TEN BANDS I SHOULD LOVE .... but just don't!
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- These are the classic bands that I just can't get on with, despite their place in the pantheon of classic rock. Warning... contains gratuitous curry reference
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Never could get the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Nope, me neither.
Few good songs but yeah just don’t get it either
Me neither.
I like the Chili Peppers but from the same area and the same time frame was a more talented band called Fishbone. THEY should have been the big band RHCP became
They were shite tbh
U2 - Music that takes you nowhere... and it's a never ending journey.
Guns and Roses - Axl Rose sounds like an over revved chain-saw. Nowadays I think his braids are pulled too tight.
Bon Jovi - Not a rock band, not a metal band, not a pop band... they excel at being mediocre in all genres. On a steel horse I ride... need I say more? Oh oh, I'm half way there... oh oh I'm losing all my hair.
Oh you genius. 100% with you.
"Mediocre in all genres" - yep!
I do like a few U2 songs, and GNR has some bangers, but I agree both are overrated.
I LOATHE Bon Jovi. Biggest poser band EVER! 👎🏼
I have a Strict rule when driving in my car: NO BON JOVI GETS PLAYED ON MY RADIO EVER!!!!
What about 'Ten bands I should hate...but just don't'?
Wouldn't make for gripping viewing. People prefer to hate on things publicly rather than love them, unfortunately.
😅
@@user-qb1sm3rk9r Those people would still have a chance to (good-naturedly?) hate publicly on the reviewer himself, since we're essentially talking about a "guilty pleasures top ten".
sparks
The Monkees, New Kids on the Block, Kiss
I'm 65 and still crank out Zep on a regular basis. Timeless and iconic band.
And they have all the Black blues artists they stole from to thank for it.
@@zyxwut321Huh?
@@okenough2124 search it up. Multiple lawsuits against them over the years and they were forced to pay royalties and acknowledge the old blues artists. Robert Plant even admitted that they stole loads of songs and just hoped they’d be successful enough to pay off the original artists when they got caught!
@@zyxwut321no mate, they like the stones started out playing what influenced them but they took it to a whole new level with incredible original tracks which the blues guys would have killed to have been able to play. they were 4 virtuosos who became the biggest band on the planet, you think that was because they did a few blues covers 😂
@@zyxwut321. Which black guys did they steal Black Dog from? Kashmir? Ten Years Gone? Friends? I can increase this list by 25 songs. Best thing ever happen to Willie Dixon was Led Zeppelin
Def Leppard? Spinal tap without the jokes
Spinal Tap was never funny. The worlds longest running unfunny joke. *The amps go to 11! ROTFLMAO!!!!! HAW HAW HAW!!!!*
@@user-qb1sm3rk9r I disagree. One of the best comedies ever made
💀💀
😂😂😂
@user-qb1sm3rk9r It was hilarious. You might want Google satire....
I think your theme is more bands that couldn’t duplicate their early successes than ones you don’t love.
I actually think it would work as bands that don't pass the test of time, except of course Led Zeppelin
True. Hating after debut.
With a few exceptions…I agree. More often than not, he said “I really loved that album..played it all the time”….but then didn’t like later stuff. If there are bands I never connected with, I don’t own their albums and I certainly never played them to death. If you like OART of a band’s discography, then you don’t really NOT like the band. Hell …Zep and Floyd are my favorite bands…but for both bands there are albums I don’t like.
Fair comment 👍
For me, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers evokes sweaty guys who leave their used towels lying around and let the dog shit in the house.
As a Chilli Peppers fan......that's still funny as hell! Nice work😁
There's nothing wrong with not loving any art or artist. Taste is utterly subjective and personal, and it is our inherent right to determine how we feel about anything.
There are plenty of classic or popular artists and bands that I don't love. I don't love Bob Dylan, for example, though he is unquestionably a key figure in the history of rock, and many of his productions are secure classics. I don't love U2, though they were at their beginnings a shining example of a politically progressive band, a phenomenon with which I am sympathetic. I have become more aware in recent years that I don't love much of what David Bowie produced, though at an earlier stage of life I regarded him as one of the most exciting figures in popular music. These are among the first examples that come to mind.
I do love Led Zeppelin, my single favorite rock group.
Taste is subjective but the more variety you listen to and the more you engage the more sophisticated your pallet becomes. There are experiments that show people who eat the same things all the time have limited tastes and food tastes relatively bland to them whereas people who eat a wide variety of things can appreciate far more flavors. Music is no different. In fact probably more so since the sense of taste and smell are fairly dull for humans
@@ssssssstssssssss I think a receptivity to exposing oneself to a variety of things is generally commendable, for how can one know if one likes something (like a dish or a genre of music) if one never samples it? I would simply affirm that no one should feel pressured to like or feign to like any one thing, however honestly tested.
Nicely put and while taste is going to vary, you and I have great hearing - Zep are kings!
Foo fighters. Absolute crock of shit I have never got.
I agree. To me they bite the big one.
Punk rock for soccer moms
Foo Fighters had 1 or 2 good songs in the 90s, the rest is rubbish
Foo Fighters, from the name they gave themselves to the music they make, is just bad. Dave is a great drummer who wanted more than anything else to be the front man, but no. Stick to what you do best. But who am I to deny someone of their dream, even if it's just a never ending stream of cringe rock?
The Flu Fighters blow!
I do not agree with most of your list but it is a good conversation.
When Led Zeppelin came out my buddies were crazy for them, but I was into Jethro Tull, The Moody Blues, ELP, Yes; the progressive bands that had a classical influence. I guess that's because I loved classical and movie orchestral music. But when "IV" came out it changed my whole attitude, and I reevaluated all if their music and have been a fan ever since. I would think that as a Brit, dissing Led Zeppelin would be equivalent to giving the late Queen the finger. I will pray for your soul.
There's definitely a place for prog rock. Genesis being my favorite in that genre. Buy Zeppelin is simply untouchable.
Zeppelin I feel should be considered a prog band in a way. Listen to Physical Graffiti or Presence and just tell me atleast half the songs wouldn’t cut it as Prog.
