Musical Acts that are good, but do nothing for you.

NapoleonInRags · 25-09-2019 05:52PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Wings. They're only the band The Beatles could have been.

Jerciful Maysus...you should be burned at the stake for that (imho)

dxhound2005 · 25-09-2019 05:56PM

NapoleonInRags wrote: »

Jerciful Maysus...you should be burned at the stake for that (imho)

It's an Alan Partridge reference in case you didn't know.

Rothko · 25-09-2019 05:56PM

NapoleonInRags wrote: »

Jerciful Maysus...you should be burned at the stake for that (imho)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyZspqjtG2k

25-09-2019 06:10PM

Gorillaz.

Their first song was played in 1997 on my Gateway 2000 PC on Windows Media Player, on CD. One of the coolest things then.

But yeah..who cares about some CGI characters in this day and age.

MrAbyss · 25-09-2019 06:11PM

The Pogues

MrAbyss · 25-09-2019 06:13PM

vriesmays wrote: »

UB40 - reggae's Showaddywaddy.

sad thing is they did not start out that way. Signing Off is a superb, dark and almost Goth Raggae album. Then they went Showaddywaddy.

Mad_maxx · 25-09-2019 06:17PM

Crystal swing

Mad_maxx · 25-09-2019 06:18PM

Bruce Springsteen

25-09-2019 06:19PM

Thread was fine until pair of you came along.

/unfollow

Mad_maxx · 25-09-2019 06:20PM

nthclare wrote: »

Mõtley Crew I just cannot like them and other American hard rock band's.

I know they're popular in circles but I cannot warm to their music.

They were never seen as " good"

Mad_maxx · 25-09-2019 06:22PM

Ken Tucky wrote: »

The Eagles...very boring to me.

Fleetwood Mac but to me they are two different bands to discuss there. Like Peter Greens stuff though

I know deep down that Fleetwood Mac are fairly naff but still love them

whisky_galore · 25-09-2019 06:31PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Crystal swing

Borderline parody act.
Not good.

Mad_maxx · 25-09-2019 06:38PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Crystal swing

Borderline parody act.
Not good.

Are you serious?

Arghus · 25-09-2019 06:58PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Are you serious?

Oh, bro, come on.I know you're being hilarious and all...

Rothko · 25-09-2019 07:33PM

Say Your Number wrote: »

I know Satriani has a reputation for being a fretboard wanker, but having listened to most of his stuff, he has written some brilliant slow and moody tracks like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ9p2slEdno

That wasn't too bad actually.

Earthhorse · 25-09-2019 07:53PM

I told a story in the biscuit competition thread about staying up all night after work to hear the new Radiohead single (Paranoid Android) and boy was it not worth it.

Their music comes across as if they’ve overthought it all. I’ve made my peace with them since and reckon they have around one or two great tracks per album but that’s it. A lot of their stuff also seems to work better live (where they seem to play a little more from the gut).

Pink Floyd occupy a similar space for me. In fact, my favorite work by them is the Division Bell, when Roger Waters left.

Similarly the only Manic Street Preachers album I can stand is Everything Must Go.

dxhound2005 · 25-09-2019 07:59PM

This is the list of music Thom Yorke chose on Desert Island Discs.

DISC ONE: Ravel - Le jardin féerique – the Labèque sisters
DISC TWO: Scott Walker - It’s Raining Today
DISC THREE: Talking Heads - Born Under Punches
DISC FOUR: Squarepusher and Aphex Twin - Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid
DISC FIVE: Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
DISC SIX: REM – Talk about the Passion
DISC SEVEN: Sidney Bechet - Blue Horizon
DISC EIGHT: Nina Simone - Lilac Wine

Earthhorse · 25-09-2019 08:19PM

I like about half of that.

Gregor Samsa · 25-09-2019 08:41PM

I’m going to be honest and say Throbbing Gristle. Universally recognised as one of the godfathers of Industrial, I’ve always wanted to like them, but I have to be honest and say I just can’t. The later spin-off bands were great: Coil, Chris & Cosey, Psychic TV, but TG just don’t do anything for me, except for a live version of Discipline, which manages to capture a brutal rhythmic chaos that the studio version totally lacks.

Rothko · 25-09-2019 10:02PM

I'd also put forward Dream Theater as another act that I can tell are technically gifted but I just find boring.

thebostoncrab · 25-09-2019 10:02PM

I’ll go with the AC/DC side of things. I fell in love with metal and hard rock in my teens, and there were many acts back then that’s I couldn’t stand back then that I love now, and I consider myself to have a wide and varied music taste, but AC/DC are an act I could just never get into. I understand the song writing ability was there for insanely catchy music, that the guitar solos and licks were considered legendary....but I could never warm to them at all.

I’d be tempted to put Guns and Roses in this also, but I honestly think they are just ****e and only wrote one half decent song, so it wouldn’t be right!

mzungu · 25-09-2019 10:57PM

The Smiths

Yer Da sells Avon · 25-09-2019 11:18PM

Springsteen would be my ultimate guilty displeasure. Especially his newer stuff (by which I mean anything after the mid-80s), which doesn't even have the catchy nostalgia factor on its side.

Autosport · 25-09-2019 11:26PM

The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Coldplay, David Bowie, Phil Collins do absolutely nothing for me

cruais · 25-09-2019 11:28PM

HOZIER

My god has that chap been over played. He certainly has talent but when he is played on the radio I switch stations

bodhrandude · 25-09-2019 11:32PM

The 1975, very popular but probably one of Electric Picnic's worst headliners, just don't get them at all.

JupiterKid · 25-09-2019 11:33PM

I enjoy most modern music and have a pretty eclectic taste ranging from Metallica to The Carpenters but a few musical acts I just never could get into:

The Grateful Dead
Pearl Jam
Tom Waits
AC/DC
Kiss
Early era Genesis
Early era Pink Floyd (before Meddle)
Elvis Costello
Muse
Oasis after their second album - just trotted out the same formula again and again.

HBC08 · 25-09-2019 11:37PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Going back to the 90's, Oasis and Suede were the two bands that my friends were into that I just didn't get (even though I know they're technically good). I always thought it about Suede especially, but they still just leave me cold.

I don't think you could accuse Oasis of being technically good! Especially the original line up and I say that as a massive fan.

Back on thread I'd say Dylan and Queen for me.

Rothko · 25-09-2019 11:58PM

HBC08 wrote: »

I don't think you could accuse Oasis of being technically good! Especially the original line up and I say that as a massive fan.

I think Noel and Bonehead are good guitarists.

Underground · 26-09-2019 12:24AM

A lot of the acts mentioned so far have been household names in music for decades so I'll go with a more modern act that's pretty popular but I just can't get into : Death Grips. I just can't. Nope.

Musical Acts that are good, but do nothing for you.

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