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Thread started 06/29/18 12:42pm

lonelyalien

Your most overrated bands

Ill start off coldplay, arctic monkeys, u2, kasabian..........

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Reply #1 posted 06/29/18 2:18pm

EmmaMcG

The Beatles
Nirvana
U2
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
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Reply #2 posted 06/29/18 3:53pm

rdhull

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The White Stripes

Wilco

Drake

Foo Fighters

Coldplay

Dangelo

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Reply #3 posted 06/29/18 3:54pm

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Anybody who ever says "The Beatles" is just plain being..... aaargh..... fryingpan disbelief

[rhymes with smignorant]... Hell it can even be quantified.


I won't start it. I'd have to be here for a long time.


1. OASIS (absolutely)/VELVET UNDERGROUND [A TIE]
2. The Grateful Dead/Jimmy Buffet/George Thorogood (almost any stuff on the playlist for "bikers" towing their rides to Sturgis)

3. Def Leppard

4. Dave Matthews Band

5. Coldplay

6. JOURNEY


this does not consider Jonases/One Direction/NKOTB/NSYNC/BSB or any of that teen crap to be a band... although I COULD argue otherwise in the event somone mentioned a Doo Wop band etc... (primarily cause they may have written their songs or sang them impeccably well)

Honorable mention:

John Mayer

Green Day


(Nirvana don't count because they only did 3 albums and an EP and ended prematurely, but 3/4 were actually pretty great for the genre)

Bands like Linkin Park don't count either because they were of their element and for their respective fan bases, were clique enough and are NOT considered the TOP TIER of anything...therefore they FIT and are NOT OVERLY RATED. Same applies to Limp Bizkit, cause they are UNDER rated. (musically great, lyrically awful most of the time and NOBODY cares anymore)

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Reply #4 posted 06/29/18 5:01pm

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I don't know about overrated but I'd say Coldplay are the most underrated.

I've been coming on this website for years and I've never seen anyone rate them. They've written some of the best melodies of the past 15 years, their album tracks are even better tvan their singles, they are great live, and they dint take themselves too seriously. Thumbs up in my book.
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Reply #5 posted 06/29/18 5:57pm

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DaveT said:

I don't know about overrated but I'd say Coldplay are the most underrated.

I've been coming on this website for years and I've never seen anyone rate them. They've written some of the best melodies of the past 15 years, their album tracks are even better tvan their singles, they are great live, and they dint take themselves too seriously. Thumbs up in my book.


I love Coldplay. Top ten of concerts I’ve been to and that was their most recent tour. I’m mad with myself that I’ve waited so long to se them and missed all the previous years.
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Reply #6 posted 06/29/18 10:57pm

Moonbeam

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The Beatles
The Who
Eagles
AC/DC
Green Day
Oasis
Coldplay
Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
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Reply #7 posted 06/29/18 11:07pm

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2045RadicalMattZ said:

Anybody who ever says "The Beatles" is just plain being..... aaargh..... fryingpan disbelief

[rhymes with smignorant]... Hell it can even be quantified.


I won't start it. I'd have to be here for a long time.


1. OASIS (absolutely)/VELVET UNDERGROUND [A TIE]



I could claim you are just as ignorant as those citing the Beatles by listing the best band of the 60s in the VU. biggrin

I understand that The Beatles are legends and yada yada yada but that doesn't mean that their music isn't terrible (it is, IMO). No one is worthy of unanimous praise, and it is this very attitude among some Beatles fans that contributes to them being the most overrated band ever.

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Reply #8 posted 06/29/18 11:34pm

jjhunsecker

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The Smiths
Kanye West
Beyoncé
Tupac Shamir
Jay-Z
Drake
Leonard Cohen
Rush
#SOCIETYDEFINESU
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Reply #9 posted 06/30/18 4:46am

spacedolphin

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The Roots, Muse, Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Huskey Dew, Nightwish

music I'm afraid of Americans. I'm afraid of the world. music
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Reply #10 posted 06/30/18 5:01am

gandorb

Rolling Stones

Pink Floyd

Journey

Sex Pistols

Grateful Dead

I liked the top two listed bands, and at times loved the STones, but it seemed to me that many of their albums were over-rated.

