any love for popular rock bands?

direwolf74

I love any music that moves me, whether it's indie, mainstream...whatever. Like a lot of folks on this board, I'm a HUGE indie-rock fan, but I certainly don't judge a band just because they're signed to a major label and have mass appeal. There are plenty of "popular" bands/artists that I enjoy immensely:

U2
Bruce Springsteen
Foo Fighters
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Queens of the Stone Age
Pearl Jam
The Tragically Hip (insanely popular here in Canada)
Blue Rodeo (also huge in Canada)
Radiohead
The Black Crowes
Tom Petty
Red Hot Chili Peppers
R.E.M.
Coldplay (I'm tired of having to explain my reasons for liking these guys)
Beck
Green Day (say what you want about them, but American Idiot was fuckin' brilliant. Three words: Jesus of Suburbia)

PJamGrunge10

I like Pearl Jam.

Pearl Jam and toast

PJamGrunge10 wrote:

I like Pearl Jam.

Shame they all mysteriously died in 1995 isn't it?

I hear Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament finally unlocked the portal to the 4th dimension.

lucylespian

zircona1 wrote:

U2. Judging by their last tour and album sales, they're still pretty popular. I still think they're making good music, even though on here a lot of people dislike them.

Green Day's last album was a total surprise, better than I expected it to be.

I like the Strokes as well, I saw them last year and they put on a good show.

I haven't listened to any new Foo Fighters since One By One, which was a total disappointment.

Interesting !! I loved One by One, but In Your Honour left me cold. How many octave riff songs can one man write ?? Learning to Fly is still one of funniest clips ever !! LIke Green Day too, a few lacklustre efforts, but overall a good smattering of gems over the years, and American Idiot was superb. Punk opera, how cool is that ?? Who cares about the eyeliner, nearly every indie/alt band has done a degree of dress-ups, it's part of the show.

iluvcats

I love Edwin McCain, Lifehouse and the Foo Fighters.

And last weekend, I enjoyed seeing the Panic Channel.

FreshTendrils

lucylespian wrote:

Interesting !! I loved One by One, but In Your Honour left me cold. How many octave riff songs can one man write ?? Learning to Fly is still one of funniest clips ever !! LIke Green Day too, a few lacklustre efforts, but overall a good smattering of gems over the years, and American Idiot was superb. Punk opera, how cool is that ?? Who cares about the eyeliner, nearly every indie/alt band has done a degree of dress-ups, it's part of the show.

I agree with the first poster, One by One was a major disappointment. Its dull and lacks any kind of fire or passion that Grohl had on the previous two albums.

Todd76

I too enjoy some popular bands - i'm not just a pretentious indie rock snob (contrary to popular opinion) who bases their love of music on how many units a band has shifted. I quite enjoy:

Tool
Beck
Queens Of The Stoneage
Radiohead
Death Cab For Cutie
Neil Young
Oasis
Nirvana
the Strokes
Soul Asylum
Coldplay (own all their albums)
the Cure
U2
REM
Sarah McLachlan
the Beatles
Blind Melon
the White Stripes
Snow Patrol
.....I even own a 30 Seconds To Mars album - gasp - how emo am I, eh?

soclose

I don't understand a statement like "indie bands suck." A band "sucks" because they're signed to a small record label? Call me crazy, but I think a musician's sound has little to do with how many records they sell, how those records are distributed, or how trendy their fans are (okay, pop music may be a different story . . .). "Indie" has to be one of the least useful adjectives used to describe the sound of a band, right along with "emo," and yes, "grunge."

I might also add that this argument is a two-way street. You might call a Decemberists fan an "indie snob," but I fail to see how that's more acceptable than that same "snob" saying your tastes are too "mainstream." You're both snobs. I can't stand the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, but it has nothing to do with how popular they are. I don't like they're sound, but I'm not going to tell anyone that their favorite band "sucks" for any reason, and certainly not because they get a lot of radio play. It's just music! Why can't we live and let live?

That said, Pearl Jam, Neil Young and The Beatles are some of my favorites. I like Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Weezer. I don't mind listening to U2, Foo Fighters and Tom Petty. My favorite band right now is Wilco, I'm enjoying the new Shin's CD, and I've come to love My Morning Jacket over the last year or so. In my eyes, from the first band I listed to the last, it's all good music. That's all I need to know.

Collin

Tool, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Led Zeppelin, The Who, QOTSA, The Black Crowes, Soundgarden, RATM... the list goes on and on...

edit: listening to NIN right now

given to grunge

U2 is the world biggest band!! period!

pearl jam too, but they're not in the same music!

btb002

I'm pretty split (in terms of my iPod), for every Pearl Jam, there's a Pavement. For every Green Day, theres is a Fugazi. For every early Radiohead song, there's a later Radiohead song. I starting to think I should of use more up to date bands, well too late.

lucylespian

soclose wrote:

It's just music! Why can't we live and let live?

Couldn't agree with this guy more !!!!!
It's not a competition, but everything seems to be these days. Geez, I sound like a BOF don't I.

drew0

I hate the whole indie scene. Some may be a fan, but I find it incredibly boring and repetitive. I just don't see anything appealing about Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, The Decemberists, and TV On The Radio.

The Big Man

Any one listened to the band The Answer, bluesy rock at its best, there album Rise was quailty

soclose

lucylespian wrote:

Couldn't agree with this guy more !!!!!
It's not a competition, but everything seems to be these days. Geez, I sound like a BOF don't I.

Thanks (from this girl);)

I agree that musical fandom shouldn't be a competition. It's perfectly cool to dislike any music you don't enjoy. I just wish there wasn't so much negativity going around this messageboard, whether aimed toward mainstream or indie music. We can't all like the same thing - other than Pearl Jam, of course!

soulsinging

drew0 wrote:

I hate the whole indie scene. Some may be a fan, but I find it incredibly boring and repetitive. I just don't see anything appealing about Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, The Decemberists, and TV On The Radio.

funny, i mostly agree with you that the indie scene bores me, but i actually like the 3 bands you used for examples.

Tek Money

Todd76 wrote:

I too enjoy some popular bands - i'm not just a pretentious indie rock snob (contrary to popular opinion) who bases their love of music on how many units a band has shifted. I quite enjoy:

Tool
Beck
Queens Of The Stoneage
Radiohead
Death Cab For Cutie
Neil Young
Oasis
Nirvana
the Strokes
Soul Asylum
Coldplay (own all their albums)
the Cure
U2
REM
Sarah McLachlan
the Beatles
Blind Melon
the White Stripes
Snow Patrol
.....I even own a 30 Seconds To Mars album - gasp - how emo am I, eh?

You and I are pretty much the same person as far as music goes. I thought I was unique :(

I will make fun of you for liking Sarah though. Even though I like her too. But you're a guy. Haha.

soulsinging

Tek Money wrote:

You and I are pretty much the same person as far as music goes. I thought I was unique :(

I will make fun of you for liking Sarah though. Even though I like her too. But you're a guy. Haha.

yeah, sarah's pretty wussy for a guy

i do seem to like a lot of the bands he does though too... maybe the three of us should start a club.

Todd76

Tek Money wrote:

You and I are pretty much the same person as far as music goes. I thought I was unique :(

I will make fun of you for liking Sarah though. Even though I like her too. But you're a guy. Haha.

She's got a great voice - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy is an incredible album!

......I think I just have a thing for Canadian girls named Sarah....Sarah McLachlan, Sarah Slean, Sarah Harmer (!), Sara (from Tegan & Sara), and my lovely wife Sarah

Todd76

soulsinging wrote:

i do seem to like a lot of the bands he does though too... maybe the three of us should start a club.

great minds think alike

.....its so nice to feel accepted after getting slagged on a bunch of threads over the weekend I HATE being called annoying :(

.....what should we call our club? nobody else can join though - otherwise we would be getting a little to mainstream and we might lose our indie street cred