Boardsies Greatest - Most Overrated Song - Live Thread

Kolido

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Welcome to Boardsies Greatest - Most Overrated Song - Live Thread.

There are 170 songs in contention to be crowned the most overrated song.

We will kick off with a qualifying round.

Format will be announced before each round.

Kolido

Early preview

Could any of these songs take home the title of Boardsies Greatest - most overrated song? Join us tomorrow as we kick off the tournament.

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp-EO5I60KA

Eagles - Hotel California

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vydym4wh9Qo

Alanis Morissette - Ironic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jne9t8sHpUc

Avril Lavigne - Complicated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NPBIwQyPWE

Cher - Believe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXRV4MezEw

quickbeam

There are two types of song that I'll be voting against

1. The type where I think the song is brilliant, so no way is it overrated (eg, Hotel California above)

2. The type which is totally crap and everyone knows it's crap so nobody really rates it highly enough for it to be overrated (eg, Believe above).

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Just so I have the spirit of the game straight in my own mind, we should be voting for the song that makes us roll our eyes the most when it comes on, and we can't comprehend why people love it so much, rather than a song that we really like or think is absolute garbage, right?

So if it was for example Nickelback - How You Remind Me (a song I personally love and don't think is overrated in the slightest, but understandable why someone may have nommed it) VS Rebecca Black - Friday (a godawful song, but no one is claiming its good, so hardly overrated) VS Guns N' Roses - Paradise City (deep down I know its not a bad song, but I'm not a fan and if it came on at a wedding, while others flocked to the dancefloor screaming "CHOON", I who was already on the dancefloor from the previous track would sigh and take this opportunity to go for a wee/smoke/pint).

So in that scenario, if I had to rank those three in order of preference, it'd be...

1. Nickelback
2. Guns N' Roses
3. Rebecca Black

So taking into account everything I've said, Paradise City is the one I consider to be most overrated of the three, even though I like it more than Friday, so in that case I should be voting for Guns N' Roses - Paradise City right? From my understanding of the intention behind the tournament, this is the one I feel I should be going for

Or should I vote Rebecca Black - Friday because its the song I like least even though I wouldn't consider it "overrated", and you want to see the categorically worst song win the tournament?

Or should I be voting for the song I like most and go Nickelback - How You Remind Me because you actually want your favourite to win the tournament in a kind of "look at all the songs I've beaten" kind of way?

I'm sure I'm vastly overthinking things, but its the first tournament following the move to the new platform and I want to take it extra seriously... 😂

Also Starring LeVar Burton

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117626610#Comment_117626610

Eh, Believe is amazing and if anything its criminally underrated. One of the most iconic and greatest songs ever... 😋

Kolido

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117626990#Comment_117626990

https://giphy.com/gifs/editor-j2nATOAdRgYZq

Go with your gut

Also Starring LeVar Burton

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627047#Comment_117627047

Well, so glad you've completely cleared that up for me... 😑

😂😂😂

quickbeam

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117626990#Comment_117626990

In your scenario, you should vote GnR as you personally think it's overrated. At least that's how I understand it

Kolido

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627069#Comment_117627069

Yeah that would be my vote in LeVars scenario. Basically vote for what you deem to be more overrated regardless if you like the song or not.

Necro

Out of that lot above I'd probably vote Ed Sheeran as whilst I don't mind it I do think the affection slavered all over his gingery body is way overblown.

Hotel California is a classic, not overrated

Love Complicated and I think people just dislike it rather than think it's overrated

Ironic could go either way, the lyrics of that song make no sense and are in no way ironic (chorus aside perhaps). Probably second out of the five listed.

Aside from LeVar no human alive likes the distorted warbling of Cher in that specific track so I wouldn't consider it overrated, more crap.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627502#Comment_117627502

Bold of you to lump me in with puny and mortal humans...

Did you learn nothing from Buffy The Vampire Slayer? It is only we otherworldy demons who truly appreciate the greatness of Believe...

