"Great" bands/singers you dislike.

"Great" bands/singers you dislike.
by Bruno95 (2019-05-09 11:20:51)

A few thoughts:

1. Each of the following has made an undeniable impact on culture, and I do not consider any of them to be "shit" or to "suck." I simply don't like them that much.

2. Corollary: to include any of them, they must first reasonably qualify as a great band. This doesn't have to be limited to a ten-band pantheon, but they have to arguably be great. Mumford and Sons has no place here.

With that, great bands or artists I don't like.

Fleetwood Mac
The Clash
Nirvana
Steely Dan
Lou Reed/Velvet Underground
David Bowie
The Beach Boys
The Beastie Boys
The Kinks
Stevie Wonder

Replies:

Looks Like I Can Still... - Stebbins 2019-05-10 08:26:24
The Nose Pickers. It may sound like boogie but it's snot. * - ArasEra 2019-05-10 00:40:54
There’s an awful lot of goddamn stupid in thread. - BeastOfBourbon 2019-05-09 23:47:01
- I'm with you. Stinking pike of turd. - ANthro_domer 2019-05-10 03:53:15
  - Everyone under 60 was nine years old or younger - Manor76 2019-05-10 13:44:02
  - Yeah...well I may have overreacted just a tad. - BeastOfBourbon 2019-05-10 08:35:00
- “Later” Elton - The Holtz Room 2019-05-10 00:12:33
Smashing Pumpkins * - ej 2019-05-09 19:26:53
What about Mozart? (link) - Manor76 2019-05-09 18:57:15
Billy Joel, Springsteen, Boston, later U2 and Elton John * - GU82ND4ever 2019-05-09 18:17:17
I dislike Blues Traveler...though they don’t qualify as grea * - Irishrock 2019-05-09 18:00:39
Every 80s hair band. Dylan. Bright Eyes. * - ShillelaghHugger 2019-05-09 17:05:13
The Band, Warren Zevon, Creedence. - doolinbanjos 2019-05-09 14:43:12
Marching, USC and Michigan * - Final_Flanner 2019-05-09 14:30:24
- The poster asked for "great" bands - thecontrarian 2019-05-09 14:41:22
  - I assumed he was using ironic quotation marks * - Final_Flanner 2019-05-09 14:50:06
Stevie Nicks. Like nails on a chalkboard. * - OCND 2019-05-09 14:14:34
- Second * - Nyirish08 2019-05-09 15:38:01
Oh yeah... and Guns and Roses - gozer 2019-05-09 14:10:32
- Agree on this! Very overrated * - drmurray 2019-05-09 17:15:44
None... - Kbyrnes 2019-05-09 14:08:43
Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen * - bmef 2019-05-09 14:01:16
Buffett and Bruce. And I've gone to a concert for the former * - Fenian Man 2019-05-09 13:54:10
- Sames * - Brahms 2019-05-09 18:19:08
- Sames * - Brahms 2019-05-09 18:18:17
Garth Brooks, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, Dixie Chicks - 84david 2019-05-09 13:53:38
The Beatles. Rush. And of course, Dave Matthews * - bbill99 2019-05-09 13:43:35
Bon Jovi * - RIBS 2019-05-09 13:30:12
- Agreeance * - maniactranspodriver 2019-05-09 14:38:44
Neil Young, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix * - Giggity_Giggity 2019-05-09 13:25:50
The best Springsteen songs - gozer 2019-05-09 13:24:33
The Band; Bob Dylan; Beach Boys, I'd include D Matthews but - discNDav 2019-05-09 13:21:33
The Surreal McCoys - Killian 2019-05-09 13:20:16
- Are you Amish? - JC_90_94 2019-05-09 15:22:35
Rolling Stones and The Beatles are my top 2 * - IrishLep 2019-05-09 13:18:13
- Stones as default 'shitty bar jukebox filler' just kills me - ndlarryj 2019-05-09 23:37:31
- Are you an alien, or from Michigan? * - drmurray 2019-05-09 13:52:23
  - Same thing * - sprack 2019-05-09 14:20:54
