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     kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 209 Registered: 05-2005 |
"The last 5 albums you have bought" thread has turned into a "have a go at Sting, Phil Collins" thread. which begs the question, who really gets on your goat? easy for me. James Blunt | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 194 Registered: 04-2005 |
Jam bands. Rod Stewart. Metal bands. Gangsta rappers. Too many others to name. I guess I'm lucky--I've never heard James Blunt. In fact, I'd never even heard of him until people started bashing him here. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 195 Registered: 04-2005 |
Oh, and maybe you're mostly spared this guy in the rest of the world: Toby Keith. Worst...country...music...superstar...ever. Sums up everything that's embarrassing, wrong, and pigheaded about this country. | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 110 Registered: 03-2006 |
This could be a controversial choice: Nanci Griffith, which sort of flies in the face of my typical musical values...it's just her voice -she sounds, to me, like chipmunks being strangled... And I second Kurt's Toby Keith nomination...not just him but that whole "hat act" segment of what passes for country music these days. Rascal Flatts is another reprehensible, vile offender...And don't get me wrong I love a lot of classic country artists, your Willie, your Johnny Cash, and they comprise a lot of what I buy these days... And finally, I have to mention the genre called "emo"...I have tuned it out to such a degree I can't even tell you the band names, but there's shitloads of it played out here in So Cal and it is probably the most heinous, the most hated, on my list! | ||
| Bob Mail Member Username: Bob Post Number: 14 Registered: 03-2006 |
Barbra Striesand | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 77 Registered: 05-2005 |
The three horsemen of the FM radio apocalypse.....Elton John, Phil Collins and Billy Joel. Try listening to a commercial station without hearing them at least once! Better still, try changing stations and see how many are playing their songs (STILL!!!!!!!), often in a row and often the SAME SONG!! Absolutely maddening!!! My other dislikes are well known to you all so I won't put petrol on the fire ;) | ||
| Matt Ellis Member Username: Matt_ellis Post Number: 78 Registered: 11-2004 |
Ok I'm going to stick my neck out here...if I get shot down in flames then so be it :-) 1. Oasis 2. Echo & The Bunnymen 3. The Libertines 4. Placebo 5. The majority of acts who appeared on The X-Factor show and will doubtless all be in the UK Top 10 by default. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 207 Registered: 08-2004 |
Matt, I love The Bunnymen & The Libertines, but I won't bite. It's noticeable that 2 of the X-Factor whatever it was called offshoot, "artists" Journey South & the singing dustman, have CD's released the week before Mother's day. Happy accident or international conspiracy? Robbie Williams is my present pet hate, has been for 10 years now. That anti-talent has overshadowed previous unfavourites (Joel/Collins/Sting/Knopfler/Pink Floyd). James Blunt is irritatng no doubt, but I haven't been exposed to his vacuous attributes enough to build up any steam on him. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 263 Registered: 05-2005 |
For me, its about the amount of people associated with the music industry that don't have a clue, majority of radio presenters, save for Andrew Colins, Stuart Maconie and of course John Peel, press and promotion dolly's. I detest these more than most of the artists people would mention within this list, crirtics too, most of the reviews on the press are way out, and a lot of the time its NOT subjective! Pah! | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 37 Registered: 01-2006 |
For consistency over the decades, 80s, 90s and 00s it's U2 for me, their bombastic, derivative sound and the lead singer with an ego inversely proportional to his height. | ||
| abigail law Member Username: Abigail Post Number: 56 Registered: 06-2005 |
amen u2 every time | ||
| Matt Ellis Member Username: Matt_ellis Post Number: 79 Registered: 11-2004 |
Jerry, I really wanted to like Echo & The Bunnymen. After wrongly thinking they were a dance act when I was about 11 or 12, I finally realised I had them confused with another act! I saw them live at Reading '96 when they had 'Nothing Lasts Forever' out. I really loved that song but thought they were poor live. No offence, but Has McCulloch had a charisma bypass? The X Factor acts are cynically marketed thats for sure. I say that as an ex member of Journey South. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 264 Registered: 05-2005 |
