Greetings, fellow Floydians!

This is my first post on these forums. I needed to bring something to the attention of the general Floyd fan base. There is a tournament going on on a U.S. sports website called espn.com in which people get to vote for their favorite band. The tournament is meant to mimic the college basketball tournament going on in the U.S. right now.

Pink Floyd is in the final 8 after beating 311, The Grateful Dead, and The Who in the first three rounds. Floyd is now up against Aerosmith and is LOSING! What a joke. I think Aerosmith is getting a bump among young people because Steven Tyler is on American Idol (gag me).

Don't let The Floyd lose to Aerosmith! Follow this link and help them out!

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/stor...http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/story?page=bracket/rockbands&ma

No registration required! Just go to the site and vote!

Eh, let people vote for Aerosmith. I don't get annoyed at things like this, if only because I can't control what other people think or how they feel about this band or that band. We all know Pink Floyd is superior to Aerosmith, and that's really all that matters. Some online tournament bracket isn't really going to change anything.

If The Beatles don't win that tournament thing, I'm officially declaring society as culturally impaired.

Also, what Lady Floydian said.

I don't think The Beatles are going to win. I'd totally be happy if they did though. And, also, I don't believe in rating musicians. If this poll, for some reason, declares The Naked Boots as the best band, I'd still pick Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, RHCP, Marillion over them. In other words, this poll doesn't mean sh1t.

Personally, I don't get the hype surrounding The Beatles at all. They did some nice pop songs in the early years, but a lot of their latter stuff I just don't care for, honestly. There are a few songs from that period I really enjoy; Here Comes The Sun, Something, Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, Let It Be; but that's about it.

I can't really say that about Pink Floyd at all.

I personally find The Beatles to be the most overrated band in existence. I respect what they did for music and how much they changed it, but they sound like any ordinary band to me. I only really like Come Together, Hey Jude, and Twist and Shout. Other than that, I don't like them.

(03-19-2011 10:42 AM)Lady Floydian Wrote:  Personally, I don't get the hype surrounding The Beatles at all. They did some nice pop songs in the early years, but a lot of their latter stuff I just don't care for, honestly. There are a few songs from that period I really enjoy; Here Comes The Sun, Something, Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, Let It Be; but that's about it.

I can't really say that about Pink Floyd at all.

(03-19-2011 10:45 AM)hunter21291 Wrote:  I personally find The Beatles to be the most overrated band in existence. I respect what they did for music and how much they changed it, but they sound like any ordinary band to me. I only really like Come Together, Hey Jude, and Twist and Shout. Other than that, I don't like them.

The "hype" is there for a reason, and I don't think they're overrated at all. If you look at what they wrote and played, back in those days when rock music simply didn't exist, there's no reasonable way to say that they weren't four of the most brilliant musicians ever. I prefer listening to Pink Floyd, but there's no way that Roger, David, Rick and Nick could have done what The Beatles did.

Just my 0.02 euros though.

Like I said, I respect what they did for music. Without them, my favorite genre (rock n' roll) would probably be non-existent, or at least now what it became. they're just not my style, I guess. I think they just might be too soft, but as a whole, I found them rather uninteresting. When it comes to rock music, I much prefer the likes of AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, and The Who (among others). To each their own, though.

I see what you're trying to say, Hunter. I respect what they did for music aswell. Their music might not be as good as what they caused but, they were the one to start it, therefore, theoretically, they're very good musicians. But, yeah, I get your point.

(03-19-2011 10:57 AM)Arno Sluismans Wrote:  

(03-19-2011 10:42 AM)Lady Floydian Wrote:  Personally, I don't get the hype surrounding The Beatles at all. They did some nice pop songs in the early years, but a lot of their latter stuff I just don't care for, honestly. There are a few songs from that period I really enjoy; Here Comes The Sun, Something, Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, Let It Be; but that's about it.

I can't really say that about Pink Floyd at all.

(03-19-2011 10:45 AM)hunter21291 Wrote:  I personally find The Beatles to be the most overrated band in existence. I respect what they did for music and how much they changed it, but they sound like any ordinary band to me. I only really like Come Together, Hey Jude, and Twist and Shout. Other than that, I don't like them.

The "hype" is there for a reason, and I don't think they're overrated at all. If you look at what they wrote and played, back in those days when rock music simply didn't exist, there's no reasonable way to say that they weren't four of the most brilliant musicians ever. I prefer listening to Pink Floyd, but there's no way that Roger, David, Rick and Nick could have done what The Beatles did.

Just my 0.02 euros though.

I agree completely!
The Beatles were the first band to write their own songs, the first to experiment with sounds and instruments in the studio. I understand that it can be hard for young people today to grasp the huge impact they had at the time, but The Beatles were the main driving force in popular music in the sixties. Everybody else in the business were following their lead. Not least a band called Pink Floyd.
To say that they are overrated is simply ignorant. They deserve to be hyped.