Friday, October 17, 2008

Oasis-Overrated and Un-original


The next group of sad saps is none other then Manchester's Oasis. They gained severe popularity in the mid 90's with their lousy singles "Wonderwall" and Champagne Supernova". A lot of bands like The Killers and the Arctic Monkeys are influenced by Oasis as well. 

I could never get into these guys. Mainly because Oasis overly rip off of the Beatles. I'm not a fan of them either, but I hate to see blatant copy-catting from some of the most arrogant musicians around. The last time my wife and I were driving I think "Champagne Supernova" was on the radio. I explained that the vocalist (Liam Gallager) has an obvious similarity to the late John Lennon.  She didn't think it was a complete rip-off of Lennon. It's not just the vocals either. Liam looks pretty damn close to John as well. How adorable. 

The music is so boring, that you could probably use any single for elevator music. It's THAT bland. That's all for now.




Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Most Overrated Bands

Today I'm going to start off a list of some of the worlds most Overrated Bands of all time.  Today, I'm going to highlight three bands at once since they are very similar in style and cult-like following. Dave Mathews Band, Phish and the Grateful Dead fall under the category "jam-hippy-stoner-bands". I never got into DMB. Their jam-rock never interested me. Mostly because Dave Mathews can't sing a note, and the music is quite boring. "Crash into Me" unfortunately always plays at work and it's just painful to listen to. You just can't understand a word this guy sings! A lot of avid drummers worship their drummer Carter Whatshisname, but I'm not that easily impressed. Overall, they're garbage.

Phish and The Grateful Dead both bore the living crap out of me. Playing a vacuum while jumping on a trampoline while tripping on acid is just a bit strange Phish. Improving songs for 10-15 minutes is also not very exciting. Does it even count as a song after 15 minutes? I don't know. Their fans follow them to the ends of the world too. Not sure where these burn outs get the money. The Grateful Dead never got my attention either. A lot of my friends would dig them, but I never did. Thank God for punk rock.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

This is a really good song

It was WAY too overplayed in the mid-1990s, but I just heard this song a few seconds ago and dammit, it's a great song.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Aaron Lewis-Lousy Vocalist Extraordinaire

The other day, My wife and I were driving around checking out houses. We had the radio on because I forgot to bring a CD. The local independent radio station was playing 3 songs in a row by certain artists, and at one point they played Staind. I never really cared too much to give any thoughts on these jabronis, but when I started listening to the lyrics and the overall vocals on this group, I just started to cringe. All three songs they tortured me with were so mind numbing. They were boring and had the same sloowwww beat and chorus. No real effort on any one's part. But with a boring front man, you'd be stuck playing whatever he could muster up.  I read in a SPIN magazine one time that Aaron Lewis, the lead singer is consistently high most of his days. All of his epically long songs are about heart break and love. Some punk bands and rock bands can write a good heartbreak song (see Alkaline Trio) and nail it perfectly. Aaron Lewis sounds like he records whatever he plays after finishing off a 4 joints and a carton of smokes.

So next time you're stuck listening to the radio, change the channel when Staind comes on.