I liked Black Eyed Peas' Bridging the Gap album in 2000, now I can barely look at them.

Kelis- pre-milkshake when she had the green and blue hair and did that 80's/rock/pop/ retro fusion. I loved her. I thought she was the coolest thing ever.

The Neptunes- Post 1999. After that, they started getting on my nerves.

Missy- pre club music. Since that's all she fucking makes now. It's not even about sounding different anymore, it's about the clubheads

Bfunkthe1 said:

i've seen NIN twice, and i feel like i got to see the best tours he'll ever do. some people just like his sound, and that's fine. i just feel like he's treading water anymore.

I now find quite a few of the bands I listened to when I was in my late teens/early twenties to be pretty intolerable. The prime offender for me is:

The Smiths - I used to be one of those annoying twerps who thought the were the greatest UK band since the Beatles. Now the only thing I can think whenever I hear Morrissey's voice is how I'd love to get just one swing at his nose.

The Jam
The Replacements
Roxy Music

I still like Roxy musically, but I just can't take Brian Ferry's lounge lizard routine anymore

Black Eyed Peas (pre-Fergie/"Where Is The Love," they were tolerable)

Missy Elliott (her output has been boring and predictable the past few years)

Eminem (I actually liked him when his debut dropped, but when I discovered he was a huge homophobe and a**hole in '00, that's when I turned my back)

JANFAN4L said:

I love her, but she needs to leave the old-school tributes and trends behind and go back to her futuristic roots. I've heard rumors that with the next album, that's what she wants to do, anyway.

Now, to answer the thread's headline, you'd be surprised how much I've all of a sudden stopped caring about pop music as a whole. I just feel like I want to expand and grow beyond fluff like Janet, Madonna, TLC, Aaliyah, Donna Summer, Missy post-2001, etc. (I'm young, in case you didn't know), and devote more of my musical time to Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Sly and the Family Stone, P-Funk, '80s Prince.. stuff that's still accessible, while so much more mature and even intellectually stimulating.

Exceptions to my abandoning pop are Motown (music that will never die ), Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall" and "Thriller", and Missy pre-2002. Otherwise, I've kept all my pop CDs hidden away in a blank cabinet never to be heard of again unless I'm really, REALLY in the mood or want to show my kids in the future.

when missy's at her best, she does for hip-hop what bjork does for modern rock. she takes it WAY out there and she makes it fun and interesting and weird. it's frustrating when she takes steps back from that, but if she needs to get it out of her system, then whatevs...just come back soon.

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