Bands you should like, but don't.

[Rhoobarb]

The Monkees-I know that they were the voice of the youth in the '60s .....

Umm.... no, they weren't. That would be The Beatles - The Fab Four. Not the Pre-Fab four.

 

[Cheeto]

Umm.... no, they weren't. That would be The Beatles - The Fab Four. Not the Pre-Fab four.

The Beetles were pompous scum.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

The Beetles were pompous scum.

And down into the pit of oblivion goes this thread and correct spelling. Unless, of course you were referring to those pesky 'lil bugs.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I hate these three:

• Bob Seger
• Eric Clapton
• Stevie Ray Vaughn

Now, "Green Jello" is a different story! :rockin: Watch the last bit...

 

[cklages]

Every red blooded Canadian seems to love the Tragically Hip. It seems like for the last part of the nineties and early part of the new millenium, they couldn't play a single 'Hip' song without some silly inebriate seeking me out just to let me know that 'Dude, I love that song!'

And I would nod, because I didn't want to be 'that guy'. I mean seriously, its folksy rock, I love that stuff. My musical tastes are as far ranging as just about anyone I know. In fact I will go as far as saying that with the possible exception of some 'death metal' and some of the more experimental classical styles, I can listen to just about anything...well except for RUSH, I mean a guy has to have limits.

Anyway sometime in late 2005, they stopped playing 'New Orleans is Sinking' for some reason. And then you just didn't really hear them any more. I mean they had other songs, but that seeemed to really mark a turning point. Thank God. I mean seriously, did they just not get much play time in the States? Did people actually like them?

I scanned 10 pages of this thread, and didn't find a single mention of the Hip.

Gawd.

I mean seriously?

Maybe it's just me....

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I hate these three:

• Bob Seger
• Eric Clapton
• Stevie Ray Vaughn

It ain't enough to say you just hate them. Why do you think you should like them based on your normal preferences but NOT like them despite your usual criteria?

 

[Schlenkerla]

It ain't enough to say you just hate them. Why do you think you should like them based on your normal preferences but NOT like them despite your usual criteria?

OK gotcha. Not bad, bands but I had a college roommate who played these guys all the friggen time. Steve Windwood was played often too.

 

[JebCkr]

First one that came to mind is O.A.R.. As a rock fan I'm supposed to like OAR, but nothing about them appeals to me. Oh, and Van Halen...he just bores the hell out of me.

 

[j1laskey]

Oh, and Van Halen...he just bores the hell out of me.

Who is the "he" to are referring to??? Dave, Sammy, or Gary??? if is is either of the latter two, I will let it slide, but if you are referring to Diamond Dave...then I will say good day too you!!!

 

[elkdog]

So I'm 29 years old and fairly nerdy. By all accounts I should worship Radiohead, but I can't stand them. There was just never a "hook" to their music for me. In fact, I dislike their influence on contemporary rock pretty intensely.

As for "classic" rock, I hate Rush for reasons mentioned above; Geddy Lee's vocals are incredibly annoying, and the lyrics are beyond pretentious. Maybe Neal Peart is a genius, but every jazz drummer I listen to does stuff that I find more interesting with a much smaller kit. Rush are great musicians, but their stuff doesn't grab me.

I also love the Grateful Dead and can't stand Neil Young, which is an apparent paradox.

 

[kjung]

Another one that I don't get, and definitely wouldn't consider it "one that I SHOULD love" is Taylor Swift. I don't get it. That girl cannot sing, and sounds absolutely horrible on every live performance I've heard on TV. (swmbo has CMT on every saturday morning) I'd rather hear my dogs howl at the moon.

No one...let me repeat, NO ONE, with the POSSIBLE exception of pre-pubescent girls, should like Taylor Swift!

Ok, on with my list:

Journey-LOVED their early stuff, but Steve Perry "gayed" them up
Bon Jovi
Rush-I keep hearing that I should love them, but I don't get it
REM
U2-love their early stuff, up until "Boy". That's about when Bono started taking himself WAY too seriously
VanHalen-I find it hard to take Dave seriously
Beatles
Tom Petty
Genesis-after Gabriel left

 

[JebCkr]

Who is the "he" to are referring to??? Dave, Sammy, or Gary??? if is is either of the latter two, I will let it slide, but if you are referring to Diamond Dave...then I will say good day too you!!!

