Bands i've tried to get into but can't even though everyone else likes them.

Enya - bloody dreadful ....
sex pistols ... no thank you, I could do better one handed
cliff Richard ... makes me an atheist
adaM Ant .. bloke has a problem apart from his whole catalogue being rubbish

I am at that age where most stuff now offends ... drum and base , garage, WTF has that got to do with music??
 
harpo_72 said:
Enya - bloody dreadful ....
sex pistols ... no thank you, I could do better one handed
cliff Richard ... makes me an atheist
adaM Ant .. bloke has a problem apart from his whole catalogue being rubbish

I am at that age where most stuff now offends ... drum and base , garage, WTF has that got to do with music??
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Mmmm, I'd be interested in hearing the music one of your hands makes if it could create a song as visceral and powerful and Pretty Vacant. ;) In which incidentally the opening riff was stolen from SOS by Abba fact fans.
 
my list would be very long but an abridged version is
U2
COLDPLAY
OASIS
MUSE
and the real biggy for me is the fat ginger bint ADELLE cant stand her stuff at all.
 
Norrin Radd said:
my list would be very long but an abridged version is
U2
COLDPLAY
OASIS
MUSE
and the real biggy for me is the fat ginger bint ADELLE cant stand her stuff at all.
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Not sure you had to resort to personal insults when referring to the only female in your list. But hey ho. And at least spell her name right.
 
why would you try and like a band just for the sake of it.?
 
You may think that if so many people like a band over a long period of time that you are missing something and so try to listen to their music again. I tried listening to Pink Floyd when people made a fuss of their reunion a while ago. I tried, I really did but it was not for me. Sometimes you can see a film and think mmmeehhhhh but then catch it again on tv and you see things you didn't notice first time and your opinion can change.
 
Try as I might and even though I love rock & metal, just can't get into Led Zeppelin.
Also, when the first Stone Roses album came out, bought it as everyone raved about it - just not enough for me
 
Thought the first two Coldplay albums were superb, 3rd was ok-ish. Since then I've found it very challenging to watch or listen to them.

Completely understand the Radiohead marmite response. Not sure they're really a band who could be categorised in this thread though - pretty clear not everyone likes them! My musical taste has pretty much mirrored their progression as a band- rarely listen to Bends or Ok now, whereas I could hardly get enough of them. Love Amnesiac and Kid A - not so much at first (in many ways these feel ahead of recent albums) ... Hail was a very slow grower on me, as has Moon. Limbs was decent but had a couple of ropey tracks. Rainbows is probably the best album IMO - maintains its intensity throughout spectacularly. I love the bands development, a band which is more an exploration of curious 'sounds' than just music.
 
the smiling assassin said:
Thought the first two Coldplay albums were superb, 3rd was ok-ish. Since then I've found it very challenging to watch or listen to them.

Completely understand the Radiohead marmite response. Not sure they're really a band who could be categorised in this thread though - pretty clear not everyone likes them! My musical taste has pretty much mirrored their progression as a band- rarely listen to Bends or Ok now, whereas I could hardly get enough of them. Love Amnesiac and Kid A - not so much at first (in many ways these feel ahead of recent albums) ... Hail was a very slow grower on me, as has Moon. Limbs was decent but had a couple of ropey tracks. Rainbows is probably the best album IMO - maintains its intensity throughout spectacularly. I love the bands development, a band which is more an exploration of curious 'sounds' than just music.
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Great summary there. Totally agree they are marmite as to me the push boundaries as much as possible. They can write 'anthem' type music if they want and probably could have had a very successful career rewriting The Bends, which is what most bands do, rewrite a winning formula over and over again, often to ever diminishing returns. But they did not and they make albums that reward listening to them over and over again, you have to put some work in. Not everyone is 10 out of 10 as if you are experimenting a bit then that will always be the case. But to me Moon Shaped Pool is one of their best and is still pushing boundaries in what you can do in 'rock music', and not sure how many bands can say that after 20 odd years.

Just listen to True Love Waits off the Live album I Might Be Wrong which is a pretty standard anthemic guitar based song. Then listen to the version on Moon Shaped Pool a decade later which is a musically strange but ultimately beautiful reworking that I would argue no other band could have done.

Plus they did one of the best bond theme tunes ever. Shame they went for Sam Smith instead!! [video=vimeo;188651189]https://vimeo.com/188651189[/video]
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I tried listening to Pink Floyd when people made a fuss of their reunion a while ago. I tried, I really did but it was not for me. Sometimes you can see a film and think mmmeehhhhh but then catch it again on tv and you see things you didn't notice first time and your opinion can change.
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Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here are the ones mate.
 
What's wrong with a sad song?

Life's not all happy happy joy joy

Sadness and anger are very true and need to be conveyed

Some of us need to hear music like this. None of the great poets or wordsmiths made a name by signing or writing about joy.
 
In my youth one band I just couldn't "get" was Kiss
What was that all about?
Later on it was Snowpatrol, ( music to hang yourself to)

But then again I liked Blue Oyster Cult when nobody else did 🤓
 
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