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Bands you don't particularily like

#82
Jawbone said:
For me it's Bruce Springsteen. Just can't get into him, I get lambasted all the time by my friends for not joingin the band wagon, but just don’t care for his music. I think he's a terrible guitar player to boot. It’s must be his persona – he always acts like he’s some little tough dude from NJ. (I guess now he’s some little old guy from NJ.)
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I second this. I live in Delaware, about 30 minutes from Philly where Bruce is considered a GOD. Personally, I cannot stand him or his music. I just find it uninteresting, has a few good songs. Around here I keep that opinion to myself as you will get a lynch mob for such words.
 
#83
Kmonk said:
I'll probably take a lot of heat for some of these but here is a partial list:

Frank Zappa
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
Grateful Dead
The Rolling Stones (like some of their early stuff but never cared for Jagger's voice)
Fleetwood Mac
Steely Dan
Pink Floyd
Jamiroquai
Bob Marley
Europe
Santana
Primus
Metallica
Motorhead
Megadeth
Blink 182
Pantera
Rage Against The Machine
Beck
Prince
Garbage
Weezer
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Korn
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Phish
Black Eyed Peas
Tool
Beastie Boys
Dave Matthews Band
Radiohead
Nirvana
REM
Smashing Pumpkins
Pearl Jam
Green Day
Queens of the Stone Age
Fall Out Boy
The White Stripes
The Doors
Any rap, hip hop, anything with a vocalist who screams to the point that you can’t understand a word, anything that is nothing more than a guitarist shredding through most of the song, any jam bands, etc.
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I guess a shorter list for you would be what DO YOU LIKE? Ha!
 
#85
Ooooh! My list is long. I'll try to remember each one...

Bruce Springsteen
U2
INXS
Depeche Mode
Poison
Wham
Duran Duran
Bryan Adams
Simply Red
Pet Shop Boys
Bob Seger
Culture Club
B-52s
Tears for Fears
Spandau Ballet
Milli Vanilli
A-Ha

I could go on...
 
#86
I'm with you guys. There are many popular bands that I don't
particularly care for.

How many times have you gone to a concert and, after about
and hour, said to yourself, "OK, I've had enough now."?

For me, the answer is "Too many." Only a small fraction of
popular bands can keep me entertained for a long evening
and wanting more. There is too much "me too" music (music
that is predictable and just like a hundred other forgetful tunes
you have heard) and too much "pentatonic drivel" (guitar
meandering that you can't remember one minute later). And
the lyrics...redundant, cliche, created with little or no effort.
 
#88
whitedk57 said:
Ooooh! My list is long. I'll try to remember each one...

Bruce Springsteen
U2
INXS
Depeche Mode
Poison
Wham
Duran Duran
Bryan Adams
Simply Red
Pet Shop Boys
Bob Seger
Culture Club
B-52s
Tears for Fears
Spandau Ballet
Milli Vanilli
A-Ha

I could go on...
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There is a band called Pet Shop Boys ?????

Edit ... I looked them up ... they are not a band ... it's 2 guys and a couple of computers making crappy pop songs ...

Edit ... your list is full of bands where you wouldn't want to listen to their full list of songs but most of them have 1 to 3 really good singles.
 
#89
Ric5 said:
There is a band called Pet Shop Boys ?????

Edit ... I looked them up ... they are not a band ... it's 2 guys and a couple of computers making crappy pop songs ...
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While I'm not really fan, I still acknowledge their musical contribution. I find it very arrogant, and borderline ignorant, to assume a band you don't like sucks.
 
#90
I gotta agree with a bunch of these posts. Springsteen, Kiss, U2, Bob Marley. I just can't dig any of them. Especially the whole reggae genre. I know it has its place but to me it is just soooooooooooo repetetive. And don't get me wrong, I enjoy getting "toasted" too but that only makes me want to listen to something a little more interesting than a rhythm section repeating the same thing over and over
 
#92
hover said:
lol, exactly. that's exactly what this thread deserves, and practically begs for, imo....sure discussion in general terms in fine and far be it for me to be one to condemn it on those terms, but this thread remains mean-spirited and pointless...also imo.

Given enough replies by enough people, I am sure that every band ever will be mentioned. So in short,

no band is good, they all kinda stink,

/thread.
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This is true. I think it's kinda fun to talk about in a way, though.

The kind of music I listen to gets nonstop abuse from just about everyone I talk to, so for me, it isn't anything out of the ordinary to hear people saying they can't stand bands I like. Hell, one person on the boards (I won't say who), about a year ago or so, said that he hates the fans every bit as much as the music he was bashing and even claimed to cross the street in order to avoid those perceived fans of said music when he saw them on the sidewalk.

I didn't bother to start a flame war or to even send a PM. I don't care that someone is that uptight. And I'm glad that some others here can take someone disliking their favorite music in stride. I don't think the intent was mean spirited unless the OP was hoping for flame wars, and I didn't get that impression.
 
#93
I grew up in jersey and hated springsteen when I was a teenager. I moved to Fl and 30 years later his show are like a religious experience. That being said, I hate when he breaks out a simple 1-4-5 rock n roll tune. His epic songs move me. The Rising managed to take 911 and turn it into cheerful sounding songs about a dark subject.
T o each their own:
I dislike Rush, Metallica, anything on terrestrial radio or my cover band plays every week.
 
#96
Jawbone said:
For me it's Bruce Springsteen. Just can't get into him, I get lambasted all the time by my friends for not joingin the band wagon, but just don’t care for his music. I think he's a terrible guitar player to boot. It’s must be his persona – he always acts like he’s some little tough dude from NJ. (I guess now he’s some little old guy from NJ.)
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THANK YOU SO EFFING MUCH OP!!!!

I think Bruce Springsteen seems like a cool guy, and I get why so many people like his, sort of - and my parents are huge fans -

But I would rather listen to ANYTHING other than Bruce Springsteen's music... ANYTHING.

I would rather listen to 3 hours of Barbra Streisand, Yoko Ono and my Tone-Deaf mother singing cheesy Christmas tunes, backed by The Shaggs (seriously, can we make this happen!?!?!?!?) than listen to 5 minutes of Bruce Springsteen...

I have no idea why... I like his backing band... but to me he sounds like a Wookie being tortured - and all I can think is "LET THE WOOKIE WIN, GODDAMMIT!!!)
 

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