I guess it just wouldn't even burn that well...

That said, when the man's good, he's REALLY good.

[samplegirl]

216. 100%

Legand

[halobeam]

231. 90% positive

[bigwillq]

248. 70% positive, 30%negative

[mvd]

282. 90% like, 10% dislike

I haven't liked some of his recent stuff much.

[maveric]

302. 100%

A prolific songwriter and a decent guitarist. He's been at if for 40 years now.
Arguably the father of "Grunge".

[Zuni]

316. so/so

[LibraLiz1973]

5. The Go Go's

[Bossy Monkey]

9. Ranges wildly from about 50-50 up to 90% like

When I like them, I really crazy mad like them, but they put out some seriously crappy stuff. I guess I'd average it out around 70% like.

[dudoll]

11. 40% Okay

Some songs are good

[swag]

39. 70 - perfect for their time, and still happy-making.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

55. 60

[Ramsey]

66. 10% like; 90% just lame

They had a couple of fun songs that remind me of my wild youth, so they get a small remembrance for that, but mostly not a great band and not great songs. Brenda Carlyle majorly annoys me!!

[Magrittes Pipe]

145. Plus good

[kerrywins]

176. 10%...ok at best...very very few good songs...

[Heidi]

180. 35 percent positive. (nt)

[last_texas_dem]

196. 50 or so

Alternately catchy and grating. (In my book, the Bangles definitely beat them in a "battle of the bands.")

[Burma Jones]

200. 50% like - 50% dislike

I like them, but if they never existed I wouldn't miss them

[mr blur]

202. Indifferent

[samplegirl]

217. Id give them like a 30 percent

Fad music

[halobeam]

232. 50%

[bigwillq]

249. I love them! 98% good!

2%--no one deserves 100%!

[mvd]

283. This is fun - 100% like

They rock just as hard, if not harder, today.

[Zuni]

317. some stuff is pretty cool

[Bossy Monkey]

6. U2

You can break it up by decade if you want.:)

[dudoll]

8. 70% Like

Especially Joshua Tree

[warrens]

15. Can we do negative numbers?

[Bossy Monkey]

29. Sure! I mean, I'm not sure about the math, but you certainly may :) nt

[warrens]

91. Negative 30 then

They've done more to ruin music than anyone since the Eagles.

[Liberal_Andy]

19. 70%

[Maestro]

31. Love all

100%!

[swag]

40. 30 - I like two songs very much

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

52. 75

[Ramsey]

68. 95% like, 5% annoying

U2 is the greatest rock band still playing today, and has the social conscience to show for it, Even when they were "selling out", it was to satire those who sell out. They put on the BEST concerts, And Bono sweat on me once. Wembley Stadium, summer 1986. Not to mention, he gave a kick-ass commencement address at Penn last year. Their B-sides are better than most people's albums. They rock and they inspire.

[ghostsofgiants]

85. 55% like

[Ophelia Rising]

97. 93% Borderline Love

I am going to see them in Chicago in 5 days....but I have to admit that I do skip over some of their songs while listening to them-especially songs from the 90's.

[Bossy Monkey]

127. Welcome, Ophelia Rising (however tardily-- the welcome, not the rising)

You should post more!

[LSdemocrat]

120. Negative 75% (purely because they are so overhyped and overrated)

[WindRavenX]

125. 100%

Best band ever

[BlondieK143]

129. 20% like

I'd almost give this a zero. :eyes:

[Djinn]

135. pre Achtung Baby 100% like - post AB 95% dislike

I hate being one of the "I like your old stuff better than you're new stuff" brigade but U2 dance style and worse U2 middle ground rock pretty much suck, it's like two different bands for me

[Magrittes Pipe]

146. Ungood

[kerrywins]

175. 70%...great songs...bono is way bettern than the rest of them

edge is very overrated.

