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Bands that you don't get the appeal of?
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I think even a super-fan would tell you that they're hard to like until you see them live.
I get that. I've seen some of their shows in youtube videos etc ... and I wouldn't even bother to go to a show live if someone paid me the price of admission.
To each their own!
Whoa, I'm totally the opposite regarding Fleetwood Mac. In fact, I thought several times of making a thread here about how much I dislike Stevie Nicks' voice, and how Christine McVie is infinitely better than her. Nicks has several songs I like (with "Gold dust woman" being one of my favorite Mac songs), but I can barely stand her voice in most of them. I cringe every time I hear her singing the phrase "what's the matter baby?" ("When I see you again"). That's not to say I think she's a bad artist, not at all, but her singing style seriously annoys me.
I'll take any other band members over her any day. In my opinion McVie has a really beautiful voice, and I consider her songs some of the band's best ("Over & over", "Believe me" and "Behind the mask", among many others). But I also love Lindsey Buckingham's stuff (though not all of his songs), some from Bob Welch (he has a fair share that I dislike, but the ones I do like are awesome, like "Miles away" and "Bright fire") and a couple from Danny Kirwan ("Sometimes" and "Dust" are exquisite pieces of music). Even the new guys in Behind the Mask have some good contributions there, and nice voices too.
I haven't heard much of the blues era of the band, so I can't comment about that. I'm not a big fan of Then Play On, and half of the songs in Mr. Wonderful sound exactly the same to me.
To be quite honest, I find some of her songs to be a bit... catchy, to say the least. I don't like her, which is why I can't help feeling guilty for admitting I kinda enjoy the song "Speak now" each time my sister plays the album it's featured in. I'm never ever going to tell her that, though.
The Albatross
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Live, and completed stoned
nah this is too conventional for me, even if it wasnt associated with metal its a bit boring
heres some real cool ass shit
After staring at this thread for a while I finally figured out a sound that I don't get.
Glitch.
Some of it gets so damn abstract I don't even understand what people get out of it. Take Accelera Deck for example, for me 90% of what i've tried to listen to from him is unlistenable. However, he's been making music for a long long time so somebody out there is jamming to it.
pfft.
While I'm not a huge fan of the Black Keys. I love that distinct dirty, soulful garage rock sound of theirs (especially from back in the early 2000s) and many others that sound like em (especially from the south) like Luella and The Sun.
Glitch.
Some of it gets so damn abstract I don't even understand what people get out of it. Take Accelera Deck for example, for me 90% of what i've tried to listen to from him is unlistenable. However, he's been making music for a long long time so somebody out there is jamming to it.
pfft.
While I'm not a huge fan of the Black Keys. I love that distinct dirty, soulful garage rock sound of theirs (especially from back in the early 2000s) and many others that sound like em (especially from the south) like Luella and The Sun.
Interesting. Out of curiosity, what bands do you like?
Nice to see an older gentleman on here. I always assume I'm having a discussion with someone in their late teens/early 20s on here. FWIW, a lot of my friends are your age.
Funeral came out, what, 10 years ago? So you were right in the fan wheelhouse when it came out.
Yeah, when Funeral came out most of my friends didn't know who they were then either. But most of my friends don't listen to that "weird" alternative music.
Psychoward
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Also I don't understand Pavement and to a lesser extent Blur.
Ah, gotcha. I admit my peer group is a bunch of weirdos. I wouldn't have it any other way.
My wife doesn't understand Pavement. It kills me.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Muse are fucking terrible. Should have had them in my list.
SOME-MIST
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regarding Death Grips - it's all about Zach Hill. I honestly can't really listen to a full album at once since it's hard for me to handle, but I've been a big Zach Hill fan from Hella and I also love him in
Holy Smokes
Bygones
Marnie Stern
El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Team Sleep
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (mantra hiroshima is actually kind of hard to listen to, but there's a few songs I like)
and any of his avant-garde work with Mick Barr
He's being covered in the kickstarter drummer book "The Drum Thing" along with drummers Roy Haynes, Neil Peart, John Stanier, etc...
He's honestly one of my favorite drummers along with Charlie Zeleny, Weasel Walter, and Matthew Grossman.
I like death grips for Zach Hill... not for death grips. Imo, it's one of his worst projects, but he's still incredible in it.
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freenudemacusers
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I have the same problem. ;___;My wife doesn't understand Pavement. It kills me.
Screaming Meat
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Not even Shady Lane? Everyone likes Shady Lane!
I know, right? I do play the Shady Lane riff pretty much every time I pick up a guitar, hoping that she'll subconsciously start to like it.
anarckitty
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Nirvana
Dream Theater
Rush
Fall Out Boy
Luke Bryan
311
Dream Theater
I just can't get past the vocals
same as above
Luke Bryan
311
I tried listening to MPP, the whole album sounds like an anti-climatic intro to a song. Except for Brother Sport, that song I have to admit is groovy as shit
brianjones
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wrt animal collective i really like for reverend green
avey tare can annoy the shit out of me but here it works
person pitch is def the best thing to come from those guys tho
avey tare can annoy the shit out of me but here it works
person pitch is def the best thing to come from those guys tho
freenudemacusers
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I don't want to talk about it
Psychoward
Banned
Brother Sport is awesome but my favorite moment of the album is midway through In The Flowers; "If I could just leave my body for the night... "
I have their entire discography synced on my iPod...
Bands I don't get.
AC/DC
Pink Floyd
Metallica
Screaming Meat
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You're doing the Lord's work.
I don't want to talk about it
I don't get why people don't like the things I like.
Psychoward
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Are you sure you didn't mean Bullet For My Valentine?
richardhawk
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Bullshit 90s alternative. I know it has a huge fanbase and I've really tried but bands like mudhoney, Sonic youth, etc etc all sound like garbage to me. Same with almost all grunge bands. I guess growing up with rap / black metal made it really hard for me to listen to almost anything else.
sixteen-bit
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Anamanaguchi is the worst thing I have ever heard in my short life and I do not understand the appeal
freenudemacusers
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But it's pavement!!! their discography is basically error-free!? WHYI don't get why people don't like the things I like.
You're really missing out.
Probably every band with valantine in the title actually.
Yeah, you've got to go to a show.... Watching it on Youtube isn't the same. It's an amazing experience. Especially if you like weed and music.
Because they're videos are so weird. Also, because they're something really hot about Yolandi.
radiohead tbh
all of their albums are pretty bad and musically they are pretty terrible. I bet the band members have done nothing notable outside of radiohead. they were just a bunch of british kids riding on the brit pop thing. truly atrocious
on a more serious note, i guess queen. I think it's because they haven't aged that well or something
all of their albums are pretty bad and musically they are pretty terrible. I bet the band members have done nothing notable outside of radiohead. they were just a bunch of british kids riding on the brit pop thing. truly atrocious
i kid
on a more serious note, i guess queen. I think it's because they haven't aged that well or something
Yep. This would explain my general distaste for it. Hah.
BolognaSoup
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Is it currently an 'in' thing for kids to like them?
I love Nirvana but I'm not a kid.
magundah14
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Any metal genre with death growl/pig squeal/anything like that.
Fans tell me it's melodic and expresses the vocalist's feelings, but I just can't stand it!
Also: minimalism, deep house and lounge music
Fans tell me it's melodic and expresses the vocalist's feelings, but I just can't stand it!
Also: minimalism, deep house and lounge music
And Beyonce's better than Queen, amirite?
DMB is also kinda in-between the fan bases of Jimmy Buffett and Phish. So you get both hippies and frat boys at their shows. I suppose if either of those sub-cultures rubs you the wrong way I can see how you'd not like them. But anyway, it's the shows that make them such a big deal (even if they haven't had a decent album in 15 years).
James Blake. Bleh
j/k JB is the shit. IMO he's the best young artist out right now. I've seen him twice at the 930 Club in DC. Absolutely amazing.
Its less gaudy, thats for sure.
Queen and Metal can join My Little Pony in the neckbeard hall of fame.lol
Zen_Arcade
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I don't get Nirvana either. I don't think anything that band does is done particularly well and a lot of their contemporaries were way more talented. I think the Foo Fighters are way better then Nirvana.
Damn. And you're a Hüsker Dü fan?
OrlanisWorks
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Fever was a sign of things to come. Temper Temper doesn't deserve my ear after hearing their song Riot.
Hand of Blood through SA&F was pretty enjoyable, but you could hear the metal influences fading.
equippedwithtowel
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Indie labels don't mean much anymore. Arcade Fire are still signed to Merge.
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