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good one ha ha ST

that i like

bon jovi(they seem to be like marmite, although i defy anyone not to hit the dancefloor during living on a prayer

the darkness(although i now have a couple of allies on this one)

I have a lot of time for the Spin Doctors.

My list:

Bjork ( some genius surrounded by utter shit)
Disturbed
Evanescence (Dude, they're a pop band with heavy guitar!)
Die Krupps

reverse one for me is kiss-all style and no substance as far as i'm concerned.

severely dislike Oasis, a bad Beatles rip off imo

@social tornado-tell me about it-i get shunned by so many people for that-but-they just don't work for me? i see the make up, light show, poses and wait ..and wait ...and wait...for the hell fire and damnation hard rock hades that they promise-what do i get instead? music that any apple pie american mom can let their children listen to or you hear on so many american teen movies!! (i'll get down behind me parapet now, methinks!!) ;-/

@ social tornado-methinks i got a valid point, though? (don't answer-don't want you tarred and feathered as well!!);-(

luv the christians
hate U2

Mark

I can see a debate forming. A real one, not barbed bullshit.

OK. My take on KISS.

Im not a FAN per se. I can, however, see the appeal. I like a few of the songs. The thing I like better is the spectacle.

It's about live shows. If I go to see a show I want my eyes to be entertained as well as my ears. I love a great number of bands/solo artists/orchestras etc and listen to them on my phone mp3 player regularly. There are some I wouldn't go and see because there is no visual stimulation though.

Spectacle and interaction are what I feed off in a gig environment. If there's nothing to see I may as well be at home listening to the CD.

I think KISS, and bands like them (Rammstein anyone?) have the opposite effect. They can make you like music that is possibly not the strongest because the spectacle is recreated in the listeners mind when the music is played.....? At least that's how it works for me.

How Neil Young made it I have no idea though. *runs away*

luv Rammstein

Mark

*Kev peeps over parapet and yells* BUSTED!!!! *Kev runs far and fast >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *..seriously..listen to psycho girlfriend..I have it as a ringtone on my fone when her who must be ignored rings. The lyrics are hilarious ! *Kev creeps away with his street cred in tatters*

i love extreme especially the first three albums.

but i really dont like t-rex i never understood the appeal.

but most people tell me that about extreme!! mad

craig.

@bad horsie (mick) and there, for me, you have the crux of it. take away the trappings, and what's left, for me, is an average american "safety first" rock outfit-hence their mass appeal? no quibbles against the musicianship-my quibble is with the delivery.

Hate:
AC/DC (overplayed, over-rated & over-covered)
Oasis (for lack of originality and crass attitude)
Amy Winehouse (for obvious reasons)

Like:
Some techno/dance music
The Beatles for what they were when they were, and some of the great songs they created.
Take That (for one of the greatest comebacks ever)

Rob

+1 on Rammstein.
Not a lot wrong with McFly, either

Rob

"# Posted by viking - 28/01/2010, 20:23 (GMT)

@bad horsie (mick) and there, for me, you have the crux of it. take away the trappings, and what's left, for me, is an average american "safety first" rock outfit-hence their mass appeal? no quibbles against the musicianship-my quibble is with the delivery."

I think that the approach to any band from an introductory stance is hugely subjective bro. I LOVE listening to music. Something I should also have quantified is that I will avoid going to see certain musicians or bands because I don't want the visual distraction. Not that I'm intolerant or anything. Ahem.

I always saw KISS as Paul Stanley/Gene Simmons Inc. The music was never going to be groundbreaking was it?

Ace Frehley: "So that's a Les Paul then?"
Music shop salesman: "Yes. Yes it is".
Ace Frehley: "Coooool. Where do teh bombz go?"

i like Kiss but see where youre coming from Mick, a group of songs are cool , ive got the cd Greatest Kiss, and for me thats enough, although i wouldnt mind Kiss Alive.

as for the hate ACDC comment written above blimey wheres our tin helmets?!!!! ha ha

Love The Proclaimers

Don't get Queen - appreciate it, just don't get it.

Again AC/DC have to be understood. I disliked them for 25 years because of their style of music, but over the last few years I've warmed to them. I wouldn't get the back catalog, but I can understand the simplistic Rock & Roll approach they always had.

I would be hard pressed to think of a band that go out and do "what we do" as well as AC/DC.

