Musicial acts people you admire like but you can't stand....

[Dookus]

Over the years, there have been many acts that I can't stand, but yet people whose musical taste I admire love them. I have even come around on one or two (used to hate Springsteen, a friend talked me into going to see him concert, and I changed my mind about him entirely).

But there are others that people just love and I simply can't come around on. Here's a few:

Elvis Costello (He seems like a nice, funny guy, but that voice!)
Joni Mitchell (like nails on a chalkboard to me)
Sting (EW! I hate him I hate him I hate him I hate him!)
Dave Matthews (I don't wonder how he got famous, but how he STAYED famous)
Bjork (loved in Dancer in the Dark - can't stand her music)
Tom Petty (what's to say? The voice? The face? Ugh)
Alanis Morrisette (whiny, and doesn't know what "ironic" means)

[Kolesar]

1. Dude, you need to mellow out

I don't think Alanis would be Alanis without that voice. I just really dig some of those sharp lyrics in her songs (not enough to go buy her music though). I don't really hate any of those artists, but some of them are definitely forgetable.

Of course there are some old-fart acts that I used to like but never want to hear again like Bob Segar, ELO, and Styx (cannot believe I ever liked Styx).

[Dookus]

3. I'm mellow, dude...

it's a lounge thread.

[Interrobang]

6. Ha ha, shows what you know!

Alanis used to go by just "Alanis" and not "Alanis Morissette" years and years ago -- before she broke the big time with "Jagged Little Pill," she used to be Canada's answer to Tiffany or one of those other teen-pop dance idols. She didn't have a sandpaper voice then, although she was still whiny!

Personally, people whom I admire like these bands/artists I can't stand:

The Grateful Dead
Joni Mitchell
Pink Floyd
Joan Baez
Led Zeppelin

and hordes and scads of less well-known folkies, all of whom I can't stand, some just on g.p....

[unblock]

2. alanis morrisette doesn't know the meaning of ironic?

she sings a song called isn't it ironic and gives many examples of things that aren't actually ironic.

isn't THAT ironic? don't cha think?


so maybe she really DID know the meaning after all ....

... is your head spinning yet? :evilgrin:

[Dookus]

4. LOL...

that's the best explanation I've ever heard

[Kolesar]

5. I only know the songs, I don't know the titles

So I never knew the song was called "Ironic".
Is that ironic?

[Interrobang]

7. No, because it's not unexpected in the slightest.

Ironic = "precisely the opposite of that which is to be expected" :)

[NightTrain]

8. Frank Zappa

I had a lot of respect for Zappa as a human being. Politically and socially, his heart was always in the right place. And he was a doo-wop fan--always a plus in my book!

Unfortunately, I've always found Zappa's music to be a crashing bore. After about 10 minutes, I'm ready for something--anything!--else. :shrug:

[mac56]

9. Adjusting my asbestos suit -

for the flames that are certain to follow -

Led Zeppelin and Talking Heads.

(ducks and covers)