I actually like a lot of classic rock (yes even Hotel California, that solo kicks ass) but there is a lot of bad classic rock too. What do you think the worst classic rock song is? What is the most overrated band or artist? I think Supertramp is mid at best, but Bob Seeger is truly dreadful.

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    The Rolling Stones suck so much. They got two good songs to be sure, but they’re aggressively mid more often than not. Hell, there earlier stuff just reminds me that I could be listening to far better black artists who were their contemporaries.

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    AC/DC? trash. Aerosmith? disgusting. this one’s low-hanging fruit but obviously KISS sucks ass. oh and Guns N’ Roses. I can’t name a single Mötley Crüe song but I can’t imagine they’re any good

    actually all of them are bad except for Waters-era Pink Floyd

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      I was in rehab with Steven Tyler. At the time Applebees was using Sweet Emotion in an ad. When I bumped into him in the chow line I was like “holy shit, you’re the guy from the Applebees commercial!” He didn’t think it was as funny as I did and refused to talk to me for the next two weeks.

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      Sweet Child o’ Mine is great though.

      An ex of mine asked me when we were still together that if we broke up for me to show up to her funeral riding a hog and play that on a stereo outside her service. She probably forgot she told me that but I’m gonna do it.

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      There’s a band I listened to in high school with a really good song (not really rock though) that heavily sampled the opening riff from Hell’s Bells. AC/DC grinds my gears in general, but Hell’s Bells still hits for me. I’m like 50/50 on whether I’d still have any appreciation for the song if I hadn’t heard that great pseudo-cover.

      Isn’t Aerosmith a one-hit-wonder? I actually do think Dream On is a good song, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a single other thing they’ve done.

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        “Love in an Elevator,” “Water Song/Janie’s Got a Gun,” the song from Armageddon, the one with Run DMC, “Dude (Looks Like a Lady),” “Toys in the Attic,” “Pink,” “Sweet Emotion” all had to have at least hit gold/top 40 given how many times I’ve heard them played ad nauseam during various summer and from teenagers’ bedrooms over the course of my life. Also they have a roller coaster at Disney World.

        Please teach me your secret ninja wizard ways of going through life without hearing any Aerosmith.

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          Please teach me your secret ninja wizard ways of going through life without hearing any Aerosmith.

          Well for me it’s pretty simple, don’t have friends and don’t have social hobbies in real life. Nobody’s blasting any aerosmith at you in the grocery store or in a video game, and nobody’s blasting aerosmith at you while you go for a walk or plant tomatoes or read a book.

          I’m sure I’ve heard an aerosmith song or two but probably no more than that, and definitely couldn’t identify even one.

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            Haha! You wanna know how bad off I am about this (and probably my whole generation)? As soon as you mentioned “video game” I immediately remembered Revolution X, the Aerosmith video game where you went from place to place shooting fascist super cops while being blasted with Aerosmith music as you save band members and “music and freedom as a whole.” It was at every skate rink and pizza joint. Help I’m drowning!

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          Dude Looks Like a Lady is horrific and I hate hearing that come on the radio but I had no idea it was Aerosmith. I’ve heard Jamie’s Got a Gun too but not enough to have a reaction, also did not know that was them. I might recognize the others too but not by name and I’m now thinking maybe I’ll keep it that way. Dream On is still pretty good though.

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            Well, we’re all blessed with there not being anymore song from them now that Steve Tyler’s vocal cords exploded on stage a few weeks ago.

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    The Beatles. I actually love a lot of their B sides and early material, but I think I’ve just been over-exposed to their “main” catalogue. Although, truth be told, I could probably say the same for almost any classic rock band, except for maybe CCR. Classic rock bands just get over-hyped as the most amazing band in the world, but when you don’t feel the same, it ends up creating a huge disconnect.

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    I like a lot of the stuff but the 2 minute chorus lines and the “end the song by way of a minute long fade out” is grating.

    That said I see a lot of use of the word “overrated” in this thread. [Band] isn’t overrated, you just don’t like them. Like I don’t like Bruce Springsteens music, but there’s a reason why he’s called The Boss.

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        Also, and this is more a 70s/80s thing, very long solos in a song that’s more of a dance bop. I am specifically looking at you Ian Dury and your song “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick”

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        Looking at you Sunglasses at Night. I only recently discovered that there’s a version that includes the full guitar solo, but that never gets radio play sicko-no.

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        “Hey kids wanna hear me make my guitar go weeeoweoweeeeooo for about two minutes”

        “Wanna hear me do it again?”