Like most bands save for a few, The Bunnymen haven't really delvered since 1987. Really they should split up, their best were by far the first 4 albums, beyond that, save for Bedbugs and Ballyhoo they lost it. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 219 Registered: 05-2005 |
just read an article by the singer from this naff British band called The Kooks, and he was slagging off James Blunt. This is a guy who went to one to one of these posh music schools called the Brits school, where he met and fell in love with the talentless Katie Melua. So, he's slagging of Blunt and the likes for being soulless and not really caring about music. Has he heard his own drivel? Christ, this is akin to Hitler accusing Mussolini of being a bit of a fascist! | ||
| Eke Member Username: Ekewebb Post Number: 49 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've never been that keen on Lowry myself. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 266 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kev, calm down, you like cool music! they don't, rememeber!! Don't lose it! LOL | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 220 Registered: 05-2005 |
i know spence, i know.  | ||
| Peter Collins Member Username: Tyroneshoelaces Post Number: 96 Registered: 05-2005 |
Can't disagree with U2 - horrible noise. Shoot me down in flames, but I loathe Van Morrison, the no-talent baldie. I like Echo & the Bunnymen, but I know someone who once won a competition, the prize being a chance to meet Ian McCulloch. She said he was the most odious person she's ever met. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 51 Registered: 01-2005 |
You guys nailed it on the modern country sound. Toby Keith is terrible, as is Brad Paisly, Kenny Chesney, etc. I never like Elton John, Rod Stewart hasn't put out anything decent in 30 years and his Songbooks are pure shite. I can't stand any rap, with the exception of a few early Run-DMC songs. I am a huge Echo fan, mostly the stuff from 1980-84 though. | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 122 Registered: 03-2006 |
Without offering any critical judgement of Oasis' music, man, they're fun to read about...the things that come out of those two's mouths, particularly that Mensa candidate, Liam! | ||
| abigail law Member Username: Abigail Post Number: 57 Registered: 06-2005 |
Definitely maybe is a classic, it's like the stone roses debuts snotty little brother. Beyond that they've been dire | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 126 Registered: 03-2006 |
And what IS up with James Blunt? I thought maybe there was some kind of culture gap...something we Yanks are incapable of getting... He sounds like David Gray, if DG had his balls in a vise and didn't have decent songs... | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 225 Registered: 05-2005 |
James Blunt will soon enter the lexicon of cockney rhyming slang - that will be his contribution to popular culture. Hardin, David Gray and decent songs dont belong in the same sentence | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 127 Registered: 03-2006 |
Probably agree, Kev...just trying to be diplomatic and not offend more than one group of fans per post...I'm no expert and don't care much, but DG isn't as vile as Blunt, is he? At least he doesn't posture around like he's God's gift to women...they both are from that "I'm so sensitive" school of songwriting though, aren't they? | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 227 Registered: 05-2005 |
not as vile Hardin. just mediocre | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 228 Registered: 10-2004 |
ryan adams radiohead elliot smith white stripes oasis (but that goes w/ out saying, right?) modest mouse tim buckley (CANNOT deal with his voice!) bright eyes jim o'rourke (amazing how everything this guy touches turns to feces) i'm sure there's more.... | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 135 Registered: 03-2006 |
This is too much fun and too easy - it really is like shooting fish in a barrel, but I forgot to mention: 1) Nickelback 2) Scott Stapp (of the departed, not missed Creed) 3) Kid Rock 4) Korn 5) Guns N Roses, anything having to do w/ Axl Rose 6) Not the group, necessarily, but the song "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas, has to be the most annoying, asinine thing I've heard, probably ever. 7) Chicago - Peter Cetera is a dog from hell 8) Barry Manilow - sorry, that one's too easy, but he's all over the charts here. 9) Bon F-ing Jovi. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 18 Registered: 05-2005 |
Radiohead, largely overrated. Rolling Stone, the greatest rock'n roll swindle forever ! Brian Ferry, fuck the hunters PJ Harvey, idem Joy division, overrated. and many others... | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 233 Registered: 05-2005 |
