Bands You Just Don't Get

[RatBastard]

METALLICA

[Frank Gallagher]

Van Halen
 Aerosmith
 Bon Jovi
 Kiss
 Buffet
 Radiohead
 Bob Marley
 Elvis Costello
 Beastie Boys
 Ramones
 Nirvana
 
 
 Rap/Hip Hop in general

[Vas Deferens]

Really?! You can't even get into the song Stockholm Syndrome? I Can Hear The Heart Beating as One is such a classic...
 
 

Originally posted by Relaxer:
 
 
 Yo La Tengo (I don't dislike them, but I've tried again and again to get into Heart Beats as One ..)

[kmb187]

Deerhoof.
 
 Maybe I'm just too simple.

[Marty666]

Originally posted by manimtired:
   

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  I never saw much in the dead even while I was on a jamband kick.

american beauty was a great album and the songs, not "jammed out",  are great IMO.  i was 16 when they played RFK for the last time and two friends and i went to just walk around the parking lot...fuuuun times. luckily marty666 wasnt there taking pics... [/b]

actually, I was at that show too. you are just lucky i didnt have a digital camera back then with a memory card that lets me take 4,000 pictures without reloading.

[rcrown]

Whoa....The Traveling Wilburys (Dylan, Petty, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne)are overrated? I would re-think that opinion.  Some of his best work in the 80's was recording with that group.  And Dylan was in the bag for most of the 80's!      
 
 Dylan is always interpreting his songs differently, both lyrically and musically. He always keeps you guessing.
 
 And by the way, "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" is an amazing song inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis and pre-dates many important events leading up to the Civil Rights movement. One of my favorite lines "I met a white man who walked a black dog."  He definitely had the foresight.        
 
 Okay, off the soapbox now.
 
 
 posted 08-17-2007 11:13 AM                      
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 Originally posted by K8teebug:
 I don't get how someone doesn't get Bob Dylan.
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 I can. And I even LIKE some of his songs (the incredibly nasty, bitter ones: Idiot Wind, I Don't Believe You, Positively 4th Street, and Donâ??t Think Twice.)
 
 He's unintelligible. A lot of baby boomers think he's god. He's released as many bad albums as good ones. You can't dance to him. Sometimes rhyming nonsense is mistaken for genius ("A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall.") Every other baby boomer musician kisses his ass/covers him (I mean, he willingly participated in a "30th Anniversary Concert" for himself.) He's inspired a lot of bad singer/songwriters. He's overrated. The Traveling Wilburys. He's inscrutable (To some people, listening to "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" must seem like reading "War & Peace.") He insists upon himself.
 
 Need I go on?
 
 Brian

[beetsnotbeats]

Originally posted by rcrown:
  And by the way, "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" is an amazing song inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis and pre-dates many important events leading up to the Civil Rights movement. One of my favorite lines "I met a white man who walked a black dog."  He definitely had the foresight.  

"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" was published in 1962; the modern Civil Rights Movement generally began in 1954.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
   

Originally posted by rcrown:
  And by the way, "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" is an amazing song inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis and pre-dates many important events leading up to the Civil Rights movement. One of my favorite lines "I met a white man who walked a black dog."  He definitely had the foresight.  

"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" was published in 1962; the modern Civil Rights Movement generally began in 1954. [/b]

Yes but, believe me, things did not change over night.

[beetsnotbeats]

Originally posted by Jaguar:
   

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
   

Originally posted by rcrown:
 [qb] "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" was published in 1962; the modern Civil Rights Movement generally began in 1954. [/b]

Yes but, believe me, things did not change over night. [/b]

Not in the least. Many, including me, would argue that it continues to this day. Brian asserted that the song predated and even presaged the movement, which it clearly did not.

[Marty666]

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
   

Originally posted by Jaguar:
   

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
   

Originally posted by rcrown:
 [qb] "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" was published in 1962; the modern Civil Rights Movement generally began in 1954. [/b]

Yes but, believe me, things did not change over night. [/b]

Not in the least. Many, including me, would argue that it continues to this day. Brian asserted that the song predated and even presaged the movement, which it clearly did not. [/b]

the movement is/was not like a light switch that was simply turned on, and maintained its size and strength with any kind of consistency.
 there were events and people who shaped it and helped it grow and take root and spread and achieve things.
 its a very fluid and evolving creation.
 Popular music played a part in getting people involved and creating awareness and also helped to build cohesiveness.
 The music and lyrics of Bob Dylan did have an effect and did play a part in the movement. for some people it was their point of entry. others, it was the extent of their involvement. in anycase, the civil rights movement could only be as sucessful to the degree that the majority of americans were willing to accept.
 bob dylan got kids challenging their parents at the dinner table and its those conversations that nudged america towards doing the right thing.

[azaghal1981]

I like when fans of bands mentioned in threads like these get offended when their favorite bands are listed. Settle down people!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Why do you like that? I sort of do too. It's pretty funny!
 
 

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  I like when fans of bands mentioned in threads like these get offended when their favorite bands are listed. Settle down people!

[azaghal1981]

It's hilarious. Shows an insecurity of sorts in some people.
 
 "They don't like my band...Is there something wrong with me or my taste?"

[Vas Deferens]

It's more disbelief that people don't have taste    
 
   

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  I like when fans of bands mentioned in threads like these get offended when their favorite bands are listed. Settle down people!

[eltee]

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
  A lot of baby boomers think he's god.

Not so sure about that. Most that I've met have told me they can't stand him or they became sick of him. I think it's other generations that have attempted to glorify him.
 
 My selections:
 Dave Matthews Band
 Travis
 Interpol
 American Idol as a whole