bands and artists you've tried to like, but just can't

[zorra_chiflada]

there's always those bands that people you know RAVE about, and you give them a lot of listening and TRY to like them, but you just can't. or bands that make you look cool, so you try to listen to them so you can look cool too, but you don't like them, so you don't feel as cool. this is what this thread is about y'all.
-birthday party
-jon spencer blues explosion
-bjork
-joy division (i have two albums but i never really liked them.)
-beck (i do dig some stuff. the operative word is SOME)

there's gonna be others, i'm just trying to refresh my memory.

[alexandra]

long list... starting with SOAD and RATM. meanwhile my buddies can't see the deal with Bob Dylan.

[*HOTWIFE*]

Rolling Stones
U2
Pink Floyd
The Ramones
there's more I just can't think of em right now

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

-beck (i do dig some stuff. the operative word is SOME)

Blasphemy! :eek:

[Mr Films]

Metallica
Nirvana
Pearl Jam

[DroppinScience]

Tom Waits. I just can't get into him. Perhaps too "out there" for me.

[DipDipDive]

The Mars Volta

[Exmachina]

Anything country Y'ALL. I've triend to enjoy any of the genre but can't... and this is over years and years. Something just really unappealing.




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(((((((((( Listening to : Low by Coldplay
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[AdRockGRL]

- Muse
- Radiohead

now I don't remember others....but soon I will...

[EN[i]GMA]

-joy division (i have two albums but i never really liked them.)


Same thing here.

They're not bad at all, and I can listen to their records and enjoy them.

But I prefer Interpol.

:o

[cosmo105]

-pink floyd (respect them, but just...eh, don't see it)
-joy division (i kind of hate them actually)
-i wouldn't say radiohead, because i really do like them. i just haven't gotten into them much yet. i could say the same for beck.
-R.E.M.

[Otis Driftwood]

Bolt Thrower - I loved the covers but I was just about to trade punk for death metal

[camo]

I'll hang for this:

THE CLASH :eek:

[alexandra]

^ if you've just heard songs like London Calling and Should I Stay Or Should I Go, then i can't blame you.

[camo]

^ if you've just heard songs like London Calling and Should I Stay Or Should I Go, then i can't blame you.

Maybe but everybody reckons that they owe something to the clash, it gets a bit boring really. I dunno, maybe i'm just not cool enough!

[monkey]

- modest mouse. my brother fucking infiltrates the house with that but i just wanna kill people when i hear it. i tried, i really did.
- rolling stones
- eminem

yea theres lots. it's just that i dont try to remember them, seeing as how i just dont like them.

[The Notorious LOL]

I'll hang for this:

THE CLASH :eek:


nah the clash sucks.

[Rock]

Respect but just don't get:

Pink Floyd
The Beatles (thats right, I said the beatles)
Bob Dylan
Beta Band

Sure some songs I like, but I am more likely to look for something else to listen to if they are on.


Just can't like, not sure if really want to after trying a few times:

KISS
REM
Death Cab for Cutie
The Raconteurs (only tried once so things may change in the future)
Tupac
Jay Z

[cosmo105]

eh. the new death cab stuff is so awful i'm ashamed to say i ever used to really like them. their older stuff is really good for certain moods though.

[milleson]

Tool

[b-grrrlie]

I have never even pretended to like Bob Dylan nor Led Zeppelin....

[Schmeltz]

I'll second Modest Mouse, and I'll add Franz Ferdinand. Never understood what the attraction is/was, but my roommate was into it for a while.

I also don't get the big deal about Gnarls Barkley. Shit seems mediocre at best from what I've heard - which is a fair bit because it seems to work its way into most parties I've attended this summer.

[CrankItUp!]

