I dunno how this is gonna go, but let's give it a shot. The topic is "SONGS YOU LIKE, THAT ARE MADE BY BANDS OR ARTISTS THAT YOU GENERALLY DISLI-- HATE!!"
That's the topic. I'll start us off, I guess.
"Fix You", Coldplay -- I hate Coldplay with a passion, and every time any Coldplay song comes on, or any song that SOUNDS like a Coldplay song, I'm back listening to horrible sports talk radio within three seconds. AND, if I could take the first half of this song and shoot it in the face, I would do so immediately. However, when the vuvuzela-like guitar riff kicks in, and that horrible horrible singer starts harmonizing over himself, yelling about tears streaming down your face, man, gives me chills every time. Love it! I hope Coldplay dies in a fire, with LeBron James.
"Nobody Home", Avril Lavigne -- Do I look like an Avril Lavigne fan? Of course not. I can't stand that overproduced pseudo-deep pop horseshit. What I DO look like is a dude who heard the aforementioned song in a grocery store and immediately went home to look up the song and hear it again to see if it was really as good as it sounded in the canned meat product aisle. It was! A completely brilliant song by an artist I have, and will have, nothing else to do with, ever. LeBron sucks.
That should be enough to get things started. If not, this was still a wonderful thread which everyone enjoyed.
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Off the top of my head
Bob Marley- Could you be loved
I FUCKING HATE Bob Marley, but for some reason I like that song, the only song of his that isnt annoyingly played by 15 year olds and alt rock stations who play bob Marley, cause he smokes weed man!!
2. Cheap Trick- Say Goodbye
A song they put out in 1996, I heard it on the Brockport State college station 89.1 here in Rochester. They would always play non popular songsd by popular bands and once in a while I'd find something I like. Cheap Trick fucking blows I have always hated them. But this song I liked
3. Echo & the Bunnymen- Of a life
A band that falls into the category of weird 80's shit. Anyhow I hear this one on some college radio station remembered a couple lyrics (cause maggot college kids wont name band or song name) googled it and was shocked to see it was these idiots. Nice work ECHO
4. Eraka Badu and Roots- You got me
A double whammy two fucking bands/people I cant stand the untalented Roots and the clueless Erykha Badu.
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Bob Marley- Could you be loved
I FUCKING HATE Bob Marley, but for some reason I like that song, the only song of his that isnt annoyingly played by 15 year olds and alt rock stations who play bob Marley, cause he smokes weed man!!
2. Cheap Trick- Say Goodbye
A song they put out in 1996, I heard it on the Brockport State college station 89.1 here in Rochester. They would always play non popular songsd by popular bands and once in a while I'd find something I like. Cheap Trick fucking blows I have always hated them. But this song I liked
3. Echo & the Bunnymen- Of a life
A band that falls into the category of weird 80's shit. Anyhow I hear this one on some college radio station remembered a couple lyrics (cause maggot college kids wont name band or song name) googled it and was shocked to see it was these idiots. Nice work ECHO
4. Eraka Badu and Roots- You got me
A double whammy two fucking bands/people I cant stand the untalented Roots and the clueless Erykha Badu.
together though magic!
more to come!
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Behind Blue Eyes by whoever covered The Who's top ten masterpiece.
Don't fix it if it aint broke. Imitation may be the most sincere form ect ect, but they didn't make the song any better. They couldn't. Make a song in the same style but not a cover. There are some songs that should not be covered. Remember Can't Explain by The Scorpions? Sucked out.
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Don't fix it if it aint broke. Imitation may be the most sincere form ect ect, but they didn't make the song any better. They couldn't. Make a song in the same style but not a cover. There are some songs that should not be covered. Remember Can't Explain by The Scorpions? Sucked out.
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YHGMTPOTT. FOAD. HAND.AArdvark wrote:Behind Blue Eyes by whoever covered The Who's top ten masterpiece.
Don't fix it if it aint broke. Imitation may be the most sincere form ect ect, but they didn't make the song any better. They couldn't. Make a song in the same style but not a cover. There are some songs that should not be covered. Remember Can't Explain by The Scorpions? Sucked out.
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You Have Greatly Misunderstood The Purpose Of This Thread!
To explain: Vark's contribution was a song by a band he LIKES that was covered by a band he hates (and apparently, a cover that he also hated.) This, obviously, is not in keeping with the spirit of the thread, which is: bands who you HATE who have put out songs, actual recordings, that you LIKE.
