Musical Acts that are good, but do nothing for you.

CrabRevolution

As was said by a few; the Beatles.
I appreciate they're good and lead the way for a lot of modern music, but I'd never get the urge to listen to a Beatles song. "Ticket to Ride" would be the only song I'd probably have much of an interest in.

Rothko

I'd probably say a lot of the virtuoso guitarists leave me feeling like that. Joe Satriani, in particular. I can tell that he's obviously very talented but his music makes me feel nothing at all. It's almost like it was being played by a robot or a machine.

Ken Tucky

The Eagles...very boring to me.

Fleetwood Mac but to me they are two different bands to discuss there. Like Peter Greens stuff though

Grid.

Never understood REM's popularity.

jiltloop

I'd also tentatively say the Beatles as well. I absolutely see them as talented and ground breaking and would like quite a few of their songs but I'd never buy an album or actively put them on my listening list. I also get a bit tired of people who are Beatles obsessed and go on like they are the only pioneering musicians who ever existed.

dxhound2005

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Gareth Brooks.
It's unfathomable that there were going to be so many dates for him here a few years back that it looked as though attendances would be higher than a referendum vote.

You will be astounded to learn that he is the highest selling solo artist of all time, and second only to the Beatles overall. It's what the people want.

Say Your Number

Rothko wrote: »

I'd probably say a lot of the virtuoso guitarists leave me feeling like that. Joe Satriani, in particular. I can tell that he's obviously very talented but his music makes me feel nothing at all. It's almost like it was being played by a robot or a machine.

I know Satriani has a reputation for being a fretboard wanker, but having listened to most of his stuff, he has written some brilliant slow and moody tracks like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ9p2slEdno

whisky_galore

dxhound2005 wrote: »

You will be astounded to learn that he is the highest selling solo artist of all time, and second only to the Beatles overall. It's what the people want.

McDonald's is very popular, doesn't follow that it's very good.

To be fair to GB, he's better than many of our Cuntry n Irish outfits.

dxhound2005

whisky_galore wrote: »

McDonald's is very popular, doesn't follow that it's very good.

To be fair to GB, he's better than many of our Cuntry n Irish outfits.

To qualify for inclusion in this thread he has to be good, as well as being popular in his case.

vriesmays

UB40 - reggae's Showaddywaddy.

NapoleonInRags

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Wings. They're only the band The Beatles could have been.

Jerciful Maysus...you should be burned at the stake for that (imho)

dxhound2005

NapoleonInRags wrote: »

Jerciful Maysus...you should be burned at the stake for that (imho)

It's an Alan Partridge reference in case you didn't know.

Rothko

NapoleonInRags wrote: »

Jerciful Maysus...you should be burned at the stake for that (imho)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyZspqjtG2k

Gorillaz.

Their first song was played in 1997 on my Gateway 2000 PC on Windows Media Player, on CD. One of the coolest things then.

But yeah..who cares about some CGI characters in this day and age.

MrAbyss

The Pogues

MrAbyss

vriesmays wrote: »

UB40 - reggae's Showaddywaddy.

sad thing is they did not start out that way. Signing Off is a superb, dark and almost Goth Raggae album. Then they went Showaddywaddy.

Mad_maxx

Crystal swing

Mad_maxx

Bruce Springsteen

Thread was fine until pair of you came along.

/unfollow

Mad_maxx

nthclare wrote: »

Mõtley Crew I just cannot like them and other American hard rock band's.

I know they're popular in circles but I cannot warm to their music.

They were never seen as " good"

Mad_maxx

Ken Tucky wrote: »

The Eagles...very boring to me.

Fleetwood Mac but to me they are two different bands to discuss there. Like Peter Greens stuff though

I know deep down that Fleetwood Mac are fairly naff but still love them

whisky_galore

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Crystal swing

Borderline parody act.
Not good.

Mad_maxx

whisky_galore wrote: »

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Crystal swing

Borderline parody act.
Not good.

Are you serious?

Arghus

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Are you serious?

Oh, bro, come on.I know you're being hilarious and all...

Rothko

Say Your Number wrote: »

I know Satriani has a reputation for being a fretboard wanker, but having listened to most of his stuff, he has written some brilliant slow and moody tracks like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ9p2slEdno

That wasn't too bad actually.

Earthhorse

I told a story in the biscuit competition thread about staying up all night after work to hear the new Radiohead single (Paranoid Android) and boy was it not worth it.

Their music comes across as if they’ve overthought it all. I’ve made my peace with them since and reckon they have around one or two great tracks per album but that’s it. A lot of their stuff also seems to work better live (where they seem to play a little more from the gut).

Pink Floyd occupy a similar space for me. In fact, my favorite work by them is the Division Bell, when Roger Waters left.

Similarly the only Manic Street Preachers album I can stand is Everything Must Go.

dxhound2005

This is the list of music Thom Yorke chose on Desert Island Discs.

DISC ONE: Ravel - Le jardin féerique – the Labèque sisters
DISC TWO: Scott Walker - It’s Raining Today
DISC THREE: Talking Heads - Born Under Punches
DISC FOUR: Squarepusher and Aphex Twin - Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid
DISC FIVE: Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
DISC SIX: REM – Talk about the Passion
DISC SEVEN: Sidney Bechet - Blue Horizon
DISC EIGHT: Nina Simone - Lilac Wine

Earthhorse

I like about half of that.

