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Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:00 pm
by Thor
People questioning Radiohead or Pink Floyd have really lost the plot.
Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:25 pm
by ContrifibulatoryFred
I think Radiohead are rubbish
Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:16 pm
by jamespevans
Dunners wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:10 pm
U2, despite their immense popularity, are also underrated IMHO. Their songs really capture and encapsulate the every day frustrations felt be most people.
Take Sunday Bloody Sunday, for example. What a great song. It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it? You wake up in the morning, you've got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running round, you've got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think "Sunday, bloody Sunday!"
Exactly, Byrne is widely acknowledged as a genius.
& rightly so
Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:01 am
by O my gawd
Thor wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:00 pm
People questioning Radiohead or Pink Floyd have really lost the plot.
Each to their own I suppose. I can see the appeal in Pink Floyd although they are not my favourite. I just don't get Radiohead, but the wife loves them. Some very good suggestions though.
Most underrated band in my opinion : Squeeze
Most Overrated : UB40 they're just a reggae tribute band
Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:01 am
by O my gawd
The Ramones
Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:27 am
by O my gawd
Fleetwood Mac
The line up of Buckingham, Nicks, McVie x 2 & the Big Fella on the drums is my favourite
Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:45 am
by Disoriented
O my gawd wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:01 am
The Ramones
Thor wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:00 pm
People questioning Radiohead or Pink Floyd have really lost the plot.
Each to their own I suppose. I can see the appeal in Pink Floyd although they are not my favourite. I just don't get Radiohead, but the wife loves them. Some very good suggestions though.
Most underrated band in my opinion : Squeeze
Most Overrated : UB40 they're just a reggae tribute band
EH16 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:08 am
Underrated bands/artists :
Mr Bungle
Tool
Fantomas
Melt Banana
Extreme Noise Terror
XTC
Some hardcore stuff there, fella.
Mr Bungle sounded interesting.
Its good to challenge yourself sometimes.
Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 6:08 pm
by one o in huntingdon
Within Temptation
Really good live and richly deserve any success they get
Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 6:15 pm
by Rich Tea Wellin
A Tribe Called Quest.
Much revered in hip-hop circles but didnt really break through to public consciousness in this country. Absolute game changers.
Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:27 pm
by Stowaway
EH16 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:08 am
Underrated bands/artists :
Mr Bungle
Tool
Fantomas
Melt Banana
Extreme Noise Terror
XTC
ENT? Sorry, they weren’t even the best in their narrow genre.
Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:39 pm
by Stowaway
Most underrated? There’s only one answer, and that’s Cardiacs. A band that influenced bands as diverse as Faith No More, Blur and Napalm Death. Think about that for a moment. The album Sing For God is an absolute stone-cold masterpiece, yet how many of you have heard of it?
FWIW, back when they started I thought they were dreadful. That was my fault - I wasn’t ready for them. Only in later years did I realise how good these were. Sadly by then front man Tim Smith had suffered a catastrophic heart attack and consequent brain damage while at a My Bloody Valentine gig (which I was at) and they never played again, and Tim finally passed away in July after suffering dreadfully for 12 years.
If you want their idea of a pop song, then it really doesn’t get any better than this:
If you want a peek into the full-on nightmare fuel world of Cardiacs, then this kept me awake for days as a teenager:
Most underrated band of all time? Without a shadow of doubt.
Re: Most underrated bands of all time
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:48 am
by Ronnie Hotdogs
Never heard of them, as far as I know, but they sound incredible from those two clips. Will check them out properly tomorrow.