Most overrated bands / artists thread

[Salsaboy]

He speaks highly of you RPC.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Like finger nails down a blackboard, frankly.

[Parkdrive]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> 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.

Can't abide either, Leonard Cohen's singing is music for manic depressives and Dylan's nasal whining does my head in.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Surely for a manic phase you'd need something like Ace of Spades.

[????]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> Bob Dylan. Tuneless droning.

Looking forward for you

"Aretha Franklin. Just Shouts" post RPC :)

[Otta]

I've siad it before I'll say it again, Bob Dylan is a great great song writer, but his voice makes me want to head but a brick wall until death or brain damage.

[MrBen]

For me it's mainly all of the "artists" who sell millions but write none of their own stuff, don't have a say on who's in their band and who are basically TV/record company puppets.

Prime example: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10563266/Its-a-joke-that-Sam-Smith-is-the-Sound-of-2014.html

[steveo]

Can't be bothered to read it. He looks like a dick though

[titch juicy]

Bob Dylan's voice is (well, was) perfect. It couldn't be improved upon and any other voice singing his songs sounds wrong.

In the same way that Lou Reed's, Neil Young's, Wayne Coyne's, Shane MacGowan's, Shaun Ryder's etc etc voices are all perfect.

If they could all sing note perfect across 4 octaves their songs would sound horrendous.

[El Pibe]

"Shane MacGowan", if you can just add Nick Cave and cats to that list we might have a snorkystorm!!!

[Robert Poste's Child]

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> Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> > Bob Dylan. Tuneless droning.

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>

> Looking forward for you

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> "Aretha Franklin. Just Shouts" post RPC :)

Wrong - love Aretha Franklin. She can sing, unlike Bob moan drone Dylan.

ETA: I always found Whitney Houston rather shouty though.

[titch juicy]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> "Shane MacGowan", if you can just add Nick Cave

> and cats to that list we might have a

> snorkystorm!!!

Yes- Nick Cave too.

What's a snorkystorm?

[maxxi]

titch juicy Wrote:

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> What's a snorkystorm?

Title of Arcade Fire's third album.

[El Pibe]

surely you've been here long enough to know that TJ

[titch juicy]

I've heard it before but have no clue, sorry

[El Pibe]

it's the weird cascade of characters that stick to your screen when an apopletic snorky goes off on one at the mention of Nick Cave, cats, royal babies.....etc......

[titch juicy]

Haha!

[Robert Poste's Child]

What's wrong with Nick Cave?

[phobic3000]

Lily Allen, Nickelback, Kate Nash... Grr Why do they even exist?

[Robert Poste's Child]

Kate Nash exists so that Frisky & Mannish could cross her with Kate Bush:

Wuvverin' Haaaights...

[El Pibe]

given that Nickelback are basically the internet's all-purpose whipping boy, they can hardly be described as 'overrated', despite their aforementioned fans who are legion.....as in they are literally demons from hell.

[Otta]

I understand why people slate Nickleback, but they are still one of the most fun (in an overblown spinal tap sense) live acts I've seen.

[Levina]

Bjork

[El Pibe]

I'm with you there. I was totally smitten with her back in the sugarcubes days. First couple of albums were really special (though haven't stood the test of time so well).

But some of her more recent stuff, well, it scares me frankly.

This video from a couple of years ago is pretty awesome in the truest sense of the word.

 

[El Pibe]

That said, she follows her own path, she is always original, her music is usually interesting and challenging (if not always engaging and occasionally terrifying). I won't willingly listen to all her albums, but god damn i'll always give them a chance.