Musicians you just don't get

[michaelb]

hal wrote:
[quote=mikebw]
[quote=hal]
the entire (yes, I mean all of it) universe of Rap/Hip-hop. It's boring and very limited.

... but I would like to think there are intricacies that exist beyond the level of attention that many people are willing to devote to it.
I would too. I will admit to being taken by NWA (I think) music that was in Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing'. They lyrics were brash to say the least, (JFK was just another racist or something like that) and I understood then (and this was 20 years ago) that these guys were the Dylan of their time - saying very clearly, a message that rang so true then.

However, the music itself, is repetitive. I actually sat through that recent movie, "Hustle & Flow” and I was shocked at how uninteresting the music was. It was just plain bad imo.
That was Public Enemy, but both PE and NWA were great and among the very best.

There is a ton of music I get but don't like. It is harder to think of music I don't get. Eric Clapton was listed as the 2nd greatest guitar player of all time by RS; I just don't get that. I can't think of a single instance in which I have every been impressed by Eric Clapton. I have a hard time seeing how he could be better, in any way, on the guitar than Stevie Ray Vaughn for example.

[dmann]

Taylor Swift. My musical tastes are pretty mainstream and I definitely don't have a discriminating ear but this girl always sounds off-key to me.

DM

[DeusxMac]

mikebw wrote:
[quote=Uncle Wig]
The title of this thread should have been, "Musicians you just don't like."

.." but for some reason most other people do".
No, I'm going to stick to my original phrase. As I expanded in the body of the posting to say "...not understand what all the fuss is about."

I didn't say "don't like." As others here have stated, Springsteen is competent. I don't dislike his stuff. It's just that I don't get the absolute adulation he gets. His music just doesn't warrant that in my opinion.

[cbelt3]

Some of them I "Got" only when I was *cough* chemically altered with ethanol or other substances. Like Zappa. Or Bjork.

[Paul F.]

dmann wrote:
Taylor Swift. My musical tastes are pretty mainstream and I definitely don't have a discriminating ear but this girl always sounds off-key to me.

DM

I think a big part of her appeal is that she's really cute... With the right dimples, the music all of a sudden seems less important.
Do agree with you on the off-key-ed-ness though.

[rz]

There are a lot of musicians/bands that I don't like (many of the ones mentioned above) but I "get" why they're popular. They usually appeal to a different demographic than I happen to be in.

[Black]

mikebw wrote:
[quote=Uncle Wig]
The title of this thread should have been, "Musicians you just don't like."

.." but for some reason most other people do".
:-)

[Tommie Milwaukee]

This is too subjective to arrive at any conclusion. Music affects different people in different ways for different reasons.

[blooz]

There are a lot of groups that I think are mostly—or entirely—bad but I still like a song or video of theirs (Die Antwoord comes to mind) and a lot that I like but have written some dumb or just plain bad songs (Dylan comes to mind).
Don't dislike anyone across the board except maybe the Eagles— and even they have that wonderful line "it's a girl my lord, in a flat-bed ford, slowin' down to take a look at me."

[pRICE cUBE]

I am not a music snob, some music is meant to be fun and not serious, others are supposed to have meaning. What I don't understand is Miley Cyrus and how anyone can sit through a whole song. Even with autotune they can't fix that.