Kevin's Watch

There are bands,genres etc. that get tons of praise but do absolutely nothing for me.Things are spoken about them hailing them as great,but I just don't hear what it is about them that makes them so much better than anything else.Can you think of any media or critic darlings,or any band/artist etc with a cult like following that you just don't get?I will list some of mine after the conversation gets going.

The Beatles. It could be because I wasn't there when that sound was new, but I just don't get it. I find them mildly annoying.

Rush,kind of like an unholy union of Zeppelin and Yes,but with worse songs than either band.I believe I will just listen to Zeppelin and Yes.I don't get it?

I like the Beatles BTW Cov jr.,but I respect your opinion.

um...i so hesitate to say but...i've had this horrific song in my head
all day long and it WON'T go away...and i just keep HEARin' that freakin
vocorder ooo aw ooo aw ooo aw oon on livin on a prayer...but...

well...i dont really get the bon jovi thing.


and just to qualify rather than hate on - they seem mildly talented musicians writing mediocre hook pop and yet...the following.
i just watched them last night on the UK Hall of Fame award show.
you should have seen the crowd singing

oooo oooo livin on a prayer.

which chorus they did eighteen kajillion times.


i don't get it.

signed me,
~confused

Sunbaneglasses wrote:Rush,kind of like an unholy union of Zeppelin and Yes,but with worse songs than either band.I believe I will just listen to Zeppelin and Yes.I don't get it?

I like the Beatles BTW Cov jr.,but I respect your opinion.

oooh had to double post and agree entirely.

(Sorus...i'm sorry babe, but i didn't get past that first funky tune on the cd you made me of the instrumentals)

i don't get it either. specially since i really like Lifeson's playing solo. but listening to Rush, i actually, without his singing, like Lee's bass playing better than Lifeson's guitar work.

meh. i really don't get it.

CovenantJr wrote:The Beatles. It could be because I wasn't there when thatn sound was new, but I just don't get it. I find them mildly annoying.

You totally beat me to it. I find them pretty boring.

Meatloaf, Bon Jovi, and disco music.
Oh yeah, a lot of today's bands all sound the same.
Speaking of newer bands, what's with flooding the airwaves with cover tunes?
Can't they come up with original songs?
IMO Guns 'N' Roses madr the WORST remakes!

Sunbaneglasses wrote:Rush,kind of like an unholy union of Zeppelin and Yes,but with worse songs than either band.I believe I will just listen to Zeppelin and Yes.I don't get it?

I'm with you on this one. To me, Geddy Lee's singing is like nails raking a blackboard.

CovenantJr wrote:The Beatles. It could be because I wasn't there when thatn sound was new, but I just don't get it. I find them mildly annoying.

Well said.

Having being housed with a 12 year old girl back in '85/'86 I saw her go through a major Bon Jovi phase, only to be replaced by Twisted Sister and a band I completely can't stand, Ratt. Thank gods she got into Metallica after that. Bon Jovi's one of the good guys of that era, even though his music's refried papp. His problem was, being from New Jersey, he wanted to be Duran, Duran and Springsteen at the same time.., it didn't work, but he's a pretty boy and chicks dig him...

...as far as newer "alt" bands go, yes I have to say they can all pretty much sound like suicidal, "I'm going nowhere" crap. Unless they've driven by madmen like TOOL and a System of a Down. Some stand out on their own like Disturbed or just want to have fun like; Wheezer, The Offspring or Jimmy Eat World. Other bands may have 2 or 3 poignant songs (ex: Shinedown) or 5 or 6 really killer songs (ex: Deftones), but when you're done with that the rest of their stuff boils down to the suicidal, "I'm going nowhere" crap--enough about your asshole father and your horrible childhood, move on.

I'm very lyric oriented so the two Neils; Young and Peart appeal to me, even though both Young and Lee both can sound like nails on a chalkboard. It's an aquired taste, and, I'll grant you I can deal with Neil better than I can Geddy. I do like Rush but I've always tought that Peart, and Eddie Van Halen deserved better bands.

The Beatles, wow, tough subject when talking to younger people--they were a movement, a sign of their times. Hey, I know its hard to see but they were the Pink Floyd of the time-my older sister's generation had nothing else--excellent songwritting and they inspired many.

new mexico.

and...

i dig your sig!

It was part of Hess' Leo horoscope on Tuesday, so it applies to you too, missy! I want to frame it and stick it above my comp.

Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Boston

Spice Girls and pretty much every boy band

The Who
Dave Matthews
Metallica
All NuMetal
John Cougar
Nickleback
Greatful Dead
Phish

There's more, but that's just off the top of my head.

Radiohead.

Brinn wrote:Radiohead.

Amen!

Chris Whitley. I tried to like him, but he's just too dull for his genre.

danlo wrote:The Beatles ... they were the Pink Floyd of the time

Thanks for reminding me: Pink Floyd. No idea what people see in them. I don't begrudge anyone their appreciation of these bands; I just don't understand or share it.

I third Brinn and Cail's Radiohead.

Loremaster wrote:

CovenantJr wrote:The Beatles. It could be because I wasn't there when thatn sound was new, but I just don't get it. I find them mildly annoying.

Well said.

I think a lot of this has to do with age context. I'm 38 (but a youthful and fiesty 38...I'll kick yer tail if ya don't believe me), and when Lennon was shot in 1980, I got turned on to the Beatles.

The thing is this. By today's standards, even standards set since 1990 they could be considered boring. BUT you must consider this. Listen to just about any other popular disc trotted out in 1966 than compare it to say, REVOLVER. AND THEN consider that they did everything with a 4- or 6-track board!!! Nothing digital...just 4 to 6 ANALOG tracks! They were freakin' innovators and envelope pushers...once they started taking drugs that is (all hail Bob Dylan!). Today, I think at least 64 track boards are the standard.

As for me...as hard as I can...I just can't figure out what the big deal is about the Flaming Lips. I have tried, Lord knows!