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marcho wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 10:35 am I am surprised the Pink Fairies are there, not much to shout about imho. What A Bunch Of sweetiesis okay but Never Never Land is rubbish apart from Do It. Sometimes they would turn up as a trio and sometimes others would join in. They were part of the early 1970s Ladbroke Grove scene but that is about all.
True after a few beers at the Walthamstow Tech College even Uriah Heep seemed good !!
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I saw them at Harlow Town Park and they played three songs and then Twink collapsed over his drum kit stoned out of his head. I saw Vinegar Joe at Walthamstow Tech College and they were pretty good although they were entitled to be as the lead singers were Robert Palmer and Elkie Brooks.
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Bergen wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:41 pm Average White Band is ok, but apart from that some really bad suggestions.
The Waterboys

My lame to fame: Hamish from the Average White Band drinks in my local with his dog Spike.
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The Beatles
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I still cannot believe that the Ludicrous Lollipops didn't take over the music world.
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Apple Wumble wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:43 pm Talking heads
Great call. Brilliant band.
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Hope of the States
Cooper Temple Clause.

Two bands that never became mainstream as did not have rich parents to help them gain record deals as like the Kooks.
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Steve White and The Protest Family
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My three prior ones were just messing around of possibly the three worst bands ever.

A group who i feel were underrated was Star Sailor.
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CCS - some may say maybe not strictly a band but what a bunch of musicians and such excellent sounds and music from them

Blue Oyster Cult

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BoniO wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:08 pm
Apple Wumble wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:43 pm Talking heads
Great call. Brilliant band.
Yes, but not under-rated.
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Bands that have a loyal following, are terrific live,but should be appreciated more widely in my humble:

James
Echo and the Bunneymen
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Thor wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:34 pm My three prior ones were just messing around of possibly the three worst bands ever.

A group who i feel were underrated was Star Sailor.
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Disoriented wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 9:58 am
BoniO wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:08 pm
Apple Wumble wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:43 pm Talking heads
Great call. Brilliant band.
Yes, but not under-rated.
Exactly, Byrne is widely acknowledged as a genius.
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what about the reverse.

Most overated bands

My personal one is Radiohead.

Thom Yorke sounds like he's in agaony when he sings.
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JimbO wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:43 am what about the reverse.

Most overated bands

My personal one is Radiohead.

Thom Yorke sounds like he's in agaony when he sings.
Couldn’t agree more. What on earth are they on about?
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Never really understood the appeal of Pink Floyd. Pink Fraud, more like. Dark Side of the Moon, I think, is cartoonish.
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Give it to Jabo wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:01 pm Never really understood the appeal of Pink Floyd. Pink Fraud, more like. Dark Side of the Moon, I think, is cartoonish.
I think it was more about their mega-spectacular live shows - rather than their music output.
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U2, despite their immense popularity, are also underrated IMHO. Their songs really capture and encapsulate the every day frustrations felt be most people.

Take Sunday Bloody Sunday, for example. What a great song. It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it? You wake up in the morning, you've got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running round, you've got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think "Sunday, bloody Sunday!"
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:lol:

If only Bono wasn’t such a self-effacing chap, who avoids shoving his worthy causes down our throat every bloody minute at all costs, maybe U2 could have made it big.
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Give it to Jabo wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:01 pm Never really understood the appeal of Pink Floyd. Pink Fraud, more like. Dark Side of the Moon, I think, is cartoonish.
run radiohead a close second a lot of their output seems like a load of self indulgent b*llocks to me
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