Most overrated bands ever?

[WWWP]

Originally Posted by TumorAttitude

It seems like you are having a conversation and not really listing overrated bands, but I will make a list anyway:

NIRVANA (by far....)
Guns n' Roses
Radiohead (I don't see the appeal. Really.)
Metallica (I HATE YOU)
Oasis
Pearl Jam
The Kinks

God, you can call pretty much anything overrated. It seems I just made a list of "bands I do not enjoy that everyone else seems to", excluding Nirvana and Gn'R.....

Whoa, whoa, whoa....

[Piss Me Off]

Ahhh don't start talking about AC/DC, i'm a tolerate guy but they're one of the few bands i can think of that are completely and utterly useless in every way. Fuck 'em.

[simplephysics]

Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon

Whoa, whoa, whoa....

I agree, The Kinks are rated just fine.

[jackhammer]

Originally Posted by dreadnaught

Once you've heard one AC/DC album, you've heard them all.

You could level this at Ramones, Motorhead and many other bands that make similar albums. These are the bands you want to hear for a good rock out without having to pore over every lyric or twisty rythmn. Crank it up and that's it. Trance music is the same and so is a lot of Sigur Ros and EITS (stuff I all like). I think if you didn't have bands like this then you would have nothing to gauge more complex music against. Sometimes the most simplest music is the best.

[Mirrorball95]

Now usually youd associate bands that people brand as 'overrated' as being ones that they do not like,
but there are even bands that I like that I know are overrated and it can actually kind of put you off in a sense.

Anyway Ill start by listing the bands that I dislike first:

The Beatles (most overrated of all time (IMO) )

The Rolling Stones (been **** for about 40 years now!)

Guns N Roses (Slash is the most overrated guitarist,
now I know and everyone knows he is an awesome player, but he doesnt show it in his music,
he just like to keep it on the straight and narrow as I would say, I would call him a 'commercial guitarist'), as for Axl Rose (terrible voice).

AC/DC-
what is all the hype surrounding this band, I dont get it, the vocals are ****,
the songs are pretty simple happy go lucky 'hard-rock' tunes. I have recentley heard a few of their songs of PlanetRock which i dont mind
(I think its their early stuff- one song called 'It's A Long Way To The Top'), but still I think they are massively overrated & dont deserve all this hype that surround them.

U2-
Ok fair enough their early stuff is undeniably excellent, but I cant listen to it just for what they are now.
They should have split up just before Achtung Baby as thats the point where I mark them as turning crap.
As for Bono, the biggest hypocrite of them all, he wants to change the world, stop poverty,global warming etc etc.
Lives in a big ****ing mansion, millions in the bank, if he really care he would be setting up his own charities etc etc.
I heard a story about him doing a show somewhere abroad but he had forgot that stupid hat he wears at his gigs-
so he had it flown over on a first class seat on a plane which cost some ridiculous amount.
Now tell me, if he actually cared about the envioronment/global warming he wouldnt be doing such stupid things as these.
He uses these issues to arrange big concerts with the notion that 'we are going to change the world' etc etc but at the end of the day it is just to gain publicity for himself and increase his never ending budget of undeserved millions.

Oasis-
They are so overrated, it gets so ridiculous with them that the press coverage a lot of the time is more focused on their 'antics' & behaviour/personal lifes other than the actual music itself (wonder why..).

I recentley cringed when I saw the latest Q Magazine with Noel Gallagher (genius apparantley) on the front and the caption was something like exclusive interview 'I Hate Liam'. I mean who the **** wants to read that, basically their interviews have been the same since 1994 or abouts when they first came out.

Fair enough their stuff when they first came out (particularly the B-sides) was undeniably good but was massively overblown at the time (personally I feel this was due to it just being mostly dance music which dominated the early 90s in Britain).

They should have (to me) broke up a long time ago as they are like a disease which continually spreads amongst a new brand of 13-14 year olds
who know nothing about music and say 'they are the best', 'Noel is a genius' etc etc; whereas Noel Gallagher is just a happy go lucky strummer,
can hardly play, very mediocre voice, no meaning behind lyrics apart from being high on crack and pissed (wow) and just in general bland and dull.

Nirvana- To me they are massively overrated and I can truthfully say (owning most of their albums) that I only like a handful of their songs-
'Something In The Way', 'Polly' & 'About A Girl'. I actually rank them as one of the worst grunge bands and this to me is a prime example for bands being judged by their looks/fashion/attitude rather than their actual talent-
if this was the case then Soundgarden's Chris Cornell would be more recognised than he was at the time as to me he has the most powerful vocals I have ever heard in my life (& Ive heard a hell of a lot of music).

Also I dont mean to noise up the 'Kurt Cobain Worshippers' but I think that his death (although tragic) really added to the hype surrounding them
& I think it would have been much different had he survived.

The Smiths-

Now Im moving into artists whom I am actually a fan of but not blind to how overrated they are. I like this band a lot but cant really get past the 'Very Best Of'.

Now Im maybe being a bit premature as I've only got 'The Queen Is Dead' album but to me the album tracks on it do nothing for me and I really dont see all the hype surrounding them.
I would class them as a good singles band and I dont really see why they should get all the praise they do as for instance you wouldnt champion the 'Lightning Seeds' (whom are a nother good singles band) in the same way you do with the Smiths would you?
I personally prefer Morisseys solo work and have recentley been getting more and more into it.

