Four Takes on the Most Overrated Moments of 2008
[graphic by Ian Zuppan]
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[list by Jon Behm]
Possibly the most overrated record of all time. My copy of Tha Carter III wouldn’t fit in the toilet so I microwaved it while listening to Q-Tip’s The Renaissance.
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#2) The Sarah Palin VP nomination
Haha, you lose.
Kerouac’s ghost is not impressed…
Purchase | Official | Twitter | MySpace | Wikipedia
#4) The Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus
What kind of damage are they doing to the musical tastes of the next generation?
Jonas Brothers: Official | MySpace | Wikipedia
Miley Cyrus: Official | MySpace | Wikipedia
#5) Coldplay shits out another album
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[list by Chris DeLine]
#1) MGMT’s live show
I enjoyed the album well-enough, but the band’s show at The Entry back in February was horrible. Making matters worse, it was contrasted against the best Yeasayer set I’ve seen to date.
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#2) Chump-ass feuds
Katy Perry feudig with Lily Allen, 50 Cent feuding with The Game, Amy Winehouse may or may not be feuding with Mark Ronson… I’ve got a feud for you, how about when Varg Vikernes fucking murdering Mayhem’s Euronymous when he had a beef with him. Where’s that rank on the drama-scale? Grow up candy-asses.
#3) Ryan Adams
Every year my friends inevitably talk him up and every year I find myself back in the same place – completely underwhelmed by his “genius.”
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#4) Classic hard rock bands that peaked in the 1980′s
Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed Chinese Democracy, Black Ice and Death Magnetic. I don’t have too many harsh words for any of those albums, but they’re hardly the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Try teling a hardcore AC/DC fan that Angus Young’s use of the slide on “Rainy May Day” isn’t revolutionary… you’ll see what I mean. Good, but significantly overrated.
AC/DC: Official | MySpace | Wikipedia
Guns N’ Roses: Official | MySpace | Wikipedia
Metallica: Official | MySpace | Wikipedia
#5) Black Kids
I really dug their EP, and damned if I didn’t think they’d beat the blog-band rap… but turns out they’ve got some pretty weak chops afterall. But have no fear, black children – I’ve still got a lot of love for you.
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[list by Josh Keller]
#1) Lil Wayne
Should being wildly eccentric and prodigiously productive equate overblown praise that takes your slightly-above-average skills and crowns them as being something special? No, but in certain cases (read: this one) it unfortunately does.
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#2) MGMT live
After seeing one of the most boring, uninspired shows of my life at The Entry last winter, I realized that these two underachieving, irony seeking hipsters should pray five times a day thanking Dave Fridmann for making their debut album sound so good.
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#3) CSS
A band that was really fun on their debut album came back with a clunking sophomore slump and put on one of the worst live shows of the year at First Ave (with The Go! Team).
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#4) Cold War Kids / Kings of Leon
Two bands that at one point I considered decent, fell off the deep end and released two CDs that were painfully bad.
Cold War Kids: Official | MySpace | Wikipedia
Kings of Leon: Official | MySpace | Wikipedia
#5) Black Kids
Catchy tracks that became increasingly annoying after repeated listens. Their live show was boring and exposed their paper thin songs.
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[list by guest contributor Brody McCoy]
#1) The Hold Steady
How does anyone enjoy listening to The Hold Steady? They’re terrible, just like Tapes ‘n Tapes.
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#2) Jack White and Alicia Keys get the Bond Theme song
Are you kidding me? I thought that song was bad… the movie is the worst bond movie of all time.
Alicia Keys: Official | MySpace | Wikipedia
Jack White: Wikipedia
#3) Who the Fuck are the Jonas Brothers?
Jonas Brothers: Official | MySpace | Wikipedia
#4) Snow Patrol & Razorlight releases
Just god awful. Another Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack, and Razorlight trying to sound like Bowie.
Razorlight: Official | MySpace | Wikipedia
Snow Patrol: Official | MySpace | Wikipedia
#5) Amy Winehouse in Rehab
How is she still alive?
Jon opened the Coldplay can of worms again….I think their rabid fan base just calmed down from my review. Way to go Jon.
Oh yeah, I want to add Female UK singers to my list of overrated.
I’m so happy that MGMT and Black Kids were both mentioned twice. That MGMT show at the entry was the worst I’ve seen in a long time. No encore? Lame. Playing your CD over the PA and acting like jackasses for your single/set closer? So lame.
the worst part is Chase… i’ve seen MGMT twice since then (neither by my choice), and they did the same thing w/ Kids then too, played it over the PA and danced around to it.
they’re the new Dave Matthews Band in terms of fans too, it’s awful.
Yeah, when I was walking by their set at Lollapalooza they were doing the same damn thing, and I went around asking people in the crowd if they knew they weren’t actually playing their instruments. People were stunned!
loving the lists.. totally agree with you Josh on the CSS show.. I walked out.. Thank god The Go Team is amazing.
Lykke Li?
is awesome.
mgmt were a lot of fun when they were just two dudes doing karaoke opening for of montreal; drag they had to go ruin it by trying to be a real band
also LOL @ my good friend having a one nite stand with the dude from black kids
eeeew, did he/she reveal whether or not he became as sweaty as he gets on stage?
you have no idea how psyched i am for when MGMT fucks with it’s hipster fanbase. Oh it will be glorious.
oh and kudos for the q-tip album. it is the bomb.
t’is a great album
CSS blows, and MGMT sounds stale and flat live. Q-Tip owns on record, but is even better live.