Bands You Just Don't Get

[sweetcell]

my vote goes to MIA.  seen her, heard her, don't get it.
 
 

Originally posted by Relaxer:
 Daft Punk

you're fired.
 
 seriously tho, on the way out of the daft punk show at lolla my girlfriend asked me what made the show so good, and why was i possibly hyped up even beyond that.  their stage set-up is amazing, the music moves the people's asses en masse, and few people arrive prepared for the onslaught so the show takes them by surprise.  admittedly, for me there was also a dose of nostalgia thrown in - i was a club kid when da funk and around the world came out, so it was impressive to see these old nuggets sound so good in a live show setting.  with all that said: without having seen the live show, i fully understand why people don't get it.  i've always liked daft punk.  after having seen them, i'm addicted.
 
 

Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
  Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

absolutely.

[RatBastard]

1) Dave Matthews Band...  Same old cookie cutter, generic, pop rock folk music that is grade B at best.  It ain't BAD music, just its the average stuff you can see by any folk pop bar band anywhere in the US of A.
 
 2) U2...  Talent never visited these guys.  Bone-Oh has an ego bigger than the spruce goose and they are all arrogant meglomaniacs.  The fact that people give any creedence to his opinion on world matters floors me.  Whats a no talent lead singer in a half ass pseudo rock band have to do with anything other than feeding his ego?
 
 3) Boston...  OK so we know the guitar player knows how to use a wah wah peddle.  NEXT!  The only reason it took them 10 years between CDs is that its the 2nd release is the EXACT same songs as the 1st only in a different order and different song names.  Collectively the band might know 3 chords and that includes the drummer.

[walkonby]

that guy on the new rolling stone cover.  manbla alert!

[Bombay Chutney]

Originally posted by walkonby:
   but aretha is ADORED, if not WORSHIPPED like a female jesus by the gay men community.  that is what i do not understand.  

Really?  I never noticed that.  Madonna and Cher - yes.  Aretha? hmmm...I don't think so.
 

why do gay guys love black women so much?

Attitude.  Every gay man has a sassy black woman inside him, waiting to come out.

[Sage 703]

Originally posted by le sonick:
   

Originally posted by callat703:
 
 The Velvet Underground

:eek:      :eek:      :eek:  [/b]

I know.  Believe me, I tried.  It just doesn't grab me though.  Oh well.  You can't like everything.

[walkonby]

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
   

Originally posted by walkonby:
   but aretha is ADORED, if not WORSHIPPED like a female jesus by the gay men community.  that is what i do not understand.  

Really?  I never noticed that.  Madonna and Cher - yes.  Aretha? hmmm...I don't think so.
   

why do gay guys love black women so much?

Attitude.  Every gay man has a sassy black woman inside him, waiting to come out. [/b]

yes, aretha.  please, girl; know your gay history! she's the queen over donna summer and chaka khan, and just because she's not as "in your face" as madonna and cher, doesn't mean the gays don't flock to her feet.  when she sat in for pavarotti to perform "nessun dorma," every gay man melted into a sea of her being a saint.

[miss pretentious]

I have never ever been able to 'get' U2 and Pink Floyd.
 (Sorry Director!)

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Bjork and Pink Floyd

[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by SalParadise:
   

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
   

Originally posted by walkonby:
  the stereotypical sounds that many gay guys love: (aretha, weather girls, whitney, jody whatley, crystal waters, cher, madonna, ect...)

There's nothing gay about Aretha.  At all.  You're talking about one of, if not the, best voice ever to touch a mic.
 
  This is one of the funkiest songs ever to pass out of speakers/headphones.  I'm almost positive you'll at least head nod.  No disrespect, but you don't look like much of a dancer.         [/b]

i knew it was rocksteady before i clicked. classic classic classic. [/b]

You are a great man.  You just made it to the uber-exclusive "buy him/her a drank" list.  

[Bombay Chutney]

Originally posted by walkonby:
  yes, aretha.  please, girl; know your gay history! she's the queen over donna summer and chaka khan, and just because she's not as "in your face" as madonna and cher, doesn't mean the gays don't flock to her feet.  when she sat in for pavarotti to perform "nessun dorma," every gay man melted into a sea of her being a saint.

I stand corrected!    

[SalParadise]

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
   

Originally posted by SalParadise:
   

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
     

Originally posted by walkonby:
  the stereotypical sounds that many gay guys love: (aretha, weather girls, whitney, jody whatley, crystal waters, cher, madonna, ect...)

There's nothing gay about Aretha.  At all.  You're talking about one of, if not the, best voice ever to touch a mic.
 
  This is one of the funkiest songs ever to pass out of speakers/headphones.  I'm almost positive you'll at least head nod.  No disrespect, but you don't look like much of a dancer.          [/b]

i knew it was rocksteady before i clicked. classic classic classic. [/b]

You are a great man.  You just made it to the uber-exclusive "buy him/her a drank" list.      [/b]

if i'm hovering in the 100-105 bpm range for a while, "rocksteady" is usually on deck.
 
 had i read your message beforehand.. i would've tried collecting on that drink at the daft punk show. sooner or later i'm sure..

[Driveway]

Arcade Fire
 Clap You Hands Say Yeah
 Of Monteal
 Melt Bananna

[beetsnotbeats]

Muse. They're like punk never happened, and the reason it did.

[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  I have never ever been able to 'get' U2 and Pink Floyd.
 (Sorry Director!)

It's okay, sweety.  I still like you in spite of your gaping, inherent flaws.  Cool as a fan.  Yes, without a doubt.  Perfect, no.          
 
     

Originally posted by RatBastard:
 
 2) U2...  Talent never visited these guys.  Bone-Oh has an ego bigger than the spruce goose and they are all arrogant meglomaniacs.  The fact that people give any creedence to his opinion on world matters floors me.  Whats a no talent lead singer in a half ass pseudo rock band have to do with anything other than feeding his ego?
 

WHOA! WHOA! Pump your brakes here, fam.  I understand that the "bombast" of what it is that U2 does turns some off.  Nothing wrong with that.  Sweeping, anthemic rock isn't necessarily some people's cup of tea.  I respect that as well.  But for you to say that they're talentless is purely fucking asinine.  Larry & Adam are at LEAST a solid rhythm section, and The Edge is easily one of the greatest players to pick up an axe.  In the interest of being objective, I'll keep my opinion on where Bono sits in the pantheon of lead singers to myself.  I cannot deny that Bono definitely has an ego.  But last I checked so did Mick Jagger & Dylan.  Greatness tends to buy you a pass on that.  But the caveat there is NEITHER of those two are feeding hungry children in Africa.  Regardless of what you think about his "no-talent shitty pseudo rock band", those 4 men, not just Bono, have tirelessly dedicated to their time & effort to MANY humanitarian causes.  How can you hate on people trying to leave the world in better shape than they found it?  You can't do bumps & fuck groupies all the time, can you???  There's only so much Jack Daniels to go around . . .      :roll:

[Venerable Bede]

yo la tengo
 neutral milk hotel