Kolido

Believe is a great choon. It won loads of praise and broke records in the US and the UK though I would as far as to say that 23 years on, it is underrated at this point. I really dont get all the negativity towards it.

Zaph

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627869#Comment_117627869

The abuse of auto-tuning is what makes it so offensive to peoples' ears. Personally I think the lyrics and music are crap too, but really it's the bloody auto-tuning that's the real problem.

Kolido

Welcome to the Qualifying Round

First to 6 votes or 1 hour time limit

If there is a tie, 30 mins golden vote followed by my vote.

This tournament is slightly different than the others, we are looking for the most overrated song in each match, so it may not be the song you like or dislike the most, please consider this when voting.

Kolido

Q1

Jimmy Hendrix - Along The Watchtower Vs Oasis - Champagne Supernova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI-5uv4wryI

Q2

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now Vs Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxyN3z9PL4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2qcbu26gs

Q3

Ed Sheeran - Castle on the hill Vs Drake - God's Plan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ibBPhiaG0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpVfcZ0ZcFM

Q4

Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think Im Sexy Vs The Beatles - Twist and Shout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hphwfq1wLJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1oXR0DD1hQ

Jimmy Hendrix - Along The Watchtower Vs Oasis - Champagne Supernova

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now Vs Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

Ed Sheeran - Castle on the hill Vs Drake - God's Plan

Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think Im Sexy Vs The Beatles - Twist and Shout

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Jimmy Hendrix - Along The Watchtower

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

Drake - God's Plan

The Beatles - Twist and Shout

Tougher than I thought already, a lot of perfectly good songs coming up against each other, feel a bit sh*t calling any of them overrated, except for Drake of course... Drake can get f**ked.

HildaOgdenx

Jimmy Hendrix - Along The Watchtower

Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

Ed Sheeran - Castle on the hill

The Beatles - Twist and Shout

Kolido

Well I don't know if it is the platform, lack of interest, or people are busy, but we are not getting the usual numbers today. I will do another 4 and see how it goes.

Jimmy Hendrix - Along The Watchtower 2 Vs 0 Oasis - Champagne Supernova

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 1 Vs 1 Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

Ed Sheeran - Castle on the hill 1 Vs 1 Drake - God's Plan

Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think Im Sexy 0 Vs 2 The Beatles - Twist and Shout

Kolido

Q5

The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand Vs Creedance Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jenWdylTtzs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu2pVPWGYMQ

Q6

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Vs Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A

Q7

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity Vs Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkIs37a2JE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuMWrfXG4E

Q8

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire Vs The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0HhrwIwp0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E

The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand Vs Creedance Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Vs Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity Vs Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire Vs The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

cdeb

If it helps, I'll vote -

Oasis. Always hated them; awful voice on Gallagher that sounds like a cat being tortured.

That Starship song is a good tune, and the Stone Roses one bored me in the clip I listened to, so Stone Roses for me.

Don't know either of the songs in tie 3, so I can't really judge which is the most overrated tbh. Bit of a Catch 22 I guess. Pass.

Rod and The Beatles are two good songs. I wouldn't call either overrated. Twist and Shout in particular is a cracker, but I can't bring myself to vote for Rod even by default. Pass.

HildaOgdenx

Creedance Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity

The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Creedance Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain? ; I wonder who nominated this one... 😋

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart ; neither of these deserve to be anywhere near this tournament

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire

cdeb

Ah lads - there's some great songs in here! I can't bring myself to vote for a song that I think doesn't deserve to be nominated, so I'll go -

5 - Pass. I Wanna Hold Your Hand is brilliant in its simplicity, and I do like Creedence too.

6 - Simple Minds. Two good songs, but neither quite at the level where I can't understand what they're doing here. I'll pip Simple Minds here, but wouldn't expect it to go far.

7 - Jamiroquai. Just not really a fan, although I guess that's not what the question is.

8 - Kings of Leon. Similar to (6) here - two good tunes, though KoL do suffer a bit from overplay at times, so I'll give it to them on that count. Again, wouldn't expect them to be there at the business end.

