TEN BANDS I SHOULD LOVE .... but just don't!

[@piripi40]

For me, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers evokes sweaty guys who leave their used towels lying around and let the dog shit in the house.

[@treff9226]

As a Chilli Peppers fan......that's still funny as hell! Nice work😁

[@kevinwilt5496]

I always thought The Chili Peppers were a adult contemporary band disguised as a alternative band.

[@JustinCase-ld4ih]

True

[@RoryLynott]

Essentially they're a funk rock version of Spinal Tap. Flea Tuffnel and Anthony St Holmes.

[@Hipnosis65]

U2 - Music that takes you nowhere... and it's a never ending journey. Guns and Roses - Axl Rose sounds like an over revved chain-saw. Nowadays I think his braids are pulled too tight. Bon Jovi - Not a rock band, not a metal band, not a pop band... they excel at being mediocre in all genres. On a steel horse I ride... need I say more? Oh oh, I'm half way there... oh oh I'm losing all my hair.

[@LamarBurgess-s6u]

Oh you genius. 100% with you.

[@GrapeWallsOfIre]

"Mediocre in all genres" - yep!

[@jimbelton]

I do like a few U2 songs, and GNR has some bangers, but I agree both are overrated.

[@TBonzzz]

I LOATHE Bon Jovi. Biggest poser band EVER! 👎🏼

[@saurian11]

I have a Strict rule when driving in my car: NO BON JOVI GETS PLAYED ON MY RADIO EVER!!!!

[@marcos_lm]

It has to be Queen for me... I tried so many times, but they never clicked to my ears

[@winterbird4447]

Same. Can’t do it.

[@kevinwilt5496]

Wayne's World killed Queen for me overrated and overplayed. I would be a happy camper if I never heard Bohemian Rhapsody ever again.

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

I remember when as a child Bohemian Rhapsody was on the telly, followed by Terry Jacks and "Seasons in the Sun". I much preferred the latter. At least it made sense. As for that stupid Bicycle Song. Queen's lyrics are almost as bad as 0asis' lyrics.

[@justhannah3960]

I really liked Queen as a kid. A chilhood fad I look back on and cringe to death. God knows what I saw in them.

[@chopa2less]

Yep. Never liked them.

[@anthonyscully2998]

Def Leppard? Spinal tap without the jokes

[@John-k6f9k]

Spinal Tap was never funny. The worlds longest running unfunny joke. *The amps go to 11! ROTFLMAO!!!!! HAW HAW HAW!!!!*

[@anthonyscully2998]

@@John-k6f9k I disagree. One of the best comedies ever made

[@jeff3putt]

💀💀

[@mattrogers1946]

😂😂😂

[@mattrogers1946]

​@user-qb1sm3rk9r It was hilarious. You might want Google satire....

[@lesoneill4000]

Never could get the Red Hot Chilli Peppers

[@rodjones117]

Nope, me neither.

[@jamesheath7601]

Few good songs but yeah just don’t get it either

[@rodmac8358]

Me neither.

[@renlessard]

I like the Chili Peppers but from the same area and the same time frame was a more talented band called Fishbone. THEY should have been the big band RHCP became

[@uncleambient]

They were shite tbh

[@jamescorbett5729]

Radiohead were the ultimate Emperor’s New Clothes band. Everyone was too scared to say they didn’t like them.

[@mel124177]

Same, i just don't get the hype over the morose sentimentality and almost monotone shoegazey crap they usually put up (with the exception of FEW songs).

[@winterbird4447]

I think they are by far the better of the british poprock of the 90’s. They have evolved their sound well too. Maybe not for everyone but hardly a bad album in their catalouge,

[@PatrickCar-x5s]

The Bends , OK Computer and In Rainbows are 3 , 5 star albums. So there’s 3 great albums .

[@nicktaylor2657]

Everything except for Creep sucks And that's the song the band hates

[@chrismoyse3529]

Foo fighters. Absolute crock of shit I have never got.

[@chicklets4ever51]

I agree. To me they bite the big one.

[@jamescaron6465]

Punk rock for soccer moms

[@gregjameson2141]

Foo Fighters had 1 or 2 good songs in the 90s, the rest is rubbish

[@nonalien-l1n]

Foo Fighters, from the name they gave themselves to the music they make, is just bad. Dave is a great drummer who wanted more than anything else to be the front man, but no. Stick to what you do best. But who am I to deny someone of their dream, even if it's just a never ending stream of cringe rock?

[@bigmacfullerton7870]

The Flu Fighters blow!

[@southpawjimmy9735]

I think your theme is more bands that couldn’t duplicate their early successes than ones you don’t love.

[@islandhorizonvideos8230]

I actually think it would work as bands that don't pass the test of time, except of course Led Zeppelin

[@raygundesigns]

True. Hating after debut.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

With a few exceptions…I agree. More often than not, he said “I really loved that album..played it all the time”….but then didn’t like later stuff. If there are bands I never connected with, I don’t own their albums and I certainly never played them to death. If you like OART of a band’s discography, then you don’t really NOT like the band. Hell …Zep and Floyd are my favorite bands…but for both bands there are albums I don’t like.

[@johnchesterman6016]

Fair comment 👍

[@robpierce4712]

100% agree on Pearl Jam. Ten was an incredible album. I still listen to it. Everything after it baffles me that it is the same band. It's like going to a restaurant and having a chef prepare the best steak you've ever had then going back and having the same chef prepare something that tastes like dog food.

[@winterbird4447]

Eddie Vedder took too much control. And the drummer got the sack. He was important.

[@tbonetnt33456]

VS was good album then after than nothing great,

[@gp6746]

Always thought they were a bit manufactured. Sony was desperate to get on the grunge bandwagon at the time.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

@@tbonetnt33456 Exactly. I love Ten and VS. Then, after that, it was like WTF?!

[@Taurean1959]

I'm 65 and still crank out Zep on a regular basis. Timeless and iconic band.

[@zyxwut321]

And they have all the Black blues artists they stole from to thank for it.

[@okenough2124]

​@@zyxwut321Huh?

[@bassman5948]

@@okenough2124 search it up. Multiple lawsuits against them over the years and they were forced to pay royalties and acknowledge the old blues artists. Robert Plant even admitted that they stole loads of songs and just hoped they’d be successful enough to pay off the original artists when they got caught!

[@Tonysmithmusic]

@@zyxwut321no mate, they like the stones started out playing what influenced them but they took it to a whole new level with incredible original tracks which the blues guys would have killed to have been able to play. they were 4 virtuosos who became the biggest band on the planet, you think that was because they did a few blues covers 😂

[@ericeverett510]

@@zyxwut321. Which black guys did they steal Black Dog from? Kashmir? Ten Years Gone? Friends? I can increase this list by 25 songs. Best thing ever happen to Willie Dixon was Led Zeppelin

[@TheBillyKmusic]

Never "got" Radiohead. And don't "get" the Dave Matthews Band, either. I "should" like them, but something is not clicking. They're not rappers, they don't use gimmicks, they don't try to copy other bands, and something that "adults" can listen to. They are good citizens that do charitable work. Even met Dave himself once.....seems to be a heck of a nice guy, too. Still not enough to convince me to listen to them.

[@charleswagner2984]

In the mid 1990s I was a truck driver away from home sometimes 10 weeks at a shot. I never heard of Dave Matthews until I came home after a 10 week outing, looking for something to do during my 4 days off. I see that The Dave Matthews Band at Veterans Stadium is sold out. I'm like "Dave who?" Sold out Veterans Stadium? Where the hell was this guy hiding before he started selling out football stadiums?

[@jayspeijer614]

I find their instrumentation has a fresh jazz-fusion kind of vibe to it, which is not very common today… and Dave’s smokey vocal stylings are kinda cool too.

[@_MrAvocado_]

I'm from the YouKay, they were never really a "thing" over here (Dave Matthews) however Crash into Me is a sublime track with a really interesting chord progression...if not representative of their oeuvre.

[@vancehutchison2830]

Dave Matthews is like nails on a chalkboard.

