Reese

I don't like alot of bands, but I can see why other people like them. There are 2 bands that stand out that I just cannot comprehend why anyone likes them. They are Coldplay and Radiohead.

I don't have anything against them, but I just don't get it.

What bands don't you get?

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forseti-6

I just don't get Good Charlotte and why they are so popular....

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hersickmother

glassjaw, all American rejects, bright eyes, dashboard confessionals, finch, Thursday and their kin.
It's not that I think the music is bad, I just don't understand the devotion they inspire. To fully appreciate them I think you have to middle class and have a self obsession boarding on mental illness.

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Nimbletoe

I was gonna say Good Charlotte too. I really, really dont understand it.

drewg

I don't get what the heck people like about 50 Cent. To me 50 Cent just sounds like a poor/below average rapper with rather lousy lyrics.

Ok, I admit I'm not really into rap, so perhaps I'm not the right person to judge...

Nimbletoe

I also don't see even how Lizzie McGuire fans like Hillary Duffs music. I've heard better noises come out of my ass. (sorry if your a fan... im really into singing though and singers that don't deserve music fame piss me off).

Spektr

Bjork. I think she is absolutely insane, and maybe has two good songs, but most people seem to revere her as some kind of goddess of music.

alkaiser

i've been thinking the same exact thing for a long time hahaha

K-Wise

Well with Coldplay and Radiohead they're just different. Coldplay write really good poppy songs with emotional lyrics that touch people on a pretty deep level (not really myself I just think it sounds great) and with Radiohead people give them major props because they have a knack for reinventing themselves and doing all kinds of crazy experimentation and getting away with it cause they can usually pull it off. 50 Cent isn't anything special you don't have to be a rap fan to notice that his lyrics aren't the best out there. I acctually love Bjork. She's made some really great stuff and she has a great set of pipes. I like Auraura(sp?), Hidden Place, All Is Full Of Love...I don't own any of her records but I'd like to. As far as all these fuckin punk bands that might as well all be one group I can't stand any of them. I guess the artists I just don't get why people like would have to be....umm....Disturbed...yes I can't stand those dudes among other bands they're just the one I could think of off the top.

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Derwood

Tori Amos
Bruce Springsteen
50 cent
Good Charlotte
Norah Jones

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Nimbletoe

I can't believe I forgot.. John Mayer! HE CAN'T SING!

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Flippy

Good Charlotte and Nelly Furtado. I just don't understand why Nelly Furtado's somewhat whiny singing voice is so popular

bulakbol master

Good Charlotte because they are the Horsemen of the Musical Apocalypse.

Disturbed, Linkin Park, any of the "nu-metal" stuff.

All the up-and-coming bands who are trying to pass off the image that they define punk and by doing so are destroying it. Bastards.

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God of Thunder

I've never understood the facination with the Dave Matthews Band. He can't sing and they can't play, but tons of people like em. I just can't figure it out.

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K-Wise

THEY CAN'T PLAY???? Whoa sorry but those guys are some of the best musicians in at least America if not the whole world.

Asta!!

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Mr. Spacemonkey

Here is a band i REALLY don't understand whatsoever :

SLIPKNOT! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

They scare me just a little bit.

edit: oh and uh marylin manson . . . yeah, i really don't get him either.

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cjvasco

Bjork
Tori Amos

JazzmanAl

Linkin Park.. what is the deal with these guys?

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Nimbletoe

If you can ignore the fact all their songs sound the same, and the lead singer singing is all studio produced (ever hear him live? no vocal cords could survive a concert of his), they're not bad.

