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?

CD, yes, I think bono is a wanker

Rolling Stones

Oasis (in words of Simon Armitage last night, before they became their own tribute band)

Who

Razorlight - particualrly crap - how did they headline last yr?

I can't get away with Elbow, even tho I want to be well disposed towards them!

The bands now - don't know their names but they're all rubbish

deacon blue - bug the hell out of me with their humourless intensity and crappy pseudo allegoric lyrics.

i won't have a word said against radio head who carry off their humourless intensity with much greater aplomb

UB40
The Beatles
The Who
Michael Jackson
the group pete the druggie docherty is in too but I don;t know what it is called because I am sooooo uncool!

Oasis
The Beatles
Fleetwood Mac
BArry White
Puff Daddy

U2
REM
Queen
Keane
Hendrix

Twinkie1 - Dochertys in Babyshambles after being thrown out of The Libertines. I can't stand him either, gets far too much publicity for being a drug addled idiot

Foo Fighters
Feeder
U2
Coldplay
Stereophonics

Oh Babyshambles - I thought it was called Babymother ro something like that!

The Fall - migraine inducing

Arctic Monkeys
The Who
The Jam
Depeche Mode
AC/DC etc

oh god, the Manic Street Preachers - awful awful awful

Definately Babyshambles/ Libertines

Guns N Roses- ALL their songs sound the same. DP and I have an ongoing arguement about Chilli Peppers v's Guns, he thinks he has won because GNR have sold more records or something but I think most people would got to a Chillis gig over GNR any day, what do you think??

The Beatles- Maybe I'm too young but I just don't get it and hate Macca

Coldplay [shudder emoticon]

The Sex Pistols- I suppose you had to be there

Radiohead? Radiohead? Are you James Blunt fans or something? Am trying not to spit with fury at the computer as it will make the screen all messy.

Aero - the Who ? I guess you must be very young

Coldplay - so dull.

Deacon Blue - double dull.

manic street preachers a great band tho i concede the holy bible is a bit hard to swallow

Westlife, Boyzone and their ilk. What's to like.
Pink Floyd.

I'm very surprised the Smith, Nirvana and Red Hot Chili Peppers are mentioned on this thread. They're some of the best bands who ever lived.

can't agree with you there zippi - they were just about bearable when Richey was still with them, but now they're just tosh.

Rubbish lyrics, and no idea of how to write lyrics that scan or make sense with the music.

aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhh

Zippi - the holy bible is my favourite MSP album! And agree with you Lyra-can't believe the Smiths have been mentioned on here and thought as being dull- some of their lyrics are hilarious!

I don't think anyone born later than 1960 is entitled to include the Beatles in their list

I mean have you heard anything from the 1950s?