Sammy is who I was referring too, but Gary too. Some of the old stuff is OK, but the rest I just don't Care for.

 

[Homercidal]

VanHalen-I find it hard to take Dave seriously

LOL! That's the whole point about Dave! You're not supposed to take him seriously!

And man I like Gary Cherone with Extreme, but his VH album was AWFUL!

For Christ's sake I wish Eddie would just record some sort of instrumental guitar album. F the singers.

I was going to add REM to my list since someone else mentioned them, but then I realized that there was actually no reason that SHOULD like them!

 

[northernlad]

Ok, why not let me in on the secret awesome bands that I somehow failed to appreciate during my 20s?

I could make a long list of bands for you but that wasn't really my point. The idea that all music since 1990 sucks is like saying all breweries started since 1990 suck. Its just silly, and wrong.
If you are genuinely interested tell me what genre of music you listen to most and I will add to your listening pleasure. Unless of course its country or top 40, because almost all of that IS crap. :rockin:

 

[Homercidal]

I doubt the object of this thread is to delve into hidden jems of music, but to highlight well-known and respected bands that somehow fail to impress us. The 90's bands I was referring to were the bands that everyone would have heard of. I.E. popular music.

For the life of me I just can't think of any that were worth noting. I realize there is a huge underground music industry with some very interesting bands, but frankly I don't care to poke around hunting for them. The "Industry" ought to be doing that for us. But they aren't, which is why I vote to shut them all down. The crap that is spewing out, for the most part, today is not worth listening to. Yeah, there are a couple of songs now and again that I think are catchy, but as a whole I just can't stand to tune into the modern music stations.

So which popular bands from the 90s on were worth adoring?

 

[elkdog]

So which popular bands from the 90s on were worth adoring?

Pearl Jam

Soundgarden

The Black Crowes

The White Stripes (very late 1990s)

Green Day (not my favorite, but they rock)

All, of course, submitted for your rejection. As a kid born in 1980, I feel like the rock in the 1990s was pretty good, though it was a marked turn away from guitar gods and arena rock in a lot of ways. Also, by the end of the decade, Napster and the internet were decentralizing rock music in particular- the best bands now don't get a lot of mainstream radio play, but I'd put groups like The Arcade Fire on the more recent list as well. The Industry may be abandoning rock, but don't blame the bands.

 

[Homercidal]

Pearl Jam

Soundgarden

The Black Crowes

The White Stripes (very late 1990s)

Green Day (not my favorite, but they rock)

All, of course, submitted for your rejection. As a kid born in 1980, I feel like the rock in the 1990s was pretty good, though it was a marked turn away from guitar gods and arena rock in a lot of ways. Also, by the end of the decade, Napster and the internet were decentralizing rock music in particular- the best bands now don't get a lot of mainstream radio play, but I'd put groups like The Arcade Fire on the more recent list as well. The Industry may be abandoning rock, but don't blame the bands.

I can agree with Pearl Jam for an album or two. And I like Green Day, except I am not fond of the turn they've taken recently.

The rest I like a song or two from, but none of them I would consider bands that I ought to like, mostly due to the fact that they didn't have enough success to show their work. White Stripes sound is actually pretty good to me, but I don't know enough about them to form the opinion that I *ought* to like them. Maybe if they had a few more hits?

Oh, while I'm thinking of it, JIMI... This is if I had to base my opinion on his popular tunes. He had a blues album of his that really showed his talent. But except for Little Wing, I'm not a fan. It could be that I think his vocals are very bad.

 

[kjung]

Oh, while I'm thinking of it, JIMI... This is if I had to base my opinion on his popular tunes. He had a blues album of his that really showed his talent. But except for Little Wing, I'm not a fan. It could be that I think his vocals are very bad.

