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    Posted: April 04 2011 at 16:37
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 Thumbs Down that everyone else Thumbs Up ?
 
I have a few :
Dream Theater (great musicians but...) 
Spock's Beard (same)
and Magic Pie (really nothing special)
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Van Der Graaf Generator.
I've listened to their first few albums a bit, and i cant get into them at all. They kinda bore me i guess.
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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.
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NO. STOP. We even still have an active thread on this retarded subject, not to mention the five thousand times we've talked about it in the past. 

I really don't understand why a collab from '06 would think this thread is a good idea. 
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Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

NO. STOP. We even still have an active thread on this retarded subject, not to mention the five thousand times we've talked about it in the past. 

I really don't understand why a collab from '06 would think this thread is a good idea. 
Mainly because I really don't give a damn and i happen to be in a negative mood, just like you WinkLOL
And a progfan since 1969  to boot,  before you were even born, youngun' Big smile

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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)
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HI,
 
None really ... somethings just take longer to appreciate and enjoy ...
 
I was not a great GG fan and still am not, but there isn't a moment that I listen to that stuff and go ... that's some amazing muscianship ...
 
My tastes are so wide and far ranging, that about the only thing that is weird to me is ... people saying they can not get into someone or something ... and in my experience, when I finally defined that to myslf, it had to do with the fact that I wanted to hear something I liked ... NOT what was there in teh first place!
 
There is nothing to like or dislike about the human love, condition and the art of it all, in music or anything else ... it just IS ... and it becomes a matter of us having the ability to accept it ... doesn't it? And for whatever reason, sometimes we just don't ahve that open side of ourselves ... like saying that music has to be this and that ... specailly when at the time, and bands, that we are placing these restrictions on, were doing this in a time, when it was more important to break the restrictions than not ... but we simply do not have enough ability to get out of that mentality or something like it? ... or we lost the freedom and we're now back in the cage?
 
Weird ... and this happened to me with a bird by the way ... I gave him his freedom and put his cage outside with door open ... he went out took a fling flying (he could do that in the house also all day long), came back, sat on top ... flew again, and I went to sleep ... an hour later, I came back and he was still in the cage and even said hello when I opened the door!
 
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 04 2011 at 18:43
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 Smile
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Magic Pie and Pink Floyd since Dark Side of the Moon are some acts that I really dislike even if a lot of people do. I don't try to like things still. I guess that everybody have their own perception of what's good or not and that's fine.
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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


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I don't think that there's nothing in prog that I hate, but I'm really not a fan of Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Gentle Giant
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Originally posted by tszirmay 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 Thumbs Down that everyone else Thumbs Up ?
 
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
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The rather strident title was for drama effect only, like all good neon signs should! Geek 
 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 Tongue , oh and some country artists Handshake
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Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

The rather strident title was for drama effect only, like all good neon signs should! Geek 
 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 Tongue , oh and some country artists Handshake
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.  LOL

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...

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

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
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

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)

That is a distinction without a difference for how the discussion actually turns out. And I'm sure if I were willing to bother I could find an unlocked thread about most overrated bands as well. 
 
Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

And a progfan since 1969  to boot,  before you were even born, youngun' Big smile

Then you should be even more tired of this sh*t. 
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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.
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For the most part I like some of everything and not all of anything.
 
But to not understand the hooplah given to a group, I'd say "The Decemberists" I just don't get it.
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Tangerine Dream, but maybe that doesn't count. I suppose I just can't get into a whole style (Krautrock).
 
Okay, another try. I can't get into Rush, except for Moving Pictures, which I think is a nice album. Can't get into Flower Kings either, except for some early songs.
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I don't hate any prog bands. 
 
However, in the spirit of this thread, i nominate Gentle Giant.  I have an enormous respect for what they tried to do and have recently bought all of their (pre 1977) albums for the second time (and in some cases the third time).
 
I still can't get into them.  The music is interesting but not enjoyable and i can't find a spot in my top 1000 for even one of their tracks.
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