the most overated acts

All acts that have been mentioned before on this topic PLUS Eric Clapton, Police/Sting, Tina Turner, Rolling Stones (well, after 'Exile' that is), Led Zeppelin,

The Monkees.


I bought their debut Lp a few weeks ago to see what all the fuss/ what I had been missing ect... A great band ? This ? Pleasant period pop/rock maybe. Could anyone possibly compare this lightweight twaddle to the power and originality of other California rock bands of the period : The Doors, The Byrds or Jefferson Airplane (despite the many flaws of these bands) ?

I don't think so.


Mac

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Originally posted by Diccus62:
Pompous nonsense IMO...................

I can't bear 'em, but they are Mrs. 555 favorites.
There is a section in my CD storage labelled Pink Floyd Corner of Shame where her collection resides.

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Originally posted by Diccus62:
... though i used to like Rick Wakeman.

“My greatest musical embarrassment”

A new thread that would do good business if we're all honest!



Mine is ELO

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Originally posted by Chillkram:
Bruce Springsteen.

I walked out on one his show boring. And now I take cover. The Rolling Stones good god what M.O.R crap. The same crap for forty years.

Bob Seger also comes to mind as a waste of good vinyl.

Dean

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Mine is ELO

If you believe Radio 6, ELO is cool again. So just consider your early indiscretions "directional"! Anyway, I'll see your ELO and raise you with the Police.

Outlandos excepted.

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Originally posted by Diccus62:
I'm in big trouble now

You're in trouble only cos you beat me to it

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Originally posted by Chillkram:
Bruce Springsteen.

Amen, brother!

Trouble is, people (boys) of a certain age living on rose-tinted memories of watching the inevitable Springsteen number on the OGWT New Year's Eve special in an alcoholic haze, and thinking that Spingsteen (and a whole load of other stuff) is the mutt's nuts.

Yawn.

Has to be said though, the OGWT New Year's Eve special was always much better than the much-overrated 'Hootenaney' (except for the year Gomez did an absolutely fantastic cover of 'Soul Kitchen').

Thinking about it this and underrated threads are a complete waste of time, along with "best" " worst" "favourite" "hated". If you like an artist then they are best,favourite, underrated and vice versa. Its just another thread to slag off "populist" acts and favour the almost totally unknown but "aren't I cool listening to this act no one else has ever heard off.
My vote for underrated goes to Puce armpit vomit children, just can't understand why after selling 2 albums they never made it.

Wrong!

I started the underrated thread in the hope of discovering new (to me) music,
& it hasn't been a waste of time.

BTW your "joke" is in the wrong thread

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Puce armpit vomit children

Now that's another band I've never heard of - which of their two albums is the best

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Originally posted by rupert bear:
My additions to this list were to have been Coldplay and Radiohead, but someone beat me to it. I know these bands are like the 21st C equivalent of Yes, Caravan and Genesis, but sorry... zzzz...

Caravan are a million miles away from those other bands you mention and very much better too, IMHO. OK early Yes and very early Genesis are fine, but Caravan are an institution - a truly wonderful group.

Weren't Radiohead hired to turn off Blackpool lights?

This should be called the "I don't agree with their success" thread. Many of the acts here can't be overrated, by the only measure that matters.

One thing about Elvis though. Am I alone in preferring the stuff he did during the drug fuelled "burger" years?

Steve

U2, Bruce Springsteen, Manic Street Preachers, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Pink Floyd....I think that's enough for now!

diccus as much as i disagree with you on the floyd one, this thread is only a bit of fun.

Scotty, i'm having fun mate, believe me

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Originally posted by scottyhammer:
diccus as much as i disagree with you on the floyd one, this thread is only a bit of fun.
one mans meat and all that.................
heres another one.....ELVIS! MUST BE ONE OF THE ALL TIME OVERATED ACTS.

Scotty, believe me I am having fun

Michael and the Car fixers

Oh heck i've just brought me breakfast up

Only joking ROTF

Oasis! (they're as big as the Beatles!!)

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! : D

nymph

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Originally posted by Diccus62:


Only joking ROTF

I spotted that

I can't accept Oasis are overrated because Noel uttered one of the truest couplets ever uttered by an Englishman

Everybody hates <insert name of obnoxious singing(?) drummer here>
And if they don't they should.

I'm sure everybody would agree the attack on Oasis in this article is not merited.

I rest my case

Gonna go with Pink Floyd. They have their moments (especially early in their career - up to Atom Heart Mother/Wish You Were Here, say), but beyond that, their self-importance and pretentiousness become tedious (and I usually have a soft spot for pretentiousness).

diccus i also am having fun believe it or not !

another one: PRINCE if that is his current name, it should be little tosser!

Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and Frank Sinatra - don't understand the appeal of any of them

I guess it is a bit negative to list people whose music doesn't appeal to me, is it useful for anybody to know about music I've heard and just disliked or thought of as elevator music?