[John_D]

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:50 am  

Starbug wrote:

Miserable set of bstards arent you

Yep

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:11 am  

Speaking of miserable bstards add REM in the mix, horrible band!

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:38 am  

No one has said U2 yet which I am suprised about. I do have a passion of hating Bono and the "Edge".

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:55 am  

MOT wrote:

No one has said U2 yet which I am suprised about. I do have a passion of hating Bono and the "Edge".

I often wonder if it's the music or the men with U2?

I'm a bit like that with Oasis, I detest the brothers rather than the music.

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:06 pm  

JINJER wrote:

I was reading a previous music thread and Nirvana got a mention and it got me thinking which bands really grate on me.
Here's my top three.
Nirvana.
The Beatles
Bruce Springsteen.
Feel free to lynch any band you dislike!

It's not the Beatles music I hate or the fab four themselves. It's the pseudo intellectual bullcrap industry that has grown around them and mythologised them into so much more than they were. That and the over sentimentalised scouse hero worship.

I'm a big Stones fan so I am biased I admit but the one thing that really irks me is that IMHO from Satisfaction (65) through to Brown Sugar (71) Jaggers lyrics were way ahead of anything Lennon or McCartney managed. Yet he and many others barely get a mention due to the Beatles mafia shouting everyone else down.

PS: I'm fully aware that the Stones shamelessly exploit their back catalogue and have not had a decent LP since Some girls (76), a classic since Exile (70) or a decent single since Start me up (80) - but then none of the Beatles have done any better.

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:39 pm  

I think if you want bands being mythologised, then you can go no further than Guns And Roses and The Stone Roses, both of whom never produced more than an album worth of decent music, yet both are spoke about as some sort of God-like geniuses.

Certainly not bad bands, but their reputations certainly outstrip their actual talent and overall musical output.

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:55 am  

On a similar note... The Specials. First album great, second album 'OK', third album should never have escaped the studio.

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:35 pm  

I think Muse are utterly terrible. Radiohead aren't much better but I can appreciate some of their stuff. I seem to be in a small minority here but Arcade Fire just do nothing for me either

Hate is a strong word though, it's just harmless crappy music.

I've seen Coldplay live and I thought they were brilliant. Their albums are pretty dull to me but I really enjoyed the concert and would see them again.

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:05 am  

vastman wrote:

PS: I'm fully aware that the Stones shamelessly exploit their back catalogue and have not had a decent LP since Some girls (76), a classic since Exile (70) or a decent single since Start me up (80) - but then none of the Beatles have done any better.

To be fair I think their latest single 'Doom and Gloom' is amongst their best work.

I forgot about Radiohead as well, can't sand them. I used o hate Muse and never understood what all the fuss was about until I saw them live, they really are a world class live band, and amazing musicians.

As I'm typing this I remebered that I can't stand anything Rod Stewart has done out of The Faces.

Re: Bands/Artists that you hate with a passion! : Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:39 pm  

Can i nominate Westlife,Maroon 5 and Savage Garden?.