Popular bands you never were crazy about...

[Villavic]

Not that I hate but... I never got crazy about Yes or The Who, not my style I think

And I liked Stairway to Heaven and Love Hurts but.. never a fan of Led Z.

Neither Spice Girls, I loved to dance their songs but.. didn't look for them on the radio.

[ryan8472]

QUEEN. I never saw what the big deal was with Queen. I guess they're ok or whatever, but not *AMAZING*. :shrug:

[DrummerDeanna]

Pretty much all of them in the music world today lol..I hate rap/hip-hop - and it seems to be dominating right now....

Never been a fan of the boy bands (except for New Kids :laugh: )

Also I've never really liked the Rolling Stones.

[SuzeQuze]

Motley Crue. Just too gross for me!

[dissention]

Green Day (oy, they annoy the **** out of me)
Blink 182 (ditto)
Good Charlotte (if I hear one person tell me how amazing they are, I'm going to slit my wrists)
The Eagles (my mother drove me nuts with them as a child)
Rod Stewart (good gracious!)
Queen (to say that Mercury had one helluva voice is an understatement, but the music itself just did nothing for me)
The Rolling Stones (used to love them, but then realized that they haven't done anything worthwhile in years)

[skcin]

The Who

Kiss

Rolling Stones (I'm getting a little more into them now, though)

Duran Duran

U2 (until about 3 or 4 years ago)

[ontheEdgeof17]

-U2
-The Beatles
-The Who
-Nirvana
-Led Zep
-GNR
-Rolling Stones
-Queen
-Blondie

[wondergirl9847]

-The Beatles
-The Who
-Nirvana
-Led Zep
-GNR
-Rolling Stones
-Blondie

..to all of these. I like maybe one song from each of these people, except Rolling Stones, who I can't think of one song I like by them. :shrug:

[dissention]

It hurts me that one of the guitarists has a Blondie sticker on their guitar in one of their videos.

I hate sharing my fandom with people I hate. -_-

I feel your pain.

That frontman of theirs makes me cringe. He's bloody awful.

[DrummerDeanna]

Oh - that's how I feel about Evanescence - don't know why - I HATE Them...so many people though are like.."Oh man - they're awesome..." They're SO not my cup of tea...

[Serrart]

The Eagles
Duran Duran
Blondie
Boy bands
Who (with the exception of Tommy)
Genesis (without Peter Gabriel)

Romy

[markolas]

The Beatles
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Neil Young (although, I like Harvest, and some of his other countryish stuff)
Kiss
Queen
Boston
Kansas
Foreigner
Journey
Chicago
(pretty much all of those arena rock bands from the '70s/early '80s)
David Bowie
Pink Floyd
Guns N Roses
Metallica
(pretty much all hair metal bands from the '80s/early '90s)
Nirvana
(pretty much all those loud, angsty grunge bands from the '90s)
Sly & the Family Stone
George Clinton
(pretty much all funk music from the '70s)
Mariah Carey
Celine Dion
Patti LaBelle
Donna Summer
Kylie Minogue
(pretty much all caterwauling divas...and disco...I hate disco...or any music that has a pulsating beat, really)
Teen Pop (boy bands from any decade, Britney, Debbie Gibson, etc.)
Contemporary Country
"Smooth" Jazz/New Age music (Enya, Dave Koz, Kenny G, etc)

Hmm...did I leave anything out?

[markolas]

Genesis (without Peter Gabriel)


Oh, I forgot Genesis! I'm not a fan of prog rock, in general.

[wondergirl9847]

Mark, what music DO you like? LOL

[markolas]

Mark, what music DO you like? LOL

Hehehe...

There's a lot that I like, actually. :)

I like a lot of old country and bluegrass, country-rock from the '70s (The Eagles, Gram Parsons...some more recent, too...I love Wilco's first two albums :D), '70s singer-songwriter music (Joni, James Taylor, et al), blues, and jazz. I also like what might be termed "adult alternative" (Sheryl Crow-type stuff).

[Villavic]

QUEEN. I never saw what the big deal was with Queen. I guess they're ok or whatever, but not *AMAZING*. :shrug:

:eek: WHATT???? You'll make me hava a heart attack!! :eek:
QUEEN is wonderful! And their music... The Prophet song, Mustafa, Spread your Wings, I'm going slightly mad, Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody to love, etc...!!!

I love Queen, it was my first option until I met the mac... Anyway, nothing is written about tastes. That's the world we live, different colors, different tastes..

[estranged4life]

opening a can of worms here...

