The Most Overrated Band Ever Thread

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  • Dead Man Walking
    Dead Man Walking Toronto-ish Posts: 2,762
    Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper...all overrated...big time.
  • Stone Is God
    Stone Is God Posts: 1,331
    Bruce Springsteen. Sorry, I just don't get it.

    They have 9 guitarists in the band and each one strums one individual chord for the whole song.

    I just don't get it.

    I know I'll probably get blasted for this.
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
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  • pink1969
    pink1969 Posts: 245
    never got the Bruce Springsteen thing either (sounds like he's on the toilet when he sings), and I'm a jersey girl. I'd like to add Bob Dylan also. Can't listen to most of his songs
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  • Mike_Muse_Rage
    Mike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    I can't believe no-one's mentioned Red Hot Chili Peppers yet.
  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    1) Journey

    2) The Rolling Stones from the 1980s on

    3) Bruce Springsteen (I tried, really, I did, and I just don't get it.)
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Trivium... Linkin Park...
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Them-Bones wrote:
    Nine Inch Nails

    Now that's just rude...
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    U2

    (The Rolling Stones)
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    Trivium... Linkin Park...
    Over rated?.....Or just a bit pants? ;)
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  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    Mike_Muse_Rage wrote:
    I can't believe no-one's mentioned Red Hot Chili Peppers yet.

    prolly cause no one thinks they're overrrated :P
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    petrocs wrote:
    prolly cause no one thinks they're overrrated :P

    Nope, it's not that.... defintely not that.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Its Evolution Baby
    Its Evolution Baby Posts: 849
    yosi wrote:
    U2-Every damn song sounds exactly the same.

    I get that they aren't popular on the this board but this makes me laugh. Zoo Station sounds nothing like Sunday Bloody Sunday which sounds nothing like Where the Streets Have No Name which sounds nothing like Discotheque.

    Again I'm not saying you should like them but you clearly know nothing about there past catalog to say every song sounds the same.
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Over rated?.....Or just a bit pants? ;)
    That made me lol out loud. :D
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Over rated?.....Or just a bit pants? ;)

    I was being lady like and having some decorum in my bashing of said bands... *flutters eyelashes*

    Ok, facade over... They're shite.

    :p
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • The Long Road
    The Long Road Posts: 183
    Stone Is God wrote:
    Bruce Springsteen. Sorry, I just don't get it.

    They have 9 guitarists in the band and each one strums one individual chord for the whole song.

    I just don't get it.

    I know I'll probably get blasted for this.


    When I started this thread I had Springsteen in mind but I like some of his solo acoustic stuff. The Clash, on the other hand, have never wrote a good song....ever. They get too much credit for their sound. If I made a "most overrated SONG" thread, my pick would most definately be London Calling.
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  • vedderoffdead
    vedderoffdead Posts: 688
    See, different strokes. I LOVE The Clash, and think they're one of the most influential bands of the past 30 or so years, but you may not like any of the little bands that they influenced either(Pearl Jam,U2,Fugazi,The Police,Rancid,Green Day, etc)... so fair enough.;)

    "Cause London's drowning, and I...I live by the river!"-perfect words to capture a turbulent time...
  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    even though I like a couple songs off their first 2 albums..I say Coldplay...it's like they enjoy being so big they now make albums to fit the mold so they don't lose their fame. Their last 2 albums sound like a band imitating the stereotypes people placed on Coldplay. It's like they try to turn every song into some epic song and they just fall flat on their face. Listen to 'Fix You' for a perfect example- it starts as some kind of rock mega ballad where you know they thought they would soar to new levels- but the song just doesn't go anywhere. I don't know, it's hard to explain... I think their best songs are the simple ones they did like High Speed, Spies, Green Eyes, and Warning Sign.
    boroff89 wrote:
    The Rolling Stones. Yeah, I said it.

    I can't agree with this. I'm not a big Stones guy, but there is something to be said about a band that can come out and play anywhere from 15-20 songs that are known by millions, and the songs that shaped rock and roll. If you don't like them- fine, you don't like them. But seriously they could come out and play some songs that just about everyone in the world will know within the first 10 seconds. That kind of notoriety and longevity is amazing.
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Has no one said Abba yet?
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • The Long Road
    The Long Road Posts: 183
    vedderoffdead wrote:
    See, different strokes. I LOVE The Clash, and think they're one of the most influential bands of the past 30 or so years, but you may not like any of the bands that they influenced either, so fair enough.

    "Cause London's drowning, and I...I live by the river!"-perfect words to capture a turbulent time...


    Why were they so influential? I understand the whole punk mentality and teenage angst thing played a major part in their popularity, but if you take their music at face value...it isn't that good. But your right about different strokes...
    "All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives"--Ed

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