Great songs by acts you don't like
Discussion
Just watching Franz Ferdinand perform a cover of Toxic got me thinking.
It's a great song, but generally I don't like Britney Spears.
Equally, Some Kind of Bliss by Kylie is a great song, but I never like her thin voice.
Are there songs you really like, despite them being by artists you don't really like?
M
It's a great song, but generally I don't like Britney Spears.
Equally, Some Kind of Bliss by Kylie is a great song, but I never like her thin voice.
Are there songs you really like, despite them being by artists you don't really like?
M
Edited by marcosgt on Friday 25th April 09:32
Fairground - Simply Red.
Never liked anything by them before or after this song. Hearing it takes me back to 1995 in an instant.
No Regrets - Robbie Williams.
Great tune with Neil Tennant & Hannon doing some backing vocals. Nothing else he’s ever done has pricked up my ears.
Leaders of the Free World - Elbow.
I’ve tried with Elbow. Heard plenty of their songs, seen them on tv shows. I feel like I “should” really like them but somehow it’s never clicked apart from this song.
Never liked anything by them before or after this song. Hearing it takes me back to 1995 in an instant.
No Regrets - Robbie Williams.
Great tune with Neil Tennant & Hannon doing some backing vocals. Nothing else he’s ever done has pricked up my ears.
Leaders of the Free World - Elbow.
I’ve tried with Elbow. Heard plenty of their songs, seen them on tv shows. I feel like I “should” really like them but somehow it’s never clicked apart from this song.
There's probably loads but off the top of my head
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
One of my favourite songs, but I otherwise normally hate Billy Corgan's voice. See also Placebo with The Bitter End.
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
I haven't heard anything else I like from them, though I can't say I've listened to their whole back catalogue!
Sting (as a solo artist) - Russians
Kings of Leon - Walls
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
One of my favourite songs, but I otherwise normally hate Billy Corgan's voice. See also Placebo with The Bitter End.
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
I haven't heard anything else I like from them, though I can't say I've listened to their whole back catalogue!
Sting (as a solo artist) - Russians
Kings of Leon - Walls
andySC said:
Fairground - Simply Red.
Never liked anything by them before or after this song. Hearing it takes me back to 1995 in an instant.
I don't like Mick Hucknall as a person, I think he's a knob, and he supports Manchester United, but he's got a great voice (Frank Sinatra even said so) and is a great songwriter. His shows still sell out all over the world, from Australia to South America.Never liked anything by them before or after this song. Hearing it takes me back to 1995 in an instant.
I've seen Simply Red around 20 times.
(He was in my brother's class at school in Denton and was a knob then)
Wacky Racer said:
I don't like Mick Hucknall as a person, I think he's a knob...
(He was in my brother's class at school in Denton and was a knob then)
I suspect being a knob and being prepared to perform in front of thousands of people often go together.(He was in my brother's class at school in Denton and was a knob then)
I try to disassociate the music from the person for that reason.
M
Zio Di Roma said:
king arthur said:
How Soon Is Now by the Smiths.
I like several of their songs, but don't like them First of the Gang to Die and Everyday Is Like Sunday being examples.Not a fan of the Spice Girls generally, but you'd have to have a heart of stone to not like Wannabe.
Zio Di Roma said:
Agreed aside from Ray of Light, a housy tune she knocked out.
Wasn't that largely an updated version of "Zephyr in the sky" by an obscure British duo called something like "Curtiss Muldoon"? I remember reading an article in a newspaper about it.I haven't heard the original so I don't know how different it is.
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