Most Underrated/Overrated Artists

Live Forever · 06-03-2010, 12:42 PM

Overrated
GUNS AND ROSES - Horrible, just horrible. Slash is a good guitarist but Axl Rose should have been the one blowing his brains out in 1994.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Really good band and has some classic tunes but they can get a bit annoying, the raps are awful, the funk stuff is just annoying, and the people who are obsessed with them just need to shut up.

Nirvana - Another really good band but they are just another good band in rock history. They didn't change the face of ****, except maybe ushered in a grunge movement that was good for its day but who wants to be angry all day? Big Nirvana fan but I do they think are overrated.

Pink Floyd - Any band that has 2 minutes of random beeping noises and a decent/solid 2 minute guitar rock song and be considered one of the greats is impressive. Doesn't make them the best though. plus some of their chord structures are just strange.

Underrated
Oasis - No surprise that I think this. People hate on them and say they are redundant (can be) but in my eyes way too many rousing numbers, some of the best choruses ever, and some of the best songs ever written in my eyes (Don't Look Back In Anger, Stand By Me, Cigarettes and Alcohol, Supersonic, etc.)

Plan B - Up and coming rapper/singer from the U.K. his newest album The Defamation of Strickland Banks is just fricking fantastic. Motown meets smooth Hip-Hop.

Vampire Weekend - critically acclaimed band but I just think more people should be on to them.

Devandra Banhart - Really creative guy. Amazing voice. Why isn't he a global superstar? Better than most indie crap right now

TheCunningStunt · 06-03-2010, 12:52 PM

Oasis? Underrated? Definitely Maybe and WTSMG are so hyped up. Nice call on Pink Floyd though.

Live Forever · 06-03-2010, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

Oasis? Underrated? Definitely Maybe and WTSMG are so hyped up. Nice call on Pink Floyd though.

Underrated in the sense I think they should be as big in the States as they are in the U.K., and even in the U.K. they have lost a bit of luster, which is ridiculous because Don't Believe The Truth and Dig Out Your Soul are better than 90% of the crap that passes as "fresh and new" in most music circles, in my opinion...

Alex/ · 06-03-2010, 12:56 PM

Oasis are most certainly not underrated.

Vampire Weekend is for teenage girls.

TheCunningStunt · 06-03-2010, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Live Forever

Underrated in the sense I think they should be as big in the States as they are in the U.K., and even in the U.K. they have lost a bit of luster, which is ridiculous because Don't Believe The Truth and Dig Out Your Soul are better than 90% of the crap that passes as "fresh and new" in most music circles, in my opinion...

They shouldn't have been big in the states because they decided to make Be Here Now. Cut them songs down to an appropriate length and they would've been bigger in the states, that album was the make or break and it broke them. Their own downfall, Noel came out and said he wished he made it different but it was a fun time to be in the band. Oasis started a Britpop movement even though I don't like that as a genre, 'Britpop' was never gonna be accepted in America. They had Grunge to spaff over.

Live Forever · 06-03-2010, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex/

Oasis are most certainly not underrated.

Vampire Weekend is for teenage girls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLqokTb7TvI

Fantastic production, melody. Interesting lyrics. Great voice. Come on mate

Alex/ · 06-03-2010, 01:00 PM

By the time "britpop" came along grunge was already dying. Grunge was finished in 94.

Insane Guest · 06-03-2010, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex/

Oasis are most certainly not underrated.

Vampire Weekend is for teenage girls.

I wouldn't go as far as saying that, but yeah Vampire Weekend is not exactly, well, good.

TheCunningStunt · 06-03-2010, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex/

By the time "britpop" came along grunge was already dying. Grunge was finished in 94.

So in 1994 you all stopped listening to it and loving it? No. You were still enjoying that and my main point was "Britpop" was too British for America to really catch on. I'm surprised Blur are as respected as they are because even though I like them, they're very British. Very southern, surprised a few Americans really like them.

Live Forever · 06-03-2010, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

They shouldn't have been big in the states because they decided to make Be Here Now. Cut them songs down to an appropriate length and they would've been bigger in the states, that album was the make or break and it broke them. Their own downfall, Noel came out and said he wished he made it different but it was a fun time to be in the band. Oasis started a Britpop movement even though I don't like that as a genre, 'Britpop' was never gonna be accepted in America. They had Grunge to spaff over.

Maybe I'm biased as a U.K. Rock fan but I think Britpop as a movement and the general emphasis on British rock towards melody and even tempo/rhythm just owns the U.S. and their moaning "ohhhh my life is so hard, mommy and daddy's credit card has just run out" crap that epitomizes much of grunge and punk for me, at least at face value.

England, especially Northern England is twice the ****hole that most of the U.S. is (no offense but be honest) and yet their music is much more melodic, positive, rousing, and rhythmic. Whining sissies from Seattle don't do it for me.

Then again this has nothing to do with the quality of the music. I just prefer a good melodic pop tune to an earthy distorted dark tune.

Hence the preference for an Oasis or a Vampire Weekend as opposed to a Nirvana or a Pink Floyd.

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Alex/ Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 104	By the time "britpop" came along grunge was already dying. Grunge was finished in 94. __________________ When he was six he believed the moon overhead followed him by nine he had deciphered the illusion trading magic for fact. No tradebacks.

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Live Forever Groupie Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 39	Overrated GUNS AND ROSES - Horrible, just horrible. Slash is a good guitarist but Axl Rose should have been the one blowing his brains out in 1994. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Really good band and has some classic tunes but they can get a bit annoying, the raps are awful, the funk stuff is just annoying, and the people who are obsessed with them just need to shut up. Nirvana - Another really good band but they are just another good band in rock history. They didn't change the face of **, except maybe ushered in a grunge movement that was good for its day but who wants to be angry all day? Big Nirvana fan but I do they think are overrated. Pink Floyd - Any band that has 2 minutes of random beeping noises and a decent/solid 2 minute guitar rock song and be considered one of the greats is impressive. Doesn't make them the best though. plus some of their chord structures are just strange. Underrated** Oasis - No surprise that I think this. People hate on them and say they are redundant (can be) but in my eyes way too many rousing numbers, some of the best choruses ever, and some of the best songs ever written in my eyes (Don't Look Back In Anger, Stand By Me, Cigarettes and Alcohol, Supersonic, etc.) Plan B - Up and coming rapper/singer from the U.K. his newest album The Defamation of Strickland Banks is just fricking fantastic. Motown meets smooth Hip-Hop. Vampire Weekend - critically acclaimed band but I just think more people should be on to them. Devandra Banhart - Really creative guy. Amazing voice. Why isn't he a global superstar? Better than most indie crap right now