Any songs or bands you don't get?

[dullard]

The Fall

Judging by my taste in music I should love them but their sound just doesn't do it for me for some reason. I will likely give them another go soon.

[Cutegirl]

Originally Posted by letitrock

Portishead

Ok, so I'd heard of this band numerous times and I always thought cuz of the weird gross name, that it was some Slipknot type metal band.....then, I actually listened to their albums thru the sampler on Amazon, and youtube, and I hate all their music

I honestly don't get why people LOVE them-guess it's just a preference thing...

The name isn't a horrible name rofl.. It's the name of a town in south-west England. When I heard it for the first time I didn't think the name sounded horrible at all, and I don't understand how for you, the name 'Slipknot' comes to mind when you hear 'Portishead'..... That's lunacy.

WHACK!

[Iced Soul]

Originally Posted by letitrock

Leona Lewis-Bleeding Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF84pIhP5UM

Ok, I do not get why people love this song-I mean that one part of the song where the music slows down, and Leona really uses her voacl range, I'll admit thats a good part of the song......but the rest of it?-the whole backbeat of the song sound like a really bad 80s song backbeat

I agree with so much.
Whenever this song comes on, I turn it and people ask me the same thing, "Why did you turn it? How do you not like this song?" I always reply, "Easy. My ears don't like it, so it tells my brain that it's annoyed by the noise, and I turn it." That probably makes no sense, but people don't ask me anything else about it after that.

My main one has to be all the Disney music. I'm sorry to anyone who likes/loves it, but what is so good about it? None of these people can sing, not in my opinion. They got picked to 'act' in shows, and most of them can't really act, then Disney decided that they would be great as singers and got them signed. Now, they are famous 'singers' and everyone is in love with them. I don't get it.

Britney Spears. Now, when I was going through my 'happy, teeny bopper phase', which lasted all of 20 minutes, I liked it. It was pretty wholesome, so I could see why people liked it... in a way, but now, wow, it's nothing but sex. Not saying sex is bad, but I see now that it can be overdone to the point of insanity. I know she/ her management is trying to really get her back out there and make her as appealing as before, but I would think they could do it in a more subtle way. I really didn't have tat much of a problem with it, because I don't really listen to her, but when my 6 year old niece started singing about 'Amy', well, it came to my attention that her sexy music is really strange. I don't get it. I don't really get her appeal. Well, guys, I see why they like her, even if they don't like her music, but I don't get it.

Rap. I like some rap, but most of it from after the 90s just seems really bad and all about drinking, getting b****es, and hitting up a club or going stupid. I don't know who relates to that, but not me. I really only listen to music I can relate to. If I can't relate, I usually don't like it and don't get it.

[phillipk128]

Soulja Boy enough said

[zomgz]

ACDC, The Beatles, Nirvana, the top 40 "hit" songs (lady gaga and the like), smashing pumkins is so-so, most rap songs. I think the "hit" songs in quotes pretty much sums it up lol! xD

I like trip hop but I don't like hip hop! =]

[KumagoroBeam]

Coldplay. One or two songs I like but I hate hate hate Chris Martin. I can't stand Gwyneth Paltrow either, so that might have something to do with it.
Also... Pearl Jam. I tried so hard to like them but they just bore me to death.
And most R'n'B.

[strawberryjulius]

Originally Posted by Iced Soul

I agree with so much.
Whenever this song comes on, I turn it and people ask me the same thing, "Why did you turn it? How do you not like this song?" I always reply, "Easy. My ears don't like it, so it tells my brain that it's annoyed by the noise, and I turn it." That probably makes no sense, but people don't ask me anything else about it after that.

makes perfect sense to me. i hate it when people ask, "how can you not like <insert>?" obviously because everyone likes different things. what a stupid question.

[AudreyHepburn]

Originally Posted by hiimnotcool

People always hate me when I say this...

The Beatles. I just don't see the big deal about them at all. They bore me to death. I listen to them and think 'This must be some sort of trick. You mean this is what the big fuss is about?'.

I'm sorry- but I totally agree with you. I like Paul McCartney when he went solo and did RAM, but the Beatles... ugh.

Some bands I don't get; Coldplay, Aids Wolf (just listen to 30 seconds of this and you'll know what I mean) I tried so hard to like this but I just couldn't.


I didn't get Björk for the longest time... I kind of do now. She's alright I guess. Paramore.. generic.. boring. Celene Dion... anything on the Top 40. Why do people like the song 'I Gotta Feeling' so much? It's nothing special.

[ninka]

Originally Posted by Mr. Frostie

Anything that's popular and made in the last 15 years. Early 90s grunge/modern rock was the last time you could still turn on the radio and hear a good song.

