Most OVERRATED band. ..

The Beatles and U2 are heavily overrated. They are product of the marketing. Some people buy their records and attend U2 gigs simply because they are ''these'' bands.

A lot of people went to the 360º tour gigs simply for that amazing stage.

I don't think The Beatles are over-rated. If you had grown up during the days when they produced hit after hit, you will be impressed by how they could keep coming up with such catchy tunes. Unfortunately, the lyrics were a bit too simple but that was the fashion at that time.

If you had grown up during those days, you'd also have had The Kinks producing hit after hit at a, in my humble opinion, superior level. There would have been Bob Dylan, a blues invasion and lots of exciting stuff like that. The story that The Beatles were in a league of their own quality-wise is a myth. They had the greatest PR-machine, though.

[QUOTE] [b]Mr.Jingles wrote:[/b]

While you mentioned Radiohead. I have to say that they are the most overrated band in the world right now. I have to agree that 'The Bends' and 'OK Computer' were two of the greatest albums ever made. However, everything that Radiohead has done afterwards has been just experimenting for the sake of just sounding different.[/QUOTE]

Yup, agreed. They lost me after Kid A.

I've tried countless times to listen to anything they've done in the past decade. With the odd exception, I just don't get it.

[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]

He *claims* to have invented backwards echo. According to a well-sourced and easily verified statement that made its way to, amongst others, Wikipedia: "Despite Page's claims, an earlier example of the effect can distinctly be heard towards the end of the 1966 Lee Mallory single "That's the Way It's Gonna Be", produced by Curt Boettcher."

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Interesting.

Is it the same process of loading in the tape in reverse or not?

It's entirely possible that Page hadn't heard of the song and still came up with the idea himself..

[QUOTE] [b]Stelios wrote:[/b]

By the way i find The Beatles tottaly boring too.
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Revolver, Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road are three of the greatest records ever made. Musically and technologically, they wrote the blueprint that virtually everyone in pop music who came afterward followed in some way. The Beatles are the most important band of the last 50 years.

And the number of great melodies that those guys churned out in just a few years is nothing short of astounding - never mind the fact that they went from I Want To Hold Your Hand to Strawberry Fields Forever in three years. The uphill progression and growth is astounding.

u2
oasis
nirvana
def leppard

i just don't get why are those bands so huge, nothing special about them.

Oasis. (I can't fucking stand them.)

Paul Weller (and any band he's been in).

[QUOTE] [b]queenside wrote:[/b]

u2
oasis
nirvana
def leppard

i just don't get why are those bands so huge, nothing special about them.[/QUOTE]

Nirvana's Nevermind was a brilliant album when it first came out (it still is). It sounded raw, exciting and unlike anything else at the time. The rest of their stuff, not so much.
I don't think they're underrated, if for that album alone.

As for U2, they probably are overrated. They've not released a decent album in years.
But (I suspect a few people here might not like me saying but when it comes to U2) Achtung Baby was a fine piece of work.

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[QUOTE] [b]Stelios wrote:[/b]

By the way i find The Beatles tottaly boring too.
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Revolver, Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road are three of the greatest records ever made. Musically and technologically, they wrote the blueprint that virtually everyone in pop music who came afterward followed in some way. The Beatles are the most important band of the last 50 years.

And the number of great melodies that those guys churned out in just a few years is nothing short of astounding - never mind the fact that they went from I Want To Hold Your Hand to Strawberry Fields Forever in three years. The uphill progression and growth is astounding.[/QUOTE]

^^ Agreed. The white album deserves a mention too.

[QUOTE] [b]Costa86 wrote:[/b]

Rolling Stones are REALLY overrated. And I can't stand the band's members either, especially Keith Richards - he's a disgusting fossil. To make matters worse, he said in an interview that Freddie wasn't his cup of tea. What a shit.
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Yeah, I saw that. I didn't like the little smile he gave just after he said it either.

I sort of agree with you about the Rolling Stones. I've got a few of their albums, but they're not exceptional or brilliant in my books, though they've done some good numbers.

[QUOTE] [b]Stelios wrote:[/b]
By the way i find The Beatles tottaly boring too.
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YOU may find them boring Stelios - but the subject is "most overrated band"
there is no way you can overrate the band that changed popular music and influenced so many bands that followed....
please - just give your ears and mind a proper chance - listen to Abbey rd, Revolver and Rubber Soul...with a properly open mind...i think you may come back and acknowlege their greatness....
and as Casper said, some late sixties bands - Kinks, Small Faces etc were doing great stuff also, but you can't discredit the Beatles for the pioneer aspect of their work.

listen to albums like ANATO and ADATR and you marvel at the quality of queen did with 24 track recording
NOW listen to Pepper, Abbey & Revolver and you should be fucking blown out of your mind by what the fab-four did with ONLY EIGHT fucking TRACKS

[QUOTE] [b]Costa86 wrote:[/b]
Keith Richards - he's a disgusting fossil. To make matters worse, he said in an interview that Freddie wasn't his cup of tea. What a shit.
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saying someone is NOT HIS CUP OF TEA does not make him a shit...that's a typical "stepford" response

I don't know if anyone is into indie music, but LCD Soundsystem is godawful.
I can appreciate electronic bands, but this one is horrendous.
Somehow hipsters think they are phenomenal and made a huge deal when the band split.

Oasis, The Beatles, Radiohead. Can't agree with U2 or Coldplay though.