Songs You're Ashamed To Not Like - Page 2

Inhuman · 12.15.2006, 05:52 PM

Sly and the Family Stone
Sam Cooke
A lot of Wu-tang affiliated stuff, but a lot of their other stuff is superbe
Throbbing Gristle

there's a lot more, but I'm having a brain freeze right now. I wish I could dig these artists more

the ikara cult · 12.15.2006, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Trasher02

I'm suprised to see how many people dislike Dinosaur jr.
I think they're quite nice.

Nah sorry. Maybe i think its a bit corny, i dont know. But if i dont give a reason i feel like im becoming a J Mascis like figure who walks around going "hmm yeah... whatever".
Indie Disclaimer: My vision of J Mascis comes entirely from Our Band Could be your life. Please PM me my Indie Crucifixion date and time.

Trasher02 · 12.15.2006, 05:54 PM

I never really got into Pavement, though I'm still trying.
And I like Modest mouse But I think the song Float on is terrible!

Inhuman · 12.15.2006, 05:56 PM

I actually don't dig pavement that much. I used to be really into them, and I still like a few songs but I find that most of it sounds boring now. I respect Malkmus as a person though, especially for his involvement in Silver Jews.

Savage Clone · 12.15.2006, 07:10 PM

I am indifferent to Pavement and The Pixies, as I was when they were each a going concern, but I don't actively dislike them like I do Dino Jr. They are all a little too "big" to really damage one's "indie cred" at this point anyway.

NNCK have been 50/50 live for me. I have seen them twice. Once in 1999, which was pretty great, and once a couple of years ago, which was not great. I think they are pretty damn cool when they are on their game, but not consistently incredible. I do have faith that the next time I see them stands a good chance of being great though. They are that kind of group.

I think the overwhelming majority of Finnish "free folk" groups couldn't play their way out of a wet paper bag, and aren't very interesting at all. A few are OK, but this trend is probably less deserving of the huge, hyperbole-laden accolades that have been heaped upon it than any other recent "next big things" in the underground. I have yet to see one that could cut it in a live setting at all, though some do have recordings that are pretty good.

Savage Clone · 12.15.2006, 07:13 PM

I don't know exactly.
Matters of taste are purely subjective anyway, right?
Cool is in the eye of the beholder.

Cantankerous · 12.15.2006, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Jef Mertens

Pixies?

fuck you!

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Originally Posted by fishmonkey

me too.

fuck you too!

i loathe pavement with every fiber of my being but i am most definitely not ashamed to admit it.

ZEROpumpkins · 12.15.2006, 09:34 PM

I don't dig Sister as much as I dig other SY albums of that time. There's some good songs on there but I never really got into some of them.

Cantankerous · 12.15.2006, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jef Mertens

Pixies?

gigantic! gigantic! gigantic! a big big love!

porkmarras · 12.15.2006, 10:42 PM

I wouldn't say ashamed and i wouldn't say i've ever totally disliked that many bands in their entirety(apart from a few whose output i just can't stomach)but:
Sunburned Hand Of The Man -I could be totally wrong but what i've heard left me not only umoved but made reach for the nearest pillow.
No Neck Blues Band-Another case of having heard some of their stuff and i wasn't too keen on them.I gather(from the widespread enthusiasm on other threads) that they seem a good band live.Can't say much as i'm not terribly familiar with their records.
Yo La Tengo-More a case of not being able to register on the same wavelength they're on.
Pavement-I could stomach them if they didnt have a singer and no verbal output to speak of.As it stands,i keep away from their records as they annoy me more than anything.
There are more.

dazedcola · 12.16.2006, 12:03 AM

I don't like Joy Division at all.Their music does nothing for me

sonicl · 12.16.2006, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by porkmarras

Sunburned Hand Of The Man -I could be totally wrong but what i've heard left me not only umoved but made reach for the nearest pillow.

IMHO, SBHOTM really don't really work if you're only hearing them, they just sound a bit of a shoddy mess. Live, though, they are something else altogether. That shoddy mess becomes some kind of a 1960's "happening" crossed with a Harlem gospel church service.

CHOUT · 12.16.2006, 02:40 AM

Pavement, can't get into them. I like a few songs, but nothing ever blew me away.

CHOUT · 12.16.2006, 02:44 AM

Straight up noise is fun live, but bores me to listen to in album form.

Pookie · 12.16.2006, 08:51 AM

Oh so many.

The two big ones are probably Iggy/Stooges (emperor's new clothes?) and New York Dolls.

But also:
Jackie O'Motherfucker
Lightning Bolt
Yo La Tengo
Flaming Lips
and I could name more.

But I wouldn't say I'm ashamed, it's just something you think that everybody else loves but I can't figure out why.

