Most overrated bands ever?

[Sneer]

I dont agree with The Doors being overrated, they released some excellent stuff and i dont think they are particularly 'rated' enough on here as it is

[Black People Are Cool]

Originally Posted by jnova

Overrated bands?

Where to begin?

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, The Strokes....

edit:.....and how could I forget the Doors and Pink Floyd.

These acts had great songs in a few cases but are so overrated it isn't even funny.

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and Pink Floyd had more than a few good songs care to elaborate

[khfreek]

Originally Posted by bassdxtreme

Avenged Sevenfold, and any other band that seems to just write ballads. I seriously hate all of em, they could die in a firiery plan crash and it would make my day just that much better.

So wrong. They've written quite a few ballads but a great part of their discography is heavy metal/hardcore, City of Evil being a glaring example.

[lucylamppost]

yeah i do not really get the stones

[lucifer_sam]

Originally Posted by lucylamppost

yeah i do not really get the stones

Aftermath
Beggars Banquet
Sticky Fingers
Let It Bleed
Exile on Main St
Some Girls

are reason enough.

[lucylamppost]

no no I have listen to them a whole lot its all my boyfriend listens too and I still cant love them

[scottsy]

I've never really been hugely into the Stones - I dunno, its probably a taste thing, but I just can't find the appeal in the music, the lyrical themes, the mythology of the band - i guessed i just missed the whole era when they were poular, too, being way too young or not even born during what was considered their "heyday"...

[lucifer_sam]

Originally Posted by scottsy

I've never really been hugely into the Stones - I dunno, its probably a taste thing, but I just can't find the appeal in the music, the lyrical themes, the mythology of the band - i guessed i just missed the whole era when they were poular, too, being way too young or not even born during what was considered their "heyday"...

A large amount of the appeal of the Stones is that they were so raw. Not so much their very first work (which I consider atrocious), but thereafter the Stones would take a song in its supreme essence and draw out the emotional response of the listener. I won't pretend Mick Jagger is as fantastic a vocalist as people pretend, but he had quite a gift for bringing iconoclastic themes into his work.

[scottsy]

On a completely cerebral level, I respect them for what they did in terms of the culture of rock music, and their acheivements as a band have been no less than completely HUGE... their legacy is undeniable...

But my heart nor my head can really connect with the music and feel something...

That being said I wouldn't even go as far as to say they are overrated - because they deserve the kudos they've received throughout their career... and they've quite obviously become very prosperous and well regarded for what they've done.
I just can't get into them.

[lieasleep]

Originally Posted by jnova

Overrated bands?

Where to begin?

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, The Strokes....

edit:.....and how could I forget the Doors and Pink Floyd.

These acts had great songs in a few cases but are so overrated it isn't even funny.

just because you don't like them and can't connect doesn't make them overrated.

the beatles are one of the most influential rock groups. ever. i don't care what you like, if it was rock and make after 1970, it was influenced by the beatles.

the stones are just great rock music, i mean i don't like everything they have done, but they were also very influential not to mention great music.

the doors are just straight fantastic.this thread isn't a "what music i don't like" thread, there is a difference. i have respect for a lot of music that i don't personally like. the doors, the beatles, and the stones are, at the very least, respect worthy.

i don't have an argument for the strokes and the white stripes because they are not my kind of music and i never rea''y got into them. i think you said this stuff to be "controversial" and "different" but honestly, to me, it just comes off as annoying.