[Closed] Great music you never thought was that great

Anything by U2. They aren't bad, just not amazing like people seem to think. (The Eagles and Soundgarden suck too, but that's already well known.)

Oh, and Billy Joel. At least U2 are listenable. Billy Joel just sucks.

isn't the stock answer "the beatles".

London Calling - The Clash. Can't bare to listen to it.

Can't bare to listen to it.

Keep your hat on.

Genesis
Dire Straits
Jeff Buckley

and more recently..

The Fall
Sleaford Mods
Courtney Barnett

Pretty much everything from the sixties for me

Oasis. Anything. Similarly, Coldplay. Oh, and Mumford and bloody Sons.

The Rolling Stones for me. Decent with a few good songs, but I don't get why they are such a massive band.

Did anyone actually think Oasis were great apart from themselves?

I actually quite like some of the Oasis albums, 'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants' being one. I do have to admit that i thought their later stuff was better and that the really later stuff was poor and I would further like to qualify that I preferred the Noel Gallagher stuff to the Liam. Ok, so there are about a half dozen songs I like spread between a couple of albums.

Maybe they were not so good.

The Beatles
The Who
M-People

Jeff Buckley

+1, self-absorbed, worthy toss.

ABBA. ****ing hate ABBA, no-one ever believes me though, it's always "Oh everyone loves ABBA really, classic pop, you're just being a snob." No. I like lots of popular music. I just don't like ABBA.

I think we can discount the usual bland Radio 2 fodder. U2, Coldplay, Mumford and bloody Sons, etc as surely nobody actually thought they were great, did they? Thats stretching credulity to the limits!

Of people who are regularly hailed as some kind of musical geniuses, I never really got why anyone rated Prince

Ramones.

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Did anyone actually think Oasis were great apart from themselves?

Widely regarded as the best band in the world in their hayday, which was odd given their limited appeal outside the UK.

I liked them back then, they didn't sound like much else on the radio at the time and it was nice to a bit of rock and roll arrogance back - but their music only really makes sense when I'm pissed.

Eminem and Tu-Pac spring to mind. Really, really over-rated. Saying that, I also think most hip hop produced this century is tosh too.

Bowie I appreciated, but never really enjoyed. Similarly Pink Floyd and Radiohead - I understand why they're so influential, but they just don't flick my switch. Maybe it's time to give them another listen.

Oh - Suede. Utter crud.

Pink Flloyd, any of it. warbling, boring, negative and full of itself.

I've never seen the attraction.

Too soon to say Bowie?

^no

Completely indifferent to him, with the exception being Life on Mars which I think is tremendous. Personally I thought he had a poor singing voice.

Radiohead............I sometimes wonder if it's real?

Coldplay....whingy whining tosh

and

Michael Jackson

Far too many to mention. But I'm currently listening to some Croatian techno from Petar Dundov which a huge number of folk who appreciate stuff such as Roxy Music would probably detest.

I do quite like Radiohead though.

Here's another specific track that I've never really "got"...

Hotel California

I never really got why anyone rated Prince

He had an excellent voice.

The Cranberries

Awful awful shite.

Elton John - pub singing pianist?
+1 on Prince , tho' Senorita J loves him....

Simon and Garfunkel
Abba
Bowie
Adele
Dire Straits

A lot of the bands mentioned just succumbed to the law of diminishing retuns/flogging a dead horse.

They started off great, then due to laziness or a lack of creativity, just remade the same Album over and over and over, each time it getting progressively worse, until it ends up truly awful.

The Rolling Stones are the ultimate example of this. Closely followed by Oasis

He had an excellent voice.

Had?

Here's another specific track that I've never really "got"...

Hotel California

Have you heard the rest of their stuff? That's the standout.

Roxette
Haircut 100
Haysi Fantayzee

Anything by the Beatles, U2, Pink Floyd, The Who for starters...

