View Full Version : the most overated band/s in the world EVER!
morcheen
13-04-2008, 20:51
has to be TRAVISty their lyrics are beyond childish.heard the latest lame effort the other night on the radio.i knew it was them from the poor lyrics and all round dullness.who buys that bland tuneless shit boring rubbish? :crazy::sick::rsocmoan:
steely dan
13-04-2008, 23:15
i was thinking of starting an overrated/underated thread, was a good laugh on the xfm board back in the day
their first album was passable, second was alright.. but formulaic (sp) never bothered with them since as it all seems too predictable and exceptionally dull :D
for me it has to be Oasis.... fair play to them back in the day they put out some good stuff, but in the 15? years since definatly maybe, they really dont sound any different, and by that i mean same cords, same melody... seen them live quite a few times, the first was ace because you know every song and the atmosphere is ace, the second you realise that they arnt even that musically spot on, and any gig after just seems less good/shiney.... not a popular opinion i know, but the last couple of times i seen them i left dissapointed :dunno:
for me it has to be Oasis.... fair play to them back in the day they put out some good stuff, but in the 15? years since definatly maybe, they really dont sound any different, and by that i mean same cords, same melody... seen them live quite a few times, the first was ace because you know every song and the atmosphere is ace, the second you realise that they arnt even that musically spot on, and any gig after just seems less good/shiney.... not a popular opinion i know, but the last couple of times i seen them i left dissapointed :dunno:
mmm.. first and second albums fantastic, didn't bother with the middle albums but i thought dont belive the truth was good:dunno:
seen oasis at wembly back around 2000 was fantastic the saw them a notts and they shit, saw them a few years ago at man city ground and they were very good.
did go to see travis at sherwood pines last year they were alright, better live than on cd.
U2 - Nothing but boring middle of the road rock.
R.E.M
I liked Shiney Happy People but that was it. That new one is crap and people treat them like god. WTF? ... and the guitarist thinks he's the bollocks!
morcheen
14-04-2008, 21:44
i know someone who worked on the oasis album that was binned a couple of years back,he said they aint got a clue.done all the copying now and don't have an original thought.but why would you give a shit with all that money :) went to shit from the 3rd album on.
the xfm board used to be a good laugh.is it even still alive ? the station aint worth a wank anyway now!
Always thought with oasis that they released two of the best albums ever, first (in my opinion :D) so they were always going to be impossible to follow up. Some stuff since has been pretty good, just overshadowed by their old stuff.
I think noel gallagher is massively talented. Good on guitar, excellent lyrics and a far better singer than liam. A few of the acoustic solo sets he used to do were absolutely awesome.
Could never see what the all the fuss was about with Oasis, all they ever seemed to do was play regurgitated rock n roll, never anything that hadn't already been done by bands from the 60's and 70's.
Music was average but the vocals were just bloody irritating.
Just my opinion.
steely dan
15-04-2008, 09:16
im glad its not just me, i usually get shot down in flames to moment i say that :D noel was always the talented one, defo better without liam but hes said many times he dosnt enjoy being the frontman so its very much the organ grinder and monkey type setup.
there is still and xfm board of sorts. but they changed the daytime format completely and brought out some crappy 'interactive' thing. basically like a myface x-list jukebox thing... their big claim was that you could pick all the songs you wanted.. so its alot like playing all your own music but with them repeated 3 times a day and adverts inbetween (no Djs 10-4) :doh: and there was a whole 'web community' thing to go with it... i wrote emails to them and said they'd finally killed xfm with the most rediculous idea ever, altho it be fair it was dieing a slow death anyway... havent listened since, 6music is better but still a bit too radio2 for my liking
Oasis have done alot for guitar sales tho:D Got some great learning tracks.
Have to agree with U2, Sunday Bloody Sunday and other early tracks very good but gone down hill ever since, lots of bands seem to get lost up their own arse and move away from the style/music that made them famous. I guess I shouldn't critisise for bands wanting to move on but they normally make a real hash of it:dunno:
Pobably get shot down now but I think The Beatles and Rolling Stones are very over rated, nothing more than average in my book.
ahh, nice thread idea, Coldplay should be banished to the depths of hell where they come from :sleep::sleep::sleep::sleep::sleep::sleep::tom:
Krusty Crapa
15-04-2008, 10:50
Have to agree with Jon, on the Beatles, don't see what the fuss is all about. okay so maybe a few good tracks in their time but, people who idolise every last note, are taking it a bit to far. Some of the hippy stuff really makes me wonder if they weren't just peddling rubbish music, in a over indulgent drug induced scam. Just my thoughts you understand...
