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Guzzman 
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Posted: November 29 2006 at 05:27 |
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They're all human, so I guess they're all overrated. |
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jalas
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Posted: November 28 2006 at 13:43 |
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how about the entirety of the Rolling Stones? |
Thank you. I hear they sold their souls to the devil to become famous. It has to be true. But, since they were not one of the Choices, of course I has to go with Kurt cobain.
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Posted: November 27 2006 at 17:48 |
yesfan88 wrote:
I think from the list it is a tie between Cobain and Elvis. I can't stand any of Elvis' music, so I voted for him. Also, the Rolling Stones are ridiculously overrated. |
Without Elvis, rock and roll would have never caught on. He was the guy that could sing like a black man but he was white (sad, I know, but this was the only way to tap into the huge, relatively wealthy white market). Elvis was not the first rock star, nor the most talented, but he is also, tied with Chuck Berry, the most important man in early rock and roll.
I don't care for his music, but he is certainly not overrated. His value for rock is very underappreciated, actually. He's just know as "Elvis, superstar," and not "Elvis, important rock icon."
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Posted: November 27 2006 at 17:43 |
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I think from the list it is a tie between Cobain and Elvis. I can't stand any of Elvis' music, so I voted for him. Also, the Rolling Stones are ridiculously overrated.
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Posted: November 27 2006 at 17:06 |
Cobain was suck a hack. Only in the realm of MTV music could mumbling over a power chord and then committing suicide cement your reputation as a musical god. 
Oh I forgot I voted against Cobain earlier in this thread. At least I'm consistent. 
Edited by stonebeard - November 27 2006 at 17:08
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Visitor13
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Posted: November 27 2006 at 17:02 |
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They're all human, so I guess they're all overrated.
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Chus
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Posted: November 21 2006 at 22:14 |
Bob Dylan is perhaps a bit overrated... good but overrated..
I also find Clapton a bit overrated.... now I know I'm going to get bashed for this... but although he is very good many say he's the guitar man..... just a very good blues player... but he did sell out a bit
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Posted: November 21 2006 at 22:06 |
From the List, Lennon.
His solo output remains uninspired and marred by too many commercial concessions.
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Chus
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Posted: November 21 2006 at 22:03 |
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Fripp is no god... but he's very good nonetheless... If that's the case many many great great great musicians should be here because they're considered "Gods".... I think Fripp could be at the same level as Howe in electric guitar technique, or even superior (that's a dangerous statement, so don't take it as if I'm underrating Howe in any way)... then again he's no John McLaughing or even John Petrucci
Edited by Chus - November 21 2006 at 22:04
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The Wizard
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Posted: November 21 2006 at 22:01 |
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I'll have to say Kurt Cobain. He was pretty cool, ya gotta admit, but he really didn't do enough to earn all the praise he has.
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Posted: November 21 2006 at 21:56 |
I don't care enough for Cobain or Nirvana to vote for him, so from this list...Hendrix, a great PERFORMER but neither the best or a good songwritter IMO.
I believe Fripp should be in this list, he's not the God people talk about, not even a semi god.
Iván
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Posted: November 21 2006 at 21:41 |
Nirvana may have been overrated as a whole, but Kurt wrote some suprisingly tricky, intricate piano pieces to songs that stand alone better than the whole song 
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Posted: November 21 2006 at 21:35 |
Elvis, very much so
The only one who comes close is cobain
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Chus
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Posted: November 21 2006 at 21:33 |
Every one of them is overrated.... but voted for Lennon to give Cobain a break
perhaps Joplin is the least overrated of these.. although basically she just screams
EDIT: Oh.. sorry... forgot about Zappa... why is he here BTW?
Edited by Chus - November 21 2006 at 21:39
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Posted: November 20 2006 at 10:27 |
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Sting.
On this list, Janis Joplin.
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GPFR
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Posted: February 25 2006 at 09:46 |
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Johnny Cash. On this list, Kurt.
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 03:39 |
Jimi Hendrix.
Although like other people here, I'm not a fan of Kurt Cobain either.
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 11:20 |
Viajero Astral wrote:
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
Who voted for (against) Zappa???
 
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And why Zappa is in the list??
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Yeah!! Why Is He On The List?
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 22:11 |
Peace Frog wrote:
Elvis. Although he did create the whole rock and roll image and rise up against censorship, his music is not that great.
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The fact that nobody asks: "What Elvis do you mean?" proves the opposite.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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Peace Frog
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Posted: February 22 2006 at 16:10 |
Elvis. Although he did create the whole rock and roll image and rise up against censorship, his music is not that great.
As for all the Nirvana and Cobain bashing:
I think Kurt Cobain is not overrated at all. He made music that certain people could relate to, while others just listened to it for the angry, heavy, grungy, rock out aspect of it, and could not relate to it. He just made a bad mistake of killing himself. I don't have a problem with that; he was in emotional pain and wanted to die, so why shouldn't someone be allowed to die that wants to?
I think you're all just saying Cobain because you don't like his music.
Oh, and by the way, I'm a Nirvana fan. And it isn't just teenage angt rock for punks.
Edited by Peace Frog
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