Aye Nate.....that's an opinion.....that's fine....it's YOUR opinion...and nothing more.  Perhaps others share it, perhaps they don't.  Some don't remember Bob Welch and, given the timeline, even more don't remember Don Bishoff.  But, it's great to express YOUR opinion so long as you recognize it as OPINION not FACT. 

I might say "George Carlin was a far superior comedian to Bob Hope."  I, more correctly would say, "In my opinion, George Carlin was a far superior comedian to Bob Hope."  In fact, i think he was.  But, hey, 

RE: Mr Molen...A college buddy of mine was the longtime editorial page editor of the Riverside (Cal) Press/Enterprise.  When someone would complain about typos, etc.....his standard reply was always "you should see the way they spell SHIRT.."