Fact:

[DipDipDive]

Jimmy Buffet totally fucking blows.

Your turn to state a fact about music, kids.

[voltanapricot]

Elton John's music suits all moods.

[synch]

Fact: I have no clue who Jimmy Buffet is.

[DipDipDive]

Fact: I have no clue who Jimmy Buffet is.

Don't go out of your way to try and find out. Trust me.

Fact: ?uestlove has the greatest afro in the business.

[yeahwho]

Elvis Costello Kicked Ass in the late 70's.

1. My Aim is True....1977
2. This Years Model...1978
3. Armed Forces...1979

[CrankItUp!]

Perry Como was a suave dude with hit songs "Papa Loves Mambo" and "Hot Diggity Ziggity Boom!" :cool:

[Brass_Munkey]

Fact:

Comparing Audioslave to RATM in terms of quality music is like comparing garbage with pure gold.

[SobaViolence]

Fact:Velvet Underground is essential to fully appreciate music, and furthermore, life in general.

[DroppinScience]

Fact:

It is literally impossible to overplay Depeche Mode's "Violator" album.

[adam_f]

Fact: Ol Dirty Bastard is actually alive and is raising baby seals off the coast of Greenland.

[cosmo105]

Fact: You can't listen to Queen and not rock your ass off.

[King PSYZ]

Fact:

Rakim is the most underrated MC ever.

[adam_f]

Fact: Dr. Dre is not that talented, it's just his N.W.A. rep that keeps him relevant.

[mickill]

Jimmy Buffet does in fact blow.


but...


Elton John's music doesn't really suit all moods. I mean, Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting doesn't really make me want to kick someone's ass.

?uestlove's afro is subpar at best.

Elvis Costello still kicked some ass in the 80's.

Perry Como owes everything to Bing Crosby.

PIL is no more underrated than VU is. They both have huge followings.

Comparing Audioslave to RATM is more like comparing wood to gold, not really garbage, though.

I think you could still fully appreciate music, and therefor life, without having heard VU, considering the amount of bands they've already influenced.

I hardly ever listen to Violator. And when I do, I skip over half the songs.

ODB is dead. And I never really got into him. There. I said it.

Half of what Queen recorded wouldn't ncessarily compel one to rock their ass off (Play The Game, Who Wants To Live Forever, The Show Must Go On, Sail Away Sweet Sister etc.)

Rakim is widely acknowledged as the greatest rapper ever. And he's been resting on his laurels for over 5 years now, at least. How is that underrated?

Dre has more talent in one toenail than half the rap producers out there combined. Don't even lie to yourself.

[DroppinScience]

That's awesome, mickill. :D

[mickill]

Yeah, I know, man.

Truth be told, Violator is easily the best DM album, though. Easily.

[adam_f]

And once again, mickill is the only one here whose opinion matters.

[King PSYZ]

But if his opinion is the only one that matters than your opinion stating so wouldn't matter...

Rakim is known by those into the hip hop scene as the greatest MC, but outside of the fans far too few know his name and his talent. I heard he was trying to release an indie label record for a while, so not really resting.
New kids to hip hop need to understand that Rakim is the level by which all others should be measured.

[EN[i]GMA]

Fact: Sage Francis was better when he was in Non-Prophets.

[Bob]

fact: sweet home alabama is overrated

[DroppinScience]

fact: sweet home alabama is overrated

Anything Lynyrd Skynyrd is overrated.

[SobaViolence]

fact: overall, hip hop is getting lame.

[mickill]

See, you all are equating success to sales or popularity. They're not underrated.

By the way, Eric B & Rakim were consistently going gold with their albums in the 80's which is pretty much like going double platinum nowadays. He was working with Dre, but now he's working with Primo supposedly. Dre's chipping in a few tracks, though. That's how it should be. Primo will bring him back.

Adam, yes, you are correct. Thank you.

[mickill]

How about underappreciated then? Would that make you happy?
Yes. In most cases. But can you really say that about VU when they're widely known as the band that "Not many people ever heard, but everybody that did, started a band"? That's as big a compliment as you're gonna get in the industry. Besides, The firts album has almost sold platinum now and it rounds out the top of every critics top 10 albums of all time list. How could they be underrated OR underappreciated?

[Vladimir]

Fact: There is a weezer song for every occasion

[yeahwho]

KEXP (http://www.kexp.org/home.asp?noflash=false) is the best internet radio station.

[cosmo105]

i, too, skip over a good half of the songs on Violator.

[kll]

KEXP (http://www.kexp.org/home.asp?noflash=false) is the best internet radio station.
i prefer www.woxy.com

[voltanapricot]

Elton John's music doesn't really suit all moods. I mean, Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting doesn't really make me want to kick someone's ass.
Yeah that was a sort of naff idea, I'll work harder next time.

:<

Edit:I'll explain why my comment was poo, music is fluid and goes with anything, so nah.

[yeahwho]

Originally Posted by mickill
Elton John's music doesn't really suit all moods. I mean, Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting doesn't really make me want to kick someone's ass.

Yeah but, that song "The Bitch is Back" does make me want to but Kotex and really, I'm a dude man.

[mickill]

Yeah, I know. Ok, fine. PIL's undervalued. Or underacknowledged. Whichever. You know they had a number of top 5/top 10/top 40 hits though, right?


Yeah that was a sort of naff idea, I'll work harder next time.

:<

Edit:I'll explain why my comment was poo, music is fluid and goes with anything, so nah.
No, sorry. I was just lookingfor holes in your theory. It's actually true for the most part. Well, was true. He's just been all adult contemporary for the last decade or so, though.

[Sandinista!]

Fact:

Any "music" made by any band/artist that became "hip" after 1989, represents a post-89 genre or emerged after 1989 is absolute rubbish and isn't worth anyone's time.

[synch]

Fact: Sandinista is a broken record. A bad one.

[blip]

my marketing teacher in high school would not shut up about how she went to middle school with jimmy buffet

[DipDipDive]

my marketing teacher in high school would not shut up about how she went to middle school with jimmy buffet

That would be all well and good if she, too, was discussing the unbelievable degree to which he sucks.

[Calimero jr.]

Fact: They Might be Giants are underrated
Fact: The Melvins still rock asses 20 years after they started out
Fact: all those nu-metal and california-rich kids/punk-wannabies bands are lame
Fact: Mike Patton is a genius
Fact: 90% of the music aired on radios here is pure shit

[muddfoot]

Fact: Eminem is going to be a full time producer.

Fiction: Eminem is a great producer.

[Kid Presentable]

Fact: Eminem is going to be a full time producer.

Fiction: Eminem is a great producer.

And with that in mind, White M.C's tend to reach a point where they won't work anybody else on their beats.

[yeahwho]

Fact: They Might be Giants are underrated
Fact: The Melvins still rock asses 20 years after they started out
Fact: all those nu-metal and california-rich kids/punk-wannabies bands are lame
Fact: Mike Patton is a genius
Fact: 90% of the music aired on radios here is pure shit

It ain't bragging if it's a fact, jack. Calimero jr. is correct on all 5 points.

[King PSYZ]

See, you all are equating success to sales or popularity. They're not underrated.

By the way, Eric B & Rakim were consistently going gold with their albums in the 80's which is pretty much like going double platinum nowadays.
no, that's what you just did...

i'm talking about new kids to hip hop don't know the influence and greatness that is Rakim

[steve-onpoint]

Fact: Luke Skywalker was banned in the USA.

[steve-onpoint]

Fact: They Might be Giants are underrated


word.

[boys_beastie]

i used to be into ska punk, theyre cool