Today's Biggest Musicicans....WHO's OVERRATED?
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pretty much all of them. anyone that had any quality is either retired, dead, or just about finished w/ there career.
I suppose I shouldn't have forgotten about his last album being a musical tour de force that was pretty much universally praised by critics and normal people alike...gbemery said:
Ok.
Throw him in the overrated pile.
But with a sticky note on him saying something along the lines of 'but I can totally respect the massive bounce back from a career ruining move in a way that combines both artistic and populist goals into a very good album. I fucking hated the half-an-hour video clip though. You're still overrated.'
Why didn't I read this before the Lady Gaga one?MFenix said:
You are so very right.
I mean; they basically play metal for people who don't like metal or have no real understanding of musicianship, which sounds rather derogatory, but that must have been a conscious, genius marketing decision which landed them with a massive, relatively untapped fanbase that will defend them to the death for offering them easily consumable music with 'edge'.
I can promise that if you pick any decade (or era of music, like grunge or hair metal) and listen to all the number one hits, most will sound identical. What's popular is popular and there are always people who are willing to either:TheRevanchist said:
A) play into what's popular to get success
or
B) honestly enjoy being part of the genre and take advantage of a situation that makes them happy and gives them success.
And really, there's no need to feel sorry for today's youth. Especially considering they have the widest range of music in history (including all that 'good' music you seem to be so fond of).
If I can't find music I want to listen to, I open up YouTube and explore until I find an artist I love (either modern or from another era). Even 10 years ago, I wouldn't have had that luxury.
I consider both recordings of rivers and thunderstorms to be overrated!Zhukov said:
I only listen to recordings of rivers during thunderstorms.
I really, really hate all of Kesha's music. But, I don't matter as I'm not her target audience. It seems like there is no music targeted at me... Everything on the radio makes me turn off the radio.
The Stones.
And now that I've got some attention, I would say today, Kanye West or any of those modern day rappers like 50 cent.
back then, I would hoenstly say Nirvana shouldnt have been as big as they re, but I'm an AiC fan, so thats probably just me talking about how layne never got the creditbility he deserved.
... metallica shouldnt be as big as they are, since they stole a good portion of thier songs.
Also, now the the post is over, i was joking about the stones. They're a very good band.
And now that I've got some attention, I would say today, Kanye West or any of those modern day rappers like 50 cent.
back then, I would hoenstly say Nirvana shouldnt have been as big as they re, but I'm an AiC fan, so thats probably just me talking about how layne never got the creditbility he deserved.
... metallica shouldnt be as big as they are, since they stole a good portion of thier songs.
Also, now the the post is over, i was joking about the stones. They're a very good band.
Rivers and Thunderstorms used to be good, but now everyone's heard of them...especially rivers. You could almost say that they becameZhukov said:
mainstream
Apparently they're really big in Japan at the moment.
I feel like if I made all the people who say all artist from a certain genre is bad they would find a song they actually liked.
OT: 311 and Led Zepplin. Don't get me wrong I love Black Dog and Immigrant Song but they are mega overrated
OT: 311 and Led Zepplin. Don't get me wrong I love Black Dog and Immigrant Song but they are mega overrated
Neutral Milk Hotel.
I just cannot understand why people (i.e., mostly hipsters) like that band. Well... I can appreciate the unique instrumentation characteristic of the band however the campfire songs laid over are grating at best. Surreal lyrics don't save it for me (despite my love of the surreal). Maybe that band is too deep for me. Then again, I listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XSC18smNUs
I just cannot understand why people (i.e., mostly hipsters) like that band. Well... I can appreciate the unique instrumentation characteristic of the band however the campfire songs laid over are grating at best. Surreal lyrics don't save it for me (despite my love of the surreal). Maybe that band is too deep for me. Then again, I listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XSC18smNUs
As a music fan with a strong interest in metal, I'll agree with this to a point. I happen to like harsh vocals, but they are quite overdone now too. It all depends on how they're used. Emo bands that do it just for the sake of doing it aren't helping the situation. To me their best use is together with clean vocals, like in Scar Symmetry, Blood Stain Child or Disarmonia Mundi.zehydra said:
In terms of the topic of this discussion, I'd say that Gil Scott-Heron is very overrated (ok, he supposedly founded an entire genre of music, but when your own parents who lived during the time he was "famous" don't know who he is, that says something).
KISS. Love Gun is decent and Destroyer is great, but the rest of their line-up s pretty mediocre. But maybe my opinion is colored by my utter, unparralleled hatred of Gene Simmons. so take that with a grain of salt.
*re-reads Op*
Oh, today's biggest bands! Gotcha.
In that case, most of the obvious ones have been taken. So I'm gonna go with T Pain (or however he spells his chosen monicker)
*re-reads Op*
Oh, today's biggest bands! Gotcha.
In that case, most of the obvious ones have been taken. So I'm gonna go with T Pain (or however he spells his chosen monicker)