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

odyssey06 · 26-09-2019 02:03PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

So have the corrs

They haven't actually. Nominated only. Robbed by Steely Dan with "Cousin Dupree"!

If you look at the list of Grammy Award winners for major category like Best Album, I think that's about the pinnacle music award there.

Of course, we all disagree with some of the choices!

IAMAMORON · 26-09-2019 02:03PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

I like some of genesis with him at the helm, his solo stuff is muck

Yeh I quite like Peter Gabriel also , but it is not the point I am trying to make.

You slagged the Corrs there, but they are my cousin's favourite band, she knows all the words and sings them when she is hammered ,all the time.

It is a subjective thing. Everyone has different tastes.

IAMAMORON · 26-09-2019 02:05PM

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

American Psycho:

You left out Huey Lewis and the news.

Let's discuss over lunch at Dorsia, on me this time.

DaeryssaOne · 26-09-2019 02:06PM

Guy Person wrote: »

They are one of my favourite bands too Daery. Do you want to form a band called The Personality Disorders?

Actually a pretty good name for a band!

REM, Dave Matthews Band and The Eagles are three more from me that I was never drawn to.

Wayne Jarvis · 26-09-2019 02:07PM

This is against the thread topic but I think Phil Collins is great. He has some brilliant songs.

CrankyHaus · 26-09-2019 02:08PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

The stone roses are very British, oasis never made it in the states either, none of the britpop acts did, Coldplay made it, they have that generic nothingness which can sell anywhere

Robbie Williams (different genre entirely and not a fan btw ) is also very English and never made it in the USA

Oasis sold 5 million copies of What's the Story... in the US. The Spice Girls had the biggest selling album of the year there in 1997 with about the same amount of sales and Elton John did in 1994 with a little less. So that figure definitely counts as cracking the US, even if it was just for one album.

You can see their influence on bands over there like the Brian Jonestown Massacre too.

JupiterKid · 26-09-2019 02:11PM

Another one is Van Morrison. He's ok I suppose, but a bit overrated and not that into his stuff.

odyssey06 · 26-09-2019 02:12PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Another one is Van Morrison. He's ok I suppose, but a bit overrated and not that into his stuff.

I thought that too, then I saw this performance on TG4 from 1980 Montreux festival... takes a while to get going but it won me over.

Wayne Jarvis · 26-09-2019 02:13PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Coldplay made it, they have that generic nothingness which can sell anywhere

I believe that most of the most successful bands/acts of the last 50 years have this to a degree. That's why so many people buy the albums or go to the concerts. They are bland enough to appeal to so many different people. Snow Patrol would be a good example, when they started out they were a noisy kind of experimental rock group (they weren't that good then either) but when they "blanded" up they got really popular very quickly. Most of the acts mentioned in this thread would fall under that category of bland but not necessarily bad.

Wayne Jarvis · 26-09-2019 02:14PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Another one is Van Morrison. He's ok I suppose, but a bit overrated and not that into his stuff.

He also constantly looks like he is about to vomit.

Arghus · 26-09-2019 02:22PM

Van The Man.

I think Astral Weeks and Moondance are great, but after that I don't have much interest in him.

Though I have a soft spot for his Contractual Obligation Album. In 1967, he recorded a pile of songs in one session in order to fulfill a contract he wanted to get out of. They're all just one take throwaways, but he obviously gets bored around the half-way mark and the songs start to get bizarre -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdKzRTju4yk

Wibbs · 26-09-2019 04:48PM

Chinasea wrote: »

You need some grass in your life.

It would be like bringing coals to Newcastle C. Me. Earlier.

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Antares35 · 26-09-2019 04:51PM

That guy who sings "riding shotgun" - he literally only sings two notes ever and just alternates between them in all his songs

26-09-2019 04:55PM

I’m a fan of most of the 60s and 70s bands and artists mentioned so far- however, I’m actually bored with most of them now as I think I just over played them way too much through the years - maybe that’s the crux.
Although, Queen and Thin Litzy never did a whole lot for me even back in the day.

Chinasea · 26-09-2019 04:59PM

odyssey06 wrote: »

I thought that too, then I saw this performance on TG4 from 1980 Montreux festival... takes a while to get going but it won me over.

Vocal masterclass

eisenberg1 · 26-09-2019 05:06PM

It’s all subjective, and a lot of the bands mentioned here would be “of their time”
But some a lot of the time, seeing the act live could change your mind...me seeing Boy Dylan live was not the case. Absolute sh1te...and and ignorant one at that.
No Hello, goodbye, kiss me arse...nothing. I know he wrote great stuff, but I’d prefer some else singing it.

Leonard Cohen was the other end if the spectrum, I always thought he was only ok...saw him live....one of the best concerts I was ever at.