TROU, apart from the oily Mr Ferry I cannot agree with you. Therefore I am really intrigued to find out who you actually like. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 271 Registered: 05-2005 |
Any RnB and Garage, the modern day stuff obviously. Its all bollocks, that stuff and all the bling that goes with it repulses me, not to mention the way it treats the female species in such an unappreciative way. | ||
| gareth w Member Username: Gareth Post Number: 61 Registered: 05-2005 |
Paul Weller Nickleback Black Eyed Peas Brian Wilson Paul Weller (dislike him twice as much as the others) and from the acting community - Vanessa Redgrave (makes me want to throw a chair at the tv every time she appears) | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 243 Registered: 03-2005 |
Ok, I'm going to stick up for David Gray to an extent. IMO, the first album "A Century Ends" is a total classic. The next two albums are 50% classics. Then he started doing pleasant pabulum and, of course, became popular here in the U.S. Spence, what is modern day garage? I'm only familiar with the old 60s stuff from the U.S. (and I'd argue also Oz). Much of which, of course, is fabulous. A big thumb-up to Jeff on the White Stripes. I really resent it when somebody is heavily hyped as the big new thing and all they do is recycle from the past. And from a past I don't like, to boot. I'm amused at how many of the folks named on here I've never even heard. While I miss out on Nick Harcourt's show, there's a lot to be said for never switching on a radio. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 272 Registered: 05-2005 |
Joy Division are seminal man!!! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 210 Registered: 08-2004 |
Joy Division & White Stripes are untouchable. Jack White's playing, voice & songwriting are severely under-rated. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 273 Registered: 05-2005 |
White Stripes...? middle of the road for me... | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Nemo Post Number: 16 Registered: 07-2005 |
Any artist/band associated with Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell. Any artist/band who has ever covered a song composed by Diane Warren. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 245 Registered: 03-2005 |
Somebody who is currently being hyped up the whazoo (Jack White) cannot be "underrated." | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 131 Registered: 11-2004 |
Jeff W just made my job a whole lot easier. Just add U2 to that list and I think we've got my list done and done. I think artistes like Slipknot and Korn go without saying. | ||
| James Member Username: James Post Number: 36 Registered: 05-2005 |
- The gig line up from Hell - Eurythmics Ocean Colour Scene Clapton Hootie and The Blowfish The Zutons | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 141 Registered: 03-2006 |
Aw dang, I forgot to mention Sarah McLachlan...an aural estrogen overdose... James, a college drinking buddy, who happened to be very opinionated but funny, would come up with amusing names for bands he hated. His tag for the Eurythmics was the "No-rythmics"...Soft Cell, who should be mentioned on this thread, were "Soft Stool", and so on... | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 38 Registered: 01-2006 |
Hardin, I have a friend like your one James and he has always called Oasis 'Oh-Jaysus' (that's the way Dubliners pronounce Jesus)! | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 152 Registered: 03-2006 |
I love it...often nicknames and talking shit about these bands is way more entertaining than their actual music! | ||
| mingus Member Username: Mingus Post Number: 33 Registered: 06-2005 |
Russell Crowe. | ||
| Matt Ellis Member Username: Matt_ellis Post Number: 88 Registered: 11-2004 |
That made me laugh out loud Mingus! I challenge anybody to defend that! | ||
| mingus Member Username: Mingus Post Number: 34 Registered: 06-2005 |
I'm prepared to offer cold hard cash to anyone foolish enough to try ! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 252 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pro Hart. | ||
| mingus Member Username: Mingus Post Number: 35 Registered: 06-2005 |
that made *me* laugh out loud! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 254 Registered: 05-2005 |
Blushing! | ||
| mingus Member Username: Mingus Post Number: 36 Registered: 06-2005 |
Pro is right up there I grant you but he has nothing on Crowe - whose recent appearance on radio where I heard him (seriously) refer to his band's song writing skills, in the same sentence, to those of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, was truly memorable. |