Danzig
Tool
Guns N' Roses

[DandyFop]

Gnarls Barkley, I guess I've kind of fallen for their big song (but I don't have TV and I have a feeling I would be sick of it if I did since it's oversaturation...the fact that even I know about it must mean it's being played way too much

Sleater-Kinney - I've tried .. But I'll probably keep trying

I can't think of too many others...probably because I generally stick to the same music

[DustSucker]

Cryptopsy
Iron Maiden
A Perfect Circle
Dream Theater
Audioslave
The Cure

more of that type of shit

[Bopadopalous]

Rage
Bob Dylan
Nirvana
Ravi Shankar's daughter, whatever-the-hell-her-name-is
Neil Young
most of the rappers on Swisha House

[Funkyfreshgrape]

Nirvana
ac dc
green day(which are suck-ups)
bad brains
black flag
body rockers
3rd bass
Bob Dylan


:o

[Documad]

Sonic Youth
Patti Smith
Jeff Buckley (Halleluh has been sooooooo overplayed in movies and for sad occasions in real life -- it's like the sad version of Bad To The Bone)

Joy Division is a good answer but Love Will Tear Us Apart alone redeems them

[zorra_chiflada]

Jeff Buckley (Halleluh has been sooooooo overplayed in movies and for sad occasions in real life -- it's like the sad version of Bad To The Bone)



hahahahha!

[Lyman Zerga]

velvet underground
the rolling stones
the beatles
pink floyd
elvis costello
bob dylan
johnny cash
lou reed
led zeppelin
jimi hendrix
the doors
nirvana
smashing pumpkins
beck


i think my ears arent made for good music

[B4BY 4NN]

-Sex Pistols (I've been told they to be my CLASH alternative, but I don't feel/hear it. Rock'n Roll Swindle was okay, though.)
-GNR
-Velvet Revolver (Uh.. Not STP enough for me, and too GNR. Sorry!)
-Led Zeppelin (I absolutely hate-HATE Robert Plant's voice.)
-Le Tigre
-Sleater Kinney :( (Sorry, Cos.)
-Gackt (Overrated.)
-Horrorpops (I liked their first album for, like, a DAY.)
-The -new- Aquabats album "Charge"
-Black Flag

[B4BY 4NN]

nah the clash sucks.

*hangs both you and Camo*

Step AWAY from London Calling.

[DroppinScience]

velvet underground
the rolling stones
the beatles
pink floyd
elvis costello
bob dylan
johnny cash
lou reed
led zeppelin
jimi hendrix
the doors
nirvana
smashing pumpkins
beck


i think my ears arent made for good music


Yeah, I'll say. What's up with the hatred for the best music recorded? :confused:

[cosmo105]

i forced myself to love the pumpkins in high school because of a boy. now i only listen to them for nostalgia...a few of the singles are good and a couple other tracks, but billy corgan blew so much fairy dust up his own I AM A ROCK GOD ass i just can't appreciate it anymore.

sleater-kinney's definitely an acquired taste. The Woods really grew on me though (holy shit a pun!). i think a good starter is you're no rock 'n' roll fun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1L2kfm1yTw).

le tigre i also enjoy, and my best friend's really into them, and i know it's something i would probably dig...i just haven't ever gotten around to really giving them a good listen.

[DroppinScience]

-Sex Pistols (I've been told they to be my CLASH alternative, but I don't feel/hear it. Rock'n Roll Swindle was okay, though.)
-GNR
-Velvet Revolver (Uh.. Not STP enough for me, and too GNR. Sorry!)
-Led Zeppelin (I absolutely hate-HATE Robert Plant's voice.)
-Le Tigre
-Sleater Kinney :( (Sorry, Cos.)
-Gackt (Overrated.)
-Horrorpops (I liked their first album for, like, a DAY.)
-The -new- Aquabats album "Charge"
-Black Flag

Oh no, you did NOT say Black Flag! :mad:

I'll deal with you hating on the Pistols, GNR, Le Tigre, Sleater-Kinney and others. You're on the money for Velvet Revolver, Aquabats and Horrorpops. But Black Flag? Say it ain't so. :(

[B4BY 4NN]

Oh no, you did NOT say Black Flag! :mad:

I'll deal with you hating on the Pistols, GNR, Le Tigre, Sleater-Kinney and others. You're on the money for Velvet Revolver, Aquabats and Horrorpops. But Black Flag? Say it ain't so. :(

I didn't say Black Flag was bad. I liked that little coffee tune.