The Rolling Stones are the ultimate example of this. Closely followed by Oasis

I'm not a huge fan of either band, but the whole first decade of Stones stuff produced some absolute belters compared to Oasis, who managed, what 1.5 half-decent LPs? Records like, say, Beggars Banquet singlehandedly kick What's The Story... right across the playground.

And I think you have to give credit to the Stones just for sheer sticking power. I mean, once they got to the mid 70s they basically became the ultimate Stones tribute band, but fair play to them they've carried on and on doing what they love and keeping their fans happy, rather than releasing a few half-arsed dirges and then falling apart in a massive hissy fit.

Also Keef could probably still take way more drugs than Liam and be last man standing at the end of the night, and be less of a **** about it too.

The thing I find with the Stones is so many of their songs start really promising and then just get a bit dull. Sympathy for the Devil is a great example of this; I hear the opening bars and think "I love this song" then 2 minutes later I'm getting a bit bored. It's like it needs some bigger wheels on it to make it come alive.

Bowie

I dunno, I'm not part of the "Bowie was a genius" group, but he did so much of a variety of music it's impossible not to like some of it. Just tell the fans you love the laughing gnome.

There's a massive amount of stuff that music fans seem to have to think is good, but as someone who likes listening to music is just a bit meh.

The Beatles are a good example as music fans would have you believe they caused, rather than reflected, big changes in society.

Noel Edmonds and Mr Blobby with Mr Blobby song.
His early work was fantastic but after Mr Blobby turned to hard drugs his output went downhill. Then after he had that incident with the Chuckle Brothers and his subsequent visit to rehab, he was never the same again.

I'm told that Morisey/The Smiths are quite popular.

which is a mystery to me, as they sound bloody awful.

(never mind 'not that great')

Then after he had that incident with the Chuckle Brothers and his subsequent visit to rehab, he was never the same again.

I disagree I thought it brought a vulnerability to their performances which was very moving.

Beatles, Queen, The Smiths, Abba.

Luckily it seems there won't be anymore Steps reunions now one of the band members has gone the way of David Bowie and Glen Frey :

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I never could get my head around Trout Mask Replica. I like most of his(/their) other stuff, even Bat Chain Puller & Lick My Decals Off, Baby, but it never clicked for me.

Also, Tom Waits after Rain Dogs. I've picked up bits and pieces but nothing has grabbed in the way of Blue Valentines, Swordfish or RD's did/do.

U2 (again!)
Bruce Springsteen
Van Morrison

Radiohead for me. Whiny dirges

And ABBA. And Pink Floyd.

Someone on here isn't going to like this, but Queen.

Radiohead
Coldplay
Beatles

Bowie
The Stooges
Led Zeppelin
Prince
Jimi Hendrix

I never could get my head around Trout Mask Replica

LOL. You and a million others. It was the Croatian techno of its day.

I made myself listen to Radiohead a couple of times but ... no.

The Stones made some superb singles up to about 1970 but even though that's seven years out of fifty odd that's good enough for me. Same with the Who. If you don't get the 60s it's not surprising given how long ago it was. Imagine it being 1965 and you're saying, I really don't get that "Keep the home fires burning".

Ha Trout Mask Replica is genius 🙂

I seem to appreciate most music that is deemed good - but that's not the sames as popular is it? Does anyone sensible like One Direction?

music over-hyped shocker

Coldplay, who goes to see them live? That must be the most boring gig ever.

Never really got why Bowie was such legend, but (as far as I know) the first i heard of him was lets dance, then the crap he did with jagger!!

Joe Cocker was shite as well.

Coldplay, who goes to see them live?

I did

That must be the most boring gig ever.

It really wasn't, although it's been a while since they did anything that tickled my fancy despite being quite a fan a few years back.

U2
Coldplay
Ed Sheeran
Eminem
Prince
Queen

Genesis

A lot of Hawkwind 😆

Loads, but watched that Amy Winehouse film the other night to see what all the fuss was about, all I heard was dirivitive Jazz-lite with the most horrendous pub singing over it. Her enunciation was worse than Paul Shane. Awful.