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hoochman

Beck, I guess I just don't see the "Genius", Moby, I liked the instrumental stuff on "Everything is Wrong" but his pop songs are just lame (IMO), As for Slipknot, a good friend of mine summed it up when we saw them live "I don't know what it is, but there sure is a lot of it!"

gallopingwanker

everything on the radio =

RAMONES!!!

yes i dont get what the big deal about him is either, people always sing his songs, he has a dumb voice and is very boring, cant wrap, in fact i hate him

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BulletBob

I don't get Tool

maximusveritas

Well I can't understand how someone can't understand why anyone would like Radiohead and Tool. If you can understand that (don't kill me)

forseti-6

True, but I saw him in concert a few weeks ago. He might not sing that well, but he sure can play. I wasn't a big fan of his poppy songs. Then he played some blues and I really enjoyed that. Of course his Teeny boppin' fans didn't know what the heck was going on when he was playing blues, but they're stupid anyways.

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World's King

Radiohead - Yippie, they're ugly... who cares?
Metallica - Dude, settle down.
Moby - Same shit different dork with a mixer and a drum machine.
Beck - Loser? You're damn skippy... you're a loser.
Smashing Pumpkins - Billy was cool when he had hair.
Tom Waits - Gonna go put a gun in my mouth now... cheer up man.

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tj2001cobra

Coldplay - If there was ever anyone who can't sing.....

White Stripes - I cannot understand the fascination. They irritate me.



In retort of some of the others, I like Tool. Seeing Maynard in concert really brings their music alive. He is very emotional and the lyrics seem to have different levels.

Dave Mathews Band - I dont understand it either.

Bjork - I have a couple of her CD's and cant get into them. I tried.

Tori Amos - She sings alot about personal issues she has had (child abuse and such). She plays piano well and sounds good live. She is depressing at times, though.

numberfive

Wha? Wow, you just said Chris Martin can't sing. Well if he can't sing then who can?

Bands I don't get? Most death metal and the goth stuff. And the satanic stuff. Oh, and Evanescence, or however you spell it. I heard some of their songs and I just don't get them.

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Dave Matthews
Marilyn Manson
Creed


Glad

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Ho-train

I'm not a fan of evanescence, dirty south rap, or john mayer. the world would be a prettier place without 'em.

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3zos

pretty much all of mainstream emo. how anyone coudl stand hearing the same whining drivvel retooled into a different acoustic guitar bag of shit and be entertained, is beyond me. in addition, most of the bands wanting to be punk, and the nu-metal croud. blah.

pretty much anything played ad nauseum on the radio, i cant understand the fascination and the ensuing popularity. the stuff is just so obviously fabricated a lot of the time, youd think people would have more respect for the inherent creativity in good music, and reject the dime a dozen shit coming out into the public spectrum at such quantity. WAKE UP YOU FUCKING SHEEP.

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dave matthews,
alanis morrisette
most Emo, Ska, and Nu-Metal//rap-core
eminem
(I'm sure there are more, but that'll do for now...)

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Sleepyjack

This seems a little similar to the overated thread.....

JohnnyRock

There seems to be more bands everyday that I just don't understand and even more that I just don't know...either I'm getting old or music is sucking more...probably a little of both.

Leaving ALL COUNTRY MUSIC out of the mix I just don't understand Phish, Dave Matthews, Radiohead, John Mayer and...ah, the list is endless...

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MSD

I think that for some music, your brain is either programmed to like it or not like it, that's why I can't comprehend not liking either of them.

stldickie

I sort of get Coldplay, but that Radiohead trash is pure swill. It's kilkling me that they are starting to get more radio play around here.

dr_clocker

White stripes, I like some of there stuff, but the remaining leave me confused.

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DownwardSpiral

I don't see the fascination with 'gangsta' rap. It's all pointless if you ask me.

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K-Wise

Only gangsta's and wannabe gangstas like it. If ya ain't one of em...you should hate it. I personally would prolly hate it regardless. Maybe if they put more thought into the shit rather than just nothing over 2 syllable vocabulary about killing someone. I think it's all bullshit cause how many people could you possibly kill on a record without being in jail for it or getting killed yourself? Too much fuckin frontin....YOU NEVER CUT SOMEBODY'S ARM OFF AND ATE IT YOU FUCKIN LIAR!!

Asta!!

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AppleSauceMcGee

i cant understand why anybody likes slipknot... they formed an almost cult like following at my school.......huh

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