Most overrated rock song and band

[quinnox]

I have to go with "Stairway to Heaven" as most overrated song. It's an ok song, but does it really need to be played every half hour on all the hard rock stations??

As for band, I say the honor goes to U2, with The Doors as a runner up.

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Freebird.....

That sound just annoys me.

[commander bunnypants]

2. Anything by BoB Segar, The doobie Bros, or Ted wingnut Nugent

Nuff said


DDQM

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. Bob is a good Detroit progressive...

a great guy, a fantastic boss and a great husband. He speaks well of you.

[commander bunnypants]

14. D'OH

lol

DDQM

[JitterbugPerfume]

27. I love BOB SEGER

so there !!!!!!!

[Skittles]

26. you put Seger and the Doobie Bros with NUGENT

you suck!

[midnitemoleman]

3. Any police/Sting song ever made.

He takes one or two words and repeats them over and over in that freaky girlish shrill.

[kmla]

4. Boston - More than a Feelin'.

If I hear that song another time, I think my head will explode.

:nuke:

[jonnyblitz]

49. ewwww...i can't handle that band for some reason

i ditto your post tenfold.

[sendero]

53. make it 3

I think it is Brad Delp's whiny-screechy vocals. That voice makes fingers on a chalkboard sound good :)

[Kamika]

5. How can you say u2 are overrated

They have done tons and tons of great albums.. had groundbreakin tours, and are still doing music.

As a band i nominate pink floyd

Only two songs i heard that are ok are brick in the wall and money

[sangha]

6. The Dave Mathews Band

I just don't get how HUGE he is

[Kolesar]

11. Mathews sounds like a warm up act at a Day's Inn Lounge by the freeway

He's not all bad, it is just that I just don't like anything he recorded. I think I would scream if I had to listen to a whole album, though.

[elcondor]

28. Haha!

Exactly my thoughts! I agree, Dave Matthews, along with the Doors, is the most overrated band. "Light My Fire" overrated song.

[sangha]

39. I'm not crazy about the Doors

but IMO we should put their work in historical perspective. "Light My Fire" was considered pretty racy at the time. It mentioned getting "much higher"

SHocking!!

[Kolesar]

37. Doors "Touch Me Babe" sounds like a Christmas song with all the horns

Who could ever forget:

I'm gonna love you Till the heavens stop the rain
I'm gonna love you Till the stars fall from the sky for you and I.

Dat dat daa da dat dat da daa
dat dat daa da dat dat da daa

edit: horns, not homs. Of course, Mr. Morrison was darn horny, himself.

[DS1]

44. YES!!! This is the correct answer!

DAVE MATTHEWS SUCKS!!

[fertilizeonarbusto]

8. have to agree with both "Freebird" and Sting

The song is puerile and juvenile and Sting's voice is the very definition of "annoying." Though, I must admit that the South American waltz he wrote for "Kate and Leopold," " Until," was actually very charming and a by-the-book S.A waltz.

[sendero]

54. true dat....

... Sting's voice is annoying, but he undeniably a top notch songwriter. There aren't many of those. So he gets a pass for his crappy voice :)

[mvd]

9. Completely disagree with your band choices

I think most overrated in rock is Guns 'n Roses. I don't see much difference from the hair metal.

Others I find overrated:

KoRn
Soundgarden
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Flaming Lips
Sigur Ros
AC/DC
Limp Bizkit
Pantera
KISS
The Vines
The Hives
Aerosmith (because they are so often hailed as America's greatest rock band)
Kittie
The Mars Volta

"Stairway To Heaven" is a little overrated IMO, but I choose "Welcome To The Jungle."

[StaggerLee]

10. I have to agree with you on the Doors

I also believe a moratorium on the playing of Stairway should be enforced- indefinitely or at least until I officially lose my hearing.
(and I LOVE Led Zeppelin)

*edit- my grammar sucks - move along, nothing to see here...

[Kolesar]

12. Does anybody still listen to popular radio anymore?

It was still fun in the 1990s, but now I cannot find a station I can put on for a long period of time and enjoy. I have heard these "classic rock" songs so many times that I don't want to put any of those stations on again. They seem to have forgotten Motown and Atlantic records in their mix, which would improve things. Even college radio is a snore.