Blondie (Not a fan, But I do respect them)

The Go-Go's

Culture Club

Black Sabbath (Only with Ozzy Osbourne as the singer...Never cared for the Ozzy led Sabbath)

Sheryl Crow

Any pop singer (I was raised that if you CANNOT pick up a guitar and AT LEAST strum along to a song that you sing you are NOT a musician!!!)

Any pop/punk band (Truckers hats & low strung guitars dont equal punk...It does equal "weak pretender"!)

EVERY NU-METAL BAND!!! (As someone once sang "The Trend is Dead...")

Evanescence (Amy Lee can sing, but the backing musicians need lessons badly!)

Ick & Bitch (I mean Big & Rich...Sorry dudes, You are considered the biggest joke in country music. Your on par with a fictional band Spinal Tap, The only thing is everyone knew Spinal tap was a fictional band!)

Merle Haggard (I laugh at HOW MANY tards assume he lived in Muskogee because of his abomination song about my hometown, He NEVER did!...Hey Merle, Has anymore of the jets ya own crashed with loads of cocaine aboard??? Go f**k yourself ok?)

Garth Brooks (Sorry Garth...Your hometown of Yukon is to country music is what the KKK is to gansta rap! The only cows there are the ones who shop at Wal-Mart!)

Any person who appears on "American Idotic & Tone Deaf Idol" who sings...Sorry folks, Go earn it the hard way by establishing yourself the hard way by WORKING FOR IT (Playing clubs & paying yer dues)...Don't let a bunch of asstard "never-was" judges stand in your way!

[dissention]

Blondie (Not a fan, But I do respect them)

:laugh:

If you do trade for those boots, maybe they'll change your mind. :xoxo:

That's how I feel about Queen, though. They're f*cking fabulous, there's no denying it, but they just never "grabbed" me like other bands. Mercury does have one of the most incredible voices I've ever heard, though. That man was otherworldly, it's spooky.

[DrummerDeanna]

Ya know - I've owned No Exit since the year it came out - I had someone buy it for me for the Songs Maria and the live Rapture...

Only recently after your breakdown of it and your discussions on Blondie have I listened to the whole thing...and I LOVE it!!

Thanks Diss - I had a great cd already in my collection :blob1:

[GateandGarden]

I never got into New Kids On the Block.

[estranged4life]

:laugh:

If you do trade for those boots, maybe they'll change your mind. :xoxo:

That's how I feel about Queen, though. They're f*cking fabulous, there's no denying it, but they just never "grabbed" me like other bands. Mercury does have one of the most incredible voices I've ever heard, though. That man was otherworldly, it's spooky.

mainly because another trade I deal with has some music I like that some Blondie will bring me in a trade...

Plus I know y'all like 'em and I dont mind sharing music...Blondie's just not my cup of tea, But as I said, I do respect 'em and I think Debby Harry is sexy as hell.

[dissention]

Ya know - I've owned No Exit since the year it came out - I had someone buy it for me for the Songs Maria and the live Rapture...

Only recently after your breakdown of it and your discussions on Blondie have I listened to the whole thing...and I LOVE it!!

Thanks Diss - I had a great cd already in my collection :blob1:

:thumbsup: I discovered the same thing last year with one of my Bonnie Raitt CDs. I had bought it for a couple songs and had never really listened to it, but when I did, I was blown away.

No Exit is one of my favorite albums from anyone. :nod: Everything about it is superb, from the writing to the vocals to the mixing to the production; it's just chillingly good. And it has such a sense of fun to it all, it puts me in a good mood right away.

Any favorite tracks? :D

[estranged4life]

That's how I feel about Queen, though. They're f*cking fabulous, there's no denying it, but they just never "grabbed" me like other bands. Mercury does have one of the most incredible voices I've ever heard, though. That man was otherworldly, it's spooky.

some Freddie Mercury solo material that is what I consider "Dance club" music but the **** is addictive as hell...

There will never be another vocalist on par with Farooq "Freddie Mercury" Bulsara in this lifetime!

[dissention]

mainly because another trade I deal with has some music I like that some Blondie will bring me in a trade...

Plus I know y'all like 'em and I dont mind sharing music...Blondie's just not my cup of tea, But as I said, I do respect 'em and I think Debby Harry is sexy as hell.

:thumbsup: She certainly is.

Drop me a line when you feel like trading... :wavey:

[DrummerDeanna]

:thumbsup: I discovered the same thing last year with one of my Bonnie Raitt CDs. I had bought it for a couple songs and had never really listened to it, but when I did, I was blown away.

