troon_villan Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Pixies by around 14 million miles. Also could go in the 'Don't Get' thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) Pixies by around 14 million miles. Also could go in the 'Don't Get' thread. You are a Wrong-a-saurus Rex. Edited November 16, 2014 by Wainy316 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Elbow. That they are rated at all by at least one human being is enough to qualify them for this thread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 I love Elbow. "Burrito Town" is an all time classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) Surprised how low the Beatles are (who I voted for). I mean, they've only got 3 more votes than the Allman Brothers who I've never even heard of. Edited November 16, 2014 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Surely these days Muse and U2 aren't still considered overrated. I mean whose ratings are we talking about? The unwashed masses who flock to Pink concerts? They don't count. I think most people who liked Muse in 2005 probably don't like them anymore. They were my favourite band after Absolution but they're dead to me now. I can't think of anyone who genuinely likes U2 in 2014 who isn't also a fan of Pink and The Madden Brothers. The Beatles are genuinely amazing though and I can't believe they come up in a thread like this. They deserve all the praise they get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 He's a classically trained pianist. Its about opinions but I think he's very good. By this you mean he had piano lessons at schoolAlso I notice a lot of people have voted for the Beatles. Come on unless you were around in the 60s you can't judge just how good and influential they were. Nonsense, utter nonsense I read this without looking at the poster.... then it all made sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Pixies by around 14 million miles. Also could go in the 'Don't Get' thread.You are a Wrong-a-saurus Rex. Nah, the pixies are wrongleberries. Never understood them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I think I appreciated the Pixies more because I grew up in the 90s listening to Weezer, Nirvana and Radiohead, then I heard the Pixies and I as I listened to more and more I could hear where the bands I loved in the 90s had been influenced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) Bob Dylan's stuff is another I don't really understand the appeal of, maybe It's all in his lyrics, all sounds very samey to me though. I don't know how anyone could sit down and listen to him droning on for an whole LP. Edited November 16, 2014 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 ive got it on dvd, its a good watch. It is. We all know about Ozzy and that Tony Iommi is perhaps the serious-genius type but I didn't realise how charismatic and witty Geezer is in particular. And he's one of us! You can stick Prince William and Tom Hanks up yer arse hole, Geezer is our boy. Anyway, Sabbath aren't overrated. Underrated by the masses in my opinion, undoubtedly the most influential heavy rock band of all time. They invented a genre FFS. So this is no doubt off topic! Edit - I just looked and they are somehow on the above list and have three votes! Barmy. thing with sabbath was that they had no musical training what so ever. geezer was a rhythm guitarist but switched to bass as tony did not want another guitarist, tony lost two ends of his fingers, ozzy was just some crazy kid who happend to have some music equipment so it got him the gig and bill was a very unorthadox drummer. none went to art school or were trained in anyway they were off the streets and within a year they went from aston to the LA forum. they are the original working class heroes. i liked how henry rollins described black sabbath fans ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Pixies by around 14 million miles. Also could go in the 'Don't Get' thread. totally agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Bob Dylan's stuff is another I don't really understand the appeal of, maybe It's all in his lyrics, all sounds very samey to me though. I don't know how anyone could sit down and listen to him droning on for an whole LP. This 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 16, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted November 16, 2014 Although I am a huge Dylan fan, I can see why people may not like him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) ive got it on dvd, its a good watch. It is. We all know about Ozzy and that Tony Iommi is perhaps the serious-genius type but I didn't realise how charismatic and witty Geezer is in particular. And he's one of us! You can stick Prince William and Tom Hanks up yer arse hole, Geezer is our boy. Anyway, Sabbath aren't overrated. Underrated by the masses in my opinion, undoubtedly the most influential heavy rock band of all time. They invented a genre FFS. So this is no doubt off topic! Edit - I just looked and they are somehow on the above list and have three votes! Barmy. thing with sabbath was that they had no musical training what so ever. geezer was a rhythm guitarist but switched to bass as tony did not want another guitarist, tony lost two ends of his fingers, ozzy was just some crazy kid who happend to have some music equipment so it got him the gig and bill was a very unorthadox drummer. none went to art school or were trained in anyway they were off the streets and within a year they went from aston to the LA forum. they are the original working class heroes. i liked how henry rollins described black sabbath fans ha. Yeah, we're the kids stood outside the party drinking a cold one because they either won't let us in, or we don't want to be there! That describes my housemate to a tee. He's a French lad (not sorry donnie), he knows of Sabbath of course but I'm not sure they we're held in the same gravitas over there. So again, overrated? Pshaw... Edit - Dylan yeah! Bang on shout. Terrible voice, plinky plonky wishy washy shite. Edited November 16, 2014 by dont_do_it_doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 16, 2014 Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2014 I get Dylan, I just can't listen to an albums worth in one go. Couple of tunes here and there is fine but more than that and his voice begins to irritate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Oasis for me - basically a plagiaristic pub band. Some good tunes, worthy of being heard on a night out in the pub but no way world greats.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever happened to ..... Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Wheres the list ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I don't know why there is so much snobbery when it comes to oasis, yes pretty much every song has to pay royalties to someone else and they weren't amazing musicians or weren't as good as what came before but in the 30 years of my life no ones comes close to them in terms of impact, significance, influence, number of great songs, live performance, general buzz and excitement, you name it definitely maybe and what's the story stand up as classic british albums (so should masterplan but I'm guessing it's lazily written off as b sides, 9/10 bands dream of writing an album as good as masterplan) what's the story is the quickest selling and 5th biggest selling album in uk history, wonderwall especially broke boundaries, I agree it's a song you'll hear in the pub, it's a song that's instantly recognisable to a huge % of people, played from radio 1 to smooth fm and by every shit busker I've ever seen, that's because it's a **** great song! The best thing about that song? The cd came with round are way, swamp song and the masterplan as b sides I stand by my comment on the previous page, oasis are underrated If 30 years time when the dust has settled they'll be at the top table of British music with the likes of the Beatles and the stones (and the arctic monkeys ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) Although I am a huge Dylan fan, I can see why people may not like him. I could never class him in the overrated category because he is one of the best songwriters of all time. Look at the list of artists that has covered his songs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artists_who_have_covered_Bob_Dylan_songs Yes he has a terrible voice but I'd rather have a songwriter who can't sing than the other way around. Edited November 16, 2014 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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