ernestsewell said:

the man had a great voice , you can't deny that !

I think Michael Jackson is overrated musically, and his prime was the start of pop music focusing more on image than the music itself.

DesireeNevermind said:

Michael Jackson wasn't all that good of an artist as most make him out to be. He was mostly image.

Yes, I said it. Come and get me

midiscover said:

i'm kidding.

Well now y'all done done it. I'm out this bitch.

MJ forever, mothafuckas.

You so sensitive

DesireeNevermind said:

My dirty socks are vocally superior to TLC, so that's not saying much.

Adisa said:

Timmy84 said:

Timmy! Comeback Timmy!! COMeback (echo)

TD3 said:

Ohhhhh naw.

Timmy84 said:

My coworkers were listening to some of his mixtapes via youtube and that guy makes no sense...none @ all. Omg rap music died with Tupac and Biggie.

Al Green probably deserved those hot grits


Sam Cook is a better singer than Otis Redding


Depeche Mode is mediocre without the stunning vocals of Dave Gahan

Girl4both said:

he gets all this love and respect because he doesn't write anything anymore, just goes into the studio and spits his verses off the top of the head and gets hailed as a genius for it. i'm like "right, but have you listened to the words?" he's just saying stupid shit that doesn't even go together or add up to a thought.

Lil Wayne is awesome compared to all the others.

Lee "Scratch" Perry is a better reggae artist than Bob Marley ever was.

Band of Gypsies is the most glorious thing Hendrix ever did.

The Who were just a decent singles band.

The Dark Side Of The Moon is pretentious drivel; Meddle, Atom Heart Mother and Gates of Dawn were all superior records.

Creedence Clearwater Revival were better than The Beatles.

For nearly 20 years U2 have consistently made better albums than 99% of other pop and rock groups/artists.

Sade's boring wine bar music.

Country music's awesome.

Jeff Buckley's Grace is just an average album.

Lou Reed's a self-absorbed obnoxious cunt who didn't deserve to play and record with John Cale.

Tupac's most vitriolic rhymes are more poetic and intelligent than most reknowned 'socially conscious' rappers could come up with.

Shannon Hoon was a genius.

damn elmer goin' hard on Lou Reed and Sade. wha?????

elmer said:

oh hell no , they are pompous twats , particularly boner who thinks he's god's gift to mankind , it's sickening

they're an average band at best
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^ I'd have claimed the involvement of Brian Eno as one mitigating factor but the sod has gone'n produced Coldplay so.....They've recorded flawless albums, their last 2 were patchy but like Prince they'll still be played and lauded a 100 years from now.

errant said:

Yeah he makes no sense,omg, BUT MY COWORKERS JUST LOVE HIM!!! This is good music??? Really??? They laugh at me when I listen to Hall and Oates, Stevie Wonder, MJ, The Jacksons, Marvin Gaye, hell even 2pac and biggie etc. I could go on and on about him not making any sense, looking like an idiot (but I do hear he's a pretty good businessman), etc. Getting women pregnant, setting a good example for young kids who listen to his music... @ least 2pac and biggie made sense and they were rapping about something, along with the late great Guru...(may he rest in peace). I was gonna say that whole cash money click used to get on my last nerves always talking about wanting some woman to swallow their 'pride' always talking about some woman going down on them.

Dont even get me started on T-Pain and Akon.

Example of a lil wanye lyric:

You see it's young Wayne
Game is ashamed and they say he's a pain
He is crazy deranged
Put them blades on his thing
Just like 80 to summer
So, when the sun hit it look like Baby or something
So, when I come through the ladies praise me or something
Like, Weezy's the man
If you be's where he be's then you leaves with a tan
Cuz he's 500 Degreez
I need a fan, whew
Cool me off wipe me down
Daddy is back in town
With the back of my Caddy slanted down
And the mack goes +black+ if you ask around
Put some hash in that grass that you pass around
Then I stash a pound by my ave with rounds
I'm a gangsta until they put my casket down
You can ask around
And they tell you like me
There ain't nobody like me
It's Weezy baby




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elmer said:

Yeah right.

Queensryche is the best metal band to come out of the 80's. Hell, 70's included too.

Pink Floyd had better singles than albums.

Lil Wayne might be the most overrated artist of the last decade.

Nine Inch Nails's best album is Year Zero.

ernestsewell said:

A lot of what you said is true but especially the bold part.

Spinzilla said:

Rihanna is a singles artist

Damita Jo wasn't a bad album

The Beatles are boring and overrated

ernestsewell said:

Well, he is. Right after Lady GaGa anyways.

midiscover said:

I agree about the Beatles.

^you obviously haven't heard the right songs by them or you wouldn't be saying that

Dewrede said:

I tend to agree. I used to dismiss the Beatles a bit. I knew they changed a lot of people's lives musically and otherwise, but outside of a handful of popular singles, I never really paid them too much homage.

Then last year I had a hankering to listen to them. After I look, I realized they only released like 9 or 10 studio albums. Everything else was just compilations. Pretty amazing if you think about it; how their influence and reference has lasted years after their last record. Not many people mention anyone's solo work - it's always the group. (That's not to dismiss any success of Wings, Ono Band, or anyone else.)

If folks aren't that into The Beatles, I'd recommend listening to LOVE, which is the soundtrack to the Vegas show. It's basically a big ass mash up of Beatles songs. Drum tracks from one song might be under another, etc etc. It's the best group of Beatles songs to listen to.

But also, take the time to go back and listen to their albums. Just one at a time. They might not be mesmerizing, but you can at least understand a bit about their blowing the US radio market out of the water when they landed here. Their later albums are much more layered, experimental, diverse, thick, and interesting. Listen in order of release though.

Dewrede said:

Or I just don't like them. Either way.