Apologies if this has been posted before, had a quick look and couldn't see it.

OK, as well as everyone having guilty pleasures (i.e. bands/albums everyone hates but you love), surely everyone also has bands they just don't like but everyone else loves?

I have a few MAJOR ones, firstly,

EVERYONE seems to love the Flaming Lips, ESPECIALLY people with similar taste to me. ALL my pals with good taste insist they're brilliant. Well I got The Soft Bulletin and I think it's really average, and boring, and I don't want to listen to it.
Not to say it's bad, but with all the other GREAT music I have I can't be arsed giving Soft Bulletin another go because it's just done NOTHING AT ALL for me after 7 or 8 listens already.

I feel bad. I WANT to like the Flaming Lips, I really do. I saw them live at Glastonbury 2 years ago (waiting for Radiohead) and they were great - well, as performers, Wayne Coyne was great.
The music was shite. I want to like them but I can't.

What's wrong with me?!?!

(and what's wrong with you? )

Actually, when I heard Soft Bulletin, I thought it was 'okay'. But then I loved the other three Lips albums I bought.

So, if you listen to Yoshime, you might love it despite not getting Soft Bulletin.

I like Yoshimi better than Soft Bulletin. I actually hated Soft Bulletin after first hearing it. Then I liked Yoshimi, and I went back to Soft Bulletin and I liked it.

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I like Yoshimi better than Soft Bulletin. I actually hated Soft Bulletin after first hearing it. Then I liked Yoshimi, and I went back to Soft Bulletin and I liked it.

I thought 'Race For The Prize' was great, and the rest 'Bleh'. And that's still sort of how I feel.

I really like The Soft Bulletin. Maybe slightly overrated (some call it the best album of the 90's), but I still listen to it fairly regularly. Yoshimi was nearly as good though.

Some of the bands andf albums I don't get:

---Amon Tobin

---Animal Collective - Here Comes the Indian. I liked about half of Sung Tongs

---Wilco - Summerteeth. I love YHF, but everything else of theirs seems too plain to me

---Beck - Odelay and Mellow Gold. I like most of his new stuff, especially Sea Change

---Autechre - Tri Repetae++ and later. Probably innovative, but who cares if it sounds like crap? Innovation is only good in the context of good songwriting.

---Stereolab. I've heard 3 or 4 of their albums, and while I like the time wignature changes, the music is just too laid back for me. Most music sounds like it could be a sountrack or theme for something, but I feel like Sterolab is the soundtrack to not doing much of anything.

---Joy Division. I feel the same way about Joy Division as the people hate the Fiery Furnaces because of Eleanor's voice. I cannot stand that dude's voice long enough to even give the music a chance.

---Led Zeppelin. I don't know why I don't like these guys. I'm not a fan of the singer's voice, but there's something else I don't like that I can't quite identify. I can tell why it's something a lot of people would like, but I just can't get into it.

---Tom Waits. The early stuff of his I heard sounded like something my Great Grandma would listen to sung by a guy with a weird voice (which I don't dislike). The new stuff sounds like it should be accompanied by dancing clowns, and I don't mean that in a good way.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:


Some of the bands andf albums I don't get:

---Amon Tobin

What is not to get?

Antony & The Johnsons

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---Stereolab. I've heard 3 or 4 of their albums, and while I like the time wignature changes, the music is just too laid back for me. Most music sounds like it could be a sountrack or theme for something, but I feel like Sterolab is the soundtrack to not doing much of anything.

---Joy Division. I feel the same way about Joy Division as the people hate the Fiery Furnaces because of Eleanor's voice. I cannot stand that dude's voice long enough to even give the music a chance.

Re Stereolab -- have you tried any of the earlier albums? Emporer Tomato Ketchup, for example? Lately they've gone into a softer, more easy listening style that I hate, but their early more beat-driven stuff was great.

Re Joy Division -- odd that you focus on Curtis's voice, as most people who love JD would say one of the greatest things about the band was Curtis's voice, which is just so terrifying, unsettling, alienated and ultimately heartbreaking. That combination of that haunted voice, the band's juddering rhythms and their truly disturbing lyrics (She's Lost Control, Atrocity Exhibition) are riveting.

I posted about this elsewhere, but my own list of people I don't get:

-- Frank Zappa. To me, it sounds like a complete lack of musical skill or melody combined with a self-consciously "zany and wacky" (i.e. completely UN-funny) attitude that adds up to The Most Annoying Music Ever Made.

-- Jimi Hendrix. A few of his songs appeal to me, but basically, I hate guitar solos so I tend not to be interested in Hendrix. Undoubtedly, a genius. Just not my kind of genius.

-- Genesis. God save us all from "intelligent rock". Actually, if the premise here is that we are discussing bands we respect but do not personally "get", I shouldn't even include Genesis. I hate everything I have ever heard by them, and by Phil Collins, and by Peter Gabriel. Prog rock as a genre pretty much completely sucks, and the more pretentious and fake it is, the worse it is, so of course Genesis is the worst of all.

-- The Replacements. Take your mother's collection of antique silverware, two cats with rabies, three alarm clocks and a tape recording of a drunk guy having bamboo shoots inserted under his fingernails; place them all together in a dishwasher; turn it on and record; then release as the new 'Mats album.

-- Husker Du. I have great trouble detecting the perfect pop songs underneath the frenetic noise. People tell me they are basically "Abba with feedback"; give me Abba without feedback anyday, thanks.

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Yeah I'm in 2 minds about Frank Zappa. I love Apostrophe, it's the funniest album i've ever heard, it's excellent. And I like Freak Out too. But Absolutely Free is terrible (well to be truthful, I've listened to it once, hated it and never listened to it since).

