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Gijith
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: Silversoul]
#6576338 - 02/16/07 09:58 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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My 2 cents:
The Doors, just for the millions upon millions of people who still worship that drunken idiot as if he was God.
I'll also add Wilco. The band never gets a bad review, but I don't don't hear anything too spectacular when I listen to them.
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: Gijith]
#6576521 - 02/16/07 10:50 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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You want to know what I think? Probably not.
I premis this with the fact that all musicians are different and cant be linked to any other unless you are an idiot who should not be posting in this thread.
I think most of you in this thread cant tell your ass from a hole in the ground.
You cant over rate a band unless they are legends. If they are legends then you can consider them to be over-rated. If not, just realize that modern populare music is what people tend to like today.
I could say 2-pac is overrated. I wouldnt mean it though. There all different sorts of music. If great number of people like it, they like it. They are usually only so overrated because alot of people like it THAT MUCH.
Most overrated bands that I think are considered to be legends(green day, chile peppers, kiss, cold play, ANd U2 didnt really didnt make many waves and just look silly most of the time)(Those bands are a fucking joke):
Hendrix..HEs great but........ fuckin J airplane/starship...........lol
Fuckin elvis is my #1..........What a joke
Why the hell would anyone go out of their way to say a band is overrated unless they are considered to be legends? For a musician or a band to be a legend is far beyond your own opinion of them.
Tool is great and new..still..Fucking great phish is new.......still........ and soon to be legends bjork..........Really bjork? She is amazing and if you dont like her you are a musical ignoramus. The dead.....A garage band that was based on mostly improv, and some great songs and lyrics. They got better over the years and never catored to any specific audience. They were real. Cant be overrated. They, like "cold play" deserve recognition depending on how many people like them.
Cold play is well-liked.
I dont like cold play, but I think this whole thread sucks and is full of people who know nothing about music.
If you want to call a band overrated, just say that crap once they become legends.
I suppose most of you dont listen to jazz.
You could consider alot of innovators overrated, but that would just make you seem quite stupid.
Hendrix is not actually overrated. Its the people who have been exposed to him that put him on a podium.
So needless to say. I think this thread sucks hard.
The whole premis is stupid and childish.
I wouldnt go out of my way to say anyone is overrated. Mainly because what I think doesnt matter very much.
If I did want to mention some bands..........Id say kiss, the dead, j airplane, and hendrix are overrated. What the hell does that mean anyways though. That would mean that im opposing a general consensus.
Thats my fucking opinion.
SO ya, this thread is nonsense. Full of unnecessary qualifiers and straight bullshit........
Its art.............so live with it. Accept what it is and dont worry what anyone else thinks.
This thread is caveman style, and I dont like it much.
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: yageman]
#6576745 - 02/16/07 11:54 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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jewunit (lol, I like your name)- Don't get me wrong, I do like Hendrix, but he is overrated. He might kick ass on the guitar, but just because you can do everything on a guitar, does not mean you need to do everything in your music. He could have made better music.
I believe that is what Syle meant. I don't think too many people will deny that he was the best guitarist ever.
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: Syle]
#6577091 - 02/17/07 02:06 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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PDU said: Tool - right now.
too radio friendly, imo.
and because we all know radio-friendly = bad music...?
As a general rule of thumb, yes.
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: labrat265]
#6578100 - 02/17/07 12:21 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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labrat265 said: jewunit (lol, I like your name)- Don't get me wrong, I do like Hendrix, but he is overrated. He might kick ass on the guitar, but just because you can do everything on a guitar, does not mean you need to do everything in your music. He could have made better music.
I believe that is what Syle meant. I don't think too many people will deny that he was the best guitarist ever.
It's just a shame he died before he had a chance to record more stuff. I imagine it would've gotten even better.
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yeah Hendrix never really had the opportunity to chill the fuck out and spend a year recording and really crafting some songs. I read the latest bio on him, he was worked to death practically.
None the less, Live Hendrix is where it is at.. and that definately isn't overrated.
