@andrei_nz-- you miss my point in an attempt to degrade it. I'm simply saying that musical opinions about something being "overrated" are about as worthless and self-centered as anything.
What does "overrated" mean? That a large segment of the general pop or a large chuck of music critics laud the particular artist while you feel they're not worthy of such applause?
That's narcissism. And that view has nothing to do with being PC ( I mean, why even bring that into the fray?), and everything to do with seeing music as a reflection of you.
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Coldplay is terrible live in concert.
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Dude Listing LED ZEPPELIN 1st as a overrated band, just showed me you no nothing about music and you should sell any audio equipment you might own!
Matt Miller
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Interested in buying? :) |
BTW The Beatles were one of the first bands to use the Moog sythezizer and Jimi Hendrix was so impressed by the album Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band he learnered to play the song and performed it in 3 days. Lennon/McCartney were admired as being one of the best singer song writers of their generation. Many, many music industry icons have praised the band. Whoever says they are overrated is somewhat misinformed???
An added thought... any musical performer or band has to be evaluated within the contextual framework of the cuture, place and time. The Beatles impacted the 60’s like no other band had done and impacted the generation musically, politically and culturally with humor, wit , fashion and their songs. Whether you liked them or not (Bob Dylan too) they made a mark on the times. Given that important perspective, with even taste aside, they can hold their place. They are not over rated. |
To even qualify as overrated, a band must be rated. It stands to reason that some people would then consider any highly rated band as overrated. How would you answer the question, "what mediocre bands are not good enough to be mediocre?"
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For me its U2 and Foo Fighters (they look the part but their music is so dire)
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oh forgot to add Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles. It has some great songs on it but I really think all this fuss about the album itself is really over the top and pretentious.
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Perhaps some of the band criticisms here (of being overrated) could be countered or matched with names of bands whom they think are underrated and should take their place? Brittany Spears? Justin Bieber? Maroon 5? |
@2psyop
Great suggestion! (especially apropos critics of "the Fab 4").
Their O-pinions possibly attributable to a lack of historical perspective.
On the other hand, there’s a reason the word "philistine" exists. |
Blind Faith, Aerosmith, Yes, Alice Cooper, Supertramp
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Everyone is entitled to an opinion, regardless of how wrong it is........
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Some music stands up with time better. In the day I listen the Beatles, Led Zepp, Jimmi Hendrix, ZZ top ect. Not so much now. That doesn't mean they were not great. There is times I go back and listen to them and it brings back memories...a differant place in time. |
By the way if you think the Beatles where overrated was not around in the mid to late 60. |
On the other hand, if you remember the 60s you weren’t really there. 🤪
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Hmmm...very interesting topic. While there are certainly artists/bands that I don't particularly care for, I tend to focus on the greater cause... the appreciation for MUSIC!
If I were forced to rate any artists/band (in this case under/over rated) I would do my best to skirt the issue and instead suggest that I be allowed to compartmentalize them as follows:
1. Artist/bands that understand that if you put the music first, the money will follow. These types tend to have the longest careers because they remain passionate about the creativity of music.
2. Artists/bands that for good or bad, changed the game, and either advanced music, or made us appreciate the aforementioned more; sort of like pop art. you don't have to like Warhol, Haring, or Basquiat but there is no denying that they changed the game, and one could argue brought "Art" into mainstream.
3. Artists/bands with a unique sound that cannot be duplicated. For that reason alone they deserve a spot in music history and thus should be excluded from any 'overrated' label (no pun intended). AGAIN, you do not have to like them, but on a spiritual level (if you believe in that) they have been gifted something that no one else has. Examples: Dylan, Bjork, Prince...etc.
Thank goodness 'Culture' rejects the opinions of the few ;) |
Bill Weir? Who's that? Bob Weir's cousin?
I guess you can be added to the large group of folks who just don't get it. The Dead, at their best, is a highly developed improvisational group that takes risks most bands aren't capable of on stage. That said, they have also fallen flat on their faces from time to time. That comes with the territory. If you're saying they're a ripoff of The Band, try again. The Dead were formed in 1965, the Band, 1968. Ask pretty much any accomplished musician and you'll find Grateful dead fans. There's a tremendous respect for what they did not only on stage but the path they blazed for the music industry. Funny how today's current band make their money by touring (The Dead always made their money this way) and not by selling records. They're also the most recorded band in history. |
Defiant boomarang Are you nuts ? Led Zeppelin, and The Who
are Classic s Without exception which BTW have sold over 100 Million albums each no flukes there.
the other 3 mentioned I possibly could agree. JZ , biggest No music talent rhyme a
rip off Ever !! IMO. |
Ziggy pop, the cure, the clash , ny dolls , dead Kennedy’s
one or two hit wonders . That is my limited opinion of these groups.
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I'm pretty sure it's Bob,but if you google Bill Weir you'll
get Bob ......you might be on to something
Keep on truckin |
Just saw Justin Timberlake playing the SB halftime show. I hope that no one is going to tell me that he should be in front of the bands in the OP list? |
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You got that right 2psyop, a disgrace to America's most civilized big city !
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OP: What rating scale are you using and who is doing the rating?
IE: "overrated" compared to what?
For instance, I think Elton Britt was a heck of a yodeler but there are those who would say Britt was overrated, especially when you consider the likes of Riley Puckett, Charles Anderson, and from afar, Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds, and of course, there are so many others.
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Sting
Paul McCartney
Queen
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Much of Eric Clapton
Yes
Elton John
Van Dyke Parks
All BS&T except Child is Father to the Man
All the junk they play at audio shows.
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Oh I saw the Velvet Underground and the Who with Keith Moon play. Definitely not over-rated.
Hendrix sense of humour is rarely given recognition. Playing St. Peppers and parodying Cream after they broke up on TV. Lyrics "I hope I never hear surf music again" yet he went to Hawaii and made "Rainbow Bridge."
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The Beatles
Rolling Stones
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opus,
Interesting that you mention Rolling Stones. Recently I have been thinking that "It's Only Rock & Roll" has to be one of their best albums. It's only rock and roll, but I like it........I like it........yes I do!.
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Huh, what? Sting, talking heads overrated? How about Cream/Clapton? They/He are the biggest joke.
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The Rolling Stones have done nothing worthwhile since Some Girls (1977)! Or if you disagree, nothing worth listening to since Exile (1971). |
roberjerman, i don't wholly disagree about the stones. although they still could crank out the odd great song thru the early 80s, some girls was their last essential album, and even some girls did not match their beggars banquet/sticky fingers/exile zenith. likewise, i find everything the who did after 1979 to be near-worthless. however, in the context of their entire bodies of work, to say that the who or the stones are overrated seems silly to me. my own picks for overrated would be zappa, tom waits and u2, who all seem like fine people but will not get near my turntable.
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How about Taylor Swift? She's made enough money to buy 60 million dollars of Manhattan real estate! But musicality? |
In my mind Elton John is near the top of the list. I literally cringe when his music comes on the radio. |
Pearl Jam is the undisputed king of overrated bands in my book |
Some opinions on here are just plain scary.
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