Retromotorsport
15-04-2008, 11:13
Bruce Springsteen ....
" i've got a great lyric ..its ' born in the USA' .. what do you all reckon ?"
"yeah its great Bruce "
"ok heres the song.........
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
born in the USA
I was born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born In the USA "
"but Bruce what about some more lyrics"
"ok i'll make it political........ pass me the newspaper .. ohh yeah Vietnammmm baby"
Sorry but its a crap song and the only other song that the vast majority of people can name is from an oscar winning movie. Its a good song .. but thats 2 songs from one of the biggest artist in America ..
Oh and Micheal Jacksons music should be banned ... his music put him in a position of trust which he abused. He should join Jonathen King and Gary Glitter. Never did rate thriller .. good video though.
The Beatles .. happy pop songs? or messages? dunno.. as for Imagine, shame its from a speech by Adolph Hitler. 'cos i really like that song.
Buddy Holly .. 14 month career and not one song written by him.. and yet his up in the all the greats ???
The best Musician since 1968 ..... David Bowie .. even when hes taking the piss out of the music press he writes a winner .. The Laughing Gnome.
POO SLINGER
15-04-2008, 16:51
mark ronsen is very overerated considering he doesn't even write the songs or sing or owt.
The Beatles? They were awesome. The hype isn't for nothing you know. Have you listened to the Magical Mystery Tour album or Abbey Road? John Lennon must have been proud when he composed I Am The walrus:thumb: George Harrison wrote Something and Here Comes The Sun. Paul came up with Yesterday from a dream he had! ..WTF? Even Ringo had some good moments - Don't Pass Me By is great! These people were not only great song writers but amazing musicians too. How many classic Beatles riffs and lyrics can you think of? :woohoo:
True, David Bowie and other legendary song writers are superior in some ways and may have more of an edge, but the diversity in their back catalogue just doesn't come close. Take The Stones for example; they have put out some great stuff but it's all pretty much based on the same blues and rock and roll progressions. If you want proof that the Beatles were geniuses listen to Michelle, Penny Lane, Help, Happyness Is A Warm Gun... I could go on forever.. well, for a very long time.
Leave The Beatles alone:rsocmoan:
im glad its not just me, i usually get shot down in flames to moment i say that :D noel was always the talented one, defo better without liam but hes said many times he dosnt enjoy being the frontman so its very much the organ grinder and monkey type setup.
there is still and xfm board of sorts. but they changed the daytime format completely and brought out some crappy 'interactive' thing. basically like a myface x-list jukebox thing... their big claim was that you could pick all the songs you wanted.. so its alot like playing all your own music but with them repeated 3 times a day and adverts inbetween (no Djs 10-4) :doh: and there was a whole 'web community' thing to go with it... i wrote emails to them and said they'd finally killed xfm with the most rediculous idea ever, altho it be fair it was dieing a slow death anyway... havent listened since, 6music is better but still a bit too radio2 for my liking
xfm died a long time ago, i remember when it used to be good, but that was back in 2000. i finally got fucked off when i requested a song to be played, they called me, spoke to me, then edited the phone call to enable them to play a song i didn't request.
i dont get the hype behind kiss:confused::dunno:
The beasty boys have a few moments of genious followed by utter shite. ill coomunication and same old bullshit are good examples.
morcheen
16-04-2008, 19:45
the foo fighter.one good tune monkey wrench then formulaic shite,and even worse cheesy videos :( just because you were in nirvana you get away with some awful lyrics just as bad as any boy band. might be great musicians but poor tunes.
i await the onslaught :)
the foo fighter.one good tune monkey wrench then formulaic shite,and even worse cheesy videos :( just because you were in nirvana you get away with some awful lyrics just as bad as any boy band. might be great musicians but poor tunes.