I absolutely worship Jimi Hendrix so that's just one we're gonna have to disagree about.

My other big ones...


Rolling Stones - OK so I got Exile On Main Street, supposedly one of their best. Thought it was really uninteresting pub-rock.

Bob Dylan - I have Blonde On Blonde. If I wanted good lyrics and no tune I'd have bought a book of poetry. His vocals are repetitive and irritating.

Bob Marley - admittedly I don't OWN any of his stuff, only know his big hits i.e. Jammin', Zion, No Woman No Cry. But what I've heard doesn't motivate me in any way to investigate further. My flatmate worships him, I just don't get it.

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Re Stereolab -- have you tried any of the earlier albums? Emporer Tomato Ketchup, for example? Lately they've gone into a softer, more easy listening style that I hate, but their early more beat-driven stuff was great.

I've heard their latest two, Sound-Dust and Margerine Eclipse. I've also heard Dots and Loops and hated it. The one I've heard that sounded halfway decent is Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements. If my library had Emperor Tomato Ketchup I'd give it a shot.

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I absolutely worship Jimi Hendrix so that's just one we're gonna have to disagree about.

Hey -- nothing to disagree about. I recognize that Jimi is a genius. The music just doesn't personally appeal to me. I would say the same about the Replacements and Husker Du.

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I've heard their latest two, Sound-Dust and Margerine Eclipse. I've also heard Dots and Loops and hated it.

Those are exactly the albums I don't like either. Try Emporer TK or Mars Audiac Quintet. (I like Transient RNBWA too.)

Lots for me I don't "get"!

Beck
Coldplay
Oasis
The Pixies
Joy Division/New Order
Sigur Ros
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead
Neurosis and their many imitators
The entire "New Country" genre
Wyclef Jean
The Doves
Keane
The Smiths/Morissey
Dave Matthews Band
John Mayer
The Who
Moby
P.Diddy, Mase etc...

That's just off the top of my head the artists whose music/popularity bewilders me.

I don't like Dave Matthews, but I do get it. You are 15, and all your friends are going to the DMB concert, so you go too.

Coldplay - Your girlfriend likes them, so you have to like them too. (This explains a lot of the artists mentioned in this thread)

Moby - "This is electronic, right? And all the kids are listening to electronic, right?"

Eh..I wouldn't make those kinds of assumptions about why people like things. I mean, I could make huge generalizations that question the motives of fans of a lot of things -- and all it would do is piss off fans of those things.

I mean, Moby has a simple four chord approach to music, but in Play it had a certain exotic trip-hoppy bluesy feel to it that made it worth listening to.

Dave Matthews Band is easily digestible and just jazzy enough to strike a chord with people who don't quite like pop. (And there's one song from like ten years ago of his I actually liked.)

Coldplay....I don't even get the basis of your assumption about them. I would think they sell more to males than females. They sound sort of atmospheric but still within the bounds of catchy mainstream VH1-type rock.

I never gave a shit what other people listened to, and my girlfriend HATES Coldplay!

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:


Some of the bands and albums I don't get:

---Amon Tobin

What is not to get?

I think the main reason I don't like his stuff is because it's jazzy. I try to give everything a chance, but I am yet to find any jazz music that I'm not repelled by. I should also make a disclaimer here: I get in bad moods all the time, and sometimes I can't enjoy music at all, no matter who it is. I think I may have been down for the few days I was listening to Amon Tobin. That's why I don't erase much from my hard drive. I'm always giving stuff second and third chances.

I am going to second Coldplay, and add a couple more:

AudioSlave-Not very good (I miss Rage Against the Machine)
Daft Punk-The only way to describe this is simply that I do not "get" it. I know many people like them, just not me.
The White Stripes-Although "Seven Nation Army" has a catchy bass melody, there really isn't anything I like about them.
Outkast-The only song that I have liked from them is "I like the way you move," everything else is terribly retarded ("Caroline" in particular)
Queens of the Stone Age-Another thing I just don't "Get."

This isn't to say that any of them are bad, I just can't force myself to like any of it.

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Originally posted by Imprezu21:

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:


Some of the bands and albums I don't get:

---Amon Tobin

What is not to get?

I think the main reason I don't like his stuff is because it's jazzy. I try to give everything a chance, but I am yet to find any jazz music that I'm not repelled by. I should also make a disclaimer here: I get in bad moods all the time, and sometimes I can't enjoy music at all, no matter who it is. I think I may have been down for the few days I was listening to Amon Tobin. That's why I don't erase much from my hard drive. I'm always giving stuff second and third chances.

It is jazzy...along with most all things from ninja tune.So i guess if u despise jazz then...u must need some help finding "good" jazz.Or maybe you are just not into it.Which is cool.

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Originally posted by Imprezu21:

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:


Some of the bands and albums I don't get:

---Amon Tobin

What is not to get?

I think the main reason I don't like his stuff is because it's jazzy. I try to give everything a chance, but I am yet to find any jazz music that I'm not repelled by. I should also make a disclaimer here: I get in bad moods all the time, and sometimes I can't enjoy music at all, no matter who it is. I think I may have been down for the few days I was listening to Amon Tobin. That's why I don't erase much from my hard drive. I'm always giving stuff second and third chances.

If you don't like jazz, Amon Tobin would be hard to swallow at first as he goes all over the place with jazz, atmospheric sounds, beats, drum'n'bass, breaks, etc...but this is why his fans love him...he may grow on you, it's up to your taste.
If you get into bad moods all the time, try John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme'. Really sit back and listen....and hopefully your mood will change and open you up to some jazz (unless you REALLY Hate IT). Jazz seems to be seeping into more pop music and if you like a more modern approach, check out St Germain or even Jaga Jazzist.