And I've come to think that Back in Black riff is one of the best of all time. Perfect for the intro scene to Iron Man.

@Socialtornado I'm loving the ACTUAL music discussions, but I'm perplexed as to why more people are not getting involved.

Discussions like this and the Quizes are great, but they disappear too quickly off "Page 1"
That's why i prefer the format of the Play Pen, or whatever it is now called. At least the popular topics are kept visible.

Right McFly, they are actually shit-hot musicians. They all have some sort of musical parentage and can play a really mean blues.
Never bought a Beatles record, when Please Please Me was No1, I bought Green Onions.
For spectacle got to be early Earth Wind and Fire or The Tubes.
Hate The Smiths, Oasis.

@bad horsie(mick) again, you hit it on head,bro -from an introductory stance it is, by definion subjective-and always should be-for, isn't music both an intellectual and emotional medium? -however-after years of intense adulation, especially by (certain) quarters of the media, i reckon closer inspection is warranted? and-after doing that...same conclusion-they're entertainers, not the hard rock band they (or their publicists-or both) convey themselves to be?. i do acknowlededge that i may always be in a minority holding that view re kiss. however-until i hear them play something to make me think again??
and-"ace frehley"???pmsl!!! :-)

love.....
Electric Love Hogs
Lit
Saxon
Showaddywaddy
Wildhearts

Hate.....
ub40
Coldplay
Boy Bands
Ramones
Any song that talks about 'turning back time'.....

"# Posted by The Cottonhouse Shakers - 28/01/2010, 20:42 (GMT)

Don't get Queen - appreciate it, just don't get it."

You are on a roll today. Appreciation is everything. It's easy to dislike. Seeing the value behind something despite ones own aversion. I'm exactly the same with the Beatles.

hmm..now then...mood depending -
The Sundays..tick,
The Pixies..tick,
Take That..tick tick TICK (im female its my right!)

not much i dont like really..oh apart from louis armstrongs voice - does anyone else find the need to cough when they hear one of his songs?

ST I always thought you were really wierd until I found out you hated the Beatles Keren 'The Pixies' wait till i see you tomorrow

I like The Carpenters... I know people don't usually HATE the Carpenters but I never hear other rockers say anything about em... LOVE Karen's voice

amongst rock types, I feel out of place expressing a liking of Steely Dan, 2Pac, Prince, Abba, but I don't think people tend to HATE em

oh yeah, I LOVE the Darkness... rock is inherently silly (ask Freddie, ask Mick, ask Iggy... they know that the magic formula is to look ridiculous while sounding fantastic), and it amazes me that rockers thought they were having the piss taken out of them by The Darkness... I always thought Justin was great

Karen Carpenter is my favourite vocalist of all time. Bar none.

Anne Wilson is 2nd, but Karens timbre melts me.

@steve dixon-steely dan very influential band in their time-excellent music as far as i'm concerned? "reelin' in the years" all time classic, for me. :-)

OK time to turn the love around.

I can't see the value in:

R.E.M.
Neil Young
Bob Dylan

I also strongly dislike anyone who tries to convey a political message in a song. We're not stupid. We can make our own minds up thanks. You have a record deal not a big "save the world" brain.

Are you reading this Bono?

@ bad horsie(mick) - with you on two out of three there-r.e.m who???
dylan can't SING!!(did write some outstanding songs, though (watchtower, etc))-'fraid i had "after the goldrush" at the top of my vinyl pile for years.;-)

ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner....ner ner ner blowin in the wend ner ner etc
shut the f*** up Bob

@ Viking - That's the beauty of difference bro. :o)

"# Posted by Anthem - 28/01/2010, 21:23 (GMT)

ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner....ner ner ner blowin in the wend ner ner etc
shut the f*** up Bob"

Damn you for making me LOL Mark!