Good call Pigface - Genesis is the very worst sort of ****y self-indulgent claptrap. Bloody awful! I can't conceive of why anyone would sit down and listen to it through choice

For the ... didnt think much of them but actually, yeah fair enough they are blooming good

I'm an unashamed Bowie convert.

As for the... they are meant to be good but are just cr4p.

Clapton ..... twiddle off.... More is NOT more you greedy get.

Oh dear. I still listen to Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot and Selling England by the Pound quite a lot. Not as much as Yes though who I suppose are equally pretentious. Maybe it's time to settle down in a nice comfy leather chair with the Laptop of Death.

U2.
utter carp.
'whats the difference between God and bono from U2?'
'God hasnt been walking around belfast for the last 20 years thinking hes bono'
Thankfully, i get to choose what music i listen to.

'God hasnt been walking around belfast for the last 20 years thinking hes bono'

Does Bono walk around Belfast? I thought he was Irish.

Radio head.

A seemingly unending drawl, a morosse Cacophony, what a din and about as musical as a dog fart!

Same whiney twaddle about (insert name of well-known band) who some people don't 'get'.
It really doesn't get any less tiresome.

Nirvana/Pearl Jam, I just didn't get the whole grunge thing.
Oh and Milli Vanilli, just crap!

U2. 2 good songs? Rolling Stones.1 good song? More recently amy winehouse and a lot or rap...

Ed Sheeran
Bellowhead
Paul Carrick

Absolutely dire. I have no clue how they became popular. I switch the radio off. Bloody awful

I used to like Radiohead until they gave up music and decided to be an aural art project instead.

Pink Floyd I've never got either.

Just adding Queen to my list too. Never understood the attraction there.

Trout Mask Replica

...is kind of beyond anyone's critical opinion I think. Even if you hate it it's still absolutely, definitively classic. It just is, in all it's glorious weirdness, and it doesn't matter what you think, man.

I used to like Radiohead until they gave up music and decided to be an aural art project instead.

Yeah, this. Everyone hating Radiohead, have you heard The Bends and OK Computer? The records they released from Kid A onwards are definitely a bit, er, difficult to get into (putting it charitably), but the 1990s stuff is pretty damn good. They even have melodies, song structure, more-or-less comprehensible lyrics, everything!

I dunno, I could be wrong, maybe you needed to be an angsty teenager at the time.

Oh and Milli Vanilli, just crap!

I don't think anyone outside of a high-security mental hospital has ever claimed Milli Vanilli were classic in any way at all...

Isn't this tough in that there are a great many bands/artists who have produced multiple albums of unlistenable turgid bilgewater, such that listening to their back catalogue in one sitting would lead to a brain aneurism - but just once or twice, for just a few minutes, captured moments of sheer genius that makes them great?

I put the Stones, Oasis and U2 into that category, along with Leonard Cohen - I can't listen to a whole album, lord I've tried, but each of them deserves a place as great, even if it is on a compilation album.

I think there are a number of artists that have come to me through time and understanding - when younger I really couldn't appreciate Johnny Cash, Barry Manilow, Stevie Wonder or Neil Sedaka for instance...

Adele
Adele
and
Adele

That is all

Everyone hating Radiohead, have you heard The Bends and OK Computer?

Yes.

But I'm not a hater. More a misunderstander.

Can I just say that I hate these 'hater' threads

Nirvana/Pearl Jam, I just didn't get the whole grunge thing

I like Pearl Jam (well Ten, not 100% on the other albums) but I've never really got Nirvana and can't help thinking that a) there were much better bands than them and b) it Cobain hadn't killed himself then they wouldn't have been so popular.

I'll also vote for:

Bowie
Genesis
Oasis
Abba
Beetles
And a lot of modern stuff like Adele, Ed Sheeran etc.

But then again I probably know ver little - one of my housemates at uni referred to my music taste / collection as death, death, die music.

