Most overrated bands/soloists

[sola sistim]

Underworld.
there, i said it.
everything upto and including 100 days off was great, but since then.. um..
i havnt listened to any recent stuff so i dunno. hahaha

[holden]

Originally Posted by sola sistim

Underworld.
there, i said it.
everything upto and including 100 days off was great, but since then.. um..
i havnt listened to any recent stuff so i dunno. hahaha

sssshhhhhhhhhunnnnnnnnn!

[Rog]

Scouting for girls..............enough is enough, every bloody track sounds the same, they give me the shits almost as much as Kate gnash and as for that f**kin bleeper song ....in fact most of radio 1 daytime output is piss poor....blahblahblah

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Rog

Scouting for girls..............enough is enough, every bloody track sounds the same, they give me the shits almost as much as Kate gnash and as for that f**kin bleeper song ....in fact most of radio 1 daytime output is piss poor....blahblahblah

You even listen to radio?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Leon

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.

I can't let this slide.....the BEATLES? The only way you can even try to justify this is by completely removing context from the argument. The Beatles were a landmark group that really pushed music into new territory - especially when you consider that they started out basically as a boy band.

I mean seriously, how do you justify calling the Beatles overrated?

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by Sean

I mean seriously, how do you justify calling the Beatles overrated?

Ahhhh.... youth!

[Sean]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

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

HOLY CRAP! I need to get in on this thread big time. Pink Floyd? Led Zeppelin? U2? Another against The Beatles? Part of a bands "rating" depends very much on the context of when their music came out, not just whether or not it's something that would be at the top of the charts right now. Although interestingly, all of the bands I take issue with you on created music decades ago that still sounds fresh and imaginative, even by contemporary standards.

And you people claim to have knowledge about music. You disgust me.

[patrick]

Originally Posted by Leon

You even listen to radio?

dirty ratio bitch!

[IsiliRunite]

Originally Posted by sola sistim

Underworld.
there, i said it.
everything upto and including 100 days off was great, but since then.. um..
i havnt listened to any recent stuff so i dunno. hahaha

Underworld aren't overrated in the sense that they are today getting automatic acclaim on new work because of their old work, but if 100 Days Off and Oblivion With Bells came out as their first albums, they wouldn't be as well known.

Jay-Z is very very very overrated.

[Rog]

I agree with you Sean, there are a lot of old bands names being bandied around and being taken out of context. The likes of the beatles, stones, pink floyd, led zep gave influences that are still used by a lot of todays bands and could never be thought of as overrated- and that stands whether you like them or not.