Dire Straits-

Now this is one of my favourite (what I would call) 'inconsistent' bands (others such as Foo Fighers & Manic Street Preachers come to mind).
I have all the albums apart from 'Making Movies' & 'Communique' but also have the 'Sultans Of Swing- Best Of' so have heard songs like 'Tunnel Of Love' which is one of their best songs (IMO).

My favourite album is 'On Every Street' (1991) which was their last ever album and to me the most accomplished and the best embracing a lot of different styles throughout the album. (couple of filler tracks such as 'The Bug' + 'Heavy Fuel') but apart from that this is a great album.
As for 'Brothers In Arms' I think it is perhaps the most overrated album of all time as everything on the album just seems so bland.
I tolerated 'Money For Nothing' & 'Walk Of Life' for a while and now just cant stand to listen to any of this album any more perhaps with one exception 'So Far Away'.
I think probably (On Every Street aside as being my personal favourite) Love Over Gold is their best album simply for the fact it is brilliant from start to finish and perhaps the only Dire Straits album (although Ive not heard the aforementioned two) to stand out all the way through from start to finish.

I also think Mark Knopfler is totally overrated as a guitarist and he seems to pretty bland and I have never really heard anything innovative from him at all.

Although I have a few of his albums 'Golden Heart' (his first one which I didnt really like at all), 'The Ragpicker's Dream' (second one I bought and wasnt much more impressed, although slightly better)
& more recentley I purchased 'Sailing To Philadelphia' which a few of the tracks on it I would cite as being brilliant,
although I think its not much better than the other two.
I also have the album he did with Emmylou Harris 'All The Roadrunning' which I havent listened to yet but have been told it is very good.

Anyway there are probably more bands that I think are overrated (some not even worth posting on here/some I just cant remember just now)
I hope this has given an insight as to how I see hype & also that I still sometimes see bands that I actually like are way over hyped.

[Guybrush]

Originally Posted by Mirrorball95

As for Bono, the biggest hypocrite of them all, he wants to change the world, stop poverty,global warming etc etc. Lives in a big ****ing mansion, millions in the bank, if he really care he would be setting up his own charities etc etc.
I heard a story about him doing a show somewhere abroad but he had forgot that stupid hat he wears at his gigs- so he had it flown over on a first class seat on a plane which cost some ridiculous amount.
Now tell me, if he actually cared about the envioronment/global warming he wouldnt be doing such stupid things as these.
He uses these issues to arrange big concerts with the notion that 'we are going to change the world' etc etc but at the end of the day it is just to gain publicity for himself and increase his never ending budget of undeserved millions.

This is as far as I bothered to read before I figured the rest of the wall wasn't worth bothering with, so I'll just reply to this bit.

Basically, what he does it matter if he lives in a big house or sends his hats with planes? (What hat by the way, source?) The guy has generated millions and millions for charities around the world. Besides, even if he does fly expensive planes, his efforts have been mostly focused on poverty / education / apartheid and the like. I don't think it's all for nothing just because he's got cash.

I hear he's a pain in the ass (from Norway, I don't see his TV appearances etc.) and U2 certainly got boring, but ripping on him for this seems petty, little informed and bitter if anything.

[Mirrorball95]

Originally Posted by toretorden

This is as far as I bothered to read before I figured the rest of the wall wasn't worth bothering with, so I'll just reply to this bit.

Basically, what he does it matter if he lives in a big house or sends his hats with planes? (What hat by the way, source?) The guy has generated millions and millions for charities around the world. Besides, even if he does fly expensive planes, his efforts have been mostly focused on poverty / education / apartheid and the like. I don't think it's all for nothing just because he's got cash.

I hear he's a pain in the ass (from Norway, I don't see his TV appearances etc.) and U2 certainly got boring, but ripping on him for this seems petty, little informed and bitter if anything.

He is a pain, and a total hypocrite. Heres the link for the 'hat incident'. The Amazing Voyage of Bono's Hat
As for you saying 'the rest wasnt worth bothering with', Im intriguied as to why. You must be pretty narrow minded if you arent really open to other peoples opinions. Ive given pretty fair points when putting my opinion across (with the exception of The Rolling Stones -but so true)...
It isnt because Bono has so much money that I hate him. Dont be so stupid. Its that he makes certain claims and then does another which contradicts what he originally said.

[lucifer_sam]

less of the personal insults please.

i know how you're predisposed to it but i'd advise you against calling other members, not to mention moderators stupid.

[Mirrorball95]

Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

less of the personal insults please.

i know how you're predisposed to it but i'd advise you against calling other members, not to mention moderators stupid.

It wasnt meant as a personal insult.
I really do hope people arent this sensitive on here.
He made a conclusion that I judged Bono because of his wealth which to me is ridiculous.
As for me being 'predisposed' to insulting people a bit of an overexaggeration there me thinks...

[Guybrush]

Originally Posted by Mirrorball95

As for you saying 'the rest wasnt worth bothering with', Im intriguied as to why. You must be pretty narrow minded if you arent really open to other peoples opinions.

I am open to opinions, but your post was basically an essay and judging from the first bit, spending time reading the last bit didn't seem like it was going to be worth the effort.