The Most Overrated Classic Rock Songs
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- It's possible that we've arrived at a point where every song remaining in rotation on classic rock radio could now be considered overrated. How 100-200 songs have come to represent 2+ decades of the best rock music ever made is beyond us. Still, most of these songs deserve their reputation as great. Others not so much...
These are the songs that we think are the most overrated from the classic rock era. Tracks that we don't get, are totally sick of, and wouldn't mind hearing a whole lot less of.
We get that this could be a touchy subject, as many of these songs are considered sacred cows, but certainly we all feel this way about a few songs. Don't take it personally. And leave the tracks that you think are the most overrated down in the comments.
Thanks for watching!
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“ Overplayed” instead of “overrated” …
Just what I was thinking👍
Very well said..
All loved songs could suffer such a horrible fate
Whoops...yep, I said the same just much more long-winded than you.
No. Most of these are indeed overrated.
Any time Bohemian Rhapsody is played on the radio , I change the station fast.. FM Classic Rock stations recycle it beyond too much ..
Hate that song.
@@APAL880 why?
That works for every single Queen track. Most overrated band ever.
@@ianhampton1208 I always liked them but that one song was played far too much like the Rolling Stones/Satisfaction- Pink Floyd /Money,- Steve Miler Band /Take The Money and Run ,, these artists have far more than just hits ....I remember the more esoteric times of album oriented FM radio rock and how the dj's would play good obscure songs from the artist albums ..Now ,FM is pretty bad mostly and Satellite deep track classic rock is great like the old FM days but that is a paid requirement ..
it's just kind of an odd song to be overplayed. I mean, it's awesome than an odd song is loved, but I can say as a teen and young adult i didn't appreciate it and I didn't become a Queen fan until last year, especially their early Hard Rock stuff but really it's awesome how varied their discography is.
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Agreed, both!!
I agree. Even though I often disagree with a lot of the choices. I especially like your songs of the year shows.
Yes, I agree as well. I think that the three differing opinions we get, but that each has a genuine love and enthusiasm for music, is what makes it work. It's funny, though because, even with the three distinct points of view, I still find that I rarely agree with any of you on alot of these artists, yet I still really enjoy hearing what you have to say and the interplay among all of you.
These songs immediately came to mind for me:
Queen - We will rock you/We are the champions
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Loverboy - Working for the Weekend
Styx - Mr. Roboto
Bon Jovi - Livin’ On A Prayer
April Wine - Sign of the Gypsy Queen
Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It
Bryan Adams - Summer of ‘69
Tom Sawyer is great, overplayed, but not overrated.
Great list with some of my most repulsed by tracks- Mr Roboto ugh...
I'll add Kansas Dust in the Wind and Another One Bites the Dust by Queen
@@aviationlba747 agreed. The difference between overplayed and overrated should be understood.
Really? Sign of the Gypsy Queen? I never heard April Wine played, and when I do it's the dreadful Just Between You and Me.
Summer of '69 is great LOL.
Jason's dog just submitted his own list. He thinks Cat's in the Cradle is incredibly overrated.
"Walkin the Dog" doesn't get enough airplay. Ha ha, seriously though, it doesn't.
Or anything from My Cat Named Dog by Norma Tanega....amazing album
And cat scratch fever.
And as for The Year of the Cat by Al Stewart.
Amazing! You actually mentioned Blue Oyster Cult. I just started getting into your show recently
and I noticed BOC was absent from every list from the 70's (unless I missed it). I don't agree at all with Kramzer's assessment of Burnin' For You, but I do like the fact that he likes Blue Oyster Cult.
Kudos for Joe and Jason for praising it. Burnin' For You was supposed to be for Buck Dharma's solo album, but BOC begged him to put it on Fire of Unknown Origin. A great song, showing that BOC were not one hit wonders. Any chance of a Blue Oyster Cult album ranking? That would make this mega BOC fan very happy. Thanks guys. Great show. I'm hooked.
Yes, sir. One of the greatest groups of all-time!!
They’re just going to all put The Symbol Remains at the bottom even tho it’s literally their best album since Fire of Unknown Origin.
Journey - Don't Stop Believing, ACDC - Shook me all night, Queen - We are the Champions, Black Sabbath - Iron Man
So, there is overplayed and being tired of something vs overrated and the quality of the song itself wasn't great to begin with. For the latter of course it is subjective, for the former I think anything can be overplayed and tire folks. Anyway, Captain Obvious on my part maybe...I think a point made is of a bands output, why "this" song vs "that" song capturing the public's attention is valid and I agree with Van Halen's Running with the Devil being low in terms of their best song list.
I agree about Satisfaction... but it must've sounded great in 1965, I guess.
My (controversial?) pick is IMAGINE... I've heard it too many times, I'm bored to tears by it, if I hear that piano at the beginning one more time... oh boy
I totally agree with you.
The piano is still giving me the chills, but in a good way. I do agree though that the preachy lyrics become too much very fast.
He guys! Great format and love to see you all revisiting and enjoying the golden era of R&R.
Now some clarification from an old dude on the VH song Running with the D, which was baffling to you.
It’s 1978 and the drone bass intro, guitar rake effect and backward siren sound were extremely captivating and sounded like nothing that had come before. Enter Edwards guitar tone and distortion, which absolutely was like nothing we had heard. Way heavier than LZ, DP or Sabbath. It was mind blowing back in the day and had all of us yearning to get our hands on an album copy or 8 track since we only had the radio to rely on at the time. No streaming, no replays, only having or not having a recording to hear this captivating new and unique band. Although I have mostly outgrown listening to Van Halen, I remember those days very vividly and how excited and amazed I was at the heaviness of VH’s first.
