Hey, I just thought of this. Don't know if it's a repeat thread or not.
There are a lot of crappy bands out there that got a lot of recognition when they don't deserve it (ie., The Jonas Brothers). Then there are bands that are good, but are over hyped to the point of ridiculous. Here is the basis of this thread.
RULES It's in bold cause it's the LAW - Name the band - Give a reasonable reason as to why said band is to be overrated
Examples of bad reason: "The Jo Bros. suck ass! XD LOLOLOLOLOL"
"Linkin Park blows"
Example of good reason:
"The Jonas Brothers are overrated because they only make their music directed towards a specific age group. This shows their lack of versatility as songwriters and musicians. Also, girls may only like them because they think they are "hawt."
- NO SPAM - If you are going to argue with someone, do not write in all caps, and make it a reasonable argument, and please be mature about it.
So, here is my overrated band.
Nirvana. Yes, I said Nirvana. People give Nirvana way too much props for evolving music and what not. I don't think they did anything special. They were a good band, don't get me wrong, but they weren't even the best band from the decade that they were popular in. I do not consider them to be better than the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, or even Alice In Chains. Most people sympathize with Kurt Cobain's suicide, which may be a leading reason as to why everyone says they are so great. They don't want to be flamed upon and ridiculed by everyone who thinks that Kurt Cobain is a legend. Now, in some respects, he was a legend. Most of Nirvana's songs were about the most ridiculous things. For instance, they have a song called "Rape Me." Most of the time, you can't understand any of the lyrics because Kurt Cobain is barely annunciating the words. Did you know that Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him the 12th Greatest Guitarist of All Time? What a load of bullshit that is. Most of any of the lists that Rolling Stone Magazine does are based on the biased opinions of the writers. Not to mention, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is definitely the most overrated song ever. The lyrics make no sense, much like most of Nirvana's songs. It is a good song, but I don't even consider it to be their best song. To me, that would be "Lithium". You know it's really bad when one of the former members (Dave Grohl) goes on to have a vastly better band than his old one.
Metallica. Some people like metallica, but most people get their songs mixed up with aerosmith. Aerosmith is not overated, Metallica is
People get the two bands mixed up because they're probably addicted to Guitar Hero. Lol. Metallica is NOT overrated. They actually have good albums, besides a couple like St. Anger.
i think that greenday is pretty overated, i find them extremly repetitive and some of the songs on thier new album feel like they havent even started untill your like 1 minute into the song.
People don't get Metallica songs confused with Aerosmith. They get Aerosmith songs confused with Bon Jovi (and in my dad's case) Led Zeppelin. All the bands I just mentioned,including another said overrated band (Nirvana) are included the Great Band Debate me and my brother are working on,although none of those bands are actively on either of the polls. Here's a link to Beatles vs. Grateful Dead and Pearl Jam vs. Foo Fighters . Voting on these two polls ends soon,so hurry! Two new polls will be issued tomorrow.
I would say the Beatles. Simply because I find there music so boring it almost hurts until they got on the drugs. After that their music got better but I just think people make way too bigger fuss over their pre drug days.
Simply because I find there music so boring it almost hurts
During the sixties they liked this kind of music (beach Boys/Beatles), now we like different things, for their time they were excellent and they were very important also for modern music.
I know that but I'm talking about how even know people think it's so amazing to listen to. As far as I'm concerned before they found LSD they were boring.
Without The Beatles or The Beach Boys,heck,without even 50's guys like Buddy Holly,Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley,modern music wouldn't exist. We'd all still be listening to Big Band and Classical music. P.S. I am a big fan of 60's music,and I have Beatles and Beach Boys CD's I like to listen too.
Two bands i would like to point out as overrated: The first would have to be Linkin Park, their songs are way too different to me, for example, Shadow of the Day and Points of Authority. The second band would be Mettalica, they have some good songs but the rest are less than good to me. i listen to both these bands so i would like to point out i am not a hater.
