Neil Young
Tom Waits

There are other guys like Bob Dylan and Nick Cave whose voices I don't like, but I can still handle a greatest hits comp by them. Those other two though, not even.

Harlepolis said:

BLASPHEMY!

Cinnie said:

I heard some live track by to mwaits the other night: eggs and Coffee or some such and I though it was awesome.

Radiohead. I just can't get into it. I've tried.


and Beck. I like to hear him just fine. The lack of substance causes me to lose interest after awhile, though. I think I've own 3 or 4 of his albums at different times, but never for very long.

Stymie said:

One of my friends tried to convert me but... yeah... "no interest in"

SoulAlive said:

Co-sign. My former office mate used to play Joni all the time and it bugged the hell out of me. Her voice is too whiney-folksy for me. I feel kind of bad about not really "getting her" too, because:

1. Prince obviously thinks she's great and he generally seems to have good taste in music

2. my name is Joni.

For years, I tried to pretend that she was cool while secretly I only knew the Big Yellow Taxi song. I've finally come to grips that I just don't like her music.

Kate Bush. So many artists have wonderful things to say about her and how innovative she is, but I just could never get into her music.

alphastreet said:

Same here.

I also can't connect with Miles Davis at all. I'm aware that he was a virtuoso, but I just can't listen to his music.

I can't listen to Bob Dylan, either. His voice grates on me.

Meshell...
I had Plantation Lullabies
and I liked it alot...
but I never had an interest
in hearing anything else...

Phyllis Hyman
I've tried time & time again
love her voice... but
maybe I don't have the right albums

Grace Jones

Maxwell
I like some of it...
but as a whole it's snoozefest
and no he doesn't turn me on
neither does his voice

Pink Floyd
I have Dark Side Of The Moon
but I've gotta sit down & listen to it
what;s another album
I could start off with?
I have The Wall too...
have yet to hear it

Miles Davis was hardly a virtuoso.

novabrkr said:

He was, but in a much less traditional sense. That, and he often didn't play as chopsy as he could on record. You should check out his live recordings before he went electric. He really wails on the 1964 My Funny Valentine concert.

Runza said:

takes Runza off Christmas card list

maxwell?

well it is kinda difficult to counterclaim he's not boring!!!

i like some jams but some zzzzz

magnificentsynthesizer said:

PurpleKnight said:

It's quite alright, I understand.

DevotedPuppy said:

Same here.Ironically,I love most music from the 70s.That's my favorite era for music.I like many of the singer/songwriter-types from that decade.Joni is one of those people that I want to like,but I just can't get into her music and I've really tried.I find her her songs to be quirky and her vocal style is a bit odd.

Frank Zappa. I've tried so many times to listen to his stuff but I just cant get into it.

I somewhat can empathize with the Joni Mitchell riddle because I wasn't a fan until this past year. I knew her hits but didn't really "get it". That is until...



When I heard Hissing Of Summer Lawns I fell head over heels for her. (note: her highly acclaimed five star albums Blue or Court And Spark did not accomplish this upon initial listens although I now appreciate those recordings).

I like 70s pop, soul, and jazz, which is how I listen to this album.



Give this album a try, I prithee.

Some people think these folks are brilliant, but I don't see it at all....

Tupac
Kurt Cobain
Rick James
Diana Ross

Cinnie said:

WOWZERS!!! I started there too Cinnie
well, actually I started with
Ladies Of The Canyon...
which bored me to no end
I thought her vocals were pretty
but I think I dived in with
an expectation set waaaay too high...

but when I heard The Hissing
I've been addicted ever since
Don Juan's is quickly heading
for the top spot...

@Empress - I'm with you about Rick James
I never got into any of his albums as a whole
I just like the fly artwork mostly...
(i.e. the Fire It Up LP which is
on display in my bedroom)

DirtyChris said:

Really? There's still a couple albums of hers I don't have and haven't heard and Don Juan's Reckless Daughter is one of them! I just haven't come across it yet and have been busy with the rest of her discography (even the 80s, 90s, and 00s stuff).

RockAbilly said:

Co-sign. Sorry, mates. I respect their work and they wrote good songs but I wasn't into them. Same goes for Dylan. GREAT songwriter - performer/singer - not so much to me.

For the record, Kurt Kobain was NOT brilliant. I wish people wouldn't give artists so much extra hype just because they die. I saw dude many times and knew damn near half his camp. He may have been in touch with himself and had his finger on th pulse of a generation but he was NOT brilliant as a musician, singer or songwriter. He just died at the height of his popularity and people hyped him.

Never did like The Beach Boys.

Diana Ross her voice irks the deamons outta me.

Elvis
The beatles-Besides a handful of their songs i really have no
interest. Yellow submarine is horrible.

Cinnie said:

OMG... yes!
get that album!!!
it's like The Hissing pt. 2
(musically)

the bridge for
my song "So Real" was
HEAVILY influenced
by "Talk To Me" from that record

my favorite line though is:
"there was a moon
and a street lamp
I didn't know I drank such a lot
til I pissed a tequila anaconda
the full length of the parking lot.."
I was hooked

musically it's amazing
the reason I wanted to hear
Don Juan's... is because
Chaka is present a few places...
but those are hardly the MEAT
it's a great album

"Off Night Backstreet"
is probably my favorite from there

guitarslinger44 said:

I know he could play better than how he plays on the fusion stuff and even on the latter "modal" period records, but his virtuoso performances were more confined to his early years as a band member to other leaders. I should check out the 1964 concert however, to see what you are talking about. Thanks for the tip.

BlaqueKnight said:

How was Cobain not brilliant? You contradict yourself with this post. You readily admit that he had his finger on the pulse of a generation, yet you then dismiss that by saying he wasn't brilliant. If that isn't brilliance, what is it? A mere coincidence? Are you actually suggesting that it takes anything less than brilliance to capture a generation's feelings?

It was because of his creative genius that he was able to encapsulate the feelings of an entire generation. His lyrics had a stinging sarcasm and wit; a sardonic quality that Cobain pulled off seamlessly.

His songs were simple, but deceptively so. He mastered a style of a simple soft-loud-soft-loud rhythmic pattern, and the hooks he crafted are timeless.

Is he overrated now because of his controversial death? Of course, but no more than any other legendary rock star.

That doesn't negate the fact that the guy was a great songwriter, even if he wasn't a great technical musician.

DirtyChris said:

Word. I'm looking forward to that one.