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Post by uwaztec on Aug 10, 2010 17:52:03 GMT -8
kiss
foreigner
styx
most of the 80's hair bands
Michael McDonald
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 10, 2010 18:07:10 GMT -8
Pretty much all Metal and a lot of Hard Rock. And others, of course, such as any bubble gum music and a lot of disco, although I do have a fondness for a couple of Village People songs and a couple of Donna Summer songs. But jeez, the freaking Bee Gees? New York Mining Disaster and Lonely Days were pretty solid efforts (albeit the latter being a total rip off of Lennon's style), but the way they sold out to disco was crap.
=Bob
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Post by joshjones1 on Aug 10, 2010 20:05:12 GMT -8
Dave Matthews Band (ugh--cant stand em)
Coldplay
Smashing Pumpkins
Favorite Band of all time: GNR
2nd Fave: Alice in Chains
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Post by monty on Aug 10, 2010 21:24:34 GMT -8
Dave Matthews and Kiss are perfect answers for this.
The Grateful Dead.
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Post by monty on Aug 10, 2010 21:26:37 GMT -8
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Aug 11, 2010 7:02:26 GMT -8
If I can not understand the lyrics, I do not like the songs. Some bands are difficult that way. Now, on a few occasions when somebody told me what the lyrics were, I learned to like the song and the band.
Off the wall, I'd say that I do not like heavy metal and hard rock and grunge. I did like Nirvanna, but that was mostly because of the obvious genius of Cobain. As we often see in the music business those with the most creative talent are taken early.
Some evil deity is jealous of them.
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Post by Spud on Aug 12, 2010 9:42:42 GMT -8
I never liked Aerosmyth...nor the Greatfull Dead. Two bands which seemed a little overhyped to me. Depeche Mode is another...
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Post by uwaztec on Aug 12, 2010 15:06:50 GMT -8
Dave Matthews and Kiss are perfect answers for this. The Grateful Dead. Just to briefly address the Dead for Monty and Spud. You really had to be there at the Fillmore and Winterland (1969-1973 or so) to appreciate the Dead. This is a band that fit into a distinct era and represented what was happening at the time. I disliked the Dead myself in 1971 and was surrounded by quite a few Dead heads where I grew up in the Bay Area at Walnut Creek. I didn't get them at all, and tried to go to parties that were not playing the Dead all night. Then, I went to see them live at Stanford and just loved the show. The Dead was all about the live show. I can easily see why people wouldn't like the music ..... but if you had been there during that period of time and had seen them live.. I think your experience would be different. |
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Post by monty on Aug 12, 2010 16:17:52 GMT -8
Dave Matthews and Kiss are perfect answers for this. The Grateful Dead. Just to briefly address the Dead for Monty and Spud. You really had to be there at the Fillmore and Winterland (1969-1973 or so) to appreciate the Dead. This is a band that fit into a distinct era and represented what was happening at the time. I disliked the Dead myself in 1971 and was surrounded by quite a few Dead heads where I grew up in the Bay Area at Walnut Creek. I didn't get them at all, and tried to go to parties that were not playing the Dead all night. Then, I went to see them live at Stanford and just loved the show. The Dead was all about the live show. I can easily see why people wouldn't like the music ..... but if you had been there during that period of time and had seen them live.. I think your experience would be different. I think it was Sara Silverman Show had a sketch where people kept going to some jam band and she was trying to convince them that they were only going and enjoyed it because of the drugs and then some zaniness happens. i understand they must have meant something at that time and all that, but I just cannot find their music even marginally entertaining. |
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Aug 13, 2010 9:35:36 GMT -8
Dave Matthews Band (ugh--cant stand em) Me neither. Equally sad is the legion (lesion) of imitators that he spawned. Dave Matthews does have some value. His songs sort of border on crappola, but seen with the videos they are entertaining if you are bored with everything else you have been doing and want to be visually stimulated. Look at the videos. They have value, especially in the contrast between the faces and the people. I also note that the blond haired women in most of the scenes look exactly like the blond headed women I was attracted to in my young man days (under age 27). All of my lady friends in San Francisco in the Sixties looked like the blonds in the Matthews videos (with a few exceptions). I was into blonds back then, until I went to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, and got into a Black Goddess. |
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Post by k5james on Aug 13, 2010 11:08:51 GMT -8
"I've had a rough day and I hate the effing Eagles man!"
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Post by ziggy on Aug 15, 2010 19:43:52 GMT -8
Bon Jovi
Talking Heads
Tina Turner
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Post by cvtower on Aug 16, 2010 19:40:44 GMT -8
I never liked Aerosmyth...nor the Greatfull Dead. Two bands which seemed a little overhyped to me. Depeche Mode is another... Lol. Depeche Mode happens to be my favorite band. I've never understood the big deal about Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, Radiohead, and Kanye West. There's a few more I can't think of now |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2010 6:48:03 GMT -8
I pretty much agree on everything everyone has said, with a few exceptions.
Styx: They put on a great show now that the POS original lead singer whose name I've forgotten is estranged from the rest of the band. The Grand Illusion is terrific, as are portions of Paradise Theater. Mr. Roboto was the nadir of rock 'n roll.
Heart: Agree on "Dreamboat Annie" and I also really like "Dog and Butterfly" from that album.
Depeche Mode: When I'm in the mood, I enjoy their stuff.
Other groups on my most-hated list:
Motley Crue (horrible music, worse personalities)
Any rap (yeah, I know I'm old; however, anybody with a 3-digit IQ can string together a bunch of rhyming verses but that isn't so of a catchy melody or riff, which is why so many rappers rip off real musicians' stuff as background for their "lyrics")
All thrash metal bands (dentists' drills are less annoying)
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Post by monty on Aug 17, 2010 17:30:08 GMT -8
Motley crue is another wonderful example (though what a perfect name for a band - too bad ruined on them)
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Post by rolf tomato on Aug 17, 2010 18:15:58 GMT -8
Rod Stewart
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2010 22:14:11 GMT -8
Never heard anything (not one song) from them, but I'm reallystarting to dislike Slayer.
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Post by AztecTom on Aug 21, 2010 23:10:37 GMT -8
Pretty much all Metal and a lot of Hard Rock. And others, of course, such as any bubble gum music and a lot of disco, although I do have a fondness for a couple of Village People songs and a couple of Donna Summer songs. But jeez, the freaking Bee Gees? New York Mining Disaster and Lonely Days were pretty solid efforts (albeit the latter being a total rip off of Lennon's style), but the way they sold out to disco was crap. =Bob What a shocker you like the Village People. Why does this not surprise me. |
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Post by untitled on Aug 23, 2010 17:54:24 GMT -8
Clapton is God. Much better technical player than Jimi, Hendrix just had way more style. |
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Aug 23, 2010 19:26:43 GMT -8
Pretty much all Metal and a lot of Hard Rock. And others, of course, such as any bubble gum music and a lot of disco, although I do have a fondness for a couple of Village People songs and a couple of Donna Summer songs. But jeez, the freaking Bee Gees? New York Mining Disaster and Lonely Days were pretty solid efforts (albeit the latter being a total rip off of Lennon's style), but the way they sold out to disco was crap. =Bob What a shocker you like the Village People. Why does this not surprise me. I'm still trying to figure out how Lonely Days was a total rip off of Lennon's style. The Up tempo beat half way through the song reminded me of some of the Beatles' songs, but I do not see a ripoff there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pn1SGRq7_Y. |
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