I really dont get the big deal about.....

MikeHoncho

Inspired by this thread going a bit off topic who are the bands/artists/musicians that everyone else always harps on about how brilliant they are but you just dont get it?

One of my best friend's sites Pearl Jam as his favourite band. In general we would have very similar taste in music but I just dont get it. I dont like Eddies voice, none of them are really outstanding musicians and I dont think they have any really outstanding songs. Yet they have millions of fans and are generaly considered by most to be a quality band.

Bob Marley is another one. Boring beyond belief nothing exciting happens in any of his songs they just kind of boom chka boom chka boom chka along for 4 minutes. Lyrical content fairly bad as well yet he is one of the top selling recording artists the world has ever seen.

Anyone have any similar ones? Do you think the Beatles are overhyped? Did you think Kurt Cobain was just a useless junky with a guitar?

Xavi6

U2
Led Zepplin
Bob Marley
The Doors

More to follow I'm sure

davejones

Xavi6 wrote: »

U2
Led Zepplin
Bob Marley
The Doors

More to follow I'm sure

WTF

You must be a spice girls fan.

Lands Leaving

Guns n Roses. I hate axl's voice. I get bored of the solos, they're technically good I suppose, but not all that interesting, and the lyrics are terrible. generally they just dont do it for me at all.

Arctic monkeys, utter tripe. Bad lyrics (I'm sorry NME they are not the voice of disaffected youth or whatever) about robots in 1984 and yer mans voice is annoying in the extreme.

Stereophonics. Worst band ever. EVER. SOOOOO BOOORING! boring whiney voice. boring guitar, boring lyrics, boring everything. Boring. Have I made my point?

Lands Leaving

Xavi6 wrote: »

U2
Led Zepplin
Bob Marley
The Doors

More to follow I'm sure

Agree totally on led zep and the doors.

ChuckProphet

u2, smashing pumpkins, rem, stereophonics, oasis, nirvana, hendrix, blur, pulp, metallica

Xavi6

davejones wrote: »

WTF

You must be a spice girls fan.

Well tbh they don't bore the arse off me like the aforementioned bands.

MikeHoncho

Yeah I will add U2 to my list too. Utter sh!te. Disagree on The Arctic Monkeys I reallly think they have some great songs the last 3 tracks on the second album (The Bad Thing, Old Yellow Bricks, 505) are all class.

MikeHoncho

I have another one which should be fairly controversial on this board.

The Smiths.

Xavi6

Lands Leaving wrote: »

Stereophonics. Worst band ever. EVER. SOOOOO BOOORING! boring whiney voice. boring guitar, boring lyrics, boring everything. Boring. Have I made my point?

Ah now the first two albums are pretty excellent to be fair. Did go tits up after that though.

the hero game

christ honcho i've got so many..
where to begin..
i've mentioned loads on the other thread, eg. U2, bob marley, bob dylan, manic street preachers etc.
others:
joanna newsom
sufjan stevens
fionn regan

JC 2K3

MikeHoncho wrote: »

One of my best friend's sites Pearl Jam as his favourite band. In general we would have very similar taste in music but I just dont get it. I dont like Eddies voice, none of them are really outstanding musicians and I dont think they have any really outstanding songs. Yet they have millions of fans and are generaly considered by most to be a quality band.

Ten was a great album and VS wasn't too bad either. After that they were very hit and miss. I would call Mike McCreedy an outstanding musician personally.

Anyway:
The Smiths, U2, Iron Maiden, Arctic Monkeys, The Doors....

Liberty Belle

Ah now you can't be dissing the Smiths now. Well you can of course but it spoils an otherwise spot on list of overated cack.

I'd like to restate my intense dislike for probably the most respected band in the world - Pink bleedin' Floyd.

The fact that they sing about fishbowls, made concept albums, have "spectacular" light shows at their concerts, musically masturbate terminally endless guitar solo's, and have a fanbase that is predominantly made up of ford mondeo driving sales reps isn't enough to deter otherwise sane people from declaring the Floyd as godlike.

Other ones I don't get would be Paul Weller, Elvis Costello and the Fatima Mansions.

Liberty Belle

Oh and nearly forgot...Muse.

Saw them at Reading years ago and tried really hard to understand why what I saw on stage was causing the crowd to go so mental. They were obsessed like.

Sounded like queen with way too many guitar solo's and a lot of dry ice.

Xavi6

Liberty Belle wrote: »

Oh and nearly forgot...Muse.

Saw them at Reading years ago and tried really hard to understand why what I saw on stage was causing the crowd to go so mental. They were obsessed like.

Sounded like queen with way too many guitar solo's and a lot of dry ice.

:eek: You go wash your mouth out now. Dirty dirty talk.

Liberty Belle wrote: »

I'd like to restate my intense dislike for probably the most respected band in the world - Pink bleedin' Floyd.

+1. They're absolute w*nk

Hermy

Myself, I never got what the fuss is about the Manic Street Preachers.

Marty DiBergi

Queen, by one of those country mile things. Why is it that anyone who really really likes them always calls them a "Bwilliant band"? Too many teeth, too much hair, too many short microphones stands. Aw the list is endless.

eclectichoney

ChuckProphet wrote: »

u2, smashing pumpkins, rem, stereophonics, oasis, nirvana, hendrix, blur, pulp, metallica

QFT except I do like REM and Hendrix (though wouldn't be obsessive). What is the attraction with smashing pumpkins???

Also Fionn Regan and Fiery Furnaces for me (I find the first intolerable and the latter meh)

Good thread idea btw

mada999

Led Zeppelin
Pearl Jam
Muse
Arcade Fire
U2
Manic Street Preachers

Davei141

Pink Floyd
The Mars Volta
Metallica
Bloc Party

jtsuited

the smiths, pixies, pj harvey, new order, happy mondays, manic street preachers.

all absolutely over-rated musical rubbish. the favourite bands of 'muso's who know nothing about music.

duck and cover!!!

John

This is a silly thread, it's not a far cry from the already dire "Who would you shoot" thread so locked.