feelingwithyourskin Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 QUOTE (barney_rebel @ Jun 10 2006, 03:25 PM) QUOTE (feelingwithyourskin @ Jun 10 2006, 03:24 PM) camouflage, another canadian synthpop band, gets no recognition or respect, and they're still putting out great music. their latest album is impressively good. Aren't Camouflage British? ok, just looked it up. we're both wrong they're german and they're going to have a new album out in august. woo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 QUOTE (feelingwithyourskin @ Jun 10 2006, 03:35 PM) QUOTE (barney_rebel @ Jun 10 2006, 03:25 PM) QUOTE (feelingwithyourskin @ Jun 10 2006, 03:24 PM) camouflage, another canadian synthpop band, gets no recognition or respect, and they're still putting out great music. their latest album is impressively good. Aren't Camouflage British? ok, just looked it up. we're both wrong they're german and they're going to have a new album out in august. woo! Wow didn't know that - they sing with one hell of a british accent though! Awesome! That's one album I'll be buying this summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelingwithyourskin Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 QUOTE (barney_rebel @ Jun 10 2006, 03:39 PM) QUOTE (feelingwithyourskin @ Jun 10 2006, 03:35 PM) QUOTE (barney_rebel @ Jun 10 2006, 03:25 PM) QUOTE (feelingwithyourskin @ Jun 10 2006, 03:24 PM) camouflage, another canadian synthpop band, gets no recognition or respect, and they're still putting out great music. their latest album is impressively good. Aren't Camouflage British? ok, just looked it up. we're both wrong they're german and they're going to have a new album out in august. woo! Wow didn't know that - they sing with one hell of a british accent though! Awesome! That's one album I'll be buying this summer! heh, totally. i assumed the accent was put on, though, simply because it is so strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 the cocteau twins one of the very few post-70's bands i love - great britpop music with unearthly ethereal vocals. never got the respect they deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 REO Speedwagon Asia Night Ranger Johnny Clegg & Juluka Johnny Clegg & Savuka (these two are just not well-known outside of the Old World) The Alan Parsons Project Toto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Didact Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 I'll add another one to this list, Edie Brickell. The only reason 99% of people know her is because of What I Am, (which is a great song) but the rest of her first album is great stuff. Her backing band, the New Bohemians, are a bunch of extremely talented people. I'm listening to it right now, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Trommler Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Off Kilter - Etched in Stone No one knows who they are..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taril Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Blue Oyster Cult (Listen to their song "Godzilla", and tell me their not awesome!) Cocteau Twins Tangerine Dream The Dream Academy Stars The Ocean Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (Taril @ Jun 10 2006, 10:50 PM) Cocteau Twins Blue Oyster Cult (Listen to their song "Godzilla", and tell me their not awesome!) Tangerine Dream The Dream Academy Stars The Ocean Blue As directed. They arent awesome They are one of the priviledged, I think, to have been opened by Rush, then to open FOR Rush. I forget what tour that was, Power Windiws perhaps (too lazy to look). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Circa Survive -- maybe not disrespected, just not well known Radiohead -- Everyone says their too overrated, but I kinda like them Rush -- In particular Caress of Steel and Hold Your Fire (funny...those are like ,everyone else's least favorite Rush albums) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydfanatic111 Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (Wandering Hermit @ Jun 9 2006, 02:32 PM) Green Day. Sure, they are popular, but... Plenty of "serious" critics simply write them off as pop darlings. (After all, we cannot be highbrow and still like Green Day, can we? It's music for 12-year-old-boys, right?) In fact, I did just that myself for years. Then I listened to all their albums and realized just how creative and talented they are. American Idiot flows together better than 99% of other rock albums. As far as I am concerned, it's the Sgt Peppers of the 2000's. Green Day should come with disclaimer "MAY CAUSE DROWSINESS!" just because those a**wipes at Rolling Stone and Spin say they are God's greatest gifts doesn't mean they are. Greatest bands hated by critics: Rush Pink Floyd(Rolling Stone panned all but two albums and they were detested by the American media so bad that they refused interviews with the press) ELP Genesis Yes Led Zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Scribbler Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jun 10 2006, 08:55 