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Reply #11 posted 06/30/18 5:12am

NorthC

Moonbeam said:

The Beatles
The Who
Eagles
AC/DC
Green Day
Oasis
Coldplay
Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd

I didn't know Bob Dylan was a band. confused
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Reply #12 posted 06/30/18 5:13am

NorthC

Besides, what does "overrated" mean anyway? It's just another way of saying:"I don't like this band."
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Reply #13 posted 06/30/18 6:41am

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If in 100 years the music still stands up. Was not overrated. If some band or artist is hyped then no one cares they were overrated.
What are you outraged about today? CNN has not told you yet?
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Reply #14 posted 06/30/18 6:44am

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EmmaMcG said:

The Beatles
Nirvana
U2
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd


All those bands will be recognized 100+ years from now. What stupidity this thread is.
What are you outraged about today? CNN has not told you yet?
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Reply #15 posted 06/30/18 7:53am

EmmaMcG

SuperFurryAnimal said:

EmmaMcG said:

The Beatles
Nirvana
U2
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd


All those bands will be recognized 100+ years from now. What stupidity this thread is.


The title of the thread is "Your most overrated bands". In other words, it's all about opinions. They are the bands that I find to be grossly overrated. Whether or not they are "recognised" in 100 years is completely irrelevant. I still consider them to be overrated.

Also, if you consider the thread to be so stupid, why even post in it in the first place? Was it purely just to give your definition of what you consider to be overrated or not and to tell us all how stupid the thread is? Or did you have something more substantial to add?
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Reply #16 posted 06/30/18 9:43am

bonatoc

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EmmaMcG said:

The Beatles
Nirvana
U2
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd


You're missing stuff.
Great stuff. Your loss.

It's not too late.
You gotta widen your rate.
You gotta bathe,
Babe.

















The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #17 posted 06/30/18 11:43am

NorthC

Pearls B4 the Swines, Bona... And SuperFurry was right (which is not something I say very often): this thread is stupid. It's just people dissing great bands because they don't like 'em and other people trying to convince those people that these bands really are great. bored
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Reply #18 posted 06/30/18 11:58am

ThatWhiteDude

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NorthC said:

Pearls B4 the Swines, Bona... And SuperFurry was right (which is not something I say very often): this thread is stupid. It's just people dissing great bands because they don't like 'em and other people trying to convince those people that these bands really are great. bored

yeahthat It's all a matter of taste.

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Reply #19 posted 06/30/18 2:14pm

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jjhunsecker said:

The Smiths
Kanye West - 'Your most overrated bands'
Beyoncé - 'Your most overrated bands'
Tupac Shamir - 'Your most overrated bands'
Jay-Z - 'Your most overrated bands'
Drake - 'Your most overrated bands'
Leonard Cohen - 'Your most overrated bands'
Rush



Let's try to stick to the topic...

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #20 posted 06/30/18 2:18pm

bonatoc

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ThatWhiteDude said:

NorthC said:

Pearls B4 the Swines, Bona... And SuperFurry was right (which is not something I say very often): this thread is stupid. It's just people dissing great bands because they don't like 'em and other people trying to convince those people that these bands really are great. bored

yeahthat It's all a matter of taste.


Taste is something you can acquire and develop.
Taste is being able to try any music, especially the ones that get you (initially)
out of your zone of comfort.

So there's really no concept of taste in music,
it's only how much of the musical panorama you've been able to digest so far.
The more diverse the music, the more taste you acquire, because of
your ever expanding references and readjustements (when you really get a grasp of The Beatles,
you usually get that they pretty much wrote the Book on pop music, and what came afterwards
was mostly developments and variations).

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #21 posted 06/30/18 2:19pm

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But yeah, zzz

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #22 posted 06/30/18 2:22pm

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Its not about 'taste' only. Some bands ARE overrated. Many posted are NOT. They deserve all the accolades they have received. Having said that, that doesnt mean that those don't adhere to objective judgment and are only going by their own likes/dislikes.

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Reply #23 posted 06/30/18 3:14pm

RJOrion

U2
Rolling Stones
Maroon 5
Dave Matthews Band
Duran Duran
WAR
Bruno Mars (not a band, but one of the most overrated acts in music history)
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Reply #24 posted 06/30/18 3:23pm

EmmaMcG

bonatoc said:



EmmaMcG said:


The Beatles
Nirvana
U2
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd


You're missing stuff.
Great stuff. Your loss.

It's not too late.
You gotta widen your rate.
You gotta bathe,
Babe.



