@@Pumper_of_Maws
Sure, the later stuff. But songs like "Whole Lotta Love" definitely were not.
@@chrislj2890
Yeah that’s what I’m saying, and meh I would say some of the songs from the first three could be argued as prog or atleast an early version of it, the in between where Disraeli Gears meets Rush
It’s no surprise all the prog bands after Zeppelin credit them as direct influences, 7 minute compositions of changing tempos, intensity and time. Dazed and Confused goes 1/8 to 12/8 to 9/8 to 4/4 to 6/8. They also did it without a click track which I find mind blowing that they all stayed in sync with each other
@@Pumper_of_Maws I'm not feeling a prog vibe with Zeppelin. Not at all. Blues-Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, all fit. Prog for me is reflected in some of the meandering pieces performed by Yes, and Genesis, as examples.
I remember feeling this way about music in my teens. How this guy sustains this level of interest in music in his nineties is beyond me.
😂 Brilliant
Geen Day worried too much about the "punk" label to actually be considered punk.
Skater punk killed punk forever more. It morphed into pop punk like Offspring and Green Day
@@systemlfopunk has been an underground endeavor for the past 40 years. The good punk is out there but moreso in the form of hardcore
Green Day was cartoon punk. Overproduced poser garbage.
Green Day is punk when it's been neutered.
In other words, Green Day created FAR better music than what the pretentious image-obsessed turds call "punk." When you write and play better MUSIC, the ones who don't give a shit about actual music will say you "sold out."
Never "got" Radiohead.
And don't "get" the Dave Matthews Band, either. I "should" like them, but something is not clicking. They're not rappers, they don't use gimmicks, they don't try to copy other bands, and something that "adults" can listen to. They are good citizens that do charitable work. Even met Dave himself once.....seems to be a heck of a nice guy, too.
Still not enough to convince me to listen to them.
In the mid 1990s I was a truck driver away from home sometimes 10 weeks at a shot. I never heard of Dave Matthews until I came home after a 10 week outing, looking for something to do during my 4 days off. I see that The Dave Matthews Band at Veterans Stadium is sold out. I'm like "Dave who?"
Sold out Veterans Stadium? Where the hell was this guy hiding before he started selling out football stadiums?
I find their instrumentation has a fresh jazz-fusion kind of vibe to it, which is not very common today… and Dave’s smokey vocal stylings are kinda cool too.
I'm from the YouKay, they were never really a "thing" over here (Dave Matthews) however Crash into Me is a sublime track with a really interesting chord progression...if not representative of their oeuvre.
Dave Matthews is like nails on a chalkboard.
I like them and respect the hell out of them. Never was one of their weird, cultish fans though. Maybe it's their fans that turned me off, especially because I come from Virginia where they're from.
You nailed the right bands for the same reasons as me.....I have never been agreed with before without saying a word :-) Priceless review! Funny thing is occasionaly I geve them another go and still I feel the same.....I also find U2 and Bruce Springteen annoy me for generally being unable to get along with in my headspace despite how I try.
I am so so so friggin’ grateful I was born and halfway grew up pre internet. I remember so well the time pre interner when at times there was nothing to do. Being bored. Truly bored. No cellphones. We went to the movies all the time and rented and bought movies on vhs. Taped cool stuff on the tv to vhs and watched it to death. Such an innocent time compared to now. Record store ms everywhere. Man we spent so much time and so little money to the owners annoyaince at least three times a week. I actually bought def leppard high n’ dry long before Hysteria was released. I was a hard core def leppard fan prior to Steve Clarke dying. Tve def sound obviously was Pete Willis and Clarke. Not one song accept for ‘to be alive’ from 99 is worth any attention post Hysteria. Well. Retroactive and adrenalize have some good songs, but they Are Clark and Willis driven. After the year 2000. Nothing unfortunately. I met the band in 88 and 93. Viv Campbell was a grade A asshole. Steve was kind and generous.
Finally someone dares to speak out against the Foo Fighters. Good work
Lots of people speak out against the Foo Fighters.
The Fool Fighters
I can’t stand the Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl seems like a fairly nice guy, but the band is mediocre at best.
It’s just an opinion man and people have them. “Speak out against” in this context sounds really strange.
Boring band.
Bravo on the list, with disagreement over Led Zeppelin.
My take:
If it moves you, move to it. If not, move on, you gave it a shot.
No right or wrong.
I add to the list -
Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, and though not a hard rocking or classic band, Hootie and the Blowfish.
For very non-rocker list kicks, Yanni and Enya:)
-- they're on the playlist in Hell , along with Jon Secada, and Kathy Lee Gifford's full body of work.
I never got Springsteen.
@@IheartDogs55… same. Never got him at all.
I also put on the Playlist in Hell Britney Spears, Michael Jackson and Lauryn Hill.
You don't like Yanni or Enya!?? My favourite poet is Rod McKuen...Listen to the Warm!!! Ha!Ha!
@@user-fo5qx7xb7s Music is highly subjective. I don't enjoy Slipknot. My son is a fan. He wouldn't bother with Queen. Do you see how musical taste works? I prefer singing voices that aren't "breathy," which is why I don't care for Enya. My favorite female artists have full-throated power, like Aretha Franklin, Pat Benatar, & Linda Ronstadt. It's my preference. No biggie.
I wasn’t really a Foo Fighters fan until I saw one of their live shows. For me, seeing a band live tends to change things in a hurry.
Great conversation starter this!
I love the way that this is informed comment.
I tried in the past to get into and love several bands.
One for me was Crowded house! I recall buying an album by teenage fan club… not for me.
I tried to get into Spiritualised, it just didn’t do it!
I saw Def Leppard when they were first starting. They were head and shoulders over most opening acts and I expected great things from them. Then they got rid of Pete Willis and sold their souls to insipid corporate rock.
I liked whatever that song was where they paid homage to the 1970s Glam rockers. That was about it. Drummer is halfway cool, though.
@@danschreffler1280 Most one armed drummers are.
High 'n' Dry is the only DL album I like.
