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Jesus, I've been sampling some stuff. I find Husker Du, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Black Flag, and The Clash all annoying.

Why the hell are these bands popular?

hmmm, why on earth are Fall Out Boy, MCR, Green Day, Bling 182, Panic! or any such bands popular? Because most musical consumers give consideration only to "hype" and extant populariy (namely; "oh, won't I be cool if I listen to this"), as opposed to actual quality.

Led Zeppelin,

Blasphemy! :eek:

:p

hmmm, why on earth are Fall Out Boy, MCR, Green Day, Bling 182, Panic! or any such bands popular? Because most musical consumers give consideration only to "hype" and extant populariy (namely; "oh, won't I be cool if I listen to this"), as opposed to actual quality.

Well, 90% of people on NSG hate those bands, so I figured it probably went without saying.

I hate pretty much every new popular band that sprung up since 2001....

In high school when they were the most popular band for my age group I couldn't stand Blink 182, and still can't. Aside from crappy and generic music, the main dude's American accent could ruin any song, no matter how good the music.

All of them.

If it's a band, I more than likely hate it.

Bands and songs are ruining music.

U2. Scum. Subhuman scum.

I really dislike pink floyd, the stones, NIN, and especially Nirvana.

U2. Scum. Subhuman scum.
Even if you don't like their music, you have to admit that they do good.

Country music is insanely popular where I live, and I think pretty much every country song made since the 80's is formulaic garbage.

I really dislike pink floyd, the stones, NIN, and especially Nirvana.
0_o

Mass produced music aimed at 12 year olds isn't usually very good.

Even if you don't like their music, you have to admit that they do good.

Country music is insanely popular where I live, and I think pretty much every country song made since the 80's is formulaic garbage.

Save Johnny Cash's stuff on the American label, yeah, pretty much.

For me, though, I dislike the Rolling Stones.

I really dislike pink floyd

Well they hate you.

Seriously though, why? Might be hard to pin-point it, but is it the lyrics or the use of organs or their reputation or what?

Even if you don't like their music, you have to admit that they do good.

Bono is the Antichrist. Be not deceived by his benign countenance, for behind those oversized novelty shades lurks a mind of pure evil.
The Kaiser Chiefs appear to be selling records in the UK at the moment. When the revolution comes they too shall die.

I don't know. I've never listened to Husker Du or Panic! at the Disco. As for the other bands mentioned, they have their moments.

0_o

What? I hate all of their music :p

I don't hate bands. If I don't find a band's music enjoyable to listen to, why would I let myself be exposed to it enough to develop hatred?

Returning to more positive waters, what bands do we actually like?

Personally, I do quite like Death Cab for Cutie, Avenged Sevenfold, Motion City Soundtrack, Funeral for a Friend, Daphne Loves Derby, and The Secret Handshake right now.

To those of you who dislike Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd: YOU SUUUUUUCK!

To all the other bands mentioned: YOU SUUUUUUCK!

There's a few particular bands I really can't stand at the moment - Enter Shikari and My Chemical Romance are probably at the top of the list. Kaiser Chiefs are close behind, as well.

As for well-established, apparently well-liked bands, I never really got the appeal of the Beatles. I mean, the music's ok, quite a lot of it is actually good, with some of it being really very good. But they aren't that great. They are a very good band, but that's pretty much the best I could say of them.

Well they hate you.

Seriously though, why? Might be hard to pin-point it, but is it the lyrics or the use of organs or their reputation or what?

Firstly, everyone and their mom puts them on this high pedestal, making them seem like gods among men. Seriously, they are slightly ok with a few songs, but they are not THAT good.

Firstly, everyone and their mom puts them on this high pedestal, making them seem like gods among men. Seriously, they are slightly ok with a few songs, but they are not THAT good.

Dark Side of the Moon. Animals. The Division Bell. A Momentary Lapse of Reason.

We win.

I don't hate bands. If I don't find a band's music enjoyable to listen to, why would I let myself be exposed to it enough to develop hatred?
I'd say the same, but unfortunately I'm constantly exposed to country music.

They play it everywhere, at the mall, at the Jiffy Lube, in doctor's offices, at restaurants. It's a fucking nightmare.

There's a few particular bands I really can't stand at the moment - Enter Shikari and My Chemical Romance are probably at the top of the list. Kaiser Chiefs are close behind, as well.

As for well-established, apparently well-liked bands, I never really got the appeal of the Beatles. I mean, the music's ok, quite a lot of it is actually good, with some of it being really very good. But they aren't that great. They are a very good band, but that's pretty much the best I could say of them.

They really were very good
They deserved all their success
They earned it yes they did they didn't
Buy their respect
And everybody wanted to be like them
Everybody wanted to be the Beatles
And I really wanted to be like him
But he died
A legendary rock group
Like history now to read
Like a magical fairy tale that's hard to believe
But it really did happen
Four lads who shook the world
God bless them for what they done
God bless them for what they done

I'd say the same, but unfortunately I'm constantly exposed to country music.

They play it everywhere, at the mall, at the Jiffy Lube, in doctor's offices, at restaurants. It's a fucking nightmare.

Actually there probably are a few songs I hate due to unwilling exposure, but I wouldn't go as far as to hate the band because of it.

The Greatful Dead piss me off.

Learn what a melody is.

Edit: I also hate My Chemicial Romance. The Black Parade is a blatant rip off of the Wall.

Edit #2: I hate the Cure as well.

Dark Side of the Moon. Animals. The Division Bell. A Momentary Lapse of Reason.

We win.

This is your thread, right? You're slamming Zep, but defending Floyd? Troll :eek:

This is your thread, right? You're slamming Zep, but defending Floyd? Troll :eek:

Nah. I just don't like Led Zeppelin. I could cement your opinion by also mentioning I like Rush.

:D

Green Day is pretty crappy. Definitely worse than the classics. Can't hate Jimmi Hendrix. Or Pink Floyd. Or Black Sabbath. Led Zepplin is closer to a rock god than any of these new bands. Can't hate the classics. They were popular when rock was about the music, not the artists.

never really go into Rush

I hate all but two of the bands on your list (Having to choose one, I chose Led Zeppelin. Most. Overrated. Band. Evar.). The fact of the matter is that modern music is almost completely empty of any redeeming factors. It sucks, but shit happens.

Early Husker Du is amazing (their later stuff, Post-Zen Arcade, I don't find so enamoring), I'm especially fond of "Makes No Sense At All" and "Divide and Conquer". Black Flag has good moments, but it also has weak moments. Stuff like Jealous Again leaves me cold, but Drink and Drive and their version of Louie, Louie are good.

U2 got mentioned earlier. They suck now, but back before Bono learned to sing, they were really good. Their first album was excellent. Everything after that? Trash.

Firstly, everyone and their mom puts them on this high pedestal, making them seem like gods among men. Seriously, they are slightly ok with a few songs, but they are not THAT good.

Firstly? You only had one point; people treat like Gods but you think they only have a few songs. We're into subjective ground here when it comes to taste, but can you list what you don't actually like about them? For instance I don't like the accent of the Blink 182 singer, and think lots of their songs sound the same. So what don't you specifically like about the music?

Can't stand Greenday or U2.. I hate the Chilli Peppers as well..

"A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over the garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No, that's trend"

The irony..

I hate pretty much every new popular band that sprung up since 2001....
The pinnacle of western civilisation was 1974. Everything since then has just been downhill.

Even if you don't like their music, you have to admit that they do good.
In 2004, Bono violated Canadian election laws (Michael Moore violated the same laws during the same election).

The fact of the matter is that modern music is almost completely empty of any redeeming factors.

You say that as if you have actually listened to every band in the last decade.

You say that as if you have actually listened to every band in the last decade.

