Most Underrated/Overrated Artists

Howard the Duck · 04-10-2011, 09:24 PM

Lou Reed's New York is criminally underrated - i think it's up there with VU's best, if not surpassing them.

tonyttt31 · 04-11-2011, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by wisdom

This thread motivated me to quickly register.

most overrated: Radiohead (I've thought that for years)
most underrated: Corey Hart (recent thought)

I love Radiohead but I agree that they are overrated. No critic has the balls to slag anything they do off but In Rainbows and the new one are well bellow par. The only interesting track on In Rainbows rips off Boards of Canada.

Howard the Duck · 04-11-2011, 08:27 AM

Corey Hart? I don't think I've even heard anything else by him besides Sunglasses At Night

TockTockTock · 04-11-2011, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

Lou Reed's New York is criminally underrated - i think it's up there with VU's best, if not surpassing them.

It's a decent album, but I wouldn't rank it with VU's best (which I am assuming are their first two albums). I think you can make a valid argument of it being on par with their self-titled or Loaded, though.

Raust · 04-11-2011, 09:22 AM

I was watching a special a few days ago on phil collins and genesis. I personally think that Phil Collins is kind of overrated. A lot of his songs are just depressing and Genesis seemed to have changed there sound dramatically within the 5 years Peter Gabriel was absent from the band. They went from prog masterpieces to synthesized commercial music throughout the 80's. I don't understand all the hype Phil Collins era Genesis got and still gets to this day.

As for underrated I'd have to go with Love. Granted there are a lot of people on the forum that know about this band, but ask an average joe from the street and they wouldn't have a clue who they are and how they've influenced other artists. Arthur Lee main inovator of the band Love, told Jac Holzman the president of Elektra records to check out a little band at the Whiskey called The Doors. Weeks later The Doors put out there debut. Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd also was heavly influenced by the Love song My Little Red Book which helped him create Interstellar Overdrive. Great band , great sound and kind of overlooked.

Howard the Duck · 04-11-2011, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Jack Pat

It's a decent album, but I wouldn't rank it with VU's best (which I am assuming are their first two albums). I think you can make a valid argument of it being on par with their self-titled or Loaded, though.

it's just slight below VU & Nico. I don't like White Light/White Heat much, except for The Gift - Sister Ray I always preferred the 30-minute live version I got on a bootleg

Average Cabbage · 04-11-2011, 12:28 PM

I agree, Radiohead are overrated, but I just don't like them. Also, their whole personality/style expressed in the songs makes them more comparable to post-Barrett era Pink Floyd, early Muse and U2 and not at all like The Velvet Underground or Sonic Youth.

New York and White Light/White Heat are excellent.

TockTockTock · 04-11-2011, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

it's just slight below VU & Nico. I don't like White Light/White Heat much, except for The Gift - Sister Ray I always preferred the 30-minute live version I got on a bootleg

Heathen!

starrynight · 04-11-2011, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tonyttt31

I love Radiohead but I agree that they are overrated. No critic has the balls to slag anything they do off but In Rainbows and the new one are well bellow par. The only interesting track on In Rainbows rips off Boards of Canada.

They could have at least tried to rip off a great band then.

Thom Yorke · 04-11-2011, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tonyttt31

I love Radiohead but I agree that they are overrated. No critic has the balls to slag anything they do off but In Rainbows and the new one are well bellow par. The only interesting track on In Rainbows rips off Boards of Canada.

If rips off

then rips off.

Payback!

04-10-2011, 09:24 PM	#591 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	Lou Reed's New York is criminally underrated - i think it's up there with VU's best, if not surpassing them.

04-11-2011, 08:27 AM	#593 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	Corey Hart? I don't think I've even heard anything else by him besides Sunglasses At Night

04-11-2011, 09:22 AM	#595 (permalink)
Raust Music Addict Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,411	I was watching a special a few days ago on phil collins and genesis. I personally think that Phil Collins is kind of overrated. A lot of his songs are just depressing and Genesis seemed to have changed there sound dramatically within the 5 years Peter Gabriel was absent from the band. They went from prog masterpieces to synthesized commercial music throughout the 80's. I don't understand all the hype Phil Collins era Genesis got and still gets to this day. As for underrated I'd have to go with Love. Granted there are a lot of people on the forum that know about this band, but ask an average joe from the street and they wouldn't have a clue who they are and how they've influenced other artists. Arthur Lee main inovator of the band Love, told Jac Holzman the president of Elektra records to check out a little band at the Whiskey called The Doors. Weeks later The Doors put out there debut. Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd also was heavly influenced by the Love song My Little Red Book which helped him create Interstellar Overdrive. Great band , great sound and kind of overlooked.

04-11-2011, 12:28 PM	#597 (permalink)
Average Cabbage Groupie Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: The North Of England Posts: 6	I agree, Radiohead are overrated, but I just don't like them. Also, their whole personality/style expressed in the songs makes them more comparable to post-Barrett era Pink Floyd, early Muse and U2 and not at all like The Velvet Underground or Sonic Youth. New York and White Light/White Heat are excellent.