Posted on 03/25/2011 1:05:27 PM PDT by GSWarrior
My favorite line: In the shopping mall of popular music, Green Day is the store “Hot Topic.”
REO Speedwagon
Oddly enough, for most over-rated bands, I would include:
The Beatles,
Michael Jackson,
U2, and
Madonna
I don't really like either Elvis or the Rolling Stones but I'm not sure they're over-rated to the extent that these others are.
U2
The Beatles are the greatest group in history. As for Elcis, there is ony one KING.
Dylan is the greatest songwriter of all time. His standing has nothing to do with Rolling Stone but with the quality of his songs.
Crosby, Stills and Nash (forget Young) released one of the greatest albums ever recorded. Young added nothing to the group.
Personally I like Stevie’s music better than Fleetwood Mac though it isn’t a bad band.
There is a long list of rockers I would classify as overrated including Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Boston (flame away), Blondie, Yes, ELP....no doubt others will come to mind.
Green Day is shopping mall punk. Garbage.
The Pistols were it. Not the poseer and bankwagon jumping Clash or all the US frauds like Henry Rollins.
The Ramones were good but it was sort of comic book punk. MC 5 or Iggy and the Stooges - nah.
Genesis
The Who
Linkin Park
Radiohead
Coldplay
Oasis
White Stripes
Except horrendous vocals.
Beatles. They name EVERYTHING after them in New England...it gets tired real fast...
I agree with Bob Dylan, CSNY and Green Day
I would add Jimi Hendrix and The Doors
Agreed on Dylan, Green Day, not on the others.
I’ll add two:
Dave Matthews Band. I do NOT get the appeal. Soft, whiny shit. He’s a good musician, but that doesn’t mean the SONGS are good.
The Grateful Dead. Unless you’re stoned, it’s just not that good.
Whitney Houston
Mariah Carey
The Beatles are hardly overrated. Extremely creative and their songs stand the test of time very well. U2 is a good band too not one of the very best but very good.
REO should be thrown in jail for introducing the power ballad.
U2 by a million miles. Total trash with weak songwriting and laughable lyrics.
Led Zeppelin. Bubble gum heavy metal. Kind of like Abba meets Black Sabbath.
[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]
I’ve never heard of these guys.
Any thing hip-pop
The Beatles were pretty good in a lot of ways, but shoot, they were overrated. The junk they put on their later albums earns them the most self-absorbed, arrogant band award in my book. I really resented them toward the end. There, I’ve said it.
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