    - That remark is so disrespectful to aliens. * - 1NDGal 2019-05-09 14:26:50
      - Indeed, but regarding these Beatle haters - sprack 2019-05-09 14:33:08
        Agree Is it fashionable to post you don't like the Beatles? - drmurray 2019-05-09 17:14:55
Springsteen, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, U2, Metallica, REM - JACC1203 2019-05-09 13:15:25
- You could have just said "everything" * - Irish Warrior 2019-05-10 12:28:52
The Who, Steely Dan, Rush, Santana - Irish_Texan 2019-05-09 13:11:43
Cranberries, Leonard Cohen * - ravenium 2019-05-09 13:11:06
All genres? - pmcdnd96 2019-05-09 13:09:22
The Rolling Stones, Beatles, Dylan, and The Beach Boys - shawno3 2019-05-09 12:50:31
- Is it really hot in Iran? * - The Holtz Room 2019-05-09 12:59:23
  - Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran * - sprack 2019-05-09 13:44:00
    - That was well played. - rockmcd 2019-05-09 14:31:55
      - John McCain got into some trouble for joking about it - sprack 2019-05-09 14:36:44
        Yeah, but it was funny then too. - The Holtz Room 2019-05-09 14:39:09
        I thought it was hilarious - sprack 2019-05-09 15:01:18
- Oh, sir, you have erred and erred greatly - blarneygreen 2019-05-09 12:57:49
I don't think I like Ed Sheeren - OGerry 2019-05-09 12:48:32
The Who - graNDfan 2019-05-09 12:41:53
- Never really dug Floyd after Obscured by Clouds - thecontrarian 2019-05-09 12:49:43
Certainly the Beatles - ndtnguy 2019-05-09 12:38:16
Phish, Grateful Dead * - bmoreirish 2019-05-09 12:36:41
- The Dead. How could I forget. I loathe their whole thing. * - 1NDGal 2019-05-09 14:02:54
Elton John, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac, - Barrister 2019-05-09 12:36:31
Journey, Styx, Kansas - not sure if they can be called Gr8 * - NDFlyer 2019-05-09 12:33:16
- Adding a vote for Supertramp * - GU82ND4ever 2019-05-09 18:19:35
Bob Seger, Def Leppard, Grateful Dead. * - Irish Jim 2019-05-09 12:29:45
Muse. Foo Fighters. We agree about Steely Dan and - cujays96 2019-05-09 12:29:19
- I find Foo Fighters to be incredibly hit or miss - tcfc 2019-05-09 13:23:51
- I really like one man band Foo Fighters. - NDBass 2019-05-09 12:37:56
  - Although, any band that includes Pat Smear gets half a vote - cujays96 2019-05-09 12:39:42
    - Former Germs guitarist Pat Smear. - OCND 2019-05-09 14:28:32
On Stevie Wonder... - shotgun 2019-05-09 12:25:06
- Perhaps Bruno believes in the conspiracy theory - rutfilthygers 2019-05-09 13:54:31
  - Like I said, I acknowledge his greatness. - Bruno95 2019-05-09 15:15:37
    - Maybe your ears are blind. * - Slotts 2019-05-09 16:40:07
      - I just re-listened to Signed, Sealed, Delivered. - ewillND 2019-05-09 17:17:42
        You are wise beyond your years, young lady. * - Slotts 2019-05-09 19:58:36
James Taylor * - tcfc 2019-05-09 12:21:11
Suggestion for Bruno95 - thecontrarian 2019-05-09 12:20:38
Grateful Dead - PWK2 2019-05-09 12:18:19
John Mellencamp, anybody that lives and farms in the Seymour - Jeash 2019-05-09 12:16:33
I agree with all of your choices (save maybe Steely Dan) and - Del Griffith 2019-05-09 12:12:09
Billy Joel, Helen Reddy, Adel, Taylor Swift, John Denver * - Frank Drebin 2019-05-09 12:10:42
Fugazi, Elton John * - thecontrarian 2019-05-09 12:10:03
- there's a universe where Fugazi is a "great band"? - blarneygreen 2019-05-09 12:29:47
