Music snobs: Post your confessions here

[taterguy]

Mine: I only like one Flaming Lips album, and it's the one with their hit.

Will add more as I think of them

[wildhorses]

1. pretty much anything after second helping by skynard sucked

:hide:

[MrCoffee]

2. that's appalling.

i'm appalled.

my confession: There are currently three Coldplay CD's in my 5-disc changer.

[taterguy]

31. I can't help it

I've tried listening to other Flaming Lips CDS but after about 15 minutes I get bored and have to hear that song about the woman who don't use jelly

[Phillycat]

3. I can't stand Radiohead.

At all.

[Avalux]

4. Noooo!

I am sad for you. :D

[driver8]

98. I was just going to post the same thing!!

I have tried to like them and have given them a chance...I finally gave away my Radiohead cd's. It was either give them away, or use them as drink coasters.

[WildEyedLiberal]

103. Me either.

I don't "get it" I guess.

[LynneSin]

117. NOOOOOOO - OK Computer is like my sanity album

Anytime I'm in a world of shit I put that on and it brings me back to some sense of sanity.

[XemaSab]

125. Fitter. Happier. More productive. Not drinking too much.

:D

[azmouse]

5. I just realized that I don't listen to enough music

to be a snob over it. :shrug:

[wildhorses]

6. pretty much anything after a new life by tucker sucked

:yoiks:

[Zomby Woof]

118. "Where We All Belong" is their BEST album

And "Searchin' For A Rainbow" isn't far behind. :spank: on you! :-)

[bbernardini]

7. I don't think The Rolling Stones are very good.

Some great songs, sure. Some brilliant songs, in fact. But "the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world", as some people say? I don't get it.

[Taverner]

19. I agree

Some songs were good and some were great, but the only reason they are considered so great is because they're still around.

But I would never equate them with The Beatles or Led Zeppelin.

[kwassa]

39. You had to be there as it happened.

The Stones from their beginning through the mid-70s were a very important band, with occasionally excellent albums after that. They were the first to do what they did so well.

They were never nearly as popular as the Beatles, and sort of represented the dark to the Beatles light. The Stones were also the original punk band, a decade before punk. By far the best rythym section in rock.

Led Zep is second-generation, and much less important by that alone. They neither invented heavy metal or blues rock, and they had a lot of dross as well. I still can't stand Robert Plant's voice, but that is my taste. The Yardbirds were more the first version of this, and contemporary with the Stones.

Cream is more influential, in it's brief life, and better, too.

[Taverner]

45. They may have been the first, but they weren't the best

They did play blues a lot closer to its original form...but that's about the only thing that distinguishes them from their early to mid 60's counterparts. Later on, they found their own voice (right after Brian Jones died and their colossal failure of "Satanic Majesties") and they did that OK...but so many other bands did the "SexCrazedRockGodSatan" thing much better.

Still, I don't think they were bad.

As for inventing punk, I credit Ray Davies and the Kinks for that one.

[kwassa]

54. oh no, the Stones were the first to wear street clothes on stage

back in the era of matching outfits, and to show up with the nasty attitude.

I love the Kinks, but they were a lot more pop than the Stones, closer to the Beatles in their purpose, actually. "You Really Got Me" is their only really tough rocker.

The distinctness of the Stones was their unique sound, which was relatively noncommercial at the time, and which they have stuck with for all time. They have a great body of work to be proud of.

[Taverner]

55. You're gonna tell me "Lola" didn't break every rule in the book?

A song about a tranny who comes on to the narrator, and the narrator finally gives in and says "wot da 'ell?"

They may have been pop, but at the heart of every punk band lies pop. The whole punk movement was based on catchy quick riffs done over and over.

[kwassa]

112. "Lola" wasn't recorded until 1970, isn't punk,

and punk isn't pop, either. The only rules broken were subject matter, but many others were experimenting with gender-bending ideas, too, including Mick in his makeup, and David Bowie, of course. Gender-bending is not a feature of punk anyways, really. More the glam school of things.

