love/hate

There are bands that many if not most seem to adore but you just can't get into it, regardless how hard you wanna !

Perhaps the greatest heresy I have committed is that I dislike most of Genesis' material, including most of the beloved albums, Selling England by the Pound, Foxtrot, and Nursery Cryme.  Because of the accolades they've received, I really want to like these albums, but I just can't.

rofl

The active thread mentioned by the Forum senior member is called "Worst albums" . I am not referring to albums but bands in their full blown entity. I believe there is a difference (aka Love Yes, hate Tormato, par exemple)

I think the OP of our Iranian forum colleague pretty much describes the intellectual level of hate threads without me having to use epithets that would cross over into the realm of the invective 

There are some groups that are really revered that i have tried, but i can't seem to get into -
        Can, Faust, Amon Duul 2, Neu!, La Dusseldorf
           oh, well, i tried

P.S. i can't say i hate them at all, though


Edited by presdoug - April 04 2011 at 19:36

tszirmay wrote: There are bands that many if not most seem to adore but you just can't get into it, regardless how hard you wanna ! Fine, we all have our tastes and they are not debatable but what are your picks of  that everyone else  ?   I have a few : Dream Theater (great musicians but...)  Spock's Beard (same) and Magic Pie (really nothing special)

I'd re-title this to love/whatever.   Just because a particular artist just doesn't appeal to you or you're just not interested in them after trying them out for whatever reason that's hot the same as hate.


Edited by Slartibartfast - April 04 2011 at 20:44

tszirmay wrote: The rather strident title was for drama effect only, like all good neon signs should!    In the question there is no mention of anything as drastic as hatred itself. I personnaly hate no one except nit-pickers and impolite people , oh and some country artists

I hate thread titles that don't accurately reflect what's really being asked.  I mean, seriously.  I hate thread titles with vs in them.  I hate poll thread titles where someone doesn't identify themselves and then present choices that are personal to them.  If you do a holiday thread, put the dad-gummned year in it. 

Anyway, there are some artists that people rave about and just never clicked with me.  Spock's Beard and The Flower Kings come to mind.  I actually have one of each.  Like you said, good musicians, but...

If you agree with any of this, please raise both your hands:

OK, just the one on the right.   I would love to see her do that.

Oh, and something else, one of my Grandmothers taught me not to say you hate something food-wise.  Try it and if you don't like it, the polite thing is to say you don't care for it.  I have carried over that lesson into my music commentary.


Edited by Slartibartfast - April 04 2011 at 20:56

I suppose hate is a bit strong, but I don't really care for Beardfish, Umphrey's Magee, and most modern fusion...if people actually like that last one.

Tangerine Dream, but maybe that doesn't count. I suppose I just can't get into a whole style (Krautrock).