ShaneU

Oasis - Champagne Supernova

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

Drake - God's Plan

Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think Im Sexy

The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand

Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

 Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire

kg703

I'll save you all the trouble of this.

Its Mr Brightside and we all know it.

But for the sake of the game!

The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand

Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire (This is the only one I actually think is over rated on this list)

Irish Aris

I think I will be voting a little less than usual, because I consider most of the songs (so far at least) great and having no place in an overrated comp.

Creedance Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire

speckle

Jimmie hendrix

ed sheeran

stone roses

rod stewart

speckle

Gosh I am confused Kolido.. my above vote should be the opposite of the above as they are the songs I think are the most underappreciated yet enjoyed by many of the two choices? And hence the others which many may like over rated that I didnt post? Very confused?

So we are voting on a negative theme named 'overated'?

Just trying to figure it out to do justice to those who spent their time compling entry lists

Sawduck

Creedance Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Both are great

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity - both are overrated

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire - I like it but it's way overrated and overplayed

Declan A Walsh

The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand Vs Creedance Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Vs Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity Vs Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire Vs The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

Last match is two over-rated songs!

Kolido

Jimmy Hendrix - Along The Watchtower 2 Vs 0 Oasis - Champagne Supernova

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 1 Vs 2 Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored - Golden Vote cdeb

Ed Sheeran - Castle on the hill 1 Vs 2 Drake - God's Plan - My Vote

Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think Im Sexy 0 Vs 2 The Beatles - Twist and Shout

The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand 2 Vs 3 Creedance Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 2 Vs 3 Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity 2 Vs 3 Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire 5 Vs 1 The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

Kolido

Q9

AC/DC - Highway to Hell Vs Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l482T0yNkeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM

Q10

Tweet - The Birdie Song Vs Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESViOhqRdlE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABLecsR5UE

Q11

Boney M - Rivers of Babylon Vs John Lennon - War is Over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3QxT-w3WMo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JhBG5UyYP8

Q12

Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own Vs Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q31tGyBJhRY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ5GzGYgWJw

AC/DC - Highway to Hell Vs Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

Tweet - The Birdie Song Vs Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

Boney M - Rivers of Babylon Vs John Lennon - War is Over

Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own Vs Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait

Sawduck

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

Boney M - Rivers of Babylon

Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait

Lewis Capaldi is basically a more boring version of ed sheeran

cdeb

AC/DC? Ah here!

9 - Pass. I like both.

10 - Lewis Capaldi. No-one actually rates the Birdie Song.

11 - Boney M. Have to vote for my nomination. Second biggest selling single of the entire 1970s? Rivers of Babylon?! That's pretty much the definition of over-rated for me.

12 - Pass. Never heard of either, which makes it hard to judge which is more over-rated.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

AC/DC - Highway to Hell

Tweet - The Birdie Song

Boney M - Rivers of Babylon

Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait

HildaOgdenx

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

Abstain

Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait

Declan A Walsh

AC/DC - Highway to Hell Vs Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

Tweet - The Birdie Song Vs Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

Boney M - Rivers of Babylon Vs John Lennon - War is Over

I prefer the latter but I think it is somewhat overrated!

Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own Vs Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait

PASS - Like Cdeb, I find it hard to choose between two songs I never heard before.

speckle

ok after reading both le vars and quickbeams post..I have kind of figured it out so votes with explainers just to remind myself

OASIS..cos loads of people like jimis song but many people of other tastes musically probably havnt heard its brillance yet hence jimi is underated.

Drake see quicbeams note 2..its boring and ed who I can take or leave in general as a musician song castles is quite good so hence possibly underated by people who dont listen to that genre? So ed is underated.

stone roses... just think this is an undersppreciated song and other overated but good. So I vote STARSHIP.

Rod steward a lot throw this song under the bus as kindof of a novelty song but it actually does what is os on the tins label while the beatles song is good but not one of their greatest. So vote BEATLES

bloody heck typing posts on the new site..the box keeps dropping everytime and you lose where you are.

