Who Are Your 'Off Switch' Artists?

[NMNeil]

Keb Mo.
If you never heard of him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-GIaYpHp3c&ab...
And of course J.J. Cale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=micFPTLix7E&ab...

[carlove]

Sam Smith, his songs are so miserable and boring, completely overrated. Same goes for Adele.

Ed Sheeran is very similar, however there is some of his songs I quite like, can’t say I like any by Sam Smith.

[parakitaMol.]

The Beatles. URRRRRGHHHHHH

[OldSkoolRS]

Judging by previous episodes about 80% of Jools Holland's program. I record it now and then skim through the 20% I actually want to see.

I always feel it's a bit like when you go on holiday (well if you can remember those...) and go to watch some local show: Stuff you'd never dream of listening to at home, but you feel obliged to politely grin and bare it. Thank heavens for hard disc recorders and a wife who understands that I don't listen to Flamenco at home, so why should I just because I'm on holiday?

I should probably name names, though I heard that Michael Kiwanuka (had to search the spelling) is on JH tonight, so you might guess that'll be part of the 80% bit I'll skip tomorrow.

[anonymous-user]

Most stuff from the 1960's.

The Beatles and anyone else who has that similar sound makes me want to never listen to music again.

Awful.

[parakitaMol.]

And U2 - WATF? dreadful. And a bunch of tossers.

[Pieman68]

Anyone else want to vote for anything to do with the overrated knobbers that are the Gallaghers?

And another vote for Sheeran and Sam Smith as well

[parakitaMol.]

Pieman68 said:

Anyone else want to vote for anything to do with the overrated knobbers that are the Gallaghers?

And another vote for Sheeran and Sam Smith as well

Yep, I detest Oasis, they can go

it pains me that I do actually like some of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

[Pastor Of Muppets]

NDA said:

Any rap music - zero interest.

Yep.

Also....

Elton John.

Celine Dion.

Mick Hucknall.

Westlife

Boyzone.

Take That.

Ed Sheeran.

Adele.

Cliff Pilchards.

Feck this could be a long list.

[Nik Gnashers]

Led Zep, bunch of thieving, unoriginal, tosspots.

[putonghua73]

The Beatles? Led Zeppelin?

U wot m8!?

My CD playlist in the car: Beatles (Rubber Soul onwards) Led Zeppelin, Love (Forever Changes), and Miles Davis (A Kind of Blue).

Although I dislike contemporary commercial pop (however, I don't mind Dua Lipa and Sia), the absolute non-negotiables are: Blur and Oasis.

[carlove]

putonghua73 said:

The Beatles? Led Zeppelin?

U wot m8!?

My CD playlist in the car: Beatles (Rubber Soul onwards) Led Zeppelin, Love (Forever Changes), and Miles Davis (A Kind of Blue).

Although I dislike contemporary commercial pop (however, I don't mind Dua Lipa and Sia), the absolute non-negotiables are: Blur and Oasis.

I never thought "playlist in the car... Led Zeppelin" and "I don't mind Dua Lipa" being in the same post.

Everyone raves about Oasis, but they've never done it for me, I like the odd song but most of it is pretty ste.

My Dad used to play Roger Whittaker whistling away in the car, I've picked up a lot of his music taste (The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths) but Roger Whittaker has never played in my car. Looking back I think he only played it because he knew I hated it
Before this Covid crap I blasted out Baby by Justin Bieber just to annoy and embarrass my cousin who'd asked for a lift, wonder where I get that from. My car connects to my iPhone and I can ask it to play any song on Apple Music, I don't have Justin Bieber on my playlists, just like to clarify that.

[MitchT]

Foo Fighters. It's like two balls of barbed wire are having a fight inside my head.

[Meltham Terrier]

Prince

Any of the Jackson’s

[LunarOne]

Saving the worst for last...

Paul McCartney

U2

Amy Winehouse

The Pogues

Heather Small - her voice is like a knife scraping on poor quality crockery.

[Dynamic Space Wizard]

Bronski Beat
Bee Gees
The Darkness
Rap and R&B

[deeen]

When I saw the thread title, my first thought was Phil Collins, closely followed by Genesis. I agree with most of the other names mentioned, in a "wildly overrated" rather than "off switch" kind of way. Disagree with The Pogues, a breath of fresh air! Also the Beatles were obviously fantastic, but "of their time".

Edited by deeen on Thursday 31st December 22:01

[MonkeyBusiness]

Bruce Springsteen by a long shot.

[LunarOne]

LunarOne said:

Saving the worst for last...

Paul McCartney

U2

Amy Winehouse

The Pogues

Heather Small - her voice is like a knife scraping on poor quality crockery.

Dammit I forgot Oasis. But thankfully it's already on the list.

[rjfp1962]

LunarOne said:

+1

Dammit I forgot Oasis. But thankfully it's already on the list.

I have to admit being into Oasis for a while - But listening to it now, which to be honest I don't, the music relies more on big overdubs than the music content itself..