I am a huge Blue Oyster Cult fan but their talent goes way beyond Reaper.
Do their other songs have a sufficient amount of cowbell though?
They're a very strange band, hard to pin down. I do love them though.
@@jamstonjulian6947 You are not the only one. Nothing strange about them, just extra terrestrial intelligence, E.T.I.
Definitely BOC have so many great tracks
I think that they knocked it out of the park with their first album. I wouldn't call it commercial so it wouldn't be on anybody's list or get airplay.
I've never heard Tupelo Honey on the radio, I wouldn't mind that
Yeah, I wish I lived where Tupelo Honey is overplayed. It's a beautiful song.
Money or Comfortably Numb or pretty much anything by Pink Floyd that gets radio play OTOH....
@@stevehoran5595 I wish they played Welcome to the Machine more.
10. Free Fallin'
9. Jump
8. Eye of the Tiger
7. Don't Stop Believin'
6. Creep
5. Wonderwall
4. November Rain
3. Jeremy
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit
1. Enter Sandman
i agree with 9 of them but love creep
@@bengalgangster I think Creep is a good song but it's become an Albatross for them. I think they have better songs and it irritates me that some people don't know that.
So many W's on this list
Radiohead Creep
Or Stone Temple Pilots Creep
Love STP song
Not big in Radiohead song
Wonderwall is one of the worst songs ever written.
Sweet Home Alabama - 3 chords of utter boredom for me!
Hello Boys and Everyone: I think the problem is that there are too many LAZY consumers of music. Programmers are concerned that if they don't play a classic song from the "approved 100" . . then consumers will switch stations . . . and they are RIGHT!! Bar bands - don't let these worthy warriors off the hook - are concerned that if they play a classic song not on the approved 100 then patrons will go to the bathroom . . . and think they are playing an original composition. I've been saying for a long time that consumers need to be more adventurous, aggressive, take chances. Try something new. Demand it. And by "new" I also include previously undiscovered or underappreciated. This is why it's so frustrating to see comments that people discovered a song that has been around 50 years just because it was featured in a movie or commercial. Lazy!
I think a lot of these hits and the reliance on them comes from a certain subset audience who prefers TV over music, and then just happens to buy music that has a very TV-friendly approach to it.
Hmmm tough one...because I get your point but at same time think if my child has heard a 50 year old song the first time in a film or commercial and loves it....or at least has been introduced to it....then that's no bad thing. We forget that every human being is starting over.
@@threestringsomg "I wish I knew all I know now/when I was younger..." (Ronnie Lane was such a great songwriter)
the bigger issue in the USA is there is a handful of programers who pick play lists for whole regions or the country due to the consolidation of radio following the Telecom Act of 1996. I am old enough to recall when even Top 40 stations would note that 'we are the only station playing the new... (insert band here)...
also programers don't care if listeners switch stations.. because their company owns the majority of the stations in that market anyway..
@@threestringsomg Yeah. With kids, I get what you're saying . . What I'm talking about is the 50-year old who han't heard of the 50 year old song unless it's been featured in a movie. I also sometimes hear the argument that "it doesn't matter how someone discovers a great song". (Not saying that's necessarily your position on the matter.) Well, my response to that is: Yes, actually it does. If a random discovery thru film/TV/whatever leads someone to investigate an artist further then that's great. However, I suspect it's more likely that the particular consumer will simply enjoy that song until the next thing comes along. Until something else is fed to the consumer by the film industry/video/media industry.
Yeah the point about classic rock stations recycling the same 100 songs these days is spot on. It's even worse in Canada where you also have to hit a certain percentage of Canadian content. The least they could do is throw in more deep cuts.
Thats the reason Ive stopped listening to the radio and now have to pay a subscription to Sirius XM to hear DeepTracks.
@@erniefernandez1927 In place of radio, I play my music library on shuffle whenever possible. I was impressed with Sirius when I tried it though, and the benefit of that is you can find some new discoveries.
Freebird
Most of Rumours
Queen post Day at the Races
pour some sugar on me def leppard
rock and roll all night kiss
werewolves of london wzevon
beth kiss
babe styx
jump and panama vh
walk this way, dream on aerosmith
bicycle race queen
love jasons stones pick and disagree with ryan about satisfaction
Satisfaction by the stones. Overplayed - Yes Overrated - insane
You're right, it's insanely overrated
My favorite Stones song is definitely "Tumblin' Dice," as The Rolling Stones are really all about Keith Richards, and that song showcases Richards's understated brilliance in finding amazing riffs and chord progressions without drawing attention to himself.
Satisfaction is just an okay song. It's not Richards at his best, but the riff and chord progression are the best thing about the song. It features Jagger's vocals to too great a degree. Jagger is a great showman, but I can take or leave his voice, honestly.
The live version of Satisfaction from the Deluxe box set of Get Your Ya's Ya's Out is a way better version in my opinion.
My issue is with the program directors who work in classic rock radio. Certain songs from the past have been overplayed to death
I completely agree with you for that Stones song. I would also add Jumpin' Jack Flash. Others off the top of my head include: Rock Lobster by the B52s, Touch Me and Roadhouse Blues by The Doors, Don't Stop by Fleetwood Mac, We Will Rock You by Queen, Hey Jude, and Let's Dance by Bowie.
Jumpin' Jack Flash......??????? NOOOOOoooooooooo!
I'm going to guess that none of you is old enough to have teenage children. If you did, your perspective on some of these songs might change. I am old enough to have heard all of these classic rock songs when they were first released. As a life-long dedicated music nerd I had nothing but contempt for the way rock radio flogged these songs into sonic wallpaper. I had pity for those of my age who had turned off their ears and minds to the joys and challenges of staying reasonably in touch with contemporary music. Every song you mentioned (with the exception of "Won't Get Fooled Again" which is on my short list of greatest rock songs ever) would never have been heard in my car or in my house.
Then, one day my 13-year old song came down for breakfast and asked, "Dad, have you ever heard of a song called "Sweet Home Alabama"?" And just like that I was transported back to the first time I heard Ronnie Van Zant say "Turn it up" as that riff took hold. For the next few years my son would help me reconnect to the sheer awesomeness of songs I had long ago written off. Don't get me wrong, I have no desire to hear "Baba O'Reily" or "Feel Like Makin' Love" or anything by Steve Miller but I can't deny another early teen white boy his initial infatuation with these songs.
On the other hand, yesterday I heard him listening to "Ghost" by Neutral Milk Hotel as loud as his speakers could play. I was relieved and very proud.
I agree, although my kids have the huge advantage of streaming services so they aren't stuck with FM radio as their source of music to hear before shelling out $7.99 for the LP back in 1977 (over 2 hours of work at minimum wage!) only to find it has two good songs. They know Curtis Mayfield, Captain Beefheart, and Velvet Underground whereas I had to read books to learn about these artists and hopefully get a cassette from a friend instead of ordering an LP.
@@ferrallc1 Isn't technology great? I mean, except when it totally sucks. The streaming services can open ears to all kinds of new old and new new music or they can serve up exactly what you have always heard before. I heard my son mowing the lawn and screaming "Sweet Jane" aloud as it played in his headphones. Another proud moment (although I didn't really have anything to do with it). Five minutes later he was rapping along with "Sicko Mode" and it was my chance to hear something new.
I've got the same experience. Every now and then I'll crank up a worn out classic rock tune just to let my son and daughter hear something I think was an important contribution to the music canon of years past. They appreciate it, but then they quickly click back to Drake or Ariana, etc. But I think my son (the eldest at 13) secretly likes the Ramones, Clash, Kiss, and AC/DC.
Don't think there are any overrated songs. There are songs I like, songs I dislike and songs that are neutral for me.
Well said. Over rated is far too subjective....so may as well be totally subjective about songs that you don't want to hear anymore.....its a weird way of saying 'everyone thinks this'....if you present so called popular opinions like in this video.
@@threestringsomg
A more objective approach would be to cite overplayed, as opposed to overrated.
The problem that I have with these lists is that none of these tracks are awful but the classic rock format is awful. I was driving to one of my favorite hiking spots in San Diego and Prince's "When Doves Cry" was playing. As I was pulling into the parking spot where the trail began the song finished. My hike lasted about 2 hours and when I got in my car and turned on the radio that very same song was played again! Anything can be done to death and that's what classic rock radio does. They run these hit songs into the ground until after awhile they simply become ambient noise.
Great point!
80s are "Classic Rock" now? oof.
I bet it is because he passed away five years ago, in my country that song isn't played enough 😅
I bet it is because he passed away five years ago, in my country that song isn't played enough 😅
this problem is easily solved by not listening to classic rock radio. These songs are great if you only listen to them when you want to.
Satisfaction was considered so great because when it came out it was ground breaking.
I noticed that a lot of these songs are from the 60's very early 70's.. One thing to consider is
that 90% of what you've heard today wasn't written yet back then.
But then, my first big concerts were Duke Ellington, Count Basie and such.
1.Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
2. Changes by Bowie
3. Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty
4. Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon (literally the ONLY song of his EVER played on British radio)
5. Livin' Thing - ELO
The guitar solo on Baker Street is ICONIC!!
Baker Street is a fantastic record - never tire of that one!
Metallica version of turn the page is even worse
Yeah cause Hetfield can barely sing.
its significantly better
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@@TastesLikeMusic ‘expand the brand to all sorts of things’....
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@@12spanku I've been wondering the same.
Great topic. The list of songs is endless so not surprised that there wouldn't be much overlap. If I did my list once a month I'd probably not agree with myself! For what its worth here's my list today;
1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (great song massively overplayed. Dig deeper and you find many other great Zep songs)
2. The Hollies - Long Cool Woman (great song but sad that this is the only one radio ever plays while ignoring other Hollies songs)
3. Tom Petty - Dont come around here no more (love Petty, never liked this song. Not sure how overplayed it is but once more would be too much for me!)
4. Eagles - Hotel California (great band, great song, way overplayed)
5. Derek & Dominos - Layla (great song, massively overplayed)
Great job guys, not a criticism but observation. It seemed as the video went on you were mixing overplayed and overrated with some examples. I think Stairway is an overplayed great song, as is Bohemian Rhapsody, but are they overrated? Hotel California is a very good song but played to death and propped up as a whole due to the dueling guitar solos. Maybe follow-up episode, "is this song overrated and/or overplayed?" You guys would have disagreements, as usual, and could debate whether a song is an overrated good song or an overplayed great song. And which great songs have been diminished due to overplaying.
Speaking as a fan of classic rock, we definitely have some commonalities with what artists we find overrated. However, in terms of the Steve Miller Band and Tom Petty, I don't hear "The Joker" or "Free Fallin'/You Don't Know How It Feels" on the radio that much. That being said, "Keep On Rocking Me" from the Steve Miller Band and "Refugee/Mary Jane's Last Dance" from Tom Petty are songs that are slowly beginning to rub down on me.