"# Posted by viking - 28/01/2010, 21:39 (GMT)

@bad horsie mick-hell yeah!!! (mind you-try telling that to certain "kiss fans"-heh heh!! ):-D"

Mind you there are people who will emotionally latch onto ANY band and defend the worst song to the hilt. I guess we all know someone like this so there's no point in naming a band (again subjective) to emphasise the point. :o)

@bad horsie mick-hell yeah!!! (mind you-try telling that to die-hard "kiss fans"-heh heh!! ):-D
@ anthem-
"ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner....ner ner ner blowin in the wend ner ner etc"-became a bit more interesting when sung by "peter, paul and mary" ('specially when she wore certain outfits!!) lol!! ;-)

ahhhhhhhhhhhh yes the lovely Karen ,beautiful voice, almost put that earlier now i can yesssssssssssss

take that,

pmsl@Mark(Anthem)

Love: Hugo/Open Skies/Buggles/Icehouse (most people have never heard of some of these)

Hate: Radiohead

"# Posted by hulkamania78 - 28/01/2010, 21:53 (GMT)

take that"

Yeah. But, whatcha gonna do? ;o)

a lot of blokes like take that.but to admit to metal mates is always a brave but fun step ha ha , but a good song is a good song is a good song

@hulkamania78-was that proposing a "band" you love/hate, or one of your sumo "psycher-outers"??? lol! ;-D

and nancy wilson (the red haired one in heart) is still hot

Roxette anyone? (Like)

although to say lots of people hate them and only some like is prob not true, more of a mickey take from your mates if you admitted to liking them so i dont know if they fall into this blog category

just listened to some of their stuff on youtoob, great stuff!!

le blogjack?.....moi?.........

bands i hate, well there is quite a few, although even the ones i hate i at least respect them for picking up an instrument in the first place and not a turntable.how the f did dj,s and paperboys that win x factor become stars.
anyway hate---white stripes my 10 year old is a better guitarist
slipnot----- sorry its my age
kasabian------ do i really have to say anything
any so called rock band that has a rapper or a dj with them.
i could go on,but bands i like anything from skynyrd to muse.oh and dresden north end and never,never dis the abba
paul

"# Posted by Robert Redfern (Metalleeka) - 28/01/2010, 22:04 (GMT)

Roxette anyone? (Like)

although to say lots of people hate them and only some like is prob not true, more of a mickey take from your mates if you admitted to liking them so i dont know if they fall into this blog category

just listened to some of their stuff on youtoob, great stuff!!

le blogjack?.....moi?........."

Hello, you fool, etc.....

How about BERLIN? ;o)

"# Posted by Robert Redfern (Metalleeka) - 28/01/2010, 21:55 (GMT)

a lot of blokes like take that.but to admit to metal mates is always a brave but fun step ha ha , but a good song is a good song is a good song"

lol. Every single one of your metal mates will have a guilty pleasure. Some of them will even admit to it. :oO

@ nigel - wots wrong wi the pixies???

Queensryche has been known to divide camps... (I like)
and I also like Talk Talk which people think weird of a metaller..

Ok here goes

Love Level 42 = great musicians (Im a bassist and the drums and bass playing are incredible)
Kajagoogoo (Hearing you all cringe!) - great bass playing and Too shy is ace
Neil Diamond - Voice!
Billy Joel - What a songwriter.

Dont let the rest of the band see this!

Totally in synch with earlier comments regarding beatles - its good but is it that good ..... hendrix would have happened regardless of beatles they were good pop with little real competition.

Oasis - cannot see a valid reason for their rise to fame ... regurgitated from their record collections for me

Kiss - At xmas it was our drummers 40th (big kiss fan) so we went looking for some classy memorabilia - x records in bolton - selling pretty much anything with Kiss logos on it! You can buy a remote control american dragster with KISS all over it (Where is the relevance there). Some of their songs are rock staples and work, I dont hate em, just think it got overtaken by a "how much crap can we market on the back of this band" type of deal.

Thats my go over with!

Bad Bad Bad karen

for a song (off a dicey album by an artist that does seem musical marmite

i like but get laughed at for it

Status Quo marguerita time and burning bridges

is that my coat?..................thanks see ya!!

uptown girl(the original) what a song

now look what youve started!!

Kajagoogoo now theres a band love to do Too Shy apart from Id have to play the bass line. Thats a proper band Karen unlike The Pixies

@ Rob - Uptown girl is one of his weaker efforts - Find "I go to extremes" - its momentus!

Grew up on quo and love the earlier stuff before they became a bit lazy and let the formula write the songs...Francis Rossi was actually a very good blues guitarist before the pursuit of coke tokens got hold ha ha ha .... Slow Train by Quo is brilliant!

king of wishful thinking, now i have really has the piss taken out of me for admitting liking this in the past :-)

@ idle promise - Im the same - got the tab for it but trying to make it sound right --- phew! I cant afford the hours getting it bang on to never play it, the band are on about doing some more Mr Big ...so thats where my free time is heading!

