Overrated bands?

[Madbadteacher]

Echo and the Bunnymen

 

Not a band, per se, but Bruce fuvking Springsteen

[Nips_and_Tatties]

Joy division

 

Love will tear us apart .....is depressing as fuck.

 

 

[Elgindon]

Agree with all the above.I'll add Frank Sinatra. I love that big band sound he's got,but I think thats what saves his skin.He's a pretty mediocre singer IMO.

 

Heres one of Joy Divisions catchier tunes   

 

 

 

 

 

[tom_widdows]

Oh forgot to say...

 

Pink Floyd.

 

I really like about 4 songs of theres but totally overrated.

 

The wall is utter shite apart from Uncomfortably Numb.

 

And Dark side of the moon - shite

 

What are the 4 songs?

(Presume Comfortably numb is one of them?)

[Nips_and_Tatties]

What are the 4 songs?

(Presume Comfortably numb is one of them?)

 

1. Comfortably Numb

2. Wish you were here

3. Run like hell

4. Money

 

Ill add to that

Sorrow

Another brick in the wall

 

 

[Madbadteacher]

1. Comfortably Numb

2. Wish you were here

3. Run like hell

4. Money

 

Ill add to that

Sorrow

Another brick in the wall

 

Fit? No "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"?

 

[tom_widdows]

1. Comfortably Numb

2. Wish you were here

3. Run like hell

4. Money

 

Ill add to that

Sorrow

Another brick in the wall

 

 

what about 'Young Lust' and 'Hey You'?

[Madbadteacher]

Careful With That Axe Eugene?

[Kowalski]

Elvis. The vast majority of his output was utter drivel.

[Madbadteacher]

Aye, but, The King, man!

 

I'd add The Grateful Dead and Hawkwind as well

[Nips_and_Tatties]

Elvis was one of those phenomenons in life.

 

His music wasn't incredible but it was catchy and upbeat as well as melodic for listeners.

 

He had a superb soulful voice and his image was 1 in a billion.

 

His timing like all the great artists was perfect.

 

He was someone to emulate for the lads and the ultimate man to swoon over for the ladies.

 

The films he was involved in by the plenty were basically cheap advertising campaigns with little substance.

 

I grew up watching his films and loved them.

 

He was brilliant.

[KennyFuckinPowers]

Echo and the Bunnymen

 

Not a band, per se, but Bruce fuvking Springsteen

 

 

Probably his biggest fan min, if you dig deeper than the mainstream " Hits " if you like, he's an extremely talented songwriter. Each to their own of course.

 

 

[rocket_scientist]

The Clash....always referred to by those of a certain age as cooler and true to the roots of punk than their contemporaries like the Damned or the Sex Pistols. I just found them soporific.

 

And U2. Up to and including The Unforgettable Fire they knew their place and were awesome live. Fast forward just a few weeks to the end of 1984 and Bono gets a line in Band Aid. His sanctimonious puss has never shut since.

 

Agree on Bono but surprised you say The Clash. For a start, they weren't punks. They had musical talent and whilst their first album was of the era, White Riot and Career Opportunities had classic catchy beats more found in pop than punk. Beyond their first LP, they grew into a classic soul sound but highly original and innovative. They stood the test of time and I can listen to them yet. As I can with the Pistols and The Damned. EMI and Neat Neat Neat are as good today as they were 40 years ago.

 

Strummer was misunderstood because he never fitted any genre. I thought he was a bit mixed up and a bit of a dick but The Ice Age is coming, Vacuum cleaner sucks up budgie, you're fretting, you're sweating... ain't getting anywhere, it ain't Coca Cola, it's rice - he hit parts of us that only he could. A genius composer for me. 

[Gervaise_Brookhampster]

Agree on Bono but surprised you say The Clash. For a start, they weren't punks. They had musical talent and whilst their first album was of the era, White Riot and Career Opportunities had classic catchy beats more found in pop than punk. Beyond their first LP, they grew into a classic soul sound but highly original and innovative. They stood the test of time and I can listen to them yet. As I can with the Pistols and The Damned. EMI and Neat Neat Neat are as good today as they were 40 years ago.

 

Strummer was misunderstood because he never fitted any genre. I thought he was a bit mixed up and a bit of a dick but The Ice Age is coming, Vacuum cleaner sucks up budgie, you're fretting, you're sweating... ain't getting anywhere, it ain't Coca Cola, it's rice - he hit parts of us that only he could. A genius composer for me.

 

I agree with the clash being overrated but disagree with U2, saw them a few months ago and was blown away (again) It's all subjective, each to their own, one mans food is another mans poison etc etc.

[Madbadteacher]

Listening to the Radio this morning and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers struck me as another "overrated" band.

[Nips_and_Tatties]

Cannot stand tom pettys music

 

Sounds like bob dylan slowed down even more.

 

Not sure if hes overrated since i never hear about him but that voice arghhhhhhh.

 

I think we should do an underrated band.theres plenty there.

 

 

 

[Garlogie_Granite]

THE BEATLES if anything are underrated and anyone who has studied their music and listened to their albums rathwr than just viewing them from a "she loves you" point of view and still tbinks their overrated just doesnt know quality.

 

 

One group i think is soooo overrated and utter shit is ACFUCKINGDC.

Deary deary me.  :rofl:

 

A boyband v. one of the best bands ever.  :rofl: