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Most overrated band ever? 12:27 - Oct 31 with 14030 viewsDubtractor

I'm bored with arguing about football, so how about we argue about music instead?

I'm going with Oasis. I didn't get them at the time, and whenever I hear them now I just don't understand how they became so big. I was listening to a 90s indie compilation whilst decorating earlier and this came on. Its like a big checklist of 90s indie cliches all cobbled together in one song - dreadful and cheesy lyrics, token string section to make it sound anthemic, key changes to add emotion, about 4 minutes too long. It sounds like something that Robbie Williams rejected.



These chorus lyrics though....

All around the world
You've gotta spread the word
Tell them what you've heard
You're gonna make a better day
All around the world
You've gotta spread the word
Tell 'em what you've heard
You know it's gonna be okay

Also, these lyrics...

Na na na na
Na na na na
Na na na na
Na na na
Na na na na
Na na na na
Na na na na
Na na na
Na
Na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
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Most overrated band ever? on 13:12 - Oct 31 with 914 viewswkj

Oh, I just thought of one...

ABBA...

Fleetwood Mac are vastly superior and utterly dysfunctional, but a great band that Abba almost felt like they were trying to be - but ended up trading rock for guffy pop.
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Most overrated band ever? on 13:12 - Oct 31 with 911 viewsDarth_Koont

Most overrated band ever? on 13:05 - Oct 31 by factual_blue

Has anybody added the smiths/morrissey to the list yet?

If not, why not?


Never. And even if Morrissey has done some good solo stuff he’s never been rated that highly on his own.

The Smiths is Morrissey + Marr + a specific place and time. And before Morrissey’s various idiosyncrasies and insecurities turned into racism, of course.

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:13 - Oct 31 with 899 viewsWeWereZombies

Most overrated band ever? on 12:33 - Oct 31 by Fixed_It

Buzzcooks. In or out?


Although twenty years separates them it is surprising how alike The Grillers and Buzzcooks sound.

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:08 - Oct 31 by Mullet

Just because you survived cholera and jazz that doesn't mean you can go around posting this sort of guff. You don't see me hammering Bach or your other childhood favourites do you?


As Carl Sagan said about the selection of music put on Voyager 'if it were all Bach, that would just be showing off'.


Nothing on the golden disc by morrissey.

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:15 - Oct 31 with 885 viewsfooters

Most overrated band ever? on 13:12 - Oct 31 by Darth_Koont

Never. And even if Morrissey has done some good solo stuff he’s never been rated that highly on his own.

The Smiths is Morrissey + Marr + a specific place and time. And before Morrissey’s various idiosyncrasies and insecurities turned into racism, of course.


I actually like a lot of Morrissey's solo stuff, maybe even more so than some of the Smiths. But of course Marr's sound added so much to the Smiths. Never liked much of his solo stuff, oddly.

But now the LBF has disbanded, I am free to speak my own truth without fear of being kicked out!

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:15 - Oct 31 with 884 viewswkj

Most overrated band ever? on 13:13 - Oct 31 by factual_blue

As Carl Sagan said about the selection of music put on Voyager 'if it were all Bach, that would just be showing off'.


Nothing on the golden disc by morrissey.


Didn't they put MMM Bop by Hanson on that disc?

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:15 - Oct 31 by wkj

Didn't they put MMM Bop by Hanson on that disc?


https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/whats-on-the-record/music/

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:19 - Oct 31 with 861 viewsfactual_blue

Most overrated band ever? on 13:12 - Oct 31 by wkj

Oh, I just thought of one...

ABBA...

Fleetwood Mac are vastly superior and utterly dysfunctional, but a great band that Abba almost felt like they were trying to be - but ended up trading rock for guffy pop.
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Nothing good about Fleetwood Mac since the sublime Peter Green left.

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:19 - Oct 31 with 857 viewsDarth_Koont

Most overrated band ever? on 13:15 - Oct 31 by footers

I actually like a lot of Morrissey's solo stuff, maybe even more so than some of the Smiths. But of course Marr's sound added so much to the Smiths. Never liked much of his solo stuff, oddly.

But now the LBF has disbanded, I am free to speak my own truth without fear of being kicked out!


Yeah, he’s done some great stuff. My point was more that he hasn’t exactly been “overrated” as a solo artist. I do think the Smiths were a lot more interesting and special though.

Marr is best as a collaborator I think. He was very good combining with The The for example.

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:20 - Oct 31 with 853 viewsHerbivore

Most overrated band ever? on 13:15 - Oct 31 by footers

I actually like a lot of Morrissey's solo stuff, maybe even more so than some of the Smiths. But of course Marr's sound added so much to the Smiths. Never liked much of his solo stuff, oddly.

But now the LBF has disbanded, I am free to speak my own truth without fear of being kicked out!


I can find other ways to persecute you.

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:20 - Oct 31 with 854 viewsWeWereZombies

Most overrated band ever? on 13:15 - Oct 31 by wkj

Didn't they put MMM Bop by Hanson on that disc?


You will be disappointed to learn that it did not make the cut:

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/whats-on-the-record/music/

I hope Angela Lansbury can get her money back on that makeover by the way.

[edit] Just seen that I took so long reading through the list of music that Facters rather unembellished post beat me to it - unless his disc was on the old Voyager 1 and mine is from the much more recent Voyager 2...
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Nothing good about Fleetwood Mac since the sublime Peter Green left.


It was a great 3 years though

"Then Play On" was a nearly perfect album

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:23 - Oct 31 with 844 viewsWeWereZombies

Most overrated band ever? on 13:19 - Oct 31 by Darth_Koont

Yeah, he’s done some great stuff. My point was more that he hasn’t exactly been “overrated” as a solo artist. I do think the Smiths were a lot more interesting and special though.

Marr is best as a collaborator I think. He was very good combining with The The for example.


I was thinking much the same about New Order, so have not suggested them as overrated. But everything they have done leaves me a little underwhelmed when I think back to the vibrancy of hearing a new Joy Division song back in the early eighties.

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:26 - Oct 31 with 838 viewsFtnfwest

Most overrated band ever? on 12:35 - Oct 31 by Darth_Koont

Stone Roses.

If it wasn’t for the admittedly excellent Fools Gold they’d be another dime-a-dozen indie band.


Sit down Koont, right the thing is…I agree with you! Take the afternoon off and have a lie down, I am.
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Most overrated band ever? on 13:27 - Oct 31 with 826 viewsFtnfwest

The crickets
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Most overrated band ever? on 13:28 - Oct 31 with 824 viewsfactual_blue

Most overrated band ever? on 12:38 - Oct 31 by footers

I've honestly never seen what the fuss was about really. Same goes for the Stones. Just never got it!


Without The Beatles, popular music wouldn't have progressed at all.

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:29 - Oct 31 with 820 viewshoppy

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Without The Beatles, popular music wouldn't have progressed at all.


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Most overrated band ever? on 13:29 - Oct 31 with 820 viewsfooters

Most overrated band ever? on 13:28 - Oct 31 by factual_blue

Without The Beatles, popular music wouldn't have progressed at all.


Just for the sake of clarity, you're citing that as a positive?


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Most overrated band ever? on 13:30 - Oct 31 with 823 viewsPhilTWTD

In full agreement, is a toss-up between them and Queen.
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I actually like a lot of Morrissey's solo stuff, maybe even more so than some of the Smiths. But of course Marr's sound added so much to the Smiths. Never liked much of his solo stuff, oddly.

But now the LBF has disbanded, I am free to speak my own truth without fear of being kicked out!


In all fairness - I think a lot of bands we love have personal viewpoints or behaviours that would have us hating their members as people. I mean, John Lennon wanted us all to change the world - but what he didn't tell us is that he was a massive fan of Call of Duty.

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:31 - Oct 31 with 818 viewshoppy

Most overrated band ever? on 13:10 - Oct 31 by hoppy

Kings of Leon.

The first few clangs of ‘This sex is on fire’ or whatever it’s called is enough to make my ears bleed.


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Most overrated band ever? on 13:33 - Oct 31 with 816 viewsDarth_Koont

Most overrated band ever? on 13:23 - Oct 31 by WeWereZombies

I was thinking much the same about New Order, so have not suggested them as overrated. But everything they have done leaves me a little underwhelmed when I think back to the vibrancy of hearing a new Joy Division song back in the early eighties.


Good point.

I actually like both. Although I really haven’t listened to much New Order has done in the past couple of decades ... felt like diminishing returns.

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:34 - Oct 31 with 810 viewsTRUE_BLUE123

STONE ROSES

Lead singer who can't sing. One decent album, everything else is total sh1t. Awful band

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Most overrated band ever? on 13:29 - Oct 31 by footers

Just for the sake of clarity, you're citing that as a positive?



That's like saying Shia LaBeouf is responsible for glamorizing cannibalism


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Most overrated band ever? on 13:39 - Oct 31 with 798 viewsDarth_Koont

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Sit down Koont, right the thing is…I agree with you! Take the afternoon off and have a lie down, I am.


What do you mean?

We almost always agree – you just don’t know it yet. 😀

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