i await the onslaught :)
to be honest, i used to be a massive fan, the first two albums - foofighters, and the colour and the shape were brilliant
everlong was and still is one of my all time fave songs
after that, they got shit
lol atm i have that alphabeat song stuck in my head
listened to the rest of the album and there is some great pop tracks on there but also some really very bad ones
foofighters..... meh never got into them myself
oasis...... :rolleyes: no thanks we had the beatles no need for a tribute band with a manc accent :D
travis/coldplay....... sheesh total turd end of story
my fave listens atm are
in rainbows-radiohead
mr wonderfull- fleetwood mac (pete green blues stuff)
lily allen lol dunno why but i love that album
hand built by robots-newton faulkner this surprised me its really very good even if he does look like a ginga rasta :D
marsy226
17-04-2008, 19:12
the band(s) & singer(s) i think that are overrated are
Oasis, Razorlight, elvis presley, the beetles , kiss, all of them american bands that were out at the same time motley crue etc, most of the stuff thats out now ie chart music,
i dont think music is as good as it was in the late 60s, 70s or 80s :dunno:
the band(s) & singer(s) i think that are overrated are
Oasis, Razorlight (altho havent heard alot from them lately), elvis presley, the beetles , kiss, all of them american bands that were out at the same time motley crue etc, most of the stuff thats out now ie chart music,
i dont think music is as good as it was in the late 60s, 70s or 80s :dunno:
razorlight suck balls
morcheen
17-04-2008, 22:06
the band(s) & singer(s) i think that are overrated are
Oasis, Razorlight, elvis presley, the beetles , kiss, all of them american bands that were out at the same time motley crue etc, most of the stuff thats out now ie chart music,
i dont think music is as good as it was in the late 60s, 70s or 80s :dunno:
plenty of good music out there,but you wont find it on shit daytime chart fodder radio or music tv. only a handfull of good radio presenters that are even interested in good music of all types.others are more into furthering their tv add voice over work,or eating in the case of moyles the useless pile of ....
Moyles....dont get me started on that waste of space:carl: Gave up on Radio One a long time ago, now switch between Virgin and Radio 2
Si_Steve
18-04-2008, 21:26
Coldplay, muse, pretty much anything on radio/tv, that rihanna bint pisses me off something rotten(umbarella ella ella ella ay ay, WTF ARE YOU ON ABOUT!!!!????)
morcheen
18-04-2008, 21:56
muse are just a shouty overloud poor mans radiohead . anything on radio with riley ,radcliffe,lamarr or gideon coe is well worth listening too :)
marsy226
19-04-2008, 00:54
i do agree muse are poor, but id say radiohead, u2, rem etc are worse?
RChambers
19-04-2008, 11:08
Must defend Muse here as they are fantastic live, a league above most of the other crap around them.
morcheen
19-04-2008, 19:58
i,ve heard from a mate who's a roadie that they are the best musicians he has seen ,but they sound like a big mumbled mess to me.radiohead worse than muse,get those ears cleaned out :)
moyes is a fat fooking twat-i do wanna smash him bad.
fellas there just has'nt been a better front man than liam for fooking years FACT imo.some of there later stuff has'nt been up to the mark but tell me a group/singer etc that has not made one shit tune. you car'nt as it has'nt happened.
it comes back to the type of music people are in to i think.
radiohead are a class class group again imo
u2,beattles,elvis are overated imo.
then on the other hand you get groups like the bluetones that didnt get the recognition that they imo deserverd:thumb:
Si_Steve
19-04-2008, 21:12
Im gonna get shot but im gonna say metallica, not that their shite or anything ,still listen to em but theres lots of better bands out there(pantera, megadeth to name a couple)
U2 - Nothing but boring middle of the road rock.
:thumb:
i'll add some i think are :percy:
queen - far to gay and cheesy. the songs don't flow well either
iron maiden - good guitars, awful voice
guns & roses - it's all bad
metallica - they are ok but soooo massively overatted
my chemical panic-dance at the fall out disco - hate all three bands as they sound exactly the same. all moaning spoilt kids
i could go on forever
Will someone please tell me why the Beatles are over-rated? There's a lot on here that i don't agree with and a lot that I do. I really think that people should justify their choice and have a bit of a think about it because some of these bands are legendary .. Queen? The reasons given for them being over-rated were .. well, not exactly good reasons.
Remember what Frank Zappa said - 'Jazz hasn't gone off, it just smells funny'
for me i cant stand The Foo Fighters..
Their none offensive mild rock is so gash, this is dave grohl for god sake, the John Bonham obsessed drummer from Nirvanna, just all sounds the same now, just wish theyd go sick and put a bit of effort in.
Also chilli peppers, saw them at leeds fest last year and turned out to be the biggest dissapointment and most boring band ive ever watched.
Also chilli peppers, saw them at leeds fest last year and turned out to be the biggest dissapointment and most boring band ive ever watched.
i saw them at reading... what a waste of time... although I saw them at earls court a few months prior to the carling weekend and they were quite good.
:thumb:
queen - far to gay and cheesy. the songs don't flow well either
sit down stupid boy
and anyone critiquing muse for anything at all, sit down also, their lyrics, music arrangement etc etc are all spot on, one very few modern bands of today doing anything original
X-PACK:
I agree in a way, but sometimes you can just listen to a band and it does nothing, Queen as a band were fantastic, one of the best, not because of heavy riffs, not because john deacon and brian may were fantasic musicians but because it all just gelled, and Freddie knew how to control a crowd. My only complaint with queen was roger taylor just did the same beat pretty much to most songs.
its all a matter of opinion at the end of the day, i dont like muse coz i think they over use effects, as a blues musician i think if you cant play it with just a guitar and an amp then you shouldnt play it, but doesnt mean there shit, just means i dont like them.
Still cant beat Led Zeppelin lol.. they dick on every1 :D
marsy226
21-04-2008, 22:17
Still cant beat Led Zeppelin lol.. they dick on every1 :D
Agreed :D
I do think Queen were overrated abit tho, yes they are good musicians, i just dont think they're as good as everyone makes them out to be.
I do think the Sex Pistols were overrated too.
Agreed :D
I do think the Sex Pistols were overrated too.
me too, although they are still brilliant
Si_Steve
22-04-2008, 18:51
in the end, a band can be overrated yet still be good, the likes of metallica, great band great musicians great music, but still not as great as its made out to be
morcheen
23-04-2008, 22:12
KISS what's that all about then !!
marsy226
23-04-2008, 23:34
KISS what's that all about then !!
yeahh i agree
Guns 'n' Roses are also largely overrated too i think
axel rose is a right weapon, some of thier videos just take the piss.. too dramatic!
Si_Steve
24-04-2008, 19:15
as dramatic as this????
YouTube - Dramatic Look
random i know but so funny
Must defend Muse here as they are fantastic live, a league above most of the other crap around them.
again, i have to agree, muse's new stuff is crap, but earlier songs were awesome and they did the best live performance i've ever seen
Also chilli peppers, saw them at leeds fest last year and turned out to be the biggest dissapointment and most boring band ive ever watched.
i saw them at reading and they were the same, i've never seen them, and was really hoing for a decent performance, but they just didnt try
again, same as i've said for many other bands, they should've given up whilst they were still good
RChambers
24-04-2008, 20:49
I've heard from people that the chillis were crap at Reading/Leeds too. I've seen them 3 times live (London Arena, Wembly and Hyde Park I think) and thought they were really good. Hyde park was amazing and much better than the London Arena one so they must be a bit variable. Maybe they didn't get their own toilets at the festival and were a bit arsey :D
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Metallica
Oasis
Any tripe that the elderly love and term 'classic rock'.
*n
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Metallica
Oasis
Any tripe that the elderly love and term 'classic rock'.
*n
hmm... not sure about black sabbath - first gig I went to was "ozzfest" with black sabbath headlining and first song I learnt to play was "paranoid". absolutely amzing IMO.
I agree 100% with the others though and the '"classic rock" statement
The artic monkeys are the most overated tripe I ever heard
RChambers
25-04-2008, 15:12
The artic monkeys are the most overated tripe I ever heard
:clap: Agree with you there!
The Spice Girls:bolt:
How about that for being over rated then?!
I guess it's all to do with the little girls who listen to musical pap while having no conception of what a good tune is. I wish i had their money though .. and Gerry's tats in my face
marsy226
25-04-2008, 19:40
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Metallica
Oasis
Any tripe that the elderly love and term 'classic rock'.
*n
I largly disagree with the Led Zeppelin, however i do agree you on the Black Sabbath.
