Bands you don't "get".

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by thebish » Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:58 pm

Harry Genshaw wrote:Floyd
Linkin Park, Blink 182 & Co
Bjork
Paul McCartney and anything he's done since about 1972
Black Sabbath
and with apologies to our poster from Enfield - Status Quo
are you mad??

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Harry Genshaw » Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:04 pm

thebish wrote:
Harry Genshaw wrote:Floyd
Linkin Park, Blink 182 & Co
Bjork
Paul McCartney and anything he's done since about 1972
Black Sabbath
and with apologies to our poster from Enfield - Status Quo
are you mad??
No! But there's other posters don't like Bruce Springsteen & Coldplay. They most certainly are :wink:
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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by thebish » Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:05 pm

Harry Genshaw wrote:
thebish wrote:
Harry Genshaw wrote:Floyd
Linkin Park, Blink 182 & Co
Bjork
Paul McCartney and anything he's done since about 1972
Black Sabbath
and with apologies to our poster from Enfield - Status Quo
are you mad??
No! But there's other posters don't like Bruce Springsteen & Coldplay. They most certainly are :wink:
a certain proof of sanity if ever there was one!

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Prufrock » Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:10 pm

Floyd
Genesis
David Bowie
Coldplay
Muse
Iron Maiden
Radiohead
Dylan (aside from 1 or 2)
In a world that has decided
That it's going to lose its mind
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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Bruce Rioja » Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:27 pm

Prufrock wrote: Radiohead
Post fist two albums, I agree.
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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by mrkint » Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:39 pm

Blasphemy!

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Beefheart » Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:14 am

Wandering Willy wrote:Yes
Jethro Tull
Genesis
Rush
Echo and The Bunnymen
Frank Zappa

There's a lot more.
Booooo! :(

U2
Manic Street Preachers
Arctic Monkeys
Tom Petty
Kasabian
Duran Duran
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Foo Fighters

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by 2399 » Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:17 am

I used to hate Hatebreed purely for their name, then I got a Metal Hammer CD with one of their songs on it...it Rocks!

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Montreal Wanderer » Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:30 am

I'm a bit stunned people "don't get" Dylan - not liking is another thing I suppose, but how can you not get him?
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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Dujon » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:32 am

Horses for courses, Monty. What was relevant forty years ago doesn't have the same resonance today. He was out here about twelve months ago and, judging from the comments of musical critics, he's either lost it, was irrelevant or simply brilliant. :conf:

When it comes to performers I take them track by track. The Beatles were a 'new sound' when I first heard them; a breath of fresh air in a suffocating room. That doesn't mean that I have ever thought they were great vocalists. Some of the instrumental arrangements of their music though are more than acceptable. Then again, with the exception of a few, vocals are not my favourite form of music - and that includes opera. I would much prefer listening to The Shadows, The Atlantics, Johnny and The Hurricanes, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Chopin or Mozart than the vocal stuff that has been damaging my ears for so long a time.

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Jakerbeef » Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:18 am

The Beatles

They sound like a bunch of a scouse footballers recording a chart single.

This isn't a windup. :( I don't get them.

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:53 am

Montreal Wanderer wrote:I'm a bit stunned people "don't get" Dylan - not liking is another thing I suppose, but how can you not get him?
I think the lines between not "getting" and not liking are blurred. I'm not sure I even fully understand the distinction. There are plenty acts listed here that I don't believe people don't "get" it is more they just don't like.

Coldplay for example. I cannot fathom people not getting them. I'm guessing it is more people not understanding why they are popular. Or sommat like that.

I'm a big Dylan fan but I can see why some people may not get him. He's not exactly a casual listen here or there artist and has so much material it probably depends what you've happened to listen to.

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Bijou Bob » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:12 am

Dylan - tuneless, just completely tuneless. For pity's sake, did no one ever tell him to blow his nose or have his adenoids seen to??
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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:15 am

Bijou Bob wrote:Dylan - tuneless, just completely tuneless. For pity's sake, did no one ever tell him to blow his nose or have his adenoids seen to??
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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Andy Waller » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:26 am

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:I'm a bit stunned people "don't get" Dylan - not liking is another thing I suppose, but how can you not get him?
I think the lines between not "getting" and not liking are blurred. I'm not sure I even fully understand the distinction. There are plenty acts listed here that I don't believe people don't "get" it is more they just don't like.

Coldplay for example. I cannot fathom people not getting them. I'm guessing it is more people not understanding why they are popular. Or sommat like that.

I'm a big Dylan fan but I can see why some people may not get him. He's not exactly a casual listen here or there artist and has so much material it probably depends what you've happened to listen to.
Are you entitled to an opinion if you're Robin Thicke fan??
What a hero, What a man...... Ooooh, what a bad foul...

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Andy Waller » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:28 am

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Bijou Bob wrote:Dylan - tuneless, just completely tuneless. For pity's sake, did no one ever tell him to blow his nose or have his adenoids seen to??
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Lyrically good. Nasally bad.
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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:31 am

Andy Waller wrote:
BWFC_Insane wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:I'm a bit stunned people "don't get" Dylan - not liking is another thing I suppose, but how can you not get him?
I think the lines between not "getting" and not liking are blurred. I'm not sure I even fully understand the distinction. There are plenty acts listed here that I don't believe people don't "get" it is more they just don't like.

Coldplay for example. I cannot fathom people not getting them. I'm guessing it is more people not understanding why they are popular. Or sommat like that.

I'm a big Dylan fan but I can see why some people may not get him. He's not exactly a casual listen here or there artist and has so much material it probably depends what you've happened to listen to.
Are you entitled to an opinion if you're Robin Thicke fan??
Who? :conf:

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Andy Waller » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:32 am

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Andy Waller wrote:
BWFC_Insane wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:I'm a bit stunned people "don't get" Dylan - not liking is another thing I suppose, but how can you not get him?
I think the lines between not "getting" and not liking are blurred. I'm not sure I even fully understand the distinction. There are plenty acts listed here that I don't believe people don't "get" it is more they just don't like.

Coldplay for example. I cannot fathom people not getting them. I'm guessing it is more people not understanding why they are popular. Or sommat like that.

I'm a big Dylan fan but I can see why some people may not get him. He's not exactly a casual listen here or there artist and has so much material it probably depends what you've happened to listen to.
Are you entitled to an opinion if you're Robin Thicke fan??
Who? :conf:
http://www.vevo.com/watch/robin-thicke/ ... UV71300526" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:42 am

Andy Waller wrote:
http://www.vevo.com/watch/robin-thicke/ ... UV71300526" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


This is what's no1 in the hit parade these days.....
Sheer bilge. But I'd watch the video with the sound off.... :oyea:

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Re: Bands you don't "get".

Post by Andy Waller » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:50 am

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Andy Waller wrote:
http://www.vevo.com/watch/robin-thicke/ ... UV71300526" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


This is what's no1 in the hit parade these days.....
Sheer bilge. But I'd watch the video with the sound off.... :oyea:
In case the missus comes home??
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