No Exit is one of my favorite albums from anyone. :nod: Everything about it is superb, from the writing to the vocals to the mixing to the production; it's just chillingly good. And it has such a sense of fun to it all, it puts me in a good mood right away.

Any favorite tracks? :D

I'm still getting to know the album - I do like the boom boom in the zoom zoom room song - I'm HORRIBLE with song names..I rarely look at the actual sleeve for the names..

The Coolio one was really hard for me to get into because I'm not a Coolio fan - but I've actually enjoyed that song a lot too :nod:

I'll let you know as I listen to it more :nod:

[DrummerDeanna]

I never got into New Kids On the Block.

I got into them right before they started going out....I was only in fourth grade - so perhaps you were just too young to be fully obsessed with NKOTB?? haha...nah there are, also, a lot of people who just didn't like them..ya know, people with taste at a young age :laugh: ;) - I LOVED them

[estranged4life]

I got into them right before they started going out....I was only in fourth grade - so perhaps you were just too young to be fully obsessed with NKOTB?? haha...nah there are, also, a lot of people who just didn't like them..ya know, people with taste at a young age :laugh: ;) - I LOVED them

when the NKOTB played at Skelly Stadium in Tulsa and some of my Tech School friends went to the show. They hung out on 11th Street outside of Skelly Stadium and shot water balloons, (With a bungy cord like rubber band) filled with only God knows what, into the crowd.

Hehehehe...

[dissention]

I'm still getting to know the album - I do like the boom boom in the zoom zoom room song - I'm HORRIBLE with song names..I rarely look at the actual sleeve for the names..

The Coolio one was really hard for me to get into because I'm not a Coolio fan - but I've actually enjoyed that song a lot too :nod:

I'll let you know as I listen to it more :nod:

Her voice is all over the place on Boom Boom, I love it. :woohoo:

No Exit (the song) took me forever to get into because of Coolio, but I ended up loving it after hearing the live versions with only Debbie.

And since you're terrible at song titles, my favorite tracks are 2, 5, 8, 9, and 14. :laugh: Some of their best songs EVER.

[ryan8472]

It's disheartening, how many Blondie's are on these lists. :(

About Queen ~ I do like Radio Gaga, but that's about it.

[ontheEdgeof17]

It's disheartening, how many Blondie's are on these lists. :(

I'm sorry, maybe? But really, I'm not :p

I think if you saw my music collection, you would chuckle. It's all cheese. Thank goodness I'm not lactose intolerate. :D

[GateandGarden]

I'm sorry, maybe? But really, I'm not :p

I think if you saw my music collection, you would chuckle. It's all cheese. Thank goodness I'm not lactose intolerate. :DHave we ever had a thread in which we listed all (or most) of the performers we liked besides FM? It seems like we might've, but then I guess another one wouldn't hurt. What do y'all think?

[Sugar]

I could never get into Rage Against the Machine or the Red Hot Chili Peppers... :shrug:

[golddustwoman77]

Oh - that's how I feel about Evanescence - don't know why - I HATE Them...so many people though are like.."Oh man - they're awesome..." They're SO not my cup of tea...

You can count me in on that one too! I hate Evanescence!

Also, I never got into Led Zeppelin, Queen, Boston, U2, ANY bubble gum pop like Brittany Spears, Ashlee Simpson, Debbie Gibson, New Kids on the Block, etc. (I didn't like it as a young person, and I don't like it now.), or Nirvana. I guess I just never saw all the fuss about any of these people. :shrug:

[WelshWitchPMD]

The first band that I can think of is U2. I like maybe a few songs by them but I can't see any big deal about them.

It seems that so many Mac fans love them but I am not one of them.

I am not really a fan of The Rolling Stones. Pink Floyd, or The Who either.

Oh I know Bruce Springteen and the E Street Band. I never got into 'The Boss" too much. :shrug:

[ryan8472]

Oh I know Bruce Springteen and the E Street Band. I never got into 'The Boss" too much. :shrug:

Me either. :wavey:

[cliffdweller]

and I liked Stairway to Heaven and Love Hurts but.. never a fan of Led Z.

I think Nazareth did Love Hurts. So that means you only like one song by Led Zep! Blaspheme!! :laugh:

[golden braid]

I never got into any of the boy bands like New Kids, Backstreet Boys, or N'Sync, thank god. I never really liked much mainstream pop music either. I was more into heavy metal but I didn't like some of the really poppy metal bands like Winger and KISS.

