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Believe it or not, I'm ashamed to say I used to think Bowie was overrated. It wasn't until a few years ago I started to realize how incredible he really is. I'm sure there are other artists as well who I can't think of at the moment for whom I've felt similarly.
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Quote from: Disney Boy (1985) on January 17, 2014, 10:21:44 AM
I loathe - and I mean
loathe
- Radiohead.
Some of their backing tracks are nice,
however
....
Thom Yorke's voice is like fingernails down a f**king blackboard. I mean, it is just an absolutely
detestable
sound! I hate everything about it: the whiny reediness, the deliberate mispronunciation of 'r's (a speech impediment he curiously doesn't have when talking)...
And have you seen him on stage when he sings? Wobbling his head and pulling endless pained expressions? What a horrible little prick.
And those stupid pretentious lyrics - "Oh yes, when I sang 'the monkeys are sucking lemons/the monkeys are sucking lemons/take the money and run/take the money and run/Hannah and her sisters' it was a comment on the fall of the Roman Empire'' etc.
"Ooh, wow, look at us letting the public choose how much they want to pay for our album - aren't we so anti-establishment!" Yeah? Try letting the public choose how much they want to pay for your album
before
making millions and millions releasing albums through Sony and we'll all be a little more impressed, you quintet of bell-ends!
(The
only
song of theirs that I actually like - and I've had a lot of friends try to convince me of their greatness, so I've had the misfortune of listening to it all i can assure you - is an instrumental:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On8ajxxQNJI
)
I like Radiohead somewhat but this is a great post. It needed to be said.
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Quote from: Ovi on January 17, 2014, 05:36:19 AM
A band that I really wanted to like and have given them many chances is Van Halen. I own the first album and have listened to some other songs on YouTube as well, but they just don't do it for me. At all. So I guess I could call them 'overrated', as much as I dislike the term.
Try FAIR WARNING. It's their "dark" album. Dave wasn't happy with the direction, sales were down, but this one has something for me.
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Quote from: Gabo on January 17, 2014, 01:49:56 PM
Neil Young? I haven't listened to much of him, but I've always seen him as a bland Dylan impersonator.
To each his own but good God you are wrong.
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Neil Young is an originator not a impersonator..
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January 17, 2014, 11:38:10 PM »
Overrated
How about Frank Zappa U2 Queen Led Zep Keith Whitley Michael Jackson Yngwie Malmsteen David Bowie
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January 17, 2014, 11:40:24 PM »
Quote from: Mr. Wilson on January 17, 2014, 11:38:10 PM
Overrated
How about Frank Zappa U2 Queen Led Zep Keith Whitley Michael Jackson Yngwie Malmsteen David Bowie
Frank Zappa overrated?
He's only ever had a cult following, his stuff isn't well-known to the mainstream. So he can't be overrated.
And I'm going to have to disagree with Queen and David Bowie
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Quote from: Ron on January 17, 2014, 07:20:39 PM
I've probably already responded to this years ago, but one of the most overrated ever was Bruce Springsteen. He's got two or three decent songs the rest is just average trash. "The Boss" of hypocrisy
Gotta unfortunately agree with the Who too. Boring as hell, can't really say I like 1 of their songs. I'm sure they have a couple I'd like, but not many.
I actually like "You Better you Bet". I was pissed when I found out it was the Who.... but that kind of proves the rule. If I've heard so much Who music that I know You Better You Bet, and that's the only one I like, that proves that to me they're sh*t.
I like, rather than love, the Who. For ever song of there's I think is great, there's another I don't like.
Have you heard this, Ron? Great song. It builds and builds and gets better and better as the song goes along:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKGRijV8U3s
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Quote from: Rocky Raccoon on January 17, 2014, 10:32:33 PM
Believe it or not, I'm ashamed to say I used to think Bowie was overrated. It wasn't until a few years ago I started to realize how incredible he really is. I'm sure there are other artists as well who I can't think of at the moment for whom I've felt similarly.
Bowie is sooo overrated. Probably the biggest example of style over substance in the history of pop music. Ziggy Stardust is a masterpiece, but that is probably the only LP that he seemed to make a real attempt at songwriting, other than the less consistent Hunky Dory.
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Quote from: Gabo on January 18, 2014, 12:52:44 AM
Quote from: Rocky Raccoon on January 17, 2014, 10:32:33 PM
Believe it or not, I'm ashamed to say I used to think Bowie was overrated. It wasn't until a few years ago I started to realize how incredible he really is. I'm sure there are other artists as well who I can't think of at the moment for whom I've felt similarly.
