Most overratted bands/Individuals

[LogicprObe]

Queen, Jefferson Starship, Grateful Dead and recently Coldplay are a few that come to mind...

You left off The Band.

[Upgrayed]

You have to separate musicians and entertainers to understand, I have no music released by pure entertainers. The first Elvis album was sublime, then he was discovered and turned in income. Same for everyone, unless you can stay in control. FZ, Peter Gabriel, Rolling Stones are good examples.

[DaveMS]

That avaricious, mullet-headed show pony Andre Rieu

[xtrachewy]

That avaricious, mullet-headed show pony Andre Rieu

You win !!!!! Sure he can play a violin but the kitsch show makes my fillings (if I had any) ache.

[wolster]

I do really like the Beatles but the amount of hype around them is a bit much. By the late 60s they were passe. What significant did they do after Sgt Pepper?

Anyway the Rolling Stones are The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World. They didn't even bestow the title on themselves.

DS

I grew up in the early Rolling Stones era, even spent an evening with them, backstage at a concert. I still, however, think that the majority of their albums are overrated. Since getting back into vinyl, I have collected a few Stones albums but rarely play them. Just goes to show that this thread will always only show members personal tastes. Fortunately for artists world wide, our tastes vary considerably.

Cheers

wolster

[Chewbacker]

unfortunately got dragged to a recent Andre Reuiu concert by the wife

90% of the crowd were from nursing homes with dribble running out of their noses & mouths was not a fun night

[Keith_W]

That avaricious, mullet-headed show pony Andre Rieu

The prize is yours. I don't know where I read it, but someone once wrote about what was going through Andre Rieu's mind when he saw the success of Andre Bocelli and wanted to emulate him: "Why can I not be as succesful as him? Am I not also a vaguely talented musician with roguish good looks and a cynical mind?"

[Janjuggler]

All current female 'Pop' singers, where to begin, the list would be endless

All 'Boy Bands', where to begin, the list would be endless

All 'Hip Hop artists', where to begin, the list would be endless

Basically 90% of 'popular music' since the beginning of DISCO

I'm ready for the flaming

Well perhaps 90% is a little high, I am willing to reel it back to 88% for the fact I have not heard everything that is available. :)

Edited February 10, 2011 by Janjuc
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[emesbee]

All current female 'Pop' singers, where to begin, the list would be endless

All 'Boy Bands', where to begin, the list would be endless

All 'Hip Hop artists', where to begin, the list would be endless

Basically 90% of 'popular music' since the beginning of DISCO

I'm ready for the flaming

I'm with you on that, especially in regard to hip-hop. I loathe it.

Every time I hear hip-hop it just sounds like an intro to a song that never starts. Its little more than monotonous verbal diarrhoea.

Can't stand all the ego, arrogance, self-importance, bling, violence and gangster overtones associated with it either.

(Ok, flame me now!!)

[davidsss]

I grew up in the early Rolling Stones era, even spent an evening with them, backstage at a concert. I still, however, think that the majority of their albums are overrated. Since getting back into vinyl, I have collected a few Stones albums but rarely play them. Just goes to show that this thread will always only show members personal tastes. Fortunately for artists world wide, our tastes vary considerably.

Cheers

wolster

I'd actually disagree with this. Yes, we will always show you tastes in music in a thread like this, but I have only stated I think The Beatles are over-rated. They are one of my favourite bands, I just don't buy into the deity like status they are given. They were great, produced a couple of seminal albums (most bands are lucky to produce 1 seminal song) but they didn't invent rock and roll or pop, they weren't as ground breaking as is often claimed and their last 3 albums are pretty average. In fact, someone here said that U2 were just in the right place at the right time, you could say the same thing about The Beatles. Their timing was superb (don't underestimate timing!). As for not playing live. I hold the opinion that The Beatles would have been a lot better if they had persisted in playing live. I know it was hard, but ask The Stones, The Who and plenty of other 60s bands about those times, they couldn't hear themselves play either. The difference is, they persisted because they believed that without live playing you lose something essential about a music band.