Stones were rocking it out from "Satisfaction" on in 1965, in terms of their own writing, and that is the era I am talking about.

[martymar64]

67. Wrong, the Who invented punk

My Generation was the first punk song.

Not to diss the Kinks, I loved them. But they weren't punk. They weren't angry enough to be punk.

[kwassa]

111. "Satisfaction" was really the first punk song in 1965

early protest song, too.

When i'm drivin' in my car
And that man comes on the radio
He's tellin' me more and more
About some useless information
Supposed to fire my imagination
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what i say

When i'm watchin' my tv
And that man comes on to tell me
How white my shirts can be
But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
The same cigarrettes as me
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what i say

[LynneSin]

140. If they are the greatest rock & roll band in the world then I'm a penthouse centerfold

They have made nothing worth owning since like 1983. At least with Led Zeppelin, who have sold way more albums combined than the stones, they ended the band when they were on top and kept the legendary status intact

[Avalux]

8. I HATE U2.

Bono is a pompous ass, can't stand him. :D

[ncrainbowgrrl]

48. I hate "beautiful day." by U2.

'cause it reminds me of a little event way back in 2004...

and each time i hear it, I get just a little more annoyed. Then I switch radio stations to ANYTHING else.

[Dulcinea]

108. NO!

U2 is a great band!

Now rap...THAT sucks. I hate rap & hip-hop. I see absolutely no talent in it. Rip off beats from other songs & throw in lyrics of the "man from Nantucket" variety? Any no-talent loser can do that.

[ghostsofgiants]

151. Ahh, nice to see ignorance of hip-hop is still alive and well on DU.

[meegbear]

9. I've pretty much given up on any new music released after 2001 ...

There are some minor exceptions, but these are just singles; group-wise, nothing good.

[wildhorses]

10. pretty much anything after desperados by the eagles sucked

wo0t i am on a roll :woohoo:

[MrCoffee]

11. pretty much anything the eagles got near sucks.

[wildhorses]

12. ok--you win!! you are the bigger snob

i kneel down before the biggest snob of all :hi:

[momophile]

13. I don't like Peter Gabriel

yeah yeah. tell me all about it... I've heard it before...

[Lyric]

15. I agree with you. Peter Gabriel stinks. n/t

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. Pretty much everything recorded after 1974 sucks

:popcorn:

[wildhorses]

18. except todd snyder

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. Oh, yeah

I wasn't countin' Pig Stuff. :hi:

[taterguy]

37. Did you intentionally misspell Snider and Skynyrd?

If so, kudos. Nothing gets under a snob's skin like someone who can't spell the names of their favorite musicicians.

[wildhorses]

46. actually snyder is spelled correctly

and we pronounced sky-nyrd as skee-NARD just cos we could:P

now i've done it so long i forgot how it really was spelled :rofl:

[taterguy]

51. Must be a different Snider

I was thinking of the guy who did that Beer Run song

http://www.toddsnider.net/

[wildhorses]

53. oh hell-- i suck

:rofl:

yes, the beer run guy!!!

[taterguy]

61. It could be worse

At least you didn't think Steely Dan was the name of a singer

[Art_from_Ark]

94. Especially disco, rap

and Mariah Carey

[Lyric]

16. I don't like Joan Baez, The Dead Kennedys, or Ani DiFranco.

Do I have to turn in my Liberal Card now? :/

[Reverend_Smitty]

17. I own...

A Hootie and The Blowfish CD (hey it was 1995...the world was different back then) as well as the first Creed CD...that I have no excuse for. I'll go hide in shame now

[Lyric]

22. I actually like some Creed songs.

Not the preachy ones, though.

My Mom liked Hootie more than I did. When everyone else was into Hootie, I was listening to Concrete Blonde and NIN. :D

[Reverend_Smitty]

24. I was only 11 in 1995 so I guess I could have had worse musical tastes

that was also the year I really got into the grunge scene (albeit a few years late) but I did start buying a lot of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney etc

[taterguy]

34. You get some snob points if it's the Hootie CD with P. Holsapple

But you lose a ton of snob points if you have no idea who Peter Holsapple is.

