Your Pop/Rock music heresy
Discussion
So before we drag out the comfy chair and the soft cushions, what makes you a pop/rock music heretic?
This isn't about guilty pleasure songs, I want to hear your confessions about your tastes that so go against the general accepted musical wisdom most people would put you on the rack. So me first;
Bob Marley - Really don't get it. Spokesman for a generation? Nope, writer of very basic songs with sloppy lyrics, that make middle class students who have just smoked their first joint feel like they are sticking it to the man.
Bob Dylan - Just so irritating when he sings. Great songwriter but then all his songs sound better as cover versions. See also Neil Young & Tom Waits.
And this one really is going to put the cat amongst the kittens & I promise I'm not doing this just to wind anyone up but..... Queen
I know that he was an incredible showman live but I just don't feel they were that brillant as an actual band. I mean a few good songs (One Vision, Somebody To Love, Another One Bites The Dust.) but I especially don't get Bohemian Rhapsody, why is it held with such reverence? I mean its ok but to be honest this idea that its the greatest thing since sliced bread has just passed me by. I'm also not keen on the remaining members of the band seemingly flogging a dead horse by bringing in various 'guest' vocalists.
So what makes you a musical heretic?
'Dons tin helmet and runs for the hills'
the beatles - sorry just dont get them. the really early stuff like "love me do" and "i wanna hold your hand" was ok, general throwaway pop rubbish but the rest of it was just pump. ok, i know they were on a lot of drugs at the time of their later, more famous stuff but loads of other ace musicians have been off their head and come up with legendary songs.
Recent stuff:-
Radiohead - just find them too dreary
Coldplay - it they were a colour they'd be beige
U2 - overblown, & not as good as they think they are, and as for Bono....
REM - Boring AOR
Old stuff:-
I've always felt rather guilty that I don't like The Who as much as I should (or as much as someone of my age is supposed to). I don't know why, but most of their material just doesn't do anything for me at all.
Looking at when they were in their prime, for the first part of it (say up to 1972) I preferred the Beatles, Stones & The Move, and from the early 70's onwards it was Sabbath & Hawkwind, so I never went through a Who phase.
I also heard a great line from someone the other day, who said "everyone likes ABBA" as if it were blindingly obvious, and a generally accepted fact. Well I don't!
Radiohead - just find them too dreary
Coldplay - it they were a colour they'd be beige
U2 - overblown, & not as good as they think they are, and as for Bono....
REM - Boring AOR
Old stuff:-
I've always felt rather guilty that I don't like The Who as much as I should (or as much as someone of my age is supposed to). I don't know why, but most of their material just doesn't do anything for me at all.
Looking at when they were in their prime, for the first part of it (say up to 1972) I preferred the Beatles, Stones & The Move, and from the early 70's onwards it was Sabbath & Hawkwind, so I never went through a Who phase.
I also heard a great line from someone the other day, who said "everyone likes ABBA" as if it were blindingly obvious, and a generally accepted fact. Well I don't!
S7Paul said:
Coldplay - it they were a colour they'd be beige
You're way too polite.I stopped buying Q when they proclaimed s
tplay to be "the best band in the world" or some such bks and haven't bought it since - they lost every last shred of credibility they may or may not have had with a statement like that.My usual gig attire includes this T-shirt:
goldblum said:
Most things since 1995.
The Beatles...just do not get them at all.Really dire,wailey scouse rubbish.
Also Thrash/Death whatever - all just faster/screamier versions of good metal.
Having said that I remember being quite into Slade,Gary Glitter etc..'I'm the leader,I'm the leader,I'm the leader of the gang I am.'The Beatles...just do not get them at all.Really dire,wailey scouse rubbish.
Also Thrash/Death whatever - all just faster/screamier versions of good metal.
No accounting for taste eh?
Already been covered, but the following leave me cold:
The Beatles - their stuff makes my skin crawl.
U2 - I just never got U2, their output barely even registers as music to me for some reason. Strange thing is my uncle, who was a huge influence on my musical taste when I was growing up, adores them.
The Beatles - their stuff makes my skin crawl.