AC/DC are quite overrated to thouh :confused:
I think I could actually like a couple of Sabbath tracks if the band never had anything to do with Ozzy, The man's a twunt.
AC/DC are the same - decent music ruined by the vocalist(s).
*n
mervhill
26-04-2008, 12:32
I totally agree penski, musically they were excellent. Equally when he went solo. Bark at the Moon is a great song, but I hate Ozzie's voice.
I don't get why so many people get a hardon for Metallica either, I think they're shit. So many better bands out there that haven't had recognition, and those boys are minted and considered legends!
Anyone else completely fucked off with the shit lineup at Download this year?
Metallica - Peace Sells and Enter Sandman rock! I don't care for any of their other stuff.
Si_Steve
26-04-2008, 19:14
peace sells is by megadeth mate:thumb:but you could argue as dave mustaine was the original lead guiatrist for metallica
err yeh.. that's what i meant. And i knew that:bolt:
Si_Steve
27-04-2008, 23:45
:Di believe ya mate dont worry:thumb:
The Stranglers. The best thing about the 1970's heroin praising chaparajos The Stranglers is the name of the band. Trying to come up with a good name for a band is flippin difficult. The reason for this is because you keep thinking of all the other cool band names like The Stranglers. The Police. The Who, etc, etc.. It would be like trying to write the perfect Christmas love song but all you keep thinking of that Wham song - Last Christmas - and then you just give up cos bastird George Michael really cornered the market with that one. This is perhaps the reason why my band settled on the second rate name 'Jackhammer'.. I don't like it but The Stranglers is already taken:rolleyes:
mervhill
01-05-2008, 23:13
My band is called 'The Remedy', and my 80's cheese rock band is called 'Days Of Thunder'
Yeah man, we're cool! :D
Oasis, U2, Travis, Greenday, infact, the VAST majority of modern 'rock' bands, every boy/girl 'band' that has ever existed, and the likes of Robbie Williams and co, The Beatles, they just arent that good, most of ther songs are just annoying!!! and Elvis Presley...just...NO, get away!
morcheen
11-05-2008, 00:06
Oasis, U2, Travis, Greenday, infact, the VAST majority of modern 'rock' bands, every boy/girl 'band' that has ever existed, and the likes of Robbie Williams and co, The Beatles, they just arent that good, most of their songs are just annoying!!! and Elvis Presley...just...NO, get away!
get it out copey,what an angry first post :thumb:
greendays dookie is a good album,after that they turned into middle of the road pLunk :noway: the beatles are the take that of their day,but with added drugs for the weird shit.
haha, yeah, it's one way to make a first impression isnt it, but overated bands really wind me up
.. then I guess Elvis was the Robbie Williams of his day ...
Individually the Beatles were possibly over rated (maybe not George - he was a legend), but as a group they were fantastic. I've always found it strange that people compare them to Take That who are a group that have never moved away from one particular style of music .. they're still at it now! same shit but a bit better (I do actually like some of their new stuff). If I was going to compare the Beatles to a modernish pop act then i would have to compare them to Blur. They had a lot of different stuff going on but still managed to just about remain commercial while at the same time alienating some of their original fans with more contemporary material - exactly like the Beatles did after the Help! album.
morcheen
13-05-2008, 22:14
just had the misfortune to hear the new single from 'coldsick' today.to say it's poor is a massive understatement. the lyrics from what i can remember, before i was nearly forced to look for a noose, were very childlike something about snow being white. overated!!!
Bit of a difficult subject this one really.
The reason many bands became highly rated in the first place was the fact that they might have tried a something a little different for the era, Black Sabbath started in 1965, what else was there around at that time that even came close?
The Beatles weren't just about the music, Lennon & McCartney were songwriters to a lot of the acts that didn't write their own material.
I suppose it is easy to suggest that a band is overrated because their music isn't liked, I'm guilty of suggesting that, but I would still love to be able to front a band, play an instrument or write songs, a thing to take into account which makes a huge proportion of bands pretty much the same really.
My cousin is getting married to band member of the Fratellies (I think that is how it's spelt) I've never heard their music so should be an interesting debate when I've had a few shandy's.
