Please consider registering
Guest
sp_LogInOut Log Insp_Registration Register
Register | Lost password?
Advanced Search
Forum Scope


Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
sp_Feed sp_TopicIcon
Most overrated Band ever?
15 February 2016
5.45pm
Randie
London Palladium
Guests
Forum Posts: 122
Member Since:
7 April 2015
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
281sp_Permalink sp_Print

Yes David Bowie  *was* overrated and  *is* even more overrated since he died.

15 February 2016
5.49pm
Randie
London Palladium
Guests
Forum Posts: 122
Member Since:
7 April 2015
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Annadog40 said

It was in response to your (unfounded) criticism of Pink Floyd

I wouldn’t say it’s unfounded since it did have a base and they explained why they didn’t like Pink Floyd.

Not everything is about melody and harmony, you know,

Or anything really. Music can be whatever though some people prefer different things. For example, outside of Petula Clark big singles, I don’t like her stuff that I checked out. This whole thing is opinion based.

but saying they’re no good because they aren’t as melodic as some bands is just flat-out wrong.

Good is subjective call based on ones own point of view. I don’t think the song Good Morning Good Morning is any good but others may find it fantastic. Their dislike of Pink Floyd isn’t wrong it’s different.

 

Beautiful melodies and harmonies in music is *everything* and this was one of the big things that made me a big Beatles fan since I was little, and if music doesn’t have any it’s cr*p! And I have had the misfortune of hearing many Pink  Floyd songs on the radio so I’ve heard quite enough thanks but no thanks.

15 February 2016
6.05pm
Avatar
Beatlebug
Find me where ye echo lays
Moderator

Moderators
Forum Posts: 18181
Member Since:
15 February 2015
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Oh, I see how it is. Never mind then, I’ll not stoop to argue with ye. a-hard-days-night-john-5 

*makes dignified exit, singing to herself* 

https://youtu.be/qYP85KTnMeA

([{BRACKETS!}])
New to Forumpool? You can introduce yourself here.
If you love The Beatles Bible, and you have adblock, don't forget to white-list this site!
whiteheart.png
avatar_creative_signature_Hmm.pngStarSpangledBanner.png

25 July 2017
7.56pm
Avatar
Dark Overlord
Nowhere Land
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 4470
Member Since:
9 March 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
284sp_Permalink sp_Print

As far as rock bands go, Journey.

If you're reading this, you are looking for something to do.

25 July 2017
11.46pm
Avatar
sir walter raleigh
In our yellow (IN OUR YELLOW) submarine (SUBMARINE AHA!)
Apple rooftop
Members
Forum Posts: 5777
Member Since:
26 January 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
285sp_Permalink sp_Print

As far as any Band goes: U2

"The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles!"

-Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues

"We could ride and surf together while our love would grow"

-Brian Wilson, Surfer Girl

26 July 2017
1.28am
Avatar
William Shears Campbell
Somewhere In The Black Mountain Hills Of Utah
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 3629
Member Since:
14 June 2016
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
286sp_Permalink sp_Print

I feel like Queen is a bit overrated when it comes to their hits.

The following people thank William Shears Campbell for this post:

Martha, The Hole Got Fixed, Dark Overlord, sir walter raleigh, Necko, Flyingbrians, WeepingAtlasCedars, vonbontee

Here | There | Everywhere

It's ya boi!  The one and only Billy Shears (AKA Paul's Replacement)

"Sometimes I wish I was just George Harrison" - John Lennon

 

26 July 2017
2.36am
Avatar
Dark Overlord
Nowhere Land
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 4470
Member Since:
9 March 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
287sp_Permalink sp_Print

I love Queen but i must agree that if i only heard their hits, i wouldn’t like them as much.

The following people thank Dark Overlord for this post:

William Shears Campbell

If you're reading this, you are looking for something to do.

26 July 2017
3.49am
Avatar
QuarryMan
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 3759
Member Since:
26 January 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
288sp_Permalink sp_Print

It would have to be The Doors. I had heard so much about them and was so excited to listen but when I heard them I was just confused. They had no bassist, so the music seemed one dimensional and flat. The organ tone was just awful, and the guitar work sounds like a 12 year old in guitar centre trying to play Thunderstruck. The drums weren’t anything to speak of either. The only passable thing was Morrisson’s singing and songwriting, but even that doesn’t have anything on the other frontmen of the time like Robert Plant (vocally anyways). 

