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Originally Posted by Crowquill
Overrated: ...Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys
Underrated: Nick Drake
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agree
i'll add: overrated - dream theatre :P
underrated - rufus wainwright
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Originally Posted by Night_Lamp
OVERRATED:
The White Stripes- Given them a fair chance and, hate em. Really simple garage rock. Sounds like a couple of teenager's first band.
Here in Canada: The Tragically Hip- A good bar band with a singer who writes great poetry, but couldn't sing his way out of a wet paper bag.
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i'm a huge Hip fan but i'll agree with you that they are probably overrated in Canada, though they're probably underrated everywhere else. ya i hear Downie get a lot of slack for his vocal ability, and you said it, he's more of a lyrics guy with an ok voice. doesn't stop him from wailing live tho. i think they're much more than a bar band and it's frustrating that so many ppl only see them as that, they've evolved a lot since New Orleans Is Sinking. In Voilet Light, In Between Evolution, and World Container are all fairly new decent offerings which aren't just bar songs at all. when bands in the same sort of era as the Hip, like Pearl Jam, RCHP, and Smashing Pumpkins have gone to CRAP, the Hip can still crank out a pretty damn good album by today's popular music standards