Not so much hate as couldn't be won over category:

Diana Ross/Supremes, Gladys Knight etc Could not get into the Tamla stuff AT All. Sorry just me.

Love All that Early 70s prog rock,almost with out exception.
Latterly Dream Theater and Symphony X (saw them together at Blackburn a couple of years ago and got blown away !!!)
Don't have a hate list, more of a 'wouldn't go out of my way' to listen to thing.

Hmmmm.

Billy Joel...

I've been in first hand contact with a band that were a BJ tibute, but didn't play the hits. Pretentious bull. I have never met a more anal bunch of "musicians" in my life.

I had a conversation with the singer (best mates potential father in law at the time)
"THese songs are pretty good but you didn't play the songs the audience know."
"Well people don't know that he wrote music that was more involved than the singles. THis is a warm up gig. We're doing theatres after this".

Shelf life: 3 months. Aaaaand gone.

Lesson? Play the peoples choice or Steeeeeerike! You're outa here!

@Keef = i think its more a case of "why cant i see what others clearly can"

Heres on for the blog topic that may split opinion -- The Macc Lads -I heard beer and sex and chips and gravy the other day - and its damn funny and pretty well played... Not PC and Im embarrassed to say it but I laffed until my stomach hurt...at 41 I thought I would have grown out of it but hey ho!

Oooh! Queensryche!

Saw them on the Operation Mindcrime tour.

I have yet to see a tighter, more album accurate band that had a SHOW going on.

Wilton/DeGarmo guitar lineup and Geoff Tate in his prime. Bloody great.

Judie Tzuke - I love the pants of her, got everything she's ever done and she was great live, brilliant backing band.

Kiss ? my ass ! - Great marketing - shame about the music - LOL.

Rick.

am relieved(and not a litle bit smug) that i'm getting some backup on the "kiss" thingy-thought i'd get slaughtered!! :-)

Saw kiss about 10 years ago at MEN and shuddered a) when gene simmons was limping round the stage in those big boots - like my grandad in a pair of steel toe caps, b) Paul stanley saying "are there any young girls out there that wanna get KISSED?" - Yeah but not from you pops! c) Paul Stanley at least being retro by being so wasted that his guitar solo made a pissed schenker look positively malmsteen like.

@social tornado-welllll-have to "kiss and tell", sometimes?? heh heh!! (cracking blog, by the way!!) and... "son"?? you're not from round these here parts, as well, are you??lmho!!! ;D
@piggery bandana-pmsl!!! ;-D

ok nige - dixie land/new orleans jazz, buddy rich, gene kruper - im an orchestra girl really, brass bands, jazz bands etc...oh and did i mention Take That?!

@social tornado-" It's nice to get kudos from a respected member of the community"-
oh-and i thought it was MY comment's you were commenting on!! ;-D

bands like the fat back band earth wind and fire,musically fantastic,could never get round the hype of the beatles when at the time there was lots of music evolving latterly its u2 i dont see what the fuss is all about

@ 45's Judie Tzuke, in full agreement there mate, and there I was thinking I was on my own.

OK..heres another for the mix
love ..KEANE, especially Hopes And Fears
was never a great fan of...wait for it......
The Rolling Stones...hello?..hello?..is that the sound of my subscription being ceremoniously ripped up?

It's blogs like these that allow and encourage debate. I've loved these last few hours on here. It's actually re-established my interest in the site.

It's individuals that bounce in here like tigger after a couple of lines of toilet duck that ruin the place with their Harry Potter stealth cape (we can SEE you. It's toilet paper you silly puppy!) comments.

Bring these threads on. They bring smiles and thought all round. :o)

@ keef - we have a very, very similar taste in music pal !

@ Mick - well said

And to ST - GREAT BLOG, congrats,

Rick.

Am Sooooo glad to see the stones being mentioned as a "didnt really get", also U2 "One man come in the name of love...delay pedal set to max". Previously mentioned bono trying to save the world, wherever a photo opportunity arises.

Another hate (or severe dislike anyway) is Clapton - I believe when hendrix famously jammed with cream, that clapton (alledgedly!) ended up as a rhythm guitarist cos he couldnt live with jimi.

Blog of the week award? Gets my vote. Nice one ST !

@ Rick. 'Welcome to the Cruise' on this am. Stay with me till dawn? Goose bumps every time mate.
Also Carole King - Tapestry and Norah Jones.

