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re: Bands you don’t understand their popularity?
Posted on 1/29/22 at 6:28 pm to geauxbrown
Posted on 1/29/22 at 6:28 pm to geauxbrown
quote:hey I qualify
I'm unsure how 17 (18 counting KAFKA) people
quote:Except you had to listen to Geddy Lee's vocals, which makes it mysterious again
fail to understand the man was the greatest rock drummer of his generation. That alone should give you an idea why they were popular.
Also, the vast majority of the rock audience doesn't care about technical virtuosity, only the overall sound
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Posted on 1/29/22 at 7:03 pm to Kafka
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Except you had to listen to Geddy Lee's vocals, which makes it mysterious again
This, Geddy Lee’s voice is awful
Posted on 1/29/22 at 7:40 pm to TFTC
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I cant understand hearing a RHCP song and thinking.. "turn that up!
As a rule, I agree. The lone exception for me is"My Friends". I sometimes hate myself for liking that song.
Posted on 1/29/22 at 8:40 pm to KurtSchrute
I can appreciate early RHCP even if it really isn't my thing. But after Blood Sugar Sex Magic they didn't put out anything other than horribly shitty ballads. Anthony Kiedis' voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me when he actually tries to sing.
Posted on 1/29/22 at 11:24 pm to TheTideMustRoll
U2
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
Just can't stand them.
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
Just can't stand them.
Posted on 1/29/22 at 11:27 pm to mauser
quote:
Metallica
Posted on 1/30/22 at 6:15 am to TigerNlc
The National
shite is unbearable.
shite is unbearable.
Posted on 1/30/22 at 8:35 am to TigerNlc
Definitely U2 they are horrible I can't stand them plus they put that shite on my phone without me wanting it. I'm still mad about that
Posted on 1/30/22 at 8:54 am to Kafka
quote:And yet they performed the greatest rock song of all time.
Rush
My list:
Radiohead
Alice In Chains
NIN
RATM
OMD
Howard fricking Jones
Blues Traveler
Alabama Shakes
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:06 am to AlxTgr
I'll add one more...
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Posted on 1/31/22 at 9:42 am to TFTC
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
Yes
Green Day
Elvis Costello
Billy Joel
Yes
Green Day
Elvis Costello
Posted on 1/31/22 at 9:44 am to kingbob
quote:It's really not. Does he stretch it some? Sure. Listen to the vocals in this song. I don't even like this one, but there's zero wrong with it.
Except you had to listen to Geddy Lee's vocals, which makes it mysterious again
This, Geddy Lee’s voice is awful
Posted on 1/31/22 at 6:50 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
My list:
Radiohead
Alice In Chains
NIN
RATM
OMD
Howard fricking Jones
Blues Traveler
Alabama Shakes
..really don't understand why people would enjoy these bands?
Alice in Chains was a great band, NIN were also incredible and important
This post was edited on 1/31/22 at 6:51 pm
Posted on 1/31/22 at 7:18 pm to VaeVictus
quote:I absolutely despise him -- but I understand why he was popular
Billy Joel
Ironically, considering his wimpy music, according to classmate Bill O'Reilly BJ was a juvenile delinquent semi-criminal punk in HS
Posted on 1/31/22 at 7:19 pm to VaeVictus
quote:They were a prog band when prog was big, not surprising they were popular
Yes
Posted on 1/31/22 at 7:27 pm to AUCom96
Regardless of if you enjoy Grateful Dead, it very easy to understand their popularity given how they became successful
Posted on 1/31/22 at 11:11 pm to kciDAtaE
LCD Soundsystem
Posted on 2/1/22 at 1:44 am to Hetfield
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. I will never understand how they are so adored. I do not get i
Really? I totally get it. They’re a really good band of talented musicians who put on great live shows.
I’m not personally a fan. I’ve never owned a Springsteen album nor been to one of his shows. But I’ve heard enough to know that they’re really good at what they do, it’s just not my taste. I’ve heard some things, though, that I really liked. I just don’t know if I could watch a whole show without getting distracted and just wanting to go hang out in the bar or something. But I totally understand why they’re popular.
What I don’t get are the people who don’t get that. Like they’re personally put upon by the fact that some people really like this band that they themselves don’t care for. It doesn’t matter if you don’t like what they do but you should at least respect the fact that they’re really good at what they do. They deliver for their fans and I respect that.
Posted on 2/1/22 at 2:13 am to AUCom96
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The Grateful Dead. That smart-arse kinda country, kinda folk, kinda self-indulgent yack had to have lots of drugs involved to get a following.
Oh, get Majordomo Billy Bojangles here.
You’re putting the cart before the horse. The drugs came first. Their music was created to be listened to while in a psychedelic state. (The country influence came a little later on.) It’s not that you needed to be on drugs to enjoy their music. It’s that if you never listened to their music while in a psychedelic state then you weren’t getting the full experience. Dropping acid and going to a Dead show could be transformational.
And how popular were they, really? They didn’t have much more than a cult following for most of their career. It wasn’t until they had their first big hit with Touch of Grey in ‘87 that they got really big and could sell out stadiums on their own. That was after they’d been around, mostly flying under the radar, for 22 years. Not getting rich, but getting by.
Posted on 2/1/22 at 1:49 pm to Kafka
Now I'm curious to know what exactly Kafka does like.
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