Author Topic: Overrated bands/singers (Read 5647 times)

Hard Bot · « **on:** November 25, 2011, 08:52:11 PM »

There are a lot of that which gets on my nerves.
Justin Bieber
Jonas Brothers
High School Musical
Taylor Swift
Kings of Leon
Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana
Lady Gaga
Ke$a
Eminem
Katie Perry
Sugarland

Mr. AS · « **Reply #1 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:00:54 PM »

MassimoV · « **Reply #2 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:04:31 PM »

Aerosmith is pretty overated in my eyes.

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:10:08 PM »

Quote from: Mr. AwesumSauce on November 25, 2011, 09:00:54 PM

ew

I remember that one...even I sing better than that when I'm in the shower.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:24:53 PM »

Big Time Rush

MassimoV · « **Reply #5 on:** November 25, 2011, 10:16:51 PM »

I think that nickelodian makes a too big of a deal of them. I never heard of anyone liking them. Anybody recently who have preformed on Disney channel recently are way too contrived.

madman3 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 26, 2011, 03:47:54 AM »

Metallica

Or Slayer.
Cannibal Corpse, Opeth, Darkthrone, Machine Head (currently experiencing their strongest point in their career but really not that good IMO, at least at the moment. Burn My Eyes still rules), Dimmu Borgir, Children Of Bodom, Behemoth, Decapitated, Evile (although their last album is awesome), Necrophagist (musical wankery at its worst), Periphery, Chimp Spanner and Nile are all also extremely overrated quite regularly.

090901 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 28, 2011, 01:04:05 AM »

Any kind of dubstep.

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #8 on:** November 28, 2011, 01:07:19 AM »

ITT: People post popular bands/singers that they personally dislike.

Chaosmancer · « **Reply #9 on:** November 28, 2011, 01:23:08 AM »

I'm still trying to think of what 'overrated' could mean in this context... although, if it's what I think it is, then Justin Bieber is overrated because he doesn't write his own lyrics, he doesn't write his own music, and, from what I've heard, he sings with auto-tune.

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #10 on:** November 28, 2011, 01:25:32 AM »

Basically it boils down to "bands that you think other people like too much."

Chaosmancer · « **Reply #11 on:** November 28, 2011, 01:36:21 AM »

Oh, so not in a sense of 'they have no talent but are liked anyway'? Somehow I don't think that I can think of any bands that I think people like too much.

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #12 on:** November 28, 2011, 01:40:31 AM »

Metallica. And Slayer. Most thrash metal too. I don't really think "overrated" can be directly applied to "popular" music (like Bieber, Lady Gaga, etc.), but what really gets me is when guys like Hammett and Mustaine are christened among the "greatest" guitarests of all time. Dunno why, but this really bothers me, especially since I don't think their music is that good.

*Waits for someone to say "Mastodon" in response* - although I'd be kinda inclined to agree at this point. While I still love their earlier stuff, and even Crack the Skye, their newest album wasn't really that great.

Chaosmancer · « **Reply #13 on:** November 28, 2011, 01:46:39 AM »

Well, I was using 'Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity' when I said Bieber (hence me using the reasons I used).

My friend does think that Metallica are severely overrated for what they are (I can't remember his reasoning, but I do know that he knows a

of a lot more about music than I do)

Lupus · « **Reply #14 on:** November 29, 2011, 10:26:40 AM »

Oasis.

smashysmashy · « **Reply #15 on:** November 29, 2011, 10:37:55 AM »

Quote from: Lupus on November 29, 2011, 10:26:40 AM

Oasis.

Liam = yes.
Noel =

no.

madman3 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 29, 2011, 10:50:26 AM »

Quote from: R0B0SH4RK on November 28, 2011, 01:40:31 AM

Metallica. And Slayer. Most thrash metal too. I don't really think "overrated" can be directly applied to "popular" music (like Bieber, Lady Gaga, etc.), but what really gets me is when guys like Hammett and Mustaine are christened among the "greatest" guitarests of all time. Dunno why, but this really bothers me, especially since I don't think their music is that good.

*Waits for someone to say "Mastodon" in response* - although I'd be kinda inclined to agree at this point. While I still love their earlier stuff, and even Crack the Skye, their newest album wasn't really that great.

What's funny is that I prefer much of Hunters to their previous works.

And damn you for guessing what I was going to post :P
But I would disagree with "Most Thrash Metal". While Metallica has been on the wain for a very long time and Slayer's best records are the ones nobody actually listens to (Seasons In The Abyss and South Of Heaven), I feel that bands like Testament, Exodus, Overkill, Kreator and Destruction (at least pre 2003 in the case of the latter) all have had a resurgence and are comparatively unknown compared to modern metal bands and all of them successfully mix melody(especially Testament) and technicality(especially Destruction). Then you have all those bands like Heathen, Toxik, Tankard, Metal Church and so on which are all extremely good (at least in my opinion; I know you're more of a sludge/doom/stoner kinda guy; I still dig the good Cathedral song occasionally :P)
Couple of examples of the good end of thrash:

And Mustaine and Hammett suck. Really, while I liked the former a while back I dislike how overrated they are compared to guitarists like Jeff Loomis or Rob Jarzombek. (@R0B0: Did you buy Joel McIver's book on the subject of best metal guitar players?)

Skiitzzox220 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 29, 2011, 11:12:44 AM »

Yay more music debates [/sarcasm]

That Robot is a Spy! · « **Reply #18 on:** November 29, 2011, 11:15:56 AM »

Quote from: R0B0SH4RK on November 28, 2011, 01:40:31 AM

Metallica. And Slayer. Most thrash metal too.

2 of the Big 4. :/

Anyway, I can see where you're coming from with Metallica (I love them though), and I didn't like Slayer much. IMO, Anthrax are my favourites in that catergory.

Also, overated is The Beatles. Some good songs, but just not as good as people say they are. I liked George Harrison though.

Skiitzzox220 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 29, 2011, 11:17:51 AM »

Anything played on pop based radios