You've gotta love Hendrix for the direction he took the guitar. No one else came close to what he did at that point. IMO, the most important electric guitar players ever were Les Paul and Hendrix.

 

[jgln]

Collective Soul

I am not saying they are terrible or anything, I just don't like their music and can't understand how they became so popular.

 

[jgln]

You've gotta love Hendrix for the direction he took the guitar. No one else came close to what he did at that point. IMO, the most important electric guitar players ever were Les Paul and Hendrix.

Uh oh, are you going to change the topic to who was the best/most important guitar player ever? I am not going to touch that one being a guitar player myself.

 

[smakudwn]

i would agree about Les Paul.

 

[the_bird]

You've gotta love Hendrix for the direction he took the guitar. No one else came close to what he did at that point. IMO, the most important electric guitar players ever were Les Paul and Hendrix.

That's the whole point of the thread, though. You can respect Jimi because you know how important he was... but there can still just be something about his music that you don't connect with even though you may like similar artists.

Personally, I'm not in that camp; love me some Jimi.

 

[kjung]

Uh oh, are you going to change the topic to who was the best/most important guitar player ever? I am not going to touch that one being a guitar player myself.

Not in the least. Just responding to the previous post. Knowing some people's musical tastes here, I'm afraid to even go in THAT direction!!!

That's the whole point of the thread, though. You can respect Jimi because you know how important he was... but there can still just be something about his music that you don't connect with even though you may like similar artists.

Personally, I'm not in that camp; love me some Jimi.

Understandable. See above.

 

[j1laskey]

Hendrix with Band of Gypsys = AWESOMENESS to the 10th Power

 

[Homercidal]

You've gotta love Hendrix for the direction he took the guitar. No one else came close to what he did at that point. IMO, the most important electric guitar players ever were Les Paul and Hendrix.

I didn't say I didn't appreciate Hendrix for his contribution to the world of guitar playing. I just don't like HIS playing (mostly). His sound was mushy. Most of the time I can't understand his guitar and I'm not even sure it was in tune most of the time!

But He DID inspire many great players over the years, including one of my favorites, Joe Satriani. So I will firmly put him in the category of Band I *OUGHT* to like, but don't. In the sense that I don't put one of his albums in the player and listen through.

And Side Note - Les Paul was an under-appreciated genius on guitar. Not only was he a very capable musician, but perhaps the biggest contributor of the electric guitar itself.

 

[kjung]

I didn't say I didn't appreciate Hendrix for his contribution to the world of guitar playing. I just don't like HIS playing (mostly). His sound was mushy. Most of the time I can't understand his guitar and I'm not even sure it was in tune most of the time!

One of the guitarists in my band, WAY back when, had a bootleg of Hendrix playing in...Copenhagen, I think. The disk started out with about 5 minutes of Jimi playing solo, and when he stops, the audience went nuts! Hendrix then says something to the effect of, "If you liked that, you'll really like it when I'm done tuning up."

 

[Homercidal]

Collective Soul

I am not saying they are terrible or anything, I just don't like their music and can't understand how they became so popular.

I like Collective soul. Catchy guitar riffs and vocals. Nothing very fancy going on, but interesting tunes.

Well, so far RUSH is in the lead for "Band most people ought to like but don't".

 

[RobMoore]

After lurking for a while, I see a thread I can contribute to:

The Eagles.

I want to puke every time I head "Hotel California", and that taints every other song of theirs for me.

 

[elkdog]

But He DID inspire many great players over the years, including one of my favorites, Joe Satriani. So I will firmly put him in the category of Band I *OUGHT* to like, but don't. In the sense that I don't put one of his albums in the player and listen through.
\

Funny, I love Hendrix, and while I admire the hell out of Satriani's chops (I mean, holy cow can that guy play), his music doesn't really move me.

 

[elkdog]

After lurking for a while, I see a thread I can contribute to:

The Eagles.

I want to puke every time I head "Hotel California", and that taints every other song of theirs for me.

I was gonna post the relevant clip from The Big Lebowski, but the language could get someone fired. Nonetheless, I hate the f***ing Eagles, man.