Pete Townshend underrated?
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Yes, plus a great song writer as well. He wrote most of The Who's hit songs. Most of their songs, period.
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Janey I am sooo jealous of you. If you are discovering Neil Young for the very first time you have discovered the holy grail " Old Man " is off " HARVEST" which is probably one the greatest folk rock albums of all time and contained "Heart of Gold" and " Needle and the Damage Done" which was the theme song for a generation.  His next album was called " After the Goldrush and proved that he was not a one trick pony, and each successive album is actually better than the previous, "American Stars and Bars" gave us songs like " Like a Hurricane " and showed us his amazing electric rock guitar riffs. He is credited as the godfather of grunge and   inspired Pearl Jam, Nirvana and countless others.  If ever a musician deserved the title "Genius" a word which has become overrated then he does - oh yes I am a fan and proud of it  ..... Just read the first two answers and these people have absolutely no soul whatsoever I expect they will grow into very sad and lonely people,  - forever in and out of rehab because if they cannot recognise true beauty  ..I have to stop
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Pink Floyd Hands Down! \nHonerable mention: the beatles, the stones, the velvet underground, and david bowie.
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Just a guess, but I'd say Eric Clapton - for the Yardbirds, Cream, and either Blind Faith or as a solo artist.
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I think this is a hard question but I am going to go with James Morrison, his album is flawless! If your into these guys then check out Paolo Nutini! His album is excellent! xx
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lilnig, "underrated artist" does not mean "bad artist", it means "artist who doesn't get enough recognition" LOL\n\nTo answer the question I'd say Jason Mraz, Sam Roberts, stuff like that ;)
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I love him!!  He has recently been touring here in the UK as I went to see him, so he might be doing all of europe, in which case you'll have a bit of a wait!\n\nHe is so good, and did a cover of White stripes Door bell, sounded amazing.
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I love Burt Bacharach ! so i should really be saying i love Hal David ? I have never heard of him but if its him who does the lyrics for Burt then i love them both !! I see what you are saying it is a shame he doesn`t get a mention , i agree .
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I can't believe Coryshawn said Rush was the only good thing to come out of Canada,  Alas! what about Michael Buble?  and so many others;and bands whew that's a tough one as again there are so very many great musicians in our country as well as all over the world, however, I can't help but love Michael Feinstein, Yes THE DUKE of course, Earl "Papa" Hines, Oops now you'll know how long I have been listening to music, actually  was born on a stage, practically, my father was a great musician and I have been exposed to music all of my musical, wonderful, happy life.I love all the new guys too like the Beatles, and so many more Barry Manilow, I could go on and on , but my time's up, right?
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The Buzzcocks.  Great song, though I can't say I care much for Pete Yorn's version.  "What do I get" was just playing not too long ago, I'll have to dig out my Buzzcocks stuff now and have a listening party.
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If you like "The great gig ..." you've chosen a memorable tune, and there's very few Floyd melodies that can match Claire Torrey's soulful vocals.\n\nWhich is probably why the Floyd is immensely popular.   And while I have my quiet, reflective moods, that listen to "If" and "Fat old sun", "Wish you were here" and all of "Shine on" ... \n\nMy favorite all-around tune is "Poles apart".   The lyrics are sensitive and thoughtful, yet Gilmour totally rocks out in perhaps his best guitar solo as the song ends.
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I love John Mayer, AMAZING guitar player and songwriter. I have never listened to Micheal Buble though, so I'll check it out.
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Hey Jude, Elanor Rigby, and Blackbird. Thats just three that I like, I don't think I could choose the best 3, theres too many. I also really like Yesterday, Lady Madonna, and a lot of other ones.
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wow, yeah, ive always been fascinated by him since after lookin through marilyn's cd booklets i noticed that the songs I really loved were the ones were twiggy did the music. And ive always felt he was super under-rated, its good to see someone else has recognized him.
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chec republic... they are not underrated in the ratings but they are definately underated in peoples minds... watch out people.. they are good
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They are extremely innovative, and actually challenge the listener, and make the listener better for it. They are not just popular in The United States either. They also went platinum in Canada, the UK, Australia, and all over Europe and Latin America, and just about any respected music critic thinks they are great too. Not to mention, Jack White is one of, if not the, best guitar player to break out in the past 5 years or so. Not to mention he is an extremely talented (Grammy winning) producer. I saw them live, and they are just incredible. Jack was actually playing more than one instrument at a time. Who does that these days? That sort of talent is very rare.
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Yeah Pink Floyd is the bomb no argument there but as far as the BEST. It has to be Earth, Wind, and Fire and the most unusual well that would be Parliament Funkadelic of course.