Bands you just can't stand...

darqdean wrote: I saw U2 with the Comsat Angels in 1981 - Bono's stage-presence as a 21 year old was astounding, at that time it was not ego, just confidence in what he was doing.

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I haven't been able to tolerate U2 since The Joshua Tree.  Bono's ego got the best of me and ruined their music.

I find "Achtung Baby" to be a masterpiece of mainstream music... And their next years were pretty "experimental" for a pop-rock band, may I add. 

ghost_of_morphy wrote: Moogtron III wrote: I can't stand present day U2, however good they were in the eighties and early nineties. I remember that one day (it was probably in 1990 or thereabouts) I was at work and we had a U2 fan there telling us how good they were.  I asked the question, "Which album did U2 first sell out on?"   Do you know, everybody in that place (it was a Pizza Hut in Tennessee) got the answer right?   If you don't know, the answer is obviously The Joshua Tree.

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Prog / fusion bands:

Ghost Rider wrote: Though I don't think my opinion counts a lot, I believe the forum would benefit from an absence of such negative threads. There is a lot of music I can't stand, I don't find any pleasure in bashing it - I am here in order to talk about the music I LIKE, and to learn about new or obscure acts. As David's above post shows quite clearly, we are ready to dismiss as bad something we don't like, when instead we are dealing with somebody who are very good at what they do. We may not like Frank Sinatra's music, but I think no one can deny he had an amazing voice.

Edited by mystic fred - November 06 2007 at 03:16

Though I don't think my opinion counts a lot, I believe the forum would benefit from an absence of such negative threads. There is a lot of music I can't stand, I don't find any pleasure in bashing it - I am here in order to talk about the music I LIKE, and to learn about new or obscure acts.

As David's above post shows quite clearly, we are ready to dismiss as bad something we don't like, when instead we are dealing with somebody who are very good at what they do. We may not like Frank Sinatra's music, but I think no one can deny he had an amazing voice.

Prince is an amazing guitarist. incredible work ethic.

prog4evr wrote: The T wrote: Are there any bands the music from which you just can't stand.... Mine I think is Aerosmith. I don't think they're completely atrocious, actually a couple of songs border on decent... I was so totally into Aerosmith in the mid-1970s; had their first four albums.  My bubble was burst with them though when I found out that their guitarist (what is his name again?) did not do the lead solo on 'Train Kept A-rollin.'  By 1977, I was much more totally into 70s prog bands and sold my Aerosmith vinyls at a garage sale.   My least favorite band is Metallica.  They are commercial, glam, wanna-be-d-kind (you would say "d bomb" today) heavy metal band.  Every song implicitly says "we are in this just for the money" and I can't stand that in a band...

I am wondering if you hate Metallica in genral or just newer Metallica. Their new album is suppose to be in the puppets vein - Dream Theater are salivating to hear that one.

Anyway I like Billy Joel! I do not know what the hates about. I think he has classy tunes about real stuff with good lyrics and nice piano. Whats wrong with that? His solo piano stuff is not bad either, but I think it is only compositional and not played.

I do not like Nickleback. I cannot tell the difference between their songs and since the template is generic anyways, that does not bode well for them.