Bowie is sooo overrated. Probably the biggest example of style over substance in the history of pop music. Ziggy Stardust is a masterpiece, but that is probably the only LP that he seemed to make a real attempt at songwriting, other than the less consistent Hunky Dory.
I only like the Berlin period, Scary Monsters and oddly enough some of the Labyrinth songs. He's hardly this mega genius the critics love to paint him as.
Quote from: Mr. Wilson on January 17, 2014, 11:38:10 PM
Overrated
How about
Frank Zappa
U2
Queen
Led Zep Keith Whitley Michael Jackson Yngwie Malmsteen David Bowie
Fixed that for you.
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Quote from: Mike's Beard on January 18, 2014, 06:55:43 AM
Quote from: Gabo on January 18, 2014, 12:52:44 AM
Quote from: Rocky Raccoon on January 17, 2014, 10:32:33 PM
Believe it or not, I'm ashamed to say I used to think Bowie was overrated. It wasn't until a few years ago I started to realize how incredible he really is. I'm sure there are other artists as well who I can't think of at the moment for whom I've felt similarly.
Bowie is sooo overrated. Probably the biggest example of style over substance in the history of pop music. Ziggy Stardust is a masterpiece, but that is probably the only LP that he seemed to make a real attempt at songwriting, other than the less consistent Hunky Dory.
I only like the Berlin period, Scary Monsters and oddly enough some of the Labyrinth songs. He's hardly this mega genius the critics love to paint him as.
Quote from: Mr. Wilson on January 17, 2014, 11:38:10 PM
Overrated
How about
Frank Zappa
U2
Queen
Led Zep Keith Whitley Michael Jackson Yngwie Malmsteen David Bowie
Fixed that for you.
Oh God, U2 - kill me now!! They seem to be massively popular in the US and Europe, but I've never met a British (or Irish!) music fan who doesn't hate them (and, in particular, Bono - the little tax-dodging hypocritical dwarf).
And everything Micheal Jackson did from about 1982 onwards was utter toilet.
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Oh, God, yes.
U2 is the worst.
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The more time goes by the less I like U2. Bono is the main reason I suppose. Albums like BOY, WAR, THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE and THE JOSHUA TREE are good; can't stand much after that.
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January 18, 2014, 10:31:21 AM »
U2 overrated? In a modern sense, yes. They even just won a golden globe (and an academy award nomination) for a
very
mediocre song. In the last 20 years they have done nothing new, yet they still make headlines/charts.
But when I spin The Joshua Tree, I forget all about this. Brilliant record.
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Quote from: Mike's Beard on January 18, 2014, 06:55:43 AM
Quote from: Gabo on January 18, 2014, 12:52:44 AM
Quote from: Rocky Raccoon on January 17, 2014, 10:32:33 PM
Believe it or not, I'm ashamed to say I used to think Bowie was overrated. It wasn't until a few years ago I started to realize how incredible he really is. I'm sure there are other artists as well who I can't think of at the moment for whom I've felt similarly.
Bowie is sooo overrated. Probably the biggest example of style over substance in the history of pop music. Ziggy Stardust is a masterpiece, but that is probably the only LP that he seemed to make a real attempt at songwriting, other than the less consistent Hunky Dory.
I only like the Berlin period, Scary Monsters and oddly enough some of the Labyrinth songs. He's hardly this mega genius the critics love to paint him as.
Quote from: Mr. Wilson on January 17, 2014, 11:38:10 PM
Overrated
How about
Frank Zappa
U2
Queen
Led Zep Keith Whitley Michael Jackson Yngwie Malmsteen David Bowie
Fixed that for you.
IMO the Berlin period was really the result of Bowie's declining interest in songwriting -- it was easier for him to fill up an album with improvised instrumentals and call it "art" rather than actually write ten songs. The two albums that came before Low -- Young Americans, and Station to Station, have respectively 8 and 6 songs (including one cover on each album).
Also, "Heroes" the album sucks.
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Quote from: rab2591 on January 18, 2014, 10:31:21 AM
U2 overrated? In a modern sense, yes. They even just won a golden globe (and an academy award nomination) for a
very
mediocre song. In the last 20 years they have done nothing new, yet they still make headlines/charts.
But when I spin The Joshua Tree, I forget all about this. Brilliant record.
