Mykesbass

Jens Ritter would probably agree with you.

Pointless, as that would not be an unpopular opinion for the purpose of this thread!

My old 'americana' for want of a better word band used to play Dylan, Neil Young, Little Feat, and for birthdays/anniversaries we always ended up chucking in Enrique Iglesias Hero. Went down a storm and was fun to play- to hell with credibility!

Oh, and forgot to add a favourite, the wonderful Hugh Masekela.

BBC6 Music play some new instrumental tracks, Ezra Collective (jazz) Kamasi Washington (cinematic jazz) Mogwai (rock) and quite a bit of instrumental dance music. I think Mogwai's album got to number one earlier this year.

Yes, they have been confessed to - you are not alone. But I think you're safe with this being an unpopular opinion 😆

See, unpopular already! I almost agree with you Steve, but think her first hit, Saving all my Love was a better performance.

What, all those Foreigners going around wanting to know what love is? (Great track btw).

Only found out last week that Feeling Good (Nina Simone, Muse etc) was written by Tony Newley.

Only wrong thread if you think not many people will agree with you. Personally I have no idea how popular/credible Pearl Jam are/were.

If that's the playlist then feel free to invite me next time!

Nowt wrong with any of those in my book.

That's how I started it, so yes please!

Yes!! It was for posts like this that I started the thread!

It was either William Bell or Judy Clay...

And wrote it the same day as Jolene. Pretty good day for her I'd say!

I was working on a big show that the record company I worked for was recording/filming. Had a Brit School student with me doing work experience, so we went to watch the rehearsal. She said to me in the car on the way back to the office 'I didn't know Eric Clapton played guitar'.

Heard a BBC6 Music presenter make a snarky comment about an act that has tended to get a lot of flack, so got me thinking, are there acts you feel are unfairly maligned, or, acts you feel get way more kudos than they deserve? Mine was the act in question - Simply Red. Great voice, great band, excellent songs, but possibly more hated than Oasis and Prog combined! I thought they were great back in the day, and still do! So, what's yours?

This aged well 😏

Before they get to his peat briquettes.

Beat me to it - though it does still have the right number of strings!

Your garage is a boomtown for rats.

Lemmy and the Upsetters

Chas & Dave backed Labi Siffre on 'I Got The' as famously sampled by Eminem. Chas also featured in the Joe Meek house band along with Ritchie Blackmore.

Crusaders were the house band for Blue Thumb Records, and were on Hugh Masekela's Grazing in the Grass.