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5 most overrated british bands.
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Tom-the-eagle  Croydon 25 Apr 15 11.52pm |
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Quote Pikester at 25 Apr 2015 2.45pm
The Clash - I know this will anger many on here but I just never 'got' them. Should I stay or should I go is ok - but Rock The Casbah is bloody awful.
Have to agree with you on this one Kermit. Have for many years thought the Clash were vastly over rated. Do believe that if people talk things up enough, other people will start to believe that it must be brilliant, when really, its just OK.
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Pussay Patrol  26 Apr 15 12.07am |
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Blur
Paua oouaarancì Irà chiyeah Ishé galé ma ba oo ah |
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| Hoof Hearted 26 Apr 15 9.56am | |
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Quote Apollofuzz at 25 Apr 2015 9.49pm
The Smiths
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 26 Apr 15 10.59am |
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1 - Oasis
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 26 Apr 15 11.02am |
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Quote Jamesrichards8 at 25 Apr 2015 3.59pm
So far all of the replies are f***ing nonsense. The beatles? The who? Overrated my f***ing arse. I'm not a led zeppelin fan, but overrated they are not. It's actually making me laugh. I think you may be confusing 'overrated' with 'I've never listened to any of their material outside of what's on the radio'. That can be the only explanation. Edited by Jamesrichards8 (25 Apr 2015 4.04pm) Edited by Jamesrichards8 (25 Apr 2015 4.05pm) Edited by Jamesrichards8 (25 Apr 2015 4.06pm) They're overated, doesn't mean they're not good or even great bands, just that they're no where near as relevant or good as they're portrayed. Beatles released maybe two really good albums (Revolver and the White Album). Good, but definitely overrated, probably because of their popularity.
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 PalazioVecchio  south pole 26 Apr 15 11.15am |
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Quote punksnotdead at 25 Apr 2015 1.02pm
Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford |
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martinb75  Tampere 26 Apr 15 11.18am |
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Coldplay
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| OllieMaidstoneEagle Maidstone, Kent 26 Apr 15 2.04pm |
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Quote Tom-the-eagle at 25 Apr 2015 11.52pm
Quote Kermit8 at 25 Apr 2015 4.12pm
Quote Jamesrichards8 at 25 Apr 2015 4.03pm
Quote Kermit8 at 25 Apr 2015 3.58pm
Quote Pikester at 25 Apr 2015 2.45pm
The Clash - I know this will anger many on here but I just never 'got' them. Should I stay or should I go is ok - but Rock The Casbah is bloody awful.
Have to agree with you on this one Kermit. Have for many years thought the Clash were vastly over rated. Do believe that if people talk things up enough, other people will start to believe that it must be brilliant, when really, its just OK. The Clash are most definitely Champions League,semi-final losing on penalties! Possibly more of an influence than all the above and probably left more of a legacy! My 5 bands are;The Police(nice to see lots in agreement);Coldplay(why?);Hard-Fi(wanna-be-Clash);Duran Duran(too poncey);UB40(ja-fake-can reggae at it's worst)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjmh52fkQJA Ollie's Dad,Ash.
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| Eagle_SA Just outside Cape Town 26 Apr 15 3.20pm |
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Spice Girls
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| Pete53 Hassocks 26 Apr 15 11.24pm |
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Quote punksnotdead at 25 Apr 2015 1.02pm
the Beatles I can accept it if someone doesn't like the Beatle's music - each to our own and all , but to say they are overrated is nonsense. They single handedly changed the face and sound of popular music. I don't know how old you are but if you were around and listening to music in the early 60s you would know just how seismic their arrival on the scene was. I have just had a look at the pop chart for January 1962, a year before the Beatle's first big hit, Please Please Me. It is full of fairly dull anodyne stuff .. Cliff Richard, Russ Conway, Helen Shapiro, Petula Clark. Hearing the Beatles for the first time was like one great blast of fresh air. It was so different and exciting. Overnight they rendered the vast majority of chart acts obsolete.That chart of 1962 didn't feature one single group i.e. guitarists, drums, vocals. By the end of 1963, thanks to the influence of The Beatles, it was full of groups. Also, I doubt if one single song in that 1962 chart was written by the performer(s). Again, the Beatles changed all that making it acceptable for artists to write their own material. It would have been quite understandable had the Beatles, after their phenomenal success, played it safe and carried on churning out more She Loves Yous and I Want To Hold Your Hands. But no, they innovated and experimented with sound, instruments, production and lyrics. They were very good musicians,could sing and harmonise beautifully, and wrote a wonderful catalogue songs that are still enjoyed, if not by you, by millions today. On that basis it is just meaningless to say they are overrated. And if that argument is not enough I give you a group who gave us Strawberry Field, Eleanor Rigby, Norwegian Wood, Penny Lane, Help, We Can Work it Out, Hey Jude, Revolution, Day in the Life, In My Life, Let it Be, I Am the Walrus, Long and Winding Road, Tomorrow Never Knows, Blackbird ..... all so different and never ever sounding the same. I rest my case.
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| davenotamonkey 26 Apr 15 11.51pm |
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Quote martinb75 at 26 Apr 2015 11.18am
Coldplay Thank you! Coldplay. Yes, Coldplay. You hear that wailing catlike thing in the cafe when you're having a fry up? Chris Fcuking Martin Whale song? In Bluewater shopping centre? How? Chris Fcuking Martin Hey, haven't they been playing the same song for the past hour? Is it on repeat? ...An album? Oh... who is it? Chris Fcuking Martin T0sser.
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| Part Time James 27 Apr 15 12.01am |
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Oasis
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