The video is cheesy, but it's a classic simply because the scene on the stoop was filmed at the same location in New York City's East Village that was on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti album.
Eric Clapner, too. He is, IMO, the most overrated guitarist of all time. God, yeah, lol.
Most of them are overrated.
If it wasn’t for really good studio bands(Swampers, Wrecking Crew)and Phil Spector we probably wouldn’t be able to listen to them.
Programming.
Dave Grohl.
Milli Vanilli.
Bottom line eveyone has likes and dislikes.
Springsteen and Green Day definitely.
Being from NJ I guess we were supposed to be nuts for him..?? Never understood it.
Green Day touts themselves as punk but it’s sure not the punk I know. Then they showed their politics, no thanks.
Neil Young
Yeah, me too, but strangely enough, I agree with the rest on the list.
Of course, it is not hard to identify overrated musicians. The record companies promote them hard in an effort make money.
The video is cheesy, but it's a classic simply because the scene on the stoop was filmed at the same location in New York City's East Village that was on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti album.
The Doors and Eric Clapton.
Artist & Certified Units (In Millions)
THE BEATLES 178
GARTH BROOKS 148
ELVIS PRESLEY 146.5
EAGLES 120
LED ZEPPELIN 111.5
BILLY JOEL 84.5
MICHAEL JACKSON 84 ELTON JOHN 78.5
PINK FLOYD 75
AC/DC 72
GEORGE STRAIT 69
BARBRA STREISAND 68.5
THE ROLLING STONES 66.5
AEROSMITH 66.5
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 65.5
MADONNA 64.5
MARIAH CAREY 64
METALLICA 63
WHITNEY HOUSTON 58.5
VAN HALEN 56.5
FLEETWOOD MAC 54.5
U2 52
CELINE DION 50
NEIL DIAMOND 49.5
JOURNEY 48
KENNY G 48
SHANIA TWAIN 48
KENNY ROGERS 47.5
ALABAMA 46.5
EMINEM 46 BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 44.5
GUNS N' ROSES 44.5
ALAN JACKSON 43.5
SANTANA 43.5
TAYLOR SWIFT 43
REBA MC ENTIRE 41
ERIC CLAPTON 40
CHICAGO 38.5
SIMON & GARFUNKEL 38.5
FOREIGNER 38
ROD STEWART 38
TIM MCGRAW 37.5
BACKSTREET BOYS 37
2 PAC 36.5
BOB DYLAN 36
DEF LEPPARD 35.5
QUEEN 34.5
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND 34.5
BRITNEY SPEARS 34.5
BON JOVI 34.5
PHIL COLLINS 33.5
JOHN DENVER 33.5
THE DOORS 33
JAMES TAYLOR 33
R. KELLY 32
WILLIE NELSON 31.5
PEARL JAM 31.5
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS 31.5
BOSTON 31
DIXIE CHICKS 30.5
rbra Striesand
CCR’s “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” is great. They were very talented. I agree about Michael Jakson. He had some great singles, and great dances/videos, but much of the late 80s-2009 is just bland pop.
1a. Any and all hip-hop “artists.”
2. The Eagles. Southern-fried crap from the U.K.
3. Nickelback. Too easy, I know. But that ANYONE likes them means they’re over-rated.
4. Grateful Dead. No different than any open-mic night at your nearby coffee bar.
5. Oasis. Good. Not Beatles good.
6. Disco-era Rolling Stones. C’mon people, “I’m so ha ha ha; she’s so ha ha ha?” Really?
7. Bob Dylan. Giving him a pass on the fact that he can’t sing, what’s so special about his lyrics? He plagiarized most of them.
8. Carole King. Do you realize her “Tapestry” sold 25 million albums???
9. AC-DC. I needed one heavy-metal band, Sure, “You shook me” is a great fist-pumper, but they’re all french fries, no steak. You wanna defend, “Big Balls?” Even “Dirty Deeds?” Keep in mind, this isn’t “bands that suck.” This is “over-rated.” Do you realize they’re better selling the Rolling Stones?
10. Journey. Compare them to Foreigner, Boston, Kansas, Survivor. Then go read the lyrics to “Don’t Stop Believing.” Seriously.
Barely Manenough
(Barry Manilow)
CC
Another stupid article where “overrated” just means hands I don’t like that much. Music is the art of affecting people emotionally with sound. If millions of people love a band’s music, and it is still popular decades later, it cannot be “overrated”.
The Stones have a half dozen all-time classic songs. The problem is the other 2,353 songs they recorded.
No one’s posted Lynyrd Skynrd yet?
Well let me be the first.
“And this bird you cannot cha-an-an-an-an-an-an-an-an-an-ange....”
Agree with Sprinsteen, Michael Jackson, and Nirvana ... but CCR, the Doors, and the Rolling Stones are overrated? Ridiculous!
He missed the biggest one:
The Beatles.
I liked Credence, and Three Dog Night, and the Four Wheel Drive.
Everybody thinks somebody is overrated.
That’s what you call ‘Freedom of Opinion’.