[@zyxwut321]

I like them and respect the hell out of them. Never was one of their weird, cultish fans though. Maybe it's their fans that turned me off, especially because I come from Virginia where they're from.

[@MattMcQueen1]

I'm not so sure Dave Grohl is a decent chap.

[@ES-hr6vg]

I bet he has more friends than you.

[@inlandindieP35]

That decent chap bit has not aged well

[@kippsguitar6539]

​@@ES-hr6vgbecause he's got more money

[@joelsislak8031]

Dave certainly has cheated on his wife more than me.

[@roopher2]

Swear to god, I've never listened to a FF's song all the way through, they bore me to death.

[@chicklets4ever51]

Dave Grohl has got to be the least talented rock star to ever live. He makes Iggy Pop seem like Mozart.

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

​@@chicklets4ever51harsh! (Not a FF fan by the way but like and respect Dave G)

[@TBonzzz]

I concur!

[@midnightrider7648]

Foo fighters suck. Their music is boring with weak hooks.

[@scharlesworth93]

Yeah by all accounts Dave grohl is a great guy but man I can take or leave that body of work

[@ericdinse5047]

Takes guts to talk that honestly about John Lennon and you're not wrong.

[@alansmith4748]

He's not right either, It's an opinion

[@fnd111]

He was just played to death in the '70s.

[@growlerthe2nd712]

Lennon was a musical genius the stuff he recorded when he was a Beatle was second to none, but his solo stuff was patchy maybe one great albums worth of tracks ✌️

[@tdunph4250]

70s Lennon, except for about an album and a half is garbage Lennon compared to Mccartney. He is on par with the quality of George's 70s output.

[@williamgullett5911]

Overrated solo​@@alansmith4748

[@robertolszanski516]

Axl has always sounded like Ethel Merman to me, and I just can't get past that!

[@treff9226]

LMAO! 😁😁😁

[@jwbru2531]

@@robertolszanski516 Axl is the most overrated joke ever.

[@glennprangnell5767]

I've always thought that too :-)

[@treff9226]

Axl had my buds waiting for hours at TWO different concerts, due to his little diva act, showing up whenever the hell he felt like it! His voice nowadays is thinner than paper, completely shit, and that whole Chinese Democracy fiasco was the nail in the coffin for me - I look at Axl as a fart in an elevator, not welcome in my world! That being said, Slash rules! Loving all his Snakepit stuff and latest blues covers album, Slash is sober, carries himself with class and dignity and his guitar skills have only gotten better.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

I may be alone in my opinion, but Axel Rose has to me started looking like a bit like (a younger version of) the songwriter Paul Williams. However, Paul Williams somehow seems more cuddly . . . 😛

[@PATRIOT1690]

Kiss has to be No1. ‘All fur coat and no knickers’ as the saying goes. Would probably throw motley crue in at no2 and The Artic Monkeys close behind.

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

Just what is the appeal of The Arctic Monkeys? Tried to get into them, sounded (to me) like substandard Punk. Would rather play the Pistols album.

[@anglianreed5218]

I've a friend who once described The Arctic Monkeys as 'a George Formby tribute act'.

[@islandhorizonvideos8230]

KISS was never good.

[@wallypinter7883]

Totally agree regarding Kiss.Went to see them in the late 70s (fortunately free tickets as I worked for a newspaper) and was completely underwhelmed.

[@John-k6f9k]

@@islandhorizonvideos8230 Ace Frehley saves the band for me. He really is a great rock guitarist

[@krissymarklewis1793]

Led Zep, I actually met Plant once. nice guy. I had to get 2 of my American friends his autograph and asked if I wanted one myself and I told him I wasn't really a fan and he berated me in the nicest possible way. lovely bloke and totally down to earth.

[@hjhjhjhj6611]

I always hear good things about him. Love to meet him. Tom Waits first though.

[@vordman]

I've met him too. Great bloke. Loves his football. Unfortunately he's a Wolves fan!

[@geoffw1209]

@@vordmanSo he doesn’t really like football, then.

[@vordman]

@@geoffw1209 😁

[@SeptemberChild1835]

Now, Tom Waits is bad. So very bad.

[@modernpolitics]

As a Canadian I have suffered from never wanting to hear Rush, the Guess Who, The Tragically Hip, or Neil Young ever again. They are inescapable here. I like a lot of songs by Neil, and a handful by the others, but they’re all overplayed and overpraised by sentimental patriots.

[@drillbitist]

as a American in buffalo i listen to a lot of Canadian stations cant live without your rock royalty sorry you feel that way

[@marklittle8805]

I agree on the Hip. The others are worthy

[@kippsguitar6539]

I'm English and rush are so underplayed and the best live band ever, genius

[@UFO1601]

Blimey Barry , you clearly have similar dislikes to myself. I can't argue with any of the bands you have included. I'd have probably thrown in U2 along with Coldplay, two bands I have the utmost distain for.

[@DaCryingOnion]

I dont think any human likes Coldplay though tbh...

[@RB-oc7ti]

Yet - they are millionaires from their so called music… Weird.

[@deedeewinchur]

Coldplay is merely torture to me. It's actually painful to hear Martin whining his stupid songs. 😫

[@brucevinyl3504]

You've just reminded me of two other bands I'll NEVER buy anything by.

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

u2 and Coldplay. Well done sir. Totally agree, especially Coldplay, not to diminish the cringe of Bono and co

[@dad7130]

Geen Day worried too much about the "punk" label to actually be considered punk.

[@systemlfo]

Skater punk killed punk forever more. It morphed into pop punk like Offspring and Green Day

[@iSkully99]

@@systemlfopunk has been an underground endeavor for the past 40 years. The good punk is out there but moreso in the form of hardcore

[@MDC33]

Green Day was cartoon punk. Overproduced poser garbage.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Green Day is punk when it's been neutered.

[@echt114]

In other words, Green Day created FAR better music than what the pretentious image-obsessed turds call "punk." When you write and play better MUSIC, the ones who don't give a shit about actual music will say you "sold out."

[@chrislj2890]

When Led Zeppelin came out my buddies were crazy for them, but I was into Jethro Tull, The Moody Blues, ELP, Yes; the progressive bands that had a classical influence. I guess that's because I loved classical and movie orchestral music. But when "IV" came out it changed my whole attitude, and I reevaluated all if their music and have been a fan ever since. I would think that as a Brit, dissing Led Zeppelin would be equivalent to giving the late Queen the finger. I will pray for your soul.

[@Taurean1959]

There's definitely a place for prog rock. Genesis being my favorite in that genre. Buy Zeppelin is simply untouchable.

[@Somerandomdrummer8]

Zeppelin I feel should be considered a prog band in a way. Listen to Physical Graffiti or Presence and just tell me atleast half the songs wouldn’t cut it as Prog.

[@chrislj2890]

@@Somerandomdrummer8 Sure, the later stuff. But songs like "Whole Lotta Love" definitely were not.

[@Somerandomdrummer8]

@@chrislj2890 Yeah that’s what I’m saying, and meh I would say some of the songs from the first three could be argued as prog or atleast an early version of it, the in between where Disraeli Gears meets Rush It’s no surprise all the prog bands after Zeppelin credit them as direct influences, 7 minute compositions of changing tempos, intensity and time. Dazed and Confused goes 1/8 to 12/8 to 9/8 to 4/4 to 6/8. They also did it without a click track which I find mind blowing that they all stayed in sync with each other

[@Taurean1959]

@@Somerandomdrummer8 I'm not feeling a prog vibe with Zeppelin. Not at all. Blues-Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, all fit. Prog for me is reflected in some of the meandering pieces performed by Yes, and Genesis, as examples.

[@willgibson7553]

Finally someone dares to speak out against the Foo Fighters. Good work

[@mblair5327]

Lots of people speak out against the Foo Fighters.

[@ThinkForYourself1972]

The Fool Fighters

[@aimeedouglas1584]

I can’t stand the Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl seems like a fairly nice guy, but the band is mediocre at best.

[@johnlemon874]

It’s just an opinion man and people have them. “Speak out against” in this context sounds really strange.

[@jaznightshade8124]

Boring band.

