The Rolling Stones. I don't get the Jagger appeal, he sings in a dodgy American accent.
I love the first 49 seconds of Gimme Shelter and a couple of other little bits.
The new record is dog shit. The single Angry is closer to over polished pop than anything remotely edgy. It's is full on middle of the road dad rock.
Sort of agree, they should have retired 30 years ago... Liked the early stuff, ie Route 66/Walking The Dog/Little Red Rooster... rather liked the Out of Our Heads Album, but they are just naff now, and need to realise it...
The Streets. Absolute rubbish. I still believe he knows it and it's all a big experiment to see what you can get people to buy.
Please write something as ‘rubbish’ as Weak Become Heroes, Too Late or make a rubbish concept album so we can see how easy it is. Or maybe just stick to your dull, repetitive 4 line hooks that are easy to sing along to. Yes, that one triggered me.
I want to say this thread is full of controversial opinions.... I'm quite surprised. I get the impression that people just consider any well-known bands or solo musicians that they personally don't like as "overrated".😅
It’s a bit like that yes, it should be named ‘bands you don’t like’ thread.
I’m not a fan of Led Zep but can appreciate their contribution to rock music for instance.
The Darkness meanwhile have contributed nothing, zero, zilch and should never even have been enjoyed by anyone, let alone rated by them.
I want to say this thread is full of controversial opinions.... I'm quite surprised. I get the impression that people just consider any well-known bands or solo musicians that they personally don't like as "overrated".😅
It’s a bit like that yes, it should be named ‘bands you don’t like’ thread.
I’m not a fan of Led Zep but can appreciate their contribution to rock music for instance.
The Darkness meanwhile have contributed nothing, zero, zilch and should never even have been enjoyed by anyone, let alone rated by them.
Whooooah cowboy
Watching The Darkness perform live is about the maximum fun you can have with your clothes on! You get snarky, fun and honest lyrics, gebuine riffs, loudness and will come out of a show covered in sweat and having had a thoroughly good time. You need to give yourself in to it and embrace what they are and how good they are at being a great live act.
I want to say this thread is full of controversial opinions.... I'm quite surprised. I get the impression that people just consider any well-known bands or solo musicians that they personally don't like as "overrated".😅
It’s a bit like that yes, it should be named ‘bands you don’t like’ thread.
I’m not a fan of Led Zep but can appreciate their contribution to rock music for instance.
The Darkness meanwhile have contributed nothing, zero, zilch and should never even have been enjoyed by anyone, let alone rated by them.
Seeing so many iconic bands mentioned in this thread really surprised me. A lot of them are/were British bands or solo musicians who went on to become worldwide successful acts yet are now considered overrated by their fellow countrymen? - I don't understand. Isn't it always extremely difficult to break America? Let alone the whole world. If a band does, it surely should be considered as a huge achievement instead of being overrated?
I want to say this thread is full of controversial opinions.... I'm quite surprised. I get the impression that people just consider any well-known bands or solo musicians that they personally don't like as "overrated".😅
It’s a bit like that yes, it should be named ‘bands you don’t like’ thread.
I’m not a fan of Led Zep but can appreciate their contribution to rock music for instance.
The Darkness meanwhile have contributed nothing, zero, zilch and should never even have been enjoyed by anyone, let alone rated by them.
Seeing so many iconic bands mentioned in this thread really surprised me. A lot of them are/were British bands or solo musicians who went on to become worldwide successful acts yet are now considered overrated by their fellow countrymen? - I don't understand. Isn't it always extremely difficult to break America? Let alone the whole world. If a band does, it surely should be considered as a huge achievement instead of being overrated?
Think its a tricky rope to walk. The thread is always going to be subjective and turn into a bit of "I think XYZ are shit" to which someone, or millions of people will disagree like with the rolling stones or Zeppelin and thats where someone can truthfully think they are overrated
Opinions are good and I can understand why people may not like The Beatles, Britney, Joy Division or The Pogues and thats why the thread should be named Bands I don’t like.
This thread though mostly lacks arguments about why people think said artists are overrated just because they don’t like them, without a thought of an artist’s wider contribution.
