Battle of the Super Duper Groups

zitothebrave

zitothebrave

Connoisseur of Minors
Everyone has heard the Supergroup name thrown around, whether it's Cream, Velvet Revolver, Audio Slave, Emerson Palmer and Lake, Asia, etc.

To me though most of those bands were either fragments of lesser known bands, or in the case of VR and Audio Slave existing bands with new frontmen.

To me there are only 2 bands that 100% fit the Supergroup label of extremely well known musicians joining up and they made more than one album. So no one offs like Mad Season or Probot, or even Them Crooked Vultures.

Those 2 are the Highwaymen and Traveling Wilburys.

Highwaymen was Willie Nelson, Kris Kristopherson, Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings.

The Travelling Wilburys had a varying offering because of Roy Orbison passing but their solid 4 were Jeff Lynne (ELO for those who didn't know), Boby Dylan, Tom Petty, and George Harrison.

When I weigh the 2 I look at 2 things, first is how well they worked together and second is the quality of the songs.

I could very well be biased because of my general musical preference, but I prefer the TW in both of those regards.

I don't care to do I full indepth comparison of their albums, singles, etc. I've listened to them all before coming up with my opinion.

But I think my best case is their best known singles.Handle with Care vs Highwaymen

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Of course I recommend everyone check out all their work. It's totally worth it.
 
I don't disagree with these groups, both great. But The Highwayman came about mostly because of the great song Jimmy Webb wrote for them. That song gave them a new identity together, a whole new thematic direction that incredibly made them seem even greater than the sum of their parts. Amazing considering how successful they all were alone. And all because of a song about reincarnation in a supposedly Christian market.
 
I grew up listening to the Traveling Wilburys. My dad was a huge Roy Orbison fan so their Volume 1 cd was a constant staple in his car on our morning drives to school. Handle With Care was a good one but I always really liked End of the Line. I definitely get some odd looks from friends who get in my car and hear Tweeter and the Monkey Man come on lol. I love them though. I'll have to give The Highwaymen a good listen. Johnny Cash is a one of my all time favorites.
 
All of them Rock for various reasons.

Sad that of those super groups 4 of the 9 have passed. And who knows how long Dylan, Kristoferson, and Nelson have they're all well over 70.
 
zitothebrave said:
Literally worse than Hitler.
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The more I listen, the more I dislike Dylan. His voice is whiney, and has deteriorated faster than most artists. I have heard his concerts are terrible by more than one person. I have plenty on my ipod, but its gotten awful. I can't listen anymore. He made an album with The Band called "Before the Flood". It is hard to mess up anything that The Band did, but he accomplished the feat. That album isn't good. I like a select few, but for the most part it was a terrible purchase.
 
I have little doubt his concerts suck. I tihnk most folk artists concerts suck.

But Bobby Dylan is a legend, not because of his performances, but because of his lyrics. No poet was ever as great of a song writer as he was.
 
zitothebrave said:
I have little doubt his concerts suck. I tihnk most folk artists concerts suck.

But Bobby Dylan is a legend, not because of his performances, but because of his lyrics. No poet was ever as great of a song writer as he was.
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Meh. Bob Dylan was NO Shell Silverstein.
 
Bob Dylan's overrated. A lot of blah stuff.

Poetry isn't songwriting. Bernie Taupin is a better 'poet' than Dylan ever was.
 
zitothebrave said:
Calling Bob Dylan overrated is like calling sex overrated
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Virgins are overrated. So what?

Besides , easily agreeing that an artists concerts are trash, probably means they don't belong in the upper echelon of musicians.

Bob Dylan might be the most overrated musician since..........
 
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