[@63mckenzie]

I saw Def Leppard when they were first starting. They were head and shoulders over most opening acts and I expected great things from them. Then they got rid of Pete Willis and sold their souls to insipid corporate rock.

[@danschreffler1280]

I liked whatever that song was where they paid homage to the 1970s Glam rockers. That was about it. Drummer is halfway cool, though.

[@63mckenzie]

@@danschreffler1280 Most one armed drummers are.

[@StonefieldJim4]

High 'n' Dry is the only DL album I like.

[@uncledenny2570]

Saw them on the first US tour opening for Pat Travers. I guess early a journalist in Britain called them "the Deep Purple formation dancers". If you saw them in the early days, you know what he ment.

[@larrynolletti4594]

Your absolutely right !! The Pete Willis led first 2 albums is where it ended for me..

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

The one band I should love, but don't, is The Eagles. I think it's because of hearing 'Hotel California' too many times. As soon as I hear the intro to that song I change the radio station. Sorry Eagles fans, lol.

[@andre59FIFTY]

OMG who cares about that song. I could listen to fifty Eagles tracks and not even think about Hotel California. The radio is your daddy.

[@kevinwilt5496]

@@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy I used to like Hotel California until one day this guy played that song on a juke box 4 times in a row and was having some strange religious experience. That killed that song for me forever. I don't get people's love for the Eagles also. I'm a fan of the band America so it's not like I hate the California sound.

[@TheGreatIndoors1979]

Has the radio ever played another song by the Eagles other than Hotel California? I think it's some universal contractual obligation they have with the devil.

[@kippsguitar6539]

Oh yes, great song on my blacklist and refuse to play it anymore, have a t shirt saying "please don't request hotel California" during gigs

[@kippsguitar6539]

​@@TheGreatIndoors1979oh they often play lying eyes, desperado, tequila sunrise etc, but I agree about hotel c

[@misunderestimator5283]

I came in spoiling for a fight, left wanting to hug you. Same on all counts.

[@mikespearwood3914]

Yep, pretty much correlates with me as well. As others have said, surprised Kiss aren't on his list (maybe he'll make a part 2?).

[@beaux2585]

Same here. I can't argue with a single one outside of Zeppelin and I understand his point and opinion.

[@SS-yw7vo]

Agree. Led zep is great but I get what he says.

[@yassassin6425]

@@mikespearwood3914 Kiss aren't a band that anyone should love though.

[@renlessard]

I do not agree with most of your list but it is a good conversation.

[@dmac4793]

Such a legitimate list...add Red hot chilli peps ( even typing the name is annoying) motley crew, bon jovi, 80% of the Rolling Stones records, Pearl Jam definetly ..Vedder is the most pretenious borefest ever, and foo fighters just suck.

[@growlerthe2nd712]

@@dmac4793 I agree with the 80% of the rolling stones comment,after Brian Jones left they were never the same, a couple of decent singles and that was it.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

@@growlerthe2nd712 I like The Stones, but their albums literally suck! I have five and only three of them I can listen to all the way through. Let It Bleed and Beggars Banquet were a complete letdown for me. So were their 90s albums.

[@jonbonzo9199]

I once heard Radiohead described as " the Pink Floyd of the nineties ". I laughed so much my lungs exploded.

[@robwakefield8215]

Did you need an iron lung?

[@jonbonzo9199]

@@Les00970 That sounds very believable champ. I once played chess with Liberace.

[@LamarBurgess-s6u]

I would too. Radiohead is loud and Pink Floyd just plays boring dirges and bores the crap out of me.

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

Yep. Floyd are in the Premier League. Radiohead might make the Championship. Might.

[@deedeewinchur]

Some Pink Floyd stuff doesn't age very well. Meddle is a terrible album 😣

[@vancehutchison2830]

Green Day is utter tripe. Totally agree about John Lennon and Guns N' Roses.

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

I love and respect Lennon like so many others do, but always found a lot of his solo work hard to get into. Whereas I like Harrison's and McCartney's.

[@LamarBurgess-s6u]

Problem for me is: Lennon is somehow syrupy after Working Class Hero, and Axel Rose has the most horrible voice I have ever heard. I mean it ain't Knockin' On Heavens Doorwa. (Drummers suck too.) Had to play Imagine and Child of Mine every night, which wasn't so bad, it was just that I had to learn them. Lucky I'm a fast learner.

[@728huey]

Green Day had two incredibly awesome albums (Dookie, American Idiot) but the rest of their stuff was uneven at best. And he didn't mention them, but Weezer may be the most overrated band ever, and that's among Weezer stans. SNL did a skit where two people were arguing over Weezer that perfectly encapsulated their niche popularity.

[@stevenhenry5267]

Ridiculous

[@deedeewinchur]

​@@LamarBurgess-s6u GNR Knockin on Heaven's Door cover doesn't even suck : it hurts 🤕

[@TheUffeess]

I laughed when I saw this. I'm Swedish, but apparently we are soulmates when it comes to music! 😀

[@Ravenscraig54]

Elton b***dy John! A national treasure apparently. 😱

[@systemlfo]

I’m with you there. I hate piano rock

[@GregoryWhite-g8x]

And Billy Joel...I play piano and have a sign Requests 50 cents Piano Man 200 dollars...

[@terencejay8845]

Never liked his faux mid-Atlantic vocals, and that he only ever sings half the word when you listen. Your ear fills in the missing bit but it shouldn't have to. I have a character in a novel I'm writing called Coco Harr, because that's how he sings 'Cold Cold Heart' all the way through 'Sacrify..a simple whirr.'

[@rjw4762]

@@systemlfo Try Ben Folds - that is 'Piano-Rock' with huge amounts of humour and even swearing (very unlike Elton) Start with 2001's 'Rockin' The Suburbs (single and album)

[@winterbird4447]

Agree. Terrible stuff.

[@robertsaul234]

I believe Lennon was rediscovering his muse when that asshole murdered him. Apart from Zep, I agree with your list.

[@rustybear5125]

Yeah, he lost me at Zep.

[@MichaelBoltonsEntireCatalog]

Double Fantasy sucks.

[@andrewgood4230]

@@rustybear5125 Yes, I agreed with most of his list until then. Zep were more than just a Rock band, they were a blues band, a folk band, even a pop band or jazz if you like. A band that took the ideas of what music was and is, and made it all perfect for the ages!

[@benedictdonald4338]

@@rustybear5125indeed. Zep was, and still is, the greatest band ever. No one comes close to that level of greatness.

[@paulkazakoff9231]

@@benedictdonald4338 Yep still my favorite across the ROCK genre.Still waiting for something as good as or better ? All those other bands his analysis is quite correct !!

[@richardturpin3665]

Amy Winehouse is mega overated

[@GG5150]

Foo Fighters, i usually mute Planet Rock when I'm driving, and one of their songs come on.

[@marktait2371]

same never like foos or coldplay gandr skip buttonfois came to town fans went nuts fine for them but me rather see indie bands like better

[@RB-oc7ti]

Im okay with Foos championing hard rock music in the mainstream. Real guitar based original music that is big nowadays shouldn’t be ridiculed IMO. Should be celebrated and hope for more bands making rock! (I do wish Foo Fighters had guitar solos though)

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

​@@RB-oc7tifair point.

[@TheBillyKmusic]

I admire the Foo Fighters' work ethic, and they play solidly......but the problem with them are the songs themselves......not many good songs.

[@loudonrebel5383]

It's sad the only Foo Fighters song I like is Everlong

[@SH-th4wy]

I agree 7/10. I love Zep & Radiohead. I love John Lennon as an artist, as a Beatle, as a poet and a lot of his solo work. But his solo work doesn't rise to George's or Paul's for sheer entertainment value.

[@timogen1970]

This song is just six words long.

[@Hogprint25]

I was a wee bit too young to “get” Beatle mania. So my frame of reference has always been their solo work first, then as I got older I dug into the Beatle’s a little more. Maybe it was because he just came off as a jackass but I chalk it up to Paul and George just having better solo work in my opinion. I also get rubbed the wrong way “serious” musicians always hold him in higher regard. Not sure why? Maybe I’m missing something.

