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  • Man_About_Town
    Man_About_Town Posts: 997
    Bob Marley
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    edited May 2015
    Algarveaddick said:

    But it WAS the Beatles who changed the face of pop, and the others followed, including the Beach Boys. Again whether you like the music or not isn't really the point. Even the dear old modfather copied one of their songs...

    Paul Weller has often cited The Beatles as his biggest musical influence and he knows a thing or two.

    Honestly, people who think The Beatles are 'overrated',or what I like to refer to as the ' I know nothing about music effect.'

  • brogib
    brogib Posts: 2,128
    To like music, I must appreciate The Beatles haha get a grip
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Would the Beatles and the beach Boys both have been as good without each other? I know that Brian Wilson was obsessed with the Beatles and pet sounds was a result of hearing I think rubber soul. I don't know if the Beatles cared as much about what the bb were doing.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    edited June 2015
    After hearing their new single this morning on Radio, I can re-confirm that Elbow are definitely the most overrated band ever. What a load of turgid repetitive nonsense.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Whilst on this theme, I thought I'd post the lyris of Kaizer Chiefs song "Oh My God" - absolutely brilliant - almost Dylanesque..

    Oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    Great rulers make for greater glory
    The only thing growing is our history
    Knock me down I'll get right back up again
    I'll come back stronger than a powered up Pac-Man
    It don't matter to me
    'Cos all I wanted to be
    Was a million miles from here
    Somewhere more familiar
    Oh my god, I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home

    [Instrumental Break]

    Oh my, god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home

  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    Oh my god I can't believe it
    only 58 words are used in that song
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    only 58 words are used in that song
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,844
    Stig said:

    Oh my god I can't believe it
    only 58 words are used in that song
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    only 58 words are used in that song

    Oh my god I can't believe it
    I spend my life counting words
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I spend my life counting words

    ;-)
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892
    The_President said:

    Whilst on this theme, I thought I'd post the lyris of Kaizer Chiefs song "Oh My God" - absolutely brilliant - almost Dylanesque..

    Oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    Great rulers make for greater glory
    The only thing growing is our history
    Knock me down I'll get right back up again
    I'll come back stronger than a powered up Pac-Man
    It don't matter to me
    'Cos all I wanted to be
    Was a million miles from here
    Somewhere more familiar
    Oh my god, I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home

    [Instrumental Break]

    Oh my, god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home

    true story.
  • brogib
    brogib Posts: 2,128
    The_President said:

    Whilst on this theme, I thought I'd post the lyris of Kaizer Chiefs song "Oh My God" - absolutely brilliant - almost Dylanesque..

    Oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    Great rulers make for greater glory
    The only thing growing is our history
    Knock me down I'll get right back up again
    I'll come back stronger than a powered up Pac-Man
    It don't matter to me
    'Cos all I wanted to be
    Was a million miles from here
    Somewhere more familiar
    Oh my god, I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home

    [Instrumental Break]

    Oh my, god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home
    And oh my god I can't believe it
    I've never been this far away from home


    Cor, make your mind up! Either it's absolutely brilliant, or almost Dylanesque ffs

    ; )
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  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    the eagles.
  • boggzy
    boggzy Posts: 3,595
    Bowie
  • grumpyaddick
    grumpyaddick Posts: 6,596

    Have we done that fat geezer..?

    Meat Loaf

    Creeps like a cancer into normally sane people's music collection. Imitation rock for the white suburbs powered by marketing men in suits.
  • Lazy_eye_metaphor
    Lazy_eye_metaphor Posts: 1,959
    edited June 2015
    JiMMy 85 said:

    jimmymelrose said:

    mid_life_crisis said:

    The_President said:

    REM

    Sacrilege.

    Bloody underated. How can they be overated when no-one ever mentions them?
    I was scanning through 8 pages thinking "nobody will say R.E.M., that would be silly." but there it was. Nobody talks about the incredible back catalogue of totally varied songs they've written over 30 years. It's an astonishing collection. So I find it impossible to class them as overrated, by the public at least. Maybe one could argue Warners paid them too much in that record deal post-Automatic, but even then, they paid that back and then some. Not liking them is one thing, but overrated? Never!
    Jimmy you should know that there's at least one person on here who agrees with every word you have said on this subject.
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    brogib said:

    Blur

    Listening to mostly alternative music since 1990 Blur were just there in the background. I liked them and had nearly all of their records, but this was chiefly down to the company I work for having EMI as our main account - freebies!

