Most Overrated Band of the 'Big Six'

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   Pink Floyd. Easily. Without a question. The most overrated band of all time. You know what's really overrated?

Their album Animals. That's what is really overrated.

You know how I know it is really overrated?

I went to a record store and overheard some woman talking to her daughter about the "underrated band, Pink Floyd," and that their most "underrated album is Animals." During my first year at university, in my required writing 101 class, there was a student who wrote an essay on "Pink Floyd, the most underrated band ever" and how Animals is "their absolute most underrated album." Ad f**king infinitum.

There comes a point that when everybody calls a band underrated, then the band is not in fact underrated, but overrated - it's just a buzzword for an artist you like, but if everyone likes them, how could they be underrated? Also go on to RYM. Pink Floyd has the third and the tenth highest rated album on the entire site, and the third and eighth most rated albums on the entire site. The only other artist on here that made the top ten all-time charts there is King Crimson, and only once, at number 4 and 11 (not technically top ten), respectively. On Discogs, Pink Floyd has THE MOST, as well as the sixth, the seventh, and the fifteenth most collected album on the entire site. No other artist in this poll made even the top 50. Pink Floyd showed up five times (at number 33, also). They also have THE MSOT wanted, as well as the third. the fifth, the 21st, the 22nd, and the 38th most wanted albums on the site. The only other artist here to show up is King Crimson at number 24.

Sometimes artist this popular deserve their popularity. In my opinion, Pink Floyd is NOT one of them. Sorry. It also doesn't help that most Pink FLoyd fans are like Tool fans - they don't stfu about the artist and will relentlessly call them the greatest band ever. Music that changed their life. Etc. I'm so sick of it lol They're a competent psychedelic rock band with some innovative and groundbreaking compositional techniques. But they're not THAT good. They're too political for me to really enjoy personally, but the pretentiousness of their music is what turns me off (yes, you can be progressive without being pretentious - look at Renaissance) - same reason I am not a fan of Tool - and it's not worth feeding the enormous ego that is Roger Waters (on whom I shall not elaborate here, but he's the reason I REFUSE to listen to the band - this is not impacting my opinion. I'd feel this way regardless of Waters' jackassery).

Edited by bardberic - May 03 2023 at 15:04

Poll Question: Who is the most overrated band of the 'Big Six'?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Emerson Lake & Palmer	73	[35.96%]
Genesis	26	[12.81%]
Jethro Tull	28	[13.79%]
King Crimson	20	[9.85%]
Pink Floyd	37	[18.23%]
Yes	19	[9.36%]
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