Bands I find Shallow and Pedantic

[Ramses II CP]

I will also freely admit to have Hendrix as a personal sacred cow. Everytime I listen to his version of the Star Spangled Banner (Actually had to play it just now after mentioning it) the wife comments on 'that noise' and I briefly wonder why I married her...

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I will also freely admit to have Hendrix as a personal sacred cow. Everytime I listen to his version of the Star Spangled Banner (Actually had to play it just now after mentioning it) the wife comments on 'that noise' and I briefly wonder why I married her...

Arg, that's one of the worst songs I've ever heard.

[Yoyoma1910]

I think one of the problems is that no one has mentioned music that is actually Shallow and Pedantic, so I thought I would give an example for you to weigh your thoughts against:





The 'Stache.

[edyzmedieval]

You people are shallow and pedantic for even starting/replying in this thread.

How can you not consider such icons like Jim Jones, Britney Spears, Katy Perry...as shallow and pedantic?
Blasphemy!

[Yoyoma1910]

You people are shallow and pedantic for even starting/replying in this thread.

How can you not consider such icons like Jim Jones, Britney Spears, Katy Perry...as shallow and pedantic?
Blasphemy!

Shallow yes, but Pedantic?

[Lemur]

Maybe the most pedantic song ever. And yes, it's shallow.

This one's pretty bad, too. And Imagine is pretty darn pedantic, no matter how you look at it, not to mention a complete and utter failure as poetry.

I was going to say that it's hard to be both shallow and pedantic, but really, if a composer is dumb enough to try to cram his or her message down your throat, it can't help but be shallow. So I guess the two can become entwined in song.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

A good way to measure the shallowness and pedantry of a song is by timing how long it takes for the actual song to start in the music video. Pretentious "indie" songs tend to take the longest.

[Craterus]

Can't get much less pretentious than this then.