Used to think it was good, you know just automatically, in the way that people rave about A Day In The Life. But when I think about it and properly consider it, yep you’re right, what a pile of shite it is!

Now this is the kind of stuff we’re wanting. Now go on, admit it - you like Nickelback more than Nirvana.

Good topic. I'll go with the first four that come to mind and explain them a bit. 

- Coldplay's "Viva - Mylo - Ghost Stories" trilogy is better than their "Parachutes - A Rush - X&Y" one. 
I don't think there's a massive gap between them, but for me the 2008-2014 run shows the band embracing their natural pop instincts, and pushing them through three distinct sounds, all three of which are better than the drab X&Y and the overly indebted Parachutes. There's a lot more experimental material to balance the hits, the sound is more vibrant, and the lyrics are better too. On the whole, I think they found their voice a bit more post-2007.

- Relapse is Eminem's best album. 
Okay, if you don't like the accents, I can understand this one winding you up. But I think that if you take the Refill tracks into account, Eminem has never had a more consistent, well-produced, well-rapped set of tracks than this. Deja Vu in particular might be his best-ever song, and I'm a sucker for the cheesy horror-core vibes of the album, too. 

- Queen are the most over-rated thing in music.
I don't even think they're bad, they're just really not that good. I like Another One Bites the Dust as much as the next man, but stuff like Bohemian Rhapsody or We Are the Champions is horrible, and I hate how they've been allowed to reach this status where everyone feels that they love them, even if they've never once listened to one of their albums. It was decided at some point that Everybody Loves Queen, and it winds me up a bit. 

- The 2010's have been the best decade for music.
Well, maybe second to the 1990's. But the point is that the most underrated era in music is always, without exception, the present. And it's a shame, because music has been so, so good this decade! You've had amazing artists at the top of the charts, the explosion of experimental hip-hop, great indie, and electronica like Arca, SOPHIE, and FKA Twigs that melts your brain in such a good way. Rock hasn't been the dominant genre, but stuff like The War on Drugs, Arcade Fire, Car Seat Headrest, and Tame Impala have kept the fire burning well. Even country has had a resurgence, with Kacey Musgraves winning the best-album Grammy and Old Town Road becoming the longest-reigning Billboard #1 ever. And to top it all off, music has never been so easily accessed, easily discussed, and easily spread. Golden age. 

Anyway, can't be stated enough how amazing Gangnam Style is. Fuck yes.

paramore is the best live band to come out in the last 20 years

don't even try to tell me this isn't a fact y'all 

The Verve were the last all time great band where each member pulled their weight on the songs and were essential to each track. No band currently going will match their synergy or spiritual tether. We talk alot about how Ashcroft isn't much without the Verve, well, McCabe, Jones and Salisbury aren't either. The lack of output from McCabe and Jones in recent years points to my point.

Ride's latest albums Weather Diaries, Tomorrow's Shore EP, and This Is Not A Safe Place are better than any of Noel and Liam's solo catalog. Noel held Andy back in Oasis and Liam held Andy back in Beady Eye from making the music he was destined to craft.

The Stone Roses' Second Coming LP is an all time great record from the 1990s. It is no where near the greatness of the debut but it's a terrific album in its own right.

 Paul was (is) the most talented Beatle.

Alen 'Reni' Wren is the greatest drummer of all time (in his prime). Jimmy Chamberlain is a close second. John Bonham was the world's greatest technical drummer but Jimmy and Reni are full on groove.

Eddie Hazel was the best guitarist to ever grace a fretboard and pedal kit. 
 

I agree. The production is fatiguing to where each song falls into the next and after listening to it, it all feels the same. I think that's why Once and One of Us are so good since they feel like Liam in his rawest form. Shockwave is like that but damn I can't get over how boring those "Hey"s sound in the chorus. Misunderstood is pretty good, though, and there's a couple other good ones. Really, it's not that the songs are bad, it's just that they're same-y, just like the production of it. 

Coldplays debut album makes me wanna vomit.

I hate radiohead.

I like Dylan's voice, it's all it really needs to be.

Snow Patrol is a solid band and their latest outing is class.

The british/irish hip hop scene is much more exciting than the american one right now

Foster The People are amongst the top 5 bands of the decade, they only get dismissed because of Foster's past as a jingle maker

Miles Kane's output has been pretty decent throughout his career despite him failing to live up to the initial hype

The 1975 are a great fucking band

Liam Gallagher's solo career is overrated, although not bad in any way

Logic's Everybody and Young Sinatra IV are good albums, especially the latter, Confessions (and the Supermarket soundtrack) is his only shit record

Pearl Jam are overrated, Queen are overrated, The Police are overrated

Frank Ocean is a genius and the best american artist in the last 20 years

Never Mind The Bollocks is better than anything The Clash ever put out, even London Calling

Jamie T should be regarded as one of the best artists of his generation