[seeker007nmss]

These will get some screams:


Bob Dylan (over rated and voice annoys me)
Janice Joplin (annoying)
Later beatles stuff (eh)
John Lennon (Basic Cult figure, I find kinda bland)
Any Heavy metal bands from 80's (some of the guitarists are good, but mostly just noise)
Whiney, twangy country (especially if they feel they have to "talk" in the song)
Any Rap/Hip-Hop - They don't play instruments so just bad poetry and stolen samples. CAN"T STAND ENIMEM. Haven't watched MTV for over a decade - can't stand the music (Could go on for pages...but won't)
Nirvanna - mostly crud, over rated. and Cobain was NOT the voice of a generation.
Use to like Sting - then I met him in person and he is such a piece of work, can't listen to him anymore.
Babs Streisand - Another nut case. Her exploits in person should have comitted her
KISS - Gene Simmons is a bigger horses A** Than sting (if that is possible)
Gun and Roses - Axel - another major horse pucky. His ego destroyed that band
The rico Sauve guy...I think that needs no further explanantion

I will think up some more, those came to mind first

[SuzeQuze]

These will get some screams:


Bob Dylan (over rated and voice annoys me)
Janice Joplin (annoying)
Later beatles stuff (eh)
John Lennon (Basic Cult figure, I find kinda bland)
Any Heavy metal bands from 80's (some of the guitarists are good, but mostly just noise)
Whiney, twangy country (especially if they feel they have to "talk" in the song)
Any Rap/Hip-Hop - They don't play instruments so just bad poetry and stolen samples. CAN"T STAND ENIMEM. Haven't watched MTV for over a decade - can't stand the music (Could go on for pages...but won't)
Nirvanna - mostly crud, over rated. and Cobain was NOT the voice of a generation.
Use to like Sting - then I met him in person and he is such a piece of work, can't listen to him anymore.
Babs Streisand - Another nut case. Her exploits in person should have comitted her
KISS - Gene Simmons is a bigger horses A** Than sting (if that is possible)
Gun and Roses - Axel - another major horse pucky. His ego destroyed that band
The rico Sauve guy...I think that needs no further explanantion

I will think up some more, those came to mind first

What was Sting like? Details, please.

Did you meet Gene Simmons too? He gives me the willies, eww. He will be the next celebrity Judge on American Idol. :eek:

[seeker007nmss]

What was Sting like? Details, please.

Did you meet Gene Simmons too? He gives me the willies, eww. He will be the next celebrity Judge on American Idol. :eek:


I use to work in the recording industry and met Stink ...er Sting backstage one night. He was one of the most arrogant little men I have ever met. He treated his staff like crap and was acting hollier than though. (I think there was a thread on here sometime ago with a few other ledgies who met him also and had the same experience...so wasn't an isolated case). I managed to piss him off by just ignoring him and not caring or smoozing with him. I had more fun talking to the roadies.
If I had to choose the biggest A**Hole in music, it would have to be Gene Simmons. He is under the impression that every women in the world wants to sleep with him, and that if they don't, they are Lesbians or soon to be Lesbians. He did an NPR interview on FreshAir promoting his book and was such the piece of crap to Terry Gross. She has done literally hundreds if not thousands of interviews with almost everyone famous at one time or another. (She knows what she is doing) and he kept saying she wanted to sleep with him, and she wasn't having any part of it. That had to be the nightmare interview from hell. Everytime I have seen him in anything he is an A**Hole. Was in the same room as him at a function, didn't want to meet him, and didn't care. He acted like an idiot, and managed to piss off a few people. He reminds me of that Guy "The BRAd" in the TV commercial. Thinks he is god's gift to the world.

[Miss Vicky]

Let's see, popular music that I'm not crazy about (or in some cases that I hate)-

Just about any group or solo artist that is female or has a female lead singer

Just about any teeny-bopper pop group or singer

Just about any rap/hip hop/r&B artist

Just about any metal artist

Just about any country artist

Just about anything labeled "cutting edge"

Am I forgetting anything?

[catinthedark]

Ahhh... I can finally say it.

Nirvana. Never got it. And til now, always thought I was the only soul on the face of the earth who didn't get it. Nice to be among friends. :wavey:

I do like Blondie!! :lol:

Others I never liked:

John Mayer (again, just don't get it)
Guns n Roses
Michael Jackson
Kylie Minogue (what is that about anyway?)
Jay-Z (is that his name? The guy who does Crazy in Love with Beyonce?)
Any of those "cool" "The-" bands of the 80s - The Pixies, The Pogues, The Psychedelic Furs, The (insert name here). I don't think anyone ever liked them; it was just cool to say you did.
Culture Club
Corey Hart (and I'm Canadian! :eek: ) You can actually be stripped of your Canadian citizenship for saying that.

I'm sure I'm forgetting many.

