Other bands you just don't "get"

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  • TunnelThroughDenial
    TunnelThroughDenial Posts: 769
    Flame away:

    U2
    R.E.M.
    DMB
    Grateful Dead
    anything involving Sting
    Springsteen
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  • bicyclejoe
    bicyclejoe USA Posts: 1,203
    I can understand not "getting" a band or performer, but I think it's important to respect that we're all music fans, regardless of how we discovered our love for music. We're shaped by different life events and influences.
    For instance, U2 is my favorite band, primarily because they were my first musical obsession in the 1980s and their music probably saved me from slitting my wrists as a troubled teen in a troubled home.
    "Bad" is my anthem.
    Springsteen has always helped stir pride in my blue collar roots. I can relate to his lyrics.
    I think Radiohead are brilliant. Arcade Fire and Green Day are two of my favorite bands, primarily because their music gives me something connecting me to my teenage daughters -- both huge fans. I've taken my oldest daughter to two Arcade Fire shows. I can honestly say they are the best live band today.
    The National is also a band that has grown on me in recent years.
    I'm not a big fan of DMB, Tool, the Dead, Mudhoney or Nickelback. But I'd never say I hate them, primarily because they have given something to their fans, many of them close friends. I understand that relationship and don't want to disrespect it with hyperbole.
    We're all music fans here.
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  • Pjzepp67
    Pjzepp67 Posts: 445
    TunnelThroughDenial wrote:
    Flame away:

    U2
    R.E.M.
    DMB
    Grateful Dead
    anything involving Sting
    Springsteen

    "Anything involving Sting" I would wholeheartedly support...apart from the 1st 2 Police albums...as far as punk/white reggae goes, unbeatable. Outlandos d'Amour and Regatta de Blanc are two of the greatest albums ever and I will defend them to my dying breath...phew...glad I got that off my chest :fp:
  • H.Chinaski
    H.Chinaski Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,604
    99% of whats played on commercial rock radio.
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  • luismota123
    luismota123 Posts: 161
    Beatles
    Rolling Stones
    Radio head
    Mumford n sons.
    Dubstep
  • Spartanacus
    Spartanacus Oviedo, FL Posts: 941
    Newer Radiohead, My Morning Jacket, The Who, KISS to name a few.
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  • HesCalledDyer
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    The Strokes
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,889
    Radiohead. I never really gave them that much of a chance, but every song I have heard bores me.

    The Boss. I really, really want to like him, and respect him as a musician... but I have been to a show and it was slightly boring... and I cant really get into most of the songs. Live, way too many people on stage. Steve Van Zandt also looks awkward post-Sopranos.

    Jam Bands.


    *- I dont "hate" these things. I respect them and realize they have monster, followings full of respectable people with great taste... I just dont get it.
  • Weston1283
    Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,023
    Red Hot Chili Peppers.... sorry
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  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    RHCP...not sorry.

    And Foo Fighters, KoL, Strokes. List goes on...
  • rtwilli4
    rtwilli4 Posts: 261
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    -Led Zeppelin (Robert Plant ruins this band. He's arguably the biggest d-bag frontman ever. They have a few great songs, but I will never put them on the pedestal that others do)




    What


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  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    rtwilli4 wrote:
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    -Led Zeppelin (Robert Plant ruins this band. He's arguably the biggest d-bag frontman ever. They have a few great songs, but I will never put them on the pedestal that others do)




    What


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    Fuck


    ???


    Yeah man. I've seen some crazy shit in this this thread but I'm gonna have to wtf you also.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,887
    rtwilli4 wrote:
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    -Led Zeppelin (Robert Plant ruins this band. He's arguably the biggest d-bag frontman ever. They have a few great songs, but I will never put them on the pedestal that others do)




    What


    The


    Fuck


    ???
    I also had a tough time dealing with that comment. :lol:
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  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    TunnelThroughDenial wrote:
    Flame away:

    U2
    R.E.M.
    DMB
    Grateful Dead
    anything involving Sting
    Springsteen


    Leave U2 /Rem out of above list but add the following
    Phish
    Killers
    Coldplay
    radiohead
    Oasis
  • YLed2
    YLed2 Posts: 5,534
    U2....never could and probably never will. Just don't get it.

    Others at the top of the list:
    Phish
    Foo Fighters
    Coldplay
    Gaslight Anthem
    Strokes
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  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    rtwilli4 wrote:
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    -Led Zeppelin (Robert Plant ruins this band. He's arguably the biggest d-bag frontman ever. They have a few great songs, but I will never put them on the pedestal that others do)




    What


    The


    Fuck


    ???
    Gotta be a joke right? I've heard a lot of dumb shit on these here boards,but that comment is ,well I'm speechless.
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    ckravitz wrote:
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    Rush
    Arcade Fire

    and so many bands mentioned on here I've never even heard a song of:

    Phish
    Grateful Dead
    Mumford and Sons

    and I have to say I'm utterly shocked that anyone would say Soundgarden. And no, them being friends with PJ has nothing to do with it. SG and PJ sound nothing alike, but at the same time, I find it odd that someone could love one and not even like the other.

    Alright, since I was one of the folks that listed Soundgarden, I'll ask.... if it's not their association and we all agree they sound nothing alike, why would it be shocking to like one and not the other? What links them anymore than any other two bands from similar times/roots?

    absolutely, you make a great point. I honestly can't say. I just don't know many/any people who like one and not the other. It's really nothing more than that.
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  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    rr165892 wrote:
    rtwilli4 wrote:
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    -Led Zeppelin (Robert Plant ruins this band. He's arguably the biggest d-bag frontman ever. They have a few great songs, but I will never put them on the pedestal that others do)




    What


    The


    Fuck


    ???
    Gotta be a joke right? I've heard a lot of dumb shit on these here boards,but that comment is ,well I'm speechless.

    Settle down, sport. It's only my taste in music and I'm not trying to force it on anyone. If you like Robert Plant, congrats. I'm sure you dislike certain bands that I like but I'm not going to get butt-hurt over it :)
  • CAVSTARR313
    CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    butt hurt :lol:
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  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Each to their own Fox,no worries.I think you are the first person I've ran across ever to dislike Zep.I get we all hear things different.Hell ,a lot folks put Foo Fighters down,that's my favorite band so of course they are tone deaf,lol

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