Professor of Rock

[Dead Planet]

 

[Dead Planet]

 

[Dead Planet]

 

[Dead Planet]

 

[Darkstone]

I'm sure the regulars on this thread have seen this latest video.

It's a good one, and it gives me the excuse to post these 2 beyond Legendary AOR tracks.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 9, 2022 by Darkstone

[whiplash1972]

The story of Autograph; opening for Van Halen, a record deal, “Turn Up the Radio”, etc…

 

[Geoff]

I tell you what annoys me about this channel, and I reckon he's doing himself a disservice... even though I get it's kind of his gimmick, to draw listeners in to see who he's talking about... but man do I wish he had the band name of whoever he's talking about in the title. I just don't have the desire to sit through all the videos hoping it's something cool. I'll watch that Autograph one now that I realise he's talking about Autograph. 

[martinsane]

11 hours ago, Geoff said:

I tell you what annoys me about this channel, and I reckon he's doing himself a disservice... even though I get it's kind of his gimmick, to draw listeners in to see who he's talking about... but man do I wish he had the band name of whoever he's talking about in the title. I just don't have the desire to sit through all the videos hoping it's something cool. I'll watch that Autograph one now that I realise he's talking about Autograph. 

Agreed and I think its more than that for me. His hepster mentality and the delivery doesn't resonate with me. 

 

Sorry not a fan and really his stories are pretty basic knowledge stuff presented as if he's (him specifically) has found the holy grail.

[Geoff]

16 hours ago, martinsane said:

Agreed and I think its more than that for me. His hepster mentality and the delivery doesn't resonate with me. 

 

Sorry not a fan and really his stories are pretty basic knowledge stuff presented as if he's (him specifically) has found the holy grail.

Haha. Yeah, not to kick a man when he's down, but I agree. I'm not into his delivery either. Been a minute since I watched one of his vids, but the way he tells his stories isn't for me either. I have found a couple of his videos interesting, but he's not my favourite channel by a long way. 

[Captain Howdy]

18 hours ago, martinsane said:

Agreed and I think its more than that for me. His hepster mentality and the delivery doesn't resonate with me. 

 

Sorry not a fan and really his stories are pretty basic knowledge stuff presented as if he's (him specifically) has found the holy grail.

Yeah his videos do nothing for me either. I think it's hat that annoys me most though.

I have watched a couple of his videos and spotted numerous errors as well, and pointed them out in the comments but he ignores them rather than acknowledge them.

Take the Joan Jett video. He says she was 15 when she co-fronted The Runaways. The Runaways were founded in August 1975 a month before Joan turned 17 (she was born Sept 1958).

This is readily available information that is not hard to fact check yet I am sure he is just going on his own memory.

Edited December 31, 2022 by Captain Howdy

[CMGiordano]

I enjoy seeing him interact with the actual artists themselves, and hearing them tell the stories.

 

But other than that, as others have stated, there's a lot to not like about his videos.

For a guy who seems to have legitimate connections and actually has the artists in his videos, you'd think he'd have time to make sure he's at least got all of the information correct.

What really bugs me, though, is the clickbait titles. For instance, he had titled LEGENDARY BAND Admit They are REPULSED by This 70s Hit... TIRED of Playing It! (and the only reason I clicked on the video in the first place is because I recognized Steve Lukather in the thumbnail). Come to find out that the song the title is referring to is "Hold the Line," and they said they were sick of playing it back in the 80's after it had been EVERYWHERE, but in the interview with him, they're like "we love to play it again now!"

So not only are his titles pulling you in with information that isn't really accurate, you don't even know who he's talking about most of the time unless you recognize the person in the video's thumbnail (if they're even shown). It's a really lame way to chase engagement, IMO.

[whiplash1972]

And don’t forget to check out our sponsor, Zenni (sp?) Eyewear. 🤬

I probably watch about 10% of the vids he puts out, and find him to be irritating as fuck at times. I watched the vid on Autograph all the way through though, as it was actually interesting. His clickbaitiness is why I described what was in the vid the way I did 👍

[KarpetRydOFunk]

5 hours ago, Geoff said:

Haha. Yeah, not to kick a man when he's down, but I agree. I'm not into his delivery either. Been a minute since I watched one of his vids, but the way he tells his stories isn't for me either. I have found a couple of his videos interesting, but he's not my favourite channel by a long way. 

I don't think he's down. He seems to be very popular. So don't worry. Keep kicking. 

[KarpetRydOFunk]

3 hours ago, whiplash1972 said:

And don’t forget to check out our sponsor, Zenni (sp?) Eyewear. 🤬

I probably watch about 10% of the vids he puts out, and find him to be irritating as fuck at times. I watched the vid on Autograph all the way through though, as it was actually interesting. His clickbaitiness is why I described what was in the vid the way I did 👍

So many annoying people on the YouTubes. But they have tons of views, so I guess I'm part of the minority. That or their clickbait titles work.