Most overrated bands

[BigRedX]

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1505338698' post='3371235']
Agreed. The Beatles have to be taken in context. Back in the day they were the pilot fish for the rest of the music world. People held there breath when a new recording was imminent. Exciting days, I genuinely feel sorry for anyone who did not live through the 60s. Anything and everything was possible.
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I was born in 1960, but spent most of the decade interested in Lego, Meccano and model aeroplanes and tanks rather than pop music. In fact I wasn't really interested in music of any kind until I heard T. Rex on the radio in 1971.

[RockfordStone]

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1505378903' post='3371400']
that's because they've not had chance to go past their sell by date, who knows how Buddy Holly, Hendrix etc, would have turned out if they'd lived.
Here's another one I just don't get Tom Jones
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exactly, imagine if kurt cobain had lived, nirvana would be turning out middle of the road durge like bon jovi do every couple of years

[dmccombe7]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1505379961' post='3371406']
I was born in 1960, but spent most of the decade interested in Lego, Meccano and model aeroplanes and tanks rather than pop music. In fact I wasn't really interested in music of any kind until I heard T. Rex on the radio in 1971.
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Sounds a bit like me. Born 1960 too and Truck On Tyke 73 when i bought single.
Different world back then

Dave

Edited September 14, 2017 by dmccombe7

[Japhet]

I'm not a huge Beatles fan but the thing that completely blows me away about them is the way their music evolved over such a short space of time. To go from 'She love you, yeah, yeah, yeah' to Across The Universe in a handful of years is quite extraordinary. I can't think of any other band whose evolution has been anywhere near as spectacular.

[mikel]

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1505377538' post='3371383']
I can understand people not getting Green Day, but pretentious isn't a word I'd associate with them.



I've played a couple of songs in our set, the song writing is great, but you are right about Pete.



Are you Blue in disguise?
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No no no, simply stating facts.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1505380522' post='3371416']
I'm not a huge Beatles fan but the thing that completely blows me away about them is the way their music evolved over such a short space of time. To go from 'She love you, yeah, yeah, yeah' to Across The Universe in a handful of years is quite extraordinary. I can't think of any other band whose evolution has been anywhere near as spectacular.
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I would like to think that any group of half-way decent musicians and songwriters, give access to the artistic influences, technological support and development and lack of financial obligation to stick to a winning musical formula, that The Beatles enjoyed would be equally capable of showing the same kind of development. Just look at what The Pretty Things achieved from their debut album in 1964 to "Parachute" in 1970 with a fraction of the resources that the Beatles had.

On the other hand there are those who would argue that "She Loves You" is a far superior song to "Across The Universe".

Edited September 14, 2017 by BigRedX

[Nicko]

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1505381425' post='3371428']
No no no, simply stating facts.
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He he.

[Big_Stu]

Since they're absent after 4 pages is it safe to assume Kiss are a "given"?

[roceci]

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1505392865' post='3371577']
Since they're absent after 4 pages is it safe to assume Kiss are a "given"?
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Not in this house!

[timmo]

[quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1505323306' post='3371072']
Jamerson & Pino.
Not bad, but heavily overrated around here.
[/quote] Jamerson was another musician at the right place at the right time. He shaped a lot of Motown songs with his bass lines. Maybe not the best ever, but he must be one of the most influential. Some of the bass lines sound like they should never go with the song if you listen to them in isolation, but they fit like a glove when put into the mix.

[timmo]

If I could chose just an over rated album, then Paul Simon - Graceland . Pretentious rubbish

[casapete]

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1505378903' post='3371400']
that's because they've not had chance to go past their sell by date, who knows how Buddy Holly, Hendrix etc, would have turned out if they'd lived.
Here's another one I just don't get Tom Jones
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I didn't get Tom Jones in a big way until fairly recently. Saw him live a few months ago and he totally blew me
away - great band / material / attitude, and that voice! At 77 years old, one of the very few singers left of his
generation who are actually as good if not better than when they first found fame. Never heard Tom come
even close to missing a note, an amazing singer. His last few albums are definitely worth a listen too, quite
dark and bluesy.
Completely get it if you don't like his voice, but honestly don't think he is overrated.

[edstraker123]

Jaco Pastorius and other similar jazz widdlers .

I completely appreciate the skill but find it snooze central.

[Bolo]

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1505378656' post='3371396']
this is such a hard one, because its so subjective.

some people will say a band is overrated, but the size of its fan base shows otherwise.
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Isn't that exactly what is meant by overrated?

[Dropzone]

That's not unusual!!!