Saw them on the first US tour opening for Pat Travers. I guess early a journalist in Britain called them "the Deep Purple formation dancers". If you saw them in the early days, you know what he ment.
Your absolutely right !! The Pete Willis led first 2 albums is where it ended for me..
Swear to god, I've never listened to a FF's song all the way through, they bore me to death.
Dave Grohl has got to be the least talented rock star to ever live. He makes Iggy Pop seem like Mozart.
@@chicklets4ever51harsh! (Not a FF fan by the way but like and respect Dave G)
I concur!
Foo fighters suck. Their music is boring with weak hooks.
Yeah by all accounts Dave grohl is a great guy but man I can take or leave that body of work
WOW...Just found your channel with this vid...I felt so alone, until I found this...Thanks and I agree with every word you said...I only wish that U2 was on that list, however, I find absolutely no redeeming features in their music and would suffer through all the bands mentioned work, before a single note of a U2 song...Please make more of these cynical vids, for a cynical middle aged man like myself...However, even my younger self agrees...Thanks...Subbed...
It's actually a very clever way of getting views and possibly likes/subscribes.
He does this to get people clicking on the video and posting comments which either agree or disagree. He knows we all have different tastes in music, so what he doesn't like some people will like
Neil Young! Man, I was into his music in high school, college, and beyond. My fave albums are Everybody Knows this is Nowhere and Decade and so much more. However recently I saw him in concert on TV. After hearing more and more of his voice I just couldn't take it anymore. He's a classic, legendary musician, but I had to admit to myself that his voice is really getting on my nerves. So yeah, I'm taking a much needed break from him, and hopefully I can listen again!
I never cared for him either. I couldn't ever get into Dylan either.
@@Mick_Ts_ChickUnfortunately Neil Young got into a contractual fight with his label and just dumped any old shit on his fans. Not cool and debased him for me as a musician.
I entirely share your experience. Used to listen to NY in my college years, have quit that altogether. Now I find this music irritating, and not only the voice. It's as if it had some hippie vibe that spoke to me as a very young man but ceased soon after.
@@greg-warsaw4708 Yeah, his politix are ridiculous. He's grown into a swollen, gray, atrophied adolescent and that's all.
Led Zep, I actually met Plant once. nice guy. I had to get 2 of my American friends his autograph and asked if I wanted one myself and I told him I wasn't really a fan and he berated me in the nicest possible way. lovely bloke and totally down to earth.
I always hear good things about him. Love to meet him. Tom Waits first though.
I've met him too. Great bloke. Loves his football. Unfortunately he's a Wolves fan!
@@vordmanSo he doesn’t really like football, then.
@@geoffw1209 😁
Now, Tom Waits is bad. So very bad.
Blimey Barry , you clearly have similar dislikes to myself. I can't argue with any of the bands you have included. I'd have probably thrown in U2 along with Coldplay, two bands I have the utmost distain for.
I dont think any human likes Coldplay though tbh...
Yet - they are millionaires from their so called music…
Weird.
Coldplay is merely torture to me. It's actually painful to hear Martin whining his stupid songs. 😫
You've just reminded me of two other bands I'll NEVER buy anything by.
u2 and Coldplay. Well done sir. Totally agree, especially Coldplay, not to diminish the cringe of Bono and co
Axl has always sounded like Ethel Merman to me, and I just can't get past that!
LMAO! 😁😁😁
Loved this video and respect your opinions.. you’ve earned a new follower.. you’ve mentioned a few bands there that I love.. but I can’t really disagree with what you’ve said! 👍
I agree 7/10. I love Zep & Radiohead. I love John Lennon as an artist, as a Beatle, as a poet and a lot of his solo work. But his solo work doesn't rise to George's or Paul's for sheer entertainment value.
This song is just six words long.
I was a wee bit too young to “get” Beatle mania. So my frame of reference has always been their solo work first, then as I got older I dug into the Beatle’s a little more. Maybe it was because he just came off as a jackass but I chalk it up to Paul and George just having better solo work in my opinion. I also get rubbed the wrong way “serious” musicians always hold him in higher regard. Not sure why? Maybe I’m missing something.
Bang a gong!
@@timogen1970Ha, Even Worse is a fantastic album 😂
Foo Fighters, i usually mute Planet Rock when I'm driving, and one of their songs come on.
same never like foos or coldplay gandr skip buttonfois came to town fans went nuts fine for them but me rather see indie bands like better
Im okay with Foos championing hard rock music in the mainstream. Real guitar based original music that is big nowadays shouldn’t be ridiculed IMO. Should be celebrated and hope for more bands making rock!
(I do wish Foo Fighters had guitar solos though)
@@RB-oc7tifair point.
I admire the Foo Fighters' work ethic, and they play solidly......but the problem with them are the songs themselves......not many good songs.
It's sad the only Foo Fighters song I like is Everlong
Limp bizkit- I love nu-metal, I love the whole era of rap a lot of there albums were made in I should love this band but just don’t, I don’t even hate Fred Durst, and while I do like the band and I just feel like the music doesn’t click with me as much as it should
Megadeth- again I like the band but given how but given how much I love slayer I feel like it should like their music I lot more than I do
The smashing pumpkins- their everything I love about grunge and alt rock I genuinely don’t know
Radiohead- I feel like the only reason I don’t love this band is that I started listening to weezer first
The strokes (and a lot of garage rock)- I love the idea of garage rock sort of bringing back older sounds but again it never really hit me on too deep of a level
Also I want to preface I do like all of the bands I mentioned I just feel like I should like them more
Really agree on Megadeath, they're absolutely insane musicians and I do enjoy listening to them but I get bored of them really quickly. Daves vocals are an acquired taste as well lol
“A few good songs and an awful lot of filler”
Couldn’t have described it better. I feel like that with a lot of records and bands I loved in my younger days. I found my old iPod once and it still worked! Going through all the music was interesting because most of the stuff I used to jam to seemed unappealing but there were other songs that I hadn’t given much attention to that I thought were amazing. For example, I had the whole Dead Kennedys discography but the only song I felt like listening to when I found my iPod was Moon over Marin. Great song!
