That band you fear you will never get into

I say fear, because its not like you dont have any interest in getting into it, you do, you want to...but somehow you cant. This music, this band you want to get into and cant must have something for you to want to understand and appretiate, something that atracts you... cause if you hate punk, and want to get into Sex Pistols...well, this is a bit mezmerising. But if you read or hear a lot of good things about this band, you become interested...and yet, the result is something your ears cant bare.
I have that porblem with Meshuggah...specially cause I is held so high as one of the best compositions heavy metal has to offer. But then I listen to the sample songs from PA...and no, I dont like it, and I think I wont for a very long time, if ever! But you see, this is not the first time I had problems with a band. I used to hate grwing, and not understand why a band with this type of singing gets so many compliments...but I persisted, and now Opeth is pretty much my favorite prog metal band. But this is different, here there is nothing I like, no matter how much I want to...

Has this ever happend to anybody? Im pretty sure there must be a lot of people in the same situation.

Dream Theater, too clinical and too many scale-acrobatics  ...

The Mars Volta.

I don't know why exactly, since I like prog and can tolerate punk (and actually like some of it) and other harder prog.  I think it's the vocalist, I can't stand him, but even the instrumental parts don't do too much for me.  I've only heard De-Loused, and I'd give it 3 stars at best.

Australian wrote: I just can't get into Opeth. I don't dislike metal, but I have a unknown problem with Opeth and all bands like Opeth.

Australian wrote: I liked a couple of songs from Black Water Park, but Ghost Reveries just...dosn't click with me.    I will try Damnation.

there are quite a few bands out there which dont click at all:

Opeth
Tool
Jethro Tull (I know - ouch)
Radiohead
PFM (for now - it will change)
New Marillion
Liquid Tension Exeriment ( I love DT but I cant bear two LTE albums in a row)
Jazz in particular (not fusion though)

The Mars Volta and Liquid Tension Experiment

I had the same problem with "I" at first. I liked the first few minutes, but after that it just lost its magic. Then i listened to it again after a few months and not i think it's great. Still over-rated, but a very good song none-the-less.

As for me... i can't really think of any bands that fit in here. Not at the moment anyway. It happened when i first heard John Zorn. It didn't help that it was "The Art of Memory", which is pure free improv, and quite grating for somebody who's never heard such music before. But there was something indescribable that just kept pulling me back and making me listen again and again.
Same thing recently with Dalek. My ego wouldn't let me get past the rapping. Part of me was already past it and enjoying the gritty ambience, but then there was the rapping. And then very recently i was listening to them and my ego just kind of dissolved.

But generally i can tell straight off whether a band/artist has this potential or not, and if they don't i leave them alone and have no desire to like them. I suppose Dillinger Escape Plan might be one i can put here. I can hear the potential, but so far they just haven't clicked.

The Mars Volta. I don´t fear getting into them, it´s just a waste of time for me.

Edited by WaywardSon - September 16 2006 at 20:47

Opeth and Rush