[@kojam1]

Bang a gong!

[@Angelv93]

@@timogen1970Ha, Even Worse is a fantastic album 😂

[@atlasgunther8947]

"Led Zeppelin seemed authentic. I can't put my finger on it." I can. They copied, almost note for note at times, many other artists before them.

[@deanjones684]

I agree the Foo Fighters I could never get into their music it's just so ordinary. Loved nirvana though

[@PowidzMalwa]

I'm the opposite. Love the Foos but never got into Nirvana.

[@systemlfo]

I don’t get people’s hate for Nevermind. Sure, it’s not as raw and it’s more polished than their other albums but Kurt’s songwriting and Kris’s bass lines are at their peak on Nevermind

[@vordman]

@@systemlfo All three Nirvana albums are fantastic.

[@tedwilliams3472]

Ramones..heard the first album .thanks..goodbye,xm radio,please stop it .

[@josephrowe849]

For Nirvana, I only liked their Nevermind album because it had all the best stuff like Teen Spirit, Lithium, Come As You Are and the cult favorite Breed. In Utero I did not give a crap about because it sounded like the band was bored with everything. Never liked All Apologies and I HATED Heart-Shape Box.

[@JohnSmith-oe4ci]

Oasis both look like Parker from Thunderbirds - music for lager louts

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

😂

[@michaelmac1798]

Some of their songs are good, but they are boring on stage. But I suppose the music talks...?

[@richardfinlayson1524]

noel looks like mr bean.

[@gp6746]

People paying a fortune to see a guy who can’t sing anymore 😂

[@MrRiffMusic]

Unpopular opinion/theory: Guns n Roses were terrible composers. Traditionally, composers would just write down one musical idea [motif] and use permutation techniques [inversion, retrograde, retrograde inversion, etc] to further expand upon it. That in itself was one of the main reasons why the great composers [Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, etc] never ever ran out of ideas. I firmly believe that Guns n Roses had, what I call, a Frankenstein approach to composing their songs. For example; “Sweet Child O’ Mine”. The song has so many different and unrelated musical ideas just slapped together all into the one song. The opening guitar riff was originally a practice run that Slash would use before playing any songs and the lyrics were originally a poem written by Axel Rose. Come the end of song, the lyrics are “where do we go now?”. Because they were all literally thinking “where do we go from this point of writing the song”! They ran out of ideas! This very approach to their compositional style, the Frankenstein approach, is what I believe to be the very reason they started to run out of ideas! Both ‘Use Your Illusion’ albums had a lot of filler tracks on them, there was an increasing presence of cover songs as well. Good grief, their last album of the 90s ‘The Spaghetti Incident’ consisted ONLY of cover songs! And their very last album, ‘Chinese Democracy’ was recorded from between 1997 to 2006, one of the most expensive albums ever produced! It was in development hell! It wasn’t just because of Axel Rose’s behavioural issues or him sacking most of his band, it was because they simply just ran out of fresh new ideas! Had’ve they had had the right compositional method and techniques, they would never have ran out of fresh new ideas. Take this as you will, but I think it’s a pretty valid theory.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

That is a very interesting point.

[@naznomad635]

I'd never lambast someone for their musical likes or dislikes, but I'd happily swap any one of those ten bands for RHCP. Never forget, there are only two types of music... That which you like and that which you don't.

[@MarcPagan]

Bravo on the list, with disagreement over Led Zeppelin. My take: If it moves you, move to it. If not, move on, you gave it a shot. No right or wrong. I add to the list - Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, and though not a hard rocking or classic band, Hootie and the Blowfish. For very non-rocker list kicks, Yanni and Enya:) -- they're on the playlist in Hell , along with Jon Secada, and Kathy Lee Gifford's full body of work.

[@IheartDogs55]

I never got Springsteen.

[@MJEvermore853]

@@IheartDogs55… same. Never got him at all.

[@TJR-ClassicRockCorner0124]

I also put on the Playlist in Hell Britney Spears, Michael Jackson and Lauryn Hill.

[@GregoryWhite-g8x]

You don't like Yanni or Enya!?? My favourite poet is Rod McKuen...Listen to the Warm!!! Ha!Ha!

[@IheartDogs55]

@@GregoryWhite-g8x Music is highly subjective. I don't enjoy Slipknot. My son is a fan. He wouldn't bother with Queen. Do you see how musical taste works? I prefer singing voices that aren't "breathy," which is why I don't care for Enya. My favorite female artists have full-throated power, like Aretha Franklin, Pat Benatar, & Linda Ronstadt. It's my preference. No biggie.

[@JonLambliesDown]

You nailed the right bands for the same reasons as me.....I have never been agreed with before without saying a word :-) Priceless review! Funny thing is occasionaly I geve them another go and still I feel the same.....I also find U2 and Bruce Springteen annoy me for generally being unable to get along with in my headspace despite how I try.

[@sevenoh70]

When I saw Nirvana play in 1992 the only thing Kurt said for the whole show was "I hate Pearl Jam"

[@Taurean1959]

Yes, that whole grunge scene left me a bit miffed by it's popularity. I play a little Sound Garden here and there. The vocals are extraordinary.

[@josephrowe849]

Pearl Jam sucks. I'd rather play Saxon and other metal bands before that 90's crap. STP, Lenny Kravitz, Nirvana, Black Crowes and Smashing Pumpkins are the only ones I don't mind. But stuff like Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden just never got over with me.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

I have Ten, VS and Nevermind. I'll take those two PJ albums over Nirvana any day. They're overrated, the musicianship is mediocre and Kurt Cobain's screaming kind of gets on my nerves. I haven't listened to Nevermind in years. VS, I listened to two months ago and I still love it!!

[@ronanfreeburn1388]

The only Foo album I really rate is the first self-titled album. I recently watched a clip of them performing live at Brixton academy around late 95 or 96. They had something a bit more real and raw then.

[@bradrehn1007]

Oh so you mean before their Scooby Doo homage?

[@PJBonoVox]

Same here. The first album is so raw. Everything after just seems too... polished.

[@bigbadbillb]

Hootie and the Blowfish were one of the most bland and uninteresting bands on the radio in the 90's (amongst others). Darius Rucker had a limited vocal range of about five notes and sounded the same on every single song. The music didn't have qualities that were unique or different. Visually they didn't have any particular "look"....like just some average dudes jamming together after work. Dull, dull, dull. Couldn't stand Blues Traveller, either. John Popper's shrill and hyper-sounding harmonica playing got grating pretty quickly.

[@stephensuddick1896]

We love what we love. No apologies necessary.

[@inxe8]

I think its good to make a distinction between love and like with music generally. Musical taste is subjective and even when we can objectively discern merits like virtuosity or compositional genius, if it doesn't move you... it doesn't move you.

[@johndonson1603]

Bruce Springsteen , awful .

[@michellebell5092]

Just two for me in this category - Queen (yes really, ) and Prince

[@StephenDimig-mq5ku]

Queen isn’t bad but they are so overrated by younger fans

[@vancehutchison2830]

I agree, not disparaging their talent, but neither do much for me either. I feel the same about Tom Petty- can't stand his voice, and his songs are catchy in the worst way.

[@keithparker1346]

I liked Prince but mainly because I tend to love multinstrumentalists...the post Purple Rain output is very erratic though

[@SeptemberChild1835]

Queen is sooooooooo overrated.

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@SeptemberChild1835 Just like the word overrated is so overrated and sooooooo overused by people who have no clue.

[@toybarons]

I have never been able to get into The Eagles. I think the only album of theirs I liked was "The Long Run". Bruce Springsteen is another I don't much care for. I will say though that I can now listen to more of his songs and appreciate them, but still can't get into fully. As for your list. I agree with pretty near most your pics. I am a Beatles fan and agree that I'm not a solo Lennon fan either. I'll even say as much that I am not a fan of The Beatles solo works either. There are albums from each solo Beatle I can say I enjoy, but to say I love the same as them together, the answer is no. The other band is Led Zeppelin which I do love. Many of their albums I can say in my heart I love. Again, I do get where you are coming from. It wasn't until I got into KZbin and started watching fan docs on Zep that I never realized how much the band appropriate from other artists without giving them credit for their inspiration. On that it did tarnish some feelings I had towards them, but I can't help but still love Zep's work. Their music still makes me feel the same as when I heard it for the first time. Though I will admit I no longer get into their drawn out noodlings like "No Quarter" and "Stairway" I really need to trapped in a room to listen to.

