Unpopular Music Opinions

Unknown Soldier · 10-06-2011, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TheNiceGuy

I've always come under the impression that people considered Led Zep 4 or 3 as their best.

Led Zep 4 normally comes out as best in most polls probably followed by Led Zep 2, then 1 or 3 are the next most popular.

GravitySlips · 10-06-2011, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

This is not really an unpopular opinion as I also think its their best and a lot of people I know think the same. Any of the first four albums plus Physical Graffitti often get mentioned as their best anyway.

And Houses of the Holy? That is up there too, for me - only bettered by Physical Graffiti.

Howard the Duck · 10-06-2011, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by GravitySlips

And Houses of the Holy? That is up there too, for me - only bettered by Physical Graffiti.

i would say HOTH is better than PG

GravitySlips · 10-06-2011, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

i would say HOTH is better than PG

I thought that for a while too, for me they're pretty much equally great. But I listen to PG more these days.

Unknown Soldier · 10-06-2011, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by GravitySlips

And Houses of the Holy? That is up there too, for me - only bettered by Physical Graffiti.

I don`t think HOTH is a great album, it good but nothing special, wheras PG is one of the great double albums of the era.

Erectusm · 10-06-2011, 10:47 AM

Yeah, thats true

cheif101 · 10-06-2011, 07:13 PM

I like the Beatles but do not understand why they are worshiped. They have their gems but they are pretty generic most often.

sopsych · 10-08-2011, 02:41 PM

Maybe the harmonies? I've wondered that myself, what about the music being made then is so revered.

Electrophonic Tonic · 10-08-2011, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cheif101

I like the Beatles but do not understand why they are worshiped. They have their gems but they are pretty generic most often.

Without re-writing one of the countless books that has been written on the subject...

Basically, they changed the landscape of popular music in just 8, more like 5-6, years. Ask me to name the individual elements of that change and we'll be here all day. It wasn't just the music: it was the attitude, the product and the influence. It's why the Beatles go beyond music and enter into pop culture and even world history.

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Originally Posted by wisdom

Maybe the harmonies?

The Beach Boys could sing circles around the Beatles.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 10-08-2011, 08:35 PM

The Beatles are overrated, indeed. However, I do think they deserve a point for no matter how popular, and rich they got they seemed to take their music, and the writing of it, seriously. Even when they wrote something horrendous(Yellow Submarine), they seemed like they loved making, and performing it.

Unlike most popular acts, they didn't just pick a sound, and start phoning it in. They weren't really afraid of taking risks.

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