Most overrated bands / artists thread

[Otta]

Salsaboy mentioned that U2 are in his top 3 on another thread, so thought I'd start a thread.

Obviously all very subjective so let's not argue, just wondering who people consider overrated.

I'll open with the bleeding obvious.

Coldplay.

PS. I'm not what you'd call a U2 fan, only own one album which a mate inexplicably got me for Christmas years ago. Think they've produced some utter shit.

But, I think they've produced a few really great songs.

[Salsaboy]

U2.

Elvis.

The Beatles.

[steveo]

U2 check

Elvis check

The Beatles had twenty number ones in six years, which averages out at one per 3.7 months.

Beat that

[Townleygreen]

The Beatles...

bear in mind that before the Beatles, there was not a lot....Tommy Steele, Frankie Avalon, Marty Wilde. OK, the Shadows were pretty good, but what else was there?

[StraferJack]

What everyone said the first time

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,204734,page=1

[steveo]

Where the venerable HonaloochieB pronounced

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

[steveo]

That's an interesting page Strafer containing as it does contributions from the aforementioned HB as well as bigbadwolf and snorky.

It also seems to be the moment when the word twat was removed from the EDF lexicon

[Otta]

It was also 5 years ago.

[Otta]

Reading that old thread is interesting. I said the Pixies and Nirvana.

Giggirl (Gawd bless 'er) gave me some tickets to check The Pixies out at Brixton, and I had a great time and really enjoyed the gig, and then I downloaded loads of their stuff, and now it gets skipped if it ever comes on my ipod.

Similar to "The Boss", the wife and I saw him live last summer (or was it the one before) and it was good fun, but when a song comes on it tends to get skipped.

But agree with *bob* on that last thread I guess. Who are any of us to say something is "overrated"? Ig millions of people have bought an album and you dislike it, who are you to tell those millions that they are wrong.

I admit that for me it's far too much about personality.

Chris Martin = twat = Coldplay are shit.

Artic Monkeys = twats = They're shit.

Radiohead were just shit though.

[????]

Zep

[????]

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without a shadow of a doubt those Mancunian Indie moaners who lucked on to a moment in time... The Stone Roses

Edit to add - I just looked back at the old thread and can at least say I'm consistent!

[RosieH]

Oh my god, Otta, you're a massive loser.

If you can't find it in your tiny mind to listen to the Pixies and the Boss, then your heart must be shrivelled like last year's festive walnut down the back of the sofa.

[RosieH]

Quids, you ARE consistent.

I'm not.

Having recently listened to the Stone Roses again, I can say that they get skipped every time on my ipod. I think their success had a lot to do with people's taking a nuclear f*ck-ton of ecstasy at the time.

[????]

So no longer a 'great' album then Rosie? :)

[Otta]

RosieH Wrote:

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> Oh my god, Otta, you're a massive loser.

>

> If you can't find it in your tiny mind to listen

> to the Pixies and the Boss, then your heart must

> be shrivelled like last year's festive walnut down

> the back of the sofa.

Er, yeah cheers for that.

[RosieH]

???? Wrote:

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> So no longer a 'great' album then Rosie? :)

Erm...

*hangs head*

[RosieH]

Otta Wrote:

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> Er, yeah cheers for that.

Oh come now, pumpkin. No teasing during Ocsober..?

[steveo]

Oi Oi Quids

[Otta]

RosieH Wrote:

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> Otta Wrote:

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> > Er, yeah cheers for that.

>

> Oh come now, pumpkin. No teasing during

> Ocsober..?

I am but a delicate flower.

Jere comes your man is a wonderful tune, as are a few others, but I dunno...

[ultraburner]

The manics.

[toff]

Look no further than Genesis, U2, Coldplay and Stone Roses. All have front-men who are bell-ends, perhaps my choices are driven by this one commonality, that said, there are probably plenty bands lead by of bell-ends out there I do like though can't think of any right now.

[steveo]

Jay Z

Kayne West

[miga]

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[Millhaven]

Shut up you idiots.

[Otta]

You're always so friendly.