most overrated band(s) of all time...

[CrankItUp!]

Tool

Even though ALOT of people consider their music and creepy ass fuckin' videos to be so goddamn fuckin' brilliant...the bastards don't deserve all the constant praise they get and have gotten for so many years.

I prefer GOOD bands like NIN, Sisters Of Mercy, Skinny Puppy who are actually LISTENABLE in my honest opinion. (y)


So what band(s) do you despise and you consider "OVERRATED" that get so much attention from the masses ?

[Ημισκούμπρια]

^^ Amen.

The Beatles, not worth the hype.

[Tzar]

Coldplay

[yeahwho]

Coldplay

This could be correct, I don't even begin to understand Coldplay. Didn't Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers do the same sort of thing except a zillion trillion million times better? With way less bullshit.

With almost evey song I hear on the radio nowadays I just roll my eyes and grab the MP3 player. Seems like I'm constantly pushing the car radio pre-select buttons getting CRAP! This has got to be one of the biggest eras of overrated bullshit ever. I think it's because the RIAA is so fucked up they forgot about quality.

There is some great things happening but a person has to really search it out.

[CrankItUp!]

Fuckin' radio stations don't even play requests anymore because actual DJ's are a thing of the past and the shit you do hear is all pre-programmed.

[Calimero jr.]

Muse

[trailerprincess]

U2 and Coldplay - who are basically clones of eachother.

[Kid Presentable]

U2 and Coldplay - who are basically clones of eachother.
You couldn't really call a band like U2 a clone of Coldplay. I don't even like U2, but you've got to give them their due. Coldplay is just bland, generic 'Big Thing' music.

[trailerprincess]

You couldn't really call a band like U2 a clone of Coldplay. I don't even like U2, but you've got to give them their due. Coldplay is just bland, generic 'Big Thing' music.

To me, they represent the same thing though - big, bland and boring....I find them both equally uninspiring and dull.

[discopants]

Fuckin' radio stations don't even play requests anymore because actual DJ's are a thing of the past and the shit you do hear is all pre-programmed.

I listen to a local staion that does play what it wants- for example on Mani's (ex Stone Roses) show last week he played The Rutles, Paul Anka's rock swings as well as the usual mix of punk, house and northern soul.

Overrated bands- Nirvana all the fucking way.

[bopst]

bLINK 182
50 CENT

[abcdefz]

Not a band, but a performer: BB King. Seriously.

Rush is really overrated.

Weather Report.

[Bob]

dave matthews band makes me want to vomit out my asshole

[Guy Incognito]

Some overrated bands have done some ok stuff still but its more a case of quantity over quality :

Talking Heads
The Darkness
Suede

are 3 off the top of me head

[abcdefz]

dave matthews band makes me want to vomit out my asshole



Sounds like a Fockers movie.

[CrankItUp!]

dave matthews band makes me want to vomit out my asshole
Thanks Bob,

I absolutely HATE that motherfucking shit too !!! (y)

[Drederick Tatum]

no way are Talking Heads overrated.

how can U2 be a clone of Coldplay when they've been around for 100 years?

[Kid Presentable]

no way are Talking Heads overrated.

how can U2 be a clone of Coldplay when they've been around for 100 years?

And Coldplay hasn't done in 3 albums what U2 did with the first half of the 80's.

For me, a particularly overrated band is Jet. But that's pretty obvious.

[CrankItUp!]

Elvis Presley

In the EARLY YEARS during the Sun Records era (yes) he had the good looks and cool image that drove the gals crazy along with the unmatchable voice...back then in the golden age of 1950's Rock N' Roll.

But...

He could just barely play a guitar and only wore one during his performances as a "decoration ornament" to look at.

Couldn't act wet in a rain storm as a movie actor !

Relied on black talent back up singers as much as possible to add soul to his material.

After he went Vegas style wearing those gawdy ass white, excessive high collar jumpsuits covered with all the rhinestones and the big gold medallions, he became the tackiest looking motherfucker on the planet.