LOL VARK NEVER UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON LOL
To explain: Vark's contribution was a song by a band he LIKES that was covered by a band he hates (and apparently, a cover that he also hated.) This, obviously, is not in keeping with the spirit of the thread, which is: bands who you HATE who have put out songs, actual recordings, that you LIKE.
LOL VARK NEVER UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON LOL
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Look man, I'm trying to contribute to this thread, I just - hate is such a STRONG word.
Here are some bands I hate. Not dislike. Not "Respect Their Ability, But Their Music Does Nothing For Me." Outright, straight, hate:
Pearl Jam. Alice in Chains. U2. Jane's Addiction. USA for Africa.
I do not care for anything they've ever done. And man, I'm trying.
I think the only Pixies song I like is "Debaser," which is probable one of the twenty-best songs ever made. I don't hate the Pixies. What kind of monster would hate the Pixies? But no other song of theirs has ever quite affected me like this. I am loathe to even bring them up, because I have greatly misunderstood the purfuck I'm not typing all this out.
I've let you down, all of you.
Oh, I like "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne and hate all her other output, but you already fucking took her, didn't you?
Here are some bands I hate. Not dislike. Not "Respect Their Ability, But Their Music Does Nothing For Me." Outright, straight, hate:
Pearl Jam. Alice in Chains. U2. Jane's Addiction. USA for Africa.
I do not care for anything they've ever done. And man, I'm trying.
I think the only Pixies song I like is "Debaser," which is probable one of the twenty-best songs ever made. I don't hate the Pixies. What kind of monster would hate the Pixies? But no other song of theirs has ever quite affected me like this. I am loathe to even bring them up, because I have greatly misunderstood the purfuck I'm not typing all this out.
I've let you down, all of you.
Oh, I like "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne and hate all her other output, but you already fucking took her, didn't you?
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You should listen to Mountain Song by Jane's Addiction. I think everybody likes that song, and then you'll have your song by a band you hate. I've also never met anyone that didn't like Rear View Mirror from Pearl Jam.
Did you get molested by a guy wearing flannel or something?
Did you get molested by a guy wearing flannel or something?
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I shall listen to that song after I finish this post. LeBron James sucks. The early 90s was very difficult for me. I'll explain why.
I prefer songs that are catchy. Well, I prefer songs sung by Freddie Mercury, but they don't make those any more. I think what gives me the most enjoyment in a song is the quality of the singer's voice, and the inspiration of its melody. Or riff. Or riffs.
So grunge killed heavy metal, which was probably a genre that was in need of killing, but it killed everything. When I was sophomore or junior in high school, I can't remember which, I had a shitty job at the local grocery store. "Change of Season" by Hall & Oates came out. I understand that these days, that duo is regarded as a bit of a joke, but they wrote their own songs, they were melodically interesting, and Daryl Hall operates on a level I find pleasing. I mean, today you can't even find songs that fade out any more. The last minute of the average H&O song was Hall ad-libbing really well. I remember walking up to the Hilton Big M grocery store from high school, with a recording of "Change of Season" - the single "So Close" had just come out and it was playing at the Big M when my shift began. A few weeks or months later, the supermarket was probably the only place left in the world that wasn't playing grunge.
So I was a bit resentful at the time that grunge thrust me into a world I never wanted to be in. Since this was before the Internet, I couldn't discover the kind of bands I did like and simply plug myself into an iPod and tune out whatever the hell the rest of the world was obsessed to. I was a passenger along for a dark ride I did not care for. And Christ, Eddie Vedder has to have the worst voice ever put to tape.
I disliked Nirvana a lot at the time. Cobain sounds horrible as well. However, with the passage of time, I can say that I actually like a lot of their material. If you can't get excited for a playing of Smells Like Teen Spirit out of nowhere, you may not have a soul! (Or a very, very pure soul, which: same thing.)
Eventually I heard "Hit or Miss" by New Found Glory on the Fort Collins college station, and from there I got into programs like Napster, LimeWire and Soulseek. So I've never lacked for new music to listen to in the new genre that I like most. (Which, I understand, most people do not enjoy. That's fair.) But from about 1992 to 2001, I just did not care for music. Now, I'm plugged in while at work, and code with tunes playing. I like music enough now to realize that Alice in Chains did not feature, as a frontman, Alice Cooper.
I prefer songs that are catchy. Well, I prefer songs sung by Freddie Mercury, but they don't make those any more. I think what gives me the most enjoyment in a song is the quality of the singer's voice, and the inspiration of its melody. Or riff. Or riffs.