[Reverend_Smitty]

38. no, it's their debut album...

I'm lame I tells ya! LAME! :P

[taterguy]

40. Repent

Buy some Peter Holsapple CDs. The first two dB's albums are back in print and must-have items. Not sure about the availability of the CD Mavericks he made with Chris Stamey but that's also essential.

[fudge stripe cookays]

146. You also get snob points...

for knowing who first did "I Go Blind." :D

[donheld]

99. I think I own at least 4 Hootie CD's

So sue me.

[MrCoffee]

20. Frank Zappa is kind of annoying.

bring it on. i can take it.

[Phillycat]

50. OMG.

I'm just going to step away from you here, to try to avoid the stoning that's sure to follow...

[stellanoir]

56. that was his whole point

"it's easier to think about stuff when one is being challenged."

"Without deviation from the norm progress is impossible."

>>>>>>>>>>>queue up Karaoke version of "Born to be wild" and insert "annoy" for wild.

[Zomby Woof]

120. Zappa didn't care what people thought of him or his music

He was thankful for his fans, but he blew off the critics. He even admitted that not everything he did (which was an enormous and extremely diverse body of work) was for everyone. That being said, you are WRONG! :P :D

[Taverner]

21. I hate...HATE...The Ramones

And I just don't get their appeal.

All the other CBGB grads were great: even Blondie.

But The Ramones? A 12-year old could write and play better.

[Zomby Woof]

121. Me too

I cringe when they are compared in the same breath to The Clash. That's like comparing Herman's Hermits to the Beatles.

[Taverner]

124. yup

[Tyrone Slothrop]

23. I have seen Phil Collins in concert

"Oh, the shame, the shame!!!"




On edit: Also, though I went through a 3 month period where I thought Frank Zappa was great, at the end of those three months, I decided he was a complete hack. I really can't stand anything by him.

[momophile]

86. I remember thinking Phil Collins was great in concert

I don't remember it now, fifteen years later, but at the time it stunned me that I really liked it when normally I was more into hard rock.

[Rabrrrrrr]

26. I **LOVE** the Sound of Music

So fucking shoot me. :eyes:

I do.

[kwassa]

43. you should see Gwen Stefani's hiphop version of the lonely goatherd song

she performed it at the beginning of the Billboard Music Awards last week.

You would slit your wrists.

[Radical Activist]

27. I recently payed money for Juice Newton's greatest hits.

It was a lapse in judgment. I am ashamed.

[Lyric]

30. I like Juice Newton!

Listening to her reminds me of growing up--she was on the radio a lot back then.

I have a couple of her songs in my iTunes library--Angel of the Morning, Queen of Hearts, and Old Flame.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

28. um...I own an Eminem album.

:scared:

But, hey- if you look at many famous people's iTunes mix lists(including Andrew Lloyd Webber, for goodness sake!), Eminem appears on it.

[newsdude]

157. Yep. I don't own anything by eminem

But if I'm shuffling through the radio, I stop when I here him.
Some of the eight mile tracks were great.

[Alexander]

29. I like Styx.

And I own most of their output from their heyday.

:hide:

[Lyric]

33. Hehe--my dearly beloved is a Styx fan too.

I don't usually tease her *too* much about it, unless she's pretending (in front of younger company) to be "hip" and "modern", in which case I start lightly humming "Babe" within her earshot and making pointed glances at the CD rack.

She usually deflates pretty fast then. :rofl:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

65. Even the absolutely horrendous "Babe"?

God, what a piece of tripe that is.

:P :P

[Alexander]

71. I skip that one every time. It is perhaps my least favorite Styx song.

At the risk of sounding like a complete and utter dork, I'm amazed that "Babe" was their big #1 hit, because there are about 4 or 5 songs from the very same album that are way better, like for example "Boat On The River".

[WritingIsMyReligion]

73. Well, okay, there's still a modicum of taste in you.

:P :P

Seriously, though, I don't care much about taste--I like solo Phil Collins and Steely Dan, fer chrissakes! I just thought it was funny that someone was willing to admit to liking Styx.