The Fratellies.. that's cool. You going to the wedding? Guaranteed to be a celeb fest with fit birds and the lot:thumb:
I think i've heard their music. Not bad:cool:
They are named after the mobster family in the 1985 film 'The Goonies', but their music has very little to do with the film.
there should be a thread for "underrated bands"
pendulum - ok they aren't a proper band but there is three of them. unfortunately pendulum are the only "dnb" that most people listen to :rolleyes:
they had a few good tracks... "vault", "another planet" and the remix they did of "Nightbreed" by Pack of Wolves. that's it. the rest is poppy shite and shouldn't be classed as dnb IMO
morcheen
14-05-2008, 15:15
baby shambles. WTF!
aint he just some posh kid who's well connected,so gets off most of the time? had 1 good tune i think,then it all went to his head,or up his nose :liar:
The Fratellies are ok :)
marsy226
14-05-2008, 16:13
I thought the new babyshambles album was pretty dreadful, the first album isnt as bad, Pete was alot better with The Libertines, altho he got kicked out of that, cause of the drugs.
mervhill
14-05-2008, 17:39
The Libertines are fucking shit as well!
marsy226
14-05-2008, 18:21
The Libertines are fucking shit as well!
Calm down mate ;)
Bon Jovi, which I or someone else has probably mentioned, I dont know how they are even classed as 'rock'
mervhill
14-05-2008, 19:01
Sorry, I just hate them with a passion, it's not decent music and I resent them being wealthy for it! :D
morcheen
14-05-2008, 19:03
by jovi,classic girl rock of the lowest order :( it was the libertines i was thinking of earlier about the 1 good tune,avoided all the shit he has been near since.he has a smug face you would never tire of punching :)
marsy226
14-05-2008, 19:25
Sorry, I just hate them with a passion, it's not decent music and I resent them being wealthy for it! :D
:D:D
Its annoying when that happens, especially all the 'chart' music, they get paid millions, & its all crap :lol:
mervhill
14-05-2008, 23:12
:D:D
Its annoying when that happens, especially all the 'chart' music, they get paid millions, & its all crap :lol:
You're not wrong! I heard that Ting Ting's bollocks today, I mean how the fuck can that be considered music?!
your not kidding:clint: .. you try making a comment against so called 'new talent' on a forum such as YouTube and the fans jump down your throat. I listened to some band called Melt Banana (who are as crap as they sound) on YouTube and I commented that the lead singer sounded like Yoko Ono on an off day, and the rest of the band sounded like the blokes who wrote 1980's kids TV themes had got pissed and then gone mental with guitars and Casio home organs:D
They weren't happy:rsocmoan:
R.E.M
I liked Shiney Happy People but that was it. That new one is crap and people treat them like god. WTF? ... and the guitarist thinks he's the bollocks!
im big REM fan and if you liked SHP then your taste is shit as its one of the worst songs theyve done :lmao:
Over rated for me has to be
Pink floyd
AC/DC
Elvis
Led Zeplyn
My faves bands just to compare are REM, The smiths, New order
marsy226
05-07-2008, 23:56
Pink floyd
Led Zeplyn
:clint::clint::clint::clint:
you have to be joking, REM are far worse then any song them two have done!
im big REM fan and if you liked SHP then your taste is shit as its one of the worst songs theyve done :lmao:
I guess I have shit taste in music then. Thanks for pointing that out to me:thumb:
The thing with REM is that it isn't really the music that I don't like ..it's the band members. That guitarist is a pratt. He suffers from the Yngwie Malmsteen effliction of claiming himself 'Best Guitarist In The World'. Sounds like too much coke to me. I also think that Stipey has copied Morrisey and Prince with his stupid mid nineties arty protests
To me REM are quite like U2. They are an absolutely massive band who started out ok but their latest stuff is complete dross that if they released in the early days wouldn't have gone anywhere. Paul McCartney, David Bowie and The Eagles are the same except they had decent songs to start with. I reckon they just produce stuff for the hell of it and maybe to promote a new tour or something. Even Madness are at it!
Thank Christ The Police didn't do the same. I respect the fact that Sting, Stu and Andy are blatantly doing it for the money. You can even buy a replica of Andy Summers Fender Tele for $15,000:clint: ..and it's a piece of shit.
