Bands' best, overrated, underrated songs

[Lavar5150]

INXS :

Best Song : Need You Tonight
Overrated : New Sensation
Underrated : Don’t Change

Depeche Mode:

Best Song : Policy of Truth
Overrated Song : Behind the Wheel (I don’t find any of their singles bad actually).
Underrated Song : Shake the Disease

Alice In Chains :

Best Song : Nutshell
Overrated Song - ehhh Rooster?
Underrated : Rotten Apple

Alice in Chains:

Best Song: Would
Overrated: No Excuses
Underrated: Sunshine

Love Nutshell and Rotten Apple - either could be underrated.

 

[HazletonLion]

I was fully prepared to mock your selections - but your Cars’ selection simply nailed it... though All Mixed Up is not only underrated, it’s their best song (and among my favorites of all time... I was in 8th grade when that album came out and got to 2nd base listening to that song)

Underrated: Candy O

 

[norcalion]

The Smiths:
Best Song: How Soon is Now.
Overrated Song: Girlfriend in a Coma
Underrated Song: Panic

Might go with Theres a light for best song, but hard to argue with your choices.

 

[HazletonLion]

Doobie Brothers
Best: Long Train Runnin'
Overrated: Black Water
Underrated: Dark Eyed Cajun Woman

 

[BBrown]

Might go with Theres a light for best song, but hard to argue with your choices.

JMO but The Smiths are a completely underrated band.

 

[razpsu]

Van Halen
Best: Ain’t Talkin Bout Love
Most Overrated: Running with the Devil
Most Underrated: Light up the Sky or Atomic Punk

I would add as best eruption and you really got me. Yes it is a remake but put the two together and it is like joe Cochran remake of Beatles song.

 

[Lavar5150]

my Van Halen:

Best Song: Aint Talkin Bout Love
Overrated: Jump
Underrated: House of Pain

Sammy:

Best: Judgement Day
Overrated: Finish what ya started
Underrated: Feelin or Human's Being

 

[Connorpozlee]

John Mellencamp

Best Song: I Need A Lover
Overrated: Jack and Diane
Underrated: Key West Intermezzo

Man, I do not like Johnny Cougar in general but Key West Intermezzo is a great song. I love it.

 

[loosey goosey]

R.E.M. Best song-Gardening At Night, Most overrated-Every Hurts.Most underrated-Let's begin Again.

 

[NittanySteel]

The Outfield
Best Song: Your Love
Overrated: N/A
Underrated: Your Love

 

[loosey goosey]

Underrated: Candy O[/

Underrated: Candy O

my favorites are Moving in Stereo and Bye Bye Love.The lyric you think you're so illustrious you call yourself intense is brilliant

 

[BBrown]

Genesis
Best Song: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Overrated: Invisible Touch
Underrated: Me and Sarah Jane

 

[BBrown]

Peter Gabriel

Best: Solsbury Hill
Overrated: Dont Give Up
Underrated: Biko/Family Snapshot

 

[kevina001]

Credence Clearwater Revival
Best song: Lodi
Overrated song: Proud Mary
Underrated song: Sweet Hitch Hiker

Allman Brothers Band
Best song: Whipping Post
Overrated song: Jessica
Underrated song: No One to Run With

 

[TheGLOV]

The Beatles
Best song: Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
Overrated Song: Come Together
Underrated Song: I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

The Rolling Stones
Best song: Gimme Shelter
Overrated song: You Can't Always Get What You Want
Underrated song: Happy

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Best song: The Waiting
Overrated song: Mary Jane's Last Dance
Underrated song: Magnolia

Bruce Springsteen
Best song: Jungleland
Overrated song: Dancing in the Dark
Underrated song: Your Own Worst Enemy

Def Leppard
Best song: Photograph
Overrated song: Pour Some Sugar on Me
Underrated song: Lady Strange

The Who
Best song: Baba O'Riley
Overrated song: My Generation
Underrated song: 5:15

Journey
Best song: Don't Stop Believin
Overrated song: Open Arms
Underrated song: Feelin' that Way/Anytime

The Cars
Best song: Just What I Needed
Overrated song: You Might Think
Underrated song: All Mixed Up

Very good list sir.

What's your views on STYX, Kansas, and Foghat??

 

[kevina001]

Styx
Best song: Blue Collar Man
Overrated song: Babe
Underrated song: Suite Madam Blue

Kansas
Best song: Carry on my Wayward Son
Overrated song: Dust in the Wind
Underrated song: Point of Know Return

Foghat
Best song: Fool for the City
Overrated song: Slow Ride
Underrated song: Third Time Lucky

 

[Nitt1300]

Mountain

Best- Nantucket Sleighride
Overrated- Mississippi Queen
Underrated- Theme for An Imaginary Western

 

[Grant Green]

Most underrated band - The Faces
Best Song - Ooh La La
Worst - n/a
Underrated - Debris

 

[Beachwineguy]

Alice In Chains:
Best Song: Would
Overrated: Man in the Box
Underrated: What the Hell have I, I Stay Away, Rotten Apple

 

[sss]

Alice In Chains:
Best Song: Would
Overrated: Man in the Box
Underrated: What the Hell have I, I Stay Away, Rotten Apple

Listened to Alice In Chains/Mad Season this past week. Love it, but depressing as hell. Especially when you read about the last years' of Staley's life. What a great voice for that type of dark music, though.

