Most overrated band?

[Milo]

They were never overrated though were they?

 

[Zoiders]

They were in my neck of the woods, they outlived the manchester scene and became part of the indie scene

Bland shite with a simpering twunt for a lead singer, yet still people persisted in bigging them up

 

[Rhythm Thief]

The keyboard player from The Charlatans drinks in what used to be my local. I think he might even have worked behind the bar for a bit.

 

[radger]

The Doors

 

[Zoiders]

Pink Floyd

 

[TVC]

Pink Floyd

That's fightin' talk. I assume you meant to qualify it by saying that you refered to after Roger Waters left.

 

[papercorn2000]

And you ask us to respect your musical choices?

No Mr. Chuffy, I expect you to die!

 

[Foghat]

T Rex. I never could understand why everyone thought they were so great.

The riffs, dear boy, and more to the point, the feel that Bolan imparted to them.....the one in Jeepster is worth a million dollars on its own.

Shame about all the pointless and vain glam-crap associations, though.

 

[Lardyboy]

Any "act" that had to be put together by a television "competition" programme, then by a crooked public vote, then "mentored" by someone who's never had a hit in years. They have to be the most overated? Surely?

 

[Foghat]

Led Zeppelin.

Have you seen footage of them live in their heyday? Jimmy Page's ability and stage dynamism alone render Led Zeppelin stratospherically good - the rest was a bonus.

Here's a real good'un:

Heartbreaker, 1975

 

[Foghat]

Take Stiff Little Fingers. I had a classmate who used to rave about them. Couldn't see it meself, I just wanted to say 'You're a middle class punk from Canvey Island; what do you have in common with SLF?'

Well, being able to 'see it' has got nothing to do with having anything in common with the bloody band. It's about the quality of the music. And a lot of SLF was music of the highest calibre.

 

[Foghat]

The Doors

Overrated how exactly?

 

[Andy in Sig]

Bob Marley was generally shite too come to think of it, along with most other reggae types. Ska's OK though.

 

[Foghat]

Bob Marley was generally shite too come to think of it, along with most other reggae types. Ska's OK though.

Come off it, Andy. Many reggae rhythms are amongst the most listenable music types around.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

The riffs, dear boy, and more to the point, the feel that Bolan imparted to them.....the one in Jeepster is worth a million dollars on its own.

Shame about all the pointless and vain glam-crap associations, though.

I never thought the songs were anything special to be honest. And Bolan thought he was much better than he actually was ...