PM) the cocteau twins one of the very few post-70's bands i love - great britpop music with unearthly ethereal vocals. never got the respect they deserved. I thought this was a 'disrespected bands' thread? The music press have had their noses stuck up the Cocteau's arse since 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (Taril @ Jun 10 2006, 07:50 PM) Blue Oyster Cult (Listen to their song "Godzilla", and tell me their not awesome!) Cocteau Twins Tangerine Dream The Dream Academy Stars The Ocean Blue Hey, I'm amazed that someone else mentioned the Cocteau Twins too - COOL! I also heartily agree with Tangerine Dream. That group made a LOT of great albums and they've always been dissed by people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (Ernest Scribbler @ Jun 11 2006, 12:16 AM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jun 10 2006, 08:55 PM) the cocteau twins one of the very few post-70's bands i love - great britpop music with unearthly ethereal vocals. never got the respect they deserved. I thought this was a 'disrespected bands' thread? The music press have had their noses stuck up the Cocteau's arse since 1982. Disrespected by the music press isn't the same thing as disrespected by the music buying public. I'm just saying they've never got the attention they deserve, not even close. Good reviews don't change that. Nick Drake got heaps of critical praise when he made his 3 albums, but it didn't make them sell well or get him huge popularity when he was alive. He's more popular now then he was in the late 60's and early 70's when he was producing material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (floydfanatic111 @ Jun 10 2006, 9:48 PM) Greatest bands hated by critics: Rush Pink Floyd(Rolling Stone panned all but two albums and they were detested by the American media so bad that they refused interviews with the press) ELP Genesis Yes Led Zeppelin In the same vein, I can't agree with most of this list above. Led Zepplin and Pink Floyd disrespected bands??? Sure they might have gotten some lousy reviews, but this is like calling The Beatles and The Rolling Stones disrespected bands. When you reach the very top and stay there for years, does it matter if critics don't like you? Rush I can understand because they were perhaps within shouting distance of the top, but got disrespected often by both critics and the general public. Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin on the other hand had praise heaped upon them, if not by critics, then by fans who bought millions and millions and millions of albums and sold out tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taril Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (Ernest Scribbler @ Jun 11 2006, 04:16 AM)QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jun 10 2006, 08:55 PM) the cocteau twins one of the very few post-70's bands i love - great britpop music with unearthly ethereal vocals. never got the respect they deserved. I thought this was a 'disrespected bands' thread? The music press have had their noses stuck up the Cocteau's arse since 1982. You are right about the Press, Ive not read any offical reviews of their music myself, but as far as I know the critiques were very kind to them. But the general public basically ignored them, and the most people that do seem to know about them (Cocteau Twins) think their a crazy newage band that makes music for fruitcakes. Thats seems to be the general idea from most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (Wandering Hermit @ Jun 10 2006, 09:39 AM) QUOTE (Rush Didact @ Jun 10 2006, 09:36 AM) QUOTE (Wandering Hermit @ Jun 10 2006, 08:06 AM) Creed. Yeah, they wrote a few terrible ballads that are the spawn of hell, but if you ignore those, what's left is actually damn good. Yes, I know that Stapp was/is a dick. Still, great guitar, an overall great sound, great vocals, good variety - especially in that first CD. I still listen to these guys all the time. I'm sorry, but Creed is the last band I thought would turn up in this thread. I knew this would not be popular. Oh well. I still like them 100x more than Pearl Jam, who they allegedly rip off. I'd take Creed over Pearl Jam. (But are they really 'disrespected'?) I also like the Cocteau Twins, but again, are they 'disrespected'? Rush and Yes are probably my two favorite bands, and they both get trashed - Yes for being "pretentious," and Rush for having "high-piercing vocals, Randian inspiration, and Sci-Fi lyrics." Sounds to me like critics haven't heard anything new by either artist in thirty years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestand Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 I am very much into the hippy scene of today that gets disrespected and thrown off as people trying to hang on to a dead cause. Let's see how long this list gets (I'll start with the more well-known ones, and then move into obscurity)- Phish Dave Matthews Band Gov't Mule Widespread Panic Bela Fleck & The Flecktones (best banjo... ever) String Cheese Incident