:hi:

[Alexander]

77. That's okay, I like Genesis (both Gabriel and Collins-era) and I can tolerate Steely Dan.

However, I think the Eagles suck and King Crimson is one of the greatest bands to ever exist.

And I also like Barbra Streisand. As a singer.

[taterguy]

32. The last band I went to see was a cover band

And I thoroughly enjoyed the show

[Bridget Burke]

113. Well, at least you caught some live music!

Unlike some of the old hippies (or old punks) who sit at home with their records (or 8 tracks, cassettes, CD's) & moon about the old days.

I've GOT plenty of records & CD's. But live music keeps you young. Even cover bands.

[Phillycat]

35. I like Nickelback.

So much that I saw them in concert. With 3 Doors Down. Yes, I'm serious.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

47. I have CDs of both.

No concerts though.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

62. OMFG!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[martymar64]

69. I heard 3 Doors Down are Rethug Bushbots

I refuse to even listen to them.

[ghostsofgiants]

152. I don't remember the exact quote, but I saw an iterview with them where their singer said...

If he was president on September 11, 2001 he'd have obliterated the middle east right there and then. He's a bit of a douche.

[lildreamer316]

95. AHA!!

I KNEW I wasn't the only fan!!!
Absolutely in love with the last album. Saw them earlier this year in concert. Awesome.

[ceile]

36. I hate The Beatles.

I just don't understand the adoration.
Oh, and the Eagles suck too.

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

66. me too!

I have respect for them, but I can't stand the music.. it's annoying. I feel the same way about the Rolling Stones.

[sendero]

78. You had to be there..

.... the Beatles were the vanguard of many of the changes of the 60s. Without them, some of it just would not have happened. I'm not talking about music, I'm talking about the way people think.

Also, musically, they (actually George Martin) were the progenitors of turning a recording studio into another instrument (for better or worse, depending on your taste in music). Lots of folks were messing around, but they brought it all mainstream.

The Beatles were good musicians, but not great ones. Lyrically, they (L/Mc) were world class and almost nobody would argue that. Their songs were generally simple - but compared to others' of the times still interesting.

I hear the "I don't get the Beatles" all the time from younger folks. You really had to be there. It was a lot more than what you will hear on the CD. :)

[sendero]

79. ooopppppssss

[Bridget Burke]

114. I was there, but...

A few years ago, I caught "A Hard Day's Night" on TV. During one song, I thought--hey, that's really a good tune!

So--the Beatles were more than a sociological phenomenon.

[ComerPerro]

135. hating the Beatles is hardly a confession. Its just as trendy to hate them as it is to like them

[graywarrior]

41. I think the entire universe knows my pitiful preference.

[SKKY]

75. And I've got to know what your fascination is with that guy...

...What is it about him?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

42. I'll probably get drummed out of my generation for saying this, but

I can't stand Bob Dylan.

[Phillycat]

49. Me neither.

Or Pink Floyd.

[BlueJazz]

82. He wrote some decent tunes but they only sound like Decent Tunes...

...when somebody else sings/plays them. :)

[kwassa]

44. Innovation in rock ended about 1970.

Everything after is merely recycled imitation of what went before.

[Mike Daniels]

52. I think Richard Thompson is extremely over-rated.

Just kidding.

However, I will admit (at great risk of being beaten) that I like Scott Walker...but then again so do members of Radiohead, Pulp, Blur and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds so perhaps liking Scott isn't that bad of a thing.

[wildhorses]

57. here is where the true music snobs are:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=300054910309&rd=1&rd=1


and i want to meet this petsalad--

[taterguy]

58. I really like Husker Du's Candy Apple Grey

I know that indie rock died when Husker Du signed to Warner Brothers but damn there's some great songs on that album

[itsmesgd]

59. I bought every Weird Al record up to his last two.

[RedStateShame]

60. I paid $30 for a bootleg vinyl version of the Beach Boys' "Smile" album

Not the Brian Wilson one, a mix from the original studio masters.

