Time to 'fess up: Which are the best bands that you don't like?

deefstes · 2012-08-08T10:36:31+00:00

The purpose of this thread is to come clean on which bands you hear everybody rave about but you just don't get. At the risk of getting lambasted from all sides, I'll get the ball rolling. 1. Pink Floyd - I must be the only person I know who just doesn't get the awesomeness of Pink Floyd. Considering how everybody I know goes bonkers at the mention of the name, I must be missing something. And I'll admit that they do have some awesome songs but if I'm being perfectly honest, the whole Pink Floyd cult and the band as a whole seems to leave me rather cold. I almost feel guilty for it because they could not have been such a massive success if they weren't brilliant, but I fail to appreciate that brilliance. 2. Rolling Stones - Similar story. Maybe I was just that little bit too young when they were really big. But having said that, there are other people of my age who are crazy about the Stones. Conversely, there are other bands, like the Beatles, which are even more before my time but whom I love. So I don't really understand exactly why I can't get into the Stones. As with Pink Floyd, there are songs of the Stones which I do enjoy but the infatuation with the band and the brand has never rubbed off on me. 3. Jimmi Hendrix - I go through phases with him. Some times I will listen to his stuff and be in awe at his ingenuity but sometimes it leaves me cold. I think the problem is that, for all the magician he was, his songs just don't seem to appeal to me; It's not the kind of music I tend to listen when I'm driving in my car or when I'm at work. So the only way I can enjoy Hendrix is if I sit down and pay attention and listen for the techniques and inventions rather than listening to the music as such. 4. Dave Matthews Band - Again, the odd good song but generally I don't like his voice and I often feel that the music has too much going on and too little clear structure. OK, that should give you enough ammo to blast me ? But I'm actually hoping you will rather join in the confession booth.

vic

ftcl wrote Since I have to choose, it would have to be Bob Dylan and The Doors. :-[

But I find that not making enough time to listen to music properly makes most of the difference. I never enjoyed the Beatles until I met my wife. Since she's such a big fan, I was almost forced to listen to them properly. Now, I rate them very highly...

These are acquired taste/s. If you appreciate good (forward-/revo-thinking) lyrics, Bob's your man. His music is so so...The Doors have produced some great stuff (musically) eg. Light my fire, Touch me, etc. But it's " early " stuff and I guess it's somewhat difficult to translate this into the 21st century with the same appreciation.

chris77

Joe Moore wrote
nicovlogg wrote Wow I can't read this thread. .Too many greats getting lambasted
+2

Jeff Beck ? , John Mayer ? , Pink Floyd ? , Gary Moore ? ? , so much fail going on here , (imo) ☹

The thread's title is Which are the best bands you don't like.

I don't think anybody is calling the bands/artists they list bad. Quite the opposite actually. All are great bands that just don't hit that specific listener's sweet spot.
Personally, I know the Beatles are great. I know how big their impact on the music world was. I can appreciate that they are/were amazingly talented individuals. But I don't like to listen to their music. Great harmonies and all that, but it's not my type of music. And I like watching them even less - too much of a boy band in the way they came accross.
It doesn't mean they're bad, just that I don't like them.

Psean

chris77 wrote
Joe Moore wrote
nicovlogg wrote Wow I can't read this thread. .Too many greats getting lambasted
+2

Jeff Beck ? , John Mayer ? , Pink Floyd ? , Gary Moore ? ? , so much fail going on here , (imo) ☹
The thread's title is Which are the best bands you don't like.

I don't think anybody is calling the bands/artists they list bad. Quite the opposite actually. All are great bands that just don't hit that specific listener's sweet spot.
Personally, I know the Beatles are great. I know how big their impact on the music world was. I can appreciate that they are/were amazingly talented individuals. But I don't like to listen to their music. Great harmonies and all that, but it's not my type of music. And I like watching them even less - too much of a boy band in the way they came accross.
It doesn't mean they're bad, just that I don't like them.

