Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#0Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 3:34pm
List 'em!
Bright Eyes here definitely.
#1re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 3:35pmI disagree; I think Bright Eyes is a fantastic band.
downtowndiva84
Broadway Star Joined: 2/12/06
#2re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 3:36pm
Bright Eyes isn't really a BAND, so much as it's a singer/songwriter....
And he SO deserves his cult following.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#3re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 3:38pm
Radiohead.
I like OK Computer, but goddamn.
#4re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 3:40pm
Good point, downtowndiva.
And I agree about Radiohead, siamese dream.
#5re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 3:44pmDoes Keane count as having a 'cult following'? Coldplay-lite!
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Cruel_Sandwich
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#7re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 3:52pmOddly enough, I've always felt Coldplay to be the poor man's Radiohead.
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#8re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 3:53pm
Oddly enough, I've always felt Coldplay to be the poor man's Radiohead.
Actually, I agree. I prefer Radiohead to Coldplay, but I don't think either are especially great or deserve their cult followings. In my opinion, they're both very much "critics' bands."
forni-kate
Featured Actor Joined: 1/29/06
#9re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 3:55pm
Oh no! Radiohead? I whole-heartedly disagree with that one! They have had an amazing career, put out at least three albums that are close to flawless, and have completely kept up their creative integrity. And they're not even close to done!
And Bright Eyes, well, he's one of those artists you have to see live to appreciate. I find that his music is pretty good, but it's the amount of emotion he puts behind it that makes it worthy of a cult following.
My nominee...Sufjan Stevens. Ugh. I just don't get it.
But this is all very subjective.
#10re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 3:57pmyou know, I can just look at a title of a thread now to know if Cruel started it.......
forni-kate
Featured Actor Joined: 1/29/06
#11re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:02pm
Oo! Acrtic Monkeys!
What the hell is up with them? I mean, they've got this insane sudden success, they're the critics darlings, but why? Their music isn't anything especially unique or good, for that matter.
#12re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:04pm
I don't care for Coldplay either.
And I find them interchangable with Keane. I saw Keane open for U2 in the fall, and I don't know the number of times I went, "Oh, so this WASN'T a Coldplay single?"
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
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#13re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:16pm
Oh no! Radiohead? I whole-heartedly disagree with that one! They have had an amazing career, put out at least three albums that are close to flawless, and have completely kept up their creative integrity. And they're not even close to done!
See, that's the thing. I know some feel that their work is the pinnacle of modern music. I just don't see it. I think OK Computer is their nearly-flawless masterpiece. "Paranoid Android," to me, is the perfect synthesis of digital-sounding noise and rock. Kid A and Amnesiac sound like glorified noise to me, and Hail to the Thief was almost too bizarre to appreciate. I liked some of the more melodic songs, like "A Punchup at a Wedding" and "2 + 2 = 5," but songs like "We Suck Young Blood" sound like a Yorke orgasm. Repeating "the raindrops" 47 times makes them sound more pretentious than artsy and avant-garde.
To me, it seems like they had one awesome album, and they've been riding it ever since. However, I'm sure their later albums were loved by many, too. I've just never been able to get into them, which is unfortunate considering I did really try.
Updated On: 4/9/06 at 04:16 PM
#14re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:22pmFranz "gee, this all sounds very familiar" Ferdinand.
#15re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:23pm
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
forni-kate
Featured Actor Joined: 1/29/06
#16re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:40pm
I had some respect for Franz...until I saw them live at ACL last year.
They were brutal.
And apparently, that wasn't a fluke.
There's something wrong when a band can't do their own album justice at a live show.
#17re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:43pmColdplay, definitely. Also, Maroon 5 and The Killers.
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#18re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:45pmMaroon 5 has a cult following?
#19re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:46pmBack in the day I would have added The Smashing Pumpkins to the list. I don't know how much of a following they have anymore.
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#20re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:48pm
Aw, SP.
I won't defend them at the risk of sounding like a crazed fan. Their fanbase has declined substantially, though, partially because they're no longer a band and partially because they were on a steady decline post-1996.
#21re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 4:53pm
forni-kate, oh no, they're really that bad live?? I'm seeing them and Death Cab For Cutie in a couple of weeks.
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#22re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 5:00pmFrou Frou is also pretty bad. That song from Garden State.....GAG!
forni-kate
Featured Actor Joined: 1/29/06
#23re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 5:28pm
Yeah, they were pretty shabby Tiff...and unfortunately, that same day I saw Death Cab, and was far from impressed.
But apparently Death Cab does usually put on a good show, they just don't do so well at a giant outdoor festival.
But, then again, this could all just be me being a super critic. I've just seen so many good shows that I now have very high standards.
#24re: Mediocre Bands That Don't Deserve Their Cult Followings?
Posted: 4/9/06 at 5:58pmStone Temple Pilots
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