And if he were still alive today, he would most likely be just another washed up, broke ass, has been with his own reality VH1 show and playing at whatever Holiday Inn lounges that would book his fat ass.

[zorra_chiflada]

ugh i hate elvis.
to me he represented the predjudice and bigotry of some americans in the 50s. he was a white musician but played music in the style of black musicians - so white people wouldn't have to listen to black musicians.

[Drederick Tatum]

I think the thing with Elvis is that if it wasn't him it would've been someone else. social and market forces demanded a white face on rock n' roll.

[CrankItUp!]

I think the thing with Elvis is that if it wasn't him it would've been someone else. social and market forces demanded a white face on rock n' roll.
Yeah...Pat Boone (n)

[Kid Presentable]

And Gza is an overrated lyricist. I like his stuff a lot, but I don't find it particularly mind-bending.

[CrankItUp!]

Kanye West

[korn_phr33k]

Muse

Reeeeally?! i think they're very underrated. at least her in Sac they dont get much radio play. if you havnt heard the whole album you should give it a try some day. if you dont like it oh well, no big deal. i think they're good musicians.

dont even START with Kanye. grrrrrrrrrr.

[korn_phr33k]

man does sacramento radio completely suck though. i hate the radio.

[cosmo105]

says someone with "korn" in his username

[Documad]

^^

tee hee.

I don't know about "of all time" but I recently saw that The Eagles was a top earner for another year, and I wondered to myself, "who are the people who pay all that money to see them year after year?" I've been hating them for decades.

I can't imagine what it would be like at an Eagles concert. And I've seen The Rolling Stones and Van Halen within the past couple of years. :rolleyes:

[korn_phr33k]

yeah laugh it up, you like what you like, i like what i like, korn's mos definately not my #1 band, but they got some good stuff. im sure you own some laughable stuff, everyone has a couple.

[DroppinScience]

I think the thing with Elvis is that if it wasn't him it would've been someone else. social and market forces demanded a white face on rock n' roll.

I'm just proud to have Elvis Presley albums and Public Enemy albums side by side in my music collection. :)

(That is, until artists like Prince and The Promise Ring had to buffer the two artists... damn alphabet!)

[Kid Presentable]

^^

tee hee.

I don't know about "of all time" but I recently saw that The Eagles was a top earner for another year, and I wondered to myself, "who are the people who pay all that money to see them year after year?" I've been hating them for decades.

I can't imagine what it would be like at an Eagles concert. And I've seen The Rolling Stones and Van Halen within the past couple of years. :rolleyes:

Haha! My mum and Step-Dad are huge Eagles fans. She's 59 and he's 52. Once, they stood in the rain at an outdoor concert in 1995 just to be able to see The Eagles play.

Their favourite Eagle is Don Henley, hands down, and they also enjoy 'Life in the Fast Lane', and 'Pretty Maids all in a Row'.

:D

Edit: I guess Don Henley is the Adrock of the Eagles.

[alexandra]

Overrated bands- Nirvana all the fucking way.
word.

[Rancid_Beasties]

I agree with most of the obvious choices in here. But thats not to say I dont enjoy elvis, the eagles, nirvana and muse. However, I think U2 and coldplay are both overrated and I also do not enjoy them. Add the Killers to them aswell.

What I dont agree with was the tool who said talking heads (n) I mean seriously, if they are overrated what does that make new order, depeche mode, duran duran, the cure and countless other 80s bands which I would argue are of a similar significance, yet have far more fame.

[Ally Al]

[QUOTE=DroppinScience]I'm just proud to have Elvis Presley albums and Public Enemy albums side by side in my music collection. :)

chuck has changed his stance on elvis as an artist in the last few years. He now appreciates his music and him as a performer

i don't know why it gets all the hate, kung fu chubby elvis was my favourite, those jump suits rule, and he did some great songs then, in the ghetto and the like

[Calimero jr.]

What I dont agree with was the tool who said talking heads

I don't agree with that talking head who said Tool.

