The most pretentious band/singer ever

gorgekko · Oct 17, 2008

I was washing the dishes when, for some reason, the topic of pretentious bands popped into my head. Yeah, I'm single and live alone.

Anyway, my vote goes to Midnight Oil, a band that I don't believe ever once sang a song about banging chicks or drinking beer. They managed to take the art of music and turn it into a Bataan death march of Seriousness.

Second prize goes to Bono. Shut up and sing.

redgrail · Oct 17, 2008

Easy: Coldplay.

"Chris Martin told the Daily Star: "You want to be able to hold your head up high in a room with Paul McCartney and Bono."

"We're trying to get to the very highest level. We want to be better than Mozart"

sho'nuff · Oct 17, 2008

i heard Oasis was pretty prententious. and that one girl, Jewel. she takes herself too seriously, i remember the media caught a mistake in grammar she made or something and she kept justifying why she did that or something or other.

redcaimen · Oct 17, 2008

Eddie Vedder.

Rage Against the Machine.

James Bond · Oct 17, 2008

Originally Posted by redcaimen

Eddie Vedder.

Rage Against the Machine.

Rage? Pretentious?

Nouveau Pauvre · Oct 17, 2008

Brian Jonestown Massacre

Watch the movie Dig

LabelKing · Oct 17, 2008

Originally Posted by Magician

Brian Jonestown Massacre

Watch the movie Dig

The mere fact that it alludes to something most people are not familiar with these days makes it slightly pretentious.

chronoaug · Oct 17, 2008

I was supposed to see them a few years ago at this really tiny venue in orlando but they cancelled the day of. I heard because ricky or frankie was having drug problems or something. Sucked

Connemara · Oct 17, 2008

Conne and the Connettes. Though I must say, their Sings the Stephen Sondheim Songbook album was great.

Go Surface · Oct 17, 2008

Madonna.

acidboy · Oct 17, 2008

David St. Hubbins

Spatlese · Oct 17, 2008

Radiohead. And I like them.

Thomas · Oct 17, 2008

How in the hell does Rush not get mentioned in every single post? I like them quite a lot, but at times they set a new bar for pretentious.

Then, there's Emerson, Lake & Palmer

limping_decorum · Oct 17, 2008

U2
coldplay
oasis
radiohead

unpainted huffheinz · Oct 18, 2008

Gang of Four (particularly after Entertainment!)
The Smiths/Morrissey

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