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Nickatilynx
09-27-2005, 10:51 AM
So who do you think are the most overrated musicians?
I watched a doc about bob Dylan last night.
I fucking hate Bob Dylan. :)
So for starters...
Bob Dylan
Freddie Mercury
David Bowie......
TheEnforcer
09-27-2005, 11:04 AM
I definately agree on the Bob Dylan thing. I'll never understand his appeal.
Nickatilynx
09-27-2005, 11:05 AM
After watching that documentary it seems at least 25% of the audience turn up to rip into him. LOL
"Bob , get off , you can't fucking sing to save your life!"
ReighlynnRaine
09-27-2005, 11:09 AM
So who do you think are the most overrated musicians?
I watched a doc about bob Dylan last night.
I fucking hate Bob Dylan. :)
So for starters...
Bob Dylan
Freddie Mercury
David Bowie......
*gasp* But David Bowie is so pretty!!! :fanning:
For overrated musicians do I even have to mention Britany Spears or is it just assumed?
DrGuile
09-27-2005, 11:11 AM
alot of recent crap... nickleback, good charlotte, hanson brothers?
But you're so negative, its not good for you....
Ill semi-hijack this thread and list my UNDERrated musicians:
Drummer from Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Chamberlain... learned his craft from Jazz drummers, but than decided it would be fun to bang harder...
Newton
09-27-2005, 11:14 AM
Status Quo
oh shit sorry ... you said musicians erm ... lol
Any gobshite that appeared on pop idol or eurovision
Mick Jagger / Stones
Ozzy Ozbourne
Meatloaf
Madonna
David Bowie
Iggy Pop
Whitney Houston
P.Diddly or whatever it is now
Celine Dion
TheEnforcer
09-27-2005, 11:21 AM
After watching that documentary it seems at least 25% of the audience turn up to rip into him. LOL
"Bob , get off , you can't fucking sing to save your life!"
Hahaha..
Ironically my parents absolutely love his music and have seen him in concert several times.
SykkBoy
09-27-2005, 11:43 AM
Bob Dylan is a great songwriter, but I'm not a fan of his singing
I'm not much into James Taylor (sory, TE ;))
I also think Wayne Newton is grossly overrated...to a point of sucking so bad he defines suck in a whole new way...there is this Vegas cliche of having to see Wayne Newton when you hit Vegas, but there are so many more staples that are better (and cheaper) to see...
Oasis!
Nothing but a couple of wankers :double-fi
SykkBoy
09-27-2005, 11:48 AM
Oasis!
Nothing but a couple of wankers :double-fi
I couldn't agree more
some say "the second coming of the Beatles", I say "the second coming of a dump I took last week"
I couldn't agree more
some say "the second coming of the Beatles", I say "the second coming of a dump I took last week"
:okthumb:
Plus they're ignorant gits as well.
PornoDoggy
09-27-2005, 12:20 PM
Forgive them, Father, they know not what they say ...
SykkBoy
09-27-2005, 12:49 PM
:okthumb:
Plus they're ignorant gits as well.
yup, but they are still one of the bands I'd most like to be involved in a bar fight with....
PornoDoggy
09-27-2005, 12:51 PM
Phil Collins would make my list.
yup, but they are still one of the bands I'd most like to be involved in a bar fight with....
I could never get sick of hitting Liam... hmm... and his brother would be a pleasure to smack as well. ;)
Nickatilynx
09-27-2005, 12:57 PM
yup, but they are still one of the bands I'd most like to be involved in a bar fight with....
ahahahahahahaha , dude thats it own thread...
along with "Which actor would you"
LOL
el pres
09-27-2005, 04:40 PM
Eric Clapton.. That's one man who should have stayed on drugs..
Phil Collins would make my list.
Really? I like Phil and think he's extremely talented...he writes his own songs, sings them, plays piano, drums, sax, trumpet and whatever other instrument he can get his hands on.....truly talented...
CDSmith
09-27-2005, 05:06 PM
Eric Clapton.. That's one man who should have stayed on drugs..Clapton OVER-rated?
