Most overrated bands / artists thread

[DovertheRoad]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> McCartney is much maligned. I think people forget

> that a lot of his Beatles songs were absolute

> belters. And even post-Beatles... Band On The Run

> is actually a pretty solid record (not great of

> course, but decent).

Well said. Don't forget the Frog Chorus and the A. Patridge favourite "Jet"

[*Bob*]

I'm a little teapot, short and stout

Here's my handle, here's my spout

When I get all steamed up, hear me shout

Tip me over and pour me out

The lyrics may seem simple; child-like even. But just think.. if everybody was a little teapot - there wouldn't be so much damn hurtin' in the world.

[maxxi]

Until you get to all that tippin' and pourin' - that's fighting talk!

[RosieH]

I love *Bob* so much it causes me actual physical pain.

You know what else is a meaningful song:

I Light A Candle To Our Love

In Love Our Problems Disapper

But All In All We Soon Discover

That One And One Is All We Long To Hear

All'round The World

Little Children Being Born To The World

Got To Give Them All We Can 'Til The War Is Won

Then Will The Work Be Done

Help Them To Learn (Help Them To Learn)

Songs Of Joy Instead Of Burn, Baby, Burn (Burn, Baby Burn)

Let Us Show Them How To Play The Pipes Of Peace

Play The Pipes Of Peace

Help Me To Learn

Songs Of Joy Instead Of Burn, Baby, Burn

Won't You Show Me To Play (How To Play) The Pipes Of Peace (Pipes Of Peace)

Play The Pipes Of Peace

What Do You Say? (What Do You Say)

Will The Human Race Be Run In A Day? (In A Day)

Or Will Someone Save This Planet We're Playing On?

Is It The Only One? (What Are We Going To Do?)

Help Them To See (Help Them To See)

That The People Here Are Like You And Me (You And Me)

Let Us Show Them How To Play (How To Play) The Pipes Of

Peace (Pipesofpeace)

Play The Pipes Of Peace

Ooh___

I Light A Candle To Our Love

In Love Our Problems Disapper

But All In All We Soon Discover

That One And One Is All We Long To Hear

All'round The World

Little Children Being Born To The World

Got To Give Them All We Can 'Til The War Is Won

Then Will The Work Be Done

Help Them To Learn (Help Them To Learn)

Songs Of Joy Instead Of Burn, Baby, Burn (Burn, Baby Burn)

Let Us Show Them How To Play The Pipes Of Peace

Play The Pipes Of Peace

Help Me To Learn

Songs Of Joy Instead Of Burn, Baby, Burn

Won't You Show Me To Play (How To Play) The Pipes Of Peace (Pipes Of Peace)

Play The Pipes Of Peace

What Do You Say? (What Do You Say)

Will The Human Race Be Run In A Day? (In A Day)

Or Will Someone Save This Planet We're Playing On?

Is It The Only One? (What Are We Going To Do?)

Help Them To See (Help Them To See)

That The People Here Are Like You And Me (You And Me)

Let Us Show Them How To Play (How To Play) The Pipes Of Peace (Pipes of peace)

Play The Pipes Of Peace

Ooh____

I Light A Candle To Our Love

In Love Our Problems Disapper

But All In All We Soon Discover

That One And One Is All We Long To Hear

[Salsaboy]

McCartney. Tosser.

[seemster]

Keane. And Travis. And Toploader's dancing in the moonlight, possibly my most hated "song" of all time?

[titch juicy]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> Random list of stuff.

>

> Dirty Projectors, Bright Eyes, LCD Soundsystem,

> Kanye West, Hot Chip, Sleigh Bells, PJ Harvey,

> John Lennon (solo), Wavves, Laura Marling

>

> I should add that i like some of that stuff and

> loathe some of it, see previous (superior) thread

> for definition of overrated.

You can have Kanye, LCD soundsystem, Hot Chip and John Lennon. But PJ Harvey? Even if only for Rid of Me, Stories from.... and Let England Shake. 3 completely different albums but all equally brilliant.

Laura Marling's a strange one- I thought her debut was terrific, and I don't think she's made a bad album but i rarely bother listening to her. I saw her play Scala on the back of the first album and it was mesmerising.

I didn't think anyone other than me rated Dirty Projector's that highly. I think they're one of the most interesting bands around. Beautiful, unusual harmonies from the girls, great guitar work from Dave Longstreth and some good songwriting to boot. Sometimes the hooks are hidden so deep it takes listen after listen after listen to catch them and that some people don't have the patience for that but that's a big part of the joy of music for me- songs/bands that really creep up on you tend to be the ones that have more longevity. I find that's the case with the National, especially their earlier stuff (in particular Sad Songs....).

I loved the second Wavves album, King of The Beach and thought the first wasn't bad. Not got round to the two since though.

I think Kings of Leon are the most overrated band of recent times. Their first album wasn't bad- a fun southern rock album thick with hooks and no pretensions but they went down hill very quickly after that.

I also think Bright Eyes were great, although I'm not so taken with his solo stuff. He's a fantastic performer too.

[El Pibe]

PJ Harvey is the one that I like most in that list, but she seems to have attained some sort of god status amongst critics, and given I find her output patchy (oh but when she hits highs they *are* high) I think she merits overrated, but don't mistake that for bad.

I took me a while to work out that Wavves is just boring, fuzz is there for emotional effect, not to mask the fact that you don't have a melody, admittedly he may have improved, I wouldn't know.

dirty Projectors are another critics darling. I've tried to like them, I don't know if I'm missing something, but if I have to work that hard to simply squueze some actual enjoyment rather than some sort of admiration of someone's wanking ability I'd rather spend my time more fruitfully elsewhere. I do adore the national though. They've been at it for years and seem to be in danger of become darlings, though it's not really their fault in this case, they've not dramatically changed their approach in a decade.

If we're going fo underrated though, Built to Spill leap to mind. Pavement stole the music press pages (and were perhaps overrated though I'm a massive fan, and Malkmus's subsequent solo/jicks stuff) and they were criminally ignored.

Ooh, and I too quite like Laura, she's good at what she does, it's just i have several artists of a similar ilk in my collection who do it better. I guess she just did it when there was a lull in the music scene here, just as some other female artists were beginning to do their stuff too. Best of luck to her, good lass.

[aquarius moon]

seemster Wrote:

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> Keane. And Travis. And Toploader's dancing in the

> moonlight, possibly my most hated "song" of all

> time?

I love Keane. Especially their 'Perfect Symmetry' album. Must admit though that they are not as good now as they were a few years ago.

[Robert Poste's Child]

seemster Wrote:

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> Keane. And Travis. And Toploader's dancing in the

> moonlight, possibly my most hated "song" of all

> time?

Isn't it a cover?

[seemster]

Crumbs, not sure what difference being a cover makes to my dislike of it but a quick look on wikipedia suggests you are spot on - covered a couple of times, failed to chart on the second / third attempts - here are the lyrics for anyone who remains unconvinced...

We get it on most every night

when that moon is big and bright

its a supernatural delight

everybodys dancing in the moonlight

we get

everybody here is out of sight

they dont bark and they dont bite

they keep things loose they keep it tight

everybodys dancing in the moonlight

(Sorry for going a bit off-topic with an overrated song... And it would appear I have had my come-uppance as I now can't get the tune out of my head.)

[Robert Poste's Child]

Just meant that you can't really hold them responsible for the song. Would be interesting to know if the other versions are less irritating though.

[El Pibe]

Great work peeps, now I have danicing in the bloody moonlight earworming me!!!!!

[miga]

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[Jeremy]

DovertheRoad Wrote:

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> Well said. Don't forget the Frog Chorus and the A.

> Patridge favourite "Jet"

Paperback Writer, Elanor Rigby, Helter Skelter, Back In the USSR... surely classics. Unfortunately Frog Chorus, Mull of Kintyre, and a string of performances at major events, bobbing his stupid turtle head along to "Hey Jude", have completely soiled his legacy. That awful thing he did with Dave Grohl didn't help either. The popular opinion now seems to be that he has always been shit, but it's simply not the case.

Surely Keane, Travis, and similar latter-day easy listening is not really critically acclaimed, and therefore not overrated as such..

[El Pibe]

This thread (now in it's 7th, 8th? incarnation, usually just descends into a litany of music people don't like, which is rather missing the point.

[????]

Dexy's Midnight Runners - pretentious twats with pretentious frontman

[toff]

Band on the Run song is excellent, album not gt.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Bob Dylan. Tuneless droning.

[Alan Medic]

Jah Lush and the Black Kettles. Just cause they've been round for years doesn't make them any good!

[DulwichFox]

Oasis :- Wonderwall.

I said maybe

You're gonna be the one that saves me

And after all

You're my wonderwall

I said maybe

I'm gonna get a job at Sainsbury's

I'm gonna get a job at Sainsbury's

I'm gonna get a job at Sainsbury's

Foxy

[red devil]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Jah Lush and the Black Kettles.

Great name for a band if you're thinking of a name change O & J...

[Robert Poste's Child]

Katy Perry.

Lady Gaga.

All the women who sing those power ballads.

[titch juicy]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> Bob Dylan. Tuneless droning.

Stop it

[Robert Poste's Child]

Someone once tried to convince me that as I love Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan loves Leonard Cohen, therefore I should love Bob, but I just can't bear him.