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Most overrated band of all time?
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I've got to say: I didn't feel this way when they were first mentioned in this thread last year, but I have to totally agree with those that said Muse.
They're surely the most overrated band of 2010.
Sorry, just had to get that off my chest...
They're surely the most overrated band of 2010.
Sorry, just had to get that off my chest...
Muse
Lady GaGa
Nickelback
Radiohead
To all saying Coldplay and U2 are overrated, I respectfuly disagree. In my opinion, Coldplay is highly underrated.
Lady GaGa
Nickelback
Radiohead
To all saying Coldplay and U2 are overrated, I respectfuly disagree. In my opinion, Coldplay is highly underrated.
Don't know if they've been mentioned upthread (don't have time to read a dozen pages, sorry)...
Pink Floyd. The most pretentious art-rock band ever to crawl out of the 70s. Dark Side of the Moon was all right, but The Wall...Lord save me from ever hearing another track off that overrated piece of tripe.
Pink Floyd. The most pretentious art-rock band ever to crawl out of the 70s. Dark Side of the Moon was all right, but The Wall...Lord save me from ever hearing another track off that overrated piece of tripe.
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Animal Collective?? I disagree fully, I believe they are terribly under-rated.
Over Rated (Recent): Lady Gaga, Owl City, K$sha
Over Rated (Ever): Radiohead, Eminem, Beatles
Animal Collective?? I disagree fully, I believe they are terribly under-rated.
Over Rated (Recent): Lady Gaga, Owl City, K$sha
Over Rated (Ever): Radiohead, Eminem, Beatles
The Beatles.
Any band that is widely considered to be the best rock outfit of all time must also be the most overrated.
Any band that is widely considered to be the best rock outfit of all time must also be the most overrated.
Overrated: DMB and U2
I'm not even going to bother with all you philistines above who are seriously suggesting Clapton, the Dead, the Beatles, the Stones......
I'm not even going to bother with all you philistines above who are seriously suggesting Clapton, the Dead, the Beatles, the Stones......
I agree that they're highly overrated but being the most highly overrated bands ever, I disagree with. I say The Beatles.
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David G. I agree.. The Beatles, hands down. They were simply a pop group from an early era. They didn't reinvent anything and didn't influence very much. I'd also say John Lennon was horribly overrated, but he wasn't as popular.
The thing is pop music, by nature, gets very popular very fast but burns out fast as well. It's when people take a stupid pop group and then herald it as unique and influential that it begins to be overrated. It's not overrated in the sales area, because you can point to a statistic and say "They really were this popular." They become overrated only when pundits start making claims about musical influence.
I would say the Rolling Stones, except Keith Richards, as a guitarist, is the only redeeming thing. Some his riffs are timeless.
The thing is pop music, by nature, gets very popular very fast but burns out fast as well. It's when people take a stupid pop group and then herald it as unique and influential that it begins to be overrated. It's not overrated in the sales area, because you can point to a statistic and say "They really were this popular." They become overrated only when pundits start making claims about musical influence.
I would say the Rolling Stones, except Keith Richards, as a guitarist, is the only redeeming thing. Some his riffs are timeless.
Aerosmith. Some make them seem like an American version of the Rolling Stones. Far, far from it.
True, but their videos with Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler were epic...
Took a look on Youtube what this Justin Bieber chick was all about.. He/She deserves a prominent place in this thread for creating more suck than a top of the line Dyson.