Hardly.
His skill with the guitar is irrefutable. Maybe his singing is over-rated, I'll give you that.... but he deserves every acclaim he's ever gotten for his playing.
MorganGrayson
09-27-2005, 05:10 PM
Another fine example of why "obscenity" will never be defined.
Art is so subjective. For every artist someone hates, there are other people who thing he/she/them are fantastic.
Personally, I've never liked Bob Dylan much, so I avoided the stress and never bought his albums.
Love his kid, though, whose name unfortunately escapes me at the moment. Lead with the Wallflowers.
Sykkboy and I have had some wonderful conversations about the Georgia Satellites and my favorite "Battleship Chains." I imagine we'd get either a "who?" or "you're kidding?" from a lot of people, though. :)
SykkBoy
09-27-2005, 05:18 PM
Another fine example of why "obscenity" will never be defined.
Art is so subjective. For every artist someone hates, there are other people who thing he/she/them are fantastic.
Personally, I've never liked Bob Dylan much, so I avoided the stress and never bought his albums.
Love his kid, though, whose name unfortunately escapes me at the moment. Lead with the Wallflowers.
Sykkboy and I have had some wonderful conversations about the Georgia Satellites and my favorite "Battleship Chains." I imagine we'd get either a "who?" or "you're kidding?" from a lot of people, though. :)
Georgia Satellites are a criminally underrated band for sure....
sarettah
09-27-2005, 05:35 PM
For the record......
bob Dylan is most noted for his sing writing, not his singing, not his instrument playing (although he does a fairly good job on the geetar)
Since, back in the day, everyone had to have a dylan song to do and some of them have been covered by multitudes of artists, I would put him on the list of one of the most prolific and sought after song writers, which does not necessarilly make him a great musician.
Edited in: http://www.baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/dylancov/main&localparams=1&range=0,100 lists over 12,000 covers of Dylan tunes and they are not complete........
Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli, it makes my head hurt just trying to make a list.
PornoDoggy
09-27-2005, 06:13 PM
Phil Collins is a very talented man, and I like some of this material. However, for a while in the late 80s (+/-) you would have thought he was all there was to music. I remember getting into the car and finding five friggin' radio stations playing something by him.
He's good - but he ain't that good. :)
Milli Vanilli
Didn´t they just dance/mime (not even their own voices)? :scratchin I remember something about "the real Milli Vanilli" realeasing a second album after the 2 front guys had been busted :yowsa:
Didn´t they just dance/mime (not even their own voices)? :scratchin I remember something about "the real Milli Vanilli" realeasing a second album after the 2 front guys had been busted :yowsa:
You're dead right. :okthumb:
Nickatilynx
09-27-2005, 07:43 PM
One of them topped himself I think...
MorganGrayson
09-27-2005, 07:44 PM
One of them topped himself I think...
I've never heard it phrased that way, but...yes.
ReighlynnRaine
09-27-2005, 08:33 PM
topped = offed?
Newton
09-28-2005, 07:43 AM
Correct ..
Almighty Colin
09-28-2005, 08:19 AM
Personally can't stand Tom Petty
Bob Dylan wrote some very cool lyrics.
Dravyk
09-28-2005, 11:32 AM
Celine Dion
Whitney Houston - I swear she screaches, she doesn't sing
Kenny Logins
Peter Frampton
Elton John, he's another that needs a bloody good slap!
Mariah Carey
I totally agree. :okthumb:
She's got good boobage and that's it.
leedsfan
09-28-2005, 02:09 PM
i'd have to say any fucking canadian band. The music here is so shit.
i'd have to say any fucking canadian band. The music here is so shit.
I completely disagree...we have some HOT Canadian bands out there right now...Just did a quick search....
Nickelback
Our Lady Peace
Bare Naked Ladies
Sarah McLachlan
Crash Test Dummies
Tragically Hip
Finger Eleven
Nelly Furtado
I Mother Earth
Chantal Kreviazuk
Avril Lavigne
Amanda Marshall
Simple Plan
Sum 41
A more 'rock classic' list:
Alannah Myles
Lee Aaron
Jane Arden
Tom Cochrane
Joni Mitchell
Kim Mitchell
Rush
Trooper
David Wilcox
Neil Young
Given, no one's gonna like ALL of them...but, certainly, there are a few on the list who are worthy of mention. :)
Dravyk
09-28-2005, 02:50 PM
Given, no one's gonna like ALL of them...but, certainly, there are a few on the list who are worthy of mention. http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/smile.gifDo we really have to admit to that though? http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Seriously though, some good names on that list!!
Nickatilynx
09-28-2005, 03:32 PM
I completely disagree...we have some HOT Canadian bands out there right now...Just did a quick search....
Nickelback
Our Lady Peace
Bare Naked Ladies
Sarah McLachlan
Crash Test Dummies
Tragically Hip
Finger Eleven
Nelly Furtado
I Mother Earth
Chantal Kreviazuk
Avril Lavigne
Amanda Marshall
Simple Plan
Sum 41
A more 'rock classic' list:
Alannah Myles
Lee Aaron
Jane Arden
Tom Cochrane
Joni Mitchell
Kim Mitchell
Rush
Trooper
David Wilcox
Neil Young
Given, no one's gonna like ALL of them...but, certainly, there are a few on the list who are worthy of mention. :)
Not exactly "great" though are they?
The best of them would be described as "Alright"
DrGuile
09-28-2005, 03:36 PM
i'd have to say any fucking canadian band. The music here is so shit.
You're not looking correctly.
What do you like? Ill name you a few canadian bands in the same genre
You're not looking correctly.
What do you like? Ill name you a few canadian bands in the same genre
Inuit music, drum dancing, and throat singing ;-)))
Dravyk
09-28-2005, 05:00 PM
Inuit music, drum dancing, and throat singing ;-)))I thought I was into intuit music once, but I was mistaken.
It turned out it was all just Aleutian. :unsure:
DrGuile
09-28-2005, 05:02 PM
Inuit music, drum dancing, and throat singing ;-)))
Ok. I dont have time to look now, Im clubbing baby seals...
Nickatilynx
09-28-2005, 05:04 PM
Inuit music, drum dancing, and throat singing ;-)))
LOL
Ok , smartass , tell us about those Danish super musicians then :)
Ok , smartass , tell us about those Danish super musicians then :)
I would rather not.... Denmark´s biggest exporting hit to this date is "Barbie Girl" by Aqua :lol:
I would rather not.... Denmark´s biggest exporting hit to this date is "Barbie Girl" by Aqua :lol:
It's a classic... :rolleyes:
MorganGrayson
09-28-2005, 06:23 PM
I thought I was into intuit music once, but I was mistaken.
It turned out it was all just Aleutian. :unsure:
:bustingup
Full marks! :rokk:
Not exactly "great" though are they?
The best of them would be described as "Alright"
Musical taste is subjective....I would say that at least 5 of those I mentioned are 'great'....many 'alright'.
Personally, I'm loving the new Nickelback right now...(and I'm guessing you're not because you're an old fart.) :rolleyes:
the hip is classic stuff and anyone would be hard pressed to say that Sarah McLachlan isn't talented. :p
The point of the list was to show that the music here isn't "so shit"...it's not just all Anne Murray and Celine Dion. ;)
MorganGrayson
09-28-2005, 06:30 PM
Musical taste is subjective....I would say that at least 5 of those I mentioned are 'great'....many 'alright'.
Personally, I'm loving the new Nickelback right now...(and I'm guessing you're not because you're an old fart.) :rolleyes:
the hip is classic stuff and anyone would be hard pressed to say that Sarah McLachlan isn't talented. :p
The point of the list was to show that the music here isn't "so shit"...it's not just all Anne Murray and Celine Dion. ;)
I play an Anne Murray Christmas album every year despite repeated familial requests to stop. It's my damned album and I'll play it if I want to, I say often!
My youngest always watched the Candian version of MTV (it may not have been called that, I don't remember what she called it) because she said not only were the veejays (if that term is still used) funnier and better, the music played was fantastic. I recognized a lot of names on your list because I've bought them from "dear Santa" lists. :) She preferred Canadian television in general. I'd wander in, watch some teenagers dealing with life and mutter "damn, that was good," and she'd mutter back "of course it is, it's Canadian."
Musical taste is subjective....I would say that at least 5 of those I mentioned are 'great'....many 'alright'.
Personally, I'm loving the new Nickelback right now...(and I'm guessing you're not because you're an old fart.) :rolleyes:
the hip is classic stuff and anyone would be hard pressed to say that Sarah McLachlan isn't talented. :p
The point of the list was to show that the music here isn't "so shit"...it's not just all Anne Murray and Celine Dion. ;)
Nickelback are very good, their style of music isn't one that I'm usually drawn to but I do like them.
I'm a die hard 1980's aceeed house man that likes techno, so a new addition to my tastes is rare. :)
Dravyk
09-28-2005, 06:37 PM
I really enjoy Nickelback. Creed also. I think of them in the same breathe because they remind me a lot of each other.
Anne Murray ... well, hmmm ... It's that next to the Maureen McGovern album? :o
leedsfan
09-28-2005, 06:45 PM
ok let me dissect canadian music for you:
Nickelback-one hit wonder
Our Lady Peace-no hit wonder
Bare Naked Ladies-absolute Shite with a capital S
Sarah McLachlan-one hit wonder continually regurgitated in "remix" albums
Crash Test Dummies-who??
Tragically Hip-never got why they are popular here.
Finger Eleven-who?
Nelly Furtharder-yeah, she really must a low scrape of the barrel
I Mother Earth-again, a pile of wank
Chantal Kreviazuk-you like her? would you say she's a great rocker? as in "sits in a rocker"
Avril Latrine-i think i get my point across
Amanda Marshall-grudgingly admit she might have made one good song
Simple Plan-who the fuck are they? (i know-but they are a bunch of wankers aren't they?)
Sum 41-sum of fuck all if you ask me
A more 'rock classic' list:
Alannah Myles-how does she qualify as a musician-remembe we're talking about music
Lee Aaron-who the fuck is lee aaron?
Jane Arden-shes a rocker? you must really like your rock...
Tom Cochrane-another tosser
Joni Mitchell-she rocked, thats the only one you'll get from me
Kim Mitchell-who?
Rush-bollocks
Trooper-not worth my insult
David Wilcox-name one song, i bet not even you can...
Neil Young-isnt he dead?
you forgot Leonard Cohen. He was the best you had, and you didn't even mention him. Shame on you.
I play an Anne Murray Christmas album every year despite repeated familial requests to stop. It's my damned album and I'll play it if I want to, I say often!
My youngest always watched the Candian version of MTV (it may not have been called that, I don't remember what she called it) because she said not only were the veejays (if that term is still used) funnier and better, the music played was fantastic. I recognized a lot of names on your list because I've bought them from "dear Santa" lists. :) She preferred Canadian television in general. I'd wander in, watch some teenagers dealing with life and mutter "damn, that was good," and she'd mutter back "of course it is, it's Canadian."
A girl after my own heart. :yowsa:
and, it's Much Music. :)
MorganGrayson
09-28-2005, 06:54 PM
A girl after my own heart. :yowsa:
and, it's Much Music. :)
That's it! :)
ok let me dissect canadian music for you:
Nickelback-one hit wonder
Our Lady Peace-no hit wonder
Bare Naked Ladies-absolute Shite with a capital S
Sarah McLachlan-one hit wonder continually regurgitated in "remix" albums
Crash Test Dummies-who??[snip]
Subjective...........
Crash Test Dummies - Superman's Song?
Finger Eleven - a relatively new band...how old are you?
Lee Aaron - http://www.leeaaron.net/
Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns, All We Are, Go for a Soda.........
David Wilcox - Breakfast at the Circus...'bout 2 decades ago...still have the CD
So, you DID say there were a couple who had 'a good song' here and there....
Some on my list I don't know all that well....I tried to take a cross section of music and decades.....
If you don't enjoy any of those bands....I'd love to see a list of the bands you DO like.....
and who's Leonard Cohen?
Nickatilynx
09-28-2005, 07:24 PM
OK... I looked up a few Canadian Musicians..
Oscar Petersen
Paul Anka
Joni Mitchell
Hank Snow
MorganGrayson
09-28-2005, 07:28 PM
OK... I looked up a few Canadian Musicians..
Oscar Petersen
Paul Anka
Joni Mitchell
Hank Snow
*smack*...and Nick knocks the thread over the left field fence! :okthumb:
*smack*...and Nick knocks the thread over the left field fence! :okthumb:
hahaha....he's just showing his age.....my mom LOVED Paul Anka :p
Nickatilynx
09-28-2005, 07:41 PM
hahaha....he's just showing his age.....my mom LOVED Paul Anka :p
I disagree, I'm showing a wide ranging knowledge of music.
:)
I disagree, I'm showing a wide ranging knowledge of music.
:)
Okay...I'll give you that.....barely ;)
Nickatilynx
09-28-2005, 07:50 PM
Okay...I'll give you that.....barely ;)
LOL
No problem.
It actually made me think ..
I have been laughed at more often and heartier over what I DO know than what I don't know.
Weird huh?
LOL
LOL
No problem.
It actually made me think ..
I have been laughed at more often and heartier over what I DO know than what I don't know.
Weird huh?
LOL
LOL....I can see that...haha
I was just yankin' your chain....guess I'm gonna hafta start taking chain yankin' classes....you've been entirely too nice responding to my attempted 'old fart' stabs.... :rolleyes:
Nickatilynx
09-28-2005, 08:01 PM
LOL....I can see that...haha
I was just yankin' your chain....guess I'm gonna hafta start taking chain yankin' classes....you've been entirely too nice responding to my attempted 'old fart' stabs.... :rolleyes:
I'm 45 ,so to some I am an old fart.
To sarettah however I'm "dang blamit that young whipper snapper!"
:)
I'm 45 ,so to some I am an old fart.
To sarettah however I'm "dang blamit that young whipper snapper!"
:)
Notice Sare has stayed clear of this thread after his mention of Bob Dylan..... :p
MorganGrayson
09-28-2005, 08:39 PM
Paul Anka wrote the theme to the "Tonight Show."
I imagine he's laughing his way to the bank on a regular basis. :)
Dravyk
09-29-2005, 03:14 AM
Nickelback-one hit wonderWhich would that be?
Feeling Way Too Good ?
How You Remind Me ?
Learn The Hard Way ?
Someday ?
Breathe ?
Or the current Photograph on the Top 100 chart with a bullet? http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/hot100.jsp
Which one of their hits was their "one hit"?
http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/rasp.gif
Newton
09-29-2005, 07:55 AM
I haven't heard of half of these groups/singers from Canada ... will have to start checking some out and look out for the names ..
Which would that be?
Feeling Way Too Good ?
How You Remind Me ?
Learn The Hard Way ?
Someday ?
Breathe ?
Or the current Photograph on the Top 100 chart with a bullet? http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/hot100.jsp
Which one of their hits was their "one hit"?
http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/rasp.gif
:okthumb: I was gonna post along these lines...haha....Our Lady Peace, too....
Naveed
Clumsy
Superman's Dead
4am
Is Anybody Home?
Somewhere Out There
...just to name a few....and besides...Raine Maida is totally hot...too bad he's married to Chantel Kreviazuk. :p
DrGuile
09-29-2005, 11:40 AM
urgh... Im gonna throw up...
Nickleback is generic... so very generic....
Leedsfan, you havent answered the question, what bands do you like?
And Nick? What range? You named four people who's records are in the same oldies bin...