Trasher02 · 12.16.2006, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by dazedcola

I don't like Joy Division at all.Their music does nothing for me

You don't like Joy Division? That's sad.

Glice · 12.16.2006, 11:50 AM

No shame, but: Joy Division; Most punk; most American hardcore; Marley; Bowie; The Beatles; Nick Drake; NY Dolls; The Stooges (although I'll concede they are incredible live); Pavement; Nirvana; Metallica; The White Stripes (invoke nearly as much hate in me as Bowie); SHOTM (Personally, it's substandard NNCK to me); The Kinks; The Stones; Kris Kristoferson (I hate him, but I probably shouldn't - I'm a huge country fan, but not of him); The Bee Gees (obviously, most of this board probably hates them, but personally I think I should like them but don't); Guns n' Roses.

There, that's pretty much nailed me as an utter contrarian prick. I don't consciously hate any of these to be 'difficult', but I sometimes wonder if my subconscious does.

Pookie · 12.16.2006, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Glice

...NY Dolls; The Stooges...

OK, so I'm not the only one...

king_buzzo · 12.16.2006, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Trasher02

You don't like Joy Division? That's sad.

it is

finding nobody · 12.16.2006, 12:18 PM

I couldn't really get into Joy Division

12.15.2006, 05:52 PM	#21
Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	Sly and the Family Stone Sam Cooke A lot of Wu-tang affiliated stuff, but a lot of their other stuff is superbe Throbbing Gristle there's a lot more, but I'm having a brain freeze right now. I wish I could dig these artists more __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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12.15.2006, 05:54 PM	#23
Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	I never really got into Pavement, though I'm still trying. And I like Modest mouse But I think the song Float on is terrible! __________________ 666
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12.15.2006, 05:56 PM	#24
Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	I actually don't dig pavement that much. I used to be really into them, and I still like a few songs but I find that most of it sounds boring now. I respect Malkmus as a person though, especially for his involvement in Silver Jews. __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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12.15.2006, 07:10 PM	#25
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	I am indifferent to Pavement and The Pixies, as I was when they were each a going concern, but I don't actively dislike them like I do Dino Jr. They are all a little too "big" to really damage one's "indie cred" at this point anyway. NNCK have been 50/50 live for me. I have seen them twice. Once in 1999, which was pretty great, and once a couple of years ago, which was not great. I think they are pretty damn cool when they are on their game, but not consistently incredible. I do have faith that the next time I see them stands a good chance of being great though. They are that kind of group. I think the overwhelming majority of Finnish "free folk" groups couldn't play their way out of a wet paper bag, and aren't very interesting at all. A few are OK, but this trend is probably less deserving of the huge, hyperbole-laden accolades that have been heaped upon it than any other recent "next big things" in the underground. I have yet to see one that could cut it in a live setting at all, though some do have recordings that are pretty good.
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12.15.2006, 07:13 PM	#26
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	I don't know exactly. Matters of taste are purely subjective anyway, right? Cool is in the eye of the beholder.
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12.15.2006, 09:34 PM	#28
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	I don't dig Sister as much as I dig other SY albums of that time. There's some good songs on there but I never really got into some of them. __________________
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12.15.2006, 10:42 PM	#30
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	I wouldn't say ashamed and i wouldn't say i've ever totally disliked that many bands in their entirety(apart from a few whose output i just can't stomach)but: Sunburned Hand Of The Man -I could be totally wrong but what i've heard left me not only umoved but made reach for the nearest pillow. No Neck Blues Band-Another case of having heard some of their stuff and i wasn't too keen on them.I gather(from the widespread enthusiasm on other threads) that they seem a good band live.Can't say much as i'm not terribly familiar with their records. Yo La Tengo-More a case of not being able to register on the same wavelength they're on. Pavement-I could stomach them if they didnt have a singer and no verbal output to speak of.As it stands,i keep away from their records as they annoy me more than anything. There are more. __________________
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12.16.2006, 12:03 AM	#31
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	I don't like Joy Division at all.Their music does nothing for me __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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12.16.2006, 02:40 AM	#33
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	Pavement, can't get into them. I like a few songs, but nothing ever blew me away. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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12.16.2006, 02:44 AM	#34
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	Straight up noise is fun live, but bores me to listen to in album form. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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12.16.2006, 08:51 AM	#35
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Oh so many. The two big ones are probably Iggy/Stooges (emperor's new clothes?) and New York Dolls. But also: Jackie O'Motherfucker Lightning Bolt Yo La Tengo Flaming Lips and I could name more. But I wouldn't say I'm ashamed, it's just something you think that everybody else loves but I can't figure out why.
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12.16.2006, 12:18 PM	#40
finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	I couldn't really get into Joy Division
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