Musical artists you've gotten grief over for liking or disliking

[Reverend Conehead]

There were a few disco songs that didn't suck, but for the most part they were all set to the same time, and the lyrics usually didn't have much meaning, other than promoting disco and dancing. It had a bit more soul than most of the auto-tune garbage coming out now, though.

Yeah the computerization including autotuning of music has been a disaster. Bands will record a song and just play the chorus once and then duplicate it however many times it's needed. LAME! The whole point of a song is to build emotion. That's a big reason why you should play the chorus multiple times so that there are subtle little changes and a buildup of emotion and meaning. Then they perfectly synchronize the drums so it sounds like a drum machine, not a human, or worse, they'll actually use a drum machine. Then the autotuning makes the singer sound robotic. Pathetic. If you can't play a song well enough to make it sound great without computer help, you're not good enough and you need to therefore rehearse more! Music has soul when you can play it well, putting your guts and feelings behind it. Music isn't about perfect synchronization and flawless pitch. It's about expressing yourself.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

There were a few disco songs that didn't suck, but for the most part they were all set to the same time, and the lyrics usually didn't have much meaning, other than promoting disco and dancing.

But you know, quite often that was enough.

 

[Runwildboys]

Yeah the computerization including autotuning of music has been a disaster. Bands will record a song and just play the chorus once and then duplicate it however many times it's needed. LAME! The whole point of a song is to build emotion. That's a big reason why you should play the chorus multiple times so that there are subtle little changes and a buildup of emotion and meaning. Then they perfectly synchronize the drums so it sounds like a drum machine, not a human, or worse, they'll actually use a drum machine. Then the autotuning makes the singer sound robotic. Pathetic. If you can't play a song well enough to make it sound great without computer help, you're not good enough and you need to therefore rehearse more! Music has soul when you can play it well, putting your guts and feelings behind it. Music isn't about perfect synchronization and flawless pitch. It's about expressing yourself.

Exactly. The subtle flaws and imperfect pitches, especially in harmonies, are what give the music character and feeling. The first time I remember hearing it was Kid Rock, in Only God Knows Why, and I thought, "If the friggin' guy can't sing, why the frig is he singing???"

 

[SlammedZero]

Catch grief for not liking the Beatles and Springsteen.

Same here. Could just never get into the Beatles. At all.

Sir mix a lot.

I was listening to Sir-Mix-A-Lot this morning.

My Posse's on Broadway.

Never cared for Pearl Jam

Same. Them or Nine Inch Nails.

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I love so many genres of music it is crazy. My music collection on shuffle would probably make most people's head explode. I can't say I have been given too much grief over any particular artist though. Maybe a genre. I love techno (or EDM, whatever you want to call it) and that genre was always associated with the rave scene in the early 2000s, so probably more judgement than grief on listening to that back in the day. A lot of it became more mainstream this decade though.

If I have to admit to anything that would give me grief, it would probably be (when none of my friends are around of course ) that I don't mind some NSync, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears tracks. Hey, some of them are catchy. Plus when you had a young daughter that grew up during those times, they tend to get caught in your head. I will never admit this again though. This message will self-destruct in 5 minutes.

 

[DanteEXT]

Poetry with hate.

Not the rap I listen to really.

 

[Mountaineerfan]

My entire county growing up in WV had 15k or so people. I loved just about all rap at the time from bestie boys, LL cool j, sir mix a lot, dj jazzy Jeff and the fresh prince and listened to Garth, George Straight Travis Tritt too. Looked more like Garth than the rest so people got real confused. Honestly Travis Tritt is the one I listen to the most from my youth because he had soul and blues southern rock feel.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

No, Dynasty. IMO that was the first Kiss album that was a huge disappointment. It just wasn't a hard rocking album like they usually did. I liked Ace Frehley's cover of 2000 Man, but that's it. The rest of the album is junk, especially that disco song.

Cmon now, Dynasty isn't that bad. I would rank it higher than The Elder and Unmasked.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Several friends think I am looney for hating the Runaways, their music was so simplistic and rudimentary they made Kiss sound like King Crimson or Yes.