I'm not proud, I'm just saying.

[JNelson6563]

63. I think Vivaldi is the best composer who ever lived

And the Four Seasons the best piece of music ever written.

Julie

[WritingIsMyReligion]

64. I like solo Phil Collins.

So shoot me. I have his live CD, which is good enough even to make the idiotic "Sussudio" sound half-decent.

[martymar64]

70. Bang!!!

Phil Collins makes me cringe. His stuff was the worst homogenous crap to ever be foisted on an unsuspecting public. When I think of him I think of Patrick Bateman.

[njdemocrat106]

105. I know Collins' stuff is fluff, but strangely, I like him

I'll also admit to liking one of Bateman's other favorites, Huey Lewis. :hide:

[devilgrrl]

68. I could never get into Aerosmith...

I tried but they never did anything for me. :shrug:

[nytemare]

72. I can't get into "Tool"

Everyone was saying so much about them, but to me the vocalist sounds too much like Ozzy, and the music has no soul/atomosphere.

I like music that has darkness to it, but there has to be some light shining through, be it the music, or the vocal.

[SKKY]

74. Bob Dylan blows. Jethro Tull makes me vomit. And if I never, ever hear another...

...Neal Young song again, or Pearl Jam playing with Neal Young for that matter, it will be way too soon.

[Initech]

141. I honestly cant stand Jethro Tull.

But then again, if I wanted to listen to flute playing, I'd go listen to the local high school band.

[Dukkha]

76. I don't care for Tom Waits

I get it, I just don't buy it.

[sendero]

80. Most of my favorites...

... none of you folks have ever heard OF much less heard :)

Right now, I'm grooving (if you could call it that) to ROSSZ CSILLAG ALLAT SZÜLETETT (Hungarian for "he was born under a bad sign" or somesuch), a work by Canadian Aaron Funk who records under many names but for this piece goes by "Venetian Snares". All the song titles are in hungarian for no apparent reason and of course there are no lyrics except for a long Billie Holiday sample.

This is violin and breakcore. It is utterly original and will sound mostly like random noise bursts to those unfamiliar with the genre.

I'm most definitely a music snob - good music takes effort to get into but then it's worth it. The radio is for crap.

[SPKrazy]

81. I've Admitted This Before

I used to love to listen to the Go Go's in the 80's when I'd get really drunk

don't know what that was about. I didn't listen to them unless I was drunk

:shrug:

[izzybeans]

83. I once had backstage tickets to a Neil Diamond concert AND went

The funniest 2 hours of my life.

[tinfoil tiaras]

84. I have 29/202 songs that are either rap or pop

[WritingIsMyReligion]

85. tt!

:wow:

:P

[tinfoil tiaras]

87. Aren't you shocked?

:rofl:

[crim son]

88. I can't be a music snob.

I like everything depending on where and when.

[carlydenise]

89. I am not a fan of Dylan.............just can't deal.......

I had such a enormous crush on Robert Plant (zep), Carl Wilson (beach boys) and Peter Tork (monkees) I played their albums all the time

[SPKrazy]

92. That's Funny

but we all have our little secrets

I always thought Olivia Newton John was hot and would listen to her music as a child

[chknltl]

90. I own a Pat Boone c.d. (In a Metel Mood)

Funnier than hell. If you have not heard of this gem, Pat Boone, (yep THAT Pat Boone), covers:
Smoke on the Water; Panama; Enter Sandman; Holy Diver; Crazy Train and others.

[ghostsofgiants]

91. While I appreciate their contributions to the music world...

The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Nirvana all bore the shit out of me and have become overused by people to demonstrate just how musically versed they are.

[FredStembottom]

93. My desert island music genre?

Western Swing.:party:

[Bridget Burke]

115. I don't know about Western Swing on a desert island....

Unless I were marooned with someone who could dance.