[dissention]

Ahhh... I can finally say it.

Nirvana. Never got it. And til now, always thought I was the only soul on the face of the earth who didn't get it. Nice to be among friends. :wavey:

I do like Blondie!! :lol:

A cat after my precious heart. :laugh:

Nirvana bugs the **** out of me. If I wanted to hear someone scream for five minutes straight, I'd tape myself and save $10.

[estranged4life]

If I had to choose the biggest A**Hole in music, it would have to be Gene Simmons.

Everytime I have seen him in anything he is an A**Hole.

think he named his recent (failed) solo release A**hole? Self-advertisement if ya ask me...

Now A**hole Gene is trying to start up a TV network!!! Gee, just what we need MORE BULL****!!! Yo Gene, Kiss is OVER, Go home and stay the f**K locked up inside so we, the proud American metal heads won't have to hear your newest "Get Rich Quick" scheme! (I lost respect for Scheme-Gene when he filed lawsuit against King Diamond because of King's makeup...Yeah, that's right, I guess if ya play metal ya cant wear makeup or those flabby out-of-touch with the 70's when it's 2005 f**ks in Piss, I meant Kiss will sue ya...To which I say HORSE-HOCKEY!!!)

[SuzeQuze]

He's so gross and he's going to be the next celebrity Judge on American Idol. I hope Paula doesn't have to sit next to him. :eek: I have heard interviews with him where he says skanky stuff, it's just not hot. I'm glad the NPR person was like, "um, no" to him. :laugh: What the hell is he going to add to the AI judging panel? Ewwwwwwwww...

think he named his recent (failed) solo release A**hole? Self-advertisement if ya ask me...

Now A**hole Gene is trying to start up a TV network!!! Gee, just what we need MORE BULL****!!! Yo Gene, Kiss is OVER, Go home and stay the f**K locked up inside so we, the proud American metal heads won't have to hear your newest "Get Rich Quick" scheme! (I lost respect for Scheme-Gene when he filed lawsuit against King Diamond because of King's makeup...Yeah, that's right, I guess if ya play metal ya cant wear makeup or those flabby out-of-touch with the 70's when it's 2005 f**ks in Piss, I meant Kiss will sue ya...To which I say HORSE-HOCKEY!!!)

[estranged4life]

What the hell is he going to add to the AI judging panel? Ewwwwwwwww...

it takes a no-talent like Scheme-Gene to judge no-talent singers along with other no-talent judges :thumbsup:

[SuzeQuze]

it takes a no-talent like Scheme-Gene to judge no-talent singers along with other no-talent judges :thumbsup:

:laugh: :shudder: Maybe he'll get into a fight with Simon. :laugh: I might not even be able to watch. I'll have to blank out his face with my finger or something. :lol:

[Moony]

....THE BEATLES.

:sorry:

[amber]

....THE BEATLES.

:sorry:
:xoxo: :xoxo:

[GateandGarden]

....THE BEATLES.

:sorry:
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

(J/K) :xoxo:

[strandinthewind]

I really cannot sing very well anymore and I can still sing much better than 90% of those people. Personally, give that there is SO much talent out there, I think the auditions are rigged to be chok full of no talents so America and others can watch people make fools of themselves :laugh:

[amber]

I really cannot sing very well anymore and I can still sing much better than 90% of those people. Personally, give that there is SO much talent out there, I think the auditions are rigged to be chok full of no talents so America and others can watch people make fools of themselves :laugh:
:nod:
I think people are comforted by people who are not too much more talented than they are, too. :)

[strandinthewind]

:nod:
I think people are comforted by people who are not too much more talented than they are, too. :)


Plus, I think most people - some WAY deep inside of them - would LOVE to be a singer :nod:

depending on the person asked - it is fortunate or unfortunate that I burst into song OFTEN and with little care or regard as to where I am and how appropriate a melody may be at that point in time :eek: :laugh:

[amber]

Plus, I think most people - some WAY deep inside of them - would LOVE to be a singer :nod:

depending on the person asked - it is fortunate or unfortunate that I burst into song OFTEN and with little care or regard as to where I am and how appropriate a melody may be at that point in time :eek: :laugh:
:thumbsup:
yes, people would love to be singers...and i don't think it's way down deep inside. Heck, I sing, and i feel a twinge whenever someone loves my friend's songs! :laugh: (she is AFA, has THE VOICE, and writes songs with good lyrics, too!)
But, also, I think that most people do not know otherwise, depending on what they've been raised with...I think they think a lot of music is good that you or I may not think is good. :shrug:
Whattre ya gonna do?