Bad opinions • Page 660

I listened to St Anger on tour last year and kinda thought it was sick

 

I love Van but Dylan and Joni beat him out for me and maybe also Neil Young and Crosby. If we add in longevity it becomes a different conversation I guess but I haven't heard most of the later stuff from these guys

 

Van Halen is the best because they were in on the joke

 

We're mixing up Vans now

 

no the conversation just changed quickly haha

 

Joni is the other main contender for me, she had a patchier 80s though so that pushes Van above for me. Incredible discography though; Hejira, Blue, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Cour & Spark are all basically untouchable for me.

Bob is of course one of the greats, but he has more patchy periods as well it's hard for me to put him above Van in terms of consistency. Plus, just a personal preference but I prefer Van's lyrical style as well as more expressive/jazz and soul influenced vocal delivery to Dylan's equally inimitable vocals.

Neil might have my favorite peaks (After the Gold Rush, On the Beach, Tonight's the Night), but he has so many skippable LPs it's hard to fully throw him in the conversation.

Crosby is great as well but has too small a solo discog for me to consider him a major contender.

TL;DR They're all greats and there's arguments to be made for each!

 

Fuck u

 

I think Neil Young is the best and one of the few who could be a great songwriter and guitar player

 

Van plays sax on his records thoughhhhhh

 

Weezer

 

Van Halen rules. Diamond Dave for life.

 

I need to listen to him more seriously

Jackie Wilson Said is one of the best songs ever written before anyone kills me

 

For me, Van never wrote anything as good as Summer Lawns. Not sorry!

 

The Hissing of Summer Lawns is the stuff of legend

Fittingly Prince's favorite Joni record

 

neil young my dad

 

Guess I'm listening to Blue today.

 

Lol I'm ok with jazz, I was just quoting The Office lol

 

Ok no wait these are the new worst takes

 

oh its the office. thought it was p&r. whatever same difference

 

Jazz and jam bands are better than Blink 182 and any pop punk

 

cold ass take t b h

 

Unless The Early November is pop punk

 

Maybe some of For All Of This and maybe a few trace elements scattered through The Room’s Too Cold, but after that not really at all.

 

Let it be known the enormous favor we have done society comparing jazz and pop punk.

 

pop punk is Intellectual Music