In fact, the radio station I listen to can't get enough of these songs. I swear I hear at least one of the aforementioned songs, as well as "Fat Bottomed Girls" or if I'm lucky, "Killer Queen" by Queen and "Hotel California" by The Eagles every time I'm in my car.
Go your own way, Fleetwood Mac! A year ago I came back to the states from being stationed overseas for 5 years. The first song I heard as soon as I turned on the radio was that awful song. My only reaction was I can’t believe they are still playing this song on radio. I can go the rest of my life and never hear that song again.
Spot on. 'Rumours' is a quality album, but all they ever play is 'Don't Stop' and 'Go your own way". Aaargh!!
@@carncats07 So you never heard "Dreams"? "Second Hand News" was played a lot, at least in my area.
@@dallasbrubaker6054 I live in Australia and the 2 songs you mentioned don't get played a whole lot.
@@carncats07 Dreams hit #1 in the U.S. in 1977, #12 in 2020.
In Australia it reached #19 in 1977 and #4 in 2020.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_%28Fleetwood_Mac_song%29
Second Hand News got a lot of airplay locally. The DJs must have liked it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Hand_News
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Nailed it with Turn The Page and Sweet Home Alabama. Skynyrd is one of my favorite bands but they have soooooo many other killer songs. Gimme Back My Bullets like you mentioned is definitely one of them!! And Workin for MCA ;)
Might depend on the station on how often it gets play - since it wasn't technically a hit - but Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood was a hard thing to escape from in pop culture for way too long.
I even go so far as to say that George Thorogood sucks.
@@curly_wyn Nah. He's just fun, good time bluesy rock n roll.
Thanks to your show. I have created the ultimate playlist for this weekends party
Piano man
Satisfaction
Burning for you
Free Fallin
Feel like making love
Won’t get fooled again
Hotel California
You can’t always get what you want
Thanks guys
No, thank you...for not inviting me. -Jason
@@TastesLikeMusic my pleasure guys
1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Space Oddity 3. Hey Jude 4. Pinball Wizard 5. Kashmir.
Here in Perth, we have a couple of horrendous radio stations that play old stuff all the time. One of them plays 60’s, 70’s and 80’s only and they’ll play a lot of really bad number 1’s like “Billy Don’t Be A Hero”. It is f**cking mind numbing and the oldies at work (people my age) love it. You get the picture. I try to get in before anyone else so I can choose what we listen to (which is more alternative) so I don’t have to hear bad pensioner music all day and leave work severely depressed.
Is that Perth, Scotland or Perth, Australia?
@@greghansell5115 the real Perth, in Western Australia 😊
For Greatest Rock compilers 'Boys Are Back In Town' is the only song Thin Lizzy ever recorded. Wouldn't it be refreshing to see Sabbath's 'Supernaut' or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' on compilation albums rather than the obligatory 'Paranoid' or 'Iron Man'. The Jam & The Stranglers have superior singles to the over played 'A Town Called Malice' & 'No More Heroes' respectively.
Don't get the low opinions about Runnin with the Devil either.
Agreed. Van Halen were not great song writers. Their best tracks were usually covers. Runnin with the Devil is the exception to that rule.
I think jump is way more annoying
I don't get the hate for "Runnin' with the Devil" only because it sounds exactly like 85% of the songs from DLR-era Van Halen. It's one thing if you dislike VH, but it's odd to single that song out.
Runnin with the Devil sounds like a big breath of fresh air, the Sunset Strip scene of the 80s waking up for the first time and letting out a thunderous roar. GREAT first song for a band's career
Well..for me I don’t care for the sentiment or title for one and that first album has “on fire” “atomic punk””little dreamer” which blow that first track away far superior in my humble view
How could I forget
7. Born In The USA by Springsteen
Brown Eyed Girl....thanks Joe.
Excellent idea for a Side 3 show.
Classic rock radio can be just brutal. Three songs that are so overplayed (at least on Philadelphia/NJ area classic rock radio) are Pat Benatar "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," Billy Joel "Piano Man," and Stevie Nicks "Edge of Seventeen."
But the most overplayed "artist," and IMO the worst rock band of all time, by far is BON JOVI. Yikes. So much freakin airplay, so hugely undeserved. Often I will flip between 3 of the big market stations around here and all 3 are playing Bon Jovi simultaneously. It's a crime against humanity. 😄
@David Beckham Well Bon Jovi made it into the RocknRoll Hall of Fame !
Joe, you broke my heart with that Van Morrison comment. 😂
What I've heard of the US Classic Rock Radio format makes me kind of glad I'm British! It seems really dispiriting to me that you can have a band which I'm not really a fan of but I can still name 10 or 12 songs by but they are only ever represented by 2 or 3 songs.
i feel like this could be 2 lists; hit songs that aren't as good as everyone seems to think they are, and, hit songs that have just been played too much. There's a lot of both on your lists and a lot of crossover between the 2, but i can see a difference between songs that you might still enjoy if they hadn't been played to death, and songs whose popularity you don't get. Especially from bands you like. --- Damn, you've got me making lists in my head. i won't bore you with them, cuz i've already bored you with this.
I agree with Kram's picks except for "Won't Get Fooled Again."
I agree. It exploded out of the radio in 1971, especially that interplay of the drums, guitar, and synthesizer towards the end.