Achtung Baby and Pop were brilliant records too, I think..... It's amazing to look back on a time when they were an envelope pushing band!!!
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Quote from: Gabo on January 18, 2014, 02:52:40 PM
IMO the Berlin period was really the result of Bowie's declining interest in songwriting -- it was easier for him to fill up an album with improvised instrumentals and call it "art" rather than actually write ten songs. The two albums that came before Low -- Young Americans, and Station to Station, have respectively 8 and 6 songs (including one cover on each album).
Also, "Heroes" the album sucks.
Actually I'd totally forgot about Station to Station, there's some good stuff on that.
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Quote from: Mike's Beard on January 19, 2014, 01:21:20 AM
Quote from: Gabo on January 18, 2014, 02:52:40 PM
IMO the Berlin period was really the result of Bowie's declining interest in songwriting -- it was easier for him to fill up an album with improvised instrumentals and call it "art" rather than actually write ten songs. The two albums that came before Low -- Young Americans, and Station to Station, have respectively 8 and 6 songs (including one cover on each album).
Also, "Heroes" the album sucks.
Actually I'd totally forgot about Station to Station, there's some good stuff on that.
I love a lot of Bowie's stuff - the second side of Low is pure musical nirvana - but I've always hated Young Americans with a passion. Horrible song, and the bit where they quote the Beatles is just embarrassing.
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Quote from: Pinder Goes To Kokomo on January 18, 2014, 08:38:16 PM
Quote from: rab2591 on January 18, 2014, 10:31:21 AM
U2 overrated? In a modern sense, yes. They even just won a golden globe (and an academy award nomination) for a
very
mediocre song. In the last 20 years they have done nothing new, yet they still make headlines/charts.
But when I spin The Joshua Tree, I forget all about this. Brilliant record.
Achtung Baby and Pop were brilliant records too, I think..... It's amazing to look back on a time when they were an envelope pushing band!!!
Indeed. Love those records!
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I would have to throw out Mötley Crüe. Never heard anything in their music that wold motivate me to buy an album.
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Quote from: OregonRiverRider on January 19, 2014, 02:57:59 AM
I would have to throw out Mötley Crüe. Never heard anything in their music that wold motivate me to buy an album.
Yeah, but does anybody actually rate them highly?
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Quote from: Ovi on January 19, 2014, 03:22:55 AM
Quote from: OregonRiverRider on January 19, 2014, 02:57:59 AM
I would have to throw out Mötley Crüe. Never heard anything in their music that wold motivate me to buy an album.
Yeah, but does anybody actually rate them highly?
I'd imagine their fans (of which they have many) do. That's what makes this sort of exercise sort of pointless. Is there an objective rating for anyone, or is it just a game to compare our separate, subjective rankings? Whose ratings are we talking about? Especially in this world of fractured, hyper-focused media, there isn't even really such a thing as a mainstream media to complain about doing the overrating. Frankly, I'd probably say people on this board overrate the Beach Boys more than anything else.
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Quote from: the captain on January 19, 2014, 06:57:46 AM
Quote from: Ovi on January 19, 2014, 03:22:55 AM
Quote from: OregonRiverRider on January 19, 2014, 02:57:59 AM
I would have to throw out Mötley Crüe. Never heard anything in their music that wold motivate me to buy an album.
Yeah, but does anybody actually rate them highly?
I'd imagine their fans (of which they have many) do. That's what makes this sort of exercise sort of pointless. Is there an objective rating for anyone, or is it just a game to compare our separate, subjective rankings? Whose ratings are we talking about? Especially in this world of fractured, hyper-focused media, there isn't even really such a thing as a mainstream media to complain about doing the overrating. Frankly, I'd probably say people on this board overrate the Beach Boys more than anything else.
Good points. It's true that, for example, overrated by critics and overrated by the public at large are two completely different things. It was the former category that I had in mind when I wondered whether Motley Crue actually gets any praise.
Anyway, I think "well-known bands I don't get the love for" would be a more fitting title for this topic, as it doesn't come with any "objective" implication attached to it. The posts would mostly be the same, I think.
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U2. Freakin' boring shite.
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Quote from: Ovi on January 19, 2014, 08:17:06 AM
Anyway, I think "well-known bands I don't get the love for" would be a more fitting title for this topic, as it doesn't come with any "objective" implication attached to it.
I tend to agree with this with the exception of U2, everything they have done for the past 20 years is massively overrated to the point of absurdity.
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