Dravyk
09-29-2005, 11:46 AM
urgh... Im gonna throw up...
Nickleback is generic... so very generic....Yeah? Well Jerry Lewis was never funny! http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/dry.gif
DrGuile
09-29-2005, 11:55 AM
Yeah? Well Jerry Lewis was never funny! http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/dry.gif
Im not from France.... NOT FROM FRANCE!
you must like Theory of a Deadman also.... I mean, its Nickleback but with a different mustache....
Dravyk
09-29-2005, 11:59 AM
Im not from France.... NOT FROM FRANCE!
you must like Theory of a Deadman also.... I mean, its Nickleback but with a different mustache....Oh, sorry to insult you then, DG! :)
Never heard of that group, actually.
You named four people who's records are in the same oldies bin...
And they called it, Puppy Looooooooove......oh
I guess, they'll never know.....
Yeah? Well Jerry Lewis was never funny! http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/dry.gif
hahahaha
DrGuile
09-29-2005, 12:03 PM
Oh, sorry to insult you then, DG! :)
Never heard of that group, actually.
http://www.theoryofadeadman.com/
http://www.theoryofadeadman.com/
Yeah, their single Gasoline is on the charts...
I like that style of music...and drav, you're right...Creed is of the same stuff...
Dravyk
09-29-2005, 12:16 PM
http://www.theoryofadeadman.com/Yeah, sounds good! A lot like Nickelback matter of fact.
Btw, as much as I like NB, I like Creed even a bit better. Ever hear of them?
LOL! I was posting at the same time, Gigi. :)
Yeah, sounds good! A lot like Nickelback matter of fact.
Btw, as much as I like NB, I like Creed even a bit better. Ever hear of them?
LOL! I was posting at the same time, Gigi. :)
:yowsa:
Dravyk
09-29-2005, 12:57 PM
You know all this talk about music, especially rock music ...
Hmm, nevermind. Think this one deserves its own thread, actually.
DrGuile
09-29-2005, 12:57 PM
Yeah, sounds good! A lot like Nickelback matter of fact.
Btw, as much as I like NB, I like Creed even a bit better. Ever hear of them?
LOL! I was posting at the same time, Gigi. :)
lol, yeah, I know Creed... a.k.a. 'I-Wish-I-Was-Pearl-Jam'
;)
Dravyk
09-29-2005, 12:59 PM
lol, yeah, I know Creed... a.k.a. 'I-Wish-I-Was-Pearl-Jam'
;)I give up!
Who do you actually like? I'm talking recent artists ... last two, five, hmm, even 10 years?
DrGuile
09-29-2005, 01:05 PM
I give up!
Who do you actually like? I'm talking recent artists ... last two, five, hmm, even 10 years?
That Im sure you know:
Rage Against the Machine
Smashing Pumpkins
Nine Inch Nails (mostly older stuff)
NOFX
Bjork
Beck
Beastie Boys
That you probably dont know:
Refused (sweden)
Small Brown Bike (USA)
Grim Skunk (Quebec)
Groovy Ardvaark (Quebec)
Propagandhi (Canadian)
The Mark Inside (Canadian)
Gaffer (Canadian)
Tricky Woo (Quebec)
Vulgaire Machins (Quebec, in french)
Loco Locass (Quebec, in french)
Planes Mistaken for Stars (USA)
and whole lot more ;)
That Im sure you know:
Rage Against the Machine
Smashing Pumpkins
Nine Inch Nails (mostly older stuff)
Those three....similar in style, no?
DrGuile
09-29-2005, 01:43 PM
Those three....similar in style, no?
hardly... Smashing Pumpkins: Power Rock
Rage Against the Machine are Rap-Metal (pretty much the inventors of it)
and Nine Inch Nails is industrial/electronica... (some would say pop-Industrial...)
of course, if you mean "Similar as opposed to Paul Anka" ...than yes, maybe
Dravyk
09-29-2005, 01:52 PM
Hey you put down Paul Anka!!
Ok, that's one for you! hehe :okthumb:
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