• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Most overrated band ever?

Page 5 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
edro said:
This thread is going to be fun.

I'll help:

Metallica
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
U2
The Who
Michael Jackson
Elton John
Foo Fighters
Beatles
Pearl Jam
Rolling Stones
Neil Young

...not a lick of musical talent in any of their bones.
Click to expand...
DT4K said:
Is my sarcasm meter broken?
If not,
motion to nominate edro as the biggest idiot on ATOT.

Overated?
Maybe a couple of those on the list.
No musical talent?
Absolutely preposterous.
Click to expand...
Yeah, I was trolling.

These types of threads always end up with someone naming an obvious amazing band just to get attention.

FYI, that list contains my all-time favorite bands/singers, in no particular order.
 
ahenkel said:
I guess for me Overrated means they get all the credit for being world changing or super influential. Take Nirvana for example they're good but they wouldn't have been anything if not for the Meat Puppets or the Melvins.
Click to expand...

Yet 10's of 1000's of musicians try to be like Nirvana, but nobody tries to emulate The Meat Puppets. Why do you think that is? Because they're overrated? We then come back to the question "Who determines when a band is overrated?"

An idea is only as good as it's implementation. If someone was inspired by someone else, and then does it better, more power to them.
 
meltdown75 said:
oh, this thread is one of these threads.

post the most wildly successful bands ever and claim they are overrated.

classic ATOT.

continue.
Click to expand...

Pretty much. The vast majority of these posts is slamming popular bands. Which is fine, even popular bands aren't loved by everyone, hell I would rather not listen to a lot of the stuff listed here personally, but I'm not gonna call it overrated.

One thing you'll notice about basically everyone listed here, from the Beatles to Neil Young to the Who to U2 and so on, is that these people worked pretty hard at what they do, they write basically all of their own material, and have provided some pretty iconic soundtracks to the past few decades. Just a few licks of a lot of the tracks and the imagery and history of the era that inspired it (or vice versa) will come to mind.

My opinion (just that, really) is that the most over-rated acts are the ones who don't actually do any of their own writing, but are rather packaged by record companies much like any other mass-produced product. I can forgive a lot of things, but lack of originality is something I seldom tolerate. Perhaps somewhat of an exception can be made with *some* country acts, who quite often use other songwriters, but that seems just to be the way nashville works. I'm not a big country fan, so I'm not gonna bitch about things I don't understand.

Cheers
 
The musical ignorance in this thread makes me sad.

To say the Beatles are overrated is beyond stupid. They single-handedly pioneered multi-track recording which has had more of on impact on the music industry then anything else ever.

Pink Floyd took what the Beatles made and added to it. Between the two of them they basically laid the foundation for rock music. You can't listen to a guitarist without detecting their influence.

Those two bands can not be rated highly enough in my book.

Bands like Nickleback and Green Day on the other hand bring nothing to music. They churn out repetitive monotonous drivel that all sounds the same. Music would be fine without them.
 
I changed my mind.

The Beatles
The Velvet Underground
The Sex Pistols
The Pixies
Bad Brains
The Kinks
Pink Floyd
Guided by Voices
 
Platypus said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_recording_technology

A staggering number of recording technologies were derived from what the Beatles and their crew came up with. I just cannot fathom how that kind of thing can be considered overrated when it's used by practically everyone still today.

I think there is a nomenclature disconnect for some people here.
Click to expand...

If the TECHNICAL aspects of their recording was superior then fine, I acknowledge they had an influence.
They are still overrated because all the kudos they get are for their music, which sucked ass.
 
shortylickens said:
If the TECHNICAL aspects of their recording was superior then fine, I acknowledge they had an influence.
They are still overrated because all the kudos they get are for their music, which sucked ass.
Click to expand...

To YOU they sucked ass. You need to understand that you are in the vast minority, meaning there's likely wrong with your opinion.
 
Fritzo said:
To YOU they sucked ass. You need to understand that you are in the vast minority, meaning there's likely wrong with your opinion.
Click to expand...

Look at Bose's, Apple's and AOL's sales figures, and then tell me majority opinion means something.

The Beatles' sound was very poppy, very "flowers sunshine & puppies" - even in songs where the theme wasn't upbeat the music still is. I'm not saying they're bad by a long shot - I own most albums and enjoy a good listen on occasion - but they were as popular as they were because they had such widespread appeal and thus were so radio-friendly. And a tragic death always, always increases an artist's popularity. They'll never compare to a band willing to explore the discordant dark side as well as Pink Floyd managed to.
 
Dave Matthews Band
Greatful Dead
Phish
Bruce Springsteen
The Who
The Doors
U2
Rush

and I can not believe that someone mentioned Led Zeppelin and Dream Theater?
Page and Petrucci are living Gods
 
classy said:
What? Nirvana was a great band. Obviously losing Cobain dealt a serious blow to the group. I think Grateful Dead is at the top of the list.
Click to expand...

bull. nirvana and the whole grundge shit killed a lot of great bands with very talented musicians
 
OutHouse said:
bull. nirvana and the whole grundge shit killed a lot of great bands with very talented musicians
Click to expand...

What, like Alice in Chains? One of the best bands of the 90s and most would consider them grunge (wtf is grundge?). Soundgarden, debatably, as well.

Nirvana sucked. Not the grunge sound, just Nirvana. With their 3 chords and indecipherable but somehow still teen-angsty lyrics. They sucked. Not grunge.
 
CKent said:
Look at Bose's, Apple's and AOL's sales figures, and then tell me majority opinion means something.

The Beatles' sound was very poppy, very "flowers sunshine & puppies" - even in songs where the theme wasn't upbeat the music still is. I'm not saying they're bad by a long shot - I own most albums and enjoy a good listen on occasion - but they were as popular as they were because they had such widespread appeal and thus were so radio-friendly. And a tragic death always, always increases an artist's popularity. They'll never compare to a band willing to explore the discordant dark side as well as Pink Floyd managed to.
Click to expand...

I don't think the Beatles overcharged for their music, forced you to use a certain record player to play their songs, or kept charging you to listen to their music no matter how long ago you stopped....so I don't think the Bose, Apple, or AOL analogy is valid.
 
To everyone attacking people who are listing the Beatles as overrated, I think you need to take a step back and consider the word "overrated." Overrated literally means rated higher than one would consider appropriate. The Beatles are, in many estimations, the number one band of all time. To people whose opinion of the Beatles is that they are not the number one band of all time, The Beatles are overrated. Something being overrated does not mean that you think it is bad, it simply means that you think it is thought of more highly than you think it should be.

But then again, The Beatles were legendary and pioneered so many parts of the pop-rock genre that to think they are overrated probably makes you a complete idiot. One of my best friends HATES The Beatles, and even he can admit that Eleanor Rigby is one of the most beautiful songs of all time. Good luck finding a comparable song by Dave Matthews...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top