G. Love & Special Sauce Yonder Mountain String Band Robert Randolph & the Family Band Animal Liberation Orchestra Slightly Stoopid Tea Leaf Green Umphrey's McGee Soulive Yerba Buena Drive-By Truckers Galactic Mike Doughty Soul Coughing North Mississippi Allstars I think that's enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (thestand @ Jun 11 2006, 11:31 PM)I am very much into the hippy scene of today that gets disrespected and thrown off as people trying to hang on to a dead cause. Let's see how long this list gets (I'll start with the more well-known ones, and then move into obscurity)- Phish Dave Matthews Band Gov't Mule Widespread Panic Bela Fleck & The Flecktones (best banjo... ever) String Cheese Incident G. Love & Special Sauce Yonder Mountain String Band Robert Randolph & the Family Band Animal Liberation Orchestra Slightly Stoopid Tea Leaf Green Umphrey's McGee Soulive Yerba Buena Drive-By Truckers Galactic Mike Doughty Soul Coughing North Mississippi Allstars I think that's enough I don't know some of those bands but of the ones I do know I either like or love them. Check out a band called EKOOSTIK HOOKAH. I think you'd like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jun 11 2006, 06:22 AM) I also like the Cocteau Twins, but again, are they 'disrespected'? Years ago I was a very active member of the official (and only) Cocteau Twins online forum, and this was before they broke up. The site was tiny compared to the Rush ones, and all I can say from hanging out there is that they never got anything close to the acclaim they deserved. Even at their height, they were playing clubs and very small halls. They might have gotten some critical attention, but it did NOT translate into big album sales or mass public awareness or support of any kind. They did ok, and they certainly had a lot more popularity in Britian than the States, but they never got what they deserved by a very long shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelingwithyourskin Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (thestand @ Jun 11 2006, 10:31 AM) Mike Doughty Soul Coughing obscurity? *blink* i had no clue they were obscure i would agree that the cocteau twins got a lot of respect from the music community, even if that never corresponded to sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Orchestrial Manouvres in the Dark (OMD). They had quite a few hits, but always lived in the shadow of bands like Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order. I have most of their albums. Just heard Enola Gay on the radio - what and awesome tune! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestand Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (feelingwithyourskin @ Jun 11 2006, 12:28 PM) QUOTE (thestand @ Jun 11 2006, 10:31 AM) Mike Doughty Soul Coughing obscurity? *blink* i had no clue they were obscure i would agree that the cocteau twins got a lot of respect from the music community, even if that never corresponded to sales. Well, there was kind of a point where I went into non-international bands, and I remembered him/them at the end, so I tagged it on there. Whoops. (And to tell the truth, I forgot I said that thing about the obscure ones being at the end ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (thestand @ Jun 11 2006, 08:55 AM) QUOTE (feelingwithyourskin @ Jun 11 2006, 12:28 PM) QUOTE (thestand @ Jun 11 2006, 10:31 AM) Mike Doughty Soul Coughing obscurity? *blink* i had no clue they were obscure i would agree that the cocteau twins got a lot of respect from the music community, even if that never corresponded to sales. Well, there was kind of a point where I went into non-international bands, and I remembered him/them at the end, so I tagged it on there. Whoops. (And to tell the truth, I forgot I said that thing about the obscure ones being at the end ) hell, they're obscure to me. i've never heard of Mike Doughty, and name Soul Coughing rings only the very vaguest bell. they sound obscure to me, but as i said in another thread, maybe i'm f*cked in the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelingwithyourskin Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 QUOTE (thestand @ Jun 11 2006, 12:55 PM) QUOTE (feelingwithyourskin @ Jun 11 2006, 12:28 PM) QUOTE (thestand @ Jun 11 2006, 10:31 AM) Mike Doughty Soul Coughing obscurity? *blink* i had no clue they were obscure i would agree that the cocteau twins got a lot of respect from the music community, even if that never corresponded to sales. Well, there was kind of a point where I went into non-international bands, and I remembered him/them at the end, so I tagged it on there. Whoops. (And to tell the truth, I forgot I said that thing about the obscure ones being at the end ) ok, just wasn't sure since they got a whole ton of airplay back in the 90's. i always liked sc, and doughty's solo album is pretty good. he's got a song on tmbg's mink car album that's pretty damn awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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