I donāt have any really strong opinions on music actually. Iām rooted listening to the ancient pop tunage on stations like absolute 80s and Absolute 90s and Ken Bruce in the mornings. And Graham Norton at the weekends on Virgin. Occasionally Iāll dip into pick of the pops if itās a year from the late 70s 80s or 90s
Unlike most of you I donāt mind some quality pop from the likes of Duran Duran, Wham, ABBA, even stuff from Girls Aloud, Kylieās later stuff and Robbie Williamsā first few albums.
And I bloody love The KLFā¦.
Iām not a rock / guitar music fan at all but donāt mind acts like Queen or the Manics. Stadium bands like U2, Coldplay, Muse, Foo Fighters etc and acts like Bruce Springsteen just leave me cold and so I suspect I would put them in the over rated catagory. Find stuff like Ed Sheeran and Adele completely nondescript and boring. Also I never quite got what the fuss was about bands like the stone roses. As for Oasis the first two Albums were world class and superb, the rest were just dross.
Iām more a dance music fan, electronic music, to that end I have followed the pet shop boys since they appeared in the 80s. I would say they are massively under rated - they have produced some quality songwriting over the years and some perfect pop records (West End Girls, Itās a Sin). They are still prolific and producing high quality albums every few years. They constantly keep themselves relevant by working with new contemporary producers and remixers - and if anyone is interested theyāve just remixed a Paul Weller track. Plus you usually get new reinterpretations of their old songs when they go on tour.
So there you go, Pet Shop Boys are under-rated. And if your worried about the hamster thing in the band name Iām not convinced its true.