Takes guts to talk that honestly about John Lennon and you're not wrong.
He's not right either, It's an opinion
He was just played to death in the '70s.
Lennon was a musical genius the stuff he recorded when he was a Beatle was second to none, but his solo stuff was patchy maybe one great albums worth of tracks ✌️
70s Lennon, except for about an album and a half is garbage Lennon compared to Mccartney. He is on par with the quality of George's 70s output.
Overrated solo@@alansmith4748
I came in spoiling for a fight, left wanting to hug you. Same on all counts.
Yep, pretty much correlates with me as well. As others have said, surprised Kiss aren't on his list (maybe he'll make a part 2?).
Same here. I can't argue with a single one outside of Zeppelin and I understand his point and opinion.
Agree. Led zep is great but I get what he says.
@@mikespearwood3914
Kiss aren't a band that anyone should love though.
One time, I spotted a second-hand copy of Radiohead's OK Computer from a seller on an auction site that I was buying other CDs from, and this album has been quite scarce in my country. Was thinking about buying it, but decided to listen to it on TH-cam before making an impulsive purchase.
After listening to it... Man! The whole vibe was like getting encouraged to commit suicide. Decided to leave it alone as I definitely don't look forward to listening to it on my audio system.
Radiohead in a nutshell lol
It means you are a suicidal, sad person. We all listen to such classic album and find many, many more feelings and ideas.
@@djrojasw That's a fast judge on someone you don't know on the Internet. lol Looks like not every one who loves classic albums like to be friendly. Got every studio album of theirs on LP in my collection, and well, Radiohead can surely sound relatively gloomy, I must admit. It's easier for new people to get into their pieces maybe by songs instead of by albums.
I agree with all of your picks. I would add U2 after 1993.
I cannot stand Bono, Zooropa though, is truly great imo.
Barry, your description of Axl’s stupid swaying dance as looking like “My nana after a hip replacement.” I spit my beer across the room when I heard that! 😂
Spot on regarding Foo Fighters, Def Leppard and Green Day too. Gotta disagree about the mighty Led Zep though. Also, I never understood all the hype back in the 80s around The Smiths. Although I do always crank up “How Soon Is Now?” when I hear it.
Nothing stupid about it
He stole that dance from the lead singer of The Monkeys.
@@user-gn8nv8mf3q
You mean Davy Jones? That was the Monkees.
The only Foo album I really rate is the first self-titled album. I recently watched a clip of them performing live at Brixton academy around late 95 or 96. They had something a bit more real and raw then.
Oh so you mean before their Scooby Doo homage?
Same here. The first album is so raw. Everything after just seems too... polished.
Great music knowledge and insight.
Thanks for the wonderful installments of wit, wisdom and sarcastic one line rim shots.
'beard stroking, pipe smoking prog purists'
or something to that effect...
Worth the follow
Brilliant introspect and the driest of humour 😎
About Lennon - his Walls and Bridges album is underrated. Yea it's not the same "small-cock rock" that 70's were full of, with over compensating on guitars or vocal. And it wasn't the same old boring stuff the Stones or Dylan were playing - it is a vibe album. A long drive in the country album. Lounging on the beach in the hot sun kind of album. When you are able to "let go" of your overthinking conditionally trained racy mind and chill, kind of album. People like Lenny Kravitz, Kurt Cobain, Alanis Morrisette LOVED Lennon's solo music for his strength, accountability and humility in music, to be able to see your own truth and have such deeper awareness to consciousness then put it behind a killer slide guitar and clavichord like he did in Mind Games. The expansiveness of that song is hard for the small to see.
Love that album, only albums i dislike by Lennon are Sometime In New York and some of Double Fantasy (not a big Yoko fan)
@@sitvisjes Get Back JOJO
I think its good to make a distinction between love and like with music generally. Musical taste is subjective and even when we can objectively discern merits like virtuosity or compositional genius, if it doesn't move you... it doesn't move you.
When I saw Nirvana play in 1992 the only thing Kurt said for the whole show was "I hate Pearl Jam"
Yes, that whole grunge scene left me a bit miffed by it's popularity. I play a little Sound Garden here and there. The vocals are extraordinary.
Pearl Jam sucks. I'd rather play Saxon and other metal bands before that 90's crap. STP, Lenny Kravitz, Nirvana, Black Crowes and Smashing Pumpkins are the only ones I don't mind. But stuff like Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden just never got over with me.
I think Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" is one of the best songs I've ever heard, and I've always wondered why die-hard Radiohead fans generally seem not to think much of it. Recently I listed to The Bends all the way through and realized that "Fake Plastic Trees" immediately follows "High and Dry" on the track list and that the two songs are really quite similar in terms of pace and flow. I could see why people who mainly listened to the entire album through (rather than only seeing the Fake Plastic Trees video like I did) would be underwhelmed listening to the second of two similar songs.
I'm a die hard Radiohead fan and i love Fake Plastic Trees! Also hear the similarities, also because of the falsetto. I think a lot of RH fans can be elitist and think of FPT as just a ''britpop'' song and not experimental enough. I don't care, i love The Bends!
another great video. Even though there's some Zeppelin I really love, I know what you mean. That feeling while I'm in the middle of listening to Zeppelin 2 or 3 or even bits of Houses of the Holy -- "isn't there a better way I could be spending my time?"
When I first tried listening to Led Zeppelin (only because I felt I was 'supposed' to like them) I remember being thoroughly bored of The Lemon Song after about only about 5 listens. It's so plodding, monotonous and even a little silly sounding. A lot of Zeps stuff suffers from extreme repetitiveness.
@@user-qb1sm3rk9r May be blasphemous to say but I think all their songs sound the same (which is the main reason they're too repetitive for me!). I DO have a soft spot for the entire In Through The Out Door album though.
Kiss has to be No1. ‘All fur coat and no knickers’ as the saying goes. Would probably throw motley crue in at no2 and The Artic Monkeys close behind.