I've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound. 

27 July 2017
5.47am
Avatar
Flyingbrians
Robin Hood Country
Paris Olympia
Members
Forum Posts: 363
Member Since:
19 January 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
289sp_Permalink sp_Print

The Doors’ debut album is good but I think they are overrated in the grand scheme of rock music. I don’t think it helps that their sound is pretty dated now. 

Some overrated bands: Queen, AC/DC, KISS, Oasis, U2 (since Achtung Baby), Yes, Rush, Metallica…

The following people thank Flyingbrians for this post:

QuarryMan

"And life flows on within you and without you" - George Harrison

27 July 2017
6.57am
Avatar
Shamrock Womlbs
Waiting for the van to come
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 3968
Member Since:
24 March 2014
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
290sp_Permalink sp_Print

hummm… The Beatles?? *wink* *wink*

Isn’t every band a bit overrated one way or another?

The following people thank Shamrock Womlbs for this post:

Martha, Flyingbrians, natureaker, BeatleSnut

"I Need You by George Harrison"

27 July 2017
7.03am
Avatar
Martha
Candlestick Park
Members
Forum Posts: 1277
Member Since:
27 February 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
291sp_Permalink sp_Print

Shamrock Womlbs said
hummm… The Beatles?? *wink* *wink*

Isn’t every band a bit overrated one way or another?  

I agree, in the end ‘overrated’ is just a subjective expression but in this case by saying ‘the band xyz is overrated’ most of us really just want to say ‘It bothers me that band xyz gets so much attention because there are better bands out there … for example the Beatles’ and I think that’s okay as it is another way of exchanging different tastes in music.

And by this definition, the Beatles also can’t be overrated.a-hard-days-night-george-10

The following people thank Martha for this post:

Beatlebug, natureaker, WeepingAtlasCedars, vonbontee

Not once does the diversity seem forced -- the genius of the record is how the vaudevillian "When I'm 64" seems like a logical extension of "Within You Without You" and how it provides a gateway to the chiming guitars of "Lovely Rita. - Stephen T. Erlewine on Sgt Pepper's

27 July 2017
7.12am
Avatar
Flyingbrians
Robin Hood Country
Paris Olympia
Members
Forum Posts: 363
Member Since:
19 January 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Shamrock Womlbs said
Isn’t every band a bit overrated one way or another?  

This is a difficult one since I think there are certain bands that are definitely not overrated.

Take a band like the Velvet Underground for example. They were incredibly influencial and at the same time the majority of their work was highly acclaimed critically. 

I think the influence factor is massive, which is why i’d hesitate to call a band like Nirvana or the Sex Pistols overrated. 

The Beatles are overrated if you only know the hits. 
 

Forgot to add them to my list, but I think Foo Fighters are pretty overrated. Critically they don’t have many great albums. 

The following people thank Flyingbrians for this post:

QuarryMan, Beatlebug

"And life flows on within you and without you" - George Harrison

27 July 2017
8.19am
Avatar
QuarryMan
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 3759
Member Since:
26 January 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
293sp_Permalink sp_Print

Queen at their best are phenomenal, but for me they don’t really deliver beyond the big hits. I try and listen to albums in full but most of the non singles tend to be not memorable and either boring or bad. Compare that to The Beatles, for whom you can dip into albums at random and find hidden gems you hadn’t even heard of that are as good as or better than the singles. 

The following people thank QuarryMan for this post:

Flyingbrians

I've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound. 

27 July 2017
8.32am
Avatar
Von Bontee
496 km NW of the '69 Toronto Rock n Roll Revival
Apple rooftop
Members
Forum Posts: 5448
Member Since:
14 December 2009
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
294sp_Permalink sp_Print

Flyingbrians said
The Doors’ debut album is good but I think they are overrated in the grand scheme of rock music. I don’t think it helps that their sound is pretty dated now. 

I’ve never really understood what’s wrong with sounded dated, musicalwise. They sound like a 60s/70’s band, which they were, so what?

The following people thank Von Bontee for this post:

Beatlebug, WeepingAtlasCedars, Little Piggy Dragonguy

Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.

         

27 July 2017
8.44am
Avatar
Flyingbrians
Robin Hood Country
Paris Olympia
Members
Forum Posts: 363
Member Since:
19 January 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Von Bontee said

Flyingbrians said
The Doors’ debut album is good but I think they are overrated in the grand scheme of rock music. I don’t think it helps that their sound is pretty dated now. 

