Most Overrated Band of the 'Big Six'

manofmystery wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: manofmystery wrote: zravkapt wrote: Who is 'overrating' ELP? All I ever see is hate for them. Many see it as hip to lash out against ELP.  Some cool kids who smoke outside the gymnasium told them it was so they submitted to peer pressure and it's now their reality. Ah because we don't like a band it must be because we are sheep not that we don't actually like the band, glad you explained that for me.  For my next trick maybe I'll attempt to explain what having a sense of humor is like.

So you like pictures of beautiful women (that broad from MythBusters is kind of a pig). So what. So do I, but how ordinary. How about some Butta' faces ("Everything about her is fine butta' face.")?

Edited by Rednight - October 30 2015 at 17:01

I suppose it depends on what you mean by "overrated". If one was strictly going on record sales, King Crimson would be the last by a tens of millions margin. If you were to go on output or longevity, it would have to be ELP.

Rednight wrote: Svetonio wrote: None of them is overrated. All of them deserved their highest places in the hierarchy of 70s progressive music. Though, Pink Floyd weren't regarded as a progressive rock band but as a psychedelic rock band back in the day, and I say this as a big fan of the greatest psychedelic rock albums ever made, like Meddle, Obscured by Clouds, Wish You Were Here and Animals.   How can you mention Animules and not Dark Side of the Moon? For shame, sir, for SHAME!

Actually, I do like Wish you were here and Animals more than Dark Side of the Moon... perhaps even Meddle too (Echoes is better than anything on Dark Side).

I don't think you people quite get the meaning of "overrated".

Dellinger wrote: Rednight wrote: Svetonio wrote: None of them is overrated. All of them deserved their highest places in the hierarchy of 70s progressive music. Though, Pink Floyd weren't regarded as a progressive rock band but as a psychedelic rock band back in the day, and I say this as a big fan of the greatest psychedelic rock albums ever made, like Meddle, Obscured by Clouds, Wish You Were Here and Animals.   How can you mention Animules and not Dark Side of the Moon? For shame, sir, for SHAME! Actually, I do like Wish you were here and Animals more than Dark Side of the Moon... perhaps even Meddle too (Echoes is better than anything on Dark Side).

100% AGREE

None of these bands is in my personal "Big Six".

I'd probably go along with BaldJean. Those bands are much more interesting. But I would not go for "Big Six" anyway. Why not name a Top Ten? That would for me include Embryo, Tangerine Dream, The Ozric Tentacles (the only band not founded in the 70s or late 60s) and King Crimson (the only of the "Big Six" I would include in that Top Ten) besides Hawkwind, Gong, Magma, Amon Düül 2, Van der Graaf Generator and Can.

Dellinger wrote: Rednight wrote: Svetonio wrote: None of them is overrated. All of them deserved their highest places in the hierarchy of 70s progressive music. Though, Pink Floyd weren't regarded as a progressive rock band but as a psychedelic rock band back in the day, and I say this as a big fan of the greatest psychedelic rock albums ever made, like Meddle, Obscured by Clouds, Wish You Were Here and Animals.   How can you mention Animules and not Dark Side of the Moon? For shame, sir, for SHAME! Actually, I do like Wish you were here and Animals more than Dark Side of the Moon... perhaps even Meddle too (Echoes is better than anything on Dark Side).

Exactly my thoughts.

BaldJean wrote: "Animals" is in my opinion below par; it sounds to me as if PF did not get their asses out of their seats for it. "Meddle" on the other hand is excellent, all of it, even "Seamus", which is hated by many (I have no idea why)

I do like Meddle, and most of it is pleasant. But I feel A Pillow of Winds and Fearless are good, but not as exciting as other stuff the band has released, San Tropez is a bit less to my taste, and Seamus is the one I like least on the album. Strangely enough, I find Mademoisell Knobs sort of pleasant on Live at Pompeii...

Meddle has half an hour of great music (Echoes+OOTD) and the rest is OK.