Just what is the appeal of The Arctic Monkeys? Tried to get into them, sounded (to me) like substandard Punk. Would rather play the Pistols album.
I've a friend who once described The Arctic Monkeys as 'a George Formby tribute act'.
KISS was never good.
Totally agree regarding Kiss.Went to see them in the late 70s (fortunately free tickets as I worked for a newspaper) and was completely underwhelmed.
@@islandhorizonvideos8230 Ace Frehley saves the band for me. He really is a great rock guitarist
I agree the Foo Fighters I could never get into their music it's just so ordinary. Loved nirvana though
I'm the opposite. Love the Foos but never got into Nirvana.
I don’t get people’s hate for Nevermind.
Sure, it’s not as raw and it’s more polished than their other albums but Kurt’s songwriting and Kris’s bass lines are at their peak on Nevermind
@@systemlfo All three Nirvana albums are fantastic.
Ramones..heard the first album .thanks..goodbye,xm radio,please stop it
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For Nirvana, I only liked their Nevermind album because it had all the best stuff like Teen Spirit, Lithium, Come As You Are and the cult favorite Breed. In Utero I did not give a crap about because it sounded like the band was bored with everything. Never liked All Apologies and I HATED Heart-Shape Box.
What do you think of the other solo Beatles?
All Things Must Pass is #1 post Beatles.
@@pookiemartinez1745 No Way. "Back To The Egg" is #1 post Beatles
@@frankpontone2139 lol good pick mate
@@frankpontone2139 BEST Wings album of all time, far as I'm concerned! (Even if Sir Knight himself doesn't think too highly of it).
@@davidl570
I genuinely thought he was taking the piss. You mean you're all actually serious?
I have that t shirt! One of my faves. Only discovered your channel recently. Really enjoying it. I’m a Springsteen fan from Australia 🇦🇺 seems odd but true. Maybe you have but would be interested in your thoughts on Bruce 🤔 your opinion of Pearl Jam 🤦 Have you caught them live?
Green Day is utter tripe. Totally agree about John Lennon and Guns N' Roses.
I love and respect Lennon like so many others do, but always found a lot of his solo work hard to get into. Whereas I like Harrison's and McCartney's.
Problem for me is: Lennon is somehow syrupy after Working Class Hero, and Axel Rose has the most horrible voice I have ever heard. I mean it ain't Knockin' On Heavens Doorwa. (Drummers suck too.)
Had to play Imagine and Child of Mine every night, which wasn't so bad, it was just that I had to learn them. Lucky I'm a fast learner.
Green Day had two incredibly awesome albums (Dookie, American Idiot) but the rest of their stuff was uneven at best. And he didn't mention them, but Weezer may be the most overrated band ever, and that's among Weezer stans. SNL did a skit where two people were arguing over Weezer that perfectly encapsulated their niche popularity.
Ridiculous
@@user-td6yy1ed6x GNR Knockin on Heaven's Door cover doesn't even suck : it hurts 🤕
Elton b***dy John! A national treasure apparently. 😱
I’m with you there. I hate piano rock
And Billy Joel...I play piano and have a sign Requests 50 cents Piano Man 200 dollars...
Never liked his faux mid-Atlantic vocals, and that he only ever sings half the word when you listen. Your ear fills in the missing bit but it shouldn't have to. I have a character in a novel I'm writing called Coco Harr, because that's how he sings 'Cold Cold Heart' all the way through 'Sacrify..a simple whirr.'
@@systemlfo Try Ben Folds - that is 'Piano-Rock' with huge amounts of humour and even swearing (very unlike Elton) Start with 2001's 'Rockin' The Suburbs (single and album)
Howling!!! Truly, “Laughing Out Loud!” Your razor blade sarcasm coupled proper English boarder on thoughtful criticism! Awesome! I feel improved as a music lover just for listening to your post.
Love the list - several I completely agree with & just one I disagree with - Zeppelin.
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Interesting that people say they can't stand a band but have they actually sat down and listened to an album from start to finish from a band they supposedly hate. Listen to more than just a couple of songs or listen to a complete discography, then decide...
U2 and Journey are a couple of bands I would turn the radio station to something else if they came on.
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I agree 100% I could never identify with either of those bands music. I turn that crap off immediately.
First 3 Journey albums sound quite different to the Steve Perry lineups. If you like Santana 3, these first few might surprise you.
I'm with you about Journey
I see U2 as a band that I outgrew. And outgrew in a *big* way.
I have never been able to get into The Eagles. I think the only album of theirs I liked was "The Long Run". Bruce Springsteen is another I don't much care for. I will say though that I can now listen to more of his songs and appreciate them, but still can't get into fully.
As for your list. I agree with pretty near most your pics. I am a Beatles fan and agree that I'm not a solo Lennon fan either. I'll even say as much that I am not a fan of The Beatles solo works either. There are albums from each solo Beatle I can say I enjoy, but to say I love the same as them together, the answer is no. The other band is Led Zeppelin which I do love. Many of their albums I can say in my heart I love. Again, I do get where you are coming from. It wasn't until I got into TH-cam and started watching fan docs on Zep that I never realized how much the band appropriate from other artists without giving them credit for their inspiration. On that it did tarnish some feelings I had towards them, but I can't help but still love Zep's work. Their music still makes me feel the same as when I heard it for the first time. Though I will admit I no longer get into their drawn out noodlings like "No Quarter" and "Stairway" I really need to trapped in a room to listen to.
I agree wholeheartedly to everything you said there. Maybe the fact too we are both Canadian and Americana music (i.e. The Eagles and Bruce Springsteen) has nowhere near the same popularity outside the States even though we are heavily influenced by much of their culture in Canada.
I'm a Brit who never really got into Bruce Springsteen until I saw him live, like him a lot more now
Regards Zeppelin - overhyped. Very good but across them albums, plenty of the same sounds. Apart from HOTH which I adore, the Zep fans were lukewarm on this one, says a lot. Steve Miller Band - tripe whining. We could whine about all the bands an artists who needed to retire decades ago but were fantastic in their heyday - now there's a good theme for a YT video! "Where did they go off the rails?"