Rothko · 26-09-2019 05:20PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

It’s all subjective, and a lot of the bands mentioned here would be “of their time”
But some a lot of the time, seeing the act live could change your mind...me seeing Boy Dylan live was not the case. Absolute sh1te...and and ignorant one at that.
No Hello, goodbye, kiss me arse...nothing. I know he wrote great stuff, but I’d prefer some else singing it.

Tbh, I've never been bothered if the artist I'm going to see play live says anything to the crowd. In fact, I get annoyed if they talk too much. I go there to watch them play, not to give a speech.

santry · 26-09-2019 05:29PM

Nirvana, never ever understood the hype about them. And Hozier these days, can't abide him.

26-09-2019 05:39PM

I struggle with Simon and Garfunkel as I find something about Paul Simon's voice very off-putting. They were clearly wonderful songwriters but I'd like them a whole lot more if Garfunkel did all the lead singing.

eisenberg1 · 26-09-2019 07:50PM

Rothko wrote: »

Tbh, I've never been bothered if the artist I'm going to see play live says anything to the crowd. In fact, I get annoyed if they talk too much. I go there to watch them play, not to give a speech.

Nah, I would not want a speech either...but a hello and thanks would be nice. But to be fair, if I was at a Sex Pistols gig I wouldn’t be expecting that.

Sorry about that · 26-09-2019 09:10PM

Red Hot Chili Peppers.

nkl12xtw5goz70 · 26-09-2019 10:05PM

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Despite being mad into music for 30 years, I don't think I've ever heard a Grateful Dead song.

I'd be surprised if you hadn't heard "Sugar Magnolia," "Ripple," "Touch of Grey," or "Truckin'".

With those radio-friendly exceptions, the Dead are remembered for their epic live shows to a much greater extent than anything they ever did in the studio (huge archive of Dead shows here). In some senses, they were a movement as much as they were a band, with a huge contingent of travelling fans following them for months or even years at a time.

There's a great six-part miniseries called Long Strange Trip about the Grateful Dead that's compelling viewing, even if you don't like their music.

I'd say U2 after Rattle and Hum, the Stones after Some Girls, and REM after Green.

Van Morrison for me requires repeated listening but a lot of his stuff has grown hugely on me over time.

Rubberlegs · 26-09-2019 10:22PM

Sorry about that wrote: »

Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Absolutely. I can understand why people like them but I could never get into them whatsoever.

bodhrandude · 27-09-2019 12:44AM

Layne Grumpy Ammunition wrote: »

I'd be surprised if you hadn't heard "Sugar Magnolia," "Ripple," "Touch of Grey," or "Truckin'".

With those radio-friendly exceptions, the Dead are remembered for their epic live shows to a much greater extent than anything they ever did in the studio (huge archive of Dead shows here). In some senses, they were a movement as much as they were a band, with a huge contingent of travelling fans following them for months or even years at a time.

There's a great six-part miniseries called Long Strange Trip about the Grateful Dead that's compelling viewing, even if you don't like their music.

I'd say U2 after Rattle and Hum, the Stones after Some Girls, and REM after Green.

Van Morrison for me requires repeated listening but a lot of his stuff has grown hugely on me over time.

Morrison with Them was absolutely amazing, they had jangly psychedelia, blues and soul all rolled into one, I saw Van Morrison at Fleadh Mor in Waterford in 1993 and I thought his performance was quite lack lustre, but he has made some very valid albums in the past.

loyatemu · 27-09-2019 09:33AM

Sorry about that wrote: »

Red Hot Chili Peppers.

to quote a great man:

Nick Cave wrote:

“I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the f**k is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.”

Richard Hillman · 27-09-2019 09:38AM

Pearl Jam. I don't get them. They are an older version of Nickelback.

I also don't get Megadeth. I'm into Heavy Metal but Megadeth don't do it for me at all.

But I appreciate that they are good at the things they do

Earthhorse · 27-09-2019 09:38AM

Ooh, that reminds me; Nick Cave.

Ponderous, pretentious and tone deaf.

Relikk · 27-09-2019 10:17AM

Stone Roses
Pink Floyd
The Clash

Anus Von Skidmark · 27-09-2019 11:40AM

Rubberlegs wrote: »

Absolutely. I can understand why people like them but I could never get into them whatsoever.

As a band they're somewhat ****e, and their lyrics are woeful. Flea, however, is one man who really knows how to spank that plank. Some of their earlier more funky stuff is pretty deadly.

Raconteuse · 27-09-2019 11:48AM

As soon as I saw the thread title I thought exactly as you Arghus: Queen.

Also The Clash.

And yeah Van Morrison solo (Them were brilliant). Don't get it at all.

Of course there is the odd song by all of them that I like, but really can't think of any I actually love.

Used to think the same about REM (bar Out of Time) but I'm starting to appreciate them more now.

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

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