Popular songs / classics I dislike:
- Yellow Submarine, Hey Jude and Let it be by the Beatles. For a long time I thought that was their signature sound - what a mistake.
- I'm with Kramzer on Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones being not THAT good. But thanks to Sympathy for the Devil I got into their catalog much sooner than The Beatles (which I eventually find to be of higher calibre)
- Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan. Here too, the classics (Blowin, Tambourine Man, The times ...) are not what I think to be the true gems in his repertoire.
- Losing my religion and Night Swimming by REM (but I dislike most of their post Green output)
- With or without you by U2 (it's better now but back in the day you couldn't escape it, and I didn't think it was the instant classic it was turned into)
I played in cover bands for decades and its telling how in the mid to late 70s the youth were generally requesting to hear Led Zeppelin or The Eagles in moderation.
The youth also wanted to hear Deep Purple, Blue Oyster Cult, Montrose, Heart, UFO, Ten Years After etc...Led Zeppelin were incredibly huge but the love for that band was shared with many other bands. The same applies to The Eagles. That's basically the way the youth reacted to Rock music in the 70s.
When I played the national circuit in the early 80s the youth still had that mentality. By late 80s people began overrating both bands. It wasn't like that during the "Golden Age Of Rock"...a time when kids lived for Rock. But yes..that all changed.
However if somebody tries to literally say that they were the most popular bands in the 70s then they misunderstood the time period..
The difference between then and now.
In the 70s you could play a Rock Club 6 nights a week...and it would usually have a decent crowd on a Wednesday. You could play covers of Jethro Tull or Yes...Rush or UFO....Rainbow and everybody knew the music. Today? If you play in a bar...people don't generally know that the musicians in Deep Purple were classically trained. Most people never heard of them or B.O.C. etc.
People today follow a handpicked list of songs and that's what most of the bar bands play. But in the 70s at the shore one band might be playing Bowie....across the street would be a band playing Genesis...next block a band playing YES and further down Zeppelin. You don't see that happening in the tri state area today do ya?
Rock is dead...but this image of what it was suppose to be like during the Golden age of Rock is all wrong. The publications industry got it wrong. It's disrespectful what they do. A lot of people wouldn't know what it was like living in those times. You mention Duane Allman in the early 70s and everyone knew how great he was. It was instantaneous and today in bars people look at you and say...:Duane who?" ""Never heard of him...do you know Hotel California?"
Welcome to the Jungle is the most overplayed song, one of the most overrated songs by one the most overrated bands.
More than Sweet Child O' Mine?
"Jungle" is one of the few GNR songs I'm still completely in love with.
It’s just like how all greatest hits albums are simply a collection of singles. Yet the radio only plays one or two of them. Plus, sadly to say but most people are sheep in nature and they want to hear the same songs over and over because that’s what they’ve been programmed to want. I’d love to turn on the radio and hear “Certain Kind of Fool” over “Desperado” bits never gonna happen.
You can say the same for any rat race in fact....where do most people choose to shop, what TV station do they mostly watch, coffee shop do they mostly go to....? The programming you refer to is actually how we have all decided to co exist/construct our society. Not everyone has the upbringing or luck or know how to find the good things in life or to even have the opportunity to develop the tools needed to function in different parts of society....i.e the arts. Opportunity is a struggle let's not forget.
I really enjoy the videos you guys have been putting out but I think they'd benefit a lot more from actual debate & discussion on each take instead of just silently nodding or shaking your head & moving on.
That is the limits of the setup at the moment. The audio is not good when more than one person is talking. Someday I hope to be able to shout down all of Kramzer’s opinions. - Joe
1. Queen- We will rock you
2. The rolling stones- Satisfaction
3. Metallica- Nothing else matters
4. ELP- Lucky man
5. Deep purple- Smoke on the water
6. John Lennon- Imagine
7. Led Zeppelin- Rock n' roll
8. Black Sabbath- Paranoid
9. The doors- Roadhouse blues
10. Radiohead- Creep
I absolutely love Steve Miller Band, a lot of their more obscure stuff too. They’re pretty much what got me into rock! However, The Joker.. not anywhere near their best work.. there’s so many bands that I love whose biggest song is.. not one of my favorites.
I agree that Bad Company were pretty ordinary, but for a brief period (1969-70), when Paul Kossoff was at the top of his game, Free were a seriously good blues-rock band.
Define ordinary then....I find the first 3 bad company albums above average....so I'm guessing you mean ordinary to be 'average'.....if so.....who's average?
@@threestringsomg I meant "ordinary" in the sense of "commonplace, lacking distinctiveness".
@@simonvaughan6017 I've only listened to bad company's first 6 albums recently and found the following to be distinctive....the singing, most the songs on first 3 albums, the groove, the textures/the production and the mood. Perfect on a hot summers day.
@@threestringsomg I'm open to changing my mind, but I just think that Free had something Bad Company lacked (namely Kossoff and Fraser).
@@simonvaughan6017 I agree that Frees first 3 or 4 albums and compositions song for song match or better Bad Company mostly because of those two yes....I Def have more fave Free songs....but I do think the first up to third Bad.C albums are pretty good (btw I did did not mean to imply I would give them top scores....I just really like them...and do not think they are forgettable or middling at all personally)👍....their later albums do lose the magic for sure....
Jason, I’m with you 1000% on Freefallin and You Can’t Always Get. Can’t stand the former and can barely tolerate the latter, even though I probably love at least 30 Stones songs.
100 percent on Tom Petty!