Love em all

have i lost my "King of a positive blog to bring it back to music"
nomination then ......sob :-(

as long as we fecking ignore the next shit stir it up blog then folks
you know the ones i mean

Hey Rob a nomination is no small honour mate!
Good to get the love,harmony and music back within the fold eh?

I am currently listening to Dalek loves Garlick plays Dr & the Medics greatest hit...can't say I find it very original ;0)

@ Duke Bocks
Tell me its a better listen than Susan Boyle sings Bjorks greatest hits !! LMAO

Keef...its so quiet...schhhhhhhhhhh, schhhhhhhhh

at keef, i dont wanna become the Pete Best of music bloggers on here
:-)

Hey ST..one doctor is pretty much like another..who said that

@Rob,

You will NEVER EVER be an almost muso on here buddy! Your contribution to music generally and superb geetar playing will almost certainly guarantee you your place in the NWB Hall of Fame (Off the hit list now hopefully Haa haa.)

Keef i will have that fiver next time i see ya, been a bit strapped since Chrtistmas :-)

So long as its autographed mate !! LOL

All this love ... has it really been just a week from the dark, heady, at each others throats days! damn i do like playing with WUM's as well..

Do like this site a helluva lot! Like minded fuckwits talking 4 and 6 string, percussion and keyboard related nonsense.. its as close to that after gig, well earned pint period as you can get. Where are the "completely out of my league birds, who i would give a right bloody good... ohh blimey hes a big lad....Id better not!" when you need em?.

Im at home with her now PB..lol (in my dreams !!!!)


Note to self...delete that last bit before her who must be ignored blimps at what Ive been doing on here!!!

"BLAAAAAAAK"..leave it out ST..lol

Unpopular likes:
Slipknot (don't go for the image etc but ace riffs)
Pixies/Breeders
Sisters Of Mercy
Suzanne Vega

Popular dislikes:
Elvis
Sinatra
Female singers that do that god-awful warbling rather than singing out properly (I really like female singers usually).

Jon

Aside from my obvious love of Hendrix, Stevie Ray, Sambora and The Clash, The Stones etc.... A few other loves I have which tends to make people go 'Dean you on drugs?' are...

LOVES!!!
MEATLOAF
ELVIS
THE BEATLES
SEAHORSES
JIMMY BARNES
BEE GEES
THE TEMPTATIONS
PRIDE & GLORY (Cant stand Zack Wylde in anythin else but this was his band befor Black Label, if you can get hold of the album do so it is the shizness)

HATES!!!
AC/DC
MOTORHEAD
BLACK SABBATH
DREAM THEATRE
METALLICA....I will explain this as i really did dispise them with a true deep feeling.... then!!! i had bought for me by an ex who thought 'oh he plays guitar he must like metallica' (she was blonde and didnt have much between the ears) the S&M concert and it absolutely blew me away!!! BUT I dont know why I really cant listen to them in the studio, but live yes they do it for me.
JANES ADDICTION
U2 well more Bono I really would love to just twat him.

+1 on Keane (like)
also Amy McDonald and Paolo Nuttini :-)

Rob

@ Dean - Jimmy Barnes "working class man" - what a tune !

Guilty pleasures
Ultravox - incredibly unfashionable but they're top
Dead or Alive - gorilla-fur coats and collagen aside, some cracking mid-80s tuneage
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls is just the coolest album ever
Pet Shop Boys - Until they went super-camp in the mid 90s they were awesome

The bands I should like!
Hot Chip
Elbow
Coldplay
U2
Rolling Stones - aside from the odd song they do nothing for me.

Love...
anything 70's glam apart from marc bolan...couldn't really get into it
the wildhearts
terrorvision
status quo

not so keen on...reggae , I respect the talent just not my thing and house music boom boom

Like...
Gary Numan pre 82
Ultravox (foxx era and Ure pre 82)
Ian Dury and the Blockheads (New Boots and panties era,class album)
U2...apart from a couple af albums when they went all USA!!
Moby
Duran Duran
Joy Division
New Order
Sex Pistols( bollocks era not the reunion sh*te)
Slade
Chic...for the bass lines alone
kraftwerk

Hate...
Metallica
Iron Madien
Whitesnake
Meatloaf.....those bleeding 6 hour songs that never bleedin end...Jeez