Most overrated bands

mattdingle

dimitrispearljam wrote:

Gonzo1977 wrote:

This year's winners...

1)Arcade Fire
2)Muse
3)Spoon
4)The Decemberists
5)Dirty Projectors
6)The Hold Steady
7)Animal Collective
8)Panic At The Disco
9)Of Montreal
10)Mogwai

2010 inductees into the Overated Hall of Fame....

Pavement
Joy Division
The Smiths
My Bloody Valentine
The Flaming Lips

Overated Life Time Acheivement Award...and also this years host...

Bono

u must be kidding about joy division is overated..

Also Pavement overated?????????? I dont think so

Horos

Re: Radiohead

IMO their music is boring and uncreative. I've tried listening to them numerous times and just don't hear anything special or even good. They are one hit wonders IMO and have made the most of it. I don't hear any talent at all just some guys who somehow found a niche that a lot of the youth of today has somehow deemed exceptional. I know I'm in the minority on this one(at least on this board) but have yet to meet anyone personally that actually thinks they are great. I am actually dumbfounded that they are so popular because they are so bad. Then again that's just my opinion but you did ask.

Edved82

For me, the Sex Pistols have to be the most overrated band of all time. They couldn't even play their instruments properly.

Honourable mentions: Muse, Queen, Kings of Leon, Joy Division, The Smiths.

Gotta love these threads

facepollution

Horos wrote:

Re: Radiohead

IMO their music is boring and uncreative.

OK let me just stop you there. If you don't find them creative, you haven't listened to enough of their stuff. Call them boring or whatever else, but this band have always pushed themselves creativley speaking.

Even their older more rocking stuff didn't really sound like anyone else, my point in case:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDhV5OTsnzY

And one hit wonders?! Um, they've had quite a few hit songs over here in the UK.........

BinauralJam

pandora wrote:

Aerosmith

Ledbetterman10

My Morning Jacket
Kings of Leon
Arcade Fire
Flaming Lips
Incubus (with the exception of their first two albums)

Gonzo1977

dimitrispearljam wrote:

u must be kidding about joy division is overated..

mattdingle wrote:

Also Pavement overated?????????? I dont think so

Never said they were bad...just overated.

London Bridge

This should really be the bands you don't like thread

maj4e

Radiohead and Tool

DewieCox

London Bridge wrote:

This should really be the bands you don't like thread

Or "bands that are more popular than you think they should be, regardless of influence and impact on the history and future of music" thread....Can't people give props where they are due?

veddertown

Edved82 wrote:

For me, the Sex Pistols have to be the most overrated band of all time. They couldn't even play their instruments properly.

Honourable mentions: Muse, Queen, Kings of Leon, Joy Division, The Smiths.

Gotta love these threads

The Sex Pistols aren't exempt from this thread either indeed although like Nirvana they were pioneers of a movement that transformed the next generation of better bands that many of us have benefited from since. But even though I enjoy the occasional blast they were mainly pretty awful. On the other hand and I do know this is all opinion based but Muse and Queen are/were amazing musicians with an over the top style of entertainment that obviously isn't to everyones taste but to call such talented people overrated? :? I guess you simply don't like them? I'm not the biggest fan of their music either but they deserve all the acclaim they get IMO. Joy Division are more of a cult band that most people have barely heard or even heard of and I don't hear them getting enough acclaim to be called overrated. You're right about KOL though! They were a half decent Southern rawk band and now they're unrecognisable MTV glamour boys stuck on repeat with their souls and roots torn out and left on a shiny stidio floor! And as talented as The Smiths were I don't know how that makes Morrisey a genius?

FinsburyParkCarrots

These kyants:



Not a patch on these fellas:

Gardenparty

Jack White

he may be prolific but 80% of his music is redundant and dull

cool hat though :roll:

catefrances

Horos wrote:

Re: Radiohead

IMO their music is boring and uncreative. I've tried listening to them numerous times and just don't hear anything special or even good. They are one hit wonders IMO and have made the most of it. I don't hear any talent at all just some guys who somehow found a niche that a lot of the youth of today has somehow deemed exceptional. I know I'm in the minority on this one(at least on this board) but have yet to meet anyone personally that actually thinks they are great. I am actually dumbfounded that they are so popular because they are so bad. Then again that's just my opinion but you did ask.

thanks for clarifying.

