guitarslinger44 said:

Have you seen Sophie's Choice? It will change your mind.

VoicesCarry said:

Take away the fashion trends, the popularity, their influences, the bands they influenced, the suicide, all of it and they're still a fucking great band. They just are.

minneapolisgenius said:

don't you remember danzamania? the year of the danza? bananadanzarama?

thesexofit said:

I totally agree with you on that. Other musically overrated people I'd list are

The Grateful Dead-Booooring

Led zeppelin-ripped off a ton of their riffs...there's more I could say but I'll leave it at that

Green Day-I know plenty of people who disdain "pop-punk" and yet like these guys. I laugh inside at the irony

Lenny Kravitz-He's pretty hated here on the org, but you forget how much the ignorant general public doesn't realize how unoriginal he is

Dr Dre-Snoop Dogg nothing, THIS is the most overrated hip-hop artist of all time. His seminal album is just a bunch of p-funk loop samples with crappy new rhymes, most of which he doesn't even provide. Sure he's produced a lot of people, but that doesn't make him a great producer anymore than Diane Warren is a great songwriter.

Elvis Presley-A great singer, a great performer, but not really an artist. Considering he didn't actually have any part in writing any of his songs (the few credits he was given were purely business negotiations), I hardly think he should be held in as high regard as he is. "undisputed" king of rock n' roll? hardly.

Bob Dylan-Don't get me wrong, he is great, but he's still overrated.

GangstaFam said:

I'm not gonna get into another Nirvana argument. Enjoy them .

P.S. Flannel & jeans were popular before they wore them.

VoicesCarry said:

Sincerely,


Creedence Clearwater Revival

thekidsgirl said:

have u not seen queen,monsters ball or loosing isaih? great movies and she gave GREAT performances in both.she deserves all the props she gets AND more.

i agree wit u on the ugg boots...they UGGly!

my list is.....

usher (and all the other mj clones: genuwine, sisqo, justin timberlake)
britney spears
jennifer lopez (her ass aint big)
beyonce

Moonwalkbjrain said:

Halle Berry was at her best in Monster's Ball BUT they should have demanded she gain weight and wear unflattering clothing for that role. A Revlon model with this incredibly taut, gym-toned body in the poor deep South was incredibly distracting. Apparently Queen Latifah was in the running - I think she would have done a better job.
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any and everyone who has a fanbase is overrated, to some degree.

Whoopi's early standup work was brilliant. She's all over the place with her career, but can you really call raw talent overrated?

I'm beginning to think Madonna is underrated,if anything.

Bob Dylan overrated? NOT.

VoicesCarry said:

That's good. Cuz you'd lose.

Anxiety said:

Oh Lord, did she ever - I'd never really expected to enjoy a Meryl Streep performance. I'd consigned her to the "worthy, talented but not for me" file, but she Rawked in that film - dare I even say, she was dead sexy in it as well.



(shrug) I don't think there's any mystery to it. smells like teen spirit is the single most exciting rock song of the last twenty years. Strip away the memories of the dreary sub-metal grunge bands that followed them, the trashy wives and the drugs, and you're left with an absolutely thrilling song and a couple of fairly astonishing albums.

Moonwalkbjrain said:

If the rave reviews for Britney Spears and J. Lo don't stop soon, I don't know what I'll do with myself! When saying someone is overrated, shouldn't they be thought highly of? I'm a moderate Spears fan but I don't think of her as anything more than an occsaional seducative booty shake and a fun dance pop song here and there. She isn't highly rated.

GangstaFam said:

That's ok. You lose more - you have to listen to 'em

Anxiety said:

Uh....no?

VoicesCarry said:

But seriously. It doesn't bother me when people don't like the artists that I do. Just so long as they're not blindly ripping on them.

What is it that you don't like about Nirvana?

GangstaFam said:

Their music.

Nobody is overrated IMHO, coz everybody have their 15 minutes of fame share.

VoicesCarry said:

But.....what about...the....love scene?

OdysseyMiles said:

Miss Dana Owens is a sexy big broad lol don't hate. Yeah, she's from the Happy meal department but the woman is sexy never the less.

HEARTBEAT OCEAN said:
I'm beginning to think Madonna is underrated,if anything.

Bob Dylan overrated? NOT.[/quote]


Are we talking of the same pop-crap producing Madge?

She's crap-- She's paris hilton's predecessor, with the musical talent of Millie Vanillie, Ashlee Simpson, JLO, and a shit sandwich.
Im tired of people putting a battery in her back-- just let her skanky ass go back to Michigan (YES, MICHIGAN), with that fake English accent.

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OdysseyMiles said:

Well, I thought the sex scene was pointless and completely gratuitous as it was. 90 seconds of Halle carefully obscured by chair legs? Come on.

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VoicesCarry said:

To the point, then.

cinnamonjo said:

Cloudbuster said:

Yeah. It doesn't even give me anything to work with.

GangstaFam said:

What are you going to do, change the way my brain reacts to Nirvana? I don't think so....

You either like an artist or you don't.

VoicesCarry said:

I know. Sometimes it's just a simple reaction to music. Either you like it or you don't. But when someone seems to have their mind made up in such an extreme way, I sometimes like to know why they love or hate something so much.

GangstaFam said:

Well, I'm not dead set against them, although I am stunned by the critical reception they got (and I'm sure you've experienced that type of shock with other artists you didn't appreciate). I was never a fan of grunge (not my thing), and I didn't find Cobain to be all that profound or interesting. Maybe that helps .