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: adamj]
#6578249 - 02/17/07 01:11 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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led zepplin- just because for every 100 greatest songs, stairway to heaven is number one.. dont get me wrong, beautiful song, but its def not the best.. that is why i must say led zepplin, although extremely talented musicians (especially john paul jones), they were and are still way over rated. yet i still enjoy listening to them.
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dmtryptamine said: led zepplin- just because for every 100 greatest songs, stairway to heaven is number one.. dont get me wrong, beautiful song, but its def not the best.. that is why i must say led zepplin, although extremely talented musicians (especially john paul jones), they were and are still way over rated. yet i still enjoy listening to them.
They are overrated because one of their songs is always in a top 100 list?
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: Spooge]
#6578380 - 02/17/07 01:41 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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I would say The Rolling Stones.
Sorry, but its just not my thing.
I hate how people always compare them to the Beatles.
No, I'm sorry. The Beatles were fucking legends, and the Rolling Stones suck.
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: Silversoul]
#6578476 - 02/17/07 02:07 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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AC/DC
And all the 'trendy' hip-hop songs on mtv that are popular for about a week. I can't fucking stand those.
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dmtryptamine said: led zepplin- just because for every 100 greatest songs, stairway to heaven is number one.. dont get me wrong, beautiful song, but its def not the best.. that is why i must say led zepplin, although extremely talented musicians (especially john paul jones), they were and are still way over rated. yet i still enjoy listening to them.
Just because a song is overrated doesn't mean the band is.
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: Silversoul]
#6579334 - 02/17/07 07:12 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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bands arent overrated, peoples conception of their own tastes in music are.
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: Silversoul]
#6579345 - 02/17/07 07:14 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm not trying to be too harsh or anything but AC/DC AC/DC AC/DC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so many people are like oh my god they are sooo great! but where is the talent? i cant see any.
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: Middleman]
#6579351 - 02/17/07 07:16 PM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Middleman said: The Beatles.
Why is everyone saying The Beatles were overrated??
They are fucking awesome, icons and iconoclasts, rock and roll as we know it today wouldn't exist if it weren't for them.
ELVIS - Fucking sucks, biggest ripper offer of songs in history, the only reason he was popular was because he was white!
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jewunit
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Biggest ripper-offer of songs? How so?
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Why is everyone saying The Beatles were overrated??
They are fucking awesome, icons and iconoclasts, rock and roll as we know it today wouldn't exist if it weren't for them.
Don't you think that's a bit exaggerated? Ok, rock and roll as we know it today wouldn't be the same. Rock and roll would probably be better off today in a lot of ways if it wasn't for the Beatles. They created that platform for popularity amongst screaming 14 year old girls that is still what determines what gets the most exposure. I don't think the jazz fusion movement would have been hindered by the absence of The Beatles and if you ask me, rock and roll as we know it would be much better if more of it was like Mahavishnu Orchestra. But instead, most people's interests are more tuned to more simplistic music like the Beatles, precisely because of groups like The Beatles. And with historical hindsight, I think the Beatles will be remembered as a clever group that crafted cute, fun little pop songs. And hey maybe they blew a lot of minds in their day, especially those of 14 year old girls, and maybe they continue to blow the minds of people who prefer their music to be "accessible" and easy to enjoy. But that doesn't mean they made rock and roll, or even made it better.
I even like some of their songs.
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: Viveka]
#6580199 - 02/18/07 12:18 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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You realize that's an extremely opinionated point of view, right? I mean, just because you think rock and roll would be better of doesn't mean it would be
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: jewunit]
#6580318 - 02/18/07 01:17 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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No, what I said is correct. It's not only my opinion, it is fact. If you do not agree with my opinion, you are wrong.
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: Viveka]
#6580358 - 02/18/07 01:45 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Haha, at first I was like "That response can't be serious" Thank god it wasn't. .......right?
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Re: Most overrated band? [Re: Revelation]
#6580582 - 02/18/07 05:26 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Revelation said: The Doors
The Doors are IMHO dreadful. Jim Morrison???????? He was crap! I really dont get them; I see the image, but I dont see the content.
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