Most Underrated/Overrated Artists (blues, beatles, u2, springsteen, Nickelback)

sleepy jack · 08-19-2007, 02:57 PM

Overrated: Tool, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys
Underrated: Daniel Johnston, Okkervil River, Nick Drake

Mookie Wilson · 10-22-2007, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

Overrated: ...Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys
Underrated: Nick Drake

agree

i'll add: overrated - dream theatre :P
underrated - rufus wainwright

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Originally Posted by Night_Lamp

OVERRATED:

The White Stripes- Given them a fair chance and, hate em. Really simple garage rock. Sounds like a couple of teenager's first band.

Here in Canada: The Tragically Hip- A good bar band with a singer who writes great poetry, but couldn't sing his way out of a wet paper bag.
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i'm a huge Hip fan but i'll agree with you that they are probably overrated in Canada, though they're probably underrated everywhere else. ya i hear Downie get a lot of slack for his vocal ability, and you said it, he's more of a lyrics guy with an ok voice. doesn't stop him from wailing live tho. i think they're much more than a bar band and it's frustrating that so many ppl only see them as that, they've evolved a lot since New Orleans Is Sinking. In Voilet Light, In Between Evolution, and World Container are all fairly new decent offerings which aren't just bar songs at all. when bands in the same sort of era as the Hip, like Pearl Jam, RCHP, and Smashing Pumpkins have gone to CRAP, the Hip can still crank out a pretty damn good album by today's popular music standards

Night_Lamp · 10-22-2007, 08:50 AM

Okay, since we've Canuck-highjacked this thread for a sec-

UNDERRATED: The Rheostatics. I can't say enough about how great a band they are. Favorites of the Hip as well. I've seen them live more than 20 times and they never bore. Seen the 'Fall Nationals' (Their week as the house-band stint at the Horseshoe in Toronto every year) A band with many sides who raock hard, trip out, and even made a children's album. They also were commisioned by the NFB (National Film Board) to record a soundtrack to a film about the Group of Seven.

The Hip have written some amazing stuff like 'Nautical disaster', and 'Vaccination scar' that I really like. But to me, the gems are few and far between. I totally respect anyone else's tastes though. It's your right.

As to the Decemberists, I've never heard them on rock radio in Ontario.
That, of course, is no statement of popularity.

Husky McDump · 06-10-2010, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack

Overrated: Tool,

couldn't agree with you more. they have made the same album a few times over

21stCenturyAndroidMan · 06-10-2010, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Emsanders

couldn't agree with you more. they have made the same album a few times over

I would have to agree with that too. (Tool)

10-22-2007, 08:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
Night_Lamp Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hooterville (SW Ont.) Posts: 105	Okay, since we've Canuck-highjacked this thread for a sec- UNDERRATED: The Rheostatics. I can't say enough about how great a band they are. Favorites of the Hip as well. I've seen them live more than 20 times and they never bore. Seen the 'Fall Nationals' (Their week as the house-band stint at the Horseshoe in Toronto every year) A band with many sides who raock hard, trip out, and even made a children's album. They also were commisioned by the NFB (National Film Board) to record a soundtrack to a film about the Group of Seven. The Hip have written some amazing stuff like 'Nautical disaster', and 'Vaccination scar' that I really like. But to me, the gems are few and far between. I totally respect anyone else's tastes though. It's your right. As to the Decemberists, I've never heard them on rock radio in Ontario. That, of course, is no statement of popularity. __________________ LP'S/CDS - TUBES - HEADPHONES Last edited by Night_Lamp; 10-22-2007 at 09:01 AM.