One big difference with The Stones is that their music is far more derived from the blues. And as we all know, blues players generally play until they are at least 70. In fact, the Stones are nearing 70 so I suppose they are almost considered to be grown up now in blues circles. You're only an old blues player if your over 100 aren't you

DS

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[Chewbacker]

Another relentlessly droning band

Paupers of Leon

[comfortablynumb]

Another relentlessly droning band

Paupers of Leon

Just so.....also Powderfinger

Wolfmother

Thirsty Merc

..........and all those other bands that sound exactly the same as each other !!!

[DarrenW]

..........and all those other bands that sound exactly the same as each other !!!

They all use the same program on their music computer..............

[comfortablynumb]

They all use the same program on their music computer..............

Made to a formula that can be marketed to their target age group.....

Certainly not the first to do this.

[keyse1]

No really

I think Elvis is overrated, just like U2 he came along just when the music scene needed a new 'act' (and he couldnt do that either)

Okay yes he was 'original'

Not only one of the pillars of rock n roll but invented the teenager

Great thread though

[keyse1]

No really

I think Elvis is overrated, just like U2 he came along just when the music scene needed a new 'act' (and he couldnt do that either)

Okay yes he was 'original'

Not only one of the pillars of rock n roll but invented the teenager

Great thread though

Gabba hates Abba? I like that.

I am led to understand that the catchiness of their tunes belies some very complex underlying music. Yes/No?

No

[keyse1]

I'd actually disagree with this. Yes, we will always show you tastes in music in a thread like this, but I have only stated I think The Beatles are over-rated. They are one of my favourite bands, I just don't buy into the deity like status they are given. They were great, produced a couple of seminal albums (most bands are lucky to produce 1 seminal song) but they didn't invent rock and roll or pop, they weren't as ground breaking as is often claimed and their last 3 albums are pretty average. In fact, someone here said that U2 were just in the right place at the right time, you could say the same thing about The Beatles. Their timing was superb (don't underestimate timing!). As for not playing live. I hold the opinion that The Beatles would have been a lot better if they had persisted in playing live. I know it was hard, but ask The Stones, The Who and plenty of other 60s bands about those times, they couldn't hear themselves play either. The difference is, they persisted because they believed that without live playing you lose something essential about a music band.

One big difference with The Stones is that their music is far more derived from the blues. And as we all know, blues players generally play until they are at least 70. In fact, the Stones are nearing 70 so I suppose they are almost considered to be grown up now in blues circles. You're only an old blues player if your over 100 aren't you

On this basis you could argue that bob is overrated

The Stones are overrated

I think Dylan The stones The Beatles are the greatest bands of all time but they all made dreadful music

Less so for The Beatles because they were only here for 6 or 7 years

The Beatles as I understand it stopped touring because of the screaming

Very shortly after audiences got a bit older and doped up and started listening instead of screaming

For me the Stones versus the Beatles I don't know it depends on how closely I'm listening

Maybe the Stones because I love country music so much

DS

[Phantom]

I hope you guys realise you will earn the wrath of HG by participating in this thread.

 

Be warned, be alert, but not afraid

[keyse1]

I hope you guys realise you will earn the wrath of HG by participating in this thread.

 

Be warned, be alert, but not afraid

Who is hg

Whisper

[leewood]

Justin Bieber

 

Taylor Swift

 

Beyonce

 

Every Rap artist.  (Artist used very liberally)

[sir sanders zingmore]

Angus & Julia Stone

[buddyev]

Paul Mcartney has always been able to knock out a reasonable tune, but without the mongrel influence of Lennon he hasn't produced much that rises above utterly predictable feel good twaddle. These days he's just a nostalgic nationalistic fix wheeled out for baby boomers reliving the glory days - a slightly more interesting version of Cliff Richard.

Edited November 26, 2013 by buddyev

[sir sanders zingmore]

Cliff Richard

[ferchersan]

I once heard Richie Sambora described as the worst guitarist ever to sell over 100 million albums. That's a criticism I could live with