Gregor Samsa

I’m going to be honest and say Throbbing Gristle. Universally recognised as one of the godfathers of Industrial, I’ve always wanted to like them, but I have to be honest and say I just can’t. The later spin-off bands were great: Coil, Chris & Cosey, Psychic TV, but TG just don’t do anything for me, except for a live version of Discipline, which manages to capture a brutal rhythmic chaos that the studio version totally lacks.

Rothko

I'd also put forward Dream Theater as another act that I can tell are technically gifted but I just find boring.

thebostoncrab

I’ll go with the AC/DC side of things. I fell in love with metal and hard rock in my teens, and there were many acts back then that’s I couldn’t stand back then that I love now, and I consider myself to have a wide and varied music taste, but AC/DC are an act I could just never get into. I understand the song writing ability was there for insanely catchy music, that the guitar solos and licks were considered legendary....but I could never warm to them at all.

I’d be tempted to put Guns and Roses in this also, but I honestly think they are just ****e and only wrote one half decent song, so it wouldn’t be right!

mzungu

The Smiths

Yer Da sells Avon

Springsteen would be my ultimate guilty displeasure. Especially his newer stuff (by which I mean anything after the mid-80s), which doesn't even have the catchy nostalgia factor on its side.

Autosport

The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Coldplay, David Bowie, Phil Collins do absolutely nothing for me

cruais

HOZIER

My god has that chap been over played. He certainly has talent but when he is played on the radio I switch stations

bodhrandude

The 1975, very popular but probably one of Electric Picnic's worst headliners, just don't get them at all.

JupiterKid

I enjoy most modern music and have a pretty eclectic taste ranging from Metallica to The Carpenters but a few musical acts I just never could get into:

The Grateful Dead
Pearl Jam
Tom Waits
AC/DC
Kiss
Early era Genesis
Early era Pink Floyd (before Meddle)
Elvis Costello
Muse
Oasis after their second album - just trotted out the same formula again and again.

HBC08

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Going back to the 90's, Oasis and Suede were the two bands that my friends were into that I just didn't get (even though I know they're technically good). I always thought it about Suede especially, but they still just leave me cold.

I don't think you could accuse Oasis of being technically good! Especially the original line up and I say that as a massive fan.

Back on thread I'd say Dylan and Queen for me.

Rothko

HBC08 wrote: »

I don't think you could accuse Oasis of being technically good! Especially the original line up and I say that as a massive fan.

I think Noel and Bonehead are good guitarists.

Underground

A lot of the acts mentioned so far have been household names in music for decades so I'll go with a more modern act that's pretty popular but I just can't get into : Death Grips. I just can't. Nope.

Zaph

mzungu wrote: »

The Smiths

Definitely. Some of their songs are actually pretty good, and in particular I like Johnny Marr's guitar playing, but dear god I wish they had a different singer. I don't care how good the song actually is, I just can't listen to Morrissey.

Arghus

Underground wrote: »

A lot of the acts mentioned so far have been household names in music for decades so I'll go with a more modern act that's pretty popular but I just can't get into : Death Grips. I just can't. Nope.

100%

In theory I should really like them - noisy, abrasive, intense - but, nah, just don't leave me feeling anything.

Purple Mountain

I simply don't 'get' Sinéad O Connor's voice.
If I won a ticket to go see her, I'd sell it.

Arghus

mzungu wrote: »

The Smiths

Once again, I agree. I can appreciate that Johnny Marr was a great guitar player and Morrisey was a witty and biting lyricist, with a distinctive vocal style that seemingly loads of people love and they were massively influential etc, etc - but I just can't get into them at all. The Queen is Dead is one of the most over rated albums of all time.

Say Your Number

A more obscure one, but Halestorm are a band I've made an effort to like but just can't, still this is a decent song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taanowedKoY

nthclare

Arcade Fire

I just cannot identify with their music, ironically anyone I know who is passionate about Arcade Fire seem to have personality disorders....

loyatemu

another vote for the Who.

All the other big guns of the 60s, I like - Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Beach Boys, Byrds, Hermanns Hermits, Yardbirds etc; but I've just never been able to get into the Who. They have a few decent singles, but a whole album of Daltrey bellowing Townsend's po-faced lyrics is just too much.

nthclare

loyatemu wrote: »

another vote for the Who.

All the other big guns of the 60s, I like - Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Beach Boys, Byrds, Hermanns Hermits, Yardbirds etc; but I've just never been able to get into the Who. They have a few decent singles, but a whole album of Daltrey bellowing Townsend's po-faced lyrics is just too much.

The Who's music is nearly better on advertising campaigns and movie soundtracks.

Some band's just have a particular sound that light's up people's neuro pathways...

Myself and my friend John can listen to the same deep house track, and he can hear something from it I can't hear and visa versa...

Wibbs

Pink Floyd. I most certainly can understand their appeal and their output and talent, but can't listen to them myself. Loyatemu's take on the Who and the "po-faced" angle would also fit Floyd for me(though there would be a fair few songs of the Who I'd like in contrast to Pink Floyd). There's an element of taking itself too seriously.

Wibbs

JupiterKid wrote: »

I enjoy most modern music and have a pretty eclectic taste ranging from Metallica to The Carpenters but a few musical acts I just never could get into:

The Grateful Dead
Pearl Jam
Tom Waits
AC/DC
Kiss
Early era Genesis
Early era Pink Floyd (before Meddle)
Elvis Costello
Muse
Oasis after their second album - just trotted out the same formula again and again.

I hear you in a big way with The Grateful Dead and Kiss. To my mind they're oddly and massively popular in the US, but unlike a load of US acts and many more niche, those two setups never translated into popularity beyond their shores. They're like the Saturday Night Live TV show of bands.