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Wow, I didn't think this thread would get this type of response. Anyway some additional thoughts:
I should have included Journey as a tie with Kiss as the #1 most overrated band. I can't fucking stand Journey in the least bit, to the point where I have walked out of several bars when "Don't Stop Believing" comes on. Not to mention people go on and on about how epic they were. Also, in terms of being overrated, I didn't include any contemporary bands because they haven't been talked about being great for decades; I guess should have titled the thread Most Overrated Rock Bands with some sort of Legendary Status. Anyway, I also agree that U2 should be up there. They are like the Stones to me, really good but not genius great. |
Art is most definitely NOT subjective.
You can't argue otherwise! You have to have perspective, intelligence, knowledge and experience. Most people looking back have no clue. Smart people get it. They got it back then. They get it now. They'll get it in the future. The dumber ones just fumble their way through with a label maker trying to say what is what and never really appreciate art. |
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That said I think the Dylan has recently put out some amazing records. His newest stuff is raw and emotional and I think it comes from him opening up with getting older and understanding that he is not perfect. |
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Give the Infinity and Evolution albums a whirl and then tell me again how "overrated" they are. :D And did someone really mention Elton John as being overrated? The who? Floyd? Stones? Led Zep? Rush??? There's a screw loose with some of you people, obviously. |
Oasis is reeeeally overrated, so is Pearl Jam, Kiss, Coldplay, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit was overrated in its time also, thank god people came to their senses and stopped buying that crap! :1orglaugh
The stones may not have a lot of good albums except a few like Exile, Sticky Fingers, Aftermath and probably also Voodoo Lounge, but they have tons of sopngs worthy of a genius band scattered all over their discography. AC/DC is another legendary band that I think no one mentioned |
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Incidentally I hate Nickelback, that singer sounds like he is a cross between someone trying to squeeze out the biggest turtlehead of a shit ever and having a cheese grater ground into your testicles. THEY FUCKING SUCK. |
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I think we need to define "overrated."
To me "overrated" means: "critically acclaimed" + "not actually all that good." Under this definition, Kiss and Poison are not "overrated" because they are not critically acclaimed or taken seriously. Maybe "undeservedly popular," but not "overrated." The most overrated band of all time by a mile: THE DOORS! The Doors are hugely critically acclaimed, and they just plain sucked! |
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Well I am sure some clearly confuse overrated with overplayed.
And some probably mention bands names without really knowing their discography / history / having broader view about music being able to compare. Probably knowing some of the really great bands from a radio, that usually shrink everything they did into the most mainstream playable / shortened songs. Some bands also take up to 10 replays and sometimes a couple of years till someone's able to appreciate them. For example I am a fan of Jimi Hendrix since I was 12 years old, but the older I get, tho more I heard, the more I respect him as a songwriter and an arranger, I am surprised none of the "experts" here mentioned his name yet, he is also played and acclaimed a lot, that's all that is enough for someone to trash a genuinely great band or artist that made it big. |
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I totally disagree, Firstly: It was years 1966 - 1970 the face of the rock music was forming, there was NOTHING like they played ever around before Secondly: The Doors is a band full of very talented (and underrated) individuals (speaking of Delmore and Krieger) unique in their approach enough to create a very unique sound, totally uncomparable to any other band in their time, with a very charismatic singer (that's what most people imagine - Jim Morrison yet in fact it was the BAND) Thirdly: None of the bands that were inspired by them came even close to their psychedelic, atmospheric, very intense rock, they created something that also in fact dissapeared once the Doors were disbanded. Fourthly: Doors are not just the movie and sexy Morrison pic and "light my fire", but mainly their great two last albums (Morrisson Hotel, L.A Woman) L.A. woman beeing my favourite I haven't ever found many records that would be more intense than this one (Morrison drank about two bottles of whisky in those days but it actually probably helped his feeling on this record) The Doors are a band never to be forgotten that will (hopefully) also because of Mr. Stone find its way to the younger audience. |
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Pearl Jam Kiss Linkin Park is the worst band of all time but I don't believe anyone actually believes otherwise so they are not technically "overrated." And for the record........people who think Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin are overrated are technically brain dead. |
evereeeeeeee rose has its thawwwwwwn ...
