Music that makes you think "who actually buys this"

prowla

guitartango said:

Sporky said:

I was being a little tongue in cheek.

Merzbow is one artist I can't fathom. 

I rather spend 3 hrs with Yoko Ono, then listen to Merzbow

One after the other - that's pure masochism!

prowla

blobb said:

I would also go along with Texas. I only like what I like - to the point of actually saying I generally don't like music at all, on a %age basis -  so not a 'you just don't like them' response, I don't like most things. I really can't see or hear what anyone else finds appealing about them musically. I can however see what some people like about the lighthouse family, and Simply Red, and even Wet, Wet, Wet for that matter. But Texas?

Years ago I was on one of the radio stations music listening panels and they included a Texas track; my comment was that it started off lame and meandered into nothingness.

(I did borrow the comment from Neil Young, who described one of his songs as: It sorta starts off real slow and then fizzles out altogether.)

Grumpyrocker

I liked early Texas, when they were a bluesy guitar-based band. It was the Chris Evans led comeback when they became a more pure pop band where I lost interest. 

stickyfiddle

Texas had some good shit. 

I’m just impressed we got this far without anyone suggesting David Gray, because his best stuff* is fantastic 

*Babylon, This Year’s Love, Nemesis

Sporky

And he did at least manage to sing "say hello wave goodbye" in tune, which is a lot more than Marc Almond achieved. 

ICBM

stickyfiddle said:

I’m just impressed we got this far without anyone suggesting David Gray, because his best stuff* is fantastic 

*Babylon, This Year’s Love, Nemesis

I like White Ladder, Life In Slow Motion (which I think is my favourite) and Draw The Line, but A New Day At Midnight is weak, and the pre-White Ladder stuff is... well let's just say there is a reason he wasn't successful until White Ladder. I somehow lost interest after that, I should probably listen to the more recent albums.

Sporky said:

And he did at least manage to sing "say hello wave goodbye" in tune, which is a lot more than Marc Almond achieved. 

The funny thing is that his cover really put me off him at first - I'm not a huge Marc Almond fan but I thought DG ruined the song. Now I quite like it.

Sporky

Oh, I think he ruined it, but at least he ruined it in tune. 

PotentialDonkey

To be brutally honest most of the shit new "music" people post about on this forum...

but some of my most despised include...
Tones and I
Lana Del Rey
Billie Eilish
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
SIA
Tash Sultana
Caroline Polachek
Ren
Wet Leg
Blur
Noel/Liam Gallagher
Dua Lipa...

The list is quite exhaustive...

Creed_Clicks

Motley Crue. F**king awful stuff.

Offset

Creed_Clicks said:

Motley Crue. F**king awful stuff.

Yep - I loathe them with a passion.

Jfingers

Decorativeed said:

Morcheeba. Like the Lighthouse Family's younger, very slightly hipper cousins. Insipid stuff. 

My Daughter's boyfriend's Dad is the one of two Brothers that is no longer in Morcheeba. Can't say I've ever deliberately heard them.

RocknRollDave

Offset said:

Creed_Clicks said:

Motley Crue. F**king awful stuff.

Yep - I loathe them with a passion.

Thirded!

Philly_Q

Reminded by the news stories about the Co-op Live venue.... Elbow.

Tannin

Has anyone mentioned rap yet? Very seldom indeed s it possible to condemn an entire genre of music with no possible exceptions, but rap is execrable from start to finish. 

Philly_Q

Tannin said:

Has anyone mentioned rap yet? Very seldom indeed s it possible to condemn an entire genre of music with no possible exceptions, but rap is execrable from start to finish. 

It's an opinion which has been expressed before.  Some will disagree with you, if anyone's still reading the thread.

Winny_Pooh

@PotentialDonkey said:

To be brutally honest most of the shit new "music" people post about on this forum...

but some of my most despised include...
Tones and I
Lana Del Rey
Billie Eilish
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
SIA
Tash Sultana
Caroline Polachek
Ren
Wet Leg
Blur
Noel/Liam Gallagher
Dua Lipa...

The list is quite exhaustive...

What do you like? There will be recent bands who cater to all tastes. 

Jfingers

Tannin said:

Has anyone mentioned rap yet? Very seldom indeed s it possible to condemn an entire genre of music with no possible exceptions, but rap is execrable from start to finish. 

Beastie Boys, early Eminem, NWA? All pretty groundbreaking.

Gassage

Beyonce.

And, despite being a gayer myself, I simply have never understood the Madonna jerk circle.

thecolourbox

Philly_Q said:

Tannin said:

Has anyone mentioned rap yet? Very seldom indeed s it possible to condemn an entire genre of music with no possible exceptions, but rap is execrable from start to finish. 

It's an opinion which has been expressed before.  Some will disagree with you, if anyone's still reading the thread.

That's one that falls into the "I don't like it" camp, rather than the "I can't see how anybody would like it" subject of the thread

Reverend

Gassage said:

Beyonce.

And, despite being a gayer myself, I simply have never understood the Madonna jerk circle.

Not even Like An Umpire? Get Into The Googly?