DewieCox

Horos wrote:

Re: Radiohead

IMO their music is boring and uncreative. I've tried listening to them numerous times and just don't hear anything special or even good. They are one hit wonders IMO and have made the most of it. I don't hear any talent at all just some guys who somehow found a niche that a lot of the youth of today has somehow deemed exceptional. I know I'm in the minority on this one(at least on this board) but have yet to meet anyone personally that actually thinks they are great. I am actually dumbfounded that they are so popular because they are so bad. Then again that's just my opinion but you did ask.

What all have you listened to? Any fan of good rock music is surely a fan of The Bends.

catefrances

DewieCox wrote:

Horos wrote:

Re: Radiohead

IMO their music is boring and uncreative. I've tried listening to them numerous times and just don't hear anything special or even good. They are one hit wonders IMO and have made the most of it. I don't hear any talent at all just some guys who somehow found a niche that a lot of the youth of today has somehow deemed exceptional. I know I'm in the minority on this one(at least on this board) but have yet to meet anyone personally that actually thinks they are great. I am actually dumbfounded that they are so popular because they are so bad. Then again that's just my opinion but you did ask.

What all have you listened to? Any fan of good rock music is surely a fan of The Bends.

apparently not. *shrugs*

Of The Aggie

I'll weigh in on the Radiohead debate.

Can't stand 'em! Boring, boring, boring. The hubby likes them though. And I'm going to have to echo what someone else said a while back. In the US they were definitely a one-hit wonder. Ask anyone to name a Radiohead song and all they can say is Creep. That song was so overplayed, I really can't even listen to it much anymore. Maybe they are way bigger in the UK, don't know. I saw them open for REM in '95 and no one at the show was paying any attention to them and then they closed with Creep and everybody stopped and went " hey I know that song!".

catefrances

Of The Aggie wrote:

I'll weigh in on the Radiohead debate.

Can't stand 'em! Boring, boring, boring. The hubby likes them though. And I'm going to have to echo what someone else said a while back. In the US they were definitely a one-hit wonder. Ask anyone to name a Radiohead song and all they can say is Creep. That song was so overplayed, I really can't even listen to it much anymore. Maybe they are way bigger in the UK, don't know. I saw them open for REM in '95 and no one at the show was paying any attention to them and then they closed with Creep and everybody stopped and went " hey I know that song!".

but see the world doesnt revolve around the US. just cause one country doesnt get it, doesnt mean the rest of the world is the same.

DewieCox

Of The Aggie wrote:

I'll weigh in on the Radiohead debate.

Can't stand 'em! Boring, boring, boring. The hubby likes them though. And I'm going to have to echo what someone else said a while back. In the US they were definitely a one-hit wonder. Ask anyone to name a Radiohead song and all they can say is Creep. That song was so overplayed, I really can't even listen to it much anymore. Maybe they are way bigger in the UK, don't know. I saw them open for REM in '95 and no one at the show was paying any attention to them and then they closed with Creep and everybody stopped and went " hey I know that song!".

Get f'n real...I've seen 3 PJ shows, 3 Petty shows, Tool, Farm-aid, and Rush at pretty similar outdoor amphitheaters and Radiohead filled it more than any of them 2 years ago. You may not like them, but you can't deny they're one of the biggest bands in the world.

catefrances

DewieCox wrote:

Of The Aggie wrote:

I'll weigh in on the Radiohead debate.

Can't stand 'em! Boring, boring, boring. The hubby likes them though. And I'm going to have to echo what someone else said a while back. In the US they were definitely a one-hit wonder. Ask anyone to name a Radiohead song and all they can say is Creep. That song was so overplayed, I really can't even listen to it much anymore. Maybe they are way bigger in the UK, don't know. I saw them open for REM in '95 and no one at the show was paying any attention to them and then they closed with Creep and everybody stopped and went " hey I know that song!".

Get f'n real...I've seen 3 PJ shows, 3 Petty shows, Tool, Farm-aid, and Rush at pretty similar outdoor amphitheaters and Radiohead filled it more than any of them 2 years ago. You may not like them, but you can't deny they're one of the biggest bands in the world.

i think some people find radiohead too challenging and they cant connect with them. and thats ok. heck classical music bores me the majority of the time. radiohead arent easily pigeonholed, beyond being apparently over rated and boring of course. and sometimes radiohead is the last thing i want to listen to dependent on my mood and then there are times when i cant get enough of them. and lets face it.. not every band is for everyone. different strokes people.. different strokes.