Top 5 bands whose 'greatness' you totally fail to understand

[SirJimmySeville]

Not meant in the spirit of nastiness or taste-bashing but, I don't get why people get even vaguely hot under the collar about...

Coldplay
REM
U2
Pink Floyd
Belle & Sebastian

(oh and Genesis, but shurely no-one likes them anyway )

What are your enigmatic over-raters?

listen to this rem song please don't write them off

And I know I'll get shot down for this but I really don't understand what was so amazing about the Beatles.

The odd song is good but on the whole I just think - huh??

the beatles were bloody great yes you should be ashamed sidge

I can't take anyone seriously who doesn't get the Beatles. If they can't see how they devloped in such a short period of time and how much influence they still have on so many bands, then their knowledge of music is really questionable.

Agree about teh Eurythmics though. Cannot stand Annie Lennox - I know she can "sing" etc but, god, she leaves me cold because her humourlessness and taking herself oh so seriously shines through.

Let me rephrase myself - I can see why they were so adored in their time and the influence they had on the music industry and pop culture. But their music wasn't as amazing as some bands.

beatles
oasis
abba
pink floyd
led zep

belle and Sebastian
Girls Aloud
Oh loads really...

Afaird I have to stick up for Pink Floyd - bloody love them

The libertines
Artic Monkeys
Most prog (dp is a prog fan)
The white stripes
RHCP

sorry, but there was music before the beatles, and they totaly changed the way that pop music 'worked'

Foo Fighters
Bay City Rollers
Hendrix
Black Sabbath

Pink Floyd
The Who
Manic Street Borings
The Smiths
Dire Straights

zzzzzzzzzzz

Pink Floyd especially...I mean floaty hippy stoned music, yeah and what?

Oasis
The Verve
U2
Coldplay
Oasis again because they're directly responsible for so much other madferit nonsense.

Beatles

yes, really

Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay
and
Sting

Coldplay
Oasis
Razorlight
Keane

Happy Mondays. I know it was 'madchester' and all that, but really....

oh - and the Kooks

U2
U2
U2
U2
U2

Can you tell I really hate them

I have to say i love
RHCP
Foos
Old Beatles stuff but Paul Mccartney can feckoff and stick his banjo up his arse and get that stupid mooney look off his face.
Love Artic Monkeys - lyrics so clever
REM are a bit like Annie Lennox - totally humourless.

I'm adding U2 too

Coldplay
Radiohead
Manic Street preachers
U2
Oasis

Duran Duran are great!!!!!! Roll on 5th July!!!!!!!!

Doors
Stones
Elvis
The Who

and then almost anything new which all just sounds like something which has been done before to my geriatric ears, only this time with more self conscious hairstyles.

Beatles
Radiohead
U2
Coldplay
Nirvana

....if I could I'd add Led Zep as well

The Beatles - I really hate The Beatles, I can't see their appeal at all.
U2
Coldplay
Black Sabbath
Travis - and basically all indie bands that started around that time and most of them since. Indie used to be great.

Oh and can I have DIdo as an extra as she ain't a band.

Makes my ears bleed - my idea of torture would be being forced to listen to her music. Absolutely unbearable.