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Jackie Blue:
Big Black is horrifically overrated imo.
Jackie Blue:
Also, people do realise that the massive reaction to In the Aeroplane Over the Sea was an huge factor in Mangum going nuts and becoming a recluse, right?
If people hadn't been verbally spurting all over the internet and music press about how it was the most genius thing ever created in the history of music he might not have felt so much pressure and might have made more music.
Jerks. :x
yellowledbetter:
I think that Led Zeppelin is more underrated than overrated.
Their skills as musicians, artists (and in Jimmy Page's case producer), can together surpass any other rock group to ever exist.
Also, ignore my "fourth album" avatar.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Anyways on 08 Aug 2008, 17:16 ---Yes, the next time someone makes a great album let's not talk about it.
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At the time of its release, ITAOTS was hailed by so many people as being such a definitive masterpiece that the word "hyperbole" doesn't even come close. It was like what happened with OK Computer, except that people were not just saying it was great musically, but were reading so much into the lyrics and the imagery and it made Jeff uncomfortable.
I'm not saying it's bad to talk about good albums, but taking a near-unknown and proclaiming that his earliest efforts are basically perfect could understandably be hard on someone, and can lead to at best "unpredictable" results. For Conor Oberst, it turned him into a womanizing drug-addled self-loathing fuckup. For Radiohead, it made them get seriously weird. For Jeff Mangum, it made him stop recording music.
gospel:
--- Quote from: imapiratearg on 07 Aug 2008, 13:53 ---
--- Quote from: gospel on 07 Aug 2008, 13:33 ---Sonic Youth (excluding "Sonic Nurse" & "Daydream Nation"). Oh, I'm screwed.
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I guess I could see how Sonic Youth could easily by overrated, but they are truly fantastic musicians.
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I'm no arguing they aren't. When I say overrated I mean it in the fact people tend to extol inordinate amounts of praise for these bands.
Perhaps, that is my fault for poor diction.
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