        I am a solo hater

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        It literally doesn’t. You can like something and still find it overrated, you can dislike something and find it underrated. These words refer to your view of the broader cultural valuation of something, not your personal tastes.

        Saying “I don’t like ramen” isn’t the same as saying “ramen is overrated”

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          yes, it does. to say something is overrated is to acknowledge that the consensus is x and that you don’t believe that it should be because you think that the majority of people have misjudged the thing in question as being better than it is. in other words, that you don’t like it as much as most people.

          just because you don’t like the word "overrated’ doesn’t mean you can just define it out of existence lol

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            To say something is overrated is to acknowledge that the consensus is x and that you don’t believe that it should be because you think that the majority of people have misjudged the thing in question as being better than it is.

            Yeah, that’s not the same as disliking something. Just because both words indicate some negative quality doesn’t mean they have same meaning. I also disagree about it being “better than it is”. Overrated can refer to a lot of things - How important something is, how good it is, how influential it is, how approachable it is, and so on and so forth.

            just because you don’t like the word "overrated’ doesn’t mean you can just define it out of existence lol.

            I don’t think the word is overrated, I just think it’s underrated to actually use the words for what they mean. Its overrated to use the word overrated when what you mean is that you don’t like something.

            “I like breaking bad, but I do think it’s overrated” is a completely normal sentence.

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              in what context would you find it applicable to call something “overrated” if you don’t believe that word is applicable when you’re saying that you think a thing that is broadly considered to be good is actually bad? because I genuinely cannot conceive of another context in which the word "overrated’ could be accurately used. from my perspective you sound like you’ve invented a completely incomprehensible topic to argue about because you think the word “overrated” sucks and it makes you feel superior to people who use it. it would be like if i suddenly decided that your use of the word “negative” is invalid, actually the only valid use of the word “negative” is the photography related noun, the word you mean to use is “bad”

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                saying that you think a thing that is broadly considered to be good is actually bad?

                That’s not what you’re saying when you’re saying something is overrated. By your own definition you are saying it isn’t as good as people say it is. By my definition it is saying something is less of a certain positive quality than people say it is. Neither of these definitions are the same as saying something is bad.

                you think the word “overrated” sucks.

                Who is the one inventing arguments here? I’ve never said the word overrated sucks and I have already answered this point in my previous reply.

                it makes you feel superior to people who use it.

                I feel like you’re projecting a lot of negative assumptions on to me based on nothing.

                it would be like if i suddenly decided that your use of the word “negative” is invalid, actually the only valid use of the word “negative” is the photography related noun.

                Except for the fact that “overrated” isn’t a synonym for “I don’t like it” or “bad”.

                in what context would you find it applicable to call something “overrated”

                You got an example at the very first thing I posted: “I don’t like Bruce Springsteens music, but there is a reason he’s called The Boss”. I don’t see why you’re saying you can’t fathom any sayings, when that’s right there. Here’s two more anyway.

                “I like falafel, but I think it’s overrated. So many people say it’s their favourite food, which, like, it’s good, but it’s not that good”

                “I know it’s wayyy overrated, but my favourite series is Breaking Bad. It’s not groundbreaking or anything, but I still like it.”

                These are completely rational sentences.

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    Let’s agree: Carry on Wayward Son is the best classic rock song. Like all good classic rock it also falls on the proggy side of things.

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    I have faith in the power of Don’t Stop Believin’ but I heard it at the wrong time a couple of days ago and I wanted to rip the walls apart. It’s just not a breakfast before work type of song.

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      The day that I stopped listening to commercial radio was the day I was driving a delivery van, and Jack & Diane came on for the millionth time. Out of song fatigue, I hit a preset button to switch from the classic rock station to the adult contemporary station, but the song just kind of skipped a few seconds. Weird.

      Confusion turned to horror, as I realized the truth: The adult contemporary station was also playing Jack & Diane almost in sync with the classic rock station.

      That’s it. I’m done. No more commercial radio, with 7-minute ad breaks, and 40-song playlists, if they can’t even manage a different 40 songs on different stations.

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    The horse with no name song is straight up torture.

    Also, I don’t get classic rock radio. I know every song and I hate the genre. My entire passenger experience in an automobile has had a classic rock soundtrack. The same 100 songs everyday for like 25 years caused me damage.

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    They used to be my favorite band in the world, but nowadays I think that Led Zeppelin is way, way overrated. IV is their best album and probably the only one that nowadays I can still listen to without skipping any songs, even Four Sticks (eh, actually, I’ll skip that one I think). When the Levee Breaks is the best song they’ve ever made.