Overrated bands/artists (past & present)

McBobbin

But Radiohead though. The way people gpnon about them... Its as if they are playing a parlour game where I'm the butt of a cryptic joke.

cafcdave123

Greenie said:

Any ginger acoustic performer called Ed.

P O N Y

Lincsaddick said:

Dexy's Midnight Runners
and (heresy on here) Madness

How dare you!

fadgadget

Paul Weller.
U2.
Oasis

brogib

Ian Dury and the Blockheads

Weller is a legend to me

AidenTheAddick

Muse

Saga Lout

Bob Dylan

brogib

Suede

brogib

Blur

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

bertpalmer said:

Limmie & The Family Cookin'

Clearly you've never known loving that really rings a bell :-)

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Prince - How the hell does a mincing fop with a couple of pretty tunes become a superstar?

Bruce Springsteen (ducks for cover)

Van Morrison - Already mentioned, thank God I'm not alone :-)

WestSussexAddick

Showaddywaddy.

brogib

Manic Street Preachers

Dave2l

The smiths, the killers

purdis

A lot of the bands mentioned have surely been nominated because of what they have become which has tainted what they were and why they became huge.

Early U2 was raw & angry and brought something different to the party.
Joshua Tree was an album revered worldwide and still one of my all time fave albums - yet I never listen to it because, like many folk, I think Bono has disappeared up his own backside and it has tarnished the original energy it gave off and the pleasure it gave to so many.

The Beatles were a revelation, we even studied their lyrics to Eleanor Rigby for O Level English.
McCartney turned into a knob, disappeared up his own backside and, again, tainted the magic and aura they so originally created.

Then came Radiohead - once described in one of the top music journals as, "The greatest band in history".
It was all hype and hysterics - Emperor's new clothes syndrome.
In reality they were absolutely underwhelming - and that is being kind.

So, there are bands who walked the walk, such as The Beatles, The Stones, U2 and Bowie - and they earned their stripes.
Then there are bands who talked the talk but succeeded on hype and heavy promotion such as Radiohead.

The difference in any walk of life between walking the walk and talking the talk is chalk & cheese.

Kanye West gets my vote - I have no problem with the genre - just that he has turned into a total knob. Someone needs to have an urgent word......

I have no Beatles music on my iPod, whatsoever but liked a lot of their stuff at the time.

My wife and I have seen The Killers three times, loved Kasabian live and Kings of Leon created one helluva'n atmosphere when we saw them at the NEC 2 years ago.
Even Duran Duran were good live.

So, we like what we like but pretentious bands always end up getting the thumbs down.

Covered End

Ok, as anticpated, most of my favourite bands were named.

I give you Bros, Kajagoogoo & Bucks Fizz.

brogib

Covered End said:

Ok, as anticpated, most of my favourite bands were named.

I give you Bros, Kajagoogoo & Bucks Fizz.

No nead to just name my top 3 bands in retaliation though is there! ffs

AddickUpNorth

brogib said:

Covered End said:

Ok, as anticpated, most of my favourite bands were named.

I give you Bros, Kajagoogoo & Bucks Fizz.

No nead to just name my top 3 bands in retaliation though is there! ffs

That's really put a cat amongst the pigeons.

rananegra

Not going to mention genres I don't like or stuff that only aspires to be pop music but there's a couple of artists who I reckon are definitely over-rated, namely Paul Weller and Elvis Costello. They get enormous respect for their approach and not selling out, etc, but I think their music isn't that great - there are flashes of genius of course (The Jam, Olivers Army, Shipbuilding) but most of the rest I've heard does little for me. Fair play to them both for staying true to their artistic vision, but the good stuff was 35 years ago....

brogib

AddickUpNorth said:

brogib said:

Covered End said:

Ok, as anticpated, most of my favourite bands were named.

I give you Bros, Kajagoogoo & Bucks Fizz.

No nead to just name my top 3 bands in retaliation though is there! ffs

That's really put a cat amongst the pigeons.

Make Your Mind Up AUN pal coz I Owe You Nothing!

JaShea99

stonewallpenalty said:

So after 5 pages pretty much every solo artist/ band is over-rated.

Which is why threads like this are so pointless. They start off ok then people just get silly, start naming whole genres and confuse 'overrated' with 'I don't like'. Then before you know it every artist you can think of has been named.

brogib

JaShea99 said:

stonewallpenalty said:

So after 5 pages pretty much every solo artist/ band is over-rated.

Which is why threads like this are so pointless. They start off ok then people just get silly, start naming whole genres and confuse 'overrated' with 'I don't like'. Then before you know it every artist you can think of has been named.

Talal

JaShea99 said:

stonewallpenalty said:

So after 5 pages pretty much every solo artist/ band is over-rated.

Which is why threads like this are so pointless. They start off ok then people just get silly, start naming whole genres and confuse 'overrated' with 'I don't like'. Then before you know it every artist you can think of has been named.

Cheer up

AllHailTheHen

Libertines
Stone Roses
Morrissey/Smiths
Beyonce

It's all about opinions though. Mine just happen to be right

paulie8290

JaShea99 said:

stonewallpenalty said:

So after 5 pages pretty much every solo artist/ band is over-rated.

Which is why threads like this are so pointless. They start off ok then people just get silly, start naming whole genres and confuse 'overrated' with 'I don't like'. Then before you know it every artist you can think of has been named.

people aint getting confused, people just think they are overrated

for example

No I dont like Sam Smith, and yet he has had number ones and I even heard him mentioned with the next Bond theme
so to me he is very overrated

ken_shabby

U2, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson

All three have a huge following, but their turnout is dross. I half take on board early U2 from a previous post, but it's a drop in a pointless ocean.

Big_Bad_World

A cross-city gift from me to you. A list of truly awful bands. Whether they were/are actually rated at all is another matter but, seeing as this thread veered away from overrated bands some time ago, I thought I'd give you these pearlers........

Pretty Ricky
Wings
Fleet Foxes
Rush
Pearl Jam
Animal Collective
LCD Soundsystem
Dave Matthews Band

OsamaBenHamer

I'm going to try and comment again now after failing so miserably the other day... the power of drink ey

I truly love 94/95 era Oasis and Definitely Maybe is one of my favourite albums of all time. What's the Story is good but it doesn't excite me anywhere near as much as their debut. From then on I find their tunes almost unbearable. I do love them but for me Oasis are the most overrated band ever

SuedeAdidas

Big_Bad_World said:

A cross-city gift from me to you. A list of truly awful bands. Whether they were/are actually rated at all is another matter but, seeing as this thread veered away from overrated bands some time ago, I thought I'd give you these pearlers........

Pretty Ricky
Wings
Fleet Foxes
Rush
Pearl Jam
Animal Collective
LCD Soundsystem
Dave Matthews Band

Wings......the band the Beatles could have been.

PeterGage

I bet we all have scrolled through here, ready to name any contributor to this thread as an ars*hol* :-) if they have nominated our favourite band as "overrated". I am pleased to report that there are no are*hol* on here !!

brogib

Bob Geldof
Myriam Faithful