[Heidi]

182. 80 percent positive. (nt)

[Merrick]

193. 80s: 95% Good, 90s and Beyond: 0% (Pure Pop Shit)

First "real" band I got into as I emerged from the bubble gum pop phase of early youth. Joshua Tree and Unforgettable Fire are truly brilliant.

[mr blur]

203. Negative 50%. They just really suck

[samplegirl]

218. 40%

Wasnt in to them much

[SmileyBoy]

226. 80% negative

Pretty self-absorbed and arrogant. The fans annoy me too.

[halobeam]

233. 70%

[bigwillq]

250. 75% like them, 25% don't like them

[Parche]

256. U-2

200% like
Awesome

[RFKHumphreyObama]

281. 94%

Some of their songs have been disasters and their music is tremendously overplayed on the radio but nevertheless I consider them to be an excellent band with good intentions and mostly high quality and meaningful music

[mvd]

284. 100% like

I even think Pop is fine.

[Zuni]

307. up to 1988, very good---post 1988 lame

[Bossy Monkey]

7. Tori Amos

[SlavesandBulldozers]

13. 60

nt

[LibraLiz1973]

24. 98% like

Sometimes she gets a bit out there

otherwise I like her

[cedahlia]

100% Love

She is my favorite musician. :-)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

45. 85

[swag]

63. 25 - I dislike her music, but some smart, creative friends just love it.

[frictionlessO]

65. 98% but only bercause even she doesnt like all her material (i.e. YKTR)

I love her, I honestly would kill or die for her and other than my wife and mom shes the only female on the planet I'd say that about!!

[cedahlia]

71. haha...good point!

I've actually never even heard YKTR...maybe that's a good thing? :-)

[frictionlessO]

76. Actually I do like a couple of tracks off of it... has a real Arthurian

flavor to it lyrically. The music is soo not her though. She has made peace with a few songs on it from what I've heard.

I own an actual cut out promo CD of it in mint condition that I gave to a friend for safe keeping. hehehe

[cedahlia]

78. I'm intrigued by it

I do hope to eventually hear it someday! I just haven't gotten around to trying to find it on Ebay.

Did you read her new bio "Piece by Piece"? It was really good.

[frictionlessO]

142. I'm trying to get it this weekend, I've heard its really awesome.

She just lays it out and answers the deep spiritual stuff??

[Ramsey]

69. 60% like; 40% don't quite get

I think Tori Amos is a brilliant musician, a creative being and a strange songwriter. I don't always understand or relate to her inner world. But I admire her putting it our there.

[Ophelia Rising]

101. 99% Effin' Love

Tori is one of my faves, yet there is still that one song on almost every album that I just don't jive with....her concert was one of the best shows I've ever seen-blew me away.

[mitchum]

114. 10% Kate Bush with training wheels

[Mike Daniels]

206. Thank you!!!!

I walked into a record store and this great Kate Bush song on the store sound system. I went up to the owner of the store (who I knew) and asked when the new Kate Bush album had come out.

He held up the case for the first TA album to show what was actually playing and said something like "so you hear it too?".

To this day, I'm still trying to figure out how Tori Amos became such hot shit while Kate Bush remains a cult artist (not counting that Kate's gone about 13 years since her last album).

[BlondieK143]

130. 75% like

I like her voice.

[Djinn]

136. 50/50?

a couple of songs I like but the warbly girly thing just isn't me

[Magrittes Pipe]

147. Double plus ungood

[Heidi]

184. 75 percent positive.

It sounds 75 percent all alike to me, though.

[samplegirl]

219. 20% dont care for her

[khashka]

220. 99.99%

Her old stuff is fucking incredible. Nothing can make me cry like "Me and a Gun".

But she's strange. As she grows and changes so too does her music. She lost a lot of fans with Boys For Pele, which I thought was brilliant but many people thought it was too surreal. I was disappointed with To Venus and Back until I realized that she'd changed again and realized just how damn good it was. I've been listening to The Beekeeper. A lot of it leaves me cold but Sweet The Sting is so good that I'm pretty sure it's me not her. We'll see. And even if I end up hating this album, I'll still be looking for her next one. But I doubt I'll hate it, she changes and has the power to make you change too.