Anything by Pink Floyd , Dylan , Springsteen
As soon as "All Right Now" was mentioned, "We're an American Band" popped into my head as as one of the most overhyped and overplayed songs.
Nope. Produced by Rundgren = automatically awesome. -Jason
A lot from the 80s/90s from me, less so from the 70s rock era.
"Don't Stop Believin"- Journey has to top the list, this song is just too over the top cheesy
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"- Cyndi Lauper ("Time After Time" and many other songs are so much better)
"Little Red Corvette"- Prince (not a bad song just overplayed)
"Snow (Oh Hey)"- Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Lithium"- Nirvana (fine song in context of album, but one of the tracks I skip away from fastest on the radio for some reason)
"Paradise City"- Guns N Roses (I do like this song but more so the faster ending section, which is almost never played on the radio)
"Panama"- Van Halen (everything you say about "Runnin with the Devil" for me applies to "Panama")
"You Shook Me All Night Long"- AC/DC (definitely in my bottom half of AC/DC songs)
"Dream On"- Aersomith (this one pains me, I remember liking this song once but now it is near intolerable)
"We Will Rock You"- Queen (like "We are the Champions" just fine, only applies to this one for me)
"Basket Case"- Green Day
I feel like I am just getting started
Same here for Aerosmith's Dream On, Cant stand hearing that one.
Wonder Wall
Don't look back in anger
Don't stop me now
We are the Champions
Come as you are
Linger
Should I stay or should I go - I love the Clash but not this song
Hungry heart
Sex on fire
I agree! Next to "Born In The U.S.A.", "Free Fallin'" is awful.
The version with Axl Rose singing it live with Petty is way better.
Most overrated song: Kars For Kids.
You win the comment section.
How ironic and awesome would it be to tune into a classic rock station and hear Radio, Radio by Elvis Costello playing? lol
Overrated and Overplayed can be very different, but with same result. Except, I usually loved the overplayed songs but started to get tired of them. Overrated I was from the start like, why? Good lists as always boys.
I actually hate Sweet Home Alabama. Every time it starts up in a movie I just wanna throw up. It's not that it's a bad song but MY GOD is it overplayed on the radio and in movies.
If I were to pick a song I'd probably say Here I Go Again by Whitesnake.
I stopped listening to Classic Rock radio years and years ago. They really know how to ruin some good tunes by overplaying everything. So I only hear these songs when I want to hear them ...
I know I'm a little late to this party but.... I have to drop Hells Bells on the list for me.
WGFA is deservedly one of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time.
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Anything by Billy Joel post 1976
Aerosmith - Walk this Way
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me (early Def Lep is where it's at)
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Beatles - Let it Be
John Lennon - Imagine
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
Pink Floyd - Wish you were Here
The Eagles - Taking it Easy (Eagles are so overrated)
Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down (love TP but not this song)
You could actually make this more an argument for underrepresented artists. I think if all you heard of the Beatles in public was "Hey Jude" and all you heard of Stevie Wonder was "Superstition," those would be candidates for "overrated" or more accurately, "overplayed."
I hate “Don’t Start Believin! Absolutely hate it. Throw in Jack And Diane as well. Ugh! But maybe the song I hate most is Paradise City by Guns ‘n’ Roses. Makes me start to think rock and roll is for whiny losers. Won’t Get Fooled Again Is an embarrassing song as well. Ha ha John Mellencamp said that Paul Rodgers was the best rock singer of all time. I only like about five of Mellencamp songs. Freebird, to me at least, is an incredibly wimpy song, “Oh whoa, whoa I can’t change!” “Man up and change ya loser” is how I start to feel rather quickly.
Did you just call Free Bird wimpy?
Start Me Up - Stones, Born in the USA - Springsteen, Last Dance with Mary Jane - Petty, Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison, Sweet Home Alabama...
I'm a very patient person but there's only one nauseatingly overplayed (and overrated) song I have to either turn off or switch channels on the radio for: Bohemian Rhapsody. Then, in 2018, just when I thought this was maybe getting less airplay, the biopic comes out. Kill me now.
Agreed. I bloody hate that song.
'All Right Now' by Free came to mind for me as well. It is considered a classic here in the UK, and I think it's a decent song but nothing to get excited about. I haven't heard much by Free but I much prefer 'Wishing Well'.
After all the discussion about Free there is but one solution: a Listography - they only have 6 studio albums and just some 40 songs. Might turn out that All Right Now will be pretty much at the bottom of the selection. Wishing Well is surely in my top 10 of the band. There is also a great cover version of it by Maggie Bell, the former Stone The Crow singer.
@@roxannewalsh My favourite version of Wishing Well is by the late great, Gary Moore.
Their debut, tons of Sobs, is my favourite blues rock album
Every Bruce Springsteen hit
Def Leppard- Pour Some Sugar on Me
Kiss - Rock and Roll All Night
Every Queen hit
Rolling stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
The Who Baba O Reily and Wont Get Fooled Again
I can Agree with You about Every Queen Hit.
But I can't Agree with You about The Who and Bruce Springsteen.
They can play a Bruce Springsteen song just one time and it's already overplayed as far as I'm concerned. I bought a Christmas compilation c.d. a few years ago and it had a song by him on it. It started with him saying "I just wanna say!" about a dozen times. I wanted to yell at the c.d. "Well, say it already so you can finish the song!"
Bruce Springsteen is hard to tolerate with his faux-working class posturing.
Joe you’re right btw-All Right Now is the most boring rock song of the entire seventies. The lyrics and vocal delivery of them are just pathetically bad, Paul Rogers is a clown and Bad Company are equally as embarrassing as Free. Puke!
