Springsteen. Can’t believe he made it out of New Jersey’s bars.
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Artists everyone likes that you don't understand
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Oh, for sure. Quite frankly there some bassists that are/ have been revered on TB that I just don't care for. As said it's a taste thing...
Yep. Jaco, anything Jack White/White Stripes related, Jason Aldean, Kanye, the current crop of auto-tuned pop-puppets like Beyonce/Taylor Swift/Katy Perry/Justin Bieber. That being said, there is a lot of great, under-appreciated music out there from other parts of the world.
Don't get me wrong, it some cases (ok, pretty much just Jaco from the list above) I have immense respect for their contribution to and their effect on the music world. It just doesn't fall into my listening or playing tastes.
Bruce Springsteen
Nirvana
Godsmack
White Stripes
Lil Jon
tons of 00s one-hit nu RnB "This Week's Flava waste Of Time Rapper (featuring Ho Of Da Month and Lil Jon)"
Im happy for anybody that is successful in the music business but I never understood the correlation of the above artists and their hype/popularity (especially Nirvana....and, yes, Im from that era)
Nirvana
Godsmack
White Stripes
Lil Jon
tons of 00s one-hit nu RnB "This Week's Flava waste Of Time Rapper (featuring Ho Of Da Month and Lil Jon)"
Im happy for anybody that is successful in the music business but I never understood the correlation of the above artists and their hype/popularity (especially Nirvana....and, yes, Im from that era)
I have a list.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
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There's no such thing as an artist that "everyone likes".
I don't like anything rap or hip hop and don't care for most modern pop artists.
Rock bands I have never cared for:
Nirvana (In my opinion, the most overrated band of all time)
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Motorhead
Metallica (Like the music, can't stand Hetfield's voice)
Guns N Roses (Like the music, can't stand Axl's voice)
Megadeath
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Green Day
Fall Out Boys
Iron Maiden
Grateful Dead
Phish
Dave Matthews
Linkin Park
Pearl Jam (Eddie Vedder's vocals are often flat and pitchy)
R.E.M.
Smashing Pumpkins
I don't like anything rap or hip hop and don't care for most modern pop artists.
Rock bands I have never cared for:
Nirvana (In my opinion, the most overrated band of all time)
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Motorhead
Metallica (Like the music, can't stand Hetfield's voice)
Guns N Roses (Like the music, can't stand Axl's voice)
Megadeath
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Green Day
Fall Out Boys
Iron Maiden
Grateful Dead
Phish
Dave Matthews
Linkin Park
Pearl Jam (Eddie Vedder's vocals are often flat and pitchy)
R.E.M.
Smashing Pumpkins
Hey now. I read this while I was watching a Vulfpeck video and it nearly bruised my soul.
Tastes can vastly differ. To me he may very well be the best folk/rock US singer alive.
I'm not saying they aren't good players. But they are hardly groundbreaking innovators.
I'll jump on the Bob Dylan band wagon. Don't get me wrong, Bob is an excellent song writer. I just find it difficult listening to him sing. YMMV
Bruce is a major downer. Everything he writes comes across as negative energy to me.
Rap
Short for crap
And: the only good rapper is the one that’s dead
On it
(Not mine, Prince if I am correct
)
Short for crap
And: the only good rapper is the one that’s dead
On it
(Not mine, Prince if I am correct
)
Devourment- every death metal fan I know of absolutely adores this band... but I find their music dreadfully boring and monotonous.
And though I dare not say this out loud, I'm not much of a Bruce Springsteen fan. The E-Street Band is fantastic, but Bruce... not so much. However, I live in New Jersey and have called that state home for over 3/4s of my life so there is the prevailing attitude of, "How can you be from New Jersey and not like The Boss?" Sorry, but my favorite New Jersey bands are Symphony X, Dillinger Escape Plan, God Forbid, Burt By The Sun, The Misfits, and though I wouldn't listen to Springsteen I'll happily listen to Bon Jovi all day.
And as for Rush, I think it's Geddy's voice that makes them such a divisive band. People either love it or hate it. I can't stand young Geddy's shrieking on early Rush albums, but the way his voice mellows out on Roll the Bones (when he was in his late 30s) sounds fantastic to me. And love or hate Geddy, can you really imagine Rush with any other voice?
And though I dare not say this out loud, I'm not much of a Bruce Springsteen fan. The E-Street Band is fantastic, but Bruce... not so much. However, I live in New Jersey and have called that state home for over 3/4s of my life so there is the prevailing attitude of, "How can you be from New Jersey and not like The Boss?" Sorry, but my favorite New Jersey bands are Symphony X, Dillinger Escape Plan, God Forbid, Burt By The Sun, The Misfits, and though I wouldn't listen to Springsteen I'll happily listen to Bon Jovi all day.
And as for Rush, I think it's Geddy's voice that makes them such a divisive band. People either love it or hate it. I can't stand young Geddy's shrieking on early Rush albums, but the way his voice mellows out on Roll the Bones (when he was in his late 30s) sounds fantastic to me. And love or hate Geddy, can you really imagine Rush with any other voice?
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Talking Heads. Never could stand that guy's voice. The Doors. Always thought Morrison was a poser with an awful voice.
I became a generally happier person when I realized that I don't have to actively dislike things I don't like.
I love the Doors but I've got a buddy who absolutely can't stand them, and even tho I dig um, I do kinda get it.... Lol.