U2 - I just never got U2, their output barely even registers as music to me for some reason. Strange thing is my uncle, who was a huge influence on my musical taste when I was growing up, adores them.
In the usual PH way, on the first page, several posters have already misunderstood the thread and, instead of posting about their heretical dislikes, have simply posted their entirely unsurprising dislikes for which they expect to be approved (e.g. Coldplay).
The OP wanted you to say what groups you dislike that everyone is expected to like. It's not that difficult a concept.
Anyway, for me, it's Bob Dylan. I love his songs when interpreted by other people, but can never really get past his inability to sing.
At 43 I'm still reserving judgement on Pink Floyd.
The OP wanted you to say what groups you dislike that everyone is expected to like. It's not that difficult a concept.
Anyway, for me, it's Bob Dylan. I love his songs when interpreted by other people, but can never really get past his inability to sing.
At 43 I'm still reserving judgement on Pink Floyd.
The stuff I just don't get that everybody else seems to love:
Presley - couldn't sing, couldn't play an instrument, never wrote a song in his life, talentless truck driver.
Dylan - horrible, whiney drivel.
Hendrix - not a guitarist, just a noise maker. And why did he insist on singing when he couldn't?
Queen - what were they all about? First couple of albums, brilliant. Remainder, crap.
U2 - worst band in the world. Ever. Bar none.
On the other hand, most people don't understand those who like me are obsessed with prog.
Presley - couldn't sing, couldn't play an instrument, never wrote a song in his life, talentless truck driver.
Dylan - horrible, whiney drivel.
Hendrix - not a guitarist, just a noise maker. And why did he insist on singing when he couldn't?
Queen - what were they all about? First couple of albums, brilliant. Remainder, crap.
U2 - worst band in the world. Ever. Bar none.
On the other hand, most people don't understand those who like me are obsessed with prog.
S7Paul said:
Radiohead - just find them too dreary
Good call, they register so low on my radar I'd completely forgotten about them.I can only just understand the love for Pink Floyd. Songs about how difficult it is to be a rock star always leave me a little cold and the irony of a song about how evil money is on one of the greatest selling albums of all time....
Zod said:
In the usual PH way, on the first page, several posters have already misunderstood the thread and, instead of posting about their heretical dislikes, have simply posted their entirely unsurprising dislikes for which they expect to be approved (e.g. Coldplay).
But out there in the real world we are "expected" to like, nay worship, Coldplay, non? Hence I have a heretical dislike of something which the majority who hear Chris' whining lap up, like the musical equivalent of the Emperor's new clothes?Edited by C8PPO on Wednesday 19th January 13:11
C8PPO said:
Zod said:
In the usual PH way, on the first page, several posters have already misunderstood the thread and, instead of posting about their heretical dislikes, have simply posted their entirely unsurprising dislikes for which they expect to be approved (e.g. Coldplay).
But out there in the real world we are "expected" to like, nay worship, Coldplay, non? Hence I have a heretical dislike of something which the majority who hear Chris' whining lap up, like the musical equivalent of the Emperor's new clothes?Edited by C8PPO on Wednesday 19th January 13:11
Zod said:
C8PPO said:
Zod said:
In the usual PH way, on the first page, several posters have already misunderstood the thread and, instead of posting about their heretical dislikes, have simply posted their entirely unsurprising dislikes for which they expect to be approved (e.g. Coldplay).
But out there in the real world we are "expected" to like, nay worship, Coldplay, non? Hence I have a heretical dislike of something which the majority who hear Chris' whining lap up, like the musical equivalent of the Emperor's new clothes?Edited by C8PPO on Wednesday 19th January 13:11
rednotdead said:
The Beatles - sorry but McCartney just gets on my tits and was Lennon really that good?
The Who - one or two ace songs but the rest?
Muse - WTF is that wailing all about?
Coldplay - see previous posts.
Oasis - trying too hard.
+1000000The Who - one or two ace songs but the rest?
Muse - WTF is that wailing all about?
Coldplay - see previous posts.
Oasis - trying too hard.
Also, I don't see the fuss about Ritchie Blackmore. How does he compare to Jimmy Page, the Thin Lizzy duo etc?
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