If I'm interestd in an artist I'll research them as much as possible to see how many songs they have that I like. Prince just popped into my head one day after I discovered the org and it turns out that there are a ton of Prince songs I like. I had no idea I would like so much of his music, it just happened. But there are people that I have NO intention of getting into and I refuse to look up their music because I have no desire to listen to them:

ANY rock artists/band - Rock music doesn't do it for me AT ALL.

Sade - To me she's the "smooth operator" chick and I don't even like that song.

Any Grunge band like Nirvanna or Pearl Jam - again, from what I've heard I didn't like at all

Celine Dion

Beyonce

Tyler The Creator - I'm not even sure how I even know who he is.

Drake

B.o.B

The Weekend

That's all I can think of now..

Maroon 5

Drake

Beyonce

Rihanna

Katy Perry

Ne-Yo

Bruno Mars (but might change my mind on that, at least he plays instruments!)

Justin Bieber

whoever does that "call me maybe" song

barf

Justin Behive

Hanny Montany

I got my first Justin Bieber single a few weeks ago. Up until then, there was no song by the Biebs that I liked. So, I never say never, if I can help it. There are lots of artists I have never heard. If I happen to one day come across one of them and I hear something I like, I will go searching to buy it. The same for artists I have heard of, but still don't own anything by them. I just have to hear something I like by someone and I go investigating their work a little to see if there is anything else I might like. The list is too long of artists I don't have songs by. However, I could gradually be adding a song or two of theirs to my library as time goes on if I happen to hear something I like. Time is of the essence.

40% of pre-1994 artists

80% of post-1994 artists

Jennifer Hopez

Beyonce

Rihianna

Mariah Carey

95% of today's so-called male R&B artists

SeventeenDayze said:

Maroon 5

Drake

Beyonce

Rihanna

Katy Perry

Ne-Yo

Bruno Mars (but might change my mind on that, at least he plays instruments!)

Justin Bieber

forgot to add:

Keyshia Cole

One Direction

Mindless Behavior

Trey "Billygoat" Songz

[Edited 7/7/12 7:51am]

Trey Songz

Janelle Monae

Justin Bieber

Nikki Minaj

Drake

Chris Brown

REO Speedwagon

Grateful Dead

Britney Spears

Bruno Slars

Chris Brown

Nickleback

Odd Future

Gunsnhalen said:

REO Speedwagon

Grateful Dead

Britney Spears

Bruno Slars

Chris Brown

Nickleback

Odd Future

Terrib3Towel said:

Gunsnhalen said:

REO Speedwagon

Grateful Dead

Britney Spears

Bruno Slars

Chris Brown

Nickleback

Odd Future

Sure i can admit homeboy has talent. But damn his songs are so fing annoying If he wrote a song that didn't sound like shit he found in alphabet soup i would actually like him.

U2

Bruce Springsteen

Rihanna

Chris Brown

Drake

Gucci Mane

Machine Gun Kelly

Madonna

Janet Jackson

Lady Gaga

Patti LaBelle

Ciara

Jimmy Buffet

Diddy

Justin Beiber

Nicki Minaj

90% of rappers

Phyllis Hyman

Katy Perry

Kesha

Joss Stone

Gunsnhalen said:

Terrib3Towel said:

Sure i can admit homeboy has talent. But damn his songