Overrated?
 

Who would you say is overrated? [That is, to say, given an unrealistic and undeserved amount of respect and praise by critics, fans or awards]

I'm aware this'll cause some arguments but CARE I NOT.

I'll start. The Ramones. Everything sounds the same. /generalisation

leona lewis, Coldplay, Take That, Arctic Monkeys, U2......will add more.

Coldplay. Although they have died down quite a lot now. In 06 they were unbearable.

*gets bitchy and says Eminem*

JLS and BEP. neither are given much praise or respect but they seem to sell a lot and this just shouldnt happen

OH forgot the motherlord that is Justin Bieber

*tastefully ignores*

underrated

ellie goulding, marina and the diamonds :love:

Other than the already mentioned Coldplay I'd say Kings of Leon....

Dunno if there is any point saying a pop artist is overrated, just appeals to the masses anyway

Metallica
Coldplay
U2
Kings Of Leon..but i dunno cus alot of people hate them too so i dunno if i would say they are overated but yeh

elvis
the beatles

elton john

The likes of Justin Bieber and JLS are not overrated. Who overrates them? They appeal to their own market which mostly consists of overgrown single women and young children.

An artist has to have been heaped with critical praise and fanwankerry surely before they should count in a thread like this?

I'll go ahead and hop on the Coldplay bandwagon straight away. Other ones that come to mind are Jay-Z, hey hurr hey it's Metallicahhh and err ... David Gray. Another boring shittyarse, IMO.

Having difficulty thinking of many right now. Simonsays's obvious baiting aside anyone who nominates either The Beatles or Elvis does not understand popular music. Opinions need not apply. Thank you.

i said the beatles and elvis because the way people arselick them you would think they shit golden eggs

im not baiting im just saying that nobody is that good

apart from alanis morissette obviously

i assumed as much. the ignore function :love:

well you fail because you have posted in almost every thread i have made since you put me on ignore

ignore:

to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.

They revolutionized popular music to a degree that you are as of yet incapable of understanding. Regardless of your opinion on them they are not in any way overrated.

People need to realize that 'name some overrated bands!' and 'name some bands you don't like that much!' are two different things.

The Beatles and Elvis get heaped with praise and adulation. Every bit of it due.

Lady Gaga.

in b4 the harry

its not my fault i dont like elvis or the beatles :shocked:


i like eleanor rigby :sad:

madonna

k that was baiting but il stop now

Sex Pistols

Bob Marley. Only because most people who are a 'fan' can't even name 10 of his songs.

definitely. I'm very against the whole punk movement, really...but that might just be because I don't like the music. I respect the impact it's had though, culturally at least.

jammin! LAWWLZ

i quite like alot of punk actually..dead kennedys,exploited,black flag,circle jerks
but theres just something about sex pistols that i just dont really like
although in fairness i do love public image ltd gladly they arent punk

Sex Pistols I agree with as a band. Although they did help kickstart the punk movement they had one damn album and none of them were particularly good musicians. John Lydon has a great raspy voice and personality but then Public Image was his true band. The guy even said it himself.

Besides Punk was a step backwards that left very little room for sonic experimentation. The post punk movement was far superior. I do enjoy pop punk for what it is though. I'd never take it seriously or go and see any of the bands but it's produced some good tunes [See : Any Tony Hawk game].

Same with some of the Nirvana groupies, can never name many songs lol They just like the hoodies

You mean the twelve year olds who will have you know they remembered the day Kurt killed himself/Courtney blew his face off?

Posers the lot of them, bai.

they are so annoying ^
50 Cent..worst rapper ever IMO
although i do love 2Pac he is overated but aload of people just because he is dead

Kanye West is stupidly overrated. Goes by samples mostly and his lyrics are shyte

the word overated is overated

Tricky. I'm not a huge fan of him but his use of high pitched sampling and nicking of drum loops has slowed down with his recent efforts. His a dab hand in the studio. New album kicks all sorts of ass.

Happy Mondays

They arent overrated really but the way I'm a Celebrity keep calling Shaun Ryder a musical legend and Happy Mondays one of the best bands of that era is just silly

I liked all his early stuff but then he got a bit too much lol

Elvis and The Beatles.

How could I forget Kaiser Chiefs

Guarenteed anyone on TiBB could write a Kaiser Chiefs song in about 10 minutes


Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

JACK A DULL BOY. JACK A DULL BOY.
whooaaaaaaaaa

Yeah The Chiefs looked poised for superstardom a few years ago then they vanished. Same with Stereophonics who in reality are a terrible, boring old shoe of a band. Dakota is decent but still ... they should have been headlining stadiums by now.