  - Today is the first day I ever heard of them. * - Marine Domer 2019-05-09 14:46:24
  - They're universally loved by music critics - thecontrarian 2019-05-09 12:47:08
  - If Fugazi announced a 5000 seat venue "reunion" tour - cujays96 2019-05-09 12:33:59
    - Damn right - mitquinn 2019-05-09 13:04:08
    - I DO like them. - blarneygreen 2019-05-09 12:34:59
      - They impacted culture and don't suck. - NDBass 2019-05-09 12:36:27
        OK. Like I said, I like them. - blarneygreen 2019-05-09 12:41:12
        There is a lot of what you speak of out there. You have to - cujays96 2019-05-09 12:45:05
        Shit, I still adore Joy Division - blarneygreen 2019-05-09 14:11:04
Springsteen & Bob Dylan would be my big two * - El Kabong 2019-05-09 12:07:14
The Beatles * - SMC1984 2019-05-09 12:07:03
- Me too * - Jimbo Irish 2019-05-09 12:09:54
Prince - stanford_07 2019-05-09 12:06:32
- It was all downhill for Clapton after the Yardbirds * - thecontrarian 2019-05-09 12:10:31
Can’t stand Springsteen. - WilfordBrimley 2019-05-09 12:04:48
If I listed favorite groups - harmonica 2019-05-09 11:59:37
The Beatles, Nirvana, KISS, Rush, Madonna, Bowie, Beyonce, - akaRonMexico 2019-05-09 11:59:01
- KISS has the highest ever ratio of albums sold to talent - shawno3 2019-05-09 12:18:16
  - They aren't a band, they are a marketing company that - akaRonMexico 2019-05-09 12:26:47
Tom Petty * - jimmypop 2019-05-09 11:55:16
- Agreed * - ndwifemom 2019-05-09 13:58:48
Beatles and Dave Matthews * - akarl 2019-05-09 11:48:45
U2. Queen. * - FL_Irish 2019-05-09 11:47:35
Jimmy Buffett and Phish, and most country * - DBCooper 2019-05-09 11:47:18
- add the Dead and you nailed it for me - irishrock 2019-05-09 12:35:22
- Yup - Molly Maguires 2019-05-09 11:56:46
The Beatles top the list - garbageplate 2019-05-09 11:46:40
Pearl Jam. - John@Indy 2019-05-09 11:46:27
- He might be my favorite singer - Final_Flanner 2019-05-09 14:28:55
- I can only speak to their hit songs - gozer 2019-05-09 14:03:35
  - That's pretty much all grunge bands from that time. - rockmcd 2019-05-09 17:28:48
- Yep. I can't stand his voice either.... - Marine Domer 2019-05-09 13:51:49
- Eddie Vedder seems like a pompous, self-important dick - shawno3 2019-05-09 13:03:13
  - One of my favorites in spite of Eddie Vedder - Montroy28 2019-05-09 16:00:55
  - Jebus shawno, between this and your post above, the - The Holtz Room 2019-05-09 15:42:42
    - Heh. Lots, including Pearl Jam’s music - shawno3 2019-05-09 16:08:20
  - Vedder reminds of the F-word guy in Forrest Gump. - rockmcd 2019-05-09 14:25:19
  - I wouldn't know. - John@Indy 2019-05-09 13:55:43
  - You hit the nail on the head concerning Vedder * - JACC1203 2019-05-09 13:23:45
REM * - maniactranspodriver 2019-05-09 11:45:01
Eagles, Doors, Springsteen, Soundgarden, Dead, Talking Heads - rockmcd 2019-05-09 11:44:39
- Your handle seems ironic. - doolinbanjos 2019-05-09 14:35:27
  - Rock is dead they say, long live Rock. * - rockmcd 2019-05-09 14:51:17
- Same here on Soundgarden, except: Rusty Cage - blarneygreen 2019-05-09 11:50:23
  - Pre-Badmotorfinger Soundgarden was much better * - thecontrarian 2019-05-09 12:09:37
  - Bravo - Montroy28 2019-05-09 12:05:50
  - Could you be more specific? - rockmcd 2019-05-09 11:55:05
Dave Matthews * - meatwhistle 2019-05-09 11:43:44
- I can't stand Dave Matthews - jreednd 2019-05-09 17:02:22
