most under rated band ever

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:18 am

10cc - this band had a shitload of good songs but barely ever scratched the mainstream surface and are seldom heard today. But I liked them and still do.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:49 am

Nada Surf

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:05 pm

10 cc? Seriously, Whitey? 10 cc?

I'm not in love, so don't forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through
And just because I call you up
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made
I'm not in love, no-no
(It's because...)

I like to see you, but then again
That doesn't mean you mean that much to me
So if I call you, don't make a fuss
Don't tell your friends about the two of us
I'm not in love, no-no
(It's because...)

(Be quiet, big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)

I keep your picture upon the wall
It hides a nasty stain that's lyin' there
So don't you ask me to give it back
I know you know it doesn't mean that much to me
I'm not in love, no-no
(It's because...)

Ooh, you'll wait a long time for me
Ooh, you'll wait a long time

Ooh, you'll wait a long time for me
Ooh, you'll wait a long time

I'm not in love, so don't forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through
And just because I call you up
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made, ooh

I'm not in love, I'm not in love...

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:38 pm

I used to think Todd Rundgren did that song. It's not that bad.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:49 pm

Not that bad? I think you just forfeited your right to ever make fun of Screwball’s musical tastes.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:17 pm

No, it really isn't that bad, despite the campy lyrics. That song got more airplay than all the rest of their tunes combined.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:20 pm

War Wagon wrote:That song got more airplay than all the rest of their tunes combined.

So?

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon May 09, 2011 5:25 pm

And the most under-rated female vocalist ever was Helen Reddy.

Sincerely,

Vagina Wagon

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon May 09, 2011 6:25 pm

No, that would be Karen Carpenter.

Dr_Phibes · Post by **Dr_Phibes** » Tue May 10, 2011 3:26 am

Definitely under rated. Strange history, it makes for a good read. A lot of talent with excellent resumes, There's some great film of young Eric Stewart with The Mindbenders, very tight live band, great show.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Tue May 10, 2011 12:55 pm

The Mindbenders were a nice little pop band and they also do a couple nice covers in your video, Phoebe. But 10cc? Find a decent video of them and try and change my mind.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Tue May 10, 2011 1:26 pm

War Wagon wrote:No, that would be Karen Carpenter.

Most underrated by Karen Carpenter.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Tue May 10, 2011 4:24 pm

I've seen that guy play live. Excellent show.

Dr_Phibes · Post by **Dr_Phibes** » Tue May 10, 2011 10:24 pm

Goober McTuber wrote: But 10cc? Find a decent video of them and try and change my mind.

eh? EH?

Well they're not for everyone, they really were genuine innovators you can hear almost everyone in their songs. 'Beatles of the seventies' is right, more victims of the time period, the music didn't age very well granted

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed May 11, 2011 1:33 am

No, they're not for everyone. Just for everyone that is bi-curious. Music for Phibes and Wags to spoon to.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Wed May 11, 2011 1:48 am

Goobs, you crotchety asshole, you probably think Chicago sucks and would try to make that point by posting the lyrics of Color My World.

Or are you going to say that Dreadlock Holiday wasn't a good song? You asked for something good from 10cc, I gave it to you in the first post of this throwaway thread.

STFU before I bust some Sweet out on you.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Wed May 11, 2011 1:59 am

Oops, too late. Fuck off, Goobs.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed May 11, 2011 2:39 am

Whitey, the first one was a bunch of white boys best effort at reggae. I can see why that would resonate with you. Sorry, I'm not impressed.

The second one, well, it's not as bad as that "big boys don't cry" shit, but still. Mason Proffit would have been a better choice for most underrated.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed May 11, 2011 12:33 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:Whitey, the first one was a bunch of white boys best effort at reggae. I can see why that would resonate with you. Sorry, I'm not impressed.

The second one, well, it's not as bad as that "big boys don't cry" shit, but still. Mason Proffit would have been a better choice for most underrated.
Holy shit! Someone actually remembers them?!?!

I saw them play live in a Madison club in the early 70's. The Eagles claimed that Mason Proffit was a big influence on them.

jiminphilly · Post by **jiminphilly** » Wed May 11, 2011 5:42 pm

Nick Drake.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed May 11, 2011 6:18 pm

War Wagon wrote:you probably think Chicago sucks

In.

Well, after their first couple of albums/CTA days.

UFO was badass during the Michael Skenker era.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Wed May 11, 2011 8:23 pm

Now THIS is an underrated band.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed May 11, 2011 8:33 pm

War Wagon wrote:No, it really isn't that bad, despite the campy lyrics. That song got more airplay than all the rest of their tunes combined.

Think I'm gonna puke right about here.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed May 11, 2011 8:35 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
War Wagon wrote:you probably think Chicago sucks

In.

Well, after their first couple of albums/CTA days.

Agreed. I was actually playing sides 1 and 2 of CTA (the first one) last night. It still sounds good.

