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by **SomebodySomewhere** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:04 am

Morrissey, seconded. Can't sing. Can't play an instrument. Can't compose a melody. Can't write lyrics. Can't eat meat. Can't say he's gay. Don't drink, don't smoke, what can you do? Johnny Marr couldn't run far enough, that's for sure.

As for next wave groups, I'd have to say a three-way tie among Radiohead, The White Stripes and Arcade Fire. I'd like to exile anyone who dares to tell me Arcade Fire is brilliant. Those people don't need to be parroting Pitchfork... they need to be impaled with one.

by **djcraig** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:05 am

It's got to be KISS. I give them credit for stringing out a THIRTY year career on the basis of just three or four good songs and lots of face paint. But jeez, doesn't this ride ever end?

If you're in your 50's, continuing the facade of youthful lust and rebellion in a desperate attempt to remain hip and relevant, just looks silly.

Put your tonue back in your mouth and put your shirt back on, Grandpa!

by **Bitter Almonds** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:16 am

I overrate Roxy Music the most... and I wouldn't have it any other way[}:)]

by **Barmy** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:51 am

Morrissey solo, excluding "Viva". In particular his last 2 "acclaimed" CDs are a bore.

U2 haven't done anything worthwhile since "Unforgettable Fire".

Post-"Black Celebration" Depeche Mode.

The ColorField.

Early Beatles.

Vanilla Ice.

by **coop41** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:56 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Barmy[/i]
 The ColorField.

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I would say Radiohead

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by **n/a5** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:05 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Peter Venkman[/i]
 REM by far. Never in the annals of the history of rock has such a mediocre group produced such a constant product of low quality that elicited such a great volume of critical spooge.

Also, Sonic Youth, the Grateful Dead, Patti Smith, Pearl Jam...


[i]"Let's have a war so you can go and die,
Let's have a war, we could all use the money,
Let's have a war, we need the space,
Let's have a war, clean out this place!"[/i]--Fear, "Let's Have A War"

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My sentiments exactly!

by **n/a5** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:07 am

I have said this before n earlier posts:

REM
B52s
Talking Heads
Joe Jackson

by **SwampThing** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:26 am

Well here you have it...Oasis

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by **djcraig** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:36 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Barmy[/i]
 Morrissey solo, excluding "Viva". In particular his last 2 "acclaimed" CDs are a bore.

U2 haven't done anything worthwhile since "Unforgettable Fire".

Post-"Black Celebration" Depeche Mode.

The ColorField.

Early Beatles.

Vanilla Ice.

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Vanilla Ice overrated?

Blasphemy.

"Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle."

It's poetry I tell ya.

by **SwampThing** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:50 am

[quote]The ColorField.[/quote] These guys were never rated to begin with, they don't qualify!!!

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by **eight6** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:25 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Barmy[/i]

The ColorField.

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Isn't it "The Color Field"?[}:)]

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by **highway1pch** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:27 am

That rip on The Colourfield is particularly biting. I didn't thnk they'd be on the radar screen for this honor. Ouch!

Venkman was right: R.E.M. is annoyingly overrated.

Most overrated non-new wave 80's: Madonna

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by **Rubellan** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:36 am

The Replacements (Utter shit)
The Pixies (Fatty and the Stoners)
Tin Drum-era Japan (I still don't get it)
The Damned (I tried, really I did, but a Best Of is all that's necessary)
Nirvana (THE WORST thing to happen to music. 12 years since Kurt vacated, yet the musical soundscape of today sounds just as bland and unchanged.)

GOD, how could I forget The Beatles?? So remarkably overrated, it's almost as if some people feel it's their duty to like them. Even Siouxsie can't make a Beatles song appealing to me...

Scott

by **fuclosure** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:06 am

oh my.

clearly there is no "one" band that everyone can agree with.
i will agree with a few previous posts:
pearl jam
nirvana
neil young
dixie chicks
rem
the beatles

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by **rshawtx** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:45 am

Let the blood of the sacred cows flow! Very well put there Frank Chickens. [:)] To quote Steve Martin, "You English think you are *sooo* superior." [:D] (No offense meant... I married one in fact and I know darned well she is superior.) [:)]

Seriously though, I agree that The Beatles (I like calling them The Beat-less) are over rated. They started the whole cockamamey lyrically sensitive, pseudo-profound movement. "Misunderstood youth" can find its roots in their quasi-philosophical lyrics. Somebody's inner child wasn't slapped around enough. [:D]

As far as non-NW 80's annoyances, I will see your Madonna and raise you Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. Mwahahaha

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