But I tried. I really tried. :(

[Documad]

velvet underground
the rolling stones
the beatles
pink floyd
elvis costello
bob dylan
johnny cash
lou reed
led zeppelin
jimi hendrix
the doors
nirvana
smashing pumpkins
beck


i think my ears arent made for good music
I appreciate the honesty. I have to agree with jimi. I get why others worship him but I'd never put on one of his records by choice.

I also hate the doors but I never tried to like them because Morrison was so obviously a dumb joke.

[alexandra]

erase RATM from my list. i was ignorant. but keep SOAD (for now). :p


p.s; i really want to punch some people here.

[Lyman Zerga]

Yeah, I'll say. What's up with the hatred for the best music recorded? :confused:

i dont hate any of those bands
but their music just doesnt do it for me
no thrills, no eargasms

well i didnt lose all hope to become a pink floyd fan
i kinda like their style but im lazy as fagzy

[n/c]

Pennywise

[cosmo105]

oh yeah, i agree with jimi all the way. i mean, i can respect him and all, but eh...just doesn't seem all that...substance-y?

[abcdefz]

-joy division (i have two albums but i never really liked them.)


yup

[cosmo105]

my ex ruined joy division for me. now i seriously can't stand them.

i can understand people not getting jeff buckley...you either love him, or you don't. i got into him at the right point in my life to really fall in love with his music. if i just heard of him now, though, i might not be such a fan.

oh, and jurassic 5. just can't get into 'em.

[Bob]

beck...i like guero and i like some of his other stuff, but i dunno, i just get bored. i feel bad because he seems like such a cool guy, too. i put odelay on my MP3 player and i try to stick with the songs, but about 90% of the time i skip a track when it comes on.

and you're gonna lynch me for this, but i can't get into public enemy, and i've tried so hard, and i want to, but i can't. i like some songs, i love black steel in the hour of chaos, i love chuck D, but that baloon noise and flava flav just turn me off of it, i can't get over it. it's so petty, but there it is. flava flav is annoying, i don't think he belongs there. i don't get it.

[cosmo105]

about beck - matt's said it well. when he's good, he's really good. when he's mediocre, he's really mediocre.

[Waus]

and you're gonna lynch me for this, but i can't get into public enemy...

Man, I feel the same way. I really want to just listen to them a lot and be a huge fan, but the cheesey drones and wacky squeaks...Not to mention that Flava Flav is pretty limited in the talent department. It seems to me more like he clashes with Chuck D's sincere and well written rhymes than he compliments them with comic foil.

If Chuck D hooked up with a good producer I'd be up for listening to solo work.

I won't talk about Beck.

[Bob]

Man, I feel the same way. I really want to just listen to them a lot and be a huge fan, but the cheesey drones and wacky squeaks...Not to mention that Flava Flav is pretty limited in the talent department. It seems to me more like he clashes with Chuck D's sincere and well written rhymes than he compliments them with comic foil.

If Chuck D hooked up with a good producer I'd be up for listening to solo work.


that's exactly how i feel, yeah. i feel guilty for dismissing the whole group because of a few annoying gimmicks but man, i can't get past them. i really do like chuck D, a lot, but the rest...pass.

maybe i'm missing something, but flava flav seems like such a...clown, i don't get it, what's he doing in public enemy?

[Waus]

Seriously! He's a frickin' joke.

All he ever did was hurt the group's credibility. Even when he tried to make some kind of "social commentary" with '911 is a joke' he offered no actual suggestions.

He filled all the black stereotypes and faults that Chuck D was trying to fight against, negated a lot of the groups pro-active lyrics.

[abcdefz]

The sirens on It Takes a Nation of Millions is what put me off. That, and "We got a black quarterback/So STEP BACK" shit (on the great "She Watch Channel Zero"). To me, that shit's racist as hell.

[Waus]

"We got a black quarterback/So STEP BACK" shit (on the great "She Watch Channel Zero"). To me, that shit's racist as hell.


Chuck D. was a lot more Malcolm X than Martin Luther King Jr.

[Bob]

The sirens on It Takes a Nation of Millions is what put me off. That, and "We got a black quarterback/So STEP BACK" shit (on the great "She Watch Channel Zero"). To me, that shit's racist as hell.

yeah, me too, re: the sirens. as far as that song being racist, i wouldn't know, i always skip it

[abcdefz]

Chuck D. was a lot more Malcolm X than Martin Luther King Jr.