Khash.

[halobeam]

234. 65%

[bigwillq]

251. 50-50 split

Don't really like many of her songs but I think she's cool as a person.

[happyphantom]

276. Tori Amos

100%....she can do no wrong in my book. I have had the wonderful pleasure of meeting her a couple of times....most recently I ran into her at Walt Disney World...it was fabulous.

[Bossy Monkey]

304. Welcome to DU!

And glad you got to meet Tori Amos, too.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

277. 30

Never really liked her music but I respect her talent

[mvd]

285. 90% like, 10% not as enthusiastic

She's best with her piano and folk based stuff.

[Zuni]

318. I'd rather be ripped apart by an airplane propeller

[dudoll]

10. Billy Idol

Saw him in concert last Tuesday... was pretty surprised he still sounded good.

[Bossy Monkey]

14. Probably around 65% like

I like a lot of his songs, but a lot are too much the same.

Edit: Welcome to DU, by the way!

[LibraLiz1973]

28. 70% like

the other part is ambivalent

[swag]

41. 15 - Generation X disappointed, and worse since

[Ramsey]

70. 75% like; 25% washed up

LynneSin and I stood for hours in the cold Austin night a few weeks ago to see Mr. Idol perform live at South by Southwest, and he did not disappoint. I must say, he looks great, he sounds great, he rocks, but his new material seems a bit uninspired. Still, Billy is an icon of a youth spent punk rocking, and I love him.

[Rabrrrrrr]

123. Crap. 0 percent. There's one guy who should have stayed firmly

ensconced in history, preferably after his first album if not before.

[Magrittes Pipe]

148. Good

[Heidi]

187. 60 percent positive. (nt)

[halobeam]

235. 45%

[bigwillq]

252. 40 % like, 60% don't like

I'm not a rocker.

[Maestro]

255. 30%

Too commercial for me. Although as a person I think he's pretty cool.

[mvd]

286. 25% like, 75% don't like

She can still write an occassionally good pop song.

[Bossy Monkey]

12. Bob Mould/ Husker Du/ Sugar, or any one of these (helps to specify)

[warrens]

16. Husker Du, 90 percent

Sugar and Mould solo are in the 40 percent range.

[swag]

44. 30 - but the MTM theme song cover is a hit in this wretched house

[Magrittes Pipe]

149. Double plus good

[Zuni]

309. good. some very good mixed in

[dudoll]

18. Tool

[LibraLiz1973]

25. 84% like

They are good

[ghostsofgiants]

82. 95% like

[Ophelia Rising]

106. 85% Really Like

Some of their stuff blows me away, but to this day I can't seem to listen to the whole Enima album all the way through, same for me with Radiohead, I absolutely love them, but only in small doses for some reason, hmmmm...

[Djinn]

137. 100% like

weirdly even the stuff I don't like so much if that makes any sense

[Merrick]

143. 100% - Best band ever

[Magrittes Pipe]

150. Good

[Maestro]

254. Awesome!

95%

[mvd]

287. Not really my type - 40% like, 60% dislike

[Zuni]

319. I would rather be swarmed by crazed horseflies

[Bossy Monkey]

20. REM

Let's go for all the liberal cliches; just wait for the next one!

[dudoll]

23. 40% Like

Went downhill after Automatic for the People...

[LibraLiz1973]

26. 97% Like

I love R.E.M.

[StepfordWife]

33. 90% like

Automatic for the People is a great album!

[Bossy Monkey]

34. Welcome StepfordWife! Mrs Bush, is that you? nt

[peekaloo]

42. 100% lurve 'em

still a great live band.

