Overrated musicians

[Villavic]

Rolling Stone, the issue in spanish, did a survey on social networks about the most overrated bands and singers. The list didn't surprise me, partially. I was looking for an english issue survey but couldn't find (I mean I find others but not from RS)

U2, Kurt Cobain, Bon Jovi, Alejandro Sanz and Justin Bieber

http://rollingstone.es/noticias/view...de-la-historia

[APerfectLie]

How about The Beatles and Pink Floyd? Too bad they didn't make the list. *prepares to be crucified*

[Silver Springs]

Lady Gaga is pretty damn high on my list of "what the hell are the rest of the planet thinking?".

[ButterCookie]

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

How about The Beatles and Pink Floyd? Too bad they didn't make the list. *prepares to be crucified*

I'm a member of a forum where The Beatles have their own thread and the title of it would get me banned for life from here I think they're overrated too.

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

Lady Gaga is pretty damn high on my list of "what the hell are the rest of the planet thinking?".

i have to agree w/ you on this~ she made her 'you & i' video just down the road from me~ her ex is from a town over~

[olive]

bruce springsteen.

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by ButterCookie

I'm a member of a forum where The Beatles have their own thread and the title of it would get me banned for life from here I think they're overrated too.

Me too - although I am a fan of John Lennon solo!

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by McTrouble

Me too - although I am a fan of John Lennon solo!

I'm a huge fan of The Beatles and John Lennon. My Mum refers to them as "Cheesy Pop" though, which bothers me and my Dad to no end lol.

[cliffdweller]

Eric Clapton.

[bluefox4000]

Being called overrated is overrated. Having said that......these are artists that I feel Are overrated, but MOST i still Love.

The Stones
The Beatles
U2
Radiohead
John Lennon
Springsteen
Nirvana
Flo and the Machine. (keep in mind.....love her, but she id nowhere near the rep she gets.)
Green Day.
And I have to say, though probably unfair cause I've been here 2 years..........Stevie Nicks Solo

Oh and the Dave Matthews Band.

Mick

[David]

Originally Posted by bluefox4000

And I have to say, though probably unfair cause I've been here 2 years..........Stevie Nicks Solo

Stevie Nicks comes to mind, very definitely. The fanbase-wide idolatry of her as a lyricist has always both puzzled and slightly amused me. I don't think her lyrics would have had anything like the same impact on fans if Stevie herself wasn't so physically alluring and charismatic. I think one fed the other. I see nothing in her lyrics except a very occasional bit of not-yet-mature honesty. The rest of the time, the stuff she's penned seems like blither-blather to me, no different a posture than the personas that Alice Cooper and various heavy metal bands have.

I think Pink Floyd and Kate Bush are overrated, too. This elaborate structure of achievement and significance has been built up around them, and I don't think their actual work can support such a structure—certainly not consistently.

Various schools of now-fashionable singing styles (like the "soul" pyrotechnic style and the postnasal-drip-from-angst style) strike me as impossibly overrated. People react to that Mariah Carey style on singing-contest TV shows as if great truths or primal emotions were being tapped into. I consider it hogwash, as phony as the night is long.

[HejiraNYC]

Jack White/White Stripes. I feel like scraping paint off the walls when I have to listen to his garbage. I simply do not understand the appeal at all! I tried watching the movie It Might Get Loud, which featured true rock legends like The Edge and Jimmy Page... and Jack White (barf). Really? Jack White doesn't deserve to be in the same room as The Edge and Jimmy Page, let alone shine their shoes. After a few minutes, I just couldn't...

Iron and Wine (Sam Beam). I actually like some of his stuff. But the way the critics swoon over him, you would think he is the most amazing, original musician ever. It's largely background/coffehouse music for me... nothing that grabs your undivided attention.

Adele. Yes, she has a great voice and she deserves to be a popular recording artist. But does her 21 album deserve to rank up there with Thriller and Rumours in terms of being of the best selling albums in recording history? Hey-all- to-the-no!

Tori Amos. She has always come across as a bit of a poseur to me. She is self-consciously arty for the sake of being arty, and she still refuses to admit that she started her career as a blatant Kate Bush wannabe. I haven't seen recent footage of her, but I still throw up in my mouth when I recall how she used to play the piano sitting with her legs wide open to the audience, as if she was airing out a nasty yeast infection.

Bruce Springsteen. He had an amazing run of albums between 1975 - 1984. Nothing spectacular, not particularly deep (he's not the most intelligent/articulate troubador to ever come along), but very solid, melodic, emotional efforts. But everything before 1975 and after 1984 has been . Besides being the crowned spokesperson for the blue collar working person, he hasn't expressed much emotional/topical/musical range- his legend is built entirely upon melodramatic, angst-filled urban tales- a theme he revisits over and over again. And I would also add that he is easily the worst/sloppiest guitar player of any musician at his level of success; it comes as no surprise that he takes along so many guitar players on tour.

Elvis Costello. I just don't get all of the critical praise for everything he does. And I always wondered what he would sound like if he took nasal decongestants.

[Lee]

I don't know; it depends on how you define "overrated" I guess. I happen to like U2. I've seen them once live from the nose bleed section & even in the nose bleed section, I liked them. One of the best concerts that I've ever seen.

I've never seen Bruce live, don't really like him, but I've heard that his live concerts are a good two to three hours long. And he always sells out his shows when he comes to Philly. Overrated?

Lady Gaga, well, from what I've seen on TV, she's sounds OK, & again I don't really like her, her outfits are over-the-top. I know she does it to get attention, but it's not really necessary. Again overrated?

Can an artist be "overrated"? I have to think about that one.

Lee

[TrueFaith77]

*deleted for not being very compelling*

[markolas]

Agree completely about The Beatles, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Springsteen, U2, Adele (even though I like her well enough), and Tori Amos.

I'd add:

Neil Young: I like a few of his songs, especially "Harvest Moon," but it's mostly noisy, unintelligible garbage

Bob Dylan: Again, most of his songs make absolutely no sense, and I'd wager that he doesn't even know what 90% of his lyrics mean. So, when I bitch about Stevie's lyrics, I can say in all confidence "Yes, Stevie, I would absolutely say that to Bob Dylan." I cringe every time I hear "Shelter from the Storm" (a song I otherwise love) and his reference to blowing a "fugelhorn." Every bit as irritating as "drownded" or "Nag Champra."

Without comment: Led Zeppelin, The Who, and....oh, who am I kidding? 70% of all rock music from the '60s to the present is insufferable to me.