It just seems inherently stupid to be proud of your race. Like you had something to do with that.

Whether it's white power or black power or blue power or whatever, it's just divisive, ignorant, and asinine.

[Keith Richards]

COLDPLAY - porridge with nothing added, except maybe too much salt.
KEANE- do they do anything else other than whiney break-up music?
BJORK - she's an interesting woman, but her music (and voice, especially) makes me want to kill myself
MUSE - their current single is some kind of lame QOTSA rip off

oh, sorry. Bjork is the only one i've tried to like. the others are just shit.

[The Notorious LOL]

oh, and jurassic 5. just can't get into 'em.



thats because they're boring as all hell.

[Tzar]

gnarls barkley

[Lyman Zerga]

COLDPLAY - porridge with nothing added, except maybe too much salt.
KEANE- do they do anything else other than whiney break-up music?
BJORK - she's an interesting woman, but her music (and voice, especially) makes me want to kill myself
MUSE - their current single is some kind of lame QOTSA rip off

oh, sorry. Bjork is the only one i've tried to like. the others are just shit.


i like 'the sugarcubes' (her old band) a lot
especially 'birthday and 'this wasnt supposed to happen

1 (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=59981757)

2 (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=42689110)

3 (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=69103344)

[beastieangel01]

Tool
Pearl Jam

[abcdefz]

Pearl Jam


Just that I've-got-an-arena-sized-voice thing kills that band for me.

[Waus]

Tool
Pearl Jam

I hear that. I even bought "Ten." Just bland music I thought, or at least bland musicians playing it.

-Rilo Kiley
-Pink Spiders

[beastieangel01]

Just that I've-got-an-arena-sized-voice thing kills that band for me.

that's just it, his voice. I cannot stand it.

Good call on Rilo Kiley, I don't get it either. I just can't get in to it.

Oh and speaking of voices that make me want to scratch out my ear drums: Counting Crows

[Bob]

oh yeah, pearl jam. i guess i never really tried to get into them that hard, but they're boring. i get them confused with stone temple pilots, not that i try too hard to tell the difference.

i like that song "andy warhol" though. which one does that?

edit; oh god, counting crows. so boring

[The Notorious LOL]

Stone Temple Pilots > Pearl Jam

[cookiepuss]

i like 'the sugarcubes' (her old band) a lot
especially 'birthday and 'this wasnt supposed to happen

1 (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=59981757)

2 (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=42689110)

3 (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=69103344)

birthday is my favorite Sugarcubes song...though I feel it is much in icelandic than english.(y)

still thinking about who I've tried to like but just don't. hummmmmmm....

[hpdrifter]

Stereolab

[SobaViolence]

Belle and Sebastian
the constantines
xiu xiu

there's probably more...

[abcdefz]

Stereolab



Really? Talk about this.

[Waus]

Stereolab

Yeah, I got that Emperor Tomato Ketchup album (or whatever) and...I don't know. It wasn't bad, I just lost interest pretty quickly. I think I actually looked into them after they were mentioned on Hi Fidelity.

I only watched that movie once. I swear.

[abcdefz]

I've got about four of their CDs; good stuff, to me.

Emperor... is terrific, but I think I like Dots and Loops even better.

[zorra_chiflada]

i'm going to bump this thread, to admit that i just can't like RATM
i mean, by all indications i should like them, i really should, but just can't. i don't know what it is. people grill me for this.
tool as well, i can only put up with a few songs, and even then it's like meerrrrg.

[cosmo105]

i second stereolab.

by the way, rilo kiley's older stuff was really, really good. their last album, ehhh not so much. the album before had great moments, and the one before that was really amazing.

[Poster Boy]

I second the Mars Volta. I get it, your songs are long and complex and you own a dictionary.

also, MF Doom. I don't see how anyone can see this guy as an even remotely decent MC.

I see why Johnny Cash is a legend but I just can't get into it despite being given the "Legend" box set last year.

Arctic Monkeys are shit.

oh, and BUSH.