So grunge killed heavy metal, which was probably a genre that was in need of killing, but it killed everything. When I was sophomore or junior in high school, I can't remember which, I had a shitty job at the local grocery store. "Change of Season" by Hall & Oates came out. I understand that these days, that duo is regarded as a bit of a joke, but they wrote their own songs, they were melodically interesting, and Daryl Hall operates on a level I find pleasing. I mean, today you can't even find songs that fade out any more. The last minute of the average H&O song was Hall ad-libbing really well. I remember walking up to the Hilton Big M grocery store from high school, with a recording of "Change of Season" - the single "So Close" had just come out and it was playing at the Big M when my shift began. A few weeks or months later, the supermarket was probably the only place left in the world that wasn't playing grunge.
So I was a bit resentful at the time that grunge thrust me into a world I never wanted to be in. Since this was before the Internet, I couldn't discover the kind of bands I did like and simply plug myself into an iPod and tune out whatever the hell the rest of the world was obsessed to. I was a passenger along for a dark ride I did not care for. And Christ, Eddie Vedder has to have the worst voice ever put to tape.
I disliked Nirvana a lot at the time. Cobain sounds horrible as well. However, with the passage of time, I can say that I actually like a lot of their material. If you can't get excited for a playing of Smells Like Teen Spirit out of nowhere, you may not have a soul! (Or a very, very pure soul, which: same thing.)
Eventually I heard "Hit or Miss" by New Found Glory on the Fort Collins college station, and from there I got into programs like Napster, LimeWire and Soulseek. So I've never lacked for new music to listen to in the new genre that I like most. (Which, I understand, most people do not enjoy. That's fair.) But from about 1992 to 2001, I just did not care for music. Now, I'm plugged in while at work, and code with tunes playing. I like music enough now to realize that Alice in Chains did not feature, as a frontman, Alice Cooper.
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Huh.
The first albums I can remember listening to were from my dad's album collection: Queen's Live Killers, Blondie's Parallel Lines, and Tommy (the Soundtrack version). My dad listened to 60s and 70s rock; my mom listened to Kenny Rogers, Don Williams and Crystal Gayle. Thank goodness I didn't pick up her musical habits.
In the 80s I listened to the 80s -- Michael Jackson, Huey Lewis, Prince, all that stuff. I got exposed to heavy metal pretty early thanks to my neighbors and their older brothers, so by fifth or sixth grade I was listening to Motley Crue, Metallica and Iron Maiden. To mix it up even more, fifth and sixth grade I was breakdancing and got into early rap stuff. Most of the rap stuff I had was compilations or soundtracks except for The Fat Boys and Run DMC.
Then of course my teen years were spent listening to more of the same. In the rap world we got that whole gangster rap thing, and I was watching a ton of Headbanger's Ball and listening to Metal Shop and finding out about all these new bands. That was really a great time.
I've always been into a lot of different genres. When Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains came out I was listening to them, but I was really into White Zombie and and Danzig and Cypress Hill and Nine Inch Nails and all that stuff as well. It wasn't until my late 20s that I really started getting into really non-radio stuff like The Melvins and ... oh, I could name a million bands I listen to that nobody cares about.
The funny thing about Nirvana is, I was in to them before Nevermind. A friend of mine was really into them and I was listening to Bleach for a long time. If you listen to the Melvins you can really tell what Kurt was trying to do with the early Nirvana stuff. I read Kurt's biography and once you realize that Nevermind is basically the Beatles with distortion, it makes it so much more fun to listen to.
The funny thing is, once I like a band I really never stop liking them. I think every band I name-checked here is on my iPod.
Yes, even The Fat Boys.
The first albums I can remember listening to were from my dad's album collection: Queen's Live Killers, Blondie's Parallel Lines, and Tommy (the Soundtrack version). My dad listened to 60s and 70s rock; my mom listened to Kenny Rogers, Don Williams and Crystal Gayle. Thank goodness I didn't pick up her musical habits.
In the 80s I listened to the 80s -- Michael Jackson, Huey Lewis, Prince, all that stuff. I got exposed to heavy metal pretty early thanks to my neighbors and their older brothers, so by fifth or sixth grade I was listening to Motley Crue, Metallica and Iron Maiden. To mix it up even more, fifth and sixth grade I was breakdancing and got into early rap stuff. Most of the rap stuff I had was compilations or soundtracks except for The Fat Boys and Run DMC.
Then of course my teen years were spent listening to more of the same. In the rap world we got that whole gangster rap thing, and I was watching a ton of Headbanger's Ball and listening to Metal Shop and finding out about all these new bands. That was really a great time.
