10 Most Overated Rock bands / Performers

soulsinging wrote:

but that doesn't mean the chef knows what tastes better to everyone out there in the world.



i hate pretentious musicians.

but he can sure as fuck appreciate the effort it took to make that food more.

soulsinging wrote:

just becos it takes a lot of effort to make doesnt mean the final product is automatically wonderful. some meals can take all day to prepare and taste no better than a simple bowl of easy mac, no matter how many fancy spices the chef throws in. if they don't work well together then it's wasted effort.

But then again that leads us to subjectivity again

culot4 wrote:

If someone serves me a plate of shit and calls it filet mignon I'll decide for myself if I need to say " Hey, this looks like shit! ". Just because I didn't make the meal doesn't mean I don't know what tastes good.

You guys are getting bogged down in the crappy metaphor. It's common sense that a musician will appreciate good musicianship more. that's just the way it works. When you've been out there yourself you know what it takes.

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

1. U2
2. U2
3. U2
4. U2
5. U2
6. U2
7. U2
8. The Rolling Stones
9. The Rolling Stones
10. The Smiths

Never in my life have I heard the Smiths described as overrated :O best band of the 80s in my opinion. what's not to like? Johnny Marr's guitar playing is beautiful, morrissey's lyrics are touching and funny at the same time, andy rourke is one of the most underrated bassists I've ever heard and you only have to listen to the Queen is dead to know the Mike Joyce was the truly overlooked member of that band. what don't you like about them?

I'll give you U2 though...

stu gee wrote:

I hear many people saying 'The smiths are the best band of the 80's'. The fact that anyone even RATES the smiths at all confuses me greatly! Loads of my friends love them, and talk about how great a lyricist Morrisey is, but i think his lyrics sound terrible, and his voice is so annoying. There are a couple of their songs that i like, but dont understand the hype with them at all.

of course you are entitled to your opinion but I disagree strongly. His voice isn't great but I don't mind it. I think his lyrics are BRILLIANT. I can understand why they wouldnt be everyone's cup of tea but come on, anyone who writes these lines has to be great!

"Spending warm summer days in doors,
writing frightening verse to a buck-toothed girl in luxembourg"

"Frankly Mr Shankly, this position I've held,
it pays my way and it corrodes my soul
oh I didn't realise that you wrote poetry
(I didn't realise you wrote such bloody awful poetry)"

tonadax wrote:

rolling stones

pink floyd

pearljam ´´no code and riot act albums´´

radiohead

ben harper

Sorry...I have to add this........NO CODE!?!?!? ARE YOU INSANE!?!?!?

I think I just heard they beat Tool for heavy rock song of the year! :mad:

I pretty sure that's what I heard the DJ say. :eek:

How is that even possible?

_FiveAgainstOne_ wrote:

tool's not being good at all might have something to do with it.

Well regardless of your thoughts on Tool you can't seriously tell me that Wolfmother have added anything to music in recent times. It's all rehashed bullshit! Well that's what I hear anyway.

Jeanie wrote:

Well regardless of your thoughts on Tool you can't seriously tell me that Wolfmother have added anything to music in recent times. It's all rehashed bullshit! Well that's what I hear anyway.

I'd take Wolfmother over Tool any day. Sure, they aren't the most original band in the world, but at least they don't suck a la Tool.

Nah, that's harsh... Tool doesn't suck, they're just not my cup of tea.