Apologies Kolido these are my votes if you cant change them thats ok

speckle

ccr..good song but overated and overplayed ...they have much bettet songs

pass..both underappreciated and mainly un heard by newer generations

billy joel..good song but overrated

weather girls...overated but still a fun song.

Irish Aris

AC/DC - Highway to Hell Vs Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill - seriously people, what's wrong with you?? 🙄

Tweet - The Birdie Song Vs Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved - I have very fond memories dancing to The Birdie Song is a kid, so can't vote for it

Boney M - Rivers of Babylon Vs John Lennon - War is Over

Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own Vs Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait - Dancing on my Own is a fantastic song!!

speckle

pass both good agree Irish Aris

lewis

boney m

lewis

Kolido

AC/DC - Highway to Hell 1 Vs 3 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

Tweet - The Birdie Song 2 Vs 5 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

Boney M - Rivers of Babylon 4 Vs 1 John Lennon - War is Over

Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own 0 Vs 5 Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait

Declan A Walsh

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117632027#Comment_117632027

It's about whether a song is overrated or not. It's not about whether you like the song or not. So, you could like a song but still think it is more overrated than the other it is up against. Conversely, you might dislike a song but not think it is overrated. Of course, you might dislike a song and also think it is overrated!

Kolido

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117632679#Comment_117632679

This is basically it, you can like both songs but still pick one over the other. With the low numbers around today, we can do with all the votes we can get :D

If you are not familiar with both songs in a match I can understand a pass.

Irish Aris

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117632679#Comment_117632679

Fair point, still though Highway To Hell and Running Up That Hill: how can anyone consider either of this as overrated.

I can understand Don't You Forget About Me that appeared earlier: a song that even Simple Minds have mixed feelings about it - Not necessarily overrated, but definitely overplayed, still a great song though :)

cdeb

I think with 170 songs in this, there's going to be some...controversial choices in there. But hopefully we can weed out the chaff (ie the good stuff!) in this early on and leave us with some proper dross in the business stages of the comp 🙂

Also Starring LeVar Burton

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117632741#Comment_117632741

I'm a fan of Highway To Hell myself, but can definitely see why someone would have considered it as overrated too (basically what you said about Don't You Forget About Me being overplayed can apply to Highway To Hell too), whereas Running Up The Hill for me is still criminally underrated, so objectively I saw reason to vote for Highway To Hell between those two...

Necro

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

Tweet - The Birdie Song

Boney M - Rivers of Babylon

Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own

Kolido

Q13

Freddie Mercury - Living on My Own Vs Tom Petty - Freefallin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DedaEVIbTkY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWJXDG2i0A

Q14

Madness - It Must Be Love Vs Massive Attack - Teardrop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmezIIrFQmY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7K72X4eo_s

Q15

Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody Vs Prince - When Doves Cry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYj2hex99gY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG3VcCAlUgE

Q16

Eminem - Lose Yourself Vs Blink 182 - All The Small Things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yhyp-_hX2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ht5RZpzPqw

Freddie Mercury - Living on My Own Vs Tom Petty - Freefallin

Madness - It Must Be Love Vs Massive Attack - Teardrop

Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody Vs Prince - When Doves Cry

Eminem - Lose Yourself Vs Blink 182 - All The Small Things

cdeb

Finding it a bit hard to decide on some of these - though not for the usual reasons!

17 (is it?) - Freddie Mercury. I remember that when it came out and thought it was really cool. But it's not.

18 - Massive Attack, if only because the Madness song isn't over-rated at all for me.

19 - Righteous Brothers. It's a good song, but how many weeks did it spend at number 1 in the 90s? I know it wasn't the Righteous Brothers version, but still, I got sick of it at the time and I guess that counts as being over-rated.

20 - I like that Blink song, and rap in general is hugely over-rated, so Eminem by default here.

HildaOgdenx

Freddie Mercury - Living on My Own

Massive Attack - Teardrop

Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

Eminem - Lose Yourself