Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:49 am  

Kanye West is a classic example of what the modern day 'music superstar' has become. His celebrity status, circus entourage and controversial publicity stunts precede anything musical about him. He could have farted into the microphone for an hour last night and would still have had a field full of morons praising his genius on Twitter. The number one news story about his whole Glastonbury appearance seems to be a selfie Kim Kardashian took while they flew in by helicopter. Sad really.

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Sun Aug 30, 2015 2:30 am  

Cronus wrote:

I don't 'hate' him, simply because I don't really care about him...but I had to vent my Glastonbury 2015 feelings somewhere...

Kanye West ....breath.... ....breath.... oh lordy....

Horrible, just horrible. I love Glasto weekend even though not been for a few years. Good or bad I've never been so bored by a Glasto 'headliner' and his autotuner ffs! Nothing but karaoke - Kanye and a backing track. Even the crowd sound bored.

But I'm sure once the big hits finish his set it'll be considered 'groundbreaking' or some bollox.

Kanye West has made some decent records but they are few and far between. He is dreadful live. I saw him a number of years ago in Manchester and he kept screwing up and would blame anyone from the guys on the mixing desk to members of the audience for his f ups.

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:01 pm  

Kanye West is, a good producer. He shouldn't be allowed near any kind of microphone.

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Sun Sep 13, 2015 1:42 pm  

Ed Sheeran - Started off quite promising, at least 'The A Team' had a subject material that wasn't 'boy loves girl etc etc' Now, everything he does is made-for-radio drivel ballads for housewives;

''Loving can hurt... loving can hurt sometimes.. but it's the only thing that makes me feel alive'

Bravo, Ed... song-writing cliche 101 there

And don't get me STARTED on that horrific track with him and Pharrell. Just... disgusting

Does seem like a nice lad though mind

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:29 pm  

Morrissey was excellent tonight at Hull arena. The fight for his shirt was a sight to behold!

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:46 pm  

Hate is a strong word but I really can't stand The Beatles, or anything by them as individual artists.

I will admit they have good songs, think most acts do have a few decent songs mind.

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Tue Sep 29, 2015 11:53 am  

Liam666 wrote:

Hate is a strong word but I really can't stand The Beatles, or anything by them as individual artists.

I will admit they have good songs, think most acts do have a few decent songs mind.

Not keen on them either - and to make it worse my favorite local radio station (Sam FM - Bristol), which usually plays 70s & 80s stuff, has now added Beatles songs to their playlist too

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Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:31 pm  

Liam666 wrote:

Hate is a strong word but I really can't stand The Beatles, or anything by them as individual artists.

I will admit they have good songs, think most acts do have a few decent songs mind.

What is it you dislike about the so much? Or is it the hype around them that you dislike rather than actually listening to the tracks & albums with an open mind?

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Tue Sep 29, 2015 4:15 pm  

Re: The Beatles

For me its the endless repetitive playing of their "popular" tunes rather than the exposure of the diverse talent that I can only assume is there given an extensive back catalogue. Hence, its doesn't demonstrate greatness, but sing along popularity, which having grown up in the NW becomes a bit incessant. However, its enough to put me off exploring their music further.

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Wed Sep 30, 2015 5:43 pm  

Mike Oxlong wrote:

What is it you dislike about the so much? Or is it the hype around them that you dislike rather than actually listening to the tracks & albums with an open mind?

The hype brought my attention to them, they often top lists of best albums: Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper come to mind. Being open minded about music, was more than willing to give 'The best band/albums of all time' a go and they just didn't do anything for me. I haven't listened to all or even half of their stuff but I didn't like what I heard so didn't bother with the rest.

I get that they were a massive influence on music and pop culture but musically I don't get it. I think the fact that The Beatles are the only band you tend to hear with the tag as 'The Greatest Band Ever' is something I get annoyed at as music is supposed to be subjective.