I like Pearl Jam (well Ten, not 100% on the other albums) but I've never really got Nirvana and can't help thinking that a) there were much better bands than them and b) it Cobain hadn't killed himself then they wouldn't have been so popular.

You'll find that they were massively popular before he killed himself. It may have even been contributing factor. 🙄

Never really got why Bowie was such legend, but (as far as I know) the first i heard of him was lets dance, then the crap he did with jagger!!

These threads are always amusing for their utter ignorance.

Snow patrol.

A rock band who's songs sound like they're always waiting to drop - but never do.
Kaiser Chiefs
U2 again
Anything wishy washy

On the other hand, music I love... Wolfmother, Soundgarden, Dr Octagon (rap), Bonobo (downtempo/chillout)

Go listen!

manic street preachers - just really annoyed me as I just couldn't see attraction...I know Richie disappeared and all but still....really?

suede - as above but without Richie disappearing

coldplay - no explanation needed

oasis.....although I still have a soft spot for Definitely Maybe as I bought it the day it came out and listened to it non-stop for 2 months. I was working 16 and working in McDonalds at the time, so that's my excuse.

red hot chilli peppers....utter toss

These threads are always amusing for their utter ignorance.

Then it's lucky you are here to educate! 😀

I think some peoples interpretation of 'great music' differs from mine! A lot of what's been mentioned is/was always shite (imnho).

I never really liked Radiohead [i]until[/i] Kid A. Thief is my favourite album of theirs, no really. Punch up at a wedding very high up on my list of fave songs.

I never said I hated Trout Mask Replica, just I could never get into it.... And I've tried at various times over the years. It does qualify as 'great' though....

Never really managed Zappa neither.

Two standouts here for me

Snowpatrol
Oasis

I don't like Coldplay much but seen them live twice, once on Later, and they were better than I expected

Oh, and yes, Leonard Cohen... WTF?! Bad music for teenage girls 40 years ago... Enough.

Another vote for Bowie
Bob Dylan
Elbow / Guy Garvey
Sleaford Mods (I'd rather be deaf than listen to them)

I never really liked Radiohead until Kid A.

Same here.I like their move to more electronic music. They sound very innovative to me.

Others to add though

Fleetwood Mac (post Peter Green)
Kanye West
Guns n Roses

Double post

AC/DC really shite...and then just as you think it can't get any worse, there's the distressing howl of a cat being strangled by a Geordie, oh no wait...is he singing..?

Oh, and yes, Leonard Cohen... WTF?! Bad music for teenage girls 40 years ago... Enough.

Really?

Here's some sample lyrics for you, does this sound like music for teenage girls to you?

Give me back my broken night
My mirrored room, my secret life
It's lonely here
There's no one left to torture

Give me absolute control
Over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby
That's an order

Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that's left
And stuff it up the hole
In your culture

Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St. Paul
I've seen the future, brother
It is murder

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold and it has overturned
The order of the soul

When they said repent repent
I wonder what they meant
When they said repent repent
I wonder what they meant
When they said repent repent
I wonder what they meant

You don't know me from the wind
You never will, you never did
I'm the little Jew
Who wrote the Bible

I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
But love's the only engine of survival

Your servant here, he has been told
To say it clear, to say it cold
It's over, it ain't going
Any further

And now the wheels of heaven stop
You feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future
It is murder

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold and it has overturned
The order of the soul

When they said repent repent
I wonder what they meant
When they said repent repent
I wonder what they meant
When they said repent repent
I wonder what they meant

There'll be the breaking of the ancient western code
Your private life will suddenly explode
There'll be phantoms
There'll be fires on the road
And the white man dancing

You'll see a woman hanging upside down
Her features covered by her fallen gown
And all the lousy little poets coming round
Tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
And the white man dancin'

Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St. Paul
Give me Christ
Or give me Hiroshima

Destroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby
It is murder

Etc, etc, etc, so forth and so on...