jackhammer |
05-03-2011 05:54 PM |
Explanation:
The Who. Started as a decent Mod band with great hooks and a balls out attitude but then decided to make thematic Prog albums that were over indulgent unfocused pieces with the odd glimpse of a band that were dying to get to back to basics if it weren't for an ego on guitar. Who Are You and You Better You Bet are just 2 examples of a mediocre band making music that is akin to pub rock. Such a shame from a band that gave us My Generation, 5:15 and I Am The Sea.
Deep Purple. A genuinely talented band that rode the scene like some dock ridden whore. Whatever is is en vogue the purps followed. We shall start off as a bad psychedelic rock band, branch into Heavy Metal (even though 4 out of the five members in their strongest line up hated the genre) and then just end up splintering, playing what we can to survive whilst not having any identity other than Gillan and Blackmore.
Speed King is a phenomenal track and showed how intense they could be but then Mr Gillan started warbling on Child Of Time. No wonder Heavy music got a bad rep. Oddly enough Gillan (the band) made some great albums with many influences and melded them together. They were a band that were at complete odds with each other and just don't do anything for me.
Led Zeppelin: when the Zep kicked arse, they really kicked arse. Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, Dazed & Confused, Communication Breakdown, Trampled Underfoot, The Battle Of Evermore, No Quarter are brilliant tracks but they never made one single fulfilling album for me.
I cannot describe adequately why they just don't do it for me but I can say that their greatest tracks far surpass their their albums as a whole and anyone who tells me that Rock N Roll is a great track is deaf quite frankly.
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