I misphrased. I should have said, modern popular music. There's been plenty of fine underground stuff, and stuff done on indy labels.

None of those bands except for Green Day and Panic! At The Disco are popular. The rest are pretty old. They have a following, but not a popular one.

Myrth sucks. ;)

None of those bands except for Green Day and Panic! At The Disco are popular. The rest are pretty old. They have a following, but not a popular one.

Huge quantities of people still listen to them. That qualifies as being popular.

I misphrased. I should have said, modern popular music. There's been plenty of fine underground stuff, and stuff done on indy labels.

Ah, okay. I feel the same way.

Apparently Panic! At the Disco and Green Day, both of whom will be forgotten in 20 years inspire much more hate than Zeppelin, who despite being uninteresting have managed to outlast the 20 year gap.

Panic! At the Disco sucks a cock's feather.

Green Day, both of whom will be forgotten in 20 years

Whoa... I looked it up and Green Day have already been around for 18 years!

Um, I was unaware Black Flag was popular.

Whoa... I looked it up and Green Day have already been around for 18 years!

There's a sucker born every minute, I suppose.

New Greenday is shit. Their old stuff like "Time of your life" was amazing. But now... ugh. System of a Down, all rap, Slipknot, Fall Out Boy, and pretty much everything recent I think is terrible.

New Greenday is shit. Their old stuff like "Time of your life" was amazing. But now... ugh. System of a Down, all rap, Slipknot, Fall Out Boy, and pretty much everything recent I think is terrible.

"Time of Your Life" may be the worst song in all of Greed Day's Repertoire. It is completely overplayed.

I sort of like Panic, but i dislike heavy metal stuff. And whats with the head banging :headbang: ? Doesn't it give you a headache?

Husker Du are popular now? When did that happen?

Anyway, I can't stand Nickelback. Ugh. You want popular & shitty, they've got it in spades. As for the list, the Grateful Dead are easily the most annoying shit on there. I tried to watch their final performance at Winterland, but the music was just so painfully awful that I had to change the channel halfway through the second song (it wasn't the second of the set, but the second song I heard). It could've been a case of HLPS (Horrible Last Performance Syndrome), but the program suggested it was their finest ever... And that is pretty fucking depressing.


And as far as Husker Du's concerned, I love all of their work. Sure, their later material won't exactly floor you, but it's much more flavorful than their earlier stuff (compare the guitarwork in Candy Apple Grey and Warehouse to the guitarwork in Zen Arcade and New Day Rising, and you'll see what I mean).

Then again, every Husker Du album sounds totally different from the next, so there's really no complaining (unless, of course, you're just a dick who likes to bitch about everything) about "selling out" or "going Pop".

For more on this, get your hands on their last demo session, recorded in 1988 (if at all possible). Think Workbook crossed with Metal Box.

In 2004, Bono violated Canadian election laws (Michael Moore violated the same laws during the same election).

How?

I can't stand panic at the disco. Their songs make no sense and don't have a good tune, so I'm not sure how they caught on.

I can't stand panic at the disco. Their songs make no sense and don't have a good tune, so I'm not sure how they caught on.

Think about this. Plenty of songs by the Beatles are sung out of tune. And they're some of their most popular songs (Eleanor Rigby, Blackbird, etc.)

And plenty of them make no sense whatsoever (I am the Walrus, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, etc.)

But they're still good.

So, really, the Beatles somehow managed to make something that would normally be really annoying good.

Now, Panic! at the disco succeeds not because they have good music. No, they succeed because they are among the best thing in recent music developments popular in pop culture. Which really doesn't say much for pop culture.

Anything that sounds like Creed! Why has our nation of lazy children turned to a bunch of whiny crap?

Doesn't anybody remember some good old Punk, or Rock, or Rage Against the Machine........or Pantera? Come on you sissy little EMO boys........man up!

I like Led Zeppelin, Black Flag, The Grateful Dead, Husker Du and The Clash....(some more than others).