[swag]

48. 10 - dislike mostly, but theme for "Get a Life" buys them 10

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

49. 87

[Ramsey]

74. 30% like, 70% Micheal Stipe seems like an ass

They have a few really great songs, but I don't think their overall body of work stands up, it's a bit monotonous. Every time I've seen them live, Michael Stipe has acted like an ass, so that affects my judgment.

[Djinn]

140. exactly what Ramsey said

[ghostsofgiants]

86. 80% like

[mitchum]

121. 33 1/3 % hated their work at the beginning and end of their career...

but loved the middle

[Rabrrrrrr]

122. Crap. Sellouts. Crap. 0 percent.

[Bok_Tukalo]

124. 99% like

<ope>

[BlondieK143]

131. 95% like

I love a lot of old REM stuff, they kick serious ass!

[Magrittes Pipe]

151. Before 1989? Good. Since 1989? Plus ungood.

[kerrywins]

185. 40%...few good songs...not good musicians...

[Heidi]

188. 100 percent positive. (nt)

[last_texas_dem]

195. 70

Really like a few of their singles; haven't heard much from their last few albums.

[halobeam]

236. 70%

[bigwillq]

253. 97% like

They made a few bada songs that's where the other 3% went

[Maestro]

257. 80%

I especially like their early stuff. They became a little too poppish for me around the Green album. Now they are doing better.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

278. 100% like

I've never heard a song I disliked from them

[mvd]

288. 100% like

Not all of their recent stuff is stellar, though.

[Bossy Monkey]

21. Talking Heads

[Bossy Monkey]

37. Like 85%

Love most of their stuff to death, but maybe I know them too well. At one time, I had literally all of their records, and some of the stuff doesn't measure up so well.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

50. 85

[swag]

51. 85 - what the other person typed.

[peekaloo]

90%

Naked is their masterpiece, imho.

[Mike Daniels]

207. I like pretty much everything but Naked

Some good songs but mostly it sounded like the last gasp it ended up being. Additionally, it sounded as though David said "Let's do Remain in Light again only this time with South American influences."

[Ramsey]

73. 90% like; 10% doesn't quite work

This was a brilliant punk-alternaitve band, paved the way for many others to innovate and was just really quirky and fun. Thye rocked some of the anthems of my youth and stayed fresh well after that.

[Magrittes Pipe]

152. Double plus good

[Heidi]

189. 100 percent positive. (nt)

[last_texas_dem]

191. 40

I don't care much for the stuff I've heard by them.

[Bossy Monkey]

22. Richard Thompson (and/or Richard and Linda, Fairport Convention)

[swag]

54. 40 - they're great, I know, but it's not my deal.

[peekaloo]

58. 100% fookin' brilliant they are!

[Bossy Monkey]

67. Approaching 100%, meaning I've liked everything I ever heard

except maybe some of the poppier stuff with Linda, and absolutely adore (using the word advisedly and literally) 1952 Vincent Black Shadow and I Misunderstood.

[Ramsey]

72. 20% like; 80% I hate folk music

OK, I really have a strong distaste for American folk music (not the authentic stuff like bluegrass, but the folk-genre stuff). However, "1953 Vincent Black Lightning" is one of my favorite songs ever.

[mitchum]

111. 100% their work together ( especially "Pour Down Like Silver")

65% his solo work (but even uneven Richard Thompson is better than most of what's out there)
I still think that Linda should have broken his hands when he broke the news to her, though...

[Magrittes Pipe]

153. Good

[Mike Daniels]

208. 95% - Love both solo Thompsons and Richard/Linda together

Fairport varies based on album and who was with that at that specific time.

[Sufi Marmot]

275. Do you even have to ask in my case?

1000%!!!!!!!!!

[LibraLiz1973]

27. John Mellancamp

I'll start. I think he is BRILLIANT & I give him a 99%.

He's totally undervalued as a lyricist.

[Bossy Monkey]

30. 70% Like. As with the Gogos, crazy mad love him when he's good

but he too puts out ever so much bad material.

