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KeefintheNight82
Janis Joplin--I can't believe this is supposed to be real great soul/blues singing. It is to everyone but me I guess.
She's my blind spot too. Call that singing?!
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AngieBlue
The Grateful Dead are tops on my list too. Some of their stuff is ok, but I just don't get it. Too much noodling for me.
Prince is another. Purple Rain came out when I was in high school and it was everywhere. That might be why. And what came after sounded like the same record with different lyrics to me.
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Gazza
Grateful Dead - In theory I should love them. Fan-friendly, random setlists, great connection with roots/traditional music. I also love Garcia's guitar playing. I respect them, but I just dont think they make great records. And their songs just tend to go on for far too long.
Janis Joplin - OK, there's a lot to feel sorry there because she was such a tragic figure. But as much as I like blues-wailing and no matter how much I can appreciate singers who arent exactly technically gifted, that voice is like nails on a chalkboard to my ears.
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Neil Young is one of my favourite half dozen artists, but CSN just leave me cold.
Someone mentioned prog rock, which does nothing for me, but this is about artists we're 'supposed to like'. Thats a genre that tends to get widely sneered at now, surely? And rightly so.
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i sneer in your general direction
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i sneer in your general direction
I fart back in yours!
I've always sort of 'wanted' to like the Dead, but I think its just something thats got lost in translation. I respect them, but I just dont really 'get' it.
Plus, I've never liked their drum sound for some reason.
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StonesTod
i sneer in your general direction
I fart back in yours!
I've always sort of 'wanted' to like the Dead, but I think its just something thats got lost in translation. I respect them, but I just dont really 'get' it.
Plus, I've never liked their drum sound for some reason.
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whitem8
Tele I am with you on Hendrix. I have a ton of his stuff, and I respect his talent, but it all seems to blend together into a long jam of sameness. I rarely chose to spin a Hendrix disc from start to finish. Having said that, I love Band of Gypsies and especially Machine Gun from that disc.
Zappa. Again, I know he was super talented, and a huge amount of material. But I just can't be moved by the pretend humor behind it all, and it all seems a bit pretentious to me.
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Gazza
Grateful Dead - In theory I should love them. Fan-friendly, random setlists, great connection with roots/traditional music. I also love Garcia's guitar playing. I respect them, but I just dont think they make great records. And their songs just tend to go on for far too long.
Janis Joplin - OK, there's a lot to feel sorry there because she was such a tragic figure. But as much as I like blues-wailing and no matter how much I can appreciate singers who arent exactly technically gifted, that voice is like nails on a chalkboard to my ears.
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Neil Young is one of my favourite half dozen artists, but CSN just leave me cold.
Someone mentioned prog rock, which does nothing for me, but this is about artists we're 'supposed to like'. Thats a genre that tends to get widely sneered at now, surely? And rightly so.
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Ferret
Queen - goddamn I do hate this pompous shit. absolutely nothing to do with what makes great music for me.
Pink Floyd - They bore me and they're often pretentious. I don't see how they're so big as their music is not commercial at all. Rather hookless, I find.
Eric Clapton - Horrible boring soulless electric blues.
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Green Lady
Oh, plenty of them. U2, Morrissey/The Smiths and Radiohead for a start.
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Green Lady
Oh, plenty of them. U2, Morrissey/The Smiths and Radiohead for a start.
I'm with you on Radiohead.
I'd add pretty much most heavy rock/heavy metal in general, especially anything that emerged in the 80s. A largely awful decade for music.