True, but there aren't many of us that actually are.

The rest are just tourists that never took the return bus back to wherever they came from.

Oddly enough none of the them are California natives.

Then they are tourists too.

Your post made me think of this album.

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Re: Lloyd Cole, Tragically Hip

Those are a couple of great albums. He has a greatest hits album too. Same with Tragically Hip. start with their hits..... great rabbit holes to dig into.

The first time i saw the Cure, it was an outdoor venue....i was 17....it rained....they sang their songs with no connection to audience....as i am leaving, i see my recently ex-girlfriend make out with another guy.....oh, did i mention i had mono ??? i saw them at Coachella too, same performance. But i am loving digging deeper into their older albums lately. Primary...the Forest...dang !

New Order ... saw them 3 times (i was and am a huge fan) but last time, at Coachella, Bernard Sumner hurt his leg backstage, did the whole concert on a stool while biting his fingernails..

Speaking of concerts, I saw NiN and Soundgarden at the Shoreline.
I went into it being mildly excited. I left thinking that it was the best concert I've ever attended.

literally my 2 favorite British bands of the moment

Best beach concert was Tears for Fears at the beach in Mandalay Bay, Vegas. Only one I’ve ever been to and loved it!

Bruce Springsteen sucks.

A shot out of left field.

Argue against the greatness of any of these 80's bands....
The The, Prefab Sprout, Blue Nile, Talk Talk, Squeeze, Hothouse Flowers

The second greatest band ever to come out of Canada (after Rush) is Sloan.

And, while you may have hated Oasis at the time, you look back on them fondly now.

Finally, Phil Rudd of AC/DC is my favorite drummer.

Burning Blue Soul is easily the best The The Album

Talk Talk's best Song is 'Hate'

Well, they certainly haven't been very prolific in making new music. And this "hard rock" band has TWO keyboardists now? WTH?

I saw the Clash two times in concert. And they were good.

Goodnight

whoa! you are getting a little esoteric here. i like the cut of your jib. that is a difficult album and gets the least play in my house . He just released the album "see without being seen" which is BEFORE "Burning blue soul" Even more inaccessible, trippy and tough.

for me, its Dusk with my all time favorite song "Bluer than midnight"

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Metallica S&M 1 and 2 are absolute garbage.

Did they get into the adult video business?

WTF was he like 12 when he made it?!

Burning blue Soul is for sure one of a kind.

you cant go wrong with "Soul Mining", "Infected" and "Dusk" - trifecta of greatness

Nakedself is also excellent but not at the level of those 3. And his cover album of "hank Williams" tunes never really connected with me.

"Burning blue soul" is a challenge. even as a huge fan, it requires a "mood". i'm spinning it tonight.

I've still got that on vinyl from upon release.

I'd rather listen to Magazine than Rush.

Sad Lovers and Giants, anyone?

First Clan of Xymox album was also pretty badass. Then they changed their name to Xymox and it was all downhill.

There was a band on Creation Records called The Times. I’m pretty sure their album (Beat Torture) isn’t available on streaming services. But it’s one that a played to death in the late 80s.

There is a band on Qobuz called The Times. But not the same one...

I NEVER should have sold my vinyl collection. So stupid!

double whammy! unpopular and incorrect

This is correct

Paul Pena maybe most overlooked artist of the 70s.

Author and original singer of (and by far the better version) Jet Airliner. Also had a song, Gonna Move, which was later covered by Tedeschi Trucks.

Wiki here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pena

His version of Jet Airliner here:

Spoiler alert - got dicked over by record company, went blind, lived in near poverty in SF, taught himself Russian and Tuvan, taught himself Tuvan throat singing

His journeyto Tuva was covered in the documentary Genghis Blues": movie can be rented on Amazon for 99cents or free on Tubi streaming if you download the app

I find these to be very popular music opinions, at least to my mind.

Although I disagree on New Order, they were brilliant live at the Sydney Opera House a couple of years ago (if lacking the rawness of Peter Hook and The Light)

Yes, so does Billy Joel, really awful!

I don’t know exactly why, but the songwriting by both just annoys the shit out of me. Maybe it’s all the Boomer cliches (I am 46 BTW, so it’s not just Millennial sour grapes) and lame attempts at being musically “clever”, I really don’t know.

I will say the E-street band was legit did some good stuff on the first couple of albums, but overall none of it resonated and I remain puzzled as to why he gained so much notoriety .

Billy Joel just makes me want to punch things, full stop.

Since we are busy skewering Boomer sacred cows here and I have already likely made some enemies, I’ll just go ahead and “go for broke” and say that much of Dylan’s stuff is outrageously overrated too. Sure he wrote some good songs, but they are almost always better when performed by other bands. Bob doesn’t seem to respect his audience enough to even make an effort to perform well live (and much of the time he won’t even FACE the audience he is playing to); while some see this as a good thing (the brooding behavior and sloppy performances make the art more “authentic” somehow - gag me), I think in reality he is basically playing his fans for chumps and has been coasting along for decades riding the “mystique” he and his handlers carefully curated long ago!

No need to fight over them, I think Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello are both unbearable.
Maybe its a bit before my time.

Both always seemed far too clever for their own good, to the point that any charm gets neutralized by smugness.

I saw them for the only time a few years ago at Summerfest, and it was a fabulous show. Kind of short, but the audience was electric and the band picked up on it.

I never liked the Dead Milkmen or the Violent Femmes.

The Moldy Peaches suck too.

Ronnie Montrose did some of his best work on Gamma 1, 2, and 3. I used to wear this stuff out on vinyl back in the day.

I just googled "are there any good elvis costello songs," got a list, & listened to them. Case closed, horrible. It's like some sort of weird country but British blend of garbage

My absolute favorite artist of all time. He’s been taking a beating out of the gates in this thread. When looking at complete bodies of work, his catalogue can hang with anyone out there as far as I’m concerned.

As a result of second-guessing your initial (correct) thought, you blew those minutes you’ll never get back on something you already knew was horrible, and now your remaining lifetime is measurably shorter! Next time trust your instincts!

He could probably hang with vHager, but not vHalen, I'll give him that (little).

Nirvana is way better when you slow it down and add reverb.

Elvis Costello is like a 40 year long running Andy Kaufman prank. I don't get it, I think it's supposed to be funny, but it sure isn't any good.

I never saw the Stones when they were young enough for Mick to qualify, but the best lead man performance I ever saw live was Scott Weiland at an STP show in about 2002 or so. He was sober, in good shape and was fantastic. That dude had "it" when he was into it. He was amazing live.

Overall, my favorite group live was Beastie Boys. I saw them 9 or 10 times through the years, and never walked away anything but jazzed.

When Morrissey wants to perform and gives a shit and isn't being a total prick about something petty, he still puts on an amazing show. Saw him last year, which was a make-up for a make-up. He was way into it and he blew the doors off the place. But you buy a ticket to see Morrissey at your own peril. 7/10 chance you are getting a rain-check.

First time I saw him he did a 47 minute show, 1 song encore and I booed him as he scurried out the back door to his bus the fucker. That was probably Vauxhaul & I.
Saw him 2 more time probably Mid & late 2000s and they were kick ass shows.

They headlined a Lollapalooza in 94 and just killed it. Maybe the best live performance I ever saw. I'm a big Ad-Rock guy and Sabotage was brand new, and he threw it down.

Joe Jackson Vs. Elvis Costello. Let the battle begin.

I think that one song was enough to topple the mighty Elvis.