Not listenable ?? I mean, it's the only band that can relax me while still playing some heavy rock...

[Rancid_Beasties]

I don't agree with that talking head who said Tool.

Not listenable ?? I mean, it's the only band that can relax me while still playing some heavy rock...
Yeah tool aren't really overrated either. I mean their fans are a bit too into them if that makes sense, but I really think in a broader sense they are quite underrated.

[DroppinScience]

Coldplay

I think it was better in the days when they were considered "underrated" ;)

[burbboi]

Nirvana wasn't overrated. I think the fact that Cobain was the reluctant leader of 'Generation X' and the whole grunge movement is a testament to the fact that they were trailblazers.

Like grunge or hate grunge that's the way it was and is today.

P.S Unfortunately this fact cannot be disputed. Sorry, come again!

[yeahwho]

Nirvana wasn't overrated. I think the fact that Cobain was the reluctant leader of 'Generation X' and the whole grunge movement is a testament to the fact that they were trailblazers.

Like grunge or hate grunge that's the way it was and is today.

P.S Unfortunately this fact cannot be disputed. Sorry, come again!

Nirvana was a pretty smart unit. The fact that Kurt Cobain blew his brains out 12 years ago, almost to the to the day (april 5, 1994) and people still listen, buy, speculate, pontificate, overrate, underrate, comiserate hasn't stopped anyone I know from getting that rush when all of a sudden out of the doldrums of the fagged out music scene we have today you hear,

Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us

Probably many of you shouldn't have cared about Nirvana as much as you did, because Nirvana made it clear they didn't care about you. It was a fans band.


As far as the Eagles go....Joe Walsh is my favorite Eagle.

I go to parties, sometimes until four
It's hard to leave when you can't find the door
It's tough to handle this fortune and fame
Everybody's so different, I haven't changed

[Guy Incognito]

What I dont agree with was the tool who said talking heads (n) I mean seriously, if they are overrated what does that make new order, depeche mode, duran duran, the cure and countless other 80s bands which I would argue are of a similar significance, yet have far more fame.


Its the tool here! Hey man , all iwas tryin to say that i think they have done some mediocre stuff as well as producing a few groundbreakin tracks - I'm just sayin that they werent consistently great. I've never really understood why lots of people raved about them so much. Just my opinion.

[Ally Al]

come on now Guy, you know you're not allowed to have an opinion around these parts

[Guy Incognito]

come on now Guy, you know you're not allowed to have an opinion around these parts

Oh yeah I forgot.

This thread seems to be a discussion about bands who were very influential at a certain point and then never carried it to next level for whatever reason. Nirvana arent overrated - sure , the one album sticks out like a sore thumb coz it changed loads but you cant over rate what they did for rock music. One album is all it takes - just ask the Stone Roses.

[Ally Al]

Oh yeah I forgot.

This thread seems to be a discussion about bands who were very influential at a certain point and then never carried it to next level for whatever reason. Nirvana arent overrated - sure , the one album sticks out like a sore thumb coz it changed loads but you cant over rate what they did for rock music. One album is all it takes - just ask the Stone Roses.


here here (y)

[Guy Incognito]

Radiohead, I hate those fucks.




I dont think they've made a decent album since OK Computer-and i thought that was patchy , - The Bends is the best one but I liked the fact they have tried to go where THEY wanted and not copyin their successful formula but what theyve done over the last few years isnt my cuppa tea

[Calimero jr.]

^^ Haven't listened anything from them after Ok Computer. Their first 3 albums, plus the "My Iron Lung EP" are awesome, I just lost interest when they stopped playing rock music...
The might be overrated now, they are playing a gig here this summer, tickets sold out in less than 2 hours, just like for every other gig they played here these last years....
I'm just so happy that I saw them in '93 for 10$ (y)

[hitmonlee]

Some overrated bands have done some ok stuff still but its more a case of quantity over quality :

Talking Heads
The Darkness
Suede

are 3 off the top of me head

what the hell talking heads overrated?

i don't even know many people in my generation who have heard of them, let alone rate them.

i'd have to say talking heads are one of the most UNDERrated bands of all time.

