Silliness Battle of the Bands

MJK2111 · 06-01-2010, 01:10 PM

Over (quite) a few drinks this past holiday, the topic of over-rated bands came up.

I was severely ridiculed for my top three choices:

The Beatles
The Who
U2

What say you?

TGS · 06-01-2010, 01:40 PM

Well in order of over-ratedness I'd have to say

1, U2
2, Oasis
3, U2

devilsadvocate · 06-02-2010, 01:20 AM

In no particular order,

U2
Avenged Sevenfold
Rolling Stones

I disagree with MJK's choice of the Beatles and the Who. Every kid who ever picked up a guitar and wrote a song to get the attention of a girl owes a debt to Lennon and McCartney (sorry Elvis fans, he didn't write his own hits and was washed-up halfway through his career). Come to think of it, any successful band who wrote their own material owes them; everything else was by professional songwriters (kind of like today, which in itself would explain quite a bit). Why doesn't this apply to the Stones, you may ask? Because the Stones chased trends, and when they were too old to chase trends they went corporate; "Exile on Main Street" really was their last good album. Outliving your contemporaries doesn't make you great.

I wasn't aware that anyone thought the Who were timeless geniuses, but I was windmilling to "Pinball Wizard" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" when I was 3 so they qualify as influential, regardless the pretentiousness of the Rock Opera concept. We won't hear that kind of songwriting ever again...not even from Townshend himself.

I would be interested to hear what would make the Beatles and/or the Who overrated; that must've been a fascinating conversation and I'm worse off for not having been a part of it.

EDIT: Honorable mention goes to Ritchie Blackmore...I always like me some Deep Purple/Rainbow, but the guy's really not all that great a guitarist, and this is coming from a musician.

montsnmags · 06-02-2010, 01:47 AM

Bucks Fizz
The Weather Girls
Radiohead

Sparrow · 06-02-2010, 02:22 AM

U2
Pink Floyd
The Clash

happy_terd · 06-02-2010, 02:24 AM

sublime
Metallica after 1990
kansas

Sweetpea · 06-02-2010, 04:19 AM

When I saw this title, I thought it would be about Bill and Ted...

MJK2111 · 06-02-2010, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

In no particular order,

Every kid who ever picked up a guitar and wrote a song to get the attention of a girl owes a debt to Lennon and McCartney (sorry Elvis fans, he didn't write his own hits and was washed-up halfway through his career). Come to think of it, any successful band who wrote their own material owes them; everything else was by professional songwriters (kind of like today, which in itself would explain quite a bit).

Yup, they wrote excellent lyrics:
"We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine..."
"I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob..."

I'd go on, but I'm nauseated just thinking about the drivel they wrote.

devilsadvocate · 06-02-2010, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJK2111

Yup, they wrote excellent lyrics:
"We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine..."
"I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob..."

I'd go on, but I'm nauseated just thinking about the drivel they wrote.

There's more to a song than lyrics, and even then it's more than just words.

Quoting Frost, Kerouac, or Dante out of context would sound pretty stupid too, wouldn't it?

That said, even I admit "Yellow Submarine" required some of Leary's finest, and according to McCartney was originally meant as a children's song.

orlok · 03-10-2011, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Bucks Fizz
The Weather Girls
Radiohead

I DO hope your first choice is a joke

. I'd go along with Radiohead though.

My choices in no particular order:

1. The Beatles
2. David Bowie (does he count as a band?). If not, then Lou Reed. Also not a band? The Stranglers!
3. The Strokes

DixieGal · 03-10-2011, 11:28 AM

Dave Matthews Band
Coldplay (except the song "Yellow")
Wallflowers (Tom Petty did it better)

mountain_lion · 03-10-2011, 11:39 AM

Coldplay
Snow Patrol
Blue October and La Oreja de Van Gogh (I know I was supposed to write 3 but I like both)

obs20 · 03-10-2011, 01:40 PM

Crosby, Stills and Nash(and sometimes Young)- Good harmonies but overrated in concert and all of them did better work before joining.

Steve Miller Band- I still can't figure out why people think so much of them.

Abba- Their lyrics were painful.

orlok · 03-10-2011, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

I DO hope your first choice is a joke

. I'd go along with Radiohead though.

My choices in no particular order:

1. The Beatles
2. David Bowie (does he count as a band?). If not, then Lou Reed. Also not a band? The Stranglers!
3. The Strokes

I'm an idiot, and I've completely got the wrong end of the stick on this thread (serves me right for doing it while on a conference call...). My selections were my favourite bands, not overrated bands

.

Now I'm going away to have a rethink and a large glass of red wine.

* slopes off re-faced and muttering to himself *

Mortis · 03-10-2011, 02:18 PM

The Beatles, they were just another boy bad
Aerosmith, come on Steve, no one wants to see you in spandex anymore, if they ever did
U2, no explanation needed.

06-01-2010, 01:10 PM	#1
MJK2111 FUBAR! Posts: 1,946 Karma: 15018767 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Woodstock, IL Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 S	Battle of the Bands Over (quite) a few drinks this past holiday, the topic of over-rated bands came up. I was severely ridiculed for my top three choices: The Beatles The Who U2 What say you?

06-02-2010, 01:20 AM	#3
devilsadvocate Complicated Warlock Posts: 677 Karma: 160970 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Madiganistan Device: HP Mini 1101, Droid X rooted, GTab rooted/VEGAnTAB Ginger Edition/CM7	In no particular order, U2 Avenged Sevenfold Rolling Stones I disagree with MJK's choice of the Beatles and the Who. Every kid who ever picked up a guitar and wrote a song to get the attention of a girl owes a debt to Lennon and McCartney (sorry Elvis fans, he didn't write his own hits and was washed-up halfway through his career). Come to think of it, any successful band who wrote their own material owes them; everything else was by professional songwriters (kind of like today, which in itself would explain quite a bit). Why doesn't this apply to the Stones, you may ask? Because the Stones chased trends, and when they were too old to chase trends they went corporate; "Exile on Main Street" really was their last good album. Outliving your contemporaries doesn't make you great. I wasn't aware that anyone thought the Who were timeless geniuses, but I was windmilling to "Pinball Wizard" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" when I was 3 so they qualify as influential, regardless the pretentiousness of the Rock Opera concept. We won't hear that kind of songwriting ever again...not even from Townshend himself. I would be interested to hear what would make the Beatles and/or the Who overrated; that must've been a fascinating conversation and I'm worse off for not having been a part of it. EDIT: Honorable mention goes to Ritchie Blackmore...I always like me some Deep Purple/Rainbow, but the guy's really not all that great a guitarist, and this is coming from a musician. Last edited by devilsadvocate; 06-02-2010 at 01:24 AM.

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obs20 Wizard Posts: 2,793 Karma: 29028512 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Florida Device: Sony PRS 600, Nook ST, Toshiba Excite 10.1 AT 300	Crosby, Stills and Nash(and sometimes Young)- Good harmonies but overrated in concert and all of them did better work before joining. Steve Miller Band- I still can't figure out why people think so much of them. Abba- Their lyrics were painful. Last edited by obs20; 03-10-2011 at 01:44 PM.

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