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Most overrated band of all time?

bartelby said:
I think the having differing opinions covers it.
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Thats what I want to hear, saying you wrong isn't an opinion.:p

Part of the problem is that these bands didn't always suck, they just go on for to long.

Lets take Aerosmith, there only number one song was not written by the band.
 
I think it's amusing how some people get all bent out of shape when other people say they don't like their favourite band..
 
Heres the thing with U2, they are not a bad band. They just haven't changed their style in 20 years. All their music sounds similar.
 
Unspeaked said:
Nirvana was both incredibly popular and incredibly well respected at the time of Kurt's death. This wasn't a case of the celebrity death creating the hype - the hype was already there.
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Nirvana was good, don't get me wrong. What turned me off was how people who didn't give a damn about them before 1994 suddenly started talking about them as if they were one of the best bands of all time and how sad they were that Kurt died. It was pathetic, and that's the kind of hype that makes me put them in the "over-hyped" category.
 
pointycollars said:
Nirvana was good, don't get me wrong. What turned me off was how people who didn't give a damn about them before 1994 suddenly started talking about them as if they were one of the best bands of all time and how sad they were that Kurt died. It was pathetic, and that's the kind of hype that makes me put them in the "over-hyped" category.
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Most bands are like that, nobody knows about them until they get mainstream play.


Backup, how can you say Pink Floyd?
 
U2 are definitely up there, along with a couple others mentioned in this thread. and as others have pointed out, it depends on your definition of the subject.
 
MacNut said:
Heres the thing with U2, they are not a bad band. They just haven't changed their style in 20 years. All their music sounds similar.
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Same could be said for most of the bands we've talked about. Overrated doesn't necessarily mean they're a bad band, it just means they get more hype than they deserve.
 
PlaceofDis said:
U2 are definitely up there, along with a couple others mentioned in this thread. and as others have pointed out, it depends on your definition of the subject.
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U2 was great in the 80's, I think the longer they go the bigger Bono's head gets and they start to suck.
 
pointycollars said:
Overrated doesn't necessarily mean they're a bad band, it just means they get more hype than they deserve.
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Well as previously mentioned, overhyped and overrated are different things.

If we're talking overhyped, I'd nominate the Arctic Monkeys.
 
MacNut said:
Heres the thing with U2, they are not a bad band. They just haven't changed their style in 20 years. All their music sounds similar.
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You think?

Most people tend to think they made a radical change with Achtung Baby/Zooropa.

Some people think it was not unlike Radiohead's jump with Kid A.

Of course, they're two of the most often mentioned bands in this thread, so who knows... :)


pointycollars said:
Nirvana was good, don't get me wrong. What turned me off was how people who didn't give a damn about them before 1994 suddenly started talking about them as if they were one of the best bands of all time and how sad they were that Kurt died. It was pathetic, and that's the kind of hype that makes me put them in the "over-hyped" category.
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Maybe I just wasn't paying close enough attention, but I didn't really notice them being that much more popular after the death than before.

Maybe they got a lot of media attention, but I didn't see people running out to buy their albums because the lead singer committed suicide.

I could totally have missed that, though...
 
Nirvana became big when everyone got sick of the 80's hair bands. They came in at just the right time with a new sound and rode that wave.
 
Much Ado said:
Well as previously mentioned, overhyped and overrated are different things.

If we're talking overhyped, I'd nominate the Arctic Monkeys.
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To me, Arctic Monkeys were just another in a long line of "it" bands that pops up every year or two.

Before them, you had The Libertines, The Strokes, Coldplay, etc, etc.
 
This thread is getting too wishy-washy

Once we start talking about bands being overrated, but not bad, we get into a whole new realm of ambiguous statements. ie "Such and such band is overrated, but they used to be really good." I think we should change this thread to "Band X is crap and here's why"

I'll start.

Coldplay is crap because all of their songs are series of rhyming couplets,which is mind-numbingly boring. (Yes I said this before, but it deserves to be restated.)

U2 is crap because they have lost the ability to innovate.

Creed is crap because, well, how could they not be?

Green Day is crap because they should be.
 
Unspeaked said:
To me, Arctic Monkeys were just another in a long line of "it" bands that pops up every year or two.

Before them, you had The Libertines, The Strokes, Coldplay, etc, etc.
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I think The Strokes actually got it right in that their first album was a simple and easy to listen to pop album. Not crap.
 
Unspeaked said:
To me, Arctic Monkeys were just another in a long line of "it" bands that pops up every year or two.

Before them, you had The Libertines, The Strokes, Coldplay, etc, etc.
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Definitely have to agree on this one. I think that's a whole different category of bands though, and a much longer list :)
 
U2, Nickelback, most of the popular RnB/Rap stars out there (most, not all) and either of the Beddingfields.

EDIT: Oh and The Libertines/Baby Shambles/Pete Doherty
 
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