[swag]

59. 15 - in part, I always held his musculature and hair against him

[Bossy Monkey]

90. But he's three feet tall!

I mean jeez, this isn't Fabio we're talking about!:P

[swag]

115. See, your attitude

is only part of what makes you a much better person than I am.

[Bossy Monkey]

126. That's just my shiny neato online persona; in real life I'm a total pill

Ok, hopefully that isn't true, but it's a good story. Thanks regardless.

[Magrittes Pipe]

154. Plus ungood

[halobeam]

243. 50%

[Parche]

258. john cougar

i cant stand his music
200% dislike


But i like the fact he is on our side of the issues

[Maestro]

263. 90%

I really like his songwriting as well.

[mvd]

290. I'd say 100% like

[dudoll]

32. NIN

[LibraLiz1973]

35. 70% like

they arent all winners but some are awesome!

[cedahlia]

43. 90% Like

I love all the NIN albums that I have. Haven't heard the new one, though, and I never bought "The Fragile", so I can't speak for those...guess you could say I like the early-mid 90's stuff best.

Saw them live about 10 years ago...great show. Trent is quite the hot genius. :thumbsup:

[Ophelia Rising]

109. 85% Enamored

Ahhhhh....Trent SO is quite the hot genius!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

47. 50

[swag]

60. 55 - wouldn't switch it off

[Ramsey]

75. 50% like, 50% boring

NIN can really rock, and I love any band that would collaborate with Bowie (and that Bowie would deign to collaborate with) but they need to branch out a bit, their overall sound is a bit tired.

[ghostsofgiants]

83. 90% like

[Magrittes Pipe]

155. Good

[Merrick]

172. 80% Good

Pretty Hate machine is a classic, Downward Spiral is a masterpiece, and The Fragile was decent (would've made a strong single disc album if all the B-Sides that were included were kept in their place), but as for the new album... what I've heard so far sounds a bit crappy.

[GirlinContempt]

222. 100% dislike

[Maestro]

269. Love NIN

I was a little taken back by Trent's switch to almost speed metal after Pretty Hate Machine, but it grew on me and since I love metal I ended up loving the blend of industrial techno with metal.

I give him a 90

[mvd]

289. 60% like, 40% dislike

[Zuni]

320. I would rather have my head crushed by a steamroller

[LibraLiz1973]

36. Green Day

99.999% like

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

46. 95

[swag]

62. 35 - Powerpop wore me out on fake anglo-am accent 25 years back

[ghostsofgiants]

84. 60% like

[Ophelia Rising]

112. 99% Woo hoo!

Goin' to see them in a week...the more I listen to these boys, the more I can't get enough.....I started listening to them when Dokie came out and haven't stopped since.

[BlondieK143]

132. 95% like

Say they're some superficial punk band if you like, I think they're great. AND they put on a kick ass show!

[Magrittes Pipe]

156. Double plus ungood

[last_texas_dem]

174. 80

I love some of their stuff, but usually don't care for several tracks on each album.

[halobeam]

242. 80%

[bigwillq]

260. 90% like

[RFKHumphreyObama]

279. 75%

I don't usually go for that type of music but I've really liked quite a lot of their stuff. I wouldn't buy one of their CDs though because I don't take to that style of music

[mvd]

291. 100% like

They just released their best album, too. :-)

[Zuni]

310. I'd rather have knitting kneedles thrust into my scrotum

[LibraLiz1973]

57. Incubus

I'm going with 89%

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

61. anywhere from 30-95

Depending on the song

[ghostsofgiants]

87. 90% like

[Ophelia Rising]

116. 97% Kick Ass

Up there in the top of the best live shows I've seen.....they just reach out and grab me when I hear them, I'm not sure what it is, there's just somethin' about them and their lyrics....

[BlondieK143]

133. 98% like

I can't think of a single album that had more than one bad song on it.