I’ve never really understood what’s wrong with sounded dated, musicalwise. They sound like a 60s/70’s band, which they were, so what?  

Nothing wrong with it strictly but certain songs just age better then others, it doesn’t mean I don’t like them. ‘The End ‘ from their debut album is a good example. It sounds like it was written for hippies to get high to and dance around fires. It’s a categorically excellent album, but it just doesn’t resonate as much these days. 

There were plenty of bands from the 60s/70s whose music is less dated imo, such as the Beatles (Help ! onwards), Pink Floyd, Velvet Underground etc. 

The following people thank Flyingbrians for this post:

Beatlebug, Von Bontee

"And life flows on within you and without you" - George Harrison

27 July 2017
10.41am
Avatar
Dark Overlord
Nowhere Land
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 4470
Member Since:
9 March 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
296sp_Permalink sp_Print

Interesting thoughts on Queen Quarryman, i feel the exact opposite way, i feel that their hits don’t properly represent them and that their best songs are their album tracks like Father To Son and The Prophet’s Song.

If you're reading this, you are looking for something to do.

27 July 2017
11.52am
Avatar
William Shears Campbell
Somewhere In The Black Mountain Hills Of Utah
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 3629
Member Since:
14 June 2016
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
297sp_Permalink sp_Print

I quite like The Doors’s sound. The bassless one dimensional sound is always kinda pleasant to listen to. It’s simple and sometimes simple is good. As for the organ tone, I find it quite appealing.

The following people thank William Shears Campbell for this post:

vonbontee

Here | There | Everywhere

It's ya boi!  The one and only Billy Shears (AKA Paul's Replacement)

"Sometimes I wish I was just George Harrison" - John Lennon

 

27 July 2017
11.55am
Avatar
Dark Overlord
Nowhere Land
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 4470
Member Since:
9 March 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
298sp_Permalink sp_Print

I think it’s interesting how Ray plays the bass with a Fender Rhodes placed on top of his Vox Continental.

If you're reading this, you are looking for something to do.

27 July 2017
12.44pm
Avatar
QuarryMan
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 3759
Member Since:
26 January 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
299sp_Permalink sp_Print

Dark Overlord said
Interesting thoughts on Queen Quarryman, i feel the exact opposite way, i feel that their hits don’t properly represent them and that their best songs are their album tracks like Father To Son and The Prophet’s Song.  

Well obviously there are going to be plenty of great album tracks, but as a general rule, they’re a lot worse than the singles. Whereas with the Beatles it’s like they couldn’t have picked any one of the album tracks to be a single and it could have been just as successful. I also don’t think Queen are nearly as creative as people make them out to be either. 

The following people thank QuarryMan for this post:

Dark Overlord

I've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound. 

27 July 2017
12.48pm
Avatar
QuarryMan
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 3759
Member Since:
26 January 2017
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
300sp_Permalink sp_Print

William Shears Campbell said
I quite like The Doors’s sound. The bassless one dimensional sound is always kinda pleasant to listen to. It’s simple and sometimes simple is good. As for the organ tone, I find it quite appealing.  

Compare it to other rock organists though, such as John Paul Jones on Your Time Is Gonna Come, and it just sounds boring. They’re not that bad, just an extremely overrated band and I think it’s an outrage that they achieved success when The Velvet Underground didn’t. 

The following people thank QuarryMan for this post:

Flyingbrians, vonbontee

I've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound. 

Forum Timezone: Europe/London
Most Users Ever Online: 700
Currently Online:
Guest(s) 1
Top Posters:
Starr Shine?: 16105
Ron Nasty: 12534
Zig: 9832
50yearslate: 8759
Necko: 8043
AppleScruffJunior: 7583
parlance: 7111
mr. Sun king coming together: 6402
Mr. Kite: 6147
trcanberra: 6064
Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 88
Members: 2859
Moderators: 5
Admins: 1
Forum Stats:
Groups: 3
Forums: 44
Topics: 5510
Posts: 380342
Newest Members:
frankc, viv@nelsontraining.co.uk, bornhairyman, frankkilmore123@gmail.com, onlyanorthernsong
Moderators: Joe: 5691, meanmistermustard: 24950, Ahhh Girl: 22213, Beatlebug: 18181, The Hole Got Fixed: 8410
Administrators: Joe: 5691