Classic albums and famous bands you don't like
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MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
I tried it many times! The Wall and Wish You Were Here are quite ok but not to a point I´d like to relisten them. It may sound blasphemous to some I guess.
JudasMyGuide
The incorrigible papist
I used to be a huge fan in secondary school, I was devouring the post-Obscured discography like a man possessed, but I can totally see where people would be bored by it. Furthermore, I myself have grown out of it. Or more precisely, I have grown out of Waters - he is the driving force, the edge, the bloke that makes the band interesting ... and as long as I was willing to tolerate him, I was a fan, but ever since I found it it is better for my soul to avoid him a bit (the extreme bile he spouts against everyone on The Wall is both fascinating and captivating, but also toxic and kinda childish), I realise I don't listen to Floyd at all.
What doesn't help is the fact that despite me not being a genre purist, I kinda agree that they shouldn't be classified as "prog", not because of any fault on their side, but they just don't scratch that particular itch. They're like the Moody Blues in that regard - whom I like much more and whom I find much more consistent.
I have given Animals and Gilmour's On an Island a spin, relatively recently, for the nostalgia alone and while I like both (although Island does feel a bit too lethargic) and I suppose I will keep on liking Animals and WYWH, but the fandom as such seems to have left me mostly.
Also, I have never liked the early era, which seems to be really loved - Barret's childish nursery aesthetic leaves me completely cold and a lot of the "mindblowing" stuff, like the musical chaos of Interstellar Overdrive or Saucerful of Secrets is very boring and sounds terribly dated nowadays. I mean, Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane could get away with that, as they were more instrumentally proficient (GD are more or less a jam band, after all), here I see absolutely no reason to listen to Piper apart from a song or two (like Astronomy Domine, which is dated, but atmospheric and actually a good song and Lucifer Sam has a good riff at least).
Cat Milk Supreme
Ancient Mariner
Pretty much my relationship with Kiss in a nutshell. Although I do have a genuine love for Detroit Rock City and one or 2 others.
Also my thoughts. Some absolute bangers on UYI. Don't Damn Me is a career highlight, for me.
Edington
Last Son of The Miracle
Stone cold hidden gem. Absolutely one of their best songs, can't believe it took 30 years to play live.
Detective Beauregard
Leviathan of Doggerland
The Beatles are incredibly hit or miss for me. For every Helter Skeletor or Here Comes the Sun, there’s three or four songs that bore me to tears. I’ll respect their musical diversity and songwriting, but I’ll rarely actively listen to them.
KISS is truly awful to my ears. If there’s a “classic” band that I’d pick as the most overrated, it’s KISS. All “style,” zero substance - and that goes for all the glam shit that they clearly inspired (e.g. Motley Crue, Poison, etc.)
AC/DC is fun classic rock, but outside of Hell’s Bells every song really does sound the same. Not so much a complaint as it is an observation, since they’re probably the best background music for a party. But for active listening? Nope.
Judas Priest is really hit or miss for me. I absolutely love Painkiller and Firepower, but outside of a few classic tunes here or there most of their other stuff is in one ear and out the other. How they are always compared to Iron Maiden is beyond me, since the songs are far more pedestrian and the vocals are nowhere near the same level (come at me bros).
KISS is truly awful to my ears. If there’s a “classic” band that I’d pick as the most overrated, it’s KISS. All “style,” zero substance - and that goes for all the glam shit that they clearly inspired (e.g. Motley Crue, Poison, etc.)
AC/DC is fun classic rock, but outside of Hell’s Bells every song really does sound the same. Not so much a complaint as it is an observation, since they’re probably the best background music for a party. But for active listening? Nope.
Judas Priest is really hit or miss for me. I absolutely love Painkiller and Firepower, but outside of a few classic tunes here or there most of their other stuff is in one ear and out the other. How they are always compared to Iron Maiden is beyond me, since the songs are far more pedestrian and the vocals are nowhere near the same level (come at me bros).
I love Animals (mostly Pigs and Dogs), but most of their other stuff does relatively little for me. Dark Side of the Moon is about as overrated as it gets. I require riffs!