[Magrittes Pipe]

157. Double plus ungood

[Merrick]

159. 10% - were good for 10 seconds in the mid 90s

These guys were one of my pet bands in the mid 90s after the release of the EP "Enjoy Incubus". Saw them at the Troubadour in LA in 97 and at a free show in front of the student union at Long Beach State a little later where they attracted about 50 people and managed to play about 2 1/2 songs before the electrical circuit they were plugged into blew out. "Science" was a decent record, but then they sold out by changing their style to cater to the 14 year old girl mentality and the KROQ crowd and (surprise) that's when they simultaneously became famous and started to suck - which they've done ever since.

[kerrywins]

173. 50%...good songs....but ok musicians

[last_texas_dem]

179. 75

Make Yourself was an awesome album, Morning View was decent with some really good stuff; I never bought their last one 'cause the singles didn't do much for me (though I liked the liberal political bent). I've never heard their older stuff.

[Maestro]

268. 90%

Really like their sound as well.

[mvd]

292. 50% like, 50% dislike

[Zuni]

321. I would rather be the dinner for a horde of cannibals

[cedahlia]

77. Pearl Jam

95% Love for me.

[ghostsofgiants]

80. 95% like

[Magrittes Pipe]

158. Ungood

[kerrywins]

168. 99%....second only to zeppelin, rolling stones, maybe beatles

[last_texas_dem]

169. 93

One of my favorite bands

[halobeam]

241. 80%

[mvd]

293. 100% like

[Zuni]

311. I'd rather listen to a nail file scraped against a blackboard

[sister_rosa_refried]

79. Doris Day.

Sister just loves her.

[Bossy Monkey]

89. While I wouldn't want to disagree with Sister, Doris is uhhhhhhhh

Well, I really liked Que Sera Sera when I was little and it was the theme to her TV show. Does that help?

[Magrittes Pipe]

160. Good

[RFKHumphreyObama]

280. 54%

While I like quite a few of the songs that she's sung, there are much better singers from that era and I think she's slightly overrated. The revelation that she's a * supporter hasn't enhanced my impression of her either

[mark414]

88. Public Enemy

100% like

[progmom]

93. they're

better than elvis :evilgrin:

[mark414]

103. hahaha

:rofl:

[swag]

98. Love "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"

and many other tracks.

That to me is the album, though.

[Magrittes Pipe]

161. Plus good

No double, as they got ungood after FoaBP.

[kerrywins]

170. 3%...rap groups just aren't held as high....to me

[bigwillq]

261. 90% like-They were great in concert!

[warrens]

92. The Fall

[swag]

95. 100 - The Fall, well yes - 100

Them and Iggy.

[warrens]

108. The Real New Fall Album is their best since...

This Nation's Saving Grace.

OPEN THE BOX

OPEN THE BOX

OPEN THE GODDAM BOX

[Magrittes Pipe]

162. Double plus double plus good

[warrens]

94. John Cale

[swag]

102. 25 - I prefer the "Live Sabotage" days.

Elsewise, a bit useless on me.

[warrens]

105. Check out Hobosapiens

And if you can ever find it, Caribbean Sunset.

[swag]

110. Thanks for the recs

[mitchum]

119. back up to 100% after seeing him recently....

he could have easily coasted on the legend, but it was one of the best performances I have ever witnessed by anyone

[Magrittes Pipe]

163. Plus good

[warrens]

96. The Mekons

[swag]

100. I like the really early stuff, when it was all art-school shit.

"Frustration," "This Sporting Life," "Snow," "Trimden Grange Explosion."

I drunkenly bored Jon Langford at his Portland art show last year. His pleasure, I'm sure.

[Magrittes Pipe]

164. Good

[warrens]

99. Gun Club

[mitchum]

104. 100% Jeffrey Lee Pierce was an American Genius (even if he wasn't...

appreciated here)
One of my biggest influences
Rest In Peace

[warrens]

107. I actually spent three hours playing Pong with him

A primitive genius who could barely speak English in public. Like Joey Ramone.

[mitchum]

113. The man kept falling into me at a urinal once...

he was a mess
How was he at Pong?

