Most Overrated Bands/Musicians

[quatrobajeena]

Frank Zappa

Zappa is far from overrated solely given how influential his work and his collab projects were for Western popular and underground music. Cohen I appreciate his talent but I agree on Clapton and the Dead, they were pushed hard beyond their songwriting abilities by either major labels or the feds or both.

 

[ptp]

I'm surprised 5 pages and no mention of the most overrated band "Oasis "

 

[MissCroft]

I'm surprised 5 pages and no mention of the most overrated band "Oasis "

I agree 100%!

 

[NotADcotor]

Said it before, I'll say it again. I agree with NWA
Fuck the Police and Sting's solo work while we are at it.

 

[Robert Mugabe]

I forgot a few who should go to the very top of my list.

Grateful Dead

Eric Clapton

Leonard Cohen

Frank Zappa

I disagree about Zappa, but the other three yes. How the fuck Clapton got called God?

 

[Robert Mugabe]

I'm surprised 5 pages and no mention of the most overrated band "Oasis "

Bingo. Legends in their own minds. Neil Innes of the Ruttles commented about the Noel Gallagher pronouncement that they were better than the Beatles.
"They're not even better than the Ruttles" .

 

[Fun For All]

I disagree about Zappa, but the other three yes. How the fuck Clapton got called God?

Eric Clapton is overrated...I’ve seen him live, about 15 years ago...when you condense his 50 year career into a 2 hour show, it’s decent.

 

[Fun For All]

Said it before, I'll say it again. I agree with NWA
Fuck the Police and Sting's solo work while we are at it.

I liked the first Police album...

 

[21 Days Later]

Pink Floyd is the most overrated band in history.
Rubbish.
It's just sound effects of helicopters and alarm clocks.

 

[Submariner]

Bob Dylan. I never got it. And as Joni Mitchell said “Bob is not authentic at all. He’s a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception.”

 

[shack]

I agree 100%!

+1

 

[eddie kerr]

well Eddie we can disagree about music artists...............but this is what i will say....if i had to listen Message in a Bottle more than 3 or 4 times in a row with its never ending."Sending out an SOS" to finish the song., i would be tearing out my eardrums ..lol..

Not my favourite song either, moreso Every Breath You Take.

 

[eddie kerr]

I'm surprised nobody went after Rod Stewart. Good singer and great songs in his career, but is he really worth all the praise?

JusT saw him on the Graham Norton Show, terrible voice, but he is a showman. Only song I really enjoyed Rhythm Of My Heart.

 

[eddie kerr]

I forgot a few who should go to the very top of my list.

Grateful Dead

Eric Clapton

Leonard Cohen

Frank Zappa
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I forgot a few who should go to the very top of my list.

Grateful Dead

Eric Clapton

Leonard Cohen

Frank Zappa

Cohen has a terrible voice but his song Hallelujah was terrific and K.D. Lang's live rendition at the B.C. Olympics was the best I have ever heard. Also, liked Closing Time. Again, poor vocalist but a great song writer.

 

[Insidious Von]

Bingo. Legends in their own minds. Neil Innes of the Ruttles commented about the Noel Gallagher pronouncement that they were better than the Beatles.
"They're not even better than the Ruttles" .

Wait, I'm confused, aren't Bon Jovi supposed to put The Beatles to shame? Supposedly they've sold over a billion album.

As for Oasis, they bored me at first. However the Phil Spector wall of sound they've managed to recreate does wear down your resistance. I'll admit, this song is so awesome that I haven't explored much else by them.

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Cohen has a terrible voice but his song Hallelujah was terrific and K.D. Lang's live rendition at the B.C. Olympics was the best I have ever heard. Also, liked Closing Time. Again, poor vocalist but a great song writer.

One song!
All the rest are tunes to slash your wrists to....

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Wait, I'm confused, aren't Bon Jovi supposed to put The Beatles to shame? Supposedly they've sold over a billion album.

As for Oasis, they bored me at first. However the Phil Spector wall of sound they've managed to recreate does wear down your resistance. I'll admit, this song is so awesome that I haven't explored much else by them.

I guess if you're into Turgid.

 

[Insidious Von]

I guess if you're into Turgid.

Nothing wrong with turgid, George C Scott was known for having a swollen member.

 

[Fun For All]

Pink Floyd is the most overrated band in history.
Rubbish.
It's just sound effects of helicopters and alarm clocks.

The song with the cash register is their best one...

 

[NotADcotor]

Cohen has a terrible voice but his song Hallelujah was terrific

It's pretty good in Yiddish