[last_texas_dem]

96. I couldn't pass myself off as a music snob no matter how hard I might try

Some highlights of my CD collection include a Uriah Heep double-CD anthology, an Association double-CD anthology, both volumes of the Turtles' Greatest Hits, Styx's greatest hits CD, and the seven-CD Have a Nice Decade seventies pop box set. Oh yeah, I also own five CDs each by both the Goo Goo Dolls and Stone Temple Pilots, and the infamous Milli Vanilli debut album. And vinyl, well, I probably shouldn't even go there... but I think the fact that I have every album by Wings and all but one album by the Monkees are pretty strong strikes against my trying to pass off my music taste as "cool." (And that's just scratching the surface, really!) So, yeah, even though I do have plenty of strong opinions about the bands and types of music that I like or dislike (whether thinking a universally loved- by critics and musical elitists, at least- band is drastically overrated, or a universally hated one is much better than they are given credit for), it wouldn't really be right for me to post them as I'm not a true music snob!

[Zorra]

97. Disco still sucks after all these years. n/t

[enigmatic]

100. I prefer The Mike Flowers Pops to Oasis

Not even close, actually:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1ueZf1WMQ




http://www.mikeflowerspops.com/frames.htm

[some guy]

101. I never owned an 8 track player

or an 8-track tape, even though they were very popular starting when I was about 10 or 11.

I went right to cassette, when I was 12. And 99% blank cassettes, so I could pick what songs I wanted to have on tape.

I always thought people who would put up with a music format that faded out songs mid-way through, and then faded the song back in after changing tracks had no real appreciation or interest in music.

:D

[Broken_Hero]

102. I don't like the Rolling Stones,

The Grateful Dead, nor Kiss...sorry.

[Initech]

104. I bought the new My Chemical Romance CD and I highly enjoy it!

Dont hurt me! :yoiks:

[ghostsofgiants]

155. MCR aren't as bad as people like to think they are.

I'm a fan, anyway, haha.

[Initech]

161. I realized that after buying The Black Parade.

They have potential.

If only they could drop the lyrics about death and suicide. That gets old after a while.

[njdemocrat106]

106. I don't like Bjork, and I don't get Radiohead

Radiohead's music is not horrible by any means (IMO, of course), but I just don't see what the big deal is with them. And I can't get past Bjork's singing.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

107. I agree with Kwassa

I agree with Kwassa about the Stones being pretty good, and the "bad boys" as opposed to the Beatles cutesy image. Ron Wood's bass lines are faaabulous. Lots of it was electrified blues, as later popularized by Cream. I figured this out while wondering why they and the Who did so many songs by guys named "Boy" or "Sonny" -- old black guys, when calling them those names was part of institutionalized routine racism.

The Kinks invented power chord rock with "All Day and All of the Night".

The Who invented Punk with their "screw you" attitude. I love the Kinks and The Who. And the Beatles.


I gave up on Rock and Roll TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY after The Police broke up in 1983 and I saw them on the "Synchronicity" tour -- last tour and last album. Sting is just repeating himself now.


I can't stand operas by Richard Strauss. Especially "Elektra". Buncha crazy screaming harpies.


Most Beethoven bores me and a lot of Bach does too.


Vivaldi wrote especially boring stuff.

New Age music is wallpaper music with the possible exception of Enya, at times. Repeating the same arpeggio, UP and DOWN the keyboard, 40 times, on the same chord, does not make it musical. If you want to hear something relaxing, try the Tallis Scholars or Anonymous 4.


"Preservation Act II" by the Kinks is a terribly underrated concept album, with an amazing variety of musical styles on it. Just not appreciated. It's available as a double CD. Ray Davies writes amazing lyrics. NOTE: This is a DIFFERENT album than "Village Green Preservation Society".


oh, and Led Zeppelin sucks. They sucked when they were young and all four of them were alive.
I was around back then.

Distortion guitar does NOT an artist make.

Never liked the Dead. Can't stand the Grateful Dead and their endless aimless jams. I quit listening to Al Franken because I got sick of the Dead song "Matilda" that he uses for his theme.

Have no comprehension of hip hop or rap.

U2 is an overachieving bunch of mediocrities with about 5 songs I like. Bono has a good strong singing voice. The rest of em -- feh.