What was the last great pop song? Rob Thomas and Santana doing "Smooth"? That was years ago. They gave 'em a handful of Grammys for that gem, like it was a going-out-of-business sale.

Someone help me. Name a good current artist.

[mvd]

15. Plenty of good ones

But I don't know your taste, so I can't list. I just don't see the current music scene like some DUers do.

[quinnox]

18. Exactly how I feel

The pop music of today is horrendous! I don't listen anymore because of how bad it has been. I think the last good album was Nirvana's album, and that was released in the early 90's!

I also understand about putting on the classic rock stations. I have heard them all too many times. Nowadays I listen to a station that plays 80's music, but that gets boring after awhile too.

[mvd]

19. Pop music is a lot better than a few years ago

But that's my opinion. As I said, I just don't see it your way.

[Kolesar]

20. So who are the artists to look for?

My previous post hints a predeliction for alternative, Motown. My high water mark was punk and "new wave" in the early 80s.

Of late, I look forward to the evenings of folk programming on weekends on my precious public radio station.

Maybe the stations are not there to play the good stuff. Who are the artists?

[StopTheMorans]

22. I think that when people say

"the white stripes are overrated", they're wrong. very innovative and out there, yet still catchy. incorporates old blues (a lot of his licks are old blues), weird punkish rhythms, classic rock, etc... good stuff.
the strokes are not as bad as everyone likes to say (I like them)

Weezer is a band that is still putting out good music (IMHO)

I don't think that Jack Johnson or John Mayer are bad at all (although the current trend by anyone who's not into pop music is to trash them)

I don't know, maybe that's a start? just my opinion, as usual:)

[Kolesar]

25. thanks, that's what I wanted to know

If I send you my email, can you shoot some MP3s my way?

[StopTheMorans]

29. i have no mp3's:)

my comp at work has no sound, and I have no net at home:( But I can tell you songs to look for if you're interested...

[Kolesar]

34. Yes, the song titles would be fine

I have yet to start using mp3 files, also. Thanks

[sendero]

56. I agree about White Stripes...

... they can't be overrated they are just getting started. And so far, they are sounding damn good.

The Strokes I have a bit more problem with - because when I hear them they sound EXACTLY like mid 70s Iggy Pop with the Hunt brothers rhythm section and EVERYTHING. Everything is derivative, but it is possible to be *too* derivative. :)

[mvd]

23. I think radio does have good stuff

The problem IMO is that the playlists are too limited. Since we're so far apart, I'm not sure who to put.

[mvd]

30. If you like alternative, you may like these..

Radiohead
Cat Power
Bleu
Loreena McKennitt
PJ Harvey
Rufus Wainwright

[Kolesar]

36. I remember PJ Harvey and Radiohead getting airplay in the 1990s

That was before the local "alternative station" changed format.

I hope I can round up some of these CDs through the library. That is always a good was to preview music.

[mvd]

38. Good luck in your search

And I hope my list helps. You may also want to try these, if you mean by alternative that you want something different than what's on radio:

Neil Finn
Duncan Sheik
Jo Davidson
Bree Sharp
Wilco
Lucinda Williams
Steve Earle
Miranda Lee Richards
Kasey Chambers
Alison Krauss
David Gray
Aimee Mann
Dar Williams
Nina Gordon
Michal
Ron Sexsmith
Shea Seger
Shana Morrison
Laura Dawn
Kay Hanley
Leona Naess
Fisher
The Painkillers
Lennon Murphy
Anna Waronker
Abra Moore
Cindy Alexander

If you want more, I can continue the list. These are just some.

[Kolesar]

41. "Going to the library with my list"

:bounce:

[mvd]

42. Also check these out..

Jayhawks
New Pornographers
Guster
Sleater-Kinney
Beck

There, that should keep you busy for a while. :)

[TheBigGuy]

45. Ive about given up on pop...

...most of it is pretty boring...even "alternative"

i think the early 90s was the last gasp of rock..alternative or otherwise...then it deteriorated into stuff like Coldplay and Smashing Pumpkins type of stuff.

The only things ive really liked lately have been Drive By Truckers, Gillian Welch, and Poi Dog Pondering...

[mvd]

46. I love Coldplay and like Smashing Pumpkins

Again, we all like what we like. No taste is better. I prefer to be open-minded, liking some in the mainstream and indie scenes.

[TlalocW]

13. I agree with Stairway...

Freebird is up there as well. If I never heard (the beginning) of those songs again (I turn the station pretty quickly), I would be a happy camper.

TlalocW

[StopTheMorans]

16. The Eagles-Hotel California

n/t

[Liberal_Andy]

17. Journey, Kansas, Foreigner, The Nuge, STYX, Mettalica...

And I used to love 'm, but if I hear anything by ZZ Top again this century, it'll be too soon.

Sorry, that's just the way I feel, now get outta here.

I mean it.

Get!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

21. agreed on stairway to heaven

thought of it immediately when i saw the thread title

an ok song, but massively overrated.

most overrated artist i would have to say metallica. never understood the glowing reviews of their albums. just cock rock for special ed students in my opinion

[Skittles]

24. Nirvana, Bon Jovi

way WAY overrated

[underpants]

31. The Archies "Sugar Sugar"

Seems so............ I dunno.......... fake.

[mac56]

33. They were a great band...

until Betty and Veronica had that nasty falling-out.

[mac56]

32. Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Just about everything they did was overrated, pompous, overinflated prog-rock noodling.

Flame away..

[sendero]

57. won't flame you....

... but I will disagree. They got the whole "prog rock" zeitgeist soaked in gas, hung around their necks and lit. Unfairly.

I can understand folks not liking that kind of music, but IMHO the critics constant trashing of them was always a kind of jealousy. "Rock" music is supposed to come from lower class kids with a guitar, and god forbid someone with actual musical talent (you can wish all you want but Emerson could have been a world class pianist in any mileau he chose, he chose money and women :)) should dare to play.

As for the "pretentious" claim, every single album of theirs contained a comedy novelty song, hardly the hallmark of "pompous".

[bif]

35. Grateful Dead, Led Zep, Jimmy Buffett

All way overrated. Song? "Smoke on the Water."

[mvd]

40. I agree about the Grateful Dead

Though I have a fondness for the folky "Dark Hollow."

[ArkDem]

43. What did one deadhead say to the other when they ran out of pot?

"This music sucks man, let's bail"!

[gully]

47. Anything by KISS...

:evilgrin:

[crimson333]

48. Don't be messing

with THE HOTTEST BAND IN THE WORLD KISS B-)

[CBHagman]

50. I HATE Peter Frampton

Note to Peter: You can find other words to rhyme besides "day" and "way."

[jafap]

51. okay this thread got funny

Although some people are dissing groups that I like.
I busted a gut laughing at the Grateful Dead joke. I used to like Floyd, but the last time I listened to "The Wall" I thought "God, this is a downer". I like Skynyrd, but have to admit that "Freebird" is over-hyped - quite slow and long.
The mention of Frampton reminded me of how this radio station I listened to at work played this song from "Frampton comes alive" that lasted about ten minutes.
On another thread I was surprised that so many people liked the Police, but my vote for most over-rated band is The Rolling Stones because I think they suck. If you start Mick Jagger up, I will turn the radio off every time. Probably Garth Brooks should be up there too since he is probably still the only person to have two albums in a row which sold more than 10 million copies.

[sendero]

58. The Wall....

... I was a big Pink Floyd fan up until The Wall. They used their considerable talents to create a record that is unrelentingly negative, depressing, without any redeeming qualities.

I remember thinking at the time - wow, if Roger Waters, one of the most successful musicians ever, with money, fame, and all that comes with it is this effing miserable, what chance do the rest of us have?

Now - to be sure, many acts have subsequently gone on to create even more chilling efforts, but that record sure turned me off of Floyd for a while. I much prefered the sardonic negativity of "Wish You Were Here" :)

[44wax]

52. KISS THE STONES LED ZEP AEROSMITH MOST PUNK BANDS

When I was a kid I considered them a boy band with no talent. They were just playing to the circle jerks.

[jenk]

55. anything by Styx, Rush, Boston

.

[sendero]

59. I sure agree...

... about Styx (some of the cheesiest music and numbingly banal song lyrics in the history of prog rock) and Rush (better not say anything, their fans are nutcakes :))