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Rainard Jalen · 06-04-2008, 12:08 AM

Thing is, Oasis are not overrated. Nobody claims that they are artistic geniuses or anything.

Well, I suppose then you'd start getting into what being 'overrated' actually means and shiz. I don't think being really popular makes you overrated. I mean, for example, why is the original poster saying that Oasis and Modest Mouse are overrated, instead of say Nickelback or something, whose last album sold almost 10 million worldwide? Clearly the focus is not merely on mass popularity but rather on some kind of perceived high status within the music community. As if, "it's alright that the masses eat up this stuff, but why do WE place it so high on the pedestal too?"

Well, I don't think we do. Most would not deny that Gallagher is good at what he does and a great mainstream songster, but few would go so far as to claim Oasis is some kind of group of absolute brilliance especially with the general acknowledgement of the quality (or lack thereof) of the output since Be Here Now (including that album).

06-04-2008, 12:08 AM	#73 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,219	Thing is, Oasis are not overrated. Nobody claims that they are artistic geniuses or anything. Well, I suppose then you'd start getting into what being 'overrated' actually means and shiz. I don't think being really popular makes you overrated. I mean, for example, why is the original poster saying that Oasis and Modest Mouse are overrated, instead of say Nickelback or something, whose last album sold almost 10 million worldwide? Clearly the focus is not merely on mass popularity but rather on some kind of perceived high status within the music community. As if, "it's alright that the masses eat up this stuff, but why do WE place it so high on the pedestal too?" Well, I don't think we do. Most would not deny that Gallagher is good at what he does and a great mainstream songster, but few would go so far as to claim Oasis is some kind of group of absolute brilliance especially with the general acknowledgement of the quality (or lack thereof) of the output since Be Here Now (including that album). Last edited by Rainard Jalen; 06-04-2008 at 12:40 AM.