Reply to: Do you remember?

[DaveB]

Beg to differ, Mordac.
Very early ZZ TOP (before they were famous) is excellent.

If you're into heavy blues, try
ZZ Top's First album (1970)



or Rio Grande Mud (1972)

Both are excellent, as is Deguello. Arguably their last decent album before the descent into '80's medicrity.

[Mordac]

I will check them out and then probably humbly apologise. I was of course referring to their manufactured & over-hyped novelty wedding band period, i.e. when they sold millions.

[Fleetwood]

Beg to differ, Mordac.
Very early ZZ TOP (before they were famous) is excellent.

If you're into heavy blues, try
ZZ Top's First album (1970)



or Rio Grande Mud (1972)

[Mordac]

What about ZZ Sputnik ?

ZZ Top or Sigue Sigue Sputnik? Both tulipe, btw.

[DimPrawn]

Spot on with the Marillion thing. They were all total losers who could never get a girlfriend. Always whining and generally socially dysfunctional.

I expect they are all IT contractors now.

[DaveB]

What about ZZ Sputnik ?

Over hyped, not over rated. Everyone knew they were crap despite the marketing

[AlfredJPruffock]

Yes, The Pretenders.

What about ZZ Sputnik ?

[Mordac]

Exactly - Marillion fans didn't have girlfriends (or was it the other way round, people who couldn't get girlfriends were attracted to the misery of Marillion?)

[Alf W]

Think back. Was anyone at school / uni who was into Marillion, considered cool, hard or 'in' in some way. No chance! They're all mostly teachers and accountants now.

U2 of course were really cool upto The Joshua Tree when they got samey and more and more pretentious and Bono stuck his head up his own 'arris and became a tw*t.

Just my view of course.

[DaveB]

Was there ever a more over-rated pop group?

Yes, The Pretenders.

[Dundeegeorge]

Hush your mouth DP

U2

The blessed Bono (pbuh) is the saviour of the universe (or was that Flash) and his music cannot be judged by mere mortals like us. Say three hail-Geldofs and wash your mouth out with Japanese whisky (that'll teach you!!).

[Xenophon]

I think you'll find that Steps were actually aiming for children and hence their music was turgid, repetitive and sing-along, deliberately. I don't believe steps were pretentious in any way.
Good shout on Simple minds though, Mr C.

I thought they were over-rated mate.

[Fleetwood]

Was there ever a more over-rated pop group?

No.
Always a pale copy of Genesis, IMO.

[DimPrawn]

U2

[Dundeegeorge]

Xeno

Steps?

I think you'll find that Steps were actually aiming for children and hence their music was turgid, repetitive and sing-along, deliberately. I don't believe steps were pretentious in any way.
Good shout on Simple minds though, Mr C.