    It wasn't until after their break and seeing the 2009 Glastonbury performance (not live unfortunately) that I realised how much they were taken for granted, by me at least.

    Their diverse range of quality songs is amazing.





  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    grumpyaddick said:


    Have we done that fat geezer..?

    Meat Loaf

    Creeps like a cancer into normally sane people's music collection. Imitation rock for the white suburbs powered by marketing men in suits.

    You can apply that to all commercial music/bands.
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    edited June 2015
    Now I understand personal tastes will influence this thread hugely. Indeed, the music I like covers most genres but how the hell GLAM ROCK artists have been scarcely mentioned is worrying.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,844
    EastTerrace said:

    brogib said:

    Blur

    Listening to mostly alternative music since 1990 Blur were just there in the background. I liked them and had nearly all of their records, but this was chiefly down to the company I work for having EMI as our main account - freebies!

    It wasn't until after their break and seeing the 2009 Glastonbury performance (not live unfortunately) that I realised how much they were taken for granted, by me at least.

    Their diverse range of quality songs is amazing.





    Most definitely this.

    Their new album 'The Magic Whip' is sheer quality.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,089
    Greenie said:

    Wheresmeticket? said:

    The Sex Pistols. The bullshit talked about this pub rock band and their influence on modern music cracks me up.

    Er but they did have a massive influence......
    Wouldn't have been Factory Records without them. :smiley:
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,089
    grumpyaddick said:


    Have we done that fat geezer..?

    Meat Loaf

    Creeps like a cancer into normally sane people's music collection. Imitation rock for the white suburbs powered by marketing men in suits.

    Surely you have to be rated in order to be overrated?
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  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,371
    paulbaconsarnie said:

    Now I understand personal tastes will influence this thread hugely. Indeed, the music I like covers most genres but how the hell GLAM ROCK artists have been scarcely mentioned is worrying.

    Are they 'overrated' though? More often than not those sorts of bands are slagged off endlessly.

    If anything I'd say quite a few glam bands are underrated when you look how many talented guitarists came out of that era.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Nirvana are hands down the most over rated band of all time. Awful music. They're only famous because the awful, depressing singer died. Crap!!

    The drummer did alright for himself though!
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    sillav nitram said:

    the eagles.

    Have to agree with this.
    Whilst I think the song Hotel California is a solid gold copper-bottomed classic, everything else they've done sounds beyond ordinary to me.
    Generic west coast blandness
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    I thought this thread was about over rated bands not about bands you don't like.
    Take the Stone Roses for example, loads of partially deaf people like them, however Ian Brown sings flatter than a witches tit, so therefore they are over rated.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    edited June 2015
    Greenie said:

    I thought this thread was about over rated bands not about bands you don't like.

    Surely it's the same thing!!

    If a band have been hugely successful but you think they're shite, in your mind surely that makes them over rated?
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Greenie said:

    I thought this thread was about over rated bands not about bands you don't like.

    Surely it's the same thing!!

    If a band have been hugely successful but you think they're shite, in your mind that makes them over rated?
    No its not the same thing at all.
    Its about being constructive as above. Ian Brown cannot carry tune in a bucket, so they are over rated.

    Chuck berry is a pony guitar player and therefore overrated.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Greenie said:

    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Greenie said:

    I thought this thread was about over rated bands not about bands you don't like.

    Surely it's the same thing!!

    If a band have been hugely successful but you think they're shite, in your mind that makes them over rated?
    Ian Brown cannot carry tune in a bucket, so they are over rated.

    Chuck berry is a pony guitar player and therefore overrated.
    Can you not see that that's a personal opinion? I agree with you on both counts but other people may think they're both brilliant, therefore not over rated. Not truing to argue, just making the point that this thread will always boil down to personal opinion
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Greenie said:

    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Greenie said:

    I thought this thread was about over rated bands not about bands you don't like.

    Surely it's the same thing!!

    If a band have been hugely successful but you think they're shite, in your mind that makes them over rated?
    Ian Brown cannot carry tune in a bucket, so they are over rated.

    Chuck berry is a pony guitar player and therefore overrated.
    Can you not see that that's a personal opinion? I agree with you on both counts but other people may think they're both brilliant, therefore not over rated. Not truing to argue, just making the point that this thread will always boil down to personal opinion
    Yes of course I can see its a personal opinion, thats why I gave examples why they are over rated, with no example then it might as well be titled, "Bands that you think are Shit', then every band can be listed here, because every major artist/band will have someone that does not like then.
    Over rated is different to not being liked.
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    Neil Diamond.
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    edited June 2015
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