The Ten Most Overrated Rock Performers Of All Time

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10. Neil Diamond.



His only major chart success was a live album set of his past hits. That was in 1972, and he's never had a hit since.

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9. Elvis Costello.



How this performer gets rated as high as he does beggars belief. He's had 2 hit singles, and a host of so-so albums. I doubt anyone but loyal fans could hum a few bars of any of his songs...yet he's always touted as a rock icon.

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I always enjoyed Neil diamond to me he had a very unique voice.

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8. Britney Spears.



Sex sells. So she plays the innocent whore to the boys and girls, mimes her concerts, can't look after her children and is generally more pest than pet.

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7. Sex Pistols.



Contrived by a clothes shop owner as a a reaction to the glam and soft rock of the early 80's, this gaggle of talentless twats spat and spouted their way to notoriety and fame by being simply appalling. One album was one too many. The fact that you can inspire a generation of anti-cultural misfits does mean you can make music. They did not invent punk music, just punk culture.

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6. Metallica.



Purveyors of "thrash metal", which essentially means playing the same chords and riffs over and over, abandon any sense of melody, and scream incomprehensible lyrics while your audience performs a kind of human fission process, colliding into each other whilst not listening to a note.

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5. Phil Collins.



From prog drummer to pop hummer, Phil Collins moved right into the middle of the road with a raft of cute little pop songs that rarely varied from a formula. Kudos for making a mountain of money from nothing at all...but one cannot help but think that Michael Buble was inspired by Phil in all respects.

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4. Fleetwood Mac.



Originally a blues band, FM transmogrified into an Abba inspired pop outift that kept to a safe MOR format with airy, non threatening songs that were all about love and angst, reflecting their inner turmoil; as if anyone was interested in which one of them was screwing the other.

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3. J J Cale.



Almost a legend, but moreso because his best songs were covered by others, notably "Cocaine". Credited as a unique guitar stylist, listening to his albums is often recommended as a remedy for insomnia. Outside of "Cocaine" and "After Midnight" how many J J Cale songs does anyone know? Cale typifies artists that hold mastery over their instrument, but cannot make great music.

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2. REM.



When it comes to soulless, dreary even bleak and morbid songs, nobody tops REM. Michael Stipe once infamously sneered at The Beatles as "elevator music". If you were stuck in an elevator, who's music would you rather be forced to listen to?  REM have released 14 albums. How many have YOU got in your collection.

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1. Eric Clapton.



If Eric Clapton was indeed God, then heaven would be a very dull and dreary place indeed. Clapton spent his early career jumping from band to band, developing a reputation as a guitarist...and not much else. His nickname of "Slow Hand" was not earned for his guitar playing, but for the time it took for him to tune his guitar before playing. On his own, he recorded one hit, a cover of a Bob Marley song...and outside of that, achieved very little. His best work was performed with real songwriters, like Jack Bruce, Steve Winwood and Duane Allman.

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I always enjoyed Neil diamond to me he had a very unique voice.

I'm not claiming this list is about people who have not achieved anything...just those whos rep exceeds their actual achievement, influence or impact.



A lot of these had some success with good songs...but IMHO were unworthy of their adulation.

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1. Eric Clapton.



If Eric Clapton was indeed God, then heaven would be a very dull and dreary place indeed. Clapton spent his early career jumping from band to band, developing a reputation as a guitarist...and not much else. His nickname of "Slow Hand" was not earned for his guitar playing, but for the time it took for him to tune his guitar before playing. On his own, he recorded one hit, a cover of a Bob Marley song...and outside of that, achieved very little. His best work was performed with real songwriters, like Jack Bruce, Steve Winwood and Duane Allman.

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Even though I like Nickelback, I hear so many people say they are overrated.

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Even though I like Nickelback, I hear so many people say they are overrated.

Music is like any art form. It's appeal is a highly subjective issue.



You like what you like and don't listen to self-proclaimed experts and critics.



If we all liked the same kind of music, the musical world would be like one big top-40 radio show.