[Dulcinea]

109. Coldplay sucks. So does rap & hip-hop.

Coldplay is boring & generic. Yawn. Except for "Clocks." I do like that piano intro.

And rap, as Gregg Allman put it, is short for crap.

[Guava Jelly]

110. Not a big Rush fan.

Ok kill me.
:hide:
Now I do have "Closer to the Heart" on my Ipod. (confession)
I just don't care for Geddy's voice.

[Zomby Woof]

116. David Bowie is a pretentious and boring hack

I thank him for giving Stevie Ray Vaughan his first recording gig, but other than that... zzzzzzzzzz

Dylan once made Bowie cry because the Bard didn't like Bowie's latest (this was around the Ziggy Stardust period) product. That story warms my heart.

[LynneSin]

119. I'm gonna tell Ramsey - she will not like this one bit at all

She's a diehard Bowie fan!

[MrsMatt]

144. Bowie is nothing short of a musical genius

I must disagree with your assessment.

[pink-o]

145. Whaaaaa...?????

Yesterday, I stuffed my earbuds in my head, pushed the big button on the IPod shuffle and lo and behold! It was "Rebel, Rebel". I almost sailed thru the gym ceiling, I was so happy.

Not loving that song, or Diamond Dogs, or Young Americans or Man Who Sold the World (I have Bowie and Nirvana versions of that) or...well, you get the idea. I feel sorry for you. Bowie is awesome.

Actually, I get that music is subjective. I hate the Grateful Dead, even though they're my city and my era. I guess I was never stoned enough to enjoy those jams. I prefer that music have substance, and a finite beginning and ending.

[alarimer]

122. I saw Air Supply in concert

In 1985 or so.

I am so embarrassed to admit that I really liked them then. Now I cringe.

[LynneSin]

139. I saw Shaun Cassidy in concert - you feel better yet?

:D

[Zomby Woof]

123. I love N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton"

Anyone who dismisses rap does so at their own peril. Only Public Enemy's "Fear of a Black Planet" comes as close to the level of greatness achieved by N.W.A. Or Ice-T's Body Count work. I cannot imagine Rage Against The Machine without these predecessors.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

131. It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the finest hip hop album

but Straight Outta Compton is up there

[buddhamama]

149. i agree,

I own both albums, and I am porud to say that I have passed my appreciation of N.W.A. and Public Enemy onto my son.

Added props to Public Enemy for teaming up with Anthrax.

[warrens]

126. Anything not in my collection sucks

This includes U2, Radiohead and so much more.

[taterguy]

159. You must be filthy rich

I wish I could afford to buy every CD that didn't suck. How did you manage to get all the obscure gems before they went out of print?

[pokerfan]

127. No Little Feat fans here?

If you like country with a boogie beat he's the man to meet
If you like the sound of shufflin' feet he can't be beat
If you wanna feel real nice, just ask the Rock and Roll doctor's advice

[Richardo]

130. Over here!

:hi:

Their debut album from 1971 is an underappreciated classic. Only sold 11,000 copies when released. Sounds like a demo, and includes an acoustic version of 'Willin'.

[pokerfan]

133. Thank you!

I was afraid I was the only one. Awesome band before LG died.

[tkmorris]

147. I love Little Feat

But Lowell George is dead. Shit I feel old.

[driver8]

148. "Waiting for Columbus" is one of the greatest live albums ever recorded.

This album is definitely in my top 10.

[southpaw]

128. I simply can't stand The Doors or Steppenwolf.

On the flipside, I am a proud fan of The Cult, Marilyn Manson, and classic-era Journey (mainly the stuff with Gregg Rollie and Steve Perry... Infinity, Evolution, Departure and Captured)

I love Rush, Barenaked Ladies and Jann Arden (all Canadian)

Like Zombie, I think N.W.A.'s 'Straight Outta Compton' is a classic... but I haven't heard much rap since that era that compares... maybe Eminem's best stuff.