I do like the Eagles but only their greatest hits and agree about The Long Run. Probably their best album for the quality and quantity of good songs.
@@Rocknroll73Bruce has zero difficulty filling out big stadiums in the U.K. and Ireland and elsewhere in Europe . Haven’t paid attention to record sales but he’s done okay on that front .
I really enjoyed this thank you! I think we will be almost the same age - I'm not sure if I've 'really loved' a band since I was young, I just don't feel I have the emotional energy anymore. I share your thoughts about Foo Fighters - I think Dave Grohl is a pretty super cool kinda guy and I like him very much - really can't muster the enthusiasm to buy an album or even go to a gig. This leads me to Bruce Springsteen - I feel the same way about Bruce. He seems such a nice guy, I loved the podcast he did with Obama - yet there's not an album I'd choose to listen to. Now here's the thing that'll get me lynched and fed to the pigs.. it turns out I really don't like The Beatles. I mean, I thought I did, I can play a few of the classic singles, but they'd never make my Desert Island Discs.. and yet, I'd probably put a Stones track in there, and if you'd asked me, I'd have said Jagger has been a object of derision for me for decades. In other news - turns out I do like Velvet Underground. Stay safe out there - it's a jungle.
Right on with most of your picks! I’ve been waiting my entire life for another Beatles, Stones, or Dylan. Despite all the hype over certain artists as “the second coming”, there’s never been anyone really close to any of those artists at their peak. GNR, Nirvana, Oasis, Radiohead…not even close.
Who in the hell would WANT to sound like Dylan?!
I pretty much agree with all your choices. Bands that burn brightly for a few years that ultimately make me sick of them. 4th of July in 1988, I was stuck in traffic for three hours after an outdoor fireworks show at Point State Park in Pittsburgh. Must have heard Pour Your Sugar on Me over a dozen times. I eventually turned off the radio and my friend in the car didn't mind.
My idea of hell is a 3 hour lana del ray gig (loads on y tube,and how people stand there and watch is a mystery to me)
Well I really like Lana Del Rey probably for the same reason you don't. I'm attracted to the sad and monotone quality of her music.
I’ve seen Lana Del Rey live and the trip hop element of her music is brilliant.
I confess to really liking Lana Del Rey and Jennie Lewis
I'm with you, Lana Del Taco is not for me.
@@Darrylizer1 👌Like watching paint dry. Her fans say stuff like "ooh,shes so fluid"..whats that mean?
We must have similar taste because I agreed with almost everything. I'll have to take a look at some of your recommendations.
I laughed when I saw this. I'm Swedish, but apparently we are soulmates when it comes to music! 😀
We love what we love. No apologies necessary.
Just two for me in this category - Queen (yes really, ) and Prince
Queen isn’t bad but they are so overrated by younger fans
I agree, not disparaging their talent, but neither do much for me either. I feel the same about Tom Petty- can't stand his voice, and his songs are catchy in the worst way.
I liked Prince but mainly because I tend to love multinstrumentalists...the post Purple Rain output is very erratic though
Queen is sooooooooo overrated.
@@SeptemberChild1835 Just like the word overrated is so overrated and sooooooo overused by people who have no clue.
Great list-I was amazed at how similar your taste is on the bands you hate! 8 out of 10 I agree with, still love Led Zepp and Oasis though. However, you made some good points about the latter, they certainly aped and borrowed from the Beatles. Come to really think about it, I realize I don't love every album. There IS alot of filler. I'm not a Radiohead fan really at all but yes, I like "The Bends" too, had some good tunes on it and is a solid album. I still hate OK Computer-LOL! I agree on Pearl Jam, yeah I love Eddie Vedder's vocals but I don't know, the guitarists and the songwriting for the most part never seemed to do much for me.
I've always hated Nirvana and Foo Fighters-"Learning to Fly" was a good song but that's the only one I ever could get into-that does not make a career! Grohl should've just stuck with drums, nice guy but his guitar playing is snoozeworthy! I'm not sure if there is another band I loathe more than Green Day (yes, that'd be Sonic Youth), if I never hear another one of their songs again it'll be too soon! Guns n Donuts had the one monster album-it's brilliant. Then when Izzy Stradlin left their songwriting pretty much went to hell. Lennon's solo albums are a bit uneven in amongst the tour de force numbers that we all know and love. It's almost embarrassing to admit listening to Def Leppard now...Hysteria hasn't aged well. All in all pretty spot on with your best "worst" bands!
We are so on the same page, my brother.....especially the whole Green Day phenom. I'd add Foo Fighters to my list.
He said Foo Fighters
@@catsofsherman1316 I only got thru half of his "top ten" list.....
The Grateful Dead I never got into; Clapton maybe a handful of songs…
I grew up with U2 but not much from them has been interesting since 1991’s Achtung Baby.
Never been big on Springsteen.
I have always loved Radiohead, however.
Yeh, I heard a live recording of Grateful Dead and I was expecting a cult-like psychedelic experience.
Boy, was I disappointed
Totally agree on Grateful Dead and Springsteen. A few good songs, but generally don't move me.
I love both. The Dead quote is that they are like black licorice. Not everyone likes black licorice, but the people that do REALLY like black licorice. Springsteen I think Darkness on the Edge of Town and Born to Run are genius.
I'm with you on Springsteen
i liked clapton more when he was the guitarist for cream...now THAT'S a power trio
Oasis both look like Parker from Thunderbirds - music for lager louts
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I like 'em, but their music lacks depth. Keep telling folk you're the best, eventually folk will start believing you and follow.
Always enjoy your vids. I bet I agree with your choices. Yep. Green Day. Never got on with them.
One album not to overlook is GNR's double cd, Live Era '86-'93. It does what a concert performance should do: give a fresh take on the material, whether that be through different arrangements or a simple infusion of on stage energy.
Yeah it's a typical overrated rock band live album. They recorded shows for a bunch of years and found the best performances of their songs to include. It'd like me taking tests in high school. Forget all my typical cs and ds look at this one time I got a B
I believe Lennon was rediscovering his muse when that asshole murdered him. Apart from Zep, I agree with your list.
