Suckiest bands that made it big...sort of.

[BradH]

Billy Joel and Phil Collins = Possibly the same guy....

Okay, I gotta vent some more.

I think there are two distinct levels of sucktation. Phil could sing and was a helluva drummer but he wrote pop pap that blitzkrieged the airwaves with boring junk for too many years. Billy Joel, on the other hand, is a complete phony in my view. Utterly unconvincing and overwrought, he's the Ethal Merman of Rock 'n' Roll. Then he tried to cash in on new wave with that Glass Houses crap. "Friday night I crashed yo paaarty." Omigod, the piano man is trying to sound like a punk! It's like an audio version of Epicac, it just works faster.

While I'm at it, and speaking of the changes the new wave wrought, The Eagles tried to man up with The Long Run. That was hilarious after they'd displayed the utter inability to sound like they'd ever actually been in the fast lane no matter how much they sang about it. Then there was the bile inducing video of Jefferson Starship with Grace Slick gothed up in a dog collar and glaring through acres of eyeliner in a desperate Siouxse wannabe gambit for relevance.

Hell, let's keep going...

What's up with Bad Company? Were they really that good? Really? "Feel like makin' luuuuuuuuv". You couldn't intentionally design a more mind numbing parody of a post-blues rock lobotomy. Zeppelin went on and on about these guys when they signed them to Swan Song but I thought they made BTO sound complex. Yeah, I get the part about 3-chord rock, believe me. But there's no excuse for being boring. I hated Skynyrd and their downshifted version of the Allman's but at least their rhythm section was tight. Bad Co. just sounded burnt out from day one and probably were.

I can think of buttloads of big bucks suckage without picking on Elton or Dave Matthews. My god, Journey? Foreigner? The list is endless. Actually, it's only about 200 songs played on the radio 24/7 for three decades.

Okay, that's enough tail-gating the short bus. You guys got me started, it's your fault.

[Swish]

Okay, I gotta vent some more.

I think there are two distinct levels of sucktation. Phil could sing and was a helluva drummer but he wrote pop pap that blitzkrieged the airwaves with boring junk for too many years. Billy Joel, on the other hand, is a complete phony in my view. Utterly unconvincing and overwrought, he's the Ethal Merman of Rock 'n' Roll. Then he tried to cash in on new wave with that Glass Houses crap. "Friday night I crashed yo paaarty." Omigod, the piano man is trying to sound like a punk! It's like an audio version of Epicac, it just works faster.

While I'm at it, and speaking of the changes the new wave wrought, The Eagles tried to man up with The Long Run. That was hilarious after they'd displayed the utter inability to sound like they'd ever actually been in the fast lane no matter how much they sang about it. Then there was the bile inducing video of Jefferson Starship with Grace Slick gothed up in a dog collar and glaring through acres of eyeliner in a desperate Siouxse wannabe gambit for relevance.

Hell, let's keep going...

What's up with Bad Company? Were they really that good? Really? "Feel like makin' luuuuuuuuv". You couldn't intentionally design a more mind numbing parody of a post-blues rock lobotomy. Zeppelin went on and on about these guys when they signed them to Swan Song but I thought they made BTO sound complex. Yeah, I get the part about 3-chord rock, believe me. But there's no excuse for being boring. I hated Skynyrd and their downshifted version of the Allman's but at least their rhythm section was tight. Bad Co. just sounded burnt out from day one and probably were.

I can think of buttloads of big bucks suckage without picking on Elton or Dave Matthews. My god, Journey? Foreigner? The list is endless. Actually, it's only about 200 songs played on the radio 24/7 for three decades.

Okay, that's enough tail-gating the short bus. You guys got me started, it's your fault.

..ly bad. Fooled ya, didn't I. Yes, I can't believe I didn't include them in my original post, along with Foreigner and their ilk, but there are just too many who really sucked to remember them all, especially after I've worked so hard to forget them. The BTO comment was really funny by the way. Oh, and how about REO Speedwagon? Get out the barf bags.

I'm feeling much better now.

Swish

[Jack in Wilmington]

Here are a few of mine and I'm sure it will strike a nerve somewhere.

Bob Dylan.- Just can't stand his voice. I'll admit he can write songs but please Bob sell them to somebody with a voice.

Willie Nelson - See Above

Rolling Stones - Maybe in their younger days, But come on guys will you just frickin retire, You're like the Roger Clemens of rock.

Rod Stewart - If I hear Maggie May one more time. "Wake up Maggie" for her sake I hope she's in a coma.

[musicman1999]

I wont say that all music made since 1979 sucks but i do think that you could say 85-90 percent of it does.When i was a teenager it was great to go to the record store and pick up that new Zepplin record or maybe that new Pink Floyd,ah what the hell lets get both.Now what do you pick from?

bill