Why are <The Doors> overrated? How does a band that isn't all that good, become a super group?>

Most people don't have much musical knowledge.
(Actual music, not "bands")

Trends, fads, peer pressure, takes over.
(As well as the fact that most of what
you were allowed to hear was determined
by radio/album people trying to sell you the next Beatles/Stones.)

The beauty of music is you get to like
what you like. That meaning something, is a whole different story.

Imagine(hey there's a song!) you're back at a 1970's party, talking to teenagers about the Stones/Beatles/Doors. Now ask them about Schubert, Bach, Mozart?

Should we believe the composers of symphonies didn't know what they were doing because kids weren't into them?

Rush already talked about the subject fairly cogently:

https://www.google.com/search?ei=at...

<Invisible airwaves
Crackle with life
Bright antennae bristle
With the energy
Emotional feedback
On a timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price
Almost free
All this machinery
Making modern music
Can still be open-hearted
Not so coldly charted
It's really just a question
Of your honesty, yeah your honesty
One likes to believe
In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
And endless compromises
Shatter the illusion
Of integrity,… >

Anyway, classical music is great music, but it doesn't fit in with what youth like to do - hang out and talk, bitch about parents, feel like they know everything, etc.

Rock has a rebellious spirit and a fast-paced energy, for a time in your life when you have to rebel, to break away from the parents and embark on a life of your own. And for a time when you have the energy - to pull all nighters for study, or partying or whatever.

Mozart doesn't fit!

They are everything the DOORS aren't.

The way I look at it, their music also
has drive, energy, angst, rebellion,
attitude, but they are also excellent musicians.

For decades most didn't even know who RUSH were. Their songs were complex, long, and sometimes instrumentals, and didn't fit the "pop" hit format.

Even folks who know RUSH probably only know two or three songs that were radio hits. It's all about the music industry trying to sell you that same recipe.

<The Golden Gate Bridge is a beautiful structure and an engineering masterpiece. But you wouldn't build one to cross a creek. All things for their purpose!>

<Rush> Is a Canadian institution.

So is <Bubbles>, Canada's biggest Rush fan.

"That's the intro right there. I fckn nailed it, too..."

"And the men who hold high places,
Must be the ones to start
To mold a new reality,
Closer to the heart..."

On purpose, even.

I thought the lyrics

<But glittering prizes
And endless compromises
Shatter the illusion
Of integrity,… >

really spoke to your point about the music industry:

<This is just as much about a music industry trying to sell you a formula/recipe vs any actual/real talent.>

Hey lookie what the hate dragged in.

Poor old busted Nizzle.

While he lies like saffuna, he cant control his emotions like saffuna.

Don't think we necessarily have a dislike for these people.

It's like Magnus running into an
1800 level chess player. He doesn't hate the guy, he just knows there's better.

<Rush> Is a Canadian institution.>

Don't worry,
we give you full rock credit for Rush, Triumph, and Frank Marino.>

Don't forget Bryan Adams!

Don't forget Bryan Adams!>

really spoke to your point about the music industry:>

Don't worry,
we give you full rock credit for Rush, Triumph, and Frank Marino.>

He was supposed to be <banned into oblivion> five years ago.

But that’s not why I deleted his comment. I deleted it because it was childish and lacked substance. He’s not an elite poster.>

Not sure if my meaning was clear. I wasn't talking about the afterlife.

Just saying he isn't hopeless in terms of post quality.

Translation: Its gotten more liberal.

The level of discourse on the rogoff page has plummeted. Even though <bobster> is a positive addition, the negative additions outweigh him and therefore the whole page went downhill. With the <crayons up the nose club> of jiffy, dwob, nizzle and perf, it’s like adding four zeros to your test scores in school and then finding the horrible average.

I remember the teacher telling us that it was better to hand in a crappy homework assignment than to hand in nothing at all, and then he showed us how you add up the scores and divide to find the average. I remember the example: if you get three 100% but get a zero on the fourth, your average is only 75. Made an impression on me in the 4th grade.

On the rogoff page they’ve added four zeros, and there were no 100s in the first place. Every one of those posters are too stupid to have a philosophical debate with. Crayons up the nose.