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WTF scanning nobody really seems to be saying much about Van Halen.... they don't ROCK.. Easily the most overrated band of all time. Above the Doors.
Why mention coldplay? That's not rock, that's gay music... I agree critically acclaimed is how you define overrated. Kiss was simply popular because they're a live band U2 has sold more records and had more people attend concerts than well anybody? Countless hit songs. Bono likely takes #1 douchebag of all time but how can you be overrated when you've beaten everybody everywhere that matters? Tom Petty has been one of my all time favorites but running up to the super bowl and after it he's lost his charm for me. He seems to have cleaned up and isn't that strung out old hippy that we all loved for so long. Tom Petty WAS the willie Nelson of rock. That one guy you could always rely on to be smoking pot. Nickelback gets way more credit than they're due BUT I'll admit I have every Nickelback song in my collection simply because if you just want background music and WANT it to blend in and sound the same they're great... it all does sound pretty much the same but it fuckin WORKS... not really a single truly bad track which hell I even have all of the Aerosmith, stones, beatles etc and I never have to skip a nickelback song... have to skip plenty of the others. UNDER rated? John Fogerty... lovin him lately after shelving him for too long. |
Obviously, a bunch of wankers that don't like real music. Produce some, then you can bash it. Stupid fucks.
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Ill go with Nickelback as my No.1 overated act, simply because many of their tracks are so similar and they lack any kind of creativity.
I wouldnt agree with putting U2, The Who, P Floyd, Led Zep etc anywhere near that category - like them or not they have shown creativity way beyond most of todays bands. Id hate for this question to be turned on the porn industry.....in theory we can create almost anything we want, but can we really say that we've had more than a few hits ourselves over 30 years. |
Korn is so fucking overrated
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Pearl Jam.. I dunno why but they have always annoyed me.
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I'm sorry, but the Doors don't fit that bill, because they, like most of the bands mentioned so far in this thread, not only lived up to the hype and expectations but surpassed them by a mile. Quite frankly as I see it, the only thing determining whether a band is overrated or not in this thread is simply the fact that the person naming them simply doesn't like them. You for instance obviously don't like the Doors' music, thus to you they are "overrated". I just don't measure it that way. Plenty of bands out there I don't particularly care for, but I wouldn't go saying they're all overrated simply because I personally don't like them. I mentioned Oasis in this thread, for example. Fact is I actually like a few of their songs... but as an overall act and in looking at their career accomplishments I don't see where they've lived up to the hype. As I said, they touted themselves as being the next Beatles, and I'm sorry to the Oasis lovers but no way in hell did they ever come close to living up to that hype, nor the hype they've gotten for that matter. People, just because you don't like a band or their music, doesn't mean that band is overrated. It means you don't like them. |
Ted Nugent get my vote as the most overrated.
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a large portion of todays emo punk fucking shit is highly overated!
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I gotta laugh at people who place icons IE: Rush,Stones etc.if any band can go 20 to 30 years, they obviously did something right.
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Coldplay overrated? Who can write songs as good as "The Scientist," "Clocks" and "Fix You" nowadays? No one. I think they are in a league of their own. All these piano-based bands like Keane all cropped up AFTER Coldplay. Those three songs I listed are masterpieces and have a songwriting quality to them you just don't hear very often. They are not overrated. I think they get what is due to them. I didn't think anyone here even listened to Coldplay.
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In The End, Crawling, Numb, Breaking The Habit, Leave Out All The Rest - these are classics, I think. |
Some great bands listed here. Fuck overrated, just because you can't appreciate their music doesn't mean it's overrated.
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The most overrated band has to be Coldplay |
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