It’s like me commenting of a thread about gaming and saying I don’t like Call Of Duty or horse racing and don’t like Frankie Dettori, when my knowledge of the history of both gaming and horse racing is minimal.
I want to say this thread is full of controversial opinions.... I'm quite surprised. I get the impression that people just consider any well-known bands or solo musicians that they personally don't like as "overrated".😅
It’s a bit like that yes, it should be named ‘bands you don’t like’ thread.
I’m not a fan of Led Zep but can appreciate their contribution to rock music for instance.
The Darkness meanwhile have contributed nothing, zero, zilch and should never even have been enjoyed by anyone, let alone rated by them.
Whooooah cowboy
Watching The Darkness perform live is about the maximum fun you can have with your clothes on! You get snarky, fun and honest lyrics, gebuine riffs, loudness and will come out of a show covered in sweat and having had a thoroughly good time. You need to give yourself in to it and embrace what they are and how good they are at being a great live act.
Admittedly, they may be good live and be rated for that, but maybe not for being a pastiche of Queen without the good bit (Freddie). I’m unsure if I’m being whooshed or not 😂
I want to say this thread is full of controversial opinions.... I'm quite surprised. I get the impression that people just consider any well-known bands or solo musicians that they personally don't like as "overrated".😅
It’s a bit like that yes, it should be named ‘bands you don’t like’ thread.
I’m not a fan of Led Zep but can appreciate their contribution to rock music for instance.
The Darkness meanwhile have contributed nothing, zero, zilch and should never even have been enjoyed by anyone, let alone rated by them.
Whooooah cowboy
Watching The Darkness perform live is about the maximum fun you can have with your clothes on! You get snarky, fun and honest lyrics, gebuine riffs, loudness and will come out of a show covered in sweat and having had a thoroughly good time. You need to give yourself in to it and embrace what they are and how good they are at being a great live act.
Admittedly, they may be good live and be rated for that, but maybe not for being a pastiche of Queen without the good bit (Freddie). I’m unsure if I’m being whooshed or not 😂
Not being whooshed at all mate, its all subjective not everything is for everyone. More people look at me weird when I say I am a big Darkness fan than say they are too. What I will say is don't judge them solely on the first album, they genuinely have some bangers on their last few albums. Like I say, loads of riffs and clever, funny lyrics
Millions love them but for me the singing voices in Oasis are grating, and the music is very dull.
I think from a technical perspective that’s probably right. But so much of the music you like is linked to emotional connection.
I was born in 1985, so I was a bit young for the Stone Roses and that sort of stuff, but the mid-to-late ‘90’s was the time that this country came to life for me during my early formative years. Euro ‘96, New Labour coming to power (even though I didn’t really know what that meant - it felt exciting), pop-stars going to Downing Street and all of a sudden there was all this British music on the radio where previously American artists had dominated. Even Charlton started to do well! It seemed like, in the space of a few years, England went from grey and boring to technicolour.
Oasis were the centre of that universe musically, there were lots of good Britpop acts, but they were the giants.
It didn’t last, in my late teens Britpop died to be replaced by awful nu-metal rubbish before the Libertines and a new generation of English bands came to the rescue when I was at Uni. But through my rose tinted spectacles that time where Oasis ruled the waves seemed like a great time for music in this country and their songs are wrapped up in those memories.
Plus Liam is still cool AF.
“All of a sudden there was all this British music on the radio where American artists had dominated.”
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The Darkness meanwhile have contributed nothing, zero, zilch and should never even have been enjoyed by anyone, let alone rated by them.
Makes Val Doonican sound edgy and relevant.
Watching The Darkness perform live is about the maximum fun you can have with your clothes on! You get snarky, fun and honest lyrics, gebuine riffs, loudness and will come out of a show covered in sweat and having had a thoroughly good time. You need to give yourself in to it and embrace what they are and how good they are at being a great live act.
This thread though mostly lacks arguments about why people think said artists are overrated just because they don’t like them, without a thought of an artist’s wider contribution.
It’s like me commenting of a thread about gaming and saying I don’t like Call Of Duty or horse racing and don’t like Frankie Dettori, when my knowledge of the history of both gaming and horse racing is minimal.
Eagles, making bang average music since 1971. Another band i neither like or dislike.
That’s nonsense……are you serious?