Top Contender for "I Just Don't Get it..."?
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My top, or rather bottom/bum notes are:
Richard Wagner - love opera, love classical, love ancient mythology...... Hate Wagner....!
U2......what the <expletive deleted> is the <expletive deleted> of this <expletive deleted> excuse for a rock band?
I don't much like Dire Straits too, apart from Sultans of Swing
or is it just me.... that has a hatred of what is otherwise amongst the most popular?
Richard Wagner - love opera, love classical, love ancient mythology...... Hate Wagner....!
U2......what the <expletive deleted> is the <expletive deleted> of this <expletive deleted> excuse for a rock band?
I don't much like Dire Straits too, apart from Sultans of Swing
or is it just me.... that has a hatred of what is otherwise amongst the most popular?
Dire straits can be a bit hit and miss for me too, I like Mark Knopflers writing and style but some tracks leave me thinking that he hurried the job too much.
When I get a Straits/Knopfler downer going on I put Telegraph Road on and listen to it on the headphones, really listen to it, while doing nothing else. That puts me back in love with him/them pretty quickly.
When I get a Straits/Knopfler downer going on I put Telegraph Road on and listen to it on the headphones, really listen to it, while doing nothing else. That puts me back in love with him/them pretty quickly.
I do wonder about this and I think I have my own head figured, sort of!
I can walk into the workshop (at work) and Kiss fm will be on the radio and for some reason I want to kill people! Fortunately I have some self control...
For some reason I have a big tendency towards minor key music (or dirge! as some people would put it). So funnily enough I like a bit of Wagner and Bach but my real love is the Blues and early Heavy Metal.
A good example of my musical issues would be "Ghost town" by the Specials, the minor key parts frankly rock but when it goes all upbeat and Major, just ruins it! Technically there is nothing wrong with what they have done but my brain, doesn't like it.
The other issue for me is vocals, this is more about tone and less about key, some voices just grate.
Going back to OP the and Dire Straits, I think I am the opposite,I really like the long drawn out stuff like Private investigations and Telegraph road but view Sultan's of swing as a bordering on being a bit too pop and happy!
I can walk into the workshop (at work) and Kiss fm will be on the radio and for some reason I want to kill people! Fortunately I have some self control...
For some reason I have a big tendency towards minor key music (or dirge! as some people would put it). So funnily enough I like a bit of Wagner and Bach but my real love is the Blues and early Heavy Metal.
A good example of my musical issues would be "Ghost town" by the Specials, the minor key parts frankly rock but when it goes all upbeat and Major, just ruins it! Technically there is nothing wrong with what they have done but my brain, doesn't like it.
The other issue for me is vocals, this is more about tone and less about key, some voices just grate.
Going back to OP the and Dire Straits, I think I am the opposite,I really like the long drawn out stuff like Private investigations and Telegraph road but view Sultan's of swing as a bordering on being a bit too pop and happy!
Anything by Die Antwoord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uee_mcxvrw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcXNPI-IPPM
Honestly, wtf? I love music but these guys make me want to perforate my eardrums with a blunt instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uee_mcxvrw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcXNPI-IPPM
Honestly, wtf? I love music but these guys make me want to perforate my eardrums with a blunt instrument.
IIRC, it was Rossini that said, 'Wagner has some wonderful moments, but awful quarters of an hour'.
Which, for me, is about right.
On the subject of classical, the music of two composers I will never get are Schoenberg and Ravel. Schubert can, I find, gets on my tits very easily as well.
Which, for me, is about right.
On the subject of classical, the music of two composers I will never get are Schoenberg and Ravel. Schubert can, I find, gets on my tits very easily as well.
If I have to listen Sam Smith whine his way through that steaming pile of bat droppings that passes for the latest Bond theme, I swear I'll have to clean my ears out with a corkscrew. Whoever told the talentless t
t that he could have a career as a singer needs shooting.
Honestly, there should be a law against it...
t that he could have a career as a singer needs shooting. Honestly, there should be a law against it...
Smashing Pumpkins. Actually I enjoyed them on the whole, but I really struggle with Billy Corgan's voice.
I don't like U2 either, though I do really enjoy Pride and Sunday Bloody Sunday.
Metallica's Master of Puppets is one of my favourite albums.
I couldn't get into Kings of Leon or Oasis.
I don't like U2 either, though I do really enjoy Pride and Sunday Bloody Sunday.
Metallica's Master of Puppets is one of my favourite albums.
I couldn't get into Kings of Leon or Oasis.
Gaz. said:
kiseca said:
Smashing Pumpkins. Actually I enjoyed them on the whole, but I really struggle with Billy Corgan's voice.
Amen. Some great songs but he has a voice for the silent era of cinema. Dave Mustaine of Megadeth is similar, Countdown to Extinction is one of my favourite albums but I really wish Dave had hired a singer. It makes you wonder how Metallica would have panned out with Dave instead of Kirk.AdeTuono said:
If I have to listen Sam Smith whine his way through that steaming pile of bat droppings that passes for the latest Bond theme, I swear I'll have to clean my ears out with a corkscrew. Whoever told the talentless tt that he could have a career as a singer needs shooting.
Honestly, there should be a law against it...
Too right, blooming awful. Sounds like one hand is squeezing his nuts and the other sticking fingers up his nose. Dreadful t that he could have a career as a singer needs shooting. Honestly, there should be a law against it...
Gaz. said:
kiseca said:
Smashing Pumpkins. Actually I enjoyed them on the whole, but I really struggle with Billy Corgan's voice.
Amen. Some great songs but he has a voice for the silent era of cinema. Dave Mustaine of Megadeth is similar, Countdown to Extinction is one of my favourite albums but I really wish Dave had hired a singer. It makes you wonder how Metallica would have panned out with Dave instead of Kirk.See, I love Corgan's guitar work (especially Cherub Rock and Mayonnaise) but his vocals do grate on me. Likewise Megadeth; for the most part, Mustaine's guitar work is the perfect aggressive foil for Friedman's fluidity (e.g. Hangar 18) but his voice really aint all that. Although the one exception for me is Holy Wars where DM's vocals really hit an aggressive "sweet spot" for the tune (and his rhythm guitar lines on it are awesome).
spikey78 said:
AdeTuono said:
If I have to listen Sam Smith whine his way through that steaming pile of bat droppings that passes for the latest Bond theme, I swear I'll have to clean my ears out with a corkscrew. Whoever told the talentless tt that he could have a career as a singer needs shooting.
Honestly, there should be a law against it...
Too right, blooming awful. Sounds like one hand is squeezing his nuts and the other sticking fingers up his nose. Dreadful t that he could have a career as a singer needs shooting. Honestly, there should be a law against it...
My missus thinks I'm barking mad.
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