I think The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" ia a masterpiece (in the full-length version, hot the terrible cut-down single which you need for the non-album B-side, "I Don't Even Know Myself"), and the Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want"would have been if they'd deleted the chorus at the beginning. I love "Free Fallin'," too, and I think "Don't Stop Believing" and "All Right Now" are by far the best songs ever done by those bands. But I agree about "Hotel California" and think the Eagles' next album, "The Long Run," was their best.
Come on, guys, "Hotel California" is an extraordinary song: chords, lyrics, voice, guitar solo(s). Brilliant, beautiful, cinematic, hypnotic, timeless yet magnificiently 1977.
And "Alright Now"? The ultimate song about everything and nothing, all of Rock rolled into one. Attitude on steroids, indestructibly pure 1970 Zeitgeist.
In the end it comes down to a question of taste, don't it, but on those - and "Satisfaction" (you are too young I guess to begin to imagine the adrenaline flow it generated in 1965) - I'll just say it, you are wrong.
I like Hotel California a lot. But Alright Now is the most boring song of the 70s. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic I find it electrifying. Go figure.
Nah…the song really does suck. Guitar solo? That that boring, circular, repetitive thing?
@@josejones You mean Hotel California, right?
@@josejones You might want to make an appointment with a neurotologist.
Like these bands but a few that I can do without: Juke Box Hero- Foreigner, Feel Like Making Love - Bad Company, Gimme Three Steps- Skynyrd, Old Time Rock N Roll - Seger
Urgent by Foreigner is one of those rare tunes that I hated on first listen and never changed my opinion of. I also immediately hated Saturday Night by the Bay City Rollers but I now find it kind of charming. I did grow to hate the rest of Foreigner's catalog over time, though. Cold as Ice? That's how the song leaves me. I want to know what love is? I'd rather hear what silence is. Juke Box Hero? How about juke box unplugged.
I don't mind Feel Like Makin' Love, but I imagine it's overplayed on classic radio. The Bad Co song that grinds my gears is Shooting Star - ugh, die hard fans love it, just annoys me. Agree absolutely with the other three, especially Seger...so many better songs.
One thing I will highlight and that is I think songs feel less annoying when you are very familiar with them in the different context of actually listening to the whole album they reside in. I unexpectedly didn't have a problem with Queen this week because I was mostly listening to many songs I'm overly familiar with in the context of the albums in many cases for the first time....and they sounded great mostly.👑
Can't Agree with You Guys about The Joker, Ramblin Man.
And I can't Agree You guys with Won't Get Fooled Again! It's My Favorite Song!
Anyway, Here's My Picks
Every Queen Hit
When Metallica got Big in the 90's
Fleetwood Mac with Nicks/Buckingham
Honorable Mentions!
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
Judas Priest - You've got another thing Coming
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills/Fear of the Dark
Thin Lizzy - Boys are Back in Town
The Doors - Light My Fire
CCR - Fortunate Son
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Rainbow - Since You've been Gone
Styx - Babe
Pink Floyd - Money/Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
Journey - Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'
Black Sabbath - Paranoid/Sweet Leaf
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Alice Cooper - Poison
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
ZZ Top - Legs/Sharp Dressed Man
(In Loving Memory of Dusty)
Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home/Smoking in the Boys Room
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
And, Kiss - Detroit Rock City.
I've heard Queen since Killer Queen when I was about 6 but I've always had it in my mind that they were only big over here , same with Status Quo. How big were Queen in USA, were they a headline act coast to coast ?
I always thought Queen's singles dropped off after they cut their hair.But the radio stations over here have always favoured their 80's singles. Well done on picking All right now & Money by the way. I'd add Back in Black & You shook me all night long.
Queen were very big here. Their early time with Mott after Queen II came out was the only tour as an opening act. After that they were headliners. But their popularity dropped off dramatically in the 80s here. Pretty much the only 80s songs you’ll ever hear on the radio here are Another One Bites the dust and Under Pressure. However, in the time since Freddie’s death their stature has grown and they’re just as much of a legacy act Zeppelin or The Beatles. You can buy their T shirts in Wal-marts.
@@TastesLikeMusic Thanks for that.
Bohemian Rhapsody and Smells Like Teen Spirit!
Yes. I estimate I've heard Smells Like... about 250 times more than was necessary, in my life. That seems like a fair number, not exaggerated 😸
I think the whole Nevermind album is really overplayed. It's a great album, but I could probably go my whole life without listening to it again.
Great topic guys, totally with you, good picks with Satisfaction, Turn the Page and Money. Here's a few more.
-Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
-The Who - My Generation
-Bob Seger - Old Time Rock n Roll
Old Time Rock n Roll is a great call! I wonder how much of its popularity comes from Tom Cruise dancing in his underwear in Risky Business. Can't agree with the other two.
@@VoiceofHarold1 Thanks! I love the Ramones and the Who, but don't think these are their best. For the Ramones, it's the only song I ever hear. They have 14 freakin albums!
@@ttmilbr I will agree with you about the Ramones, but My Generation is still in the top 20 greatest Who songs for me. It's timeless. I also don't think it's overplayed on classic rock radio the way their 70's period is. I think a better example (and an analogous one, time period-wise) would be saying, You Really Got Me is one of the the very best Kinks songs.
Totally agree about Alright Now. Great video!
Notes from the underground on your reviews, condensed version.
I hated Free Falling for a while but grew to only "dismiss it" later
I can see where don't get fooled again is not so great.
