12-03-2002 14:17									#31
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I never really got into dance music either. It mostly sucks to me. Only about two dance names have ever made their way into my heart: Shanks and Bigfoot, because I can count on them to be cute and nice (depressing music reeks); and, way back in the mid-90s, a reggae-dance hybrid act with the surprising name of Mr. President . . .

	12-03-2002 14:31									#32
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U2
Rolling Stones
Elvis Presley
The Hives
Groove Armada
The Smiths
The Strokes
Travis

	12-03-2002 14:36									#33
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I wasn't aware anyone liked The Strokes.

They simply try too hard...

	12-03-2002 14:50									#34
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Opeth... most metallers claim it's "pure musical genius" and the other usual stuff... but listening to one of their songs just leaves me thinking "what the ****"

Maybe I'm not intelligent enough

	12-03-2002 14:51									#35
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backstreetn boys, 'n sync, 98 degrees

you get the picture...

	12-03-2002 15:04									#36
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quote: Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny REM. What a load of mimsy, pretentious rubbish. U2. Utter drivel.

YES!!!

	12-03-2002 15:18									#37
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Also:

Category 1:
Creed - Why?
Staind - Cheer up!!!!
Nickelback - Please make them stop
POD - just when you thought things couldn't get any worse along come POD and prove you wrong

A housemate of mine who has some Creed albums said, when challenged, that it's music to listen to when you don't want to listen to music. I think that says it all for all these three bands.


Category 2:
Travis - Sing, sing, rain, rain, turn turn. It probably rains on you because you live in Scotland. ****!
Coldplay - *yawn*

The Verve did this stuff well, these guys are just boring.

There is so many more categories as well... for me the biggest crime is being boring though, add The Strokes into that.

	12-03-2002 15:24									#38
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH Nickelback - Please make them stop A housemate of mine who has some Creed albums said, when challenged, that it's music to listen to when you don't want to listen to music. I think that says it all for all these three bands.

The people who usually have things against Nickelback tend to:
A) Not like Rock in general
B) Like Rock in general but assume all Rock has to be artistic, deep, and/or symbolic

I like Nickelback because I find the tunes to be quite catchy, I enjoy listening to them, they're simple yet not too simple. I like that once and a while.

Unfortunately because they're so simple, they don't have much replay value. But for the short while when the song or CD's still new to me, I really enjoy it.

	12-03-2002 15:35									#39
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH quote: Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny REM. What a load of mimsy, pretentious rubbish. U2. Utter drivel. YES!!!

Same here.


Add me Prince to the list, please.

	12-03-2002 16:01									#40
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Well, being someone else who hates Nickelback I can say it's neither of those reasons. The main reason is that they lack any form of originality, creativity and energy. Half-hearted music that sounds like it was recorded in the mid-eighties (and the bands then did it with much more finesse and better production). Extremely boring, extremely predictable, extremely not Rock.

	12-03-2002 17:09									#41
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Yep, that's it. I love different bands from all parts of rock music from death metal and grindcore to early '60s proto punk and most stuff in between. Nickelback aren't doing anything that I haven't heard over and over again for the last 15 years, which isn't so bad in itself but they are doing it in a passionless, boring way.

I think that what you said about them being quite catchy but not having much replay value is a pretty good summary of why I don't like them. There's nothing behind the music which isn't necessarily a bad thing, we all like dumb music from time to time but Nickelback's stuff is not good enough to force it into your head and make you want to listen to it again and again which is what great dumb music can do.

	12-03-2002 18:12									#42
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Red Hot Chili Peppers

	12-03-2002 18:32									#43
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Well, I have to agree with a lot of the hopelessly unoriginal and derivative stuff that was mentioned, like:

Limp Bizkit
Staind
Creed
Kid Rock
Godsmack

I don't really dislike bands like Travis, Nickelback, U2, REM and Coldplay, even though I can name tons of more interesting bands.

But a lot of the bands I mentioned above are not really taken seriously by people who are interested in music, so here are a few others.

I completely agree with Aivopuoliso on Opeth. I can't figure out what's supposed to be so great about it, even though almost every metalhead thinks they're the greatest band on earth.

The Strokes. It's not bad, but it's very far from exciting, especially for a band that has been applauded by almost every music fan last year.

Mudhoney is often considered (especially by Nirvana fans) to be one of the best grunge bands. I disagree. A lot.

	12-03-2002 18:37									#44
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Just about anything snappy recommends

	12-03-2002 18:38									#45
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This is a thread for stuff everyone likes. No-one likes the stuff that Snapcase recommends.

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Led Zeppelin
Santana

	12-03-2002 18:58									#47
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good point about snappy mike

Speaking of boring bands...that Train group is deathly boring.
I am disgusted that a band like Limp Bizkit gets airplay.
I don't understand the appeal of ludacris in the rap genre. Horrible.
Kid Rock???
I could never stand courtney love and hole..ick.
Janes Addiction is godawful.
I think beck always sucked.
Robbie Williams??Bleck.
I'm not a huge fan of the rectal entrance men either......(REM)

	12-03-2002 19:01									#48
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Just a friendly reminder to people suggesting bands like N'Sync and Limp Bizkit - these fall under the banner of "mass-marketed crap". When I'm speaking of "everybody", I'm talking of, well, people like us.

	12-03-2002 19:03									#49
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IMHO, Jimi Hendrix is an overrated musician.

	12-03-2002 19:10									#50
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As much as I love Jimi and his tunes, I would have to agree with the Dr.

Stefu, what music that everybody likes is NOT mass-marketed crap??

	12-03-2002 19:12									#51
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Do you guys play guitar? Jimi's excellent. Very instinctive and natural style and he gets a lot of emotion out of the instrument.

	12-03-2002 19:21									#52
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quote: Stefu, what music that everybody likes is NOT mass-marketed crap??

Hrmpf. Maybe better way to phrase it would have been "Music that people like you could be excepted to like but you don't."

	12-03-2002 19:27									#53
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quote: Do you guys play guitar? Jimi's excellent. Very instinctive and natural style and he gets a lot of emotion out of the instrument.

I'm not saying jimi is a bad guitarist, hell no. i'm just saying that he's overrated. I don't consider him to be the best guitarist ever.
Playing the guitar with your teeth rocks though..

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Well Mike, though I don't play guitar, the way I see Jimi is this:

Some guitarists are very good with technical skills, very clean. As a metaphor, some are like a Boticelli painting. Very clear, very vibrant and very easy to follow. Classic.

Jimi , using the art metaphor, is like a Jackson Pollock painitng, who while many people appreciate his work, is technically sh!t. His paintings look like a 7 year old scribbled with crayon and than took a dump on the canvas.

Now sometimes, when the mood is right, I can definetly go for some jimi. No doubt there is a lot of passion and emotion in his music and I definetly like Jimi alot when in these moods. But never do I think to myself, man is this guy is a skilled musician. He gets too much clout IMO.

All that being said, I won't be tossing my Jimi cd's anytime soon. Nothing better than Crosstown Traffic during a little drive through the city

	12-03-2002 21:18									#55
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Jimi's great because he made the guitar make noises no-one else could do at the time. He pioneered the kind of feedback and overdriven effects that people take for granted now, as well as stuff like the wah wah etc. Even today with modern effects etc people would find it very hard to recreate the kind of noises he got out of his guitar. It might sometimes sound messy but it's deliberate, he's pushing the instrument to its limits. It's fairly easy to learn how to play technically competently and quickly, it's a lot harder to pioneer. Jimi's regarded so highly for pushing the boundaries of what you can do with a guitar, especially with the crappy gear around at that time as much as what he actually played.

If no-one's everyone's dumping on canvasses all the time there's nothing special about it but if someone does it for the first time to challenge your preconceptions about what art is then it is special.

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quote: Originally posted by Lung The Cure. What any ever saw in this band i have no idea. Pure dribble. Oh yes, and most of the others mentioned here were too

The Cure is not a BAND THAT EVERYBODY LIKES.. It is an acquired taste by those who like meaningful music. So he doesn't sing normal, so he wears makeup..His words are awesome and deep..The Cure is my one and ONLY favorite band in the whole wide world...Robert SMith is a Lyrical Genius!!!

	12-03-2002 21:30									#57
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All these points I've heard before Mike and I do acknowledge tem......he opened a lot of doors, and he played a great role in the development of guitar based rock music. Not going to deny that at all. All I was saying was that I agree with Dr. in saying that he's overrated. Jimi had a lot of great singles, but I don't think he has one single shining album where he put it all together. (IMO)

Being different, by definition, does make something special, but it does not mean it's good. Some of the modern stuff that people consider art these days is just horrible. But thats a different discussion.

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Aye, I know what you are saying about his music but that doesn't make him a bad musician.

I think Axis Bold As Love was a masterpiece personally.

	12-03-2002 21:36									#59
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I know alot of people like U2 but I just really don't. I also don't like Lenny Kravitz or Godsmack, which for me is unusual becuase I like that type of music but there's just something about them that gets on my nerves.

Disturbed is another one of those bands. If the guy could come up with something other then the "ohhhh aahhh ahhhh ahhh" sound.......it really sounds like he's trying to imitate a monkey singing rock!

And Blackie I have to agree with you........love The Cure!

	12-03-2002 21:45									#60
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Where did me or the doc say he was a bad musician

Axis Bold as Love is a solid album....but a little too off the wall in places for me (see jackson pollock comments ).

I guess I'm boring....kind of a traditionalist