I've heard all those songs before. Don't like any of them. I appreciate the effort but it's just not the kind of music I like. It's not that I haven't heard the music these bands do. I have heard it. Which is how I know that it does nothing for me. If you like it, that's great. More stuff for you to listen to. It's just not for me.
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Reply #25 posted 06/30/18 4:18pm

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I think the concept of overrated/underrated is all about taste. I don't believe there is some objective hierarchy that determines levels of greatness (and badness). What would such a thing be based on, anyway? How can you "measure" greatness?

Influence, sales, technical skill, etc. are things that could more readily be assessed, but those don't equate to "goodness" in an art form whose value is so tied to what it makes listeners feel.

These conversations often get derailed by self-congratulatory snobbery on both sides of an argument, as people cast their opinions, both positive and negative, as the "right" ones.

While I don't like The Beatles, that doesn't take anything away from the fact that millions do, and hence there is certainly value to their music. On the other hand, while many people are quick to pile upon an artist like Justin Bieber, it doesn't mean that his music doesn't have value to his fans.
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Reply #26 posted 06/30/18 4:49pm

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Moonbeam said:

I think the concept of overrated/underrated is all about taste. I don't believe there is some objective hierarchy that determines levels of greatness (and badness). What would such a thing be based on, anyway? How can you "measure" greatness? Influence, sales, technical skill, etc. are things that could more readily be assessed, but those don't equate to "goodness" in an art form whose value is so tied to what it makes listeners feel. These conversations often get derailed by self-congratulatory snobbery on both sides of an argument, as people cast their opinions, both positive and negative, as the "right" ones. While I don't like The Beatles,

that doesn't take anything away from the fact that millions do, and hence there is certainly value to their music. On the other hand, while many people are quick to pile upon an artist like Justin Bieber, it doesn't mean that his music doesn't have value to his fans.


You're going for mass, which is another false measure.

As for poor Justin, how can I put it in a way so as not to offend or unnerve?

Pop culture isn't culture anymore, the sixties are over.
Prince and many other artists keep the flame alive.

I dunno, I don't understand why you would limit yourself
to the same kind of experience again and again. I understand because I do it too,
we all need our personal, own indispensable refrains on repeat.


But I'm glad I didn't stop at Elvis the caricature.
And by a strange way, Elvis made me understand the Stooges,
and even Motörhead's Overkill: it's a boogie-woogie song, you can shake your hips to it.
And yes, it's not easy on the ear: it's the sound of raging youth, and it's as potent as Prince's drive.

I'm sorry Emma, you didn't listen to it UNTIL it made you feel something.
If I hadn't pass the first irking listenings of Jeff Buckley's Grace, I would have missed an incredible album,
and an incredible white soul singer, and I would have missed Led Zeppelin.

You gotta untie and tie the knots again, constantly.

And now some twist-bop-hoola-hoop-dowop minutes
offered by our sponsor: sweat (cousin to funk).
Lemmy had a lot to give.

Here's a guy I thought I'd never appreciate, for years.
But somehow Prince's grindings got me to him.

All this shit is three guys, and a wall of amps.
It's like a Wurlitzer gone mad, flashin' frantically, like Stephen King's Christine,
it's an Elvis song with a mad Bayou unreleased track stuck on 78rpm.
It's funny as hell. It's overkill. You gotta shake your booty to it. Just divide by 2.
It's a kids song (Macaulay Culkin's air guitar my ass):

Only way to feel the noise
Is when it's good and loud
So good I can't believe it
Screaming with the crowd


Don't sweat it
Give it back to you
Don't sweat it
Give it back to you
Overkill, overkill
Overkill


On your feet you feel the beat
It goes straight to your spine
Shake your head
You must be dead
If it don't make you fly


Know your body's made to move
Feel it in your guts
Rock 'n' roll ain't worth the name
If it don't make you strut




Man, woman, when did you start being so uncurious?
Your inner fourteen gonna get mad some day.

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The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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bonatoc

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rdhull said:

The White Stripes

Wilco

Drake

Foo Fighters

Coldplay

Dangelo


Rocky! (© Adrienne)
Still, I'm partial to foo.
Plates may fly.

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #28 posted 06/30/18 5:06pm

bonatoc

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A 1000 italian musicians can't be wrong.

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #29 posted 06/30/18 5:13pm

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Last but not least, I'm with Prince on this one.
I was in it before the Purple Bowl, so imagine my surprise.
The original is potent. Underrated my skinny white ass.

Come on Drago, show me what U got.

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The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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