Oasis are stil playing exactly the same shite, just rehashed, as they were over 15 years ago,
actually, they're not. not any more 
BTW I never really got Pink Floyd either. Or Genesis.
Status Quo were never really 'rated' either, so can't be 'overrated' 
All that bile and angst, it must be hell. no, not really, That's reserved solely for ABBA
So we're all agreed that U2 are overrated and need to be shot (into space preferably)?
Splendid, I'll sort out a chap to do the deal, you'll all need to put something in the kitty.
can I just watch "Under A Blood Red Sky" again before you do that? ta
bananaworld - MemberOh well, here's me 2p...
Oasis are my favourite band. Of all time. Ever. They deserve to be held up as producers of astonishingly good music. I still don't know why so many people go "oh yeah, their first two albums were alright, but then they got shite": seems to me people ain't listening to 'em and only because they're too proud to.
Definitely Maybe - Sheer Genius of a biblical scale. NO WAY could you accuse Oasis of being overhyped because this album although very successful, took a lot longer to reach any real success than it should have done. It was no overnight success story, and I remember just how sceptical people were of this band of misfits from Manchester until they listened to the Album. Underhyped even?
What's the Story Morning Glory - Another bloody good album (though not quite as good as its predecessor), found it much easier to succeed than the first album as the band now had a name already. Overhyped? Yes/No/Maybe, it certainly deserved the credits it got so I don't think it was.
Everything after What's the Story - TOTAL AND UTTER SHITE! Overhyped crap being churned out by a band that lost their edge pretty much the moment they became popular. Perhaps the booze and drugs they could now afford were the culprits?
By far and away the most overhyped, total and utter piece of shite band I have ever had the misfortune to listen to are of course... Coldplay. Has Chris Martin ever sung a note in tune in his life ever? How the hell did they get so popular? I have never heard anything remotely worthy of being signed by a record company by Coldplay (and sadly heard way too much by them over the years mainly thanks to Radio 1!), yet they release album after album and keep going on and on and on... Am I the only person that doesn't seem to quite get this?
I see U2 have come in for some criticism on this thread though... Fair to say that a couple of their albums haven't been worthy of the hype, but then look back at projects like the Joshua Tree, and Rattle and Hum, and you'd have to eat your words if you had labelled them overhyped! Bono may not be everyones cup of tea, and he undoubtedly has the ability to come across as a rather hostile charity worker trying to make the world guilty if they haven't pledged their life savings to an African Family all too often, but the band have created some all time great Albums over the years gone by.
Anything off any reality TV or Talent Show doesn't count here... Why? Cos I take it as a given that if they guy/girl/group has to rely on the unwitted massed watching car crash TV on a Saturday night peddled by the biggest Shark of them all, Mr. Simon Cowell, that they are totally overhyped crap not worthy of the airtime they get. Even Coldplay have had someone discover them (even if that guy was tone deaf), to have to "be discovered" by some bilge talent show, then get 5 minutes of fame singing a song that was written and recorded first by someone significantly more talented (even more ironic this year given that the song was stolen from a 16 year old American Girl!) is quite simply breathtakingly piss poor. If they were any good in the first place they'd have got off their arses, gone and spoken to a few record producers and tried to start something of their own long before Mr. Cowell should happen across their sorry tale...
samuri - Member
So we're all agreed that U2 are overrated and need to be shot (into space preferably)
if you did this we would get atacked by aliens and blow up the planet
and as for coldplay just go and Fu** right off
rnb is also the worst music posible
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's over-rated - you just don't get it...maybe.... I suppose those bands/artists considered to be in the top few of all time must be considered over-rated by many as not everyone can get them.
I saw RHCP before they were big here ('89) so I liked that they later had a few hits but now they're mainstream I suppose which is a shame.
I suppose some can't get past Dylan's voice but for those with less simple tastes there is a lot to admire - obviously really because it's all about his music with him.
As for anyone thinking Zappa is boring, well I assume you haven't listened to much of his stuff - the variety is wider than anyone elses by far so boring doesn't make sense; in terms of musical skill pretty much at the top and comparable to classical composers as well as rock artists.
As for anyone thinking Zappa is boring, well I assume you haven't listened to much of his stuff
Well, no, sadly, I have suffered his crap round at mates' houses. The dreary doowop/rock'n'roll/flower power/etc pastiches, the sixth form jazz/classical pretentions that all turn into the same boring fretboard wanking. Zappa is the musical equivalent of a 'You Don't Have To Be Mad To Work Here...' sticker.
The Clash were a spent force after the first album.
I never quite saw the fuss over Nirvana; they were pretty middle of the road musically and lyrically so I guess a lot of it must have been image?
U2. Horrid.
At the moment Arctic Monkeys, Killers, Kaiser Chiefs.. jeez. Plodding generic McIndie. No ta.
I saw RHCP before they were big here ('89) so I liked that they later had a few hits but now they're mainstream I suppose which is a shame.
I don't get this. I saw them in 89/90 - and my opinions haven't changed (shite then, shite now). Why is it a shame when a band becomes mainstream? You either like it or you don't.
...which sums up music really. You either like it or you don't. No worries.
Robbie Williams (does he count?).
And +1 for Bruce Springsteen ("tedious shouty").
The Beatles.
Someone was saying how special they were etc, and, yes, the White Album is very good and very unique and was groundbreaking in the way is wasn't any one thing, but was what the four of them (well maybe except Ringo, but that a whole other story...) liked regardless of how it fit their 'image'. However, much of their other work was not special, but marketed well - they are unique in that they were one of the first - and certainly the first successfully - marketed 'boy bands'. As such, the lessons learnt from their success is still being seen within the music industry to this day. However, many of the records they produced, although popular at the time, are overrated in retrospect.
nonk - Memberbit pointless this tread in my view.its shite its not yes it is no its not yes it is no its not yes it is.
music is what ever you feel it is.
Truest words spoken in this thread. Music is a very subjective thing - unlikely anyone will change anyone else's opinion within this thread. That said, I can't believe some of the ignorance displayed here so far 
Beatles, Floyd, Zappa and Dylan were/are all amazing and deserve any accolades they get and more.
I don't think you can post in this thread unless you also say what bands you DO rate.
I don't think you can post in this thread unless you also say what bands you DO rate.
OK then, Portishead, Radiohead, Tricky, the Specials, most drum and bass.
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