This

[Havalina]

I can't understand how anyone could not like the smashing pumpkins... <3

As far as my pick would be (beyond the obvious nickelback, theory/deadman, etc, etc), I could have to say most mainstream rap. It seriously makes no sense to me. The songs aren't even relatible...or anything really.

[Duke of Prunes]

Most generic 60s rock, especially blues rock. Can't stand it. I like some of the music from that era (early jazz fusion and prog rock), but all your well-known overrated trash like Rolling Stones, Cream etc just makes me cringe. It's like listening to someone scraping a chalkboard.

I also don't get why people like all this Indie crap. It all sounds the same to me. Generic riffs through ugly sounding Big Muff'd VOX amps, lo-fi sounding drums and vocals and either meaningless lyrics with no musicality in the vocals, or emo lyrics with out of tune vocals. What a terrible genre.

[BeNice]

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3C7DECI0jU

I remember when that song came out and everyone in my class was talking about them like they were the greatest thing ever. "Where were you while we were getting high." Oh, wow, he said high and you're 13 and don't really understand what that means. Yeah.

Wonderwall was actually the most annoying, though. Everyone would always be singing that.

[KumagoroBeam]

Originally Posted by Havalina

I can't understand how anyone could not like the smashing pumpkins. <3

[xXSadiXx]

Country

[00Athena00]

I don't understand teen pop stars who sing poor covers of songs from the 80's, and then get credited for being so "original" and "talented". You don't need to have any talent to be a musician any more, it's all about branding a pretty face to sell merchandise.

I also don't get the *****cat dolls. I think it's funny that they claim to be role models who empower women. How are lip syncing strippers supposed to be empowering?

**Edit** LOL! Even the SA forums censor think's they're too sleazy!

[Dreamcatcher]

Originally Posted by hiimnotcool

People always hate me when I say this...

The Beatles. I just don't see the big deal about them at all. They bore me to death. I listen to them and think 'This must be some sort of trick. You mean this is what the big fuss is about?'.

Completely agree with you on this. When I hear their music, I just cringe.

[zookeeper]

I'm surprised I didn't think of them earlier. Perhaps I'm so apathetic towards them that they didn't pop into my head until someone else mentioned them, but I totally, totally agree about the Beatles and Nirvana. Both have some great songs and I don't dislike them. I just don't understand the level of worship they receive. Nirvana in particular, at least the beatles did some revolutionary things in the way the music business was run (which may have been coincidental with the time they were coming up).

[ch3cooh]

Originally Posted by letitrock

Any songs or bands you don't get? Like, basically, are there songs or bands that a lot of people like and you just don't get why?

For me, there's 2 main songs:

Justin Timberlake-What Comes Around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m8PchFpMfM

So I have major problems with this song and I wish I knew musical terms or whatver cuz I know I'm on to something for why I hate this song

So, I hate the beat, it's just mediocre to me, like it's trying too hard to be a sad tragic song, and I hate the way he sings"what goes around comes around goes around comes back around," I don't know I just really think that's the most awful part of the song

And if I'm not mistaken this stupid song won a ****ing grammy

I love JT, great pop music. Not some world changing music but quality pop.

For me it's Radiohead. Look good music, but jesus just because you listen to radiohead does not make you smarter or a better person than me.

[letitrock]

Originally Posted by Cutegirl

The name isn't a horrible name rofl.. It's the name of a town in south-west England. When I heard it for the first time I didn't think the name sounded horrible at all, and I don't understand how for you, the name 'Slipknot' comes to mind when you hear 'Portishead'..... That's lunacy.

WHACK!

oh my god, your post gave me a good laugh!

Ok, so, yeah, I already knew that Portishead was the name of an english town, i learned that that while ago, when I started lisetning to ther music on amazon and ****........

And, "portishead" does too sound like a gross name!

Ok, let's break it down, the portis part to me sounds like a foreign object/organism, and esp, the "is" part, sounds like something slimy.....

the head part sounds like the head of something slimy-it also has subconscious phallic connotations to it

So all in all, portishead sounds like it might be the name of some gross looking slimy organism, or a part of said organism

Ummm, soo yeah

[Neptunus]

Originally Posted by Iced Soul

Rap. I like some rap, but most of it from after the 90s just seems really bad and all about drinking, getting b****es, and hitting up a club or going stupid. I don't know who relates to that, but not me. I really only listen to music I can relate to. If I can't relate, I usually don't like it and don't get it.

As they say... "you can't spell crap without rap!"

Originally Posted by xXSadiXx

Country

And boy bands.