To my mind the only band who have come back and done something decent were ..erm.. Blondie?:dunno: Squeeze and Duran Duran did some ok tunes in the nineties but they had the good grace to disappear again
Please tell me what is good about REM. I suppose i'm missing the point. SHP was good in 91 or whenever it came out. Baring in mind I was only 15 then, I was into all kinds of crap. That one about shoving an elephant up some stairs was ok'ish and Losing My Religion. Not bad
Hey mate i agree with you. REM are no way near the band they were as far as new music and albums are concerned. ALL bands peak! But as far as live performances, they are still outstanding. they are renowned for their live sets.
Anyways im not out to prove who is crap and who isnt, i just found what you said about Shiney happy people funny! Its shit!
As for Peter buck the lead guitarist being shit. Well, its been said by many top guitar players that he has one of the best right hands in the business! So take that as you please! Maybe they meant tossin LMAO!
With REF to Floyd and Zeplin. Ive never said they arent top bands....just they are what this thread is about...Over rated!
The Rolling Stones are another!
I I also think that Stipey has copied Morrisey and Prince with his stupid mid nineties arty protests
Mike Stipe has always been very political and very outspoken on war issues etc. REM do mass amounts for worldwide charities. Nowt wrong with that!
Whats good about REM. Nothing if you dont like them LMFAO! To me, i just like how they vary it up so much. Not a single album sounds the same. They dare to experiment. As a rule, tracks released into the mainstream charts arent what i regard as their best work.... but its what, or used to, sell! Thats warner bros doing though not REM...
Anyways! Lets talk about the shit of today! The awesome Ting tings :doh:
marsy226
09-07-2008, 19:44
I think you should lend Pink Floyd PULSE gig on dvd mate with a good enough surround sound system, then you wont call them overrated, that gig is amazing :thumb:
ill try anything mate! Ive got loads of their cds, just cant get into them!
marsy226
10-07-2008, 22:45
Ahh its best getting the dvd, spend a few mins setting up the surround sound, turn all the lights off an turn it up, its all worth it :thumb::)
My mates mad on them hence me having quite a few albums. Ill see if i can get a copy :)
I know threads like these can surprise but I don't know how you can crticise the lyrics of Springsteen, u2 at all.
Bono does get up your nose a bit I accept and born in the usa was not the bosses great but they have done plenty of other stuff that just make you have to pinch yourself the lyrics are that good.
have a listen to
unforgettable fire or So cruel by u2
or
downbound train or thunder road by the BOSS
Mind you
I do agree with the Oasis consensous of opinion
didn't really like any of there stuff.
would much rather listen to simple minds but perhaps I'm still stuck in the 80's when even the cheesy lyrics of some bands still sounded much more interesting than todays stuff.
marsy226
08-08-2008, 17:47
There are still some good singers/bands out now or that are still going, its just finding them:)
There are still some good singers/bands out now or that are still going, its just finding them:)
and not all of the bands in this thread are crap... just a bit overated :thumb:
dannyayo
08-08-2008, 18:49
Nirvana?
Smells like teen spirit was good so was Come as you are, but for me they were overrated.
Nirvana?
Smells like teen spirit was good so was Come as you are, but for me they were overrated.
hmmm... I agree with the overrated part, but the the two songs you've mentioned are the ones I would've picked as overrated :lol:
IMO they had two good studio albums... "Bleach" and "In Utero"
"Nevermind" has a few good tracks towards the end of the album, but the rest is average and definately overrated.
Although more of a complilation and not a studio album, my favourite album they released was "Incesticide" :thumb:
dannyayo
08-08-2008, 19:34
:lol:
I like those songs :D
Nirvana?
Smells like teen spirit was good so was Come as you are, but for me they were overrated.
Well you were seven years old when Cobain killed himself,not having a go or anythink but i think you kinda had to be there.At the time to me nirvana were incredible in fact would still rate them as one of my favourites but each to their own as they say.
heres a big one.. the beatles.. the beatles with beards after they discovered lsd.. decent.. but the whole cant buy me love etc etc.. just drovell to me.
yeah fine i can accept their accomplishments, both commercially and inspirationally, but other than that, nahh
heres a big one.. the beatles.. the beatles with beards after they discovered lsd.. decent.. but the whole cant buy me love etc etc.. just drovell to me.
yeah fine i can accept their accomplishments, both commercially and inspirationally, but other than that, nahh
Don't even get me started:D
...however I am less partial to their early stuff, i'll give you that
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