[@Rocknroll73]

I agree wholeheartedly to everything you said there. Maybe the fact too we are both Canadian and Americana music (i.e. The Eagles and Bruce Springsteen) has nowhere near the same popularity outside the States even though we are heavily influenced by much of their culture in Canada.

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

I'm a Brit who never really got into Bruce Springsteen until I saw him live, like him a lot more now

[@visionproductionsnz7828]

Regards Zeppelin - overhyped. Very good but across them albums, plenty of the same sounds. Apart from HOTH which I adore, the Zep fans were lukewarm on this one, says a lot. Steve Miller Band - tripe whining. We could whine about all the bands an artists who needed to retire decades ago but were fantastic in their heyday - now there's a good theme for a YT video! "Where did they go off the rails?"

[@mikefrench2499]

I do like the Eagles but only their greatest hits and agree about The Long Run. Probably their best album for the quality and quantity of good songs.

[@gavintuesday4959]

@@Rocknroll73Bruce has zero difficulty filling out big stadiums in the U.K. and Ireland and elsewhere in Europe . Haven’t paid attention to record sales but he’s done okay on that front .

[@andreforest2024]

The eagles drive me nuts...not really all their fault, the radio stations drowned us in "Hotel California"

[@sunsparkle8443]

great band but I just never liked there music. Hotel California-- I just don't like it. The production sound of their studio work just doesn't make me feel good.

[@DSM9]

Surprised at the Zep inclusion, but each to their own. As a drummer and massive fan of Rush and technical rock in general, I've tried many times to 'get into' Dream Theater, but it repeatedly leaves me cold.

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

Same, but I don't dislike DT. I tried to work out the difference. I think it's that (to me) Rush sounds more natural and organic, the transitions and time signature changes feel like they are meant to be there. But with DT (and Tool, and other modern prog metal bands) it feels like they put them in for the sake of it - and they never seem to flow as well from one transition to another, as when Rush do it. Someone in DT said recently "we can play everything by Rush" (or similar) Yeah, but you didn't write it!

[@Luthiart]

Dream Theater is a band I feel like I SHOULD like, because I like prog and technical playing, but I could never get through an entire DT album. Virtuosity doesn't automatically make for good music. I like Mike Portnoy's solo projects better than Dream Theater.

[@Darrylizer1]

They're four fantastic players and their hair metal buddy desperately searching for a song. So far in 30 years they found at most two.

[@davidl570]

@@Luthiart I'd be able to get through a DT album if they weren't so damn LONG and OVERINDULGENT!

[@dringypie]

95% of the comments as expected are from people that have totally misunderstood the title, and just listed bands they hate.

[@danielbaars]

Exactly!

[@paisleepunk]

as far as bands i'm a bit conflicted about (closer to the title's intention, i imagine), the peppers are a big one: love bssm, love by the way, love californication, don't love much else from them tbh

[@Sr19769p]

Hello, @dringypie. Exactly. The guy's just listing music he knows is great for others but which he isn't into himself and explains why.

[@JamieBuckingham369]

About Lennon - his Walls and Bridges album is underrated. Yea it's not the same "small-cock rock" that 70's were full of, with over compensating on guitars or vocal. And it wasn't the same old boring stuff the Stones or Dylan were playing - it is a vibe album. A long drive in the country album. Lounging on the beach in the hot sun kind of album. When you are able to "let go" of your overthinking conditionally trained racy mind and chill, kind of album. People like Lenny Kravitz, Kurt Cobain, Alanis Morrisette LOVED Lennon's solo music for his strength, accountability and humility in music, to be able to see your own truth and have such deeper awareness to consciousness then put it behind a killer slide guitar and clavichord like he did in Mind Games. The expansiveness of that song is hard for the small to see.

[@sitvisjes]

Love that album, only albums i dislike by Lennon are Sometime In New York and some of Double Fantasy (not a big Yoko fan)

[@PaulFormentos]

@@sitvisjes Get Back JOJO

[@kippsguitar6539]

Massively overrated even

[@lorrainebennett7528]

I liked U2's early stuff before they went American. Don't get Kiss or Fleetwood Mac, can do without Sprinsteen too!

[@marktait2371]

same early u2 mac just ok never liked ol bruce either kiss destroyer ok rest just boring all sounds the same

[@tendraftsdeep]

Bruce is horrible since the 80's

[@Earhairy]

"Don't get Kiss or Fleetwood Mac..." Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green and Danny Kirwan are absolutely matchless. Stevie Nicks I can do without.

[@lorrainebennett7528]

@@Earhairy I'll give you that, their early stuff was good!

[@nickruszala2909]

I could never get into AC/DC.

[@John-k6f9k]

To be honest ever since someone remarked that Brian Johnson sounds like Elmo from Sesame Street I've found them weirdly entertaining to listen to. I don't like them, but they're entertaining.

[@dougbrowne9890]

@@John-k6f9k Would rather have a chainsaw rip through my midsection than listen to that garbage band AC/DC.

[@juggler6688]

@sm3rk9r listen to (the track) Highway to Hell again, Bon Scott sounds exactly like Deputy Dawg. You'll never hear him the same again!

[@brucevinyl3504]

When I was at school there was a clique of greasers who liked them. Their guitarist even looked like some of my peer group in that ludicrous outfit!

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

Post Back in Black, sure. Thunderstruck era was just awful

[@scurry2175]

One time, I spotted a second-hand copy of Radiohead's OK Computer from a seller on an auction site that I was buying other CDs from, and this album has been quite scarce in my country. Was thinking about buying it, but decided to listen to it on KZbin before making an impulsive purchase. After listening to it... Man! The whole vibe was like getting encouraged to commit suicide. Decided to leave it alone as I definitely don't look forward to listening to it on my audio system.

[@zackzallie8735]

Radiohead in a nutshell lol

[@djrojasw]

It means you are a suicidal, sad person. We all listen to such classic album and find many, many more feelings and ideas.

[@humanpaul]

@@djrojasw That's a fast judge on someone you don't know on the Internet. lol Looks like not every one who loves classic albums like to be friendly. Got every studio album of theirs on LP in my collection, and well, Radiohead can surely sound relatively gloomy, I must admit. It's easier for new people to get into their pieces maybe by songs instead of by albums.

[@winterbird4447]

It is a solid and good but still a somewhat overrrated album.

[@barrymoore4470]

There's nothing wrong with not loving any art or artist. Taste is utterly subjective and personal, and it is our inherent right to determine how we feel about anything. There are plenty of classic or popular artists and bands that I don't love. I don't love Bob Dylan, for example, though he is unquestionably a key figure in the history of rock, and many of his productions are secure classics. I don't love U2, though they were at their beginnings a shining example of a politically progressive band, a phenomenon with which I am sympathetic. I have become more aware in recent years that I don't love much of what David Bowie produced, though at an earlier stage of life I regarded him as one of the most exciting figures in popular music. These are among the first examples that come to mind. I do love Led Zeppelin, my single favorite rock group.

[@ssssssstssssssss]

Taste is subjective but the more variety you listen to and the more you engage the more sophisticated your pallet becomes. There are experiments that show people who eat the same things all the time have limited tastes and food tastes relatively bland to them whereas people who eat a wide variety of things can appreciate far more flavors. Music is no different. In fact probably more so since the sense of taste and smell are fairly dull for humans

[@barrymoore4470]

@@ssssssstssssssss I think a receptivity to exposing oneself to a variety of things is generally commendable, for how can one know if one likes something (like a dish or a genre of music) if one never samples it? I would simply affirm that no one should feel pressured to like or feign to like any one thing, however honestly tested.

[@treff9226]

Nicely put and while taste is going to vary, you and I have great hearing - Zep are kings!

