^HAHA, even though I respectfully disagree with the Rush/Van Halen comments, it made me laugh.

I have to add Eminem in here. I love Hip Hop, but this douche really sucks. I've yet to hear one song that is even possible to dig. It's pretty sad that even with Dre's backing production skills, he sounds like shit. Call me crazy, but the Beastie Boys are much better when it comes to "white" rappers. I mean, when "My Name Is" came out, I was dumbfounded as to how that became such a big hit, since everything about it screams "ANNOYING!!!" from the shitty beat to Em's horrible delivery. I don't hate his game necessarily though, I just hate the player And do you ever notice his accent changes up, one minute he's a full blown wigger, then next he's as white-suburban as can be...I don't know.

DistantStorm posted:

while i've never, ever liked Rush, no band confounds me more than Van Halen- how i HATE them so. how they're as big as they are is completely beyond me; everything about them, from vocals and lyrics to the music, just comes off as completely chesseball. god, how i loathe it with a passion.

also overrated: Kings of Leon. nothing about that band strikes me as unusually praiseworthy.

Never liked Rush either. Geddy Lee sounds like a gerbil on acid. I think most of their fans must be male. I've only known one girl who listened to Rush. She was actually a lesbian.

The Libertines

Reasons why I never bought Lady Gaga's music:

-I don't relate to any of her lyrics on a personal level.
-Her music is soulless & lacks feeling.
-I hate her name. "Gaga" is something a 2 year old would say.
-She dresses like a slut & walks around in her underwear.
-She's weird.
-She sings in a low register.
-She's unoriginal. Even her fans thinks she's a Madonna copycat.
-She's fake, not just her bleached hair but also her personality.
-She's rude when she's out in public & no one's watching. Then her true colors start to show.
-She's way too overexposed. Even if I liked her music, I would still be sick & tired of her.



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Kid IRA1 posted:

RhettButler posted:

The Libertines

I find their music to be generic, Stone Roses-esque, faceless, hipster Brit-pop bullshit. Hardly the saviors of rock that some people make them out to be.

nickleback-radio friendly fuckin' clown shoes.

DSCook posted:

Justin.
Fucking.
Bieber.

I HOPE HE BURNS IN HELL!!!! *ahem* excuse me...

gonzo84 posted:

Foo Fighters: I do respect Dave Grohl and think he's one hell of a musician, but goddamn does this band totally blow. I don't think I've ever heard one song that was remotely good! At least he's still a badass when he plays with everybody else though...

You didn't like Everlong? That was good. I liked it without knowing they wrote it.

Kanye West. I'm going to throw him on this list because I have listened to his stuff and heard quite a few people raving about him, and haven't been that impressed so far. Lyrical potential, yes, but not actualized talent to the point of him being in his current standing among music devotees.

Frankly, I disagree with some of the choices on this list, but there are none I'd say "Fuck you!" to. More like "Sorry..." I like Opeth, for example, but I understand the frustration. There just aren't that many bands who do progressive death metal better.

Kanye West blows.

EDIT: I really like his new CD!



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The Beatles
Nirvana
Coldplay
Muse
Peter Gabriel
Fallout Boy
Radiohead
Pearl Jam
Metallica
Dimmu Borgir
Justin Bieber
Miley Cyrus
50 Cent
Wu-Tang Clan
Brittney Spears
Elvis Presley
NSync/Justin Timberlake
Black Eyed Peas
Katey Perry
Snoop Dog
Ludacris
Taio Cruz
Black Sabbath
Jimi Hendrix
Steely Dan
The Beach Boys
The B-52s
Simon and Garfunkle
Tina Turner
Credence Clearwater Revival
Elton John
Rod Stewart
Bob Marley
Santana
Bruce Springsteen
Ramones
The Police
ZZ Top
Bob Dylan
John Mellencamp
Frank Sinatra

....

I'll stop there I guess.

freakish777 posted:

Peter Gabriel

no

freakish777 posted:

Wu-Tang Clan

no

freakish777 posted:

Simon and Garfunkle

Go fuck yourself

freakish777 posted:

Elton John

no

freakish777 posted:

Bruce Springsteen

no

freakish777 posted:

Bob Dylan

no (well, not his early stuff)

freakish777 posted:

Frank Sinatra

no

Instead of being a hipster and just mentionning sucessful artist as overrated because "dude they're so mainstream, cuz like people listen to them and shit", maybe you should realize that some of them are sucessful because they brought a truly original vision to music and deserve all the sucess they've had.

My definition of overrated is along the lines of "very popular, but I never 'got' or appreciated it (or if I did, I don't like it to the extent that other people do)."

Now there are artists I dislike, but that I do appreciate the fact that other people like them, I get their work, and there are artists that I either like or do get their work but still think get more credit than they deserve.

Any discussion about whether or not an artist/band is overrated can really only be approached from an individual perspective (well and still be an interesting conversation) because society as a whole has already (in most cases, obv there's artists out their that are underrated because they don't have a giant record label pushing their work down every available channel) assessed their standing (usually monetarily). I really don't feel that saying you think an artist is overrated is disrespectful at all. You're simply saying "personally I don't think they're as good as the hype."


@johnny_ripper, it's not a hipster attitude at all. I honestly don't get what's special about Wu-Tang Clan aside from the fact that other people like them (I've seen them live), or Simon and Garfunkle, or Springsteen, or Dylan (I really just don't get Americana/Folk Rock). Peter Gabriel actually has some songs I like, but I can't get into the rest of his music, and Sinatra I get, but still don't think his legacy deserves as much credit as it receives. Part of the point of my post was that just about any person in the thread could have started rattling off artists/bands non stop if they really wanted to.



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gaaira posted:

Miss_Integral posted:

Wtf are you talking about, dude? Joy Division isn't hippie shit. If it weren't for fucking Joy Division NiN wouldn't exist. God, people, learn about music before shooting your mouth off.

You want overrated? How about Metallica or Motley Crue. Oooh, Motley Crue was one of the first bands out of LA to bring that god-awful sound to the mainstream. That's something to be happy about.

oh please, post punk / border line hippie, it's all the same to me
if it weren't for JD maybe NIN would maybe be a little different, why are we talking about nin like it's some indie rock band ?

if it wasn't for this NIN wouldn't exist:
[www.youtube.com]

I respect your opinion on Radiohead. However, I disagree with you. Radiohead is one of the very few bands/artists that are saving music, not killing it.
Metallica is highly rated for the wrong thing anyway, for their "real heavy metal" period or some shit
Fuel all the way

and fuck radiohead

Guns N' Roses are the definition of overrated
and to be honest apart from beautiful day i don't know any other U2 songs

i think GNR has gotten the right amount of attention. maybe a little under.

on a scale of the attention factor ..0 being the exact amount of attention that is due.

they get a -4

-4
-50......-30.......-10...|.0....10.......30......50 <- as indicated by the line on the grid.