Yeah, he lost me at Zep.
Double Fantasy sucks.
@@rustybear5125 Yes, I agreed with most of his list until then. Zep were more than just a Rock band, they were a blues band, a folk band, even a pop band or jazz if you like.
A band that took the ideas of what music was and is, and made it all perfect for the ages!
@@rustybear5125indeed. Zep was, and still is, the greatest band ever. No one comes close to that level of greatness.
@@benedictdonald4338 Yep still my favorite across the ROCK genre.Still waiting for something as good as or better ? All those other bands his analysis is quite correct !!
Surprised at the Zep inclusion, but each to their own. As a drummer and massive fan of Rush and technical rock in general, I've tried many times to 'get into' Dream Theater, but it repeatedly leaves me cold.
Same, but I don't dislike DT. I tried to work out the difference. I think it's that (to me) Rush sounds more natural and organic, the transitions and time signature changes feel like they are meant to be there. But with DT (and Tool, and other modern prog metal bands) it feels like they put them in for the sake of it - and they never seem to flow as well from one transition to another, as when Rush do it.
Someone in DT said recently "we can play everything by Rush" (or similar)
Yeah, but you didn't write it!
Dream Theater is a band I feel like I SHOULD like, because I like prog and technical playing, but I could never get through an entire DT album.
Virtuosity doesn't automatically make for good music. I like Mike Portnoy's solo projects better than Dream Theater.
They're four fantastic players and their hair metal buddy desperately searching for a song. So far in 30 years they found at most two.
@@Luthiart I'd be able to get through a DT album if they weren't so damn LONG and OVERINDULGENT!
I can agree with all your choices except John Lennon and Led Zeppelin. In Lennon's case he just shouldn't have put Yoko on any of his albums
Everyone knows Axl stole his side to side dance from the Monkees - Daydream Believer!
I once heard Radiohead described as " the Pink Floyd of the nineties ". I laughed so much my lungs exploded.
Did you need an iron lung?
Radiohead are so boring,funny Story,two weeks ago i chattet with gilmour, i told him that i startet playing because of him and that i am very disapointet what he did in the last 20years,a musician has to become better the older he gets. His answer was,man i want to give you a guitar. My answer was thanks Dave i already have 67.
@@Les00970 That sounds very believable champ. I once played chess with Liberace.
I would too. Radiohead is loud and Pink Floyd just plays boring dirges and bores the crap out of me.
Yep. Floyd are in the Premier League. Radiohead might make the Championship. Might.
Left field comment -- Can you a review on 'Soul Mining' by The The.... one of the most underrated albums of the 80's
Great album!
agree friend was dj uncertain smile hed play entire song for breakdancers few othe songs later matt was ahead of his time
Agreed, the 8 track version with Perfect. Never tire of it.
Infected and Mind Bomb are outstanding as well.
His "solo" debut Burning Blue Soul is astonishing. avant garde, post punk experimental. I seem to remember a side of a Marc and the mambas album that Johnson played on that was very electronic 80s trippy as well.
Happy Daze 🎸🎧🎵
I know hes considered a genius by many, with a once in a lifetime voice and a string of amazing hits but i could never get into william shatner
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Love your sharp, clever and funny commentary on many of your videos. You deserve a bigger audience imo.
Ballsy comment on Pearl Jam & Lennon, defs agree on the latter.
While we’re on this train: Def Leppard, Guns n Roses, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, White Stripes, Kings of Leon, The Offspring, The Weekend
White Stripes SUCK!
95% of the comments as expected are from people that have totally misunderstood the title, and just listed bands they hate.
Exactly!
as far as bands i'm a bit conflicted about (closer to the title's intention, i imagine), the peppers are a big one: love bssm, love by the way, love californication, don't love much else from them tbh
Hello, @dringypie. Exactly. The guy's just listing music he knows is great for others but which he isn't into himself and explains why.
Totally agree about Def Leopard total dross. Remember Magnum supporting them at the Apollo Manchester the crowd still shouting for Magnum most of the way into Leopard's set
Magnum with the late Tony Clarkin (R.I.P.) a class act
I saw Def Leppard in 83 I think it was, and Rock Goddess supported them and blew them off stage completely. Leppard also got a few boos, as people even then, thought they'd sold out to America. Didn't see them again until they were doing a double header Whitesnake. Luckily they came on after Whitesnake, and they bored me to tears that much , I went home. I still love their early stuff up to and including High and Dry, after that forget it.
People were still booing them when we were on.
I love Magnum. Not my usual genre, but I really do dig them.
Saw Def Leppard a few years ago in San Sebastian, very average.Whitesnake who were supporting them,were absolutely brilliant however
I agree with much of what you said, and I listen to mostly jazz now and other stuff, but only strongly disagree with Zep. Something about their 5 of their albums allows me to never tire of them after all these years. Def Leppard's first 3 LP are excellent in the context of NWOBHM. Hysteria was horrible but made them famous and $$. Radiohead I also disagree with. I get lost in many of their albums like Kid A. In Rainbows is a desert island record for me. Nirvana's Nevermind was gamechanging when I first bought it when I was 21 years old. Changed my focus on music for a long time. To me it sounds as fresh as when it was released. Incesticide is "okay" but more of same only more polished. G N' R: I was in grade 11 when Appetite was released and it changed us for 2 years. But yes, they are mostly skirting by on that one album although I've grown to love several songs on Use Your Illusion records. Bands that I generally don't get: Van Halen, actually liked Diver Down, 1984, and their debut. But I found them somewhat goofy and cornball for the most part. Motley Crue were terrible but I must admit I love the Shout at the Devil record ,still own a copy. I never got The Doors. Foo Fighters have a couple good songs but are a beer crowd stadium band. I never got Uriah Heep, and I think Steve Miller Band makes is terrible bland music.
Agree 100% on all counts! Well done. I agree with the poster who said U2 as well.