[@Ruda-n4h]

I wouldn't rate Ed Sheeran above Beethoven.

[@barrymoore4470]

@@Ruda-n4h Nor would I. But at the same time I couldn't criticize someone for enjoying Sheeran more than Beethoven.

[@junk_rig_sailor1698]

Left field comment -- Can you a review on 'Soul Mining' by The The.... one of the most underrated albums of the 80's

[@danschreffler1280]

Great album!

[@marktait2371]

agree friend was dj uncertain smile hed play entire song for breakdancers few othe songs later matt was ahead of his time

[@PevsnerOG]

Agreed, the 8 track version with Perfect. Never tire of it.

[@deedeewinchur]

Infected and Mind Bomb are outstanding as well.

[@sbwlearning1372]

His "solo" debut Burning Blue Soul is astonishing. avant garde, post punk experimental. I seem to remember a side of a Marc and the mambas album that Johnson played on that was very electronic 80s trippy as well. Happy Daze 🎸🎧🎵

[@oldman4353]

AC/DC:- Some good songs but after Back in Black too much rehashing of that album. I know that Led Zeppelin wrote The Song Remains the Same. But it was not meant as an instruction. Status Quo: Ditto. 70s Genesis: I like Prog Rock but 70's Genesis did not do it for me the way that Pink Floyd, Yes & Rush did. Punk Rock: Never got it at all. Grunge Rock: Ditto. Coldplay: No Kiss: All flash no talent.

[@ThinkForYourself1972]

The Grateful Dead I never got into; Clapton maybe a handful of songs… I grew up with U2 but not much from them has been interesting since 1991’s Achtung Baby. Never been big on Springsteen. I have always loved Radiohead, however.

[@systemlfo]

Yeh, I heard a live recording of Grateful Dead and I was expecting a cult-like psychedelic experience. Boy, was I disappointed

[@craigiepaigie]

Totally agree on Grateful Dead and Springsteen. A few good songs, but generally don't move me.

[@StephenDimig-mq5ku]

I love both. The Dead quote is that they are like black licorice. Not everyone likes black licorice, but the people that do REALLY like black licorice. Springsteen I think Darkness on the Edge of Town and Born to Run are genius.

[@paulguise698]

I'm with you on Springsteen

[@paisleepunk]

i liked clapton more when he was the guitarist for cream...now THAT'S a power trio

[@pieterotten3848]

Thank you for calling out Lennon, severely overrated. May I add that junkie Bob Dylan.

[@KurodaKyousuke]

I have to say, Led Zeppelin aside, that I completely agree with this list. Swap Zep for perhaps U2 and you'd have a perfect list in my book.

[@mattrogers1946]

My thoughts exactly!

[@davehoward22]

My idea of hell is a 3 hour lana del ray gig (loads on y tube,and how people stand there and watch is a mystery to me)

[@BlunderCity]

Well I really like Lana Del Rey probably for the same reason you don't. I'm attracted to the sad and monotone quality of her music.

[@JohnnyPaton]

I’ve seen Lana Del Rey live and the trip hop element of her music is brilliant.

[@StephenDimig-mq5ku]

I confess to really liking Lana Del Rey and Jennie Lewis

[@Darrylizer1]

I'm with you, Lana Del Taco is not for me.

[@davehoward22]

@@Darrylizer1 👌Like watching paint dry. Her fans say stuff like "ooh,shes so fluid"..whats that mean?

[@robertrobertsakarogerslemer]

Bingo! Apart Led Zeppelin, I agree 100% with these disliked bands.

[@richardlaws3855]

I agree with everything you said, with the single exception of Led Zeppelin. They surely have something magical about them?

[@mattrogers1946]

Absolutely!

[@paulkazakoff9231]

They were Magical indeed when I witnessed them in 1972.Fantastic !!!

[@HDIrwin]

The best plagiarists of all time

[@MJEvermore853]

@@HDIrwingive it a feckin break

[@keithparker1346]

​@@MJEvermore853well it would have been handy if they credited the original artists they were actually using music and lyrics rather than bering forced to acknowledge it by lawsuit

[@glennaldosf]

Can't stand it when people say GnR only have one good album. Yes Appetite was their marquee record, but Lies was good, Use Your Illusions 1 + 2 were bloated but have a lot of excellent material on them some of the best songs of that time written on them. Even Chinese Democracy imo is underrated. Yes, it's a bummer they haven't put anything out since then, but some of Slash's side projects have been good, and I think they put out 4 great albums in those 5 years between 1987-1991.....

[@naturadventur7425]

Illusions could have been ONE good album

[@kimberlywalker3970]

@@naturadventur7425 😂😂😂😂

[@petermccarthy748]

Completely agree with Led Zeppelin- I find them overwrought, pompous and joyless. Tried for 40 years to find something worthwhile in their discography before binning the entire album collection.

[@kippsguitar6539]

Yes, only whole lotta love made sense to me

[@mikenealon4042]

that one tune, stairway to have fun.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

What band are you listening to?! I feel that way about The Beatles but that's just me.

[@drewgeraci8434]

I pretty much agree with all your choices. Bands that burn brightly for a few years that ultimately make me sick of them. 4th of July in 1988, I was stuck in traffic for three hours after an outdoor fireworks show at Point State Park in Pittsburgh. Must have heard Pour Your Sugar on Me over a dozen times. I eventually turned off the radio and my friend in the car didn't mind.

[@domielakrabi3276]

I'm with you on most of the mentioned bands, especially Nirvana and Radiohead. But Led Zeppelin ?!?!? - left me shocked. I must say, the band grew on me during the last years and now after decades I can still listend to (almost) all their songs. They are simple the best combination of folk, blues, heaviness and groove

[@brucevinyl3504]

What are you talking about?!!! Nirvana were excellent- that is Patrick Campbell-Lyons' iteration of the group!🤣

[@DashGranthamD.A]

Yeah, I agree on the first 9. Led Zeppelin, on the other hand, is untouchable. The problem with the first 9 is they never had a decent 2nd album. But Led Zeppelin 2? 3? 4? etc? Yeah, the discussion is over. Although I also love Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Black Sabbath.

[@paulkazakoff9231]

@@DashGranthamD.A Exactly ! What a band.

[@ellebrook3413]

I get the feeling when he prefaced his top choice reveal with "I'm going to get a lot of shit for this", he was *hoping* people would start a big viral debate about it. I've noticed his habit of shoehorning a mention of Deep Purple being better whenever LZ comes up, but I honestly see/hear little in common between those two groups (well, aside from Rat Bat Blue and Moby Dick)

[@John-k6f9k]

I don't like Led Zeps heavy reliance on the blues and I certainly don't care for that hippy acoustic folky stuff they did. There's hardly any real rock & roll to Led Zeppelin. I also don't like Pages guitar tone, it's thin. cold and scratchy.

[@mainsailsound983]

Rush and Chili Peppers. Did you ever do any commentary on either of these?

[@schmidtbrosband]

Every one rings true...proud of you for taking the piss on these sacred cows...

[@dreamangus1505]

Who do you like then?

[@GarySkadra]

I can agree with all your choices except John Lennon and Led Zeppelin. In Lennon's case he just shouldn't have put Yoko on any of his albums

[@rabbitisrich]

Foo Fighters are awful! And looking back Nirvana were overrated. And yes, I totally get where you’re coming from with the Zep. They don’t ring true for me either. I love the idea behind this podcast. You’re not saying you can’t listen to these bands or even that you don’t like them, just something’s not quite right with them. I think all music lovers get that feeling. I think what you have to appreciate is some bands make an enormous impact because of what went immediately before. Definitely Maybe and Nevermind sounded so fresh and awesome on the radio that both those bands completely blew up at the time. It’s their greatness to have made an impact and to have shaken things up.

[@bookaufman9643]

I think Radiohead is probably going to be remembered as the best band of the last decade. I might not think that highly of them but I definitely have them up there. Also I couldn't disagree more about your Nirvana take. I don't know what weak songs you think are on Nevermind but I don't think there are any. I was a fan of Nirvana. I was a fan of the band from their sub pop days and I think their catalogue is spotless.

