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Shamelessly based on the other thread about bands you shouldn't like - which bands are critically considered 'good', but you really don't like.
A starter for ten:
The Pretenders (I cannot bear Chrissy Hynde's voice)
Led Zeppelin (I just do not get them, despite being a massive lifelong rock and metal fan)
Van Morrison.
The Pogues.
I'm starting to see a pattern....
Where to start! Khruangbin - played on 6Music, liked by people who like similar stuff to me, featured in mags I read. Bland and totally dull. Don't get it at all.
Michael Kiwanuka - as above. with added Barf! 🤮
The list is long.
Simple Minds.
Where to start! Khruangbin
I quite like balthvs, so every algorithm keeps suggesting Khruangbin who like you I find absolutely dull and insipid.
I'm in the demographic for lots of bands that seemed lumped in with bands I do like (Radiohead for instance), However, I cannot abide Pulp, Muse, Manic Street Preachers or Suede. They don't do anything for me.
The hype around the Oasis concerts recently makes me think I am alone in my dislike of them. Millions of people can't be wrong, can they? What do they know that I don't?
The Pretenders (I cannot bear Chrissy Hynde's voice)
Oh yeahh, definitely. Supertramp too.
One that I feel like you're supposed to like (if you're indie/ northern) is Arctic Monkeys. I don't dislike them, just don't really get it tbh - their songs do very little for me
One that I feel like you're supposed to like (if you're indie/ northern) is Arctic Monkeys. I don't dislike them, just don't really get it tbh - their songs do very little for me
First album was a bit of fresh air and still sounds ok today until they disappeared up their own backsides.
Not sure I can list any bands I feel like I should like given my own musical tastes. Theres a lot of rock bands throughout the decades that I love and theres a lot I can't listen to. Suppose its good to experiment - the other option (if you're not very good) is to reel out the same old shit like Oasis and hope fans keep buying it.
In fact scrap the above comment. There is a band I feel like I should like - The Who. Can't stand them.
Michael Kiwanuka
I was recommended that he'd be right up my street. He's just a bit too polished or something though? Nothing engaging to his music.
I should be bang into Radiohead as well, as a fan of leftfield/art rock with electronic influences. They're just so anaemic and miserable though.
Pink Floyd I've never warmed to. Boring af.
I said similar in the other thread. Used to say they were psychedelic music for people who weren't really into music.
The hype around the Oasis concerts recently makes me think I am alone in my dislike of them. Millions of people can't be wrong, can they? What do they know that I don't?
They do nothing for me - like the Status Quo of Britpop.
I used to think Staus Quo were just some generic rock band, and that's actually true to a large extent, but they don't pretend to be something they are not.
My dad dragged me to see them in Wembley late 90's IIRC, I was far too cool for that, obviously, but when I got there, I finally got it.
They tore the roof off - the whole place was bouncing from start to finish, just brilliant fun and everyone having a great time.
No pretence, no gimmicks, just good honest rock music!
Basically all popular bands and artists of all genres.
I'm one of those annoying people that loves music but generally hates mainstream stuff.
Charlatan's for me. They are from my local town and I think some of their singles are ace, but their albums? Meh. Maybe I should give them another go.
Someone above mentioned the Arctic Monkeys above. For me, they are my most disappointing band. Whatever you say I am .... was, (maybe is) my favorite album, and everything they did since has degraded from not as good to downright pretentious bullshit more recently.
The hype around the Oasis concerts recently makes me think I am alone in my dislike of them. Millions of people can't be wrong, can they? What do they know that I don't?
They do nothing for me - like the Status Quo of Britpop.
I used to think Staus Quo were just some generic rock band, and that's actually true to a large extent, but they don't pretend to be something they are not.
My dad dragged me to see them in Wembley late 90's IIRC, I was far too cool for that, obviously, but when I got there, I finally got it.
They tore the roof off - the whole place was bouncing from start to finish, just brilliant fun and everyone having a great time.
No pretence, no gimmicks, just good honest rock music!
Maybe I just need to see them live then. Anyone got a spare ticket and bucket hat?
p.s. it didn't have much of a roof 🙂
The hype around the Oasis concerts recently makes me think I am alone in my dislike of them.
They are catchy but unoriginal. Vastly overhyped.
The hype around the Oasis concerts recently makes me think I am alone in my dislike of them. Millions of people can't be wrong, can they? What do they know that I don't?
They do nothing for me - like the Status Quo of Britpop.
I used to think Staus Quo were just some generic rock band, and that's actually true to a large extent, but they don't pretend to be something they are not.
My dad dragged me to see them in Wembley late 90's IIRC, I was far too cool for that, obviously, but when I got there, I finally got it.
They tore the roof off - the whole place was bouncing from start to finish, just brilliant fun and everyone having a great time.
No pretence, no gimmicks, just good honest rock music!
Maybe I just need to see them live then. Anyone got a spare ticket and bucket hat?
p.s. it didn't have much of a roof 🙂
You might struggle, I think half of them are dead now!
Bucket hat? youd be better off with one of these these
Wembley arena, not wembley stadium 😉
They are catchy but unoriginal.
Oasis WERE. They're not a band anymore, just a commodity.
No pretence, no gimmicks, just good honest rock music!
Sounds proper dull that.
Hands down one of the best gigs I've ever been to, it was an absolute riot (in the fun, party sense) I don't think there was one person in the audience that wasn't dancing and generally rocking out, it was just really good fun and a great friendly atmosphere.
I should be bang into Radiohead as well, as a fan of leftfield/art rock with electronic influences. They're just so anaemic and miserable though.
I'm guessing you wouldn't be interested in a first pressing vinyl copy of Pablo Honey then? Must get round to flogging it whilst people pay good money for shit 😃
There's a whole host of "indie" bands I can't abide, I think Attila the Stockbroker once described them as "pap music for wreck people" just dergy dull rubbish to me.
Metal/Prog Rock/Jazz = Yuck. some of my peer group love it.
I loved Oasis when they first hit the scene - just what the UK scene needed at the time but they just never evolved for me, became ****s, and they've lost me now. I'm sure they're sobbing in their mansions at that, mind. (Bit hypocritical because I wish the Stones hadn't evolved and could stay as a late 60's RnB band forever)
Others - a bit of repetition here, but Manic Street Preachers. Fleetwood Mac. Pink Floyd. Stereophonics. Killers. And another I can't tell if I'm supposed to like given other tastes, but Divine Comedy....that's an active 'find the source of the music and cut the power' level of dislike for me.
On a similar topic - IDK enough of their total output to say I don't like the band, but classic songs that are just 'meh' for me include Hotel California, Bad Moon Rising, My Sharona (unless there's ear removal to watch with it) American Pie.....
Khruangbhin - another I heard a few times and thought meh on recordings, but then saw a Glastonbury set by them and they were just perfect for a 3pm chilling in a tent type of set and it clicked. And in a similar vein, LCD Soundsystem - didn't get it, became converted by a Glasto set, saw them at Brixton earlier in the summer and now am fully bought in. Why am I saying this - I guess like Quo, to decide you really don't like the band has to be based on more than just listening to a recording.
LCD Soundsystem - didn't get it, became converted by a Glasto set
I was at the *very* front of the Pyramid Stage for that set last year 🙂
Given Ozzy's recent gig-closely-followed-by-death publicity boost, I thought I'd give Paranoid a listen.
It's not for me - I imagine, if you got it at the time, it's probably still ace, but as a new listener to many of the tracks, it felt badly, badly dated.
The most I can muster about the Beatles is ‘Meh’
+1 for Michael Kiwanuka, just don't get it.
Due to my preferred genres I am told I should worship Motorhead. Nuh uh, ****ing bilge.
Few other metal bands with pedigree failing to produce good music, it always happens when they get sober, happily married or both.
Great for them, as a fan it sucks. I prefer my metal made by unhappy, smashed off their tits artists*.
If I want happy I'll listen to Sabrina Carpenter thank you very much. 😉
*Case in point; currently listening to Alice in Chains 'Dirt'.
*Case in point; currently listening to Alice in Chains 'Dirt'.
Bowie
Can't explain it sorry
oh Bowie, yes
The Fall
Frank Zappa
have tried but just don't get it even though I sort of understand why I should
Pink Floyd I've never warmed to. Boring af.
Amen to that. Pretentious, turgid noodling. I will add Muse: bombastic, dull.
Oasis, now or in their ‘prime’ Just couldn’t get past the whining.
The Smashing Pumpkins.
They're right in that range of stuff I like, they're highly regarded and yet 9 songs out of 10 that come up in random shuffle mode on the phone will have my thumb headed for the skip button in moments.
I’m too old, and seen too many lists of bands and musicians I ought to like to pay any attention to lists of bands or musicians I ought to like.
I’m perfectly capable of making my own mind up, especially when there are bands and musicians who I really couldn’t get to grips with, who I later found I liked very much indeed. 🤷🏼♂️
Bowie
Can't explain it sorry
I agreed with that (probably trauma-informed from seeing his Jaggerllaboration as a kid).
Then in 2000 I begrudgingly saw him perform at Glastonbury. Everything about it was so good... and I realised I knew most of the songs reasonably well - mostly older stuff. Prompted me to buy the Bowie at the Beeb album which is great. But, I stay away from the weirder stuff he did.
Similar experience with REM in 1999. Always couldn't stand them - couldn't get into Chemical Brothers tent, so wandered back to the Pyramid stage and the whole field had the lighters out to Everybody Hurts and it kind of convinced me.
Bowie
Can't explain it sorry
The you'll love this!