Never could understand The Grateful Dead's appeal * - blarneygreen 2019-05-09 11:39:58
Chicago . The original group may have been considered - ndwifemom 2019-05-09 11:39:06
- They were until 1978, when lead singer and guitar player - Hati Hijau 2019-05-09 13:10:59
  - I believe his last words were - sprack 2019-05-09 13:37:31
    - The group lost what "grittiness" it had with his passing. - Hati Hijau 2019-05-10 02:30:16
The Beatles - Molly Maguires 2019-05-09 11:38:35
Queen and Pink Floyd. * - Fresno Mike 2019-05-09 11:37:42
Neil Young * - Cartwright 2019-05-09 11:34:00
The Replacements, Guided by Voices and Jawbreaker. - voidoid 2019-05-09 11:33:09
Not sure I'd call them great, because I don't like them - sprack 2019-05-09 11:32:37
- REO? You're going to find yourself in a whole lotta - rick 2019-05-09 12:28:48
Bob Dylan. That voice. Gimme nails on a chalkboard any day. - 1NDGal 2019-05-09 11:32:31
- Heh. Nobody covered Dylan more than the Grateful Dead. * - doolinbanjos 2019-05-09 14:47:16
- Totally agree...Great songwriter, godawful singer * - thecontrarian 2019-05-09 12:16:01
- Someone else did sing 'em. - rockmcd 2019-05-09 11:52:34
- The best version of a Dylan song is usually - Profkid93 2019-05-09 11:50:34
  - “Desolation Row” - My Chemical Romance * - The Holtz Room 2019-05-09 15:40:24
  - Garth's "To Make You Feel My Love" * - 1NDGal 2019-05-09 14:01:02
  - Mr Tambourine Man, It Ain't Me Babe * - sprack 2019-05-09 12:43:18
- This is mine as well for the same reasons...brilliant lyrics * - ndgenius 2019-05-09 11:43:06
Fleetwoood Mac, The Allman Brothers, Cream * - The Holtz Room 2019-05-09 11:31:53
I find Radiohead to be unlistenable. - Irishted 2019-05-09 11:31:43
The Beatles. * - grnd 2019-05-09 11:31:34
Sting - Go_Crazy_Folks 2019-05-09 11:28:22
- Do I know what product I'm selling? No. - KeoughCharles05 2019-05-09 12:25:50
- Incredibly lazy songwriter - El Kabong 2019-05-09 12:08:28
  - He's f'ing great live, though. - ewillND 2019-05-09 17:17:00
  - He had a quote - captaineclectic 2019-05-09 12:11:18
    - Ironically, from the songwriting standpoint - blarneygreen 2019-05-09 12:27:37
      - How can you people talk about Roxanne without Reggie Hammond - Father Nieuwland 2019-05-09 17:06:04
      - I like that song too. - rockmcd 2019-05-09 12:49:59
      - Oh, I agree with you - captaineclectic 2019-05-09 12:46:11
        There is a whole category of people who sing words to songs - blarneygreen 2019-05-09 12:55:41
        Unrelated, but: We saw G 'n' R live a couple of summers ago. - ewillND 2019-05-09 17:31:38
        at least it's an ethos. * - TripleDomer 2019-05-09 18:22:58
        Wow! You know Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, and Beyonce? * - Hati Hijau 2019-05-09 13:46:45
        very nicely played - blarneygreen 2019-05-09 15:26:19
        Every Breath You Take - novadamer 2019-05-09 13:27:51
        “Good Riddance” at graduation. - The Holtz Room 2019-05-09 16:06:25
- Great call. * - Bruno95 2019-05-09 12:04:00
Bob Dylan. He's a mumbler. * - Shifty 2019-05-09 11:28:03
Red Hot Chili Peppers * - LondonDomer 2019-05-09 11:27:20
One of you dweebs: explain Radiohead * - The Delta House 2019-05-09 11:26:33
Mine - ndmd89 2019-05-09 11:25:55
Bruce Springsteen. - mocopdx 2019-05-09 11:25:24
- we agree on something * - irishrock 2019-05-09 12:34:20
  - Broken clock, and all that. * - mocopdx 2019-05-09 13:15:05