Overrated Music Ledgend... Options

[McBadgere]

Having spent the last couple of days on t'tractor cutting hedges, I have listened to much radio...And I just wondered something...

Who, does everyone else think is (are) the most Overrated Music Legend™...

NO SLANGING MATCHES!!... ...

One person's "I don't like" could be another's fave artist in the world ever...

So an "I hate blah-blah because he's c*ap." is not allowed...

The three I've wondered about, off the top of my head...

Stevie Wonder.

Van Morrison.

Bob Dylan.


I can listen to Stevie Wonder songs done by someone else. I just bought an old version of "Isn't She Lovely". But no, I don't get it...

Van Morrison...Nope...I got nothin...

Bob Dylan. I love him in the Travelling Wilburys...And without him there would be no Tom Petty...(Discuss)...But I really really can't see the fuss...

There are more, but these will do for now... ...

Anyone else?...

[bbqplatypus]

Can't agree on any of the three. If their respective outputs consisted of nothing other than Talking Book, Astral Weeks, and Blood on the Tracks, respectively, they would be worthy of being remembered. As it stands, all three of them have released many outstanding albums even outside of these.

In any event, I think the word "overrated" is overrated. What does it actually mean? One would think that it means "They get more praise than they deserve," but in practice, what it really means is "Lots of people like this thing which I do not." It's why I avoid using it - it's a word that, in practice, aspires to be more than what it actually means. It attempts to make universal what is in fact particular.

So rather than saying that Bruce Springsteen is "overrated," I would instead say that I don't really care for his music. I would also say that Led Zeppelin never quite did it for me, even as a middle schooler. Indeed, I may be the only American male born since 1960 who DIDN'T go through a Zeppelin phase in middle school. I do like some of their songs, but I was always more of a Who guy.

This post has been edited by bbqplatypus: Feb 17 2012, 01:11 PM