+1
I like this thread for this very reason. Many of my ultimate favourites are getting some stick here... but that's the whole point! I think it's good to hear what people don't like rather than putting Zeppelin, the Stones, and the Beatles etc. on a pedestal for the nth time. We've all heard over and over how great these bands are so I find it refreshing to hear that their music doesn't hit the spot for everyone.

flatfourfan

I like pretty much all the bands that have been listed. But I don't like all the music from each band. Some songs just don't do it for me at all, but it doesn't mean that I don't like the band.

nicovlogg

chris77 wrote I don't think anybody is calling the bands/artists they list bad. Quite the opposite actually. All are great bands that just don't hit that specific listener's sweet spot.
Personally, I know the Beatles are great. I know how big their impact on the music world was. I can appreciate that they are/were amazingly talented individuals. But I don't like to listen to their music. Great harmonies and all that, but it's not my type of music. And I like watching them even less - too much of a boy band in the way they came accross.
It doesn't mean they're bad, just that I don't like them.

Fair, but then people aren't just saying things like "I don't like *xxx* or I don't think *xxx* is a great album", but things like, "That band which is universally admired is totally overrated and sucks!" Anyway.. I'm just avoiding this thread because the mere mention of bruce springsteen on here makes me want to punch everyone around me ?

Bob-Dubery

Vic wrote Nitebob.....remember ABBA was in the 70's....a decade so much different to the 2000's....and in the 70's they were biiiig news for good reason. I disliked Bing Crosby's style because he was so different to guys who inspired me as a kid....Elvis Presley and Fats Domino.....but my dad hated Elvis and Fatso, but loved Bing...And now , years later I can actually listen to him and other crooners of the day... ?
And I agree with Bob...ABBA produced good stuff.....in the 70's

I'm saying they were good, very good full stop. The Beatles didn't start sounding crap at some point in the 90s. You lost the ground breaking effect unless you'd been there or done the investigation, but there's still top notch craftsmanship in those records and great creativity (I found the album that George Martin and son put out as an accompaniment to some circus show very interesting. It was Beatles samples stitched together with new material, the latest technology used, and by far the most experimental, the most daring, the most ..... WIERD... was the actual unadulterated Beatles clips).

There's a lot to enjoy in Abba. The vocals for a start - Frijda and especially Agnetha were fabulous pop singers. The songs are packed with clever hooks. People don't stop enjoying Beethoven because the romantic era is long since passed, there's no reason why one shouldn't continue to enjoy, purely for the music, the likes of Dire Straits, Abba or the Incredible String Band just because their time has gone. Some truths are eternal.

vic

X-rated Bob wrote
Vic wrote Nitebob.....remember ABBA was in the 70's....a decade so much different to the 2000's....and in the 70's they were biiiig news for good reason. I disliked Bing Crosby's style because he was so different to guys who inspired me as a kid....Elvis Presley and Fats Domino.....but my dad hated Elvis and Fatso, but loved Bing...And now , years later I can actually listen to him and other crooners of the day... ?
And I agree with Bob...ABBA produced good stuff.....in the 70's
I'm saying they were good, very good full stop. The Beatles didn't start sounding crap at some point in the 90s. You lost the ground breaking effect unless you'd been there or done the investigation, but there's still top notch craftsmanship in those records and great creativity (I found the album that George Martin and son put out as an accompaniment to some circus show very interesting. It was Beatles samples stitched together with new material, the latest technology used, and by far the most experimental, the most daring, the most ..... WIERD... was the actual unadulterated Beatles clips).

There's a lot to enjoy in Abba. The vocals for a start - Frijda and especially Agnetha were fabulous pop singers. The songs are packed with clever hooks. People don't stop enjoying Beethoven because the romantic era is long since passed, there's no reason why one shouldn't continue to enjoy, purely for the music, the likes of Dire Straits, Abba or the Incredible String Band just because their time has gone. Some truths are eternal.

Bear in mind that the issue here is not good or bad music/bands...but rather whether one likes or does n't like the music/band

AlanRatcliffe

Vic wrote Bear in mind that the issue here is not good or bad music/bands...but rather whether one likes or does n't like the music/band

On the contrary - the whole question is "What good bands don't you like?". That's the whole point.

Bob-Dubery

Alan Ratcliffe wrote
Vic wrote Bear in mind that the issue here is not good or bad music/bands...but rather whether one likes or does n't like the music/band
On the contrary - the whole question is "What good bands don't you like?". That's the whole point.

Well, if I thought a band was any good I'd probably like them or at least tolerate them.