[@SagaciousFrank]

Yeah right, okay.

[@aeropro7558]

I agree with all you said...radiohead and nirvana are gods.

[@NVP12345]

I love Radiohead too, but...the last decade? Their last album was 8 years ago. Their best string of albums was '95-'07 (Bends - In Rainbows)

[@chrismollett1012]

Wow. As I always say Barry, we all have different ears. Radiohead and Nirvana absolutely sublime in my opinion and influenced so many bands I love. Pearl Jam have had a real return to form lately. Led Zeppelin are along with Rush my favourites. Agree with Oasis, Green Day and Lennon (you are a brave man). Any hoo. ELP is one of the bands I should like being a massive classic prog fan but I cannot stand them at all.

[@ephrimvael]

Thanks for that Barry! ..love the facetious banter, haha.. I would have squeezed Grateful Dead, Springsteen and U2 in there!

[@tommyzai7038]

Come on now . . . U2s catalog is amazing. ;-)

[@ephrimvael]

@@tommyzai7038 Got to admit, I do like New Year's Day!

[@peteshallcross787]

Jerry was a master at everything he touched. When current bands play old Dead they get standing ovations. It took me a year to get the Dead but 50 years later I'm glad my 2 buddies, who died in their early 20s, showed me the light.

[@PaulFormentos]

@@peteshallcross787 In the strangest of places if ya look at it right....The Dead FOREVER.

[@peteshallcross787]

@@PaulFormentos Good call! Why do bands like Phish, Widespread Panic, Billy Strings and String Cheese incident play Dead songs at say, Redrocks Amphitheater? Cuz people want to hear it and those bands can pull it off!

[@NeonRadarMusic]

One of the strangest phenomena: People hate Nickelback (understandable) and hate Muse (objectively amazing live) but worship Foo Fighters. Makes zero sense to me.

[@marsupialmicron]

Led Zeppelin had stellar moments. Please make yourself a favor and listen to: Two Ones are Won (Achilles Last Stand), from their album Presence. Amazing song.

[@CB-xr1eg]

*DO* yourself a favour. Not *MAKE*

[@mr.bloodvessel260]

Radiohead, Marillion,Dream Theater, tried but just don’t get the appeal

[@digmacdiggydoo]

Marillion with Fish was great, after that, No!!!!!

[@gordbeacock2562]

@@digmacdiggydoo Marillion (after Fish) has done some great stuff, but they are not the same band and NEED to be judged as a separate entity. My "Favourites" playlist has many new Marillion but no Fish era stuff, mostly because I also have a Fish era Marillion playlist which I also listen too.

[@Walesktf]

Marillion with Fish were a damn good band, both in the studio and live. Fish was a great lyricist

[@michaelcollins5563]

@@Walesktf Awesome live. Did Side one of Misplaced as an encore. Brilliant.

[@SeptemberChild1835]

What about Back Window Wiper?

[@Busybee65]

My list, The Killers, Red hot chilli peppers, Foo Fighters, Nickelback, Bon Jovi, Queen, Guns & Roses; U2, Metallica & last but not least, Green Day, surprised Brandon Flowers & Dave Grohl, have not jumped out from behind your sofa, and not gate crashed your post 😂

[@TBonzzz]

Barry, your description of Axl’s stupid swaying dance as looking like “My nana after a hip replacement.” I spit my beer across the room when I heard that! 😂 Spot on regarding Foo Fighters, Def Leppard and Green Day too. Gotta disagree about the mighty Led Zep though. Also, I never understood all the hype back in the 80s around The Smiths. Although I do always crank up “How Soon Is Now?” when I hear it.

[@stevenhenry5267]

Nothing stupid about it

[@SamMalone-y8s]

He stole that dance from the lead singer of The Monkeys.

[@yassassin6425]

@@SamMalone-y8s You mean Davy Jones? That was the Monkees.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

I hate Morrisey's whiny vocals and he's a fan of that Nigel creep. Total turn-off for me!

[@HocusPocus6969]

I’ll get hammered for this, but the Grateful Dead would be near the top of the list for me. I couldn’t imagine a worse time than waking up sober at a Dead concert. People get blasted out of their minds at their concerts for a reason. “Bring me the head of Jerry Garcia, he plays guitar like diarrhea”.

[@John-k6f9k]

I've got a problem with all those druggy bands like The Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd. It's been a social norm for decades that you're "supposed" to listen to those albums on drugs. If they're meant to be so good why I am supposed to take drugs to appreciate them? Saying an album or concert is best appreciated under drugs is like saying you have a girlfriend who's prettiest when you're drunk.

[@TJR-ClassicRockCorner0124]

Ted Nugent “If they knew how to tune their instruments they would have been great”. Dennis DeYoung “What does a Grateful Dead fan say when they sober up? This band stinks!”

[@ElvisBeery]

I saw a critic say "They sound like a drunk Country band tuning up." 😂

[@tommyhaynes9157]

I find them amorphous

[@Robertstar-p9r]

Obviously you don't play guitar. If you really listen Jerry could play rock ,blues, jazz, funk,bluegrass ,etc.

[@nickhunsaker3810]

Good list I totally agree with Led Zep I think they are good and I like them but don't love them for a lot of reasons mostly Robert plants voice really grates on my ears pretty quickly. I also find myself wishing I was listening to something else and I just can't believe it when people start calling them the greatest rock band of all time...

[@bonscott6353]

You can always listen to heart doing zep covers

[@chicklets4ever51]

@@bonscott6353 LOL. Another terrible band.

[@fogzax]

@@bonscott6353 The first couple of Heart albums are great

[@rustybear5125]

@@bonscott6353 Another band I love.

[@rustybear5125]

@@fogzax Their first 2 albums are brilliant. Actually when Roger left the band, it went south.

[@jeffreyromain7336]

I'm with you on Led Zeppelin. I didn't meld with them back in the day. Before lockdown I thought that I'd revisit their oeuvre. However, though I liked the odd track, I failed to appreciate what i will admit is an impressive body of work. I fell to my knees and wept, forever forced to walk alone.

[@danschreffler1280]

I love Achilles Last Stand. Led Zep was some of the first music I heard as a child.

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

😂

[@ninoorjon]

I think I understand what you mean. I really liked Led Zeppelin when I listened to individual songs. When I first heard Kashmir, I almost went crazy, then there were Immigrant Song, Stairway to Heaven, Black Dog, Whole Lotta Love and I decided to buy the albums, but they disappointed me, at best I liked half the album, and at worst - only one song from the album and that's a stretch.

[@paulkazakoff9231]

@@ninoorjon It's funny and yet they've sold more albums than just about anyone.I guess they had somethin' going on.

[@ninoorjon]

@@paulkazakoff9231 In terms of sales, Led Zeppelin is in 12th place, they have already been overtaken by Taylor Swift in 11th place. Now I’ll run to buy Swift’s albums and admire, because so many people bought her albums. I’ll also grab Eminem (9th place) and Madonna (5th place). 😆

[@bonscott6353]

I know hes considered a genius by many, with a once in a lifetime voice and a string of amazing hits but i could never get into william shatner

[@kfitz2711]

😂

[@kevindavidson7682]

Love Radiohead, man aside from The Bends and OK Computer, Kid A and IN RAINBOWS are brilliant records.

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Greatest band from the past thirty years.

[@vordman]

@@OutOnTheTiles I agree. Their albums are timeless.

[@zachary1966]

Agreed!

[@Kah0ona]

Agreed!

[@stpaulimdog]

Yea I feel like he forgot Rainbows too. Great album.

[@alansmith4748]

The trouble with that list is you could put just about any band or singer on it and I'd agree with you up to a point

[@eldragon4076]

😅👌

[@MH77391]

I've never understood the appeal of The Doors and I really can't stand Van Morrison (I know he's not a band but couldn't stop myself)!