[warrens]

118. Pretty good

I think he was on speed. He was absorbed. I was drinking beer and after a while he started winning. It was one of those dopey two-person table things they had back in the 70s, at a club called Shaboos near UConn. He was a mess. His band was sorta lurking around wondering if he would be able to go onstage. He did, and the show was brilliant.

RIP, Jeff.

[Magrittes Pipe]

165. Uh... clearly, double plus good.

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[Swamp Rat]

128. Jimi Hendrix

million percent

[fleabert]

141. 75% like- the guitar solos tend to irritate me after a while.

not that I don't see the talent, I do, they are just a tad to long for my old lady ears. Great guy though, no complaints there.

[Magrittes Pipe]

166. Good

[kerrywins]

171. 70%...good, but not enough good songs to make him great

also...his style never really expanded.

[Swamp Rat]

198. He died at 28

had he lived to be 68...

[kerrywins]

205. had he lived to be 68...he wouldn't be so overrated..

[Swamp Rat]

212. He's not overrated by we professional musicians

who have been playing for decades. :)

[kerrywins]

230. good

you too realize he ain't all that...

[Swamp Rat]

244. Hendrix Is God

Bow to the greatest guitarist in the history of the Universe!

[kerrywins]

247. there are many who are better than him

number one...he's not even that diverse in his playing.....i mean...come on....

[Swamp Rat]

264. Well, I disagree

I'll take him over Segovia, Page, DiMeola.. you name it. Hendrix is up there with Django, Christian, and de Lucia, and for sheer inventiveness he tops them all.

Technique is not everything... and I have a masters in classical guitar and have been playing for decades... neither is "diversity." Sometimes limiting oneself to one style brings a greater gain in the long run, like specialising in 16th C vihuela diferencias or early 20th C forró 'pé-de-serra' do nordeste do Brasil, como Luiz Gonzaga. :)

I say blue is my favorite color - you are free to disagree according to your own personal tastes.

[kerrywins]

299. i'll take alot of people over Segovia, Page, DiMeola

...jimmy page for one...mike mccready for another...both are better than hendrix.

[Swamp Rat]

301. No they aren't

:)

[kerrywins]

303. yes...they are.

mike mccready live solos for: even flow, animal, alive, yellow ledbetter, nothing as it seems, etc....
better than hendrix

jimmy page....well....do i even need to mention.....he completely blows hendrix out of the water....

hendrix died early...and he was black...those are the only two reasons we're still having this conversation....

[Swamp Rat]

305. GET A LIFE!!! I DON'T TALK TO RACISTS!!!! BOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

RACIST! ... good bye! x(

[mark414]

306. what does hendrix being black have to do with his skill at guitar?

racist

[carpetbagger]

229. Had he lived to 68, he'd have changed the course of rock.

I can't imagine that he would not have had a major influence on the evolution of rock music. Rock musicians as a whole never managed to make sense of rap until around the turn of the millenium. The few who did either were flashes in the pan (Faith No More, Red Hot Chili Peppers), or produced a music that lacked the breadth to evolve to anything other than speed-metal monoculture.

Hendrix could have bridged the old blues-style singing with rap, and he could have put something other than power chords or ripped samples on top. I'm thinking Castles Made of Sand taken to the next level.

[halobeam]

240. 90%

[Zuni]

312. very good. Love me some Jimi sometimes

[fleabert]

138. Rage Against the Machine, old and new

[fleabert]

139. 90% old - 80% new. I adore Rocha's voice.

sometimes the music itself is too harsh for me, but I love the message.

edit: transposed letters, grrrr.

[Magrittes Pipe]

167. Double plus ungood

[kerrywins]

183. 40%...not many good songs....

a few are catchy...

[Ophelia Rising]

213. 99% Taken with them

Too bad they aren't together anymore-they would be on the top of my "bands to see in concert" list.....Zach de la Rocha is supposed to be coming out with an album later on this year though and I'm totally stoked-I have the hugest crush on him and his lyrics!

