Name recording artists you just do not get

[cantdrv55]

Chris Isaak - boring music and I think I can sing better
Britney Spears - this is obvious
Maycie Gray - remember her? Sounds like a two pack-a-day chain smoker and looks like a homeless person to boot

[legion]

Eminen - Didn't you see what happened to Vanilla Ice?
Snoop Doggy Doggy - Why do people buy this crap?
Hillary Duff - (Other than to pedophiles) What's the appeal?
Franz Ferdinand - I like them, I don't get them

[Fishcop]

Farty/Fifty/Fity Cents or what ever the wanker calls himself...

Basically any kind of anti-social "gangsta" rap-drivel... I just don't get! And I'm not that old or cranky

[ErVikingo]

All of the above mentioned "artists" + Moby and heck most of the newer "musicians".

What happened to good old Rock and Roll, where's the new millenium Pink Floyd's, Pete Towshend's, Yes, Crimson, .......?

[legion]

I'm a big fan of Pink Floyd and The Who (not to mention Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton...I even have several Yardbirds albums).

"New" Bands that I listen to:

The Strokes
Modest Mouse
Franz Ferdinand
Ben Folds
Jet
Nine Inch Nails
Tool

[vash]

any american idol.

[billwagnon]

U2. they rise to the level of "okay" occasionally.

[legion]

Don't even get me started on anything 80's. I mean, none of that stuff even made sense then.

[911S Targa]

I just don't get 1 finger down tuned chords in today's ""Rock"" music, or Nu Metal as its called.

[Drago]

Originally posted by billwagnon
U2. they rise to the level of "okay" occasionally.

Whoa...them's fightin' words...

Anything rap/hip-hop, bubblegum pop or nu metal....oh, and country....can't forget country...or western.

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Dave Matthews Band - boring
Grateful Dead - REALLY boring
U2 - STFU, Bono, youre a singer, not a politician
REM - same reason, except uglier singer
Macy Grey - proof you dont need talent or looks to make it..
Rolling Stones - they should have been killed after Exile on Main St.
Green Day - "oooh concept album" yeah whatever, they still suck ass
50 Cent - yeah you got it rough, pal... go back to your "crib"
Mariah Carey - what a complete waste of an incredible voice... sad really

New bands i like

Mars Volta
Rilo Kiley
Dresden Dolls
Interpol
Dead 60's
Kasabian

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Originally posted by Alfred1
Any kind of crap, er, I mean rap music. Stevie Ray Vaughn (sp?) type white trash music and even (dare I say it?) the Beatles. Meter maids and paper-back writas? Too gay!

Im just curious why you equate SRV with white trash?

as far as Im concerned, he was one of the most soulful guitarists who ever lived..

[Jims5543]

I like M&M because his lyrics are edgy and his sound is different.

I hate 50 cent, ying yang twins, little john 90% of Rap.

Older Black Eyed Peas is good new stuff I am unsure if I like.

I listened to Howard interview Joe Walsh a couple of weeks ago. He played a couple of songs acoustic and I realized, there really isnt any talent anymore.

Alisha Keys is good, John Legend is different and has a neat sound as far a R&B goes.

I recetly discovered this guy, Israel Kamakawiwo`ole, neat sound really mellow good for relaxing on the back porch with a beer on the weekend.
http://www.mele.com/Farewell/tribute.htm

[Porsche virgin]

Amen to the Greatful Dead. What band has all of that heavy-metal stuff on the album covers with the skull and dancing skeletons and then the music is lame enough to bore my grandmother. I suppose you have to be high to understand.

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Originally posted by Porsche virgin
Amen to the Greatful Dead. What band has all of that heavy-metal stuff on the album covers with the skull and dancing skeletons and then the music is lame enough to bore my grandmother. I suppose you have to be high to understand.

LOL I always used to think the same think. They have these whacked out album covers with like fetuses and danicng skeletons and all this evil ****, then you get songs like Sugar magnolia.. WTF is that about?

[legion]

When the Grateful Dead could pull off a concise song, it was very good. Unfortunately, the best musician and singer in the band, Pigpen, died fairly early on.

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

well it's not just the Dead its also the Deadheads. I mean really, talk about lowest rung on the evolutionary rope, even lower than Republicans

Also,

Bruce Springsteen - just dont get why he's popular. Must be an east coast thing....

[dd74]

Can't stand Bruce - dull, he can't sing, never once has any of his music appealed to me. It's all "BS" to me...

U2 - first three albums were good, then they went limousine liberal. They suck these days, and what you get if you suck is short-listed for the Nobel Peace Prize, such is Bono.

I've been on an Afghan Whigs kick lately. That stuff is outrageous. Greg Dulli's lyrics makes me want to go to confession, then take a shower.

[chapstic2001]

I am with Jims, the majority of rap is terrible, "kno wha I'm sayin'?" Hip-hop on the other hand, very good and intellegent. i.e. the Roots, tribe, Pharcyde, Heiroglyphics etc...

Beck - is it really music?

Tori Amos - I never listened to her until I met my wife...and I know why. Her music makes no sense and has no melody.

Bjork - I guess I do not get "art!"

[911S Targa]

Originally posted by Jared Fenton
well it's not just the Dead its also the Deadheads. I mean really, talk about lowest rung on the evolutionary rope, even lower than Republicans

Also,

Bruce Springsteen - just dont get why he's popular. Must be an east coast thing....

You would surprised how many "deadheads' live up in the hills of Cali (Southern) who live in million dollar homes, driving over priced Mer Benz, and well paying jobs. I know, its a small percentage, but still.