 

[mrmojo]

Loverboy lol There my go to on the treadmill.

 

[kskboys]

Yeah the computerization including autotuning of music has been a disaster. Bands will record a song and just play the chorus once and then duplicate it however many times it's needed. LAME! The whole point of a song is to build emotion. That's a big reason why you should play the chorus multiple times so that there are subtle little changes and a buildup of emotion and meaning. Then they perfectly synchronize the drums so it sounds like a drum machine, not a human, or worse, they'll actually use a drum machine. Then the autotuning makes the singer sound robotic. Pathetic. If you can't play a song well enough to make it sound great without computer help, you're not good enough and you need to therefore rehearse more! Music has soul when you can play it well, putting your guts and feelings behind it. Music isn't about perfect synchronization and flawless pitch. It's about expressing yourself.

I was completely in shock to hear the Black Eyed Peas singing out of tune at the super bowl.

 

[Runwildboys]

My entire county growing up in WV had 15k or so people. I loved just about all rap at the time from bestie boys, LL cool j, sir mix a lot, dj jazzy Jeff and the fresh prince and listened to Garth, George Straight Travis Tritt too. Looked more like Garth than the rest so people got real confused. Honestly Travis Tritt is the one I listen to the most from my youth because he had soul and blues southern rock feel.

Travis also has one of the best, most powerful voices I've ever heard. Huge fan.

 

[JoeKing]

I dislike rap and hip hop in all forms. For me, it represents the downfall of western society. I thought the late comedian Sam Kinison's schtick about the need for a serial killer of rappers was hilarious. RIP Sam Kinison.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I've gotten a lot of grief over liking Air Supply. Then again, I know the band members. But yes, they're the band I get a lot of stick about.

 

[Montanalo]

Enya... My wife gives me grief when I listen to Enya while driving. I can be trapped in the mother of all traffic jams and feel absolutely no road rage when listening to Enya.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I like a couple of songs from Creed and even Nickleback. I don't give a flying you know what about what anyone thinks about them or me liking some of their songs.

People say Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album is too synthesized. I couldn't get one rats rear-end. It's music no matter how it was made and I like it a lot.

As I said in a recent post. The only opinion that matters to me is my own. Even though you hate the Star Trek reboot and Discovery. Hell, if that's what you dislike. By all means. That's what is great about not worrying about what others think. Take what makes you happy and move on from what doesn't be damned what anyone else thinks!

I love Iron Maiden, and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is amazing! Great album!

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Being in the Houston area, I get a LOT of stick for my dislike of country music for the most part. I find it rather dull. Some musicians are good at it, and I like a tad bit of it. But I find over exposure to it or listening to it too long to be something that will grind on me like sandpaper.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Doors music is basicaally Blues/Jazz/Poetry driven. Anyways, for me rap is creepy. Guys talking with a drrum beat (from little i've heard), talking gangsta crap 'bout their hoes and their money. If I wanted to listen to only talk, it wouldn't be rap, rather listen to Gandhi backed with a drum beat myself. At least he'll talk about something more universal that all races can relate to.

Completely right about rap. I like the classic ones a bit, but especially modern rap is crap.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I was completely in shock to hear the Black Eyed Peas singing out of tune at the super bowl.

Maroon 5 also. At the last Super Bowl he started totally off key.

 

[OmerV]

I'm a huge fan of Queen, and I think Freddie Mercury is the best front man ever, but he did write some silly lyrics, even making up words.

Then again, Steve Miller made up the word "pompatus", in the song The Joker and most people probably don't even know it.

Jim Morrison sounds like he's making up the lyrics as he goes along, in a lot of Doors songs.

I can certainly understand if any of those things bother someone, but we all tend to be more forgiving when we like the rest of the product.

I saw a Dan Rather interview with Steve Miller, and Dan asked him what the "pompatus of love" is. Miller freely admitted it was a made up word.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Maroon 5 also. At the last Super Bowl he started totally off key.

To be honest, I didn't like Maroon 5 anyway. I haven't been terribly impressed by the Halftime shows as ive made clear.