[Guy Incognito]

what the hell talking heads overrated?

i don't even know many people in my generation who have heard of them, let alone rate them.

i'd have to say talking heads are one of the most UNDERrated bands of all time.


Right then, my comment seems to have upset a few people. All i was trying to say was that a lot of people are of the opinion that Talking Heads are this really innovative, fantastic band and its not an opinion i share, everyone i know who likes them is really over the top about them.
I just think that they werent as groundbreakin as some people make out. Sure, they got to grips with the groove and tried to make a style of their own but i think some of their output was average and sounded like lots of other groups or at least didnt distinguish them from a lot of other 80's bands.

[CrankItUp!]

bon jovi...whoa, I'm a millionare..whoa oh! livin on my hair !

..and

Blues Traveler - what does their music even have to do with the blues ??? :confused:

[abcdefz]

The Doors (n)

[alexandra]

Michael Jackson. all the drama that poor child has gone through.

[benchillin]

Adam and the ants
B52s
Beach Boys
Blink 182
Blood Sweat and Tears
Blur
Bonjovi
Cure
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode
Devo
Duran Duran
Eagles
Eurythmics
Evanescence
Fine Young Cannibals
Fleetwood Mac
Flock of Seagulls
Genesis
Good Charlotte
Green Day
GunsnRoses
Kinks
Kiss
Led Zeppelin
Linkin Park
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Marilyn Manson
Meat Loaf
Megadeth
Moby
Moody Blues
Motley Crue
Oasis
Pearl Jam
Petshop boys
Police
Presidents of the United States of America
Prince
Queen
Queensryche
REM
Rolling Stones
Rush
Santana
Scorpions
Sex Pistols
Simple Minds
Slipknot
Smashing Pumpkins
Sonic Youth
Steve Miller Band
Tears for Fears
Turner, Tina
U2
Van Halen
Who, The

[Drederick Tatum]

a large percentage of that list are actually underrated. The Kinks?! come on.

[cosmo105]

my thread was better. people fought in it and stuff.

[shiner13]

I listen to a local staion that does play what it wants- for example on Mani's (ex Stone Roses) show last week he played The Rutles, Paul Anka's rock swings as well as the usual mix of punk, house and northern soul.

Overrated bands- Nirvana all the fucking way.

Totally agree with ya Nirvana-ugh. I could do without Pearl Jam as well.

[Ally Al]

He's just a fatty face no talent nigger is all...and nothing more.

you're a white dude right ? you fucking suck

[bopst]

i got two for you...

Led Zepplin
Metalica

[CrankItUp!]

you're a white dude right ? you fucking suck
kanye sucks and so do fucking you !

[icy manipulator]

Radiohead, I hate those fucks.
fucking oath, and anyone that says tool are over rated should be wrapped in razor wire, put in the boot of a car soaked in fuel and set on fire.

[Ally Al]

kanye sucks and so do fucking you !


wether or not you dislike kanye west as an artist is not important to me. The fact that you're white and you used the n-word does bother me you stupid fucking racist. You get a hard on when you typed it ? Make you feel like a real man you prick. Wow, you are SO brave, your friends must think you're REALLY cool, you bigotted fucking idiot

[roosta]

Michael Jackson. all the drama that poor child has gone through.

no, no, no!

he's not overrated at all. if anything he's underrated. All the personal shit and the drama and his musical output since 1990 on has over-shadowed the amazing music he made in the 80s.

the KING.

[Tzar]

billy jean come on one time in a club i was at. i must admit; the crowd went off.