Lessee, as for ones I hate.... Nickelback, Creed, P.O.D., Blink 182, the Rolling Stones, Audioslave....ah really, I can't be bothered hating music much anymore, since artists I don't like sometimes seem to outweigh the ones I do. I do make the odd exception for especially irritating bands though.

Um, I was unaware Black Flag was popular.

Hi Hallad.

From your list I hate Green Day.

I also hate the Rolling Stones, Blink-182, Creed, Rage Against the Machine, and Van Halen (all versions are shit).

I don't usually hate bands, if I don't like it I turn it, but these bands manage to piss me off.

hmmm missed green day I dont really care for them

Though dislike U2 much much more

I also hate...Rage Against the Machine

!!?!

(Having to choose one, I chose Led Zeppelin. Most. Overrated. Band. Evar.). I agree, though Pink Floyd is very close.

*Checks the current US Top 40*
http://www.top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=27

yup, all the popular bands I hate are all there.
again.
as usual.

Nearly al popular bands... the entire hype intertwined with the music makes them cacophonic to me. I listen to free music nearly exclusively.

All of them, actually, from what I have heard of them (ok, maybe hate is too strong a word, more like disinterest). I am not much into popular music, myself.

Anyway, I can't stand Nickelback. Ugh. You want popular & shitty, they've got it in spades.
This has probably been posted on NSG before, but just in case: http://www.thewebshite.net/nickelback.htm

As for the popular music that I hate... meh. The only thing that springs to mind is that stupid song, "This is why I'm hot" or whatever it's called. Hate it, and I hear it everywhere. Of the bands on the poll, I've never even heard of Black Flag, and I've only heard one song by Panic! At the Disco.

Tokio Hotel currently tops the list.

*Checks the current US Top 40*
http://www.top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=27

yup, all the popular bands I hate are all there.
again.
as usual.

eh, some of that ain't so bad

If it's been released post '99, chances are I haven't heard it.

If it's been released post '99, chances are I haven't heard it.

what's the point of falling out of touch with pop culture?

what's the point of falling out of touch with pop culture?

Not all pop culture, just the current popular music scene. *shrug*

Edit: Unless it's Rush.

Nickelback? Terrible. Papa Roach? Terrible. The Fray? Terrible. Dave Matthews Band? Annoying. Lamb of God? Terrible.

meh, there aren't a lot of of popular bands that i like.
there are some, but i can't think of them atm. maybe sigur ros and radiohead. yeah, i like those.

and what's your definition of popular?

Jesus, I've been sampling some stuff. I find Husker Du, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Black Flag, and The Clash all annoying.

Why the hell are these bands popular?

you said zeppelin is annoying? what do u like in music then? i mean i agree with some but i mean the dead, clash, and zeppelin are classics, personally i hate panic and fall out boy....

Bono is the Antichrist. Be not deceived by his benign countenance, for behind those oversized novelty shades lurks a mind of pure evil.
The Kaiser Chiefs appear to be selling records in the UK at the moment. When the revolution comes they too shall die.

This is beginning to disturb me. I hate U2 too though. Viz magazine put it perfectly as their tip to bono : take the piss by spending thousands of pounds on designer tinted glasses, and then ask the working class to donate to charity. I don't like their music much either.

Jesus, I've been sampling some stuff. I find Husker Du, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Black Flag, and The Clash all annoying.

Why the hell are these bands popular?

I find most of Alice Cooper to be annoying garbage.

*Checks the current US Top 40*
http://www.top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=27

yup, all the popular bands I hate are all there.
again.
as usual.

That song "This is why I'm hot" has to be one of the most irritating thing ever "written".

*shudders*

Led Zepplin

Und

Green Day

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I have never been able to stand 'the doors.'

Whoa... I looked it up and Green Day have already been around for 18 years!

Yeah. And we'll all spontaneously forget them in two years.

I saw this hilarious list a while back that pointed out that a lot of the time when The Eagles had a...either a top song or album, I forget which one. But it coincided with a massive disaster.

