Classic rock that sucks

[Jeff Lebowski]

Given my age, I listen to a lot of classic rock stations. Here are some artists that need to be removed from the rotation:

1) Heart

These chicks never really had it. Stop torturing us

2) Electric Light Orchestra

ELO music is horrid. I would rather poke a sharp stick in my eye.

3) Paul McCartney

This isn't rock. It's pop. Cheesy pop at that.

4) Styx

I used to be a Styx fan, but it just sounds odd now.

5) Supertramp

See item 4.

6) Rush

Hear me out, folks. Rush is a decent band but these stations only play 2-3 songs (Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio, Subdivisions) over and over and over again. Argh....

[mpfunk]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Given my age, I listen to a lot of classic rock stations. Here are some artists that need to be removed from the rotation:

1) Heart

These chicks never really had it. Stop torturing us

2) Electric Light Orchestra

ELO music is horrid. I would rather poke a sharp stick in my eye.

3) Paul McCartney

This isn't rock. It's pop. Cheesy pop at that.

4) Styx

I used to be a Styx fan, but it just sounds odd now.

5) Supertramp

See item 4.

6) Rush

Hear me out, folks. Rush is a decent band but these stations only play 2-3 songs (Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio, Subdivisions) over and over and over again. Argh....

If IndyCoug wanders over here, he is not going to like this post at all. Not at all.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by mpfunk

If IndyCoug wanders over here, he is not going to like this post at all. Not at all.

Excellent.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Given my age, I listen to a lot of classic rock stations. Here are some artists that need to be removed from the rotation:

1) Heart

These chicks never really had it. Stop torturing us

2) Electric Light Orchestra

ELO music is horrid. I would rather poke a sharp stick in my eye.

3) Paul McCartney

This isn't rock. It's pop. Cheesy pop at that.

4) Styx

I used to be a Styx fan, but it just sounds odd now.

5) Supertramp

See item 4.

6) Rush

Hear me out, folks. Rush is a decent band but these stations only play 2-3 songs (Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio, Subdivisions) over and over and over again. Argh....

I'll agree with ELO and throw "Yes" into the mix. Their music was technical, but dead.

I can like Rush in small doses.

[MikeWaters]

Barrucuda and Magic Man, both those songs rock. Especially for the time. Later Heart is terrible.

[jay santos]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Given my age, I listen to a lot of classic rock stations. Here are some artists that need to be removed from the rotation:

1) Heart

These chicks never really had it. Stop torturing us

2) Electric Light Orchestra

ELO music is horrid. I would rather poke a sharp stick in my eye.

3) Paul McCartney

This isn't rock. It's pop. Cheesy pop at that.

4) Styx

I used to be a Styx fan, but it just sounds odd now.

5) Supertramp

See item 4.

6) Rush

Hear me out, folks. Rush is a decent band but these stations only play 2-3 songs (Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio, Subdivisions) over and over and over again. Argh....

I agree with most, but Rush does not belong on this list. Styx is good too.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by jay santos

I agree with most, but Rush does not belong on this list. Styx is good too.

I like Rush. I am just sick of those three songs. And for some reason, those are about the only songs that get any rotation.

[RockyBalboa]

Janis Joplin - Barf

Three Dog Night - Barf

[creekster]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Given my age, I listen to a lot of classic rock stations. Here are some artists that need to be removed from the rotation:

1) Heart

These chicks never really had it. Stop torturing us

2) Electric Light Orchestra

ELO music is horrid. I would rather poke a sharp stick in my eye.

3) Paul McCartney

This isn't rock. It's pop. Cheesy pop at that.

4) Styx

I used to be a Styx fan, but it just sounds odd now.

5) Supertramp

See item 4.

6) Rush

Hear me out, folks. Rush is a decent band but these stations only play 2-3 songs (Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio, Subdivisions) over and over and over again. Argh....

Maybe Supertramp should be deleted from the radio, but not your collections. The radio only plays stuff from SUpertramp's "Breakfast IN America" album. Barf is about right for those songs. But the first few albums were fantastic and actually hold up quite well.

I agree with you about Styx. All their stuff now sounds like songs from a bad broadway musical and no one can remember what the plot was about. I was in a band that covered every song on a couple of their albums so imagine the hell when not only do you recognize the songs but you know ALL the words AND the music and can still play them. Ouch. Dennis DeYoung get OUT OF MY HEAD!

You're right, sadly, about McCartney. But when you're that rich who's going to tell you that your stuff sucks?

ELO? I think you're right but I like them anyway. Jeff Lynne wrote some great pop melodies and I can't help myslef but I like them. It's sort of like ABBA on the radio. You SAY "I don't like it" but you tap your feet anyway.

Heart? Come on man, Anne Wilson was HOT back in the day and she had an AWESOME set of, umm, pipes. Since then, she and I have both discovered the Krispy Kreme advantage, so I can empathize. Early Heart, yes. LAter Heart? No, and what's with all those goofy high kicks that Nancy Wilson does in the videos in the later years?

Finally, can I just say that Rocky scares me becasue he somehow not only thinks about Janis Joplin and 3 pooch night at the same time but he puts them in the same category! ROcky, old friend, I think you may need a visit to Kamchatka for some music appreciation re-education. Janis is the very essence of classic blues rock; listening to her whiskey besotted wails of emoiton is almost like breaking the WOW. 3 Bow-wow night, well, let's just say I hope they made a lot of money and it didn't all go up their cute little noses, beacseu their music scuked (except for a couple of Hoyt Axton penned songs).

[SteelBlue]

Originally Posted by creekster

ELO? I think you're right but I like them anyway. Jeff Lynne wrote some great pop melodies and I can't help myslef but I like them. It's sort of like ABBA on the radio. You SAY "I don't like it" but you tap your feet anyway.

I agree. I don't care who you are, if you're driving alone and "Don't Bring Me Down" comes on the radio, you turn it up. You know you do.

Originally Posted by creekster

3 Bow-wow night, well, let's just say I hope they made a lot of money and it didn't all go up their cute little noses, beacseu their music scuked (except for a couple of Hoyt Axton penned songs).

Well, my Priest's quorum advisor took us all to see 3 Dog Night at a county fair back in '87. I think it's safe to say that their mere presence there proves they spent all of their money.


BTW, how has Ted Nugent's name not appeared on this list yet? I hate his stuff.