[voltanapricot]

Arctic Monkeys.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Arctic Monkeys.
Yep

[Rancid_Beasties]

Its the tool here! Hey man , all iwas tryin to say that i think they have done some mediocre stuff as well as producing a few groundbreakin tracks - I'm just sayin that they werent consistently great. I've never really understood why lots of people raved about them so much. Just my opinion.
We have different definitions of overrated. Yours focuses on how their fans rate them, mine focuses on the recognition they have gained from the wider public.
Ok, some of their fans rate them too highly. But in general they are miles underrated compared to their contemporaries, for the simple fact that so many people have never even heard of them!

[abcdefz]

Adam and the ants
B52s
Beach Boys
Blink 182
Blood Sweat and Tears
Blur
Bonjovi
Cure
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode
Devo
Duran Duran
Eagles
Eurythmics
Evanescence
Fine Young Cannibals
Fleetwood Mac
Flock of Seagulls
Genesis
Good Charlotte
Green Day
GunsnRoses
Kinks
Kiss
Led Zeppelin
Linkin Park
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Marilyn Manson
Meat Loaf
Megadeth
Moby
Moody Blues
Motley Crue
Oasis
Pearl Jam
Petshop boys
Police
Presidents of the United States of America
Prince
Queen
Queensryche
REM
Rolling Stones
Rush
Santana
Scorpions
Sex Pistols
Simple Minds
Slipknot
Smashing Pumpkins
Sonic Youth
Steve Miller Band
Tears for Fears
Turner, Tina
U2
Van Halen
Who, The



...I can edit this for you, if you like.

[roosta]

Arctic Monkeys.

YES!

[voltanapricot]

I find it hard to believe that it took until the third page for anyone to mention them, actually.

[g-mile7]

no, no, no!

he's not overrated at all. if anything he's underrated. All the personal shit and the drama and his musical output since 1990 on has over-shadowed the amazing music he made in the 80s.

the KING.


Agreed, nobody said he was the best muscian(compared to Prince) or nothing along those line but when it came to making the pop songs that everyone wanted he was KING.

[Guy Incognito]

We have different definitions of overrated. Yours focuses on how their fans rate them, mine focuses on the recognition they have gained from the wider public.
Ok, some of their fans rate them too highly. But in general they are miles underrated compared to their contemporaries, for the simple fact that so many people have never even heard of them!


Ok thats fair comment -I was onderin why a few people objected to what i said and I was actually thinkin that of the tunes i like by them and it was a few more than i thought but I still stand by the fact that some people do go over the top about them. Some of the stuff is really good and makes the other stuff sound bad.

[cosmo105]

no, no, no!

he's not overrated at all. if anything he's underrated. All the personal shit and the drama and his musical output since 1990 on has over-shadowed the amazing music he made in the 80s.

the KING.
agreed.

and yeah, the doors for sure.

[Kid Presentable]

billy jean come on one time in a club i was at. i must admit; the crowd went off.
Billie Jean is my idea of the perfect song.(y)

[abcdefz]

...I'd say that Michael Jackson's rep is more tainted than underrated. He had a handful of singles that were sheer genius, and he was a good enougher singer to make even stupid filler bullshit sound pretty good. I'm not crazy about some of the production on his records -- it's a little too studio-cheesey at times. But the main thing is he just flew off on his own particularly bizarre journey.

But, like Orson says, "You only need one [great work]" to make it into the cannon, and between the Jackson Five stuff and probably about a dozen singles, he's in.

[g-mile7]

Billie Jean is my idea of the perfect song.(y)


Mine as well.

[Qdrop]

my thread was better. people fought in it and stuff.

thank you, Princess.
thank you so much for reminding us how awesome and better you are.

thank you.

[CrankItUp!]

wether or not you dislike kanye west as an artist is not important to me. The fact that you're white and you used the n-word does bother me you stupid fucking racist. You get a hard on when you typed it ? Make you feel like a real man you prick. Wow, you are SO brave, your friends must think you're REALLY cool, you bigotted fucking idiot
Kanye is fucking racist against his very own race by degrading blacks with usage of the "n-word" in Gold Digger.

...so go figure about that nigger.

[adam_f]

Billie Jean never fails to make me shuffle my feathers.