[@nicktaylor2657]

Jim Morrison was a real weirdo You have to be a bit of a weirdo to like The Doors which I definitely am 😊

[@PhilBaird1]

Great list Barry. Zeppelin were great, no question; but like some other bands/artists (Pink Floyd ? The Eagles ? Fleetwood Mac ? Springsteen ? David Bowie ? Queen ? Steely Dan ?) their estimation and reputation has exceeded what made them great in the first place. They've outgrown all critical proportion and perspective. Damned with over-praise. First it was the corporations that stole the music, and now it's the fans. Who saw that one ?

[@EbonyPope]

I'm a 90s kid and always hated the music of my generation. When I discovered the 50s, 60s and 70s I found a compeltely new world that opened for me. Concerning NIRVANA: The reason why this band was so successful is best described with an analogy. Rock was dead in the 90s techno and Eurodance were in the charts and music was getting even duller than in the 80s where programmable keyboards werer first introduced and let people who should never have touched an intstrument make music. The result was that by the 90s everyone was starved for HANDMADE music. And along came Nirvana. It was just punk with a new coat of paint but the kids loved the doomer attitude and Kurt's performative F*ck everything attitude. It was cringey to the max but it sold. Unfortunately it was already the time of the internet so the turnover of trends was already getting pretty fast and suddenly it was nothing but a fad. Post Grunge has a bad reputation for a reason. The analogy I use is: Nirvana was like fresh bread served to a starving prison inmate. It's just bread but if you usually just eat mouldy bread he thinks it's the best thing ever.

[@MJEvermore853]

Well stated. 👍

[@keithparker1346]

Grunge had a punk feel in terms of shaking up the dismal rock scene

[@steveroberts9453]

For me music died in 1987,, and by no coincidence the Stock,Aitken and Waterman production line arrived with never ending shite.

[@EbonyPope]

@@steveroberts9453 It was in it's last throws after disco. I mean I love the BeeGees but there was already a huge commericalization push and it only got worse from there. Just look at what they did to rap. Listen to the early stuff that used real funk etc. and now listen to what is called rap today. It all gets corrupted.

[@MJEvermore853]

@@keithparker1346 the only reason the rock scene was dismal was because MTV was hell bent on pushing garbage like Poison and Warrant. There were plenty of great rock groups back then, but MTV would have nothing to do with them. That was all part of their plan. Then they show us grunge, to make those bands seem like God’s gift to humanity. Bands like Nirvana were horrid. There were a handful of good grunge bands, but Kurt Cobain only knew how to whine and look greasy. No thanks. Never liked punk at all any way!

[@alisonholly2841]

Interesting that people say they can't stand a band but have they actually sat down and listened to an album from start to finish from a band they supposedly hate. Listen to more than just a couple of songs or listen to a complete discography, then decide...

[@savr1200gs]

Totally agree about Def Leopard total dross. Remember Magnum supporting them at the Apollo Manchester the crowd still shouting for Magnum most of the way into Leopard's set

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

Magnum with the late Tony Clarkin (R.I.P.) a class act

[@metalbearuk]

I saw Def Leppard in 83 I think it was, and Rock Goddess supported them and blew them off stage completely. Leppard also got a few boos, as people even then, thought they'd sold out to America. Didn't see them again until they were doing a double header Whitesnake. Luckily they came on after Whitesnake, and they bored me to tears that much , I went home. I still love their early stuff up to and including High and Dry, after that forget it.

[@GG-ml3vr]

People were still booing them when we were on.

[@TheRKae]

I love Magnum. Not my usual genre, but I really do dig them.

[@philwise872]

Saw Def Leppard a few years ago in San Sebastian, very average.Whitesnake who were supporting them,were absolutely brilliant however

[@vagabond197979]

The Stones have awesome hits but the rest of the tracks don't do anything for me. Maybe that's why they have so many greatest hits albums.

[@UCS0608]

I agree. People often ask me if I'm a Beatles or Stones-fan. I love both bands my whole live, but I know every song from every Beatle-album, but (apart from Stones albums from 1969 to 1975) I actually only know the Stones- hits.

[@MJEvermore853]

The Beatles put out quite a lot of schlock along with their hits though.

[@vagabond197979]

@@MJEvermore853 compared to who? The Stones?

[@keithparker1346]

I don't think people should be ashamed of just liking the hits.imo Queen and The Smiths have brilliant greatest hits things but very erratic albums. Why listen to songs that don't do it for you?

[@keithparker1346]

​@@MJEvermore853I would say most of the White Album is filler

[@MrDuneedon]

I wasn’t really a Foo Fighters fan until I saw one of their live shows. For me, seeing a band live tends to change things in a hurry.

[@aaronbeat1136]

Difficult to argue with this list, until you got to number one

[@zyxwut321]

No, it's really not. Led Zeppelin's been controversial for decades.

[@stpaulimdog]

Even then he said he liked them. He just doesn't love them like other people do.

[@Rextum]

Agree with it all, more or less. Then again, as I get older I have learned to like so many more bands and different styles, some which I used to hate younger. Musical taste is constantly developing and changing. That makes it more interesting😎

[@vordman]

Same here, in the 70s I wouldn't have gone anywhere near Genesis or Yes but now I love them both. I just stick Foxtrot or Closer To The Edge on and let the sounds waft over me. A wonderful way to get away from the 21st century.

[@Baldieman1]

Absolutely.When I was young,everything had to be cutting edge & "experimental" .Now in my fifties,my younger self would be horrified to hear that now,as well as still enjoying such acts as G.Y.B.E,Swans etc,I do like me some Sinatra,and some Steely Dan.

[@Bismark1815]

Limp bizkit- I love nu-metal, I love the whole era of rap a lot of there albums were made in I should love this band but just don’t, I don’t even hate Fred Durst, and while I do like the band and I just feel like the music doesn’t click with me as much as it should Megadeth- again I like the band but given how but given how much I love slayer I feel like it should like their music I lot more than I do The smashing pumpkins- their everything I love about grunge and alt rock I genuinely don’t know Radiohead- I feel like the only reason I don’t love this band is that I started listening to weezer first The strokes (and a lot of garage rock)- I love the idea of garage rock sort of bringing back older sounds but again it never really hit me on too deep of a level Also I want to preface I do like all of the bands I mentioned I just feel like I should like them more

[@goodnewsryan3363]

Led zeppelin and foo fighters can't get into them and I've tried ....Pearl jam same

[@williamunderwood1762]

I feel sorry for people that don’t like Led Zeppelin.

[@ronaldchives2486]

@@williamunderwood1762 I applaud their good taste

[@mattrogers1946]

​@@williamunderwood1762Me too. The band that launched 100,000 guitar players!

[@ninoorjon]

@@williamunderwood1762 Why are you sorry? I like quite a lot of Led Zeppelin songs, but I don’t like the group itself, and although I have all their albums, I listen to them quite rarely - they don’t have an album on which I would like all the songs.

[@MJEvermore853]

@@ninoorjon, it’s ok to have poor taste. 😅

[@samanthab1923]

I’m with you for a lot of your list. Green Day Mmhh, Like Eddie Vedder but not Pearl Jam, never liked GNR & Def Leppard was always like a girls band aka Bon Jovi. Never liked 90’s stuff. Like Dave Grohl & Taylor, could listen to them talk anytime but their band & Nirvana no thanks. Oasis was just tabloid fodder. Listened to a lot of Zepplin in HS but always disliked Stairway. Radiohead, don’t know any of their stuff. Couldn’t be bothered. I have to admit if John hadn’t been killed Double Fantasy would have bombed. 👋

[@causeydawg]

Great video…have to agree!

[@IheartDogs55]

That's an interesting point of view. Double Fantasy really wasn't all that interesting, imo.

[@2008PLS]

Like all your picks but LED ZEPPELIN, the musicianship alone is outstanding, then the creativity and diversity of genres and style has aways been tastefully executed.

[@kippsguitar6539]

They played the same thing, I didn't get it at all, decent musicians but no better than anyone else at the time, good for you

[@kimberlywalker3970]

I love Led Zeppelin, and I don't care what anyone else thinks. Five of their eight albums are absolutely killer in my book. I can't say that about many other bands.

[@2008PLS]

@@kimberlywalker3970all their albums have a unique quality to them.