hi LBS
I have a loooong list!
But I won't give any names because...
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Wise(b)ass
I have nothing against Rush...the real problem is their fans.
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Artists everyone likes that you don't understand
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I have nothing against Rush...the real problem is their fans.
Not sure why some won't list names, we're all entitled to our own opinions.
My list: Neil Young, the Beatles, Rush's keyboard albums, David Bowie, most Radiohead, most Rolling Stones.
My list: Neil Young, the Beatles, Rush's keyboard albums, David Bowie, most Radiohead, most Rolling Stones.
The Velvet Underground listed along side Justin Beaver and Mariah Scarey, is something I don't get. Taste is taste and opinions are opinions. But that's one heckuva difference in musical genres.
Luckily the Velvet Underground existed, as has been said everyone who bought their albums started a band. They gave all of us without the glaring skills and talent or virtuosity the ability to play music in a band without feeling we had to be wunderkinds. We could create based on sound and ideas rather than traditional structures and norms of the music world.
I hate to sound like a complainer, and I'm not trying to bash any of these bands/artists. They're all amazing musicians and most of them were a lot better than me when they were 20 than I am now, after years and years of practice. So there's that.
Simon and Garfunkel. I have nothing against either of them, and I like some of Paul Simon's solo stuff. But the S&G albums, I just don't get it. I guess I just can't relate.
Fleetwood Mac, after Peter Green and Danny Kirwan left. I just don't get it. I respect their musicianship, but unless it's the original lineup, I'm out.
Same with Supertramp. I just can't get into it. Funny thing is, Supertramp is one of those bands that remind me of being a kid, as per that other thread, because I had a baby sitter who loved them and used to crank it up whenever they'd come on the radio. She was really nice, and they were a good, respectable, drama-free band, but I just could never get into it.
Kansas. Awesome musicians and I totally respect it, but what the heck was that about? Twenty minutes of diddly-doodly-deedly-deedly organ music. I will admit that Carry On My Wayward Son is fun to play on the bass, though.
Anthrax. I love old school metal and lots of the thrash stuff, but listening to this band was like having somebody hammer nails into my ears.
I'm happy that other people like this stuff, if it makes them happy. I'll even cover any of these bands without complaint, if it involves money or it's really special to somebody with whom I like playing. They just don't get me up and going.
Simon and Garfunkel. I have nothing against either of them, and I like some of Paul Simon's solo stuff. But the S&G albums, I just don't get it. I guess I just can't relate.
Fleetwood Mac, after Peter Green and Danny Kirwan left. I just don't get it. I respect their musicianship, but unless it's the original lineup, I'm out.
Same with Supertramp. I just can't get into it. Funny thing is, Supertramp is one of those bands that remind me of being a kid, as per that other thread, because I had a baby sitter who loved them and used to crank it up whenever they'd come on the radio. She was really nice, and they were a good, respectable, drama-free band, but I just could never get into it.
Kansas. Awesome musicians and I totally respect it, but what the heck was that about? Twenty minutes of diddly-doodly-deedly-deedly organ music. I will admit that Carry On My Wayward Son is fun to play on the bass, though.
Anthrax. I love old school metal and lots of the thrash stuff, but listening to this band was like having somebody hammer nails into my ears.
I'm happy that other people like this stuff, if it makes them happy. I'll even cover any of these bands without complaint, if it involves money or it's really special to somebody with whom I like playing. They just don't get me up and going.
Almost any singer. It takes a hell of a good singer to be better than no singer, and most of them aren’t.
Most of rap and r'n'b makes no sense to me. The few artists I enjoy are borderline to the styles.
oops, almost forgot...also Iron Maiden.
Neil Young I can do without but, Rush and Jaco...dems fighting werds fella.Rush. Jaco. Neil Young half the time.
Rush. Jaco. Neil Young half the time.
I'll throw in Neil Young the other half of the time.
And Bob Dylan.
I stopped listening to pop music some time ago. I just looked at the Billboard Top 100, and I recognize some of the names, and I've maybe heard a song or two by some of them. Everything seems to be about "baby baby", going to the club, and expensive clothing and cars. Apparently you can get rich by doing songs about how rich you are. I wouldn't say I hate all pop music, just bored by most of it.
Country music. Don't get it.
Country music. Don't get it.
Nostalgia. It takes two country and western singers to change a light bulb, one to change the bulb and another to write a song about how good the last one was.
I'm there. I guess I grew up too long ago, too rural and too white to get hip hop/rap. I love Motown and funk, so it's probably the too long ago part that clinches it.
Billie Eilish and The Beatles. I've tried listening to them. I've tried and tried. Nothing vibrates in me!
There's WAAAAYYY too many artists/bands I do not care for that if I start listing all of them, it would seem to go on forever...
.....and since it's not cool to bash people's gear, I'd say that bashing pretty much all of the music the typical pop/rock bar band plays every weekend would be just as unwelcome.
.....and since it's not cool to bash people's gear, I'd say that bashing pretty much all of the music the typical pop/rock bar band plays every weekend would be just as unwelcome.