[Freebasser]

adam_f and the ants

[Guy Incognito]

Kanye is fucking racist against his very own race by degrading blacks with usage of the "n-word" in Gold Digger.

...so go figure about that nigger.


Dude, the use of the n word is bit of a weird one to me ( i am white) but you are better off not using it. My uneducated understanding of black people using it is to make a mockery of it and to try and diminish its meaning as an abusive term .
If i have got this wrong or just said something incredibly wrong or racist I am sorry but I am trying to make a point of which I dont understand the full facts, admittedly I should prolly stay out of this argument but I feel that someone saying its ok to use it because Kanye West does is wrong, so I feel I have to say something. I feel that you should just steer clear of using it all.

[Rancid_Beasties]

I find it hard to believe that it took until the third page for anyone to mention them, actually.
Personally, I dont totally hate them, so obviously they werent the first overrated band that came to mind. But yeah, very overrated nonetheless.

Ok thats fair comment -I was onderin why a few people objected to what i said and I was actually thinkin that of the tunes i like by them and it was a few more than i thought but I still stand by the fact that some people do go over the top about them. Some of the stuff is really good and makes the other stuff sound bad.
I agree, they aren't as influential as some would have you believe, and they have put out alot of crapiola, but they are nonetheless underrated. Even if you take their biggest 4-5 singles on their own without even looking at their other songs, they dont get enough credit. If I asked someone my age "who wrote burning down the house?", most would say Tom Jones and the girl from the Cardigans :(

[jabumbo]

just because you don't like their music, doesn't mean they are overrated

[DroppinScience]

just because you don't like their music, doesn't mean they are overrated

That's quite true.

But I guess if you didn't care for a certain band and they hit it big and have massive hype/critical acclaim behind them, you're going to call them "overrated."

[CrankItUp!]

Dude, the use of the n word is bit of a weird one to me ( i am white) but you are better off not using it. My uneducated understanding of black people using it is to make a mockery of it and to try and diminish its meaning as an abusive term .
If i have got this wrong or just said something incredibly wrong or racist I am sorry but I am trying to make a point of which I dont understand the full facts, admittedly I should prolly stay out of this argument but I feel that someone saying its ok to use it because Kanye West does is wrong, so I feel I have to say something. I feel that you should just steer clear of using it all.

A few of my best friends are black and I only use the "n word" around them because we have been so tight for years. And if you think that I throw that word out around just anyone, then you just have a very strong misconception about me all together. The majority of girlfriends/ friends in highschool were black as well as ones that have lived with me over the years. So - I'm definitely NOT a racist and do find the n-word offensive and as a sign of ignorance. I only threw it out concerning Kanye West, not just because he has used it in one popular "explicit version" song - as many black artists have/still do, but because even my black friends make fun of him saying, "He's just a fatty face no talent nigger is all...and nothing more." I really DO have much respect for blacks and admire their many talents, including comedian Jamie Foxx as one of my fav. individuals ever and as my avatar - and not as a cruel joke. (lb)

[Justin]

all american rejects
eminem after the 2nd album
kelly clarkson
fuck all the cheesy soloist! I blame American Idol

good charlotte
dave mathews band

and ive never found jimmy buffet to be very appealing(n)

[Guy Incognito]

A few of my best friends are black and I only use the "n word" around them because we have been so tight for years. And if you think that I throw that word out around just anyone, then you just have a very strong misconception about me all together. The majority of girlfriends/ friends in highschool were black as well as ones that have lived with me over the years. So - I'm definitely NOT a racist and do find the n-word offensive and as a sign of ignorance. I only threw it out concerning Kanye West, not just because he has used it in one popular "explicit version" song - as many black artists have/still do, but because even my black friends make fun of him saying, "He's just a fatty face no talent nigger is all...and nothing more." I really DO have much respect for blacks and admire their many talents, including comedian Jamie Foxx as one of my fav. individuals ever and as my avatar - and not as a cruel joke. (lb)

I never said you were a racist, that was never the issue. Ok so your used to using the word with your friends and people you have known a long time, thats cool but you must admit you have to expect some sort of reaction if your using it on a message board where you dont know everyone, all i was trying to say that maybe on this board you should exercise a bit of caution when using it.

