re: Popular bands or artists that you cannot take seriously

Y'all are some judgmental fricks up in this thread.

In my younger days I was very judgey about what music someone listened to, but as I've gotten older my tastes have broadened quite a lot and now I listen to some of that same music myself. But there are still some groups/genres which will make me judge you:

Ace of Base and/or the Spice Girls - This is just garbage music and if you say you like it I will assume, correctly, that you have no actual musical taste at all.

Pearl Jam - For the life of me I cannot get the appeal of this band. I admit there are a handful of individual songs of theirs that I like, but the overall catalog is boring and... just boring, that's really the best word for it. This band bores me and if you are a huge fan I will assume that you are boring, too.

Jam bands - Again, I just do not get the appeal. The few songs by jam bands that I do like tend to be the same ones that hardcore fans of those bands describe as their weakest tracks, probably because they have actual song structure and aren't just 30 minutes of dirty hippies noodling around on their instruments. If you tell me you are a big jam band fan I will assume that you are unemployed, haven't showered in days, and are probably living out the back of a Volkswagen van down by the river.

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KISS, GunsNRoses, The Band, ELO, Van Morrison, etc

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“etc” implies - at least to me - that you were listing artists with a common thread. You basically listed 5 considerably different groups. So, I don’t get what you’re saying with “etc”.

Also KISS is the only one I completely agree with. I’ve never understood the ELO hate, but it seems to exist on this board.

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Rush

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I can’t stand the music, but I recognize the talent. It’s just not for me.

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If you tell me you are a big jam band fan I will assume that you are unemployed, haven't showered in days, and are probably living out the back of a Volkswagen van down by the river.

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unemployed by choice (retired)
shower frequently, although almost always outside
if i could find a nice camper van that doesnt cost more than my house did i would live down by the river (the arkansas river in buena vista CO) in a heartbeat

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He’s dead now, but the biggest “most commercial success least amount of actual talent” is Jimmy Buffet. This guy was a karaoke singer at best. I barf that he created such a following.

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He was a hell of a songwriter, though, and he staked out territory that no one else was even attempting to explore with his "nautical redneck sort-of-country-but-not-really" approach. Either he was the Tom Petty of country music, or Tom Petty was the Jimmy Buffet of rock. Everyone that came after them in their respective genres claims them as an influence, but no one actually sounds like them.

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If you are just a front that sings into a microphone while all the songs are written and instruments played for you, I will not listen to you.

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So, George Strait?

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yes, George Strait. Although he relied on Dean Dillon primarily so you could call that a songwriting “partnership” if you wanted to be charitable to the performer. But, he rarely wrote any original lyrics and it’s questionable whether he even wrote any of the music especially during his hitmaking peak.

I don’t consider strait one of the “greats” of country music any more than I do any of the current mouthpieces of the modern charts for that reason…he didn’t contribute original songs to the songbook

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So, George Strait?

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Yes, especially George Strait.

Grateful Dead
KISS
The Ramones
The Sex Pistols

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I’d say #1 on my list is Bruno Mars. I have no idea how the blandest of bland acts/sound got so much radio air play. IMO this guy sucks.

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What? Bro, you are so wrong.

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“most commercial success least amount of actual talent” is Jimmy Buffet. This guy was a karaoke singer at best. I barf that he created such a following.

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What? Bro, you are so right.