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

Pearl Jam
Best: Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town / Daughter

Overrated: Alive

Underrated: Man of the Hour

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

R.E.M. Best song-Gardening At Night, Most overrated-Every Hurts.Most underrated-Let's begin Again.

Best: Fall on Me / End of the World

Overrated: Losing My Religion

Underrated: Wendell Gee

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Faith No More

Best: Midlife Crisis
Overrated: Epic
Underrated: A Small Victory

Tool

Best: Stinkfist
Overrated: Sober
Underrated: Jambi

New Order

Best: Ceremony
Overrated: Blue Monday
Underrated: Regret

Pet Shop Boys

Best: Always On My Mind
Overrated: West End Girls
Underrated: It’s A Sin

 

[GulfCoastLion]

Chicago :

Best Song : 25 or 6 to 4
Overrated Song : Saturday in the Park
Underrated Song : Questions 67 & 68

 

[GulfCoastLion]

David Bowie :
Best Song : Heroes or Changes
Overrated Song : Let’s Dance
Underrated Song : Starman

 

[FightOnState]

U2

Best Song: Bad or One Tree Hill
Overated: With or Without You
Underated: Where the Street Have No Name & B Sides from Joshua Tree

Best: bad or streets
Overrated: mysterious ways
Underrated: New Years Day

Agree with JT b side mention. If the CD had been introduced a few years earlier that album would have been longer and included most of them.

 

[Grant Green]

@The Central Scrutinizer
I just caught this poster handle on the first page. Hats off, that is one of the best handles I have seen. For you.....

Frank Zappa
Best - I'll go with the fan favorite - Peaches En Regalia
Worst - Love FZ, but there are a lot of weird tunes, so this is a toss up
Underrated - Blessed Relief

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Radiohead

Best: Paranoid Android/Fake Plastic Trees
Overrated: Creep
Underrated: Optimistic

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

David Bowie :
Best Song : Heroes or Changes
Overrated Song : Let’s Dance
Underrated Song : Starman

Underrated: Golden Years

 

[GulfCoastLion]

Bob Dylan:
Best song - Like a Rolling Stone
Overrated - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Underrated song - Positively 4th Street

 

[FightOnState]

I tried to come up with a post for The Phyrst Family, but other than "unicorn" I'll be damned if I can remember anything they played. I do remember having a good time....thats about it.

 

[RU31trap]

Rush
Best- Limelight
Overrated- Tom Sawyer
Underrated- Subdivisions

Saw them twice.
May 1980 @ The Garden
July 1982 @ Brendan Byrn Arena

 

[Grant Green]

Underrated: Golden Years

This is another where you could go a number of ways.
Moonage Daydream
Janine
Memory of a Free Festival
Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
Black Country rock
The Width of a Circle
Man who Sold the World
Hang on to yourself

These songs mostly don't get played on the radio and it's a travesty.

 

[GulfCoastLion]

Elton John: This is a tough one since he’s lasted for so long

Best song: Tiny Dancer or Your Song or Rocket Man.
Overrated song: Crocodile Rock, The Bitch is Back
Underrated Song: Mona Lisa’s and Mad Hatters, I feel Like a Bullet in the gun of Robert Ford

 

[Connorpozlee]

Pearl Jam
Best: Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town / Daughter

Overrated: Alive

Underrated: Man of the Hour

Best: Dissident
Overrated: Alive, I guess. Great song though.
Underrated: Just Breathe

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Elton John: This is a tough one since he’s lasted for so long

Best song: Tiny Dancer or Your Song or Rocket Man.
Overrated song: Crocodile Rock, The Bitch is Back
Underrated Song: Mona Lisa’s and Mad Hatters, I feel Like a Bullet in the gun of Robert Ford

Underrated: This Traind Don’t Stop Here Anymore

 

[BBrown]

Underrated: This Traind Don’t Stop Here Anymore

All The Young Girls Love Alice.

 

[Tri-Power65]

Terry Jacks

Best Song: Seasons in the Sun
Overrated: Seasons in the Sun
Underrated: Seasons in the Sun

 

[razpsu]

Bon Jovi

Best song. Wanted dead or alive,
Overrated song living on a prayer
Underrated song bounce

 

[razpsu]

Guns and roses

Best song sweet child of mine
Overrated song paradise song
Underrated song rocket queen