This is a stupid topic really. I can't mention Toto because I think they are majorly sucky. If I thought they were any good I could mention them, but I don't so I can't.

vic

Alan Ratcliffe wrote
Vic wrote Bear in mind that the issue here is not good or bad music/bands...but rather whether one likes or does n't like the music/band
On the contrary - the whole question is "What good bands don't you like?". That's the whole point.

Correction accepted ?

vic

X-rated Bob wrote
Alan Ratcliffe wrote
Vic wrote Bear in mind that the issue here is not good or bad music/bands...but rather whether one likes or does n't like the music/band
On the contrary - the whole question is "What good bands don't you like?". That's the whole point.
Well, if I thought a band was any good I'd probably like them or at least tolerate them.

This is a stupid topic really. I can't mention Toto because I think they are majorly sucky. If I thought they were any good I could mention them, but I don't so I can't.

EDIT: Some bands fall in the category "Bad bands not worth mentioning" :? Also would not make for a nice discussion topic I guess... ?
Must say I like Toto's "Africa"

strataxe

I despise U2... can't stand RHCP... they have 2/3 good songs but overall I think their music suck...
others Celine Dion, rihanna, beyonce...
Who's this Dj clown Van dyk or something they're making a fuzz about these days... I think he came here recently

A few mentioned queen above, it may just be the era of queen you didn't like, or the more commercial stuff, tey had great stuff in the 80s/90s. Same for George Michael. I never really liked him/Wham, but listen to Ladies and Gentleman, some great stuff on there.
But ya, as they say, taste differs.

DDR4LYF

Despite their great talent and individually enjoyable parts, I just cannot enjoy a dream theater song. Apparently amazing musicians, but definitely not for me. Also don't enjoy metallica that much, but I do enjoy a lot of the bands that have come from their influence, so I guess I like their music indirectly... haha. Also, a lot of these guys were major influences in so much of today's music that it is naive to dislike them and what they did instead of just disliking their music. I think people tend to do that (I know I did that for a long time). One example is U2 (Example, "I dislike Bono and therefore all the music he made is crap"). I implore you to examine why you like and dislike things, not just bands/music.

Hammeron

I could handle a couple of Abba songs now and then, got me singin' along....and then..... I saw Mama Mia, oh Lordy.....

Nitebob

Hammeron wrote I could handle a couple of Abba songs now and then, got me singin' along....and then..... I saw Mama Mia, oh Lordy.....

Agree...James Bond should NOT sing...

Hammeron

Strange how 99% of our favourite bands were always better early on and then seemed to fade.
How many bands just got better and better and better?
{ s'pose that's a topic on its own tho.}

shaunf

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Just.Can't.Like.

Hammeron

shaunf wrote Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Just.Can't.Like.

Only ONE song....'Under fifteen of pure white snow'. .....and maybe 'Loverman'

Bob-Dubery

Hammeron wrote I could handle a couple of Abba songs now and then, got me singin' along....and then..... I saw Mama Mia, oh Lordy.....

Well, the hits had Abba singing. The movie had Pierce Brosnan and Co singing - a bit of a difference. I've heard the sound track recording - it doesn't stand comparison to the real thing. I haven't seen the movie, but it seems to be the same sort of thing that was done with "We Will Rock You" - take a bunch of perfectly innocent songs and panel beat them into fitting a banal story line. It's quite possible that one could admire Queen (whose songs were used) and loath "We Will Rock You".

Some time ago I caught a documentary that featured Pete Waterman of Stock, Aitken and Waterman (the production team responsible for the likes of Rick Astlety) trying to put some kind of Abba tribute show together (this may have been the origins of "Mama Mia", I don't know). Anyhoo, here's a big name producer with loads of money behind him, with access to the best session players and singers in the UK, and he's having a real time finding girl singers who could deliver what Frida and Agnetha did. And it wasn't just studio trickery (which Abba were not above - listen to "Does Your Mama Know"), they'd done it live as well as in the studio.

Anyhoo, Abba may not fit many people's definitions of rock 'n roll or "worthy" or whatever, but don't judge the originals by the West End show-biz imitations. You'd make a mistake to listen to "We Will Rock You" and think you know Queen.

singemonkey

Hammeron wrote
shaunf wrote Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Just.Can't.Like.
Only ONE song....'Under fifteen of pure white snow'. .....and maybe 'Loverman'

It's a start. Keep working.

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