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kleinbl00  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who do you think are the most overrated/underrated bands/artists of all time?
Overrated: Steely Fucking Dan.

Underrated: Curve.





AnSionnachRua  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I dunno. I love Steely Dan, but I can easily see why a lot of people wouldn't. Almost all of the people I've spoken to about them have thought they're crap.
thenewgreen  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I like Steely Dan, I'm not a huge fan but I respect their talents. My only contention with the selection of them as "overrated", is that I don't think their all that "rated". They slip under most peoples radar. A friend of mine once said that if you asked 10 people what they thought of Steely Dan, 9 of them would ask, "who is Steely Dan"?
thenewgreen  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I've never been a giant Steely Dan fan. I've never seen them live, but what I've been told is that they put an unprecedented amount of effort in to making sure each venue is properly engineered for sound. Definitely a polarizing band.

I'll be checking out Curve.

Reminds me of Garbage: http://www.curve.co.uk/mp3/weekend.mp3

kleinbl00  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·  
BLASPHEMER.

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boa...

FYI: Garbage, 1994, formed because Butch Vig was sick and tired of producing and wanted to be a "rawk star." Curve, 1990, formed because Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics thought Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia should make music together.

With regard to the group's significance to the development of 'alternative' rock and pop music, it has been claimed by both Curve aficionados and music writers that British/American alternative band Garbage appropriated large portions of Curve's musical template, and constructed from it more 'mainstream' material, albeit with a certain 'edge' remaining. Toni Halliday has occasionally commented on the comparisons between both groups, stating at one point - in an interview conducted by Volume magazine in 1996 - that she could "see bits of Garbage in what we've done, just like we see bits of Sonic Youth or the Valentines or really any band that was doing something supposedly outside the norm. In a way it's very flattering to be tied in with [Garbage drummer and co-producer] Butch Vig, not just because he's a brilliant human being, but because he's a brilliant producer, and he's worked on some of our favourite records. But eventually Garbage are a pop band, and Curve were never a pop band."

http://youtu.be/moAIaLbcKb0

http://youtu.be/mT0dGTNtODc

thenewgreen  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·  
HA! I knew that would get a rise out of you. Sorry, I couldn't resist. I know the "Garbage" history. I gotta say, it's impressive that Vig was able to create something that became so commercially successful. -Some of it's quite good too. There is NO DOUBT (pun intended) that Curve was the template for them.

Good stuff, love the passion KB.

eec  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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thenewgreen  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Doh! sorry. on wives computer.
thenewgreen  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·  
She just said she likes Garbage better.... :)