Highly overated bands....

[????]

....The Stone Roses...one decent album does not a great band make...right time right place, that's all.

[RosieH]

Hmmmm, harsh but fair (although I'd say one great album)

Oasis - shouty shouty monobrowed pub rockers

[indiepanda]

Radiohead. I just don't get the appeal.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Agree re the stone roses. If anything i am less harsh than i used to be.

But what prompted that thread at 8am on a saturday morning ??

[Michael Palaeologus]

Bross - in their day voted "Best band in the world ever" by the viewers of TOTP.

Perhaps not in hindsight ................

[ruffers]

Arctic Monkeys; a case of the emperor's new clothes if ever there was one.

[taper]

U2

The Clash

Queen

ACDC

Guns and Roses

and rock's my bag.

[Jeremy]

What!!!! I can understand U2, and I suppose Queen, but THE CLASH?? (although I will admit that their best work is not necessarily that "immediate")

[mockney piers]

I love the stone roses, but with hindsight that's a fine point. It stands the test of time, I've gone off many an album I love, but the songs are still good, however right time right place is spot on, I can't see it appealing much to those who weren't there, say in the way that Dark Side of the Moon continues to make every 17 year old who's just started smoking gear and stumbles upon it think he's the first to do either, or both.

In the spirit of honesty I'll add My Bloody Valentine, top work by Shields bankrupting a label and all, but...

[Keef]

Totally agree with Stone Roses, Oasis, and bloody Radiohead!

Taper, Guns N' Roses?!?!?!? Come on, Slash is a guitar God! (assuming we're talking about the GNR of old).

Pixies! *runs away before giggirl gets here).

[giggirl]

The Beatles

[bon3yard]

Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Just horrible. Dark Side of the Moon remains sublime as does The Stone Roses. Great Albums are few and far between and are usually distinguished from merely good albums as containing no fillers just wall to wall top tunage. Musics entirely subjective though and has fuelled many a row in my household and over an ale. My Brother admitting to being a 'bit of a Coldplay fan' over the festive period was tantamount to a declaration of war and I fear Xmas suffered as a result.

[Keef]

Good for you, don't let him off the hook! Scum!!!

giggirl, I am with you on the Beatles.

[bon3yard]

Beatles? Right time right place...erm, right?

[PeckhamRose]

Marrillion.

Phil Collins.

Coldplay.

You leave Radiohead alone. I would die for Thom Yorke.

[bon3yard]

Blimey hes miserable enough without a suicide on his conscience! ;-)

[indiepanda]

bon3yard Wrote:

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> Blimey hes miserable enough without a suicide on his conscience! ;-)

I always did think of Radiohead as "music to cut your wrists to", hence my dislike.

[HonaloochieB]

Anyone who does not rate Oasis, is a schmuck.

Did Jeremy suggest that a lack of appreciation of The Clash, suggested that the suggestee was an an utter c*nt?

If he didn't then take it from me, they are a knownothing c*ntbollox. And that's the truth.

If you suggest The Beatles are overated, you're a fool. A foolish lunatic with a hatred for pop music.

The next you'll be telling me that you don't like Bob Dylan.

Honestly, you will.

[HonaloochieB]

Mind you, Queen. And I saw them as a support group in 1972.

Enjoyed them well enough, but really, given far more credibility than they really deserve.

[indiepanda]

Bob Dylan I could leave... not that I have really listened to enough to judge.

However, I have never understood anyone who claims not to rate The Beatles. I can't think of any other band that has come close to producing so many amazing songs with such a variety of styles in such a short period of time. Ok, they was some dross in there too (most songs ringo ended up singing) but the sublime ones more than compensate.

Oasis.... well, the first two albums were pretty great... the third was dreadful, they've got better in recent years, but not sure they have ever got back to their original heights... feels a bit like the moment has passed - unlike Blur they didn't really evolve much.

[HonaloochieB]

Oasis are simply rock.

They have one of the all time great front men in Liam, can sing when he wants to and drops into being a vocalist when necessary.

He can hold an audience by standing still, with his hands behind his back, and is one of only a few people who can look good wearing shades indoors.

His older brother writes fine songs, and though they reference the Beatles, I think that 70's glam rock is more his bag.

But that's just me.

[bigbadwolf]

I agree, I don't like Oasis and never will.

Not sure if they qualify as a band or a group but Take that are a gang of wankers.

The Kooks = the cocks.

Most of the bands mentioned at the beginning of this thread are before my time. Foe some reason I find that if I don't like a member or members of a band or group this usually if not always results in me disliking the music they play.

[HonaloochieB]

bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> I agree, I don't like Oasis and never will.

> Not sure if they qualify as a band or a group but

> Take that are a gang of @#$%&.

> The Kooks = the cocks.

> Most of the bands mentioned at the beginning of

> this thread are before my time. Foe some reason I

> find that if I don't like a member or members of a

> band or group this usually if not always results

> in me disliking the music they play.

So BBW, Oasis are not your 'thang'. And you'll never like them? I think then you're not keen on the rock, generally.

As for Take That, what of Back For Good? I reckon anyone who doesn't reckon that as a fantastic song, is somneone that I wouldn't be able to cuddle up to.

And I'd not do that with a Kook.

[bigbadwolf]

I'm not entirely sure HonaloochieB. I always thought that Oasis were classed as Brit pop. I agree that rock doesn't feature very much in my collection but I wouldn't dismiss the whole of Rock altogether. Craig David is another Twat I forgot to mention but I've dealt with him already.

[indiepanda]

bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> Craig David is another @#$%& I forgot to mention but I've dealt with him already.

Dealt with him? Is that why we've been saved from any recent releases from him?

As for Brit pop.... in my opinion a bit of an unhelpful label placed on pretty much every British band who played their own instruments from about 1994 - 1996. I am not sure some of them had much more in common than that.

Was a time I remember with some affection though - lots of good music around, and I was fresh out of university so not yet disillusioned by the world of work and enjoying having more than two pence to rub together after the student years. Ho hum, I'm going to get all nostalgic now!