And I'll always like 25 or 6 to 4 no matter how non-sensical it is.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed May 11, 2011 8:39 pm

Mikey wrote:And I'll always like 25 or 6 to 4 no matter how non-sensical it is.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/rea ... -to-4-mean

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed May 11, 2011 9:46 pm

I actually read that same explanation on Wiki last night.

You see I was sitting cross legged on the floor, and for some reason that song popped into my head and I had to settle things once and for all.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed May 11, 2011 10:17 pm

Mikey wrote:I was sitting cross legged on the floor

A fat fuck like you? I call bullshit.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed May 11, 2011 10:59 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:
Mikey wrote:I was sitting cross legged on the floor
A fat fuck like you? I call bullshit.

Since you mention it...

It's something I haven't actually been able to do in recent memory. However, with my new bionic implants and all the PT I've been doing lately I found that I now can. That's when the song popped into my head. Next thing you know I'll be smoking a hookah and singing kumbayah.

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Fri May 13, 2011 12:40 pm

Little Feat...Lowell George was one of the best slide players I've ever heard

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Fri May 13, 2011 1:39 pm

Sudden Sam wrote: I think most everyone who's ever heard them acknowledges they were great.

ftfy
most of my friends had never heard of Little Feat until I played some for them....Sailin Shoes still ranks as one of my favorite album/cd's of all time

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri May 13, 2011 11:41 pm

Maybe not the "most underrated ever" but definitely underappreciated.

Rod Stewart
Ron Wood
Ronnie Lane
Ian Mclagan
Kenney Jones

Rod had one of the best voices in rock 'n roll before he want all pop star and shit.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat May 14, 2011 2:29 am

i'm going to go against the idea that the Faces/Small Faces were better with Rod than Steve Marriott.

everyone loves Ronnie Lane, but Rod?

i'd rather listen to Humble Pie (some great stuff, 30 days in the hole)....than Rod.

if this is the category ("most underrated band from this era").....Humble Pie over the Rod led Faces incarnation.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Sat May 14, 2011 2:54 am

King Crimson wrote:i'm going to go against the idea that the Faces/Small Faces were better with Rod than Steve Marriott.

everyone loves Ronnie Lane, but Rod?

i'd rather listen to Humble Pie (some great stuff, 30 days in the hole)....than Rod.

if this is the category ("most underrated band from this era").....Humble Pie over the Rod led Faces incarnation.

To me they're two quite different bands.

Sure, with three players in common there are going to be some similarities. But the sound changed significantly with the addition of Rod and Woody. And to tell you the truth Ron Wood contributed as much to their unique sort of down and dirty garage band sound as Rod did. I just think that the 5 players really meshed into an excellent unit for a short period of time. It was pretty much Rod trying to make it Rod Stewart and the Faces instead of just the Faces that drove them apart.

And I don't want to take anything away from the Small Faces. They were a great band. But their sound was not as accessible to most people, at least on this side of the pond. Steve Marriott really came into his own after he left.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Sun May 15, 2011 1:07 am

Goober McTuber wrote:Mason Proffit would have been a better choice for most underrated.

Perhaps. I just threw the "underrated" line out there as a conversation starter.

I'll see your Mason Proffit and raise you a Joe Walsh.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:21 pm

When was Joe Walsh ever underrated? :?

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:37 pm

he probably wasn't, I just wanted to post some Joe Walsh at the top of page 2.

Btw, in some of his photos when he's sporting a mustache, he looks an awful lot like Dale Earnhardt.

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Thu May 26, 2011 10:40 pm

fumbling around in my old vinyl and stumbled on an old Spirit LP....they were seriously underrated

their most commercially successful song
Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus was probably one of the most underrated albums of all time

and let's not forget The Flying Burrito Brothers

pioneers of the whole country rock sound

Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons-what's not to like?

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu May 26, 2011 11:02 pm

Rack the Spirit find - the only thing wrong, it's too short.

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Sun May 29, 2011 1:14 am

Toddowen wrote:The more I listen to country from the 50's/ 60's, the less impressed I am of the country rock of the 70's in terms of it being called groundbreaking.

seriously, you think guys like roy acuff, ernest tubb, etc. and the flying burrito brothers sound alike?

FBB fused country sound to rock and roll rhythms and introduced a lot of the new "crossover" shit utilized by cats like Keith Urban....you might not like their sound, but they definitely were pioneers

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sun May 29, 2011 1:24 am

i agree about the Burritos, Hillman, and Gram Parsons. they were great.

i'm a big fan Waylon or Hank Sr., too. i grew up in Oklahoma. shit, you hear that stuff in the grocery store while grammaw is shopping in her jammies smoking a benson and hedges 100 menthol.

Gram's influence went the wrong way with the Byrds (he got little credit for Sweetheart of the Rodeo) and later the shit early Eagles "socal" country....but he was great. FBB, sneaky pete on the pedal steel. they wore Nudie suits even before the Spotlight Kid. not to mention the "Alt-country" of Unc Tupelo, Son Volt, Wilco, etc.

she's a devil in disguise: