What band have you given countless chances and still no go?

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  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Wow. To each their own I guess. Arcade Fire is awesome to me.

    I'm so easy to please. I pretty much like everything.
    Boats and hoes
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Foo Fighters compared to Nickleback? WOW. Just.....WOW. NB is terrible cock rock. Foo are awesome. Nothing generic about them. Seen them live every single time they've come through town. I don't listen to much mainstream rock radio anymore, but I always dig the Foos.

    I didn't like Neil Young much until Le Noise.

    Kings of Leon.
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  • dpmay
    dpmay Posts: 643
    i agree with whomever said the national. wanted to like them, but, meh...

    also the decemberists. thought the newest records would do it for me, but nope.

    good topic.
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Wilco for sure.
    Fewer chances, but Radiohead as well.
    Fewer chances than that, but Arcade Fire too.

    Nothing new there.
    I'm not big on Nirvana and never was.
    Neil Young and Crazy Horse....nope, not for me.
    Grateful Dead
    Flaming Lips.

    MMJ was huge for me when I first began listening....my interest has faded considerably.
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Probably arcade fire. Ive only given them like 3 chances but after the 3rd I was so uninterested I gave up and have zero interest in trying again. They have got to be the most over rated and boring band ive ever heard.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    a second chance.. thats all a band gets with me. 8-)
    hear my name
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    i just need to say
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,441
    Dream Theatre. Every time I tell someone I love Queensryche they tell me I will love Dream Theatre. Not so much.

    Also The National.
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Radiohead, MMJ (whom I saw EIGHT times with PJ). I think in general I just don't like higher pitched voices, and both Radiohead and MMJ have a higher pitched frontman. Phish neither.
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  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    Many that have been mentioned--arcade fire, foo fighters, mmj, kol, radiohead etc...but the person that said The National should be beat with a big giant dildo, no doubt.. ;)
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • Kloddz
    Kloddz Posts: 2,573
    I love Dave G. and the Mighty Fighters of the Foo. These, on the other hand, are the bands/artists that I probably should like (kinda), but don't:

    Arcade Fire
    My Morning Jacket
    Kings of Leon
    Bruce Springsteen
    Radiohead
    Dave Matthews Band
    Phish
    Wilco
    Tool
    ...

    Edit: Reading through the thread after I posted this, it looks like I'm just your average guy on most of these... :roll: :)
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  • Neil Bruce
    Neil Bruce Posts: 132
    I don't mind the Foos, although They do have many mediocre songs/albums.

    However I've never been able to get into Guns n' Roses!

    I quite like slash a guitar player, but I just can't stand Axl's voice!
  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    I've tiered & tried with Radiohead but I just find his voice so whiney.
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  • dpmay
    dpmay Posts: 643
    The Champ wrote:
    ...but the person that said The National should be beat with a big giant dildo, no doubt.. ;)

    there were several of us - break out the dildae!
  • Of The Aggie
    Of The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,550
    I gave Rush and Radiohead a chance a while ago since my husband likes them a lot but they just didn't do it for me. I also tried so much to like Queens of the Stone Age but I only really care for a few songs.

    I want to like all of PJ's side projects, and for a while I did, but I just don't like Stone's Bayleaf album, Tres. Mtns, or any of Eddie's solo stuff.
  • Horos
    Horos Posts: 4,518
    Radiohead

    Tried many times because so many on here think they're great. They do nothing for me at all.
    #FHP
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,915
    Alice in Chains- I dunno what it is, but they just don't do it for me.
  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    dpmay wrote:
    The Champ wrote:
    ...but the person that said The National should be beat with a big giant dildo, no doubt.. ;)

    there were several of us - break out the dildae!

    Best song ever.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJVhZKhZEiI
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZDl2xRK_r8
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • camaros
    camaros Posts: 1,003
    Indifference71 wrote:
    Alice in Chains- I dunno what it is, but they just don't do it for me.

    :o:o:o:o:o:o:o

    Alice in Chains RULES

    I can't get into Tool or Mastodon after a couple listens.... Tool has some good stuff, but not all of it IMO
    i like sound...
  • randallanddarcy
    randallanddarcy Posts: 813
    The Grateful Dead. I feel like I should like 'em, but I don't. I love their story, and what they stood for, and their political/cultural views...I've read a lot about them...it's just the music leaves me cold.
    My Pearl Jam shows: 1 in 1995, 2 in 1998, 20 in 2003, 13 in 2006, 3 in 2007, 8 in 2008, 5 in 2009, 4 in 2010, 5 in 2012. EV: 8 in 2011, 1 in 2012. Brad: 1 in 1998, 1 in 2002.
  • Aaron 23
    Aaron 23 Allen, TX Posts: 543
    The Champ wrote:
    Many that have been mentioned--arcade fire, foo fighters, mmj, kol, radiohead etc...but the person that said The National should be beat with a big giant dildo, no doubt.. ;)
    I feel the same about anyone that has mentioned just about any band other than maybe MMJ. Really? I know I'm wrong, but seriously, this thread has me imagining all of you as a bunch of 30-50 year old washed up PJ fans that are stuck listening to older alternative and washed up radio rock.

    AF is the only band that (to me) out-does PJ on an energetic front live. If you don't get them, I feel bad for you. PJ is my favorite band, but if both were playing the same night, I can honestly say I'd be torn and would probably call in a bomb threat to one of the venues to get them to reschedule.
    RH changed music
    The National is brilliant, mature music
    The Foos are good honest rock without the over produced garbage and crappy lyrics
    KoL have two (and a half) great albums

    If you don't subscribe to any of the above, who DO you tend to like that is new/relevant? I wouldn't mind finding a few new listens, and if I prefer the above, maybe I'm just the doofus and whatever you'll pull out will blow me away.

    /disclaimer: said post was written at 2:04AM local time after waking up in the middle of the night...said post, if taken offensively, is for entertainment purposes only/

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