Cant always get what you want is bad by the Stones
Van Halen's worst is Teacher song?
Van Morrison from 1965 to 1975 was great with Them and on his own. Astral Weeks is genius.
BOC is good but the best songs are from Transmaniacon mc , their first record
Any song with "roll another joint" is bad
Come on Satisfaction is great even if I am tired of it. Not in live Performance though where the Stones turn gold in garbage and lock all doors and windows on making good songs bad.
Kiss is bad in general. Hate them but for the Replacement's version of Black Diamond
Turn the Page is not good but Beautiful Loser by Bob egar is underrated and a great song.
Paul McCarthy .. most of his Wings are not good.
Sweet Home Alabama. wtf?
Elvis Presley is overrated .. his soundalikes like Terry Stafford are better.
Brown eye girl and Tupelo Honey are very good songs.
I dislike Aretha, Beyoncé, Nina Simone but for one song .. I like Feeling Good. She did a OK job with Don't let me Be Misunderstood but nothing compares to the great Animal's version.
I love Sweet Home Alabama but it is definitely overplayed. It’s weird how some songs I don’t get tired of and others I don’t want to hear ever again for the rest of my life (for example U2 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For)
Yeah its weird how some songs you can listen to a trillion times and never get tired of, and some other songs You never ever want to hear again. - Strange example for me is Led Zeppelin's Over the Hills and Far Away is so overplayed on Classic Rock stations, and I cant hear that song anymore-but the live version from How The West Was Won I really líke!!!
I'm a huge, HUGE Rush fan but I have never got the fascination with "Tom Sawyer." It's an average Rush song and it annoys me that it has that title and those lyrics, none of which make any sense if you've actually read the book.
Great lists guys-Joe your list was the best IMO. Turn the Page always gets me to change the channel.. Seger has such better tunes-would it kill anyone to play Fire Lake??
Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf seems to be in every single mid life crisis/ buddy movie ever. I just can’t take it anymore. I know every single note to the song without wanting to.
Others:
- Don’t Stop Believin’
- Any Bon Jovi hit
- Enter Sandman
- Takin Care of Business
- Pour Some Sugar on Me
- Back in Black/ You Shook Me All Night Long
Big McCartney fan, here...but I could get by just nicely without ever hearing Jet...My Love...Listen To What The Man Said...Let 'em In...Silly Love Songs...or Band on the Run on the radio again.
Good call on the Tom Petty songs, and I’m a huge fan. And the Van Halen song is beyond overrated, I agree on pretty much all the songs in all honesty.
Tom Petty being anywhere near this list is sacrilegious…although I wish they played more of his deeper cuts, I still can’t help but perk up when one of his songs comes on the radio. Will you do a Tom Petty listography soon?
I don’t know about soon but eventually.
@@TastesLikeMusic I second the Tom Petty deep dive. One of my favorite artists!
@@TastesLikeMusic Thirded. Tom Petty deserves a remastered Listography.
I love the Thin Lizzy album Jailbreak, but "The Boys are Back in Town" sucks.
Not the best song on that album, I think (though I don't regard it as bad). I prefer "Cowboy Song".
paul rodgers one of the greatest vocalists ever
Strongly agree.
Agreed. Warm and soulful. Granted Bad Co did devolve after a few stellar records, but Paul always remained on point.
Nah - kram. I think the other two agree. He may be better than we think but there's no way he stacks up as "one of the greatest vocalists ever"
I absolutely agree. Just because these 3 are not really Free fans doesn't devalue Rodgers fantastic voice. He and Free are underated for sure
Free is an amazing band and Rodgers is one of the all time best classic rock vocalists. He's not as great a writer but strictly in terms of vocal performance.
Here's my Top 10 List -1.Pour Some Sugar On Me-Def Leppard 2.Money-Pink Floyd --3.Do-- It Again-Steely Dan 4.Brown Eyed Girl-Van Morrison 5.Saturday In The Park-Chicago 6.Layla (Unplugged Version) Eric Clapton 7.Dyer Maker-Led Zeppelin 8.Juke Box Heroes-Foriegner 9. Dream On (Also add:Dude is Like A Lady - Jamie's Got A Gun,Pretty much ALL their 80's and 90's crap) -Aerosmith 10. Living On A Prayer (EVERTHING or ANYTHING by)- Bon Jovi
Bohemian rhapsody by queen...feels like that song is on the radio at work every second day
We have the same issue here in Canada on classic rock radio.
I love free but totally agree with all right now. The best song on fire and water is don’t say you love me, The whole band is tight and Paul Rodgers voice is just so soulful. He was totally wrong for Queen by the way.
I go with heavy load....😎👍listen to whole album...first 3 or 4 albums people!!!☀️☀️☀️☀️
For a lot of the ones mentioned, I don't get how it is that you guys don't get it. I can undrstand why these might not be to your taste, or that you heard them too many times, or that you might pefer other tracks, but, it is a fact that a lot of these songs ARE iconic - surely you have insight as to why.
Dunno, maybe you had to be there at the time these songs were born.
We’re not saying they’re not. It’s merely personal preference. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Sorry I was not clear - I know you acknowlege they are iconic - what surprised me is that you all seemed to say you don't understand why they became iconic even thoigh you don't prefer them. My sense is that you'd have great logical insight as to why.
Anyway - great show as always - appreciate what you guys do.
I am a big DEVO fan. It's upsetting that MANY people ONLY KNOW "Whip It" - a horrible disposable "filler song" . Pretty boring.