Most overrated bands/soloists
 

Kate Nash - what an incredible load of bollocks

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Radiohead.

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Excepting "OK Computer", you are correct!

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The Smiths & Burial


ps : I know... I'll probably be flamed for this... :D

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Prodigy
Chemical Brothers
Autechre
Daft Punk
Radiohead
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Venetian Snares
Tycho
Ulrich Schnauss
Aphex Twin


Thing is... I like some of these groups, but they sure are overrated.

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um...remove the stones and aphex twin and you got a pretty good list.

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The Smiths?!

Consider yourself enflamme, bon et bien, m'sieur! :eek:

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radiohead (i'm not alone!!)
björk
sigur ros (or something like that)

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OI!
take that back! right now! how dare you...

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Venetian Snares is very much underrated. Listen to Rossz Csillag Alatt Szulerett's for an amazing album.

Sigur Ros, not overrated at all but only seemingly known for the "Planet Earth" song;)

Radiohead - see The Bends

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I really like that album actually.

It's just that I hear a lot of people say "Venetian Snares is fucking genious", and I'm thinking "well no, most of it is just a bunch of beats cut up and it doesn't really do anything".

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The National is pap

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Hahaha... I was sure about being "flamed"... though, back in the 80's, I never understood the buzz & the noise around The Smiths & Morrissey... just as I don't get this "burialmania" nowadays... :D

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I think some of the bands on the list were lauded early on, but the honeymoon period definitely ended. Take Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Sigur Ros, for example...they each had that huge album that defines their career (e.g. "Experience", "Dig Your Own Hole", "Homework"/"Discovery", "Aegetis Byrjun"), followed by some so-so albums that the critics don't take too kindly to.

Rolling Stones, i definitley agree with...In a career as long as theirs, of course you have a lot of hit singles and fan faves from their endless touring. But i have to say, looking back on a lot of their albums, there's a bunch of bluesy crap filler. just one man's opinion ,though!

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Anyone who thinks the Rolling Stones are overrated is plain wrong. That's one of the best bands in the history of music.

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I have seen new CD's by all of these artists for £5 or less in the past week, I considered buying them and I thought about why I don't own them already... Because they are shit.

Other contenders in Spooky Shoes world...

Coldplay.
Oasis.
Blur.
Madonna.
The Killers.

I'm getting wound up just thinking about it...

Edit:

In a proper context they WERE one of the best bands in music history but have failed to relaese anything of significance for a very long time, I'm glad The Beatles, Beach Boys and Queen are defunct.

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yeah but they are still overrated ;)

two or three good albums at most :p

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That's right the right word, history. From the perspective of a person who has not lived in that time, he can objectively listen to bands like the Rolling Stones and Beatles. He enjoys them very much, but thinks they are overrated.

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overated

muse
green day
pink floyd
led zepplin
coldplay
u2
massive attack!
radiohead for sure - even though i like them
the beatles
the stones
groove armada
daft punk
depeche mode

all overfucking rated

oh and bjork

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Kasabian suck balls. PROOF

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Bob Dylan.

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I cannot believe you just went there.

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I don't think he suxcs or anything, but his fans are too obsessive. :D

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Do you really know what you're talking about? This honestly isn't even worth a response.

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Elvis

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Britney Spears

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Nah, not even rated.

Edit: But she does suck balls.

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- Radiohead - I just don't get it.

- The Smiths: I too never understood the huge obession with them in the 80s. I give them props for "How Soon is Now?" but I curse them for "Girlfriend in a coma".

- The Rolling Stones: Were great, but now, they are one step away from doing radio gingles for Viagra.

- My Chemical Romance - please stop and fizzle out soon, please.

- Metallica: They used to be so good but once the "Black Album" came out, there was no turning back.

-Anyone who has ever come out of American Idol: Congrats on selling your soul to the gods of Pop & Suck! Burn in Hell Kelly Clarkson!!!!

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Yup

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Bob Rock! That and Enter Sandman riff sounds like 83rd Dream by The Cult.

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Not a coincidence that Bob Rock produced The Cult.

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Seconded. Great song writer. Just wish he wouldn't sing. :)

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No coincidence at all. :D

Quoting Matt out of context now, but I'd agree if he'd have posted it in this thread...

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Where's the overrating in Depeche Mode?

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If ears could vomit it would taste like Faithless... Ptha!

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Aphex Twin
Robert Plant
Massive Attack

The Prodigy are not overrated. They are acclaimed to the same degree that Underworld are (if not less) and they have similar-quality records, ranging from amazing to decent.

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I kinda know what you mean, but their debut, Wide Angle" was just sooo good, with the symphonic score and killer breaks, it was like little else, so i think much of the praise was deserved. But no more!...they've tried twice to redo that style, to worse and worst results. As a regular over at the hybridized.org forums, i've seen a backlash from among the fans.

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Okay, i'm gonna go out on a limb here and say Brian Wilson. I feel bad doing so, too, because the vast majority of his songs written for/with the Beach Boys were ahead of their time.

But now, hmmm, not so sure about all the praise. He's certainly had a rough time of it, with nervous breakdowns and all. To see him perform now is kind of sad, because he's trying like hell but just not all there. So, when critics say "SMiLE!" is the greatest thing ever, i feel like they're giving him the sympathy vote.

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I'd describe Always Outnumbered,... as desperate rather than decent.

Concur.

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Blimey, i've opened a can of worms here:D

BSS, your list containing floyd and zep is just wrong, i was there at the time and they were not overrated at all.

the most overrated band of all time is of course the f**kin dorkness:p