[realisticphish]

221. 100%

though i would give an 85 to "evil empire". didnt like the way the sound was laid down

[Maestro]

262. 80%

I like most of their stuff...

[mvd]

294. 30% like for lyrics, 70% dislike

[Zuni]

313. I'd rather be boiled in pure Iraqi crude oil

[kerrywins]

177. Led Zeppelin

[kerrywins]

181. 100%...alot of great songs...great musicians

best guitar player in the world....probably best drummer in the world.

[Magrittes Pipe]

186. Ungood

[peekaloo]

204. 100% tiresome

[Ophelia Rising]

214. 100% Bonkers for them

One of the local stations I listen to here in Iowa (100.7) does "get the Led out" every night at 9 and I love it when I'm driving during that time-it's like 15-20 minutes of pure rockin' out in my car....I also love listening to them while I sketch...these guys really are the "classic" in rock!

[SmileyBoy]

225. 70% positive, 30% negative

[halobeam]

239. 85%

[mvd]

295. 95% like, 5% dislike

[Zuni]

314. first two albums, some good tracks---later albums, rather be pistol whippe

[Magrittes Pipe]

190. Wire

[Magrittes Pipe]

192. Plus good

Post-154 drivel drags 'em down. They didn't make any quality music for 20 years, but they're back and doing it right.

[silvermachine]

210. Totally agree...

...really not into their stuff on Mute but early singles and 1st 3 lps are great. Also, I was at the gig that "Document & Eyewitness" was recorded at. Talk about a bemused audience...also saw the "2 People in a Room" "Tour". Another head-scratcher.

[The Minus World]

228. + 80%

I think I might enjoy Gang of Four a bit better.

[personman]

197. Stevie Ray Vaughan

eom

[halobeam]

238. 70%

[personman]

245. 100%

My influences change all the time, but this guy was everything I want to be as a guitarist.

[Zuni]

322. I am a huge blues fan, and some SRV rocks, but there is much i prefer

[Magrittes Pipe]

209. Lives of the Saints

[Bossy Monkey]

211. Maybe it's time for a new thread: What do you think of these musicians:

the next generation or What do you think of these musicians II: Electric Boogaloo.

I'm not sure folks are willing to open a music thread with 200 replies. Wouldn't mind being proven wrong of course. But if you want to start a new one and let this one die, 'zokay by me.

[SmileyBoy]

223. System Of A Down

[Maestro]

259. 85%

Some of the stuff just sounds the same but I like the sound nonetheless.

[mvd]

296. 90% like

Just not an absolute fave

[Zuni]

308. I'd rather be sodomized by goats

[SmileyBoy]

224. Nirvana

[The Minus World]

227. + 100%

When I was younger, I went through phases of listening to them nearly obsessively.

[halobeam]

237. 80%

[mvd]

297. 98% like, 2% dislike

[Zuni]

315. I'd rather walk over a mile of broken glass barefoot

[ariesgem]

246. Parliament/Funkadelic

[Swamp Rat]

267. "Flashlight...

... neon light!"

[Maestro]

265. Depeche Mode

Love these guys. I give them 85%. About 15% of their songs are too drippy; especially the earlier stuff. I like their edgier songs.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

271. They grow on you. But I give them 70%. How do you like Dirty

Vegas? They take a while.

[Zuni]

323. I would rather be stabbed with a turkey baster

[Maestro]

266. New Order

Really love this band. 100% Can't think of a bad song.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

272. I was just going to post them!

[mvd]

298. 75% like, 25% kind of filler

[Maestro]

270. Killswitch Engage

75%

[Crazy Guggenheim]

274. Hello again Maestro. Who are these guys? What do they play?

[Maestro]

300. They are more melodic heavy metal as opposed to

thrash metal.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

273. Jeez I forgot about this!! How about Frank Fontaine? lol.