[Guy Incognito]

Personally, I dont totally hate them, so obviously they werent the first overrated band that came to mind. But yeah, very overrated nonetheless.


I agree, they aren't as influential as some would have you believe, and they have put out alot of crapiola, but they are nonetheless underrated. Even if you take their biggest 4-5 singles on their own without even looking at their other songs, they dont get enough credit. If I asked someone my age "who wrote burning down the house?", most would say Tom Jones and the girl from the Cardigans :(


Erm.. I actually like that version of burnin down the house:o but I really think that Tom Jones is the only man alive who can sing the phone book and get away with it.

As for the Arctic Monkeys, I think they've made a really good album that sounds like a lot of great britsih rock music from the past. There's a lot of promise there and they now have to fulfill that potential. I think they are being over rated because they have produced something good and now expectations for the future are very high. I hope they do get better but can understand why some people think its all hype.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Erm.. I actually like that version of burnin down the house:o but I really think that Tom Jones is the only man alive who can sing the phone book and get away with it.
Didn't say I hated the tom jones/cardigans girl version. Just that its a shame people dont know the original as well.

[CrankItUp!]

I never said you were a racist, that was never the issue. Ok so your used to using the word with your friends and people you have known a long time, thats cool but you must admit you have to expect some sort of reaction if your using it on a message board where you dont know everyone, all i was trying to say that maybe on this board you should exercise a bit of caution when using it.

You're so right, and I do apologize for my ignorance to everyone here. I never should've resorted to using it, like you said...I'm very sorry. :o

[Guy Incognito]

You're so right, and I do apologize for my ignorance to everyone here. I never should've resorted to using it, like you said...I'm very sorry. :o


Hmmm... CBA taking you on. You just carry on doin what your doin. Back to overrated bands..NWA

[CrankItUp!]

....what does NWA stand for? :confused:

[alexandra]

James Blunt.

[Guy Incognito]

Hmmm... CBA taking you on. You just carry on doin what your doin. Back to overrated bands..NWA

....what does NWA stand for? :confused:


CBA = Cant Be Arsed
NWA = No Willies Allowed

[CrankItUp!]

U2 blows ! Hate em..hate em..hate em.....

The Police as well - what an awful name for a band ! But they have many fans still as the singer with the bumble-bee sweater who in turn donned the nickname for his solo artist career.

[fucktopgirl]

[QUOTE=CrankItUpThe Police as well - what an awful name for a band ! But they have many fans still as the singer with the bumble-bee sweater who in turn donned the nickname for his solo artist career.[/QUOTE]


the police are good!
they have awesome tunes!

[Guy Incognito]

U2 blows ! Hate em..hate em..hate em.....

The Police as well - what an awful name for a band ! But they have many fans still as the singer with the bumble-bee sweater who in turn donned the nickname for his solo artist career.


U2 are not over rated - loads of people like them and have done for a long time - they have earned the right to be one of the biggest bands ever. Sure, not everything they have done is great but they have managed to sell lots of records for over 25 years and develop their sound to keep it resonably contemporary. You'll be saying the Stones are over rated next.

Oh and the Police were good - lots of really good singles. As for the name no its not great but i thought this was about over rated bands not names - I dont think the Beastie boys is a great name for a start.

[natalieuk]

my favourite topic. Madonna- the only praise she deserves is from back in 86-87' when she refused to have the beasties kicked from her tour, otherwise she should have been kicked down a well as soon as american life came out. There are many others; coldplay, U2 (Despite thier work for charity), radiohead, any UK dance tunes (scouse house? give me a cake). oh and james blunt.