I typically don't give anything that even resembles country music a fighting chance... I think I was scarred in my pre-teen years by being forced to watch Hee-Haw, The Porter Waggoner (Wagner?) show, and Pop Goes the Country with my parents. (I do like Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam, however.)

[Little Wing]

129. The only thing worse than The Violent Femmes is REM

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

132. I like John Coltrane

[taterguy]

142. Don't all music snobs like Coltrane?

Even if they don't even know what instrument he plays?

[Ariana Celeste]

134. I have 3 Ludacris cds

:woohoo:

[ComerPerro]

136. Here goes: I actually like the song "Sexy Back" by Justin Timberlake

I've heard other stuff from him solo (and in his boy band) and don't really like any of it. But I like that one song. I think its cool.

There.

I said it.

[skipos]

137. The F.Lips record you like is the only one produced by Keith Cleversley (sp?)

all the others are produced by Dave Fridman (sp?). Maybe that has something to do with it.

[HughBeaumont]

138. My "Vastly Overrated" list, which gets most people shot in scenester circles:

Rage Against the Machine
Tool
Kurtvana
Smashing Pumpkins
Dave Matthews Bland
The Strokes
Muse
My Morning Jacket (no get. AT all. Sorrah)
The White Stripes (GOD I fucking HATE that band)
The Killers
The Black Eyed Peas
Built to Spill, Yo La Tengo, Interpol or any of the boring, happy-ass ironic indie bands my record store manger brother-in-law gets into.
Pretty much all mainstream rap made past 1993, especially Eminem, those stupid "Crunk" whatever they are's, and Puff Daddy or P Diddy or Diddy or whatever the shit he calls himself . . . I'm just so fucking TIRED of it's ubiquity. It's EVERYwhere. There's NO escape. And this is coming from someone who used to exclusively listen to hip hop from 1979 to 1985 (the year I first heard a band called Husker Du, the end).
Madonna
Moby
Fatboy Slim
No Doubt
Fashioncore groups like Eighteen Visions, Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu.
Green Day and the 7 million or so bands that sound exactly like them.
Anything emo. Cry that Dashboard Confessional album elsewhere and get a pair of pants that FIT!
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blur
Korn
90% of neo-hippie jam bands

Cue the "Well what the hell DO you like??" "You have absolutely NO taste whatsoever in music!" or the ever-famous and tedious "You just don't like them because everyone ELSE does! Admit it!"

[taterguy]

143. Up against the wall Motherfucker

Dissing Yo La Tengo is a capital offense. Maybe you just haven't heard them the right way.

[PittPoliSci]

153. eighteen visions

man, they used to be real good. the last two albums were really disappointing. i agree with you. sigh...

[ghostsofgiants]

156. I agree with approximately 87% of that list.

[opiate69]

150. Okay...

The White Stripes - Talentless Gimmick band..

Coldplay - cheap U2 wannabes

Radiohead - Ditto

The Strokes - The most overrated band in history.

Death Cab - Need to hire a vocalist who can actually sing

Sleater Kinney - Poor attempt at good music.. take a few lessons and vocal classes and get back to me

Nirvana - Overexposed Melvins ripoffs

John Mayer - I liked him better when he was called Dave Matthews

[PittPoliSci]

154. i actually like panic at the disco.

that's my shameful confession.

[mentalsolstice]

158. Seen Kenny Rogers, Neil Daimond and David Cassiy in concert

but not at the same time. And when I saw Kenny Rogers he had Lee Greenwood with him.

[S n o w b a l l]

160. Are you ready for this?

I just bought a Glen Campbell greatest hits cd. :hide:

I couldn't help it...I was listening to Witchita Lineman on Youtube, then it led to True Grit, then to Dreams of the Everyday Housewife, then to Galveston. OMG...the nostalgia. I plan on giving it to my Mom for Christmas but, who knows, I'll probably end up setting it on repeat and crying in my beer.

[ok_cpu]

162. I still like 'Ice Ice Baby'

And 'U Can't Touch This'

:hide:

[Schema Thing]

163. I don't like Nascar

oops, wrong thread. I'm a racing and sports snob, not a music snob.