1)Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (#1)
2)Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (#61)
3)Nuthin But a G-Thang - Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg (#126)
4)The Message - Grandmaster Flash (#15)
5)Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (soon to be #36)
6)Hey Ya - Outkast (#42)
7)My Name Is - Eminem (#229)
8)Milkshake - Kelis (#287)
9)Mmm Bop - (#482)
10)Hot in Herre - Nelly (#551)
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
This has the potential to be a very dangerous thread. Sounds like fun.
9. Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven
61. Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody
88. Beyonce, Crazy in Love
96. Rod Stewart, Maggie May
150. Van Halen, Jump
190. The Rapture, House of Jealous Lovers
216. James Taylor, Fire and Rain
234. Don McLean, American Pie
303. Kelly Clarkson, Since U Been Gone
341. Soundgarden, Black Hole Sun
I'm an open-minded guy; can anyone change my mind about any of these?
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
1. Van Halen - Jump (#150)
2. Metallica - Enter Sandman (#232)
3. Don McLean - American Pie (#234)
4. Britney Spears - Toxic (#275)
5. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone (#303)
6. Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (#435)
7. Hanson - Mmmbop (#482)
8. Nelly - Hot in Herre (#551)
9. Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To (#585)
10. Santana Feat. Rob Thomas - Smooth (#599)
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
0018 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
0024 John Lennon - Imagine
0040 The Eagles - Hotel California
0061 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
0076 Bob Marley and The Wailers - No woman No Cry
0088 Beyonce - Crazy In Love
0095 The Beatles - Yesterday
0258 Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
0421 The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
1993 Los del Río - Macarena
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
Just opinion of course! I'll pick the most acclaimed 10 songs that I find severely overrated.
5. Aretha Franklin- "Respect"
9. Led Zeppelin- "Stairway to Heaven"
12. The Beatles- "Strawberry Fields Forever"
16. The Who- "My Generation"
20. The Beatles- "A Day in the Life"
24. John Lennon- "Imagine"
25. The Beatles- "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
31. The Jackson 5- "I Want You Back"
37. The Beatles- "Hey Jude"
39. Bill Haley and His Comets- "Rock Around the Clock"
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4) Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
12) The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
55) Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
58) Beck - Loser
71) Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
126) Dr. Dre Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang
129) Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - Work It
138) Radiohead - Creep
268) 50 Cent - In Da Club
275) Britney Spears - Toxic
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
1. Imagine (24) - John Lennon
2. Bohemian Rhapsody (61) - Queen
3. Stairway to Heaven (9) - Led Zeppelin
4. Dancing in the Street (48) - Martha Reeves
5. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (26) - The Righteous Brothers
6. Crazy in Love (88) - Beyonce
7. Hotel California (40) - The Eagles
8. House of the Rising Sone (68) - The Animals
9. Get UR Freak On (71) - Missy Elliot
10. Love Will Tear Us Apart (18) - Joy Division
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
002. Beach Boys - Good Vibrations or Sloop John B
010. Kingsmen - Louie Louie
013. Ronettes - Be My Baby
015. Grandmother Flash - The Message
029. Ray Charles - What'd I Say
Definitely Police with their Every Breath I Take at no. 45
071. Miss Elliot - Get Your Freak On
088. Beyonce - Crazy In Love (Uh-uh part)
U2 - Most singles
303. Kelly Clarkson - Since You Been Gone (serious contender to Nickelback...
Underrated:
Sam Cooke - Change Is Gonna Come
The Impressions - People Get Ready
Temptation - Just My Imagination
Lou Christie - Paint America Love
Lesley Gore - Maybe I Know
Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Monkees - Porpoise Song
Led Zeppelin - In My Time Of Dying
Rolling Stones - Can't You hear Me Knocking
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38. THE CLASH - London calling
42. OUTKAST - Hey ya!
71. MISSY ELLIOTT - Get ur freak on
76. PUBLIC ENEMY - Fight the power
88. BEYONCE - Crazy in love
89. JOHNNY CASH - I walk the line
126.DR DRE - Nothin'but a g thang
128.TALKING HEADS - Once in a lifetime
129.MISSY ELLIOTT - Work it
137.THE CLASH - White man in hammersmith palais
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
1)Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit(4)
2)Kingsmen - Louie Louie(10)
3)Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart(18)
4)Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil(48)
5)Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out(55)
6)Beck - Loser(58)
7)Kinks - Waterloo Sunset(59)
8)Beyonce - Crazy In Love(88)
9)Blur - Song 2(120)
10)Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven(251)
Are ones that spring to mind - obviously great songs, just not quite as good as they've been rated I don't think...
Also,Gnarls Barkley - Crazy being at #36 would be ludicrous - shouldn't be in the company of the songs around it
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
Led Zepplin - Stairway To Heaven (9)
John Lennon - Imagine (24)
The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand (25)
The Beatles - Hey Jude (37)
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (41)
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (55)
The Beatles - She Loves You (98)
Radiohead - Creep (138)
Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank (160)
Kanye West - Gold Digger (183)
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
1) Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991 4
2) Aretha Franklin Respect 1967 5
3) Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode 1958 8
4) Bruce Springsteen Born to Run 1975 21
5) John Lennon Imagine 1971 24
6) The Doors Light My Fire 1967 32
7) The Eagles Hotel California 1976 40
8) R.E.M. Losing My Religion 1991 41
9) The Police Every Breath You Take 1983 45
10) Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1975 61
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
Brick House. I don't care what # it is I just officially hate this song now. It's not the bands' fault it's just that annoying Wickes commercial, "It's a Wikes House!!!!" Can't stand the song anymore.
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
The rules for making this list are difficult to standardize. I just decided to begin at the top and pick the top 10 songs where I would change the channel if they came on the radio. If they are such acclaimed classics, they should be timeless, right?
1. Eagles - Hotel California
2. Oasis - Live Forever
3. Oasis - Wonderwall
4. Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
5. Blur - Song 2
6. Van Halen - Jump
7. Michael Jackson - Beat It
8. Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild
9. James Taylor - Fire and Rain
10. Metallica - Enter Sandman
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
I like Jonah's criteria..if you'd punch buttons if it came on the radio, it's overrated. Using that standard, here's my Top 10 overinflated songs:
1) Anarchy in the U.K.-Sex Pistols (#10)
2) God Save the Queen-Sex Pistols (#23)
FOR #1 and #2 I'd say I just don't like the Pistols very much..
3) Sympathy for the Devil-Rolling Stones (#43)
4) Waterloo Sunset-The Kinks (#55)
Like both these artists but these 2 songs...not so much.
5) Get Ur Freak On-Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot (#59)
6) Take Me Out- Franz Ferdinand (#70)
Don't HATE these but I'm passionately disinterested. I'd definitely look for "something better" on the fictitious radio before "settling" for either one.
7) Firestarter - The Prodigy (#167)
LOATHE this one...
8) Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head (#173)
It's catchy and hummable and I'll listen when I'm in the mood but I've never heard the opening synth riff, shouted "AWRIGHT!!!" and cranked the volume either.
9) Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (#200) Almost always tune this one out...sorry Bowie fans.
10) The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers (#210)
YAWN...
Note:
Any songs I don't know I skipped with the thought that they could be great songs I just don't know yet.
Re: Forum Poll: Top 10 most overrated acclaimed songs
5. Respect - Aretha Franklin
24. You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers
28. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
33. Light My Fire - The Doors
47. Hotel California - The Eagles
50. Every Breath You Take - The Police
62. House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
85. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
91. A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
101. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison