Bands you feel you should like, but don't.

Ledbetterman10

for me: The Rolling Stones

I understand why they have millions of fans, I just can't get into them. Same with Bruce Springsteen and U2. they're just not for me

GRIMMY wrote:

red Hot Chili peppers

they never change every album sounds the same

you obviously have never heard their albums from the 80's

PearlJamaholic

two that i can think of that i thought id really like from what i heard about them and their style but just couldnt get into them.

radiohead being one. i really like some songs but i really cant stand others.

jeff buckley is the other. after all they great stuff i heard about his music i really thought id like him. i was just wondering where the magic was when i listened to songs people said i should check out.

there are other bands that i dont like that seem popular and well respected but i dont feel like i should like them. but the above two i really thought id end up owning everything they ever released and then ended up never doing more than downloading songs.

huah

I just can't get into Mother Love Bone. Half the times the lyrics make me giggle or they're so bad/forceably rhymed I can hardly listen.

The music's always good though. And the other half of the time, the lyrics are good as well.

harmless_little_f***

pjny wrote:

So I have no problem with you not liking Metallica, but this statement makes no sense. Not only had Metallica been cutting records for a decade before this particular tune, and not only is this song is not an indicator of their overall sound, but it came out BEFORE Pearl Jam's debut...so how can it be a cheap version of a band that wasn't even around yet?

Yeah, I thought I might get this response. I don't know which came first. I really don't care. All I know is that Pearl Jam far surpassed what Metallica ever tried to do. I just don't know why people hail Metallica; nothing to do with what came first.

Mud huts were humans' first dwelling places, but that doesn't mean cathedrals aren't more beautiful

FinsburyParkCarrots

The Small Faces. I've tried to appreciate them for years now, but they're far too lightweight for my tastes. At best, they produced post-mod, third-rate psychedelia.

NakedClown

The Beatles

Nirvana

norm

Bob Dylan - he writes great music . . . and that's all he should do

Radiohead - way to much hype

Death Cab for Cutie - one of dumbest band names EVER!! and the music doesn't help at all

Oasis - How can anyone stand that asshole's voice?!

soulsinging

cutback wrote:

Death Cab for Cutie - one of dumbest band names EVER!! and the music doesn't help at all

hehe, i have a live ep of theirs where the singer says that once he met barry manilow and when he told barry the name of his band barry told him they had to change it cos it was terrible.

StoneG82

animal collective

everyone says these guys are great but i just don't get it....it sounds like pointless noise/random guys trying way too hard to be eccentric/hip

Zanne

stu gee wrote:

The Smiths

Loads of my friends love them and tell me how great they are and how much of a lyrical genius morrisey is, but it is almost completely lost on me. I like a couple of their songs but never though they were anything special.

They have a song where the lyrics go something like 'If a ten ton truck, kills the both of us, then to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die'. Dont think its exactly like that but when i hear it, it sounds really stupid to me, far from genius anyway. That was one of the lyrics my friend pointed out to me when he was saying how great morrisey was and i was almost laughing.

The name of that Smiths track is "There is a Light" and it's one of my faves. The way I interpret the song is that the man is so in love with the woman in this scenario, yet so afraid to even ask her out. Anything with her is better than not being with her.. even a horrible death. You had your lyrics correct.. the other line in there is 'If a double-decker bus crashes into us, to die by your side, well, the pleasure, the priviledge is mine." This song gets right down to the heart of me. Sorry to hear it doesn't grab you the same way. I actually prefer Neil Finn's cover of it on 7 Worlds Collide. Not that you are gonna run out and buy a cover of a song you hate lol.. but..

peace~

catefrances

should? there is no should in my life. i never feel like i should like a band for the sake of it. or because general concensus tells me i should. music has to grab me otherwise i'm not listening.

evenflow82

Tool. I just imagine them appealing to all the goth people who will listen to anything that is dark. This obviously isn't true, but I just don't get them and can't get into them.

Tons of indie stuff. I like my rock with some power behind it. So much of the indie stuff out there is so soft, has no guitar solos, no power and is just plain wimpy.

Clau_yellowled

Pink Floyd!! I just can stand them that much!! my sister tell me "how can you say that you have great taste of music when you don't like Pink Floyd!?" well I just answer to her "Well, my favorite band it's Pearl Jam"

also Joy Division not that big fan but people tell me that I have to like them!! I like one song! that's ok right!?

catefrances

evenflow82 wrote:

Tool. I just imagine them appealing to all the goth people who will listen to anything that is dark. This obviously isn't true, but I just don't get them and can't get into them.

Tons of indie stuff. I like my rock with some power behind it. So much of the indie stuff out there is so soft, has no guitar solos, no power and is just plain wimpy.

i love TOOL and i'm not goth.

FinsburyParkCarrots

Oh, yeah, Tool. I just thought they were a bit silly, but they're quite good, if you like that sort of thing. I'd never buy or download anything they do, and I've heard most of it. But good luck to them. Nope, for me, there are far worse bands than Tool, who have a reputation.

I have all of Zep's albums, but compared to Hendrix, they're nothing. Nothing at all. Wearisome, in fact. Music for the masses who don't like music but are sold on classic cool.

But again, they're okay.


Edit: teasing. I like Zep.

But I like Hendrix more.

goldrush

Bob Marley
Tool
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Jeff Buckley

I am ALWAYS getting torn by my friends for not liking these bands. I just don't get what the fuss is about. Yes I could probably name 1 or 2 songs by them that I like but it would be a struggle.

Pearl Jam and toast

Your soul has a hole in it if you don't like the Pixies.

hippiemom

I don't feel that I SHOULD like anything, but there are a few that "everyone" seems to like that do nothing for me.

The Smashing Pumpkins: I'm waiting for the tribute album, so I can hear some of these great songs sung by decent voices.

Oasis: mediocre music performed by a couple of assholes

The Smiths: Morrissey to me is like ground glass in my ears. What a bunch of whining.

norm

hippiemom wrote:

I don't feel that I SHOULD like anything, but there are a few that "everyone" seems to like that do nothing for me.

The Smashing Pumpkins: I'm waiting for the tribute album, so I can hear some of these great songs sung by decent voices.

Oasis: mediocre music performed by a couple of assholes

The Smiths: Morrissey to me is like ground glass in my ears. What a bunch of whining.

Oh yeah, how can I forget the Smiths? Or Depeche Mode? Hell, I tell ya, hell!

Stereotype

Dream Theater comes to my mind.
I play drums so I know the quality of this band..but I...I don't know..I don't feel it. Drums solos are fenomenal, but as a whole it just doesn't do it for me (although I haven't listen to a lot of songs...um...so perhaps if I knew them better..maybe someday..)