I've always been into a lot of different genres. When Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains came out I was listening to them, but I was really into White Zombie and and Danzig and Cypress Hill and Nine Inch Nails and all that stuff as well. It wasn't until my late 20s that I really started getting into really non-radio stuff like The Melvins and ... oh, I could name a million bands I listen to that nobody cares about.
The funny thing about Nirvana is, I was in to them before Nevermind. A friend of mine was really into them and I was listening to Bleach for a long time. If you listen to the Melvins you can really tell what Kurt was trying to do with the early Nirvana stuff. I read Kurt's biography and once you realize that Nevermind is basically the Beatles with distortion, it makes it so much more fun to listen to.
The funny thing is, once I like a band I really never stop liking them. I think every band I name-checked here is on my iPod.
Yes, even The Fat Boys.
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This line is gonna come back to haunt me some day.Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:The early 90s was very difficult for me. I'll explain why.
God, the entire post makes me sound like a prick. I'm listening to Jane's Addiction right now. Who does the song where the girl is done with Sergio? I am almost certain I hate that band but like that song, although it's two minutes too long.
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That's Jane's Addiction's "Jane Says", from their album "Nothing's Shocking".
For as influential as Jane's Addiction was, they really only have two albums: Nothing's Shocking (1988) and Ritual de lo Habitual (1990). And there's a line right between those albums, where the first one was when the band was kind of mysterious and romantic and the latter had them on MTV ("Been Caught Stealing") all the time. They have a third album, 2003's "Strays", which is a reunion/"Perry's broke from Lollapalooza" album. Sometimes you can't, or at least shouldn't, go back. (They also have a few non-essential compilation/live albums.)
Isn't it funny how many bands are like, there are two distinct time frames? Like Jane's, the first Smashing Pumpkin's album (Gish) for me was really this really kind of cross between being creepy and a little scary but also accessible ... if you watch the video for Siva it's hard to tell if they're hippies or members of a cult or what. That song is epic.
I liked Motley Crue a whole lot more back when I was actually afraid of them. Same with KISS, I suppose.
For as influential as Jane's Addiction was, they really only have two albums: Nothing's Shocking (1988) and Ritual de lo Habitual (1990). And there's a line right between those albums, where the first one was when the band was kind of mysterious and romantic and the latter had them on MTV ("Been Caught Stealing") all the time. They have a third album, 2003's "Strays", which is a reunion/"Perry's broke from Lollapalooza" album. Sometimes you can't, or at least shouldn't, go back. (They also have a few non-essential compilation/live albums.)
Isn't it funny how many bands are like, there are two distinct time frames? Like Jane's, the first Smashing Pumpkin's album (Gish) for me was really this really kind of cross between being creepy and a little scary but also accessible ... if you watch the video for Siva it's hard to tell if they're hippies or members of a cult or what. That song is epic.
I liked Motley Crue a whole lot more back when I was actually afraid of them. Same with KISS, I suppose.
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Maybe this thread could be renamed to 'Good songs from bad bands' or something to disambiguate the the premise.
Nah, just leave it.
I don't have any songs that I like from bands that I hate because I don't hate any bands. If I don't like their music I simply don't listen to them. I don't pay attention to the personnel in most bands. (Note: most of the bands I listen to aren't around anymore* ) Sure I hear stuff from newer bands on the radio but I never take the time to find out more about them.
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*Ok, some of the original members may be still around but it's not the same.
Nah, just leave it.
I don't have any songs that I like from bands that I hate because I don't hate any bands. If I don't like their music I simply don't listen to them. I don't pay attention to the personnel in most bands. (Note: most of the bands I listen to aren't around anymore* ) Sure I hear stuff from newer bands on the radio but I never take the time to find out more about them.
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Somebody said Nirvana, which reminds me of one...
It's hard to call Nirvana a band I hate when I owned at least three of their albums back in the day. But I think I was succumbing to groupthink, because the second one of those goddamn songs comes on now, I can't reach the "change whatever the fuck I'm listening to button" fast enough.
Except for:
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Milk It. Which I do remember loving back in the day, and I just played it again, and still love it.
It's hard to call Nirvana a band I hate when I owned at least three of their albums back in the day. But I think I was succumbing to groupthink, because the second one of those goddamn songs comes on now, I can't reach the "change whatever the fuck I'm listening to button" fast enough.
Except for:
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Milk It. Which I do remember loving back in the day, and I just played it again, and still love it.
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