Bands you can't stand.

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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Cream. Good musicianship does not redeem shit music.
  • bennett13
    bennett13 Posts: 439
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Cream. Good musicianship does not redeem shit music.

    Oh wow, dude....how are you on Blind Faith or Derek and the Dominos?
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    bennett13 wrote:
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Cream. Good musicianship does not redeem shit music.

    Oh wow, dude....how are you on Blind Faith or Derek and the Dominos?

    Blind Faith is better, but it's a pity there was an ego-clash and as a project it failed. Also, there are some tremendous jams on the Layla album which justified the double album format. But Cream just sounded a bit poncy to me with the Peter Brown wanky lyrics, the pseudo-operatic vocal harmonies and the uneven quality of the material. They grate on me. I love Jimi, by contrast, with a passion, but Cream's albums leave me cold.
  • gecko
    gecko Posts: 1,712
    BamaPJFan wrote:
    MANKIND wrote:
    oh shit, where to start? lets see

    lynard skynard
    david bowie
    reo speedwagon
    van halen
    poisen
    motley cru
    u2
    def leppard
    rhcp
    foo fighters
    nickleback
    puddle of mud
    shine down
    the white stripes

    and probably a shit load more

    One of the Pearl Jam guys (might have been McCready) said that Def Leppard is one of his all time favorite bands. He said he used to go to their concerts and try to meet the band backstage after shows. (It's in the 'Immagine in Cornice' documentary where he said this.)

    You should hear a BBC radio show few years ago where McCready mentioned his music tastes (not sure which band), and interviewer asked 'what about the people with good taste', whole band was there, everyone guffawed. :lol:
  • ForceofNature101
    ForceofNature101 Posts: 1,295
    Fall Out Boy
    Kesha
    Creed (I love Alter Bridge however, I guess Scott Stapp is the defining factor of horrible music)
    Switchfoot
    Red
  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    edited April 2011
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    bennett13 wrote:
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Cream. Good musicianship does not redeem shit music.

    Oh wow, dude....how are you on Blind Faith or Derek and the Dominos?

    Blind Faith is better, but it's a pity there was an ego-clash and as a project it failed. Also, there are some tremendous jams on the Layla album which justified the double album format. But Cream just sounded a bit poncy to me with the Peter Brown wanky lyrics, the pseudo-operatic vocal harmonies and the uneven quality of the material. They grate on me. I love Jimi, by contrast, with a passion, but Cream's albums leave me cold.

    Innnnnnnteresssting.

    I love Cream. I guess I never gave a fuck about the lyrics so much.... it's rock music, so it's about the sound most of all. Because it's brash, and because it's ridiculous. But you know, I fucking love Rush too. If a band can jam like the world's gonna end tomorrow and make everyone around them look like chumps, I'm lovin it. But earthiness is good sometimes too.
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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    edited April 2011
    Actually all good music has to have some earthiness to it, because there are some bands that can really play, but they sound completely phony. Sometimes pretense can be a good thing, and it's hard to explain why, but there's a point where it just becomes too much.

    Muse is a good example of a band that overdoes it. They have built a large following with many pointing to their live show as part of their greatness, and they do seem to perform their material well, but their material is fucking awful. There doesn't seem to be any point to their music except showing off their expertise at regurgitating the latest blend of the rock & roll formula. The singer dude is obviously ripping off Thom Yorke's style, but he has none of the depth. The guitar work is flashy without any feel. Seems like their allure has already begun to fade with the public. OK, enough picking on Muse.

    Kings of Leon makes me laugh. The dude's singing is really silly. :lol:

    Good thread. Just a few weeks ago I thought there should be a thread like this. I thought maybe it would be too bitchy, but it's good to get shit like this off your chest sometimes. :thumbup:
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    curmudgeoness wrote:
    Michael Jackson -- I can't say anything nice, so I won't say anything.

    Britney Spears/Lady Gaga/ Katy Perry/ etc. Manufactured performance art does not equal music.

    Motley Crue and their ilk. -- Call them hair bands, crotch rock, whatever. I came from a part of the country where they were inescapable. Oh, and Kid Rock.

    The Black-Eyed Peas -- I HATE the Black-Eyed Peas!!! I call them "music for the semi-literate." I don't know how anybody can listen to that and not have their head explode.

    Billy Joel -- loathe him.

    "New country" -- I don't get it. My husband and I frequent a great sushi place that has some country song about drunk-dialing and/or booty calls playing on repeat -- It's a quarter to something and I'm drunk and I need some lovin'. Ugh.

    I must be in a good mood, because that's all that's coming to mind. But I really, really hate the BEPs.
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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Cream. Good musicianship does not redeem shit music.

    I'm curious.... if you were forced to listen to one Cream song, which one would you pick? Is there a Cream song or two that you do like?

    And your thoughts regarding Jimi's cover of Sunshine of Your Love?
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    MANKIND wrote:
    oh shit, where to start? lets see

    the white stripes

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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    I thought of some more bands that unnerve me...

    Matchbox 20, although I like the song Rob Thomas did with Santana
    Green Day, although Dookie is OK and brings back high school memories.
    Kid Rock
    everything by Bon Jovi that's not on Slippery When Wet

    I like the Eagles, particularly the Hotel California album. Sorry.
    U2 will always be one of my faves, and I've just recently grown to love No Line on the Horizon. Their whole catalog rocks my soul, it's official.
  • I'm the ocean
    I'm the ocean Posts: 77
    The Foo Fighters should hang themselves with their latest single 'Rope'. To me it just seems like they try to hard and for whatever reason I just can't stand them.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    kenny olav wrote:
    I thought of some more bands that unnerve me...

    Matchbox 20, although I like the song Rob Thomas did with Santana
    Green Day, although Dookie is OK and brings back high school memories.
    Kid Rock
    everything by Bon Jovi that's not on Slippery When Wet

    I like the Eagles, particularly the Hotel California album. Sorry.
    U2 will always be one of my faves, and I've just recently grown to love No Line on the Horizon. Their whole catalog rocks my soul, it's official.
    Hotel California is a classic. I love the Eagles.
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  • bennett13
    bennett13 Posts: 439
    Newch91 wrote:
    kenny olav wrote:
    I thought of some more bands that unnerve me...

    Matchbox 20, although I like the song Rob Thomas did with Santana
    Green Day, although Dookie is OK and brings back high school memories.
    Kid Rock
    everything by Bon Jovi that's not on Slippery When Wet

    I like the Eagles, particularly the Hotel California album. Sorry.
    U2 will always be one of my faves, and I've just recently grown to love No Line on the Horizon. Their whole catalog rocks my soul, it's official.
    Hotel California is a classic. I love the Eagles.


    Sorry, folks....I kinda like the Eagles too but the Eagles didn't do much that the Flying Burrito Brothers weren't doing earlier and better.
  • Bushleaguer28
    Bushleaguer28 Posts: 776
    U2
    Nickleback
    Coldplay
    Anything that sounds like Good Charlotte
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    homegrown wrote:
    The Foo Fighters should hang themselves with their latest single 'Rope'. To me it just seems like they try to hard and for whatever reason I just can't stand them.

    I think the foo fighters are the modern day AC/DC (not a good thing...all songs sound the same)

    Dave Matthews is number 1 on my list. I can't stand that whiny bastard. Ants Marching makes the Fixer want to go postal
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,854
    easy one



    Kiss

    Ozzy since 2000 (although he isnt a band).
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    bennett13 wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    kenny olav wrote:
    I thought of some more bands that unnerve me...

    Matchbox 20, although I like the song Rob Thomas did with Santana
    Green Day, although Dookie is OK and brings back high school memories.
    Kid Rock
    everything by Bon Jovi that's not on Slippery When Wet

    I like the Eagles, particularly the Hotel California album. Sorry.
    U2 will always be one of my faves, and I've just recently grown to love No Line on the Horizon. Their whole catalog rocks my soul, it's official.
    Hotel California is a classic. I love the Eagles.


    Sorry, folks....I kinda like the Eagles too but the Eagles didn't do much that the Flying Burrito Brothers weren't doing earlier and better.

    Not really.....Im not knockin them and my knowledge doesnt run real deep for either band, but my ears tell me they're comin from totally different trips.

    The Eagles are really just a rock band to me. Sure they have some country influences, but they didn't really seem to take too much from that genre, especially when you compare them to FBB.
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    I HATE Nirvana!!!!
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  • bennett13
    bennett13 Posts: 439
    Hotel California is a classic. I love the Eagles.[/quote]


    Sorry, folks....I kinda like the Eagles too but the Eagles didn't do much that the Flying Burrito Brothers weren't doing earlier and better.[/quote]

    Not really.....Im not knockin them and my knowledge doesnt run real deep for either band, but my ears tell me they're comin from totally different trips.

    The Eagles are really just a rock band to me. Sure they have some country influences, but they didn't really seem to take too much from that genre, especially when you compare them to FBB.[/quote]


    "Take It Easy," "Peaceful Easy Feeling," "Tequila Sunrise," "Lyin' Eyes," & "Saturday Night" all sound awfully country influenced to me. I admit they branched out and rocked harder as the years went by (probably due to Joe Walsh's influence, but he didn't come into the band until '76 with Hotel California), but they're early stuff definitely sounds like watered-down FBB to me. Plus, Bernie Leadon (the Eagle who Joe Walsh replaced) was in FBB before he joined the Eagles. I can certainly understand your opinion, though. The Burrito Brothers had more of a 50's-60's R&B streak to them. ("Dark End of the Street")

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