Thanks for that Barry! ..love the facetious banter, haha.. I would have squeezed Grateful Dead, Springsteen and U2 in there!
Come on now . . . U2s catalog is amazing. ;-)
@@tommyzai7038 Got to admit, I do like New Year's Day!
Jerry was a master at everything he touched. When current bands play old Dead they get standing ovations. It took me a year to get the Dead but 50 years later I'm glad my 2 buddies, who died in their early 20s, showed me the light.
@@peteshallcross787 In the strangest of places if ya look at it right....The Dead FOREVER.
@@user-fu2mi1nd5l Good call! Why do bands like Phish, Widespread Panic, Billy Strings and String Cheese incident play Dead songs at say, Redrocks Amphitheater? Cuz people want to hear it and those bands can pull it off!
I liked U2's early stuff before they went American. Don't get Kiss or Fleetwood Mac, can do without Sprinsteen too!
same early u2 mac just ok never liked ol bruce either kiss destroyer ok rest just boring all sounds the same
Bruce is horrible since the 80's
"Don't get Kiss or Fleetwood Mac..." Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green and Danny Kirwan are absolutely matchless. Stevie Nicks I can do without.
@@Earhairy I'll give you that, their early stuff was good!
Totally agree on Foo Fighters. They're like Pearl Jam with less melody,
I never cared for either one.
Queen after the first three albums?
The trouble with that list is you could put just about any band or singer on it and I'd agree with you up to a point
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I'd never lambast someone for their musical likes or dislikes, but I'd happily swap any one of those ten bands for RHCP.
Never forget, there are only two types of music... That which you like and that which you don't.
I agree with most of your picks. I love Zeppelin though. They are unique in my opinion. We all have different bands we like and love so there isn't any animosity towards you for your opinion. I will be watching to see your opinion on other bands.
Funnily enough, there are some bands I really like on your list. I agree with you about Green Day, though. I am curious to know your thoughts on Sonic Youth. They’re one of my favourites, but I can’t imagine you being a fan.
Agree with it all, more or less.
Then again, as I get older I have learned to like so many more bands and different styles, some which I used to hate younger.
Musical taste is constantly developing and changing. That makes it more interesting😎
Same here, in the 70s I wouldn't have gone anywhere near Genesis or Yes but now I love them both. I just stick Foxtrot or Closer To The Edge on and let the sounds waft over me. A wonderful way to get away from the 21st century.
Absolutely.When I was young,everything had to be cutting edge & "experimental" .Now in my fifties,my younger self would be horrified to hear that now,as well as still enjoying such acts as G.Y.B.E,Swans etc,I do like me some Sinatra,and some Steely Dan.
Can't stand it when people say GnR only have one good album. Yes Appetite was their marquee record, but Lies was good, Use Your Illusions 1 + 2 were bloated but have a lot of excellent material on them some of the best songs of that time written on them. Even Chinese Democracy imo is underrated. Yes, it's a bummer they haven't put anything out since then, but some of Slash's side projects have been good, and I think they put out 4 great albums in those 5 years between 1987-1991.....
They had ZERO good albums, dude!
Illusions could have been ONE good album
Very similar... It's a strange feeling liking certain songs or performances but just not having a connection to the band. And vice versa, I love watching Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale sing together Keep on moving. Even the worst (by some experts) lineup of Deep Purple has something that I connect with...
I've been watching your channel for years, this was the first one my wife liked. That's good man
Every one rings true...proud of you for taking the piss on these sacred cows...
Who do you like then?
I think Radiohead is probably going to be remembered as the best band of the last decade. I might not think that highly of them but I definitely have them up there. Also I couldn't disagree more about your Nirvana take. I don't know what weak songs you think are on Nevermind but I don't think there are any. I was a fan of Nirvana. I was a fan of the band from their sub pop days and I think their catalogue is spotless.
Yeah right, okay.
I agree with all you said...radiohead and nirvana are gods.
I love Radiohead too, but...the last decade? Their last album was 8 years ago. Their best string of albums was '95-'07 (Bends - In Rainbows)
Wow. As I always say Barry, we all have different ears. Radiohead and Nirvana absolutely sublime in my opinion and influenced so many bands I love. Pearl Jam have had a real return to form lately. Led Zeppelin are along with Rush my favourites. Agree with Oasis, Green Day and Lennon (you are a brave man).
Any hoo. ELP is one of the bands I should like being a massive classic prog fan but I cannot stand them at all.
Your best video yet. Loving the humour. Totally agree with your choices. And like you, I think Subdivisions is the best Rush song. However, Scorpions 'Humanity 1,' is a worthwhile album. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.
Bravo! Spot on, mate! Ten out of ten! Bullseye!
Buddy, I have a twin, for real, but I reckon, when it comes to musical taste, our needles are in the same groove. Educated stab in the dark - you are circa 1961.
I finally found the right guy to refer my kids to. Just subbed. Well done, mate.
I’ve always thought John Lennon’s song “mother” is his best art, so to speak. I love it. It offers a feeling no mid 60’s Beatles tune ever could. His was my favorite solo career of the Fab Four.
Plastic Ono band is great, and so plastic ono band singles.
Personally I like "Unfinished Music, No 2: Life With The Lions" although the other Lennon Ono solo albums...
Lennon needed Macartny and vice versa
Don't forget that Ringo had more records in the charts than Lennon .
“Mother you had me, but I never had you” sure a lot there in one simple line
@@user-td6yy1ed6x I am sure Taloy Swift does too, but that means nothing to me…
The Beatles are overrated.
I agree with everything you said, with the single exception of Led Zeppelin. They surely have something magical about them?
Absolutely!
They were Magical indeed when I witnessed them in 1972.Fantastic !!!
The best plagiarists of all time
@@HDIrwingive it a feckin break
@@MJEvermore853well it would have been handy if they credited the original artists they were actually using music and lyrics rather than bering forced to acknowledge it by lawsuit
Man I matched almost in every band with ya ! 😂 I just keep Lennon, and Smells by Nirvana, which I think is very iconic ✌️
The fresh opinions and honesty much appreciated.