[Ally Al]

A few of my best friends are black and I only use the "n word" around them because we have been so tight for years. And if you think that I throw that word out around just anyone, then you just have a very strong misconception about me all together. The majority of girlfriends/ friends in highschool were black as well as ones that have lived with me over the years. So - I'm definitely NOT a racist and do find the n-word offensive and as a sign of ignorance. I only threw it out concerning Kanye West, not just because he has used it in one popular "explicit version" song - as many black artists have/still do, but because even my black friends make fun of him saying, "He's just a fatty face no talent nigger is all...and nothing more." I really DO have much respect for blacks and admire their many talents, including comedian Jamie Foxx as one of my fav. individuals ever and as my avatar - and not as a cruel joke. (lb)


man that whole but some of my best friends are black line is just so corny. i know what you're saying though because i have black friends who would be cool with it BUT i wouldn't be. Look, check this (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00005AKGW/ref=dp_image_text_0/102-0120560-2390536?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=5174&s=music) , ed og's album cover for truth hurts. do you still think thats a word you should use ? i would imagine this man had that word spat at him a few times before the bastards whipped and hung him

[CrankItUp!]

man that whole but some of my best friends are black line is just so corny. i know what you're saying though because i have black friends who would be cool with it BUT i wouldn't be. Look, check this (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00005AKGW/ref=dp_image_text_0/102-0120560-2390536?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=5174&s=music) , ed og's album cover for truth hurts. do you still think thats a word you should use ? i would imagine this man had that word spat at him a few times before the bastards whipped and hung him
Ok, A.L. (Abraham Lincoln) :D

(lb) You got your point across. (lb)

Now, please get on with the thread topic :



Billy Joel = OVERRATED

[abcdefz]

wow

no fuckin way man....you look at it like this. Do people still listen to their music 20 -30 years later?


yeah , they made classic shit. Own sound and Jim Morrison was WAY before his time.

(y)



...people listen to all kinds of crap 20-30 years later or more. The Doors, the Grateful Dead, Paul Anka, Pat Boone, fucking POISON has a greatest hits album out.

Longevity alone means nothing. The Doors are crap, except for about three songs.

[abcdefz]

Break On Through (to the Other Side)
Roadhouse Blues
Whiskey Bar (actually, a Kurt Weill song)

[abcdefz]

nah man.

and your from Cali? where the Doors are from! Hendrix , Doors , Zepplin.




I'm under no obligation.

Plus, I'm from Indiana.

Plus, Hendrix is from Seattle, isn't he?

Plus, Zepplin is from across the pond.

[abcdefz]

"Jim Morrison is a drunken buffoon posing as a poet!"
--Lester Bangs (paraphrase?)

[sab0tage]

"Jim Morrison is a drunken buffoon posing as a poet!"
--Lester Bangs (paraphrase?)

A lot of musicians/artists/philosophers etc who have been viewed as brilliant by some have had such comments mabe about them by others.
There's a fine line between brilliance and madness and at the end of the day a lot of it's just down to personal opinion I guess

Pete Docherty is becoming one of these such people.........I'll keep my opinion to myself but only because I haven't heard enough of his music to make an educated decision.

[gameover]

joe walsh is the man ... he did that track for the warriors movie ... in the cit yor soemthing like that ...

otherwise ... i hate the eagles ...

tool's first full length was amazing ...

i liked korn for about a minute when i was 14(94) now i think they are just as horrible and overrated as icp and all of the bands affiliated ... i have absoloutly zero respect for ones musical taste when i find out they like a psycopathic band ..

oh your moms is overrated too
.... shes just not as good as she is talked up to be ...

[gameover]

p.s..

if you are trying to front on nirvana .. dont ... i dont have the time or the patience to explain it to you ..

and the who is the greatest classic rock band ... actually ... the greatest rock band of all time ...


p.p.s ... billy joel is under rated his old shit anyway .. throw away the greatest hits cd, bust out your mom and pops lps and enjoy ... unless they have the shit he made post 85 then well ... we already know you moms is overrated .. daddy is going down too ...