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caio  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who do you think are the most overrated/underrated bands/artists of all time?
If not taste, then what's our criteria? Originality, perhaps?




mk  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I've been thinking talent and originality.

Kate Bush is probably underrated in my book too. I might say James too. That guy has some talent.

If you're not a fan of Joy Division, give She Wants Revenge a listen. Any appreciation at all for that band is misplaced, IMO. :)

Oh, Oh, Belle and Sebastian! Totally overrated!

This is fun.

caio  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Just listened and they sound like Joy Division, but with hip hop lyrics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixw_bLVUL34
mk  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Yep, that's pretty much what they have to offer.
thenewgreen  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Challenge: Alright mk, listen to this song (lyrics and all) and tell me you don't like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBKZLvJ6xYA

mk  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Scored a 7 on my Ok-O-Meter. :/ To me, it sounds like a overly-conscious guy making his voice sound overly-gentle while singing some poems he wrote. I just never got this stuff. Too much affectation, IMO.

I know people love them, but I just don't feel it.

caio  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I liked it, but, you know, if you wanna go "melancholy with a little smile", you should go all out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_MJAOyOeU
thenewgreen  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
caio  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Good one. Sigur Rós is perfect for me, because I don't pay too much attention to lyrics, so I can just hear it and enjoy the sound.
thenewgreen  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Belle and Sebastian??? Consider yourself cyber punched!

:)

http://hubski.com/pub?id=5180

Overrated: New Order

-ouch.

mk  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Ha! Impossible.

Substance is about 25% of modern club music.

Gerry and the Holograms or not.

caio  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
So there's nothing to it beyond Bizarre Love Triangle and Blue Monday?
thenewgreen  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I was just kidding with mk, I like New Order. The New Green used to cover this song... it was a blast! Great song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlHQSIMHqjA

caio  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Meh. I like electronic New Order, not post-punk New Order.
thenewgreen  ·  4804 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I don't know that we have a criteria but I was using taste, impact, artistry. It's a pretty personal thing, there's no right/wrong answer. Such is art.