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Most overrated band

steelglam said:
I can only speak to bands that were around in my lifetime, and with that in mind my vote goes to Pearl Jam. Seriously...one good record (Vs.), one decent record (Vitalogy), and a bunch of mediocre crap.

Runner-up vote goes to U2. I do not get why everyone still creams themselves whenever a new U2 record is released when the band hasn't made a good album in 20+ years.
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U2 gets my #1 ranking -- Bono just whines, and The Edge is a one-trick pony.

The Pearl Jam thing, though. Now we have a problem ....
 
WhiteSE said:
King Crimson gets too much attention? maybe in their smallish niche maybe...
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I know they are niche and a bit off the wall, but they are given far too much credit in the history books for helping to start the progressive rock genre.
 
My interpretation of "overrated" as it is used in the OP is that the band has received too much credit for their musical talents or contributions to the music world. The band can still be viewed as good, or even great. The critical question is which bands do not deserve their high status or reputation--as opposed to choosing our least favourite bands we want to trash.

Example: I like the Ramones (seventies stuff only). But did they really pave the way for punk rock? This is a stretch IMO, so I would include the Ramones on this list, as some others already noted.

ps: As for the band that paved the way for punk rock, much credit should go to The Who!
 
OK, I was taught not to speak ill of the dead. But any body who died at their peak.The short list:
J. Joplin
J. Henderix
J. Morrisson
S. R. Vaunn
C. Coban
You can add on as you like, but my question I keep asking myself is where would they be if they were still alive? Would they be as well thought of today? Or just old burnt out hippies like the ones that survived.Eric
PS. Sorry about the spelling.
 
kneeOhFight said:
wait, what?
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Is it the part about the wall or the history books? They are a cult band. The 2010 vinyl re-issue In the Court of the Crimson King is a fantastic remaster. Most of the history written about the beginning of progressive rock credit King Crimson, which IMO is going over-board.
 
McBru6177 said:
I know they are niche and a bit off the wall, but they are given far too much credit in the history books for helping to start the progressive rock genre.
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A genre that should never have been started. Oh well, without King Crimson, Yes, Kansas and ELP we might not have had the Ramones.
 
The only group who sucks worse than the nothing-new-is-any-good crowd is the nothing-old-is-any-good one.
 
Eric n Kc said:
You can add on as you like, but my question I keep asking myself is where would they be if they were still alive? Would they be as well thought of today? Or just old burnt out hippies like the ones that survived.Eric
PS. Sorry about the spelling.
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IMO Hendrix died just in time to save his reputation. When I saw the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1967-68 it was a tight, disciplined act with boundless energy and catchy, short and FOCUSED songs. A couple of years later Hendrix was reduced to endless and aimless noodling. Boring. The fire was gone, pun intended.
 
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(Seriously, who cares? Who cares what anyone else thinks and every band is over rated in some way, especially to the fanbois).
 
I think the objective in this thread is just to say something to get a reaction. At least, that's the only thing I'd ever do with it.
 
McBru6177 said:
ps: As for the band that paved the way for punk rock, much credit should go to The Who!
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IMO the Who were an early Heavy Metal act, especially their live act which I caught several times in the 60s and early 70s, their heyday. I didn't see much punk about them, not anything really. Lots of early punkers liked the Who, why not? They were loud and driving. But I didn't see much influence and their long songs and Pop operas were hardly punkish.

I think early Punk bands were more influenced by Mountain, the MC5, The Stooges and AC-DC than by the Who. And maybe Blue Cheer. And by Bubble Gum music too, a genre that kept Rock music simple and for the kids during a rather bombastic period. The Punk band I was in in 1977 played Yummy-Tummy at a slightly slowed tempo with a VERY heavy power-drive and crunchy, distorted guitar. Think about it. ;)
 
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musichal said:
Nothing much punkish about Nantucket Sleighride to my ears.
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Not at all. But West's massive rhythm guitar sound and Laing's fast, furious and focused drumming were influences. And quite a few of their songs were fast. And being a New York band figure that lots of the early New York punkers must have seen them. Indeed, I saw the Ramones and Mountain on the same bill at the Aragon Ballroom.
 
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SoundOfSound said:
OASIS!!! :puke:
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How could I forget those crap merchants? That nasal screaming singer gets my vote for ultimate nails on chalkboard vocals.
Oh, and Adele. Just another screeching American Idol contestant to me (with really lousy material to boot), but many seem to think she's the second coming of Aretha Franklin. Listen to some real soul music, then listen to Adele's god-awful pablum, and then tell me how that crap is soulful.:drool:
This is fun.
 
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