[dmccombe7]

Quite a few surprises in this thread.
Don't get the Kiss one tho. ?
They've a huge fan base and they do put on a massive theatrical show. Maybe not the greatest musicians in the world and they have gone a bit pop but in their heyday they were pretty much top of their game.

Afraid i am a Kiss fan at heart mainly their older stuff but I've never actually seen them live.

Just goes to show how everyone's taste in music is so different.

On the Jaco thing i can appreciate his talent but even as a bassist i couldn't listen to a full album of the stuff. Maybe in late 70's early 80's i might have just to perfect my own bass skills but not now.

The Beatles one did confuse me a little too considering how many famous hit records they've had.

Think if you lived in the heyday of some of the bands mentioned in the thread you may have had a different perspective off them but many of the younger bassists just don't get the older bands much the same as many of the older bassists (me included) don't get some of the modern bands.

Life is a funny old thing

Still it's made for an interesting thread.

Dave

[grumpyguts]

Cream. Most of what I have heard sounds like big ego's playing over each other.

I have tried to listen to that Albert Hall concert from 1968 - never managed to get to the end. I guess it's one of those "You had to be there" moments to get it.

[ricksterphil]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1505311886' post='3370944']
Yes, yes. But it's a forum. We like being arseholes, mob rule and chucking stones at people for no good reason. We also like ringing doorbells then running away, [color=#ff0000]fiddling with ourselves in Matalan[/color], and throwing Maccy D wrappers from moving cars.
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so that was you then was it!!!

[ricksterphil]

[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1505396183' post='3371607']
I didn't get Tom Jones in a big way until fairly recently. Saw him live a few months ago and he totally blew me
away - great band / material / attitude, and that voice! At 77 years old, one of the very few singers left of his
generation who are actually as good if not better than when they first found fame. Never heard Tom come
even close to missing a note, an amazing singer. His last few albums are definitely worth a listen too, quite
dark and bluesy.
Completely get it if you don't like his voice, but honestly don't think he is overrated.
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+1 Jones the voice is the biz

[discreet]

[quote name='ricksterphil' timestamp='1505406053' post='3371709']
...so that was you then was it!!!
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Yes. Yes, it was.

[PawelG]

Very interesting thread.

I don't get how AC/DC can be overrated. They came up with something fresh (sound wise), established that, wrote countless awesome hard rock songs and never changed.
Not to mention that they sound much better live than they do on the albums. And what a great name for a rock n roll band :-)
Ok, they had some help along the way but still, I think they deserve the fame they get.

[upside downer]

[quote name='PawelG' timestamp='1505411377' post='3371769']
Very interesting thread.

I don't get how AC/DC can be overrated. They came up with something fresh (sound wise), established that, wrote countless awesome hard rock songs and never changed.
Not to mention that they sound much better live than they do on the albums. And what a great name for a rock n roll band :-)
Ok, they had some help along the way but still, I think they deserve the fame they get.
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It's all just personal taste. I don't like them. There, no harm done. Saw them live back in 1992, bored me to tears. Have to play Highway to Hell and Whole Lotta Rosie at every gig we do too which doesn't fill me with joy either.

There's about twelve other bands named in this topic who I really like. I don't get some of the hate, but it's nice to get to five pages and no one's had a slanging match. Yet

[T-Bay]

That's personal choice for you. A couple of my favourite bands of all time have been mentioned, ones I can't conceive of as ever being considered over rated, but then at least one response thought that about my suggestion of the Beatles. It's a good thing we don't all like the same stuff.

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1505302001' post='3370839']
Queen maybe? I'm sure someone will disagree though - that's what the internet is for
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Queen were sh*te.

Here to help

[PawelG]

[quote name='upside downer' timestamp='1505415188' post='3371823']


It's all just personal taste. I don't like them. There, no harm done. Saw them live back in 1992, bored me to tears. Have to play Highway to Hell and Whole Lotta Rosie at every gig we do too which doesn't fill me with joy either.

There's about twelve other bands named in this topic who I really like. I don't get some of the hate, but it's nice to get to five pages and no one's had a slanging match. Yet
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I totally get that personal taste things. There's a lot of bands that I choose not to listen to. There's only one I dislike - Kings of Leon - don't know why, I've heard few notes from them on the radio and couldn't stand it since. I don't know the songs, and there were few moments when I asked somebody to change the station on the radio, and I didn't even know it was them until somebody told me.

Alot of bands/artists mentioned here are "overrated" by personal taste. I also think an awful lot of them worked really hard to get where they are, and thats what I respect even if I don't like their music.

Kings of Leon obviously didn't work hard, that's for sure ;-)