[Jitters]

Led Zeppelin
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Pink Floyd

I've bought a few Led Zeppelin albums but I eventually sold them because I just couldn't get into them. As for the others I've only heard their stuff on the radio but don't really get what the big deal is.

[Lyman Zerga]

i'm going to bump this thread, to admit that i just can't like RATM
i mean, by all indications i should like them, i really should, but just can't. i don't know what it is. people grill me for this.


that kind of music never really did a lot for me
i had the rage album but no i just cant get into ratm

[Reginald]

Rush
Dream Theater

[Spathic]

David Bowie.

For whatever reason, I can't get into his music. I recognize Low as a highly influential album and "Be My Wife" is a really great song but.....something about his music just makes me steer away from him.

I've also tried to listen to Bjork but it's the same situation with David Bowie.

[Lyman Zerga]

you molester monster!

[SandyLove]

These ones aren't bands but I can't stand them..

Snoop Dogg
50 cent
Chingy (Sucks)
Eminem (only a few tracks are tolerable)
Justin Timberlake (don't know how that guy is still popular)
Kelis

Their Videos are so unoriginal.... how many times are they going to make the same video over and over again.... I've already seen a bunch of hoochies shaking their asses with diamonds on their grill spread over a bentley or a rolls drinking Dom P! Like is there anything else?

[Guy Incognito]

Most of the ones I would have said have meen mentioned already but I will say:

Nick Cave
Not massive about the White Stripes

[Lex Diamonds]

Ghostface Killah
Plan B
The Rolling Stones

[yeahwho]

As much as I try everyday I cannot get into the Oak Ridge Boys.

This has fucked up my social life on a massive scale.

[jennyb]

Radiohead

[nypb]

The Flaming Lips

[Videodrome]

the mars volta

[jennyb]

Regina Spektor
Watson Twins
Jenny Lewis
etc...

oh and the decemberists

[Lyman Zerga]

The Flaming Lips


never understood the hype about them

[yooooo]

Ghostface Killah

?

for me, it's whodini

[trailerprincess]

Oasis - I just don't get the fascination

[laura]

not in particular order:
eminem
U2
rolling stones
placebo
U2
nirvana
the killers (since the first very moment)
Gorillaz
Evanescence
Green Day
U2
(and U2 and Green Day together of course)
and at the end.. U2

[DroppinScience]

Deerhoof

I mean seriously... what the HELL? People actually like this? I'm not convinced.

[MC Moot]

oh yeah, pearl jam. i guess i never really tried to get into them that hard, but they're boring.

BLASPHEMY,Bob,BLASPHEMY!

[ggirlballa]

Nirvana
ac dc
green day(which are suck-ups)
bad brains
black flag
body rockers
3rd bass
Bob Dylan


:o

but u have time for fallout boy eh?

pshhh

[DroppinScience]

Are there disappearing posts?

Anyways, as I tried to say earlier, for the life of me I can't get Deerhoof. I mean, I enjoy the occasional art-y, experimental, pretentious stuff myself, but DEERHOOF? Who enjoys this stuff? This gives art-y, experimental, pretentious pap a bad name.

[Lyman Zerga]

the smiths/morrisey

god knows ive tried but it sounds like they threw their music notes into a washmachine right before recording them

it's good music but i just cant get into it

[sercomdj01]

velvet underground
the rolling stones
the beatles
pink floyd
elvis costello
bob dylan
johnny cash
lou reed
led zeppelin
jimi hendrix
the doors
nirvana
smashing pumpkins
beck


i think my ears arent made for good music

List my favourite artists why don't you:(

Oh it took me 5 years to get into sonic youth. They're my favourite band now.

[Lyman Zerga]

you only enjoy most 70's music when youre a druggie

and i dont even drink coca cola

[sercomdj01]

you only enjoy most 70's music when youre a druggie

and i dont even drink coca cola

I dunno if thats true. There are loadsa druggies in the flats i live in. There coridoor stinks of weed and they're always coked up ect. And they listen to the worse shit ive ever heard. Dance music thats shitty pop songs supposidly "remixed" when all they've done is set a shitty keyboard preset backing to it. FUCK!

[Parkey]

Bob Dylan...

[abcdefz]

the smiths/morrisey




No reason to feel bad about this. Morrisey ruins their music.

[sercomdj01]

Bob Dylan...

:eek:

I don't love you anymore.

[Parkey]

:eek:

I don't love you anymore.
Ha! I put it down to a Glastonbury performance I was in the crowd for...

[sercomdj01]

Ha! I put it down to a Glastonbury performance I was in the crowd for...

Ive seen him twice. Once was amazing once he sucked! I put it down to luck :P

[Parkey]

Maybe I'll give him another go...

[sercomdj01]

Maybe I'll give him another go...

Otherwise i'll be coming down to nottingham to kick your ass!

[SickFreak]

Coldplay
Oasis
Wu-Tang Clan

I mean, I respect their talents, but.....i dunno.

[TurdBerglar]

the who

[roosta]

beastie boys

[ggirlballa]

i don't think theres a band right now that i just can't get into....nope

[Tzar]

beastie boys
OMG! CALL THE INTERNET POLICE



-NIN
-QOTSA/Kyuss - pretty much anything Josh Homme touches. i dunno why but i just... i dunno

ok here's my big one;
it's not that i can't listen to them, but it's more 'i really only like 2 or 3 of their songs and usually skip it whenever it comes on' - De La Soul.

they don't have shit songs, by all means. i own '3 feet' and 'de la is dead' and i can listen to the SONGS on there, but the high amount of skits piss me off that much that i'll always never put the cds on/never recommend them/never WANT to listen to them. i have indeed tried to get into them, and i do want to but yeah... i'm struggling.

[sercomdj01]

they don't have shit songs, by all means. i own '3 feet' and 'de la is dead' and i can listen to the SONGS on there, but the high amount of skits piss me off that much that i'll always never put the cds on/never recommend them/never WANT to listen to them. i have indeed tried to get into them, and i do want to but yeah... i'm struggling.

same

[Parkey]

i fucking loathe skits and De La Soul are particularly guilty of it - so I'd go with that.

[Lyman Zerga]

I dunno if thats true. There are loadsa druggies in the flats i live in. There coridoor stinks of weed and they're always coked up ect. And they listen to the worse shit ive ever heard. Dance music thats shitty pop songs supposidly "remixed" when all they've done is set a shitty keyboard preset backing to it. FUCK!


you can listen to other shit too but lots of 70's music is more enjoyable when youre high and totally boring when youre me

[MC Moot]

Interpol...

[abcdefz]

I should probably like Cecil Taylor more than I do.

[funk63]

rhcp

[Parkey]

OMG! CALL THE INTERNET POLICE



-NIN
-QOTSA/Kyuss - pretty much anything Josh Homme touches. i dunno why but i just... i dunno

ok here's my big one;
it's not that i can't listen to them, but it's more 'i really only like 2 or 3 of their songs and usually skip it whenever it comes on' - De La Soul.

they don't have shit songs, by all means. i own '3 feet' and 'de la is dead' and i can listen to the SONGS on there, but the high amount of skits piss me off that much that i'll always never put the cds on/never recommend them/never WANT to listen to them. i have indeed tried to get into them, and i do want to but yeah... i'm struggling.

In fact, here's a rant I had a few years ago about skits in hip-hop - Read Me Seymour! (http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/cyne/evolution-fight.htm)

[MC Moot]

every single member of "The G-Unit" past,present and future....chump luv sucka's....

[Lo_Lyfe]

OMG! CALL THE INTERNET POLICE



-NIN
-QOTSA/Kyuss - pretty much anything Josh Homme touches. i dunno why but i just... i dunno

ok here's my big one;
it's not that i can't listen to them, but it's more 'i really only like 2 or 3 of their songs and usually skip it whenever it comes on' - De La Soul.

they don't have shit songs, by all means. i own '3 feet' and 'de la is dead' and i can listen to the SONGS on there, but the high amount of skits piss me off that much that i'll always never put the cds on/never recommend them/never WANT to listen to them. i have indeed tried to get into them, and i do want to but yeah... i'm struggling.
Get 'Grind Date' or 'Impossible Mission' and work backwards.

It's a fair call, though. The skits bug the shit out of me.