Man, when will this ridiculous concept of overrated bands end!
By that do you mean you want everybody to stop talking about overrated-ness?
Overrated bands aren't necessarily bad - just not as good as some goofballs say they are. Overrated bands can write good, even great songs.
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And if anyone says "Our Way to Fall" or "Sugarcube" or "Big Day Coming" or " I Heard You Looking" aren't good songs, well, I just wouldn't know WHAT to believe anymore...
Do you believe everything you read? Peopel also trash on bands for no good reason too. So if it hits yuo in the right place, nevermind the bollocks.
these two imo are very overrated. and idk how some of you guys say arctic monkeys are overrated, there my favorite band! and same with clap your hands say yeah, love that band.
I hate __________. I don't know why everybody likes them. They are totally overrated. I don't know why you don't like __________, though. 'Cuz their (sic), like, my favorite band of all time.
This is what's wrong with this entire thread.
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Originally posted by kendocubano: I hate __________. I don't know why everybody likes them. They are totally overrated. I don't know why you don't like __________, though. 'Cuz their (sic), like, my favorite band of all time.
i personally find it hard to relate to the exact time period in which an album has been released. that's to say that some albums released in the 80's/90's might not translate well into current times. that's not to say that they weren't incredible albums when they were released but as time moves on, so does music. this might explain why I find recently released albums the most interesting. i love finding out how some bands push the definition of music/sound. this brings up a question though: if you don't listen to the oldies, how do you know if what you're listening to hasn't been done in the past? can music exist without it's predecessors (relevant or not)? without sonic youth, you wouldn't have that noise rock link which produced countless bands... aahh jezz, dilemmas
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Originally posted by GG Allin: i personally find it hard to relate to the exact time period in which an album has been released. that's to say that some albums released in the 80's/90's might not translate well into current times. that's not to say that they weren't incredible albums when they were released but as time moves on, so does music. this might explain why I find recently released albums the most interesting. i love finding out how some bands push the definition of music/sound. this brings up a question though: if you don't listen to the oldies, how do you know if what you're listening to hasn't been done in the past? can music exist without it's predecessors (relevant or not)? without sonic youth, you wouldn't have that noise rock link which produced countless bands... aahh jezz, dilemmas
That's why if you start at the beginning of a genre you're more likely to understand why an album/band is considered to be classic
I really can't get into Jens Lekman. I was mad when I bought "Oh, you're so silent" expecting at the very least a decent album with a few good song. Nothing ever sucked me in though. I hardly made it through the album, and haven't been able to get through it again since. I like a lot of really obscure hardly listenable bands. Could someone tell me why they like him, and maybe even help me understand why I don't?
It's been a while. Maybe I'll give him another shot.
By the way, I think Dan Bejars work is the weakest out of Swan Lake.
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Originally posted by Shadrach: I really can't get into Jens Lekman. I was mad when I bought "Oh, you're so silent" expecting at the very least a decent album with a few good song. Nothing ever sucked me in though. I hardly made it through the album, and haven't been able to get through it again since. I like a lot of really obscure hardly listenable bands. Could someone tell me why they like him, and maybe even help me understand why I don't?
It's been a while. Maybe I'll give him another shot.
I had the same experience with "Oh You're So Silent Jens" - I liked his sound but it just didn't seem to catch on me all that well. I think it was probably because "Silent" was a collection of EPs. I liked a couple of songs ("Rocky Dennis's Farewell Song," "Black Cab," "Maple Leaves") but the whole package did little for me.
Try his new album, "Night Falls Over Kotedala." I think it's brilliant. He combines an old-fashioned Hollywood-esque sound with a more modern approach.
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I know this thread has been dead for awhile, but I just read the entire thing and noticed a trend: the majority of people who claim a certain band is overrated don't mention why they think the band is overrated; at most, they say "ah they're good, but not great," or "What do people like in them? Get over it already!!!" These aren't explanations. They're retarded statements.
If you're going to call artists as influential as Radiohead, the Pixies, U2, Sonic Youth, the f'in Beatles, and Nirvana overrated, explain why, con sarn it!!!!
That being said, I do not care for Bright Eyes at all. Perhaps his lyrics are good but unfortunately, in order to listen to the lyrics, one must hear his voice, which contains inexplicable amounts of whining, moaning, etc.
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I really am a masochist. I spent like an hour today just looking at "Hot Chicks with Douchebags" - WHY? I don't know. It just gives me a headache. And so does reading a thread like this.
Originally posted by just indie: radiohead nirvana
these two imo are very overrated. and idk how some of you guys say arctic monkeys are overrated, there my favorite band! and same with clap your hands say yeah, love that band.
Did you just say that Radiohead and Nirvana are overrated but Arctic Monkeys and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah aren't? Did that really just happen? I feel like someone took an electric drill to my forehead just now.
Please explain how two of the MOST over-hyped bands of the last 3 years are less overrated than two of the most culturally and artically important bands of the last quarter-century (if not in the history of rock n' roll)?
On that note, Arctic Monkeys are overrated because they have been touted as the new Messiah of rock music when, to my way of thought, they are Pulp-lite, and i don't know if that's a compliment or not, I just don't understand that hype at all.
And CYHSY... They are possibly one of the easiest targets in indie-rock right not (barring Tapes 'n Tapes) due to the fact that it's not too hard to see that they may never release anything near their debut... An album that also had some duds on it and doesn't deserve to be as beloved as it is in my opinion.
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AM are not EVEN pulp-lite. I want to harm so many of the people who responded to this; I'm thinking the best solution is just to fall in and contribute.
The overrated/underrated thing is really kind of difficult to define exactly. People sometimes even seem to be referring to sales or public visibility when they say "overrated." Some seem to mean that their friends like a band too much. Others mean people at their school. Others mean Pitchforkmedia. Others mean critics and year-end lists in general. This all serves to compound the headache this thread already probably gives most people.
The Arctic Monkeys, for example, seem like a stellar candidate for "Overrated Band of the Millenium." But if you go over to Metacritic, their cumulative scores aren't really that high - suggesting that, critically at least, they aren't really that overrated generally, just MASSIVELY overrated by a few (extremely dense) writers for a few (disposable) publications. They fucking suck, but I went through all that in some other thread and am not doing it again.
Other spectacularly "overrated" bands (these mostly in terms of what critics write about them):
Are Animal Collective really over-hyped? I never really hear too much about them around these parts. I like them a lot, but the only ones really hyping them are p4k, who absolutely salivate over them, so maybe that's where the hype stems from.
I love me some Joy Division, but i agree with calling them out for being overrated because they sort of are. "Disorder" and "Isolation" are pretty damned indisputably amazing songs though.
I thought you were going to defend Arctic Monkeys BG, so I'm glad you didn't because i think they are especially distasteful.
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I thought you were going to defend Arctic Monkeys BG, so I'm glad you didn't because i think they are especially distasteful.
I've noticed a lot of Arctic Monkey hate/ambivalence on this forum, as a whole, and I'm just curious as to why. Sure they're not the "saviors of rock" or anything, but they're a fun rock band.
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