Why aren't we allowed to wear silk shirts with breast pockets that big these days? 🤔
That's hilarious - I hadn't seen this post before my previous post. That's exactly what I was referring too. I ****ing love this version though!
U2…..just how have they managed to fill stadiums?
On a similar topic - IDK enough of their total output to say I don't like the band, but classic songs that are just 'meh' for me include Hotel California, Bad Moon Rising, My Sharona (unless there's ear removal to watch with it) American Pie.....
Hotel California - meh song, meh band, life in the fastlane is good though.
Bad Moon Rising - fairly meh song, absolutely superb band (and you definitely know significantly more of their catalogue than that) much higher than average ratio of good to bad I would say.
My Sharona - i don't mind it but it's nowhere near their best song. Get The Knack is worth a listen, just skip my sharona.
which bands are critically considered 'good', but you really don't like.
Too many to list : ) but no critics can speak for everyone, right?
How about The Beatles. I don't dislike them in the way some singers are painful to listen to (Adele!) and almost everyone I know who is into music likes them, I understand why they were so influential and popular. I just find them a bit boring or something I don't relate to and there's so much more interesting, engaging music out there for me. 'Imagine' seems to me a work of genius but among The Beatles output I can't think of anything that ever grabbed me.
(Yet I do ...well, did.. like Oasis in the 90s. Pub jukebox classics to this day and imho some brilliant song writing, influenced by The Beatles or not, idk))
'Imagine' seems to me a work of genius but among The Beatles output I can't think of anything that ever grabbed me.
Not a beatles song....
The Smashing Pumpkins.
Smashing Pumpkins for me fall into the same category as bands like the Stone Roses and QOTSA, They clearly one or maybe a couple of albums in them tops and not necessarily their first either, and then they should've stopped. Siamese Dreams is an amazing album, the rest of their [his] output is pedestrian by comparison.
Tool - Pink Floyd
I would add pretty much any artist/band that the BBC inexplicably decides to give far too much airtime to and blow smoke up the arse of.
Royal Blood is a great example..
The Smashing Pumpkins.
Smashing Pumpkins for me fall into the same category as bands like the Stone Roses and QOTSA, They clearly one or maybe a couple of albums in them tops and not necessarily their first either, and then they should've stopped. Siamese Dreams is an amazing album, the rest of their [his] output is pedestrian by comparison.
Agreed. Went to see QOTSA the other night. Very mid apart from a few bangers. Same to be said for the support acts.
I just find them a bit boring or something I don't relate to and there's so much more interesting, engaging music out there
The fact that we are even still listening to them at all 60 years after they were at their peak is amazing. I really only got into the Beatles later in life, especially when I started learning the guitar as their musicality and talent became more obvious. There really is something special about the Beatles and the Stones to me but its all wrapped up in the personalities, the life stories and the construction of the songs. I'm not sure random Beatles songs taken off an album and out of context with no back story stand up individually as well as the whole body of work. There are a couple of exceptions like Yesterday, Let it Be and Hey Jude maybe (and of course Lennon's solo Imagine) but most need the rest of the album to anchor them. Who listens to the absolutely stunning A Day in The Life on its own? Just doesn't make sense unless its the finale on one of the most innovative albums of its generation.
U2…..just how have they managed to fill stadiums?
The Joshua Tree is a seminal album, no doubt; and at the time they were huge. But I'm inclined to agree, which living in Ireland is a problem.
QOTSA just not my cuppa tea; but I don't feel like there's much pressure to like them.
Right now, though, Oasis; and I've had to admit to myself (and others), that everything up to and including Whatever* and the Masterplan is good; everything after that (including What's the Story) is utter gash.
* trying to explain the concept of a non-album single now, or an album of B-Sides like The Masterplan or Sci-Fi Lullabies, is just... beyond difficult
Oooh yeah Royal Blood - forgot about them, thought they were great when they first came out, saw them touring their first album, they were great.
Saw them a Glasto a few years later & they were just like a modern day Oasis - all their new songs sounded like poor copies of their old ones. Worse their live show was just dull dull dull.
Oooh yeah Royal Blood - forgot about them
The riff Gods never forget. 😉
Then in 2000 I begrudgingly saw him perform at Glastonbury. Everything about it was so good... and I realised I knew most of the songs reasonably well - mostly older stuff. Prompted me to buy the Bowie at the Beeb album which is great. But, I stay away from the weirder stuff he did.
I was at that Glastonbury, aged 20. The only thing I knew of Bowie in 2000 was his execrable single Little Wonder, and so I just had him pegged as some embarrassing hasbeen trying to be down with the kids. I went to see Roni Size instead.
These days i'm still not the biggest Bowie fan, but I do like some of his stuff and I'd probably go and see him now if I was in the same field!
I love the Beatles but prefer their earlier pop hits to the later stuff the critics adore. I also absolutely hate Hey Jude and cant stand the way it is used as a classic pub singalong anthem (see also pretty much anything by Queen).