I don't generally hate bands. I usually just ignore them, although I could do without Nickelback or My Chemical Romance, since their music videos are constantly played at the student union.

I have never been able to stand 'the doors.'

:eek: Take that back :p

Green Day profanes the genre of punk. I feel most of us can agree on this.

later green day works and My chem romance.

More recent Green Day, Dixie Chicks, and any rapper. I'm tired of watching a former classmate who's whiter than a fucking albino drive around the ghetto in his Corolla with a cracked windshield listening to rap and speaking ebonics.

I think the best description of anything I hate that is unfortunately popular would be the "My music turns suburbanites into wiggers" type.

The only one of those I've ever heard of is Green Day....

I think the best description of anything I hate that is unfortunately popular would be the "My music turns suburbanites into wiggers" type.

Do you suspect some rappers of using the occult for this end?

The only one of those I've ever heard of is Green Day....

You've never heard of Zeppelin?

Do you suspect some rappers of using the occult for this end?

Nah, I don't believe in the occult. But there's something about my generation (and it saddens me to think I am a part of this generation) that has no respect for the law, authority, or decency anymore. Smoking crack, doing drugs, having sex, shooting cops, and reducing women to mere "bitches" and "hos" seems to fit that bill unpleasently well.

Of course, music sales have tanked in recent years (21 percent down, this year alone?) so maybe people are getting the idea.

Nah, I don't believe in the occult. But there's something about my generation (and it saddens me to think I am a part of this generation) that has no respect for the law, authority, or decency

I'm actually rather pleased about this. It's like the '60s, once we get these buggers some political views.

How?
Both Bono and Michael Moore spoke publicly advocating voting for the Liberal Party of Canada. But, under Canadian election laws, foreign nationals aren't permitted to express political opinions during election campaigns. Both Bono and Moore are foreign nationals.

I saw this hilarious list a while back that pointed out that a lot of the time when The Eagles had a...either a top song or album, I forget which one. But it coincided with a massive disaster.

The Eagles are atrocious no matter what the topic may be.

Mass produced music aimed at 12 year olds isn't usually very good.

Hey! :mad: Why choose TWELVE? though...I do agree, it is crap.
But the ultimate crappy music maker= James Blunt. *shudders* Ewwwyuck!!

Both Bono and Michael Moore spoke publicly advocating voting for the Liberal Party of Canada. But, under Canadian election laws, foreign nationals aren't permitted to express political opinions during election campaigns. Both Bono and Moore are foreign nationals.

Laws that hamper free speech are meant to be broken.:)

Nah, I don't believe in the occult. But there's something about my generation (and it saddens me to think I am a part of this generation) that has no respect for the law, authority, or decency anymore. Smoking crack, doing drugs, having sex, shooting cops, and reducing women to mere "bitches" and "hos" seems to fit that bill unpleasently well.

Of course, music sales have tanked in recent years (21 percent down, this year alone?) so maybe people are getting the idea.

You'll find that Social Conservatives had something to bitch about about the music and culture of each generation, but somehow not only are we still alive, we still have to deal with them on a regular basis.

Smoking crack, having sex, hating cops, and sexism have been around for generations. Pop Rap is just more honest than other things about what pop culture is really about. Sex, drugs, and faux anti-authoritarian posturing.

Record sales are down because of iTunes and it's equivalents. Why pay the RIAA an arm and a leg for an album, when you can get the one song you actually want for 99 cents. Remember, most music pop music fans don't give a fuck about the art of the artist in question: they just want the hits and the social status that comes with them.

Smoking crack, having sex, hating cops, and sexism have been around for generations. Pop Rap is just more honest than other things about what pop culture is really about. Sex, drugs, and faux anti-authoritarian posturing.I like to call it "Hip Pop". :)

I hate all the popular bands, myself. Sometimes I feel like hurling a copy of J.J. Fux's Study of Counterpoint at Britney Spears or Sigur Rós.