The Most Pretentious and Overrated New Bands/Artists
11-20-07, 02:44 AM
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The Most Pretentious and Overrated New Bands/Artists
Oh there are so many.
For one, The Click Five, and Boys like Girls. I find these two bands so generic and so 'Ashlee Simpson' by their very nature, that its hard to even remotely accept them as 'rock artists'.
I also do not like 50 Cent, and oh yeah, that song that Jimmy Kimmel danced to at the AMAs by 'Souljaboy'? THAT is the song that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for weeks? What is going ON!!
For one, The Click Five, and Boys like Girls. I find these two bands so generic and so 'Ashlee Simpson' by their very nature, that its hard to even remotely accept them as 'rock artists'.
I also do not like 50 Cent, and oh yeah, that song that Jimmy Kimmel danced to at the AMAs by 'Souljaboy'? THAT is the song that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for weeks? What is going ON!!
11-20-07, 03:37 AM
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Any of those shitty 3 note emo bands, that try to make people think that they're "punk rock" Also, any band that is more about image then the quality of the music.
11-20-07, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by mikelowry
This emo thing is annoy me. God knows how the history of rock will judge it.
11-20-07, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by KillerCannabis
Any band called The "something".
I came in here to post that.
11-20-07, 03:48 PM
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Any of those shitty 3 note emo bands, that try to make people think that they're "punk rock".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcor...#The_big_three
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11-20-07, 04:01 PM
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The Bravery - the critics loves 'em but I hates 'em
British Sea Power - a couple of great songs do not make up for the most annoyingly mannered vocalist in rock history.
Joanna Newsom - Mom: "Johnny, stop torturing that cat! I can hear it screaming! Now stop torturing it!"
Johnny: "Mom, I'm just playing the new Joanna Newsom record."
Mom: "Oh."
British Sea Power - a couple of great songs do not make up for the most annoyingly mannered vocalist in rock history.
Joanna Newsom - Mom: "Johnny, stop torturing that cat! I can hear it screaming! Now stop torturing it!"
Johnny: "Mom, I'm just playing the new Joanna Newsom record."
Mom: "Oh."
11-20-07, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Hiro11
Bright Eyes makes me want to hit Colin Oberst with a large axe. Everything about this egotripping, sophomoric douche annoys me.
11-20-07, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Hiro11
Bright Eyes makes me want to hit Colin Oberst with a large axe. Everything about this egotripping, sophomoric douche annoys me.
11-20-07, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Mopower
And were would one go to discover crap like "The Decemberists"? Fuck, I hate new music.
Originally Posted by Perkinsun Dzees
The Bravery - the critics loves 'em but I hates 'em
Originally Posted by slop101
Arcade Fire, hands down. I find them unbearably morose, pretentious and just plain boring. They're even kinda annoying.
Not always the case, but bands with no sense of humor bug me.
11-20-07, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by wendersfan
Overgeneralize to the point of nonsensicality much?
Examples would be: The Killers, The Hives, The White Stripes, The Decemberists, The Arcade Fire, The Used, etc.
11-20-07, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Buckleyesque
I also do not like 50 Cent, and oh yeah, that song that Jimmy Kimmel danced to at the AMAs by 'Souljaboy'? THAT is the song that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for weeks? What is going ON!!
But none of these people are overrated or pretentious, are they? Maybe 50 Cent on his first album, but after that, he's been far from a critics darling. And Soulja Boy? That's just pop/rap music for teens - nothing pretentious about that. May not be good music, but not guilty of what you're describing.
I find a lot of bands pretentious, but none more than The White Stripes. I still enjoy their music though.
11-20-07, 11:02 PM
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For some reason, I find the band name Clap Your Hands Say Yeah to be very pretentious. Not sure about the music, but the name rubs me the wrong way somehow.