Most overrated band?

[Foghat]

Hah! You just want a fight with Foggy.

Poor little chuffydiddums is clearly still smarting from the (obviously rather brutal) put-down I administered the last time he attempted this cruddy-lite nonsense.

 

[Chuffy]

Poor little chuffydiddums is clearly still smarting from the (obviously rather brutal) put-down I administered the last time he attempted this cruddy-lite nonsense.

I bet you have always have a tub of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia in your fridge.

 

[Chuffy]

Which is also their worst flavour. Coincidence? I think not...

 

[Fab Foodie]

Regarding the Beatles, can't say I'm a fan either even though their role in pop history is undeniable, same with Elvis and the Doors really. Just can't get into them no matter how often I try, no matter how often I hear how sensational they were and how well their music remains.
As for Sinatra, although not a "band", but I'd say he was certainly the most over-rated artist, bad singing and barely in tune. Dreadful.

 

[Yellow Fang]

It's got to be RadioHead. It's just depressing.

 

[Chuffy]

It's got to be RadioHead. It's just depressing.

Sadly, you may well be right. Great band until they vanished up Thom Yorke's bum.

 

[yello]

Yes, true, U2.

But should this thread be renamed 'bands you don't like'??

So how do I justify my nomination of Coldplay and U2? Well, they do have some good tunes, undeniably. And I did like U2 pre 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' era... but they just got too, I guess, full of their own self importance. It's not that either aren't talented musicians in their own rights, but just not worthy, imho, of the adulation (and crowds) that both get. There are 'worse' bands... but you kind of know they're crap; there's no illusion about it. U2 and Cp think they're better than they are, imo.

Radiohead may be depressing (an accusation often thrown at them) but they are innovative and challenging in a way that other bands can only dream of being. They'll risk 'changing the formula' because it's what they (or only Thom York perhaps?) want to do.

REM have had good, bad and indifferent albums... but they remain for me, whilst being nowhere near my favourite band, capable of producing sublime pop tunes at an almost whim. Definitely NOT an over rated band, even though hugely popular.

Edit: interesting corollary; there's a David Bowie evening on the tele at the moment, and it's really good listening. Again, I wouldn't rate him as a favourite of mine but the guy's talent is undeniable.

 

[papercorn2000]

Bloody Hell Chuffy, are you still alive?

 

[Renard]

Yes, true, U2.

But should this thread be renamed 'bands you don't like'??

So how do I justify my nomination of Coldplay and U2? Well, they do have some good tunes, undeniably. And I did like U2 pre 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' era... but they just got too, I guess, full of their own self importance. It's not that either aren't talented musicians in their own rights, but just not worthy, imho, of the adulation (and crowds) that both get. There are 'worse' bands... but you kind of know they're crap; there's no illusion about it. U2 and Cp think they're better than they are, imo.

Radiohead may be depressing (an accusation often thrown at them) but they are innovative and challenging in a way that other bands can only dream of being. They'll risk 'changing the formula' because it's what they (or only Thom York perhaps?) want to do.

REM have had good, bad and indifferent albums... but they remain for me, whilst being nowhere near my favourite band, capable of producing sublime pop tunes at an almost whim. Definitely NOT an over rated band, even though hugely popular.

Edit: interesting corollary; there's a David Bowie evening on the tele at the moment, and it's really good listening. Again, I wouldn't rate him as a favourite of mine but the guy's talent is undeniable.

You hit the nail on the head Yello. That was also why I originally nominated U2, not because they are a particularly bad band per se, just that they don't deserve the stadium band adoration. I have to say watching the V festival footage tonight there aren't many bands kicking about ATM that deserve the adulation of the people spending god knows how much on tickets. Is this another symptom of the bland commercialised we live in today?

 

[User482]

Oh dear. I like:

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Radiohead
REM
The Smiths/ Morrissey
David Bowie
Bob Marley

So looks like my musical taste annoys just about all of you!

Though I do think that Pink Floyd are an abomination - the only thing worse than them are their tedious fans.

 

[Smeggers]

Another vote for U2.

They crawled up their own backsides post Joshua Tree.

 

[Disgruntled Goat]

Regarding the Beatles, can't say I'm a fan either even though their role in pop history is undeniable, same with Elvis and the Doors really. Just can't get into them no matter how often I try, no matter how often I hear how sensational they were and how well their music remains.
As for Sinatra, although not a "band", but I'd say he was certainly the most over-rated artist, bad singing and barely in tune. Dreadful.

Re Sinatra, he pretty much invented the way all popular singers sing today through the use of phrasing. Yes, his later career didn't do him any favours but his contribution to popular music can't be over-estimated.

 

[Disgruntled Goat]

Rumbled....

But they are seriously overrated. Any band that inspires the kind of uncritical drooling dished out by Foggy and similar anally retentive uptight completist whores can't be anything else but.


Grumpy Goat - For many years I've been pissed off with the way that the Beatles have been elevated to untouchable godhood. When are you going to get over the idea that, more than 37 years after they finally buggered off, people might conceivably start judging them simply in terms of the music and not their (undeniable) historic importance? Music should touch and affect you, not be listened to as if it were A Very Important Exhibit in a museum. To me, they're just a band, and not one that I'd waste my time with. If you think that not liking the Beatles is just a fashion statement then you know nothing about what liking music means. FWIW I can't abide Sinatra either. His style of music means nothing to me and never will and he always seemed like a deeply nasty piece of work as a person. The alpha-male fan-toss that he inspires just adds an extra cherry to the knickerbocker glory of my disdain.
Citizen Kane? Never seen it and don't give a toss.

Still waiting for someone to suggest an act with more influence and damn good tunes to boot.

Yes, I suppose you could say they are over-rated in that some people spend an unhealthly length of time disecting and writing about them. I'm not one of those, in fact I'd say the Pre '73 Rolling Stones run them a close second but their music stands the test of time IMO.

But to say they were 'just a band' says far more about you than it does them.

It's like saying Citizen Kane is just a film. Watch it now and you might wonder what all the fuss is about. But look at filmes Pre-Kane and Post-Kane and you'll see Kane wrote the book when it came to 'How to make a Modern film'. It's techniques and devices are used in just about every film made today.

Anyway, who do you rate? Go on, give us a laugh

 

[Rhythm Thief]

It's like saying Citizen Kane is just a film. Watch it now and you might wonder what all the fuss is about. But look at filmes Pre-Kane and Post-Kane and you'll see Kane wrote the book when it came to 'How to make a Modern film'. It's techniques and devices are used in just about every film made today.

he's got a point here, folks. The beatles invented music as we know it, pretty much, and they should get some credit for that.

 

[Andy in Sig]

he's got a point here, folks. The beatles invented music as we know it, pretty much, and they should get some credit for that.

I think many people would agree with that but it does not follow that everything which they wrote was brilliant. That is where the overrating lies and they probably get overrated more than any other band.