Pink Floyd is just good, The Beatles are great but not the greatest ever, so you are wrong. And where the hell are Radiohead and Zep who are much better bands than the two you mentioned?
I'd say U.S.
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I've recently been digging the hell out of "the only true American artform." So I'm going with US as to where my favorite music is. I refuse to accept that either country "makes better bands" though.
And in spirit of further derailing the thread: calling The Beatles overrated to discredit them is sorta ineffective, seeing the unreasonable amount of hype they have to live up to.
Well.. The Beatles can't get mentioned in any thread without someone immediately crying "overrated." Yeah they're overrated, but look the legacy they're supposed to live up to. Hailed as by far the greatest band ever with no competition, and hailed as having the best songwriting duo in music... I personally don't know of a band that could fill the Beatles shoes. So basically what I'm saying is that at some point of hype the term overrated becomes so obvious that it's just irrelevant.
I see what you're saying. I've felt that way about Nirvana. It seems now that whenever Nirvana's mentioned the "overrated" tag is always thrown out. Which was true, considering some of the untrue accolades Nirvana has gotten but I've always thought: How can a band be overrated when everyone nowadays calls them overrated?
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We're not in the 60's though are we? My dad was and he said that all he thought of them was that they were just a really good band.
Take your argument home. The Beatles, while a very good band, are overrated. Simple as. On the flipside, just because you like them doesn't mean they AREN'T overrated.
US has the higher amount of greatest bands in number, but England have Radiohead, who could easily compete with any of those save for maybe a few.
The 80's get such a bad rep, there was awesome music in the 80's man. People slate it as the pop years, but if that's the case then why haven't the 90's and 00's been trashed?
Prince is still great whether you know of him or not, Van Halen, Rush...many other bands who were putting out albums in the 80's. Guns 'N' Roses, The Cure, The Smiths.
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