The Most Overrated Band Ever Thread

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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    It's not a band, but; Elvis.
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  • vedderoffdead
    vedderoffdead Posts: 688
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    This... this is just wrong. :o
    I knew that would grab somebody...
  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    The Rolling Stones. Yeah, I said it.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • pink1969
    pink1969 Posts: 245
    I agree, never really got into the Stones.
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    :eek: Guns n Roses were kings among men up until the Spaghetti Incident. Sure, everyone except Duff and Izzy were/are assholes, and there was a fair amount of filler on the Use Your Illusion albums - but they made some stone-cold classic hard rock. Try not singing along to Welcome To The Jungle or You Could Be Mine. :D

    Only when I'm drunk dear, very very drunk ;)

    I've never liked them and honestly NEVER seen the appeal. As I say, there were bands out there far better at being shit. Like Motley Crue... at least they knew they were shit and didn't hail themselves as musical geniuses... they wrote popular, catchy songs with dirty vids and big hair. What you saw is what you got. And what the hell is all this bs with Chinese Democracy?! Don't even get me started... Axel Rose is a jumped up little son of a... ANYWAY... :o I (unfortunately) saw GnR a few years back, they were abismal. And I know what you're gonna say... "It wasn't at their height of popularity and Slash wasn't with them so blah blah blah"... well, Velvet Revolver are also shit so that ends THAT argument...

    It's all just IMO you understand ;)
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    boroff89 wrote:
    The Rolling Stones. Yeah, I said it.

    WOW!!!! you said it!! you really said it!!!!!! holy shit!!!

    sarcasm aside, I totally agree with you on the Stones. I NEVER understand how in the hell some people hold them in as high regard as The Beatles, The Who, or Led Zeppelin
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    nirvana.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Led Zeppelin.
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Led Zeppelin.
    *Runs for cover*
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  • vedderoffdead
    vedderoffdead Posts: 688
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Led Zeppelin.
    Agree 1000%. NEVER got Zepellin. Ick...
  • yosi1
    yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    boroff89 wrote:
    The Rolling Stones. Yeah, I said it.

    They were a close number 2 for me. I just don't hate them the way I hate U2.
    vedderoffdead wrote:
    The Beatles...hands down.

    I'm beyond tired of people acting like they pretty much invented the electric guitar, the microphone, every guitar chord, the snare drum, the hi-hat, etc...there were plenty of people playing 'rock & roll' before they came along. They were a 'pop' band. I'd rather listen to 2 cats fight in an alley

    Ok, so lets say for the sake of argument, that the Beatles weren't that influential - which is what you're saying and I completely disagree with. Even so, they still wrote an enormous amount of amazing music that they should still be considered great and not overrated. Lennon/McCartney wrote some of the best music that I - and many people agree with - have ever heard.
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    Only when I'm drunk dear, very very drunk

    I've never liked them and honestly NEVER seen the appeal. As I say, there were bands out there far better at being shit. Like Motley Crue... at least they knew they were shit and didn't hail themselves as musical geniuses... they wrote popular, catchy songs with dirty vids and big hair. What you saw is what you got. And what the hell is all this bs with Chinese Democracy?! Don't even get me started... Axel Rose is a jumped up little son of a... ANYWAY... :o I (unfortunately) saw GnR a few years back, they were abismal. And I know what you're gonna say... "It wasn't at their height of popularity and Slash wasn't with them so blah blah blah"... well, Velvet Revolver are also shit so that ends THAT argument...

    It's all just IMO you understand ;)
    I saw GnR and Velvet Revolver a few years ago (not in the same bill, obviously :p) and I thought they both put on really good shows. :o But that's not the point - we all know Chinese Democracy is a joke, and that VR were a brutal disappointment. But for the few years that GnR were on top of the world, they were a great rock n roll band. In my opinion. ;)
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  • yosi1
    yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    vedderoffdead wrote:
    Agree 1000%. NEVER got Zepellin. Ick...

    Well now it just seems like we have completely different tastes in music cause I love them as much, if not more than the Beatles.
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  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    WOW!!!! you said it!! you really said it!!!!!! holy shit!!!

    sarcasm aside, I totally agree with you on the Stones. I NEVER understand how in the hell some people hold them in as high regard as The Beatles, The Who, or Led Zeppelin

    Agreed. As for my "I said it" line, I get absolutely blasted everytime I make that argument on this board. I get accused of not having listened to them and yadda yadda.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Gots to be Nirvana
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    boroff89 wrote:
    Agreed. As for my "I said it" line, I get absolutely blasted everytime I make that argument on this board. I get accused of not having listened to them and yadda yadda.

    yeah I've heard it all too. I understand why so many people like them. I just don't.


    Bruce Springsteen is another that I don't like but understand his popularity.
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  • vedderoffdead
    vedderoffdead Posts: 688
    yosi wrote:
    They were a close number 2 for me. I just don't hate them the way I hate U2.



    Ok, so lets say for the sake of argument, that the Beatles weren't that influential - which is what you're saying and I completely disagree with. Even so, they still wrote an enormous amount of amazing music that they should still be considered great and not overrated. Lennon/McCartney wrote some of the best music that I - and many people agree with - have ever heard.
    I never said they weren't influential, I said they were over-rated. When Rolling Stone does a top 100 rock albums or whatever EVERY single Beatles record should make the top 10? Give me a break. With all the INCREDIBLE albums that have been put out in the 40 fucking years since the Beatles broke up? Sorry, not buying into the hype...
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    vedderoffdead wrote:
    Sorry, not buying into the hype...

    apology accepted
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    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • Them-Bones
    Them-Bones Posts: 518
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  • clark_kent
    clark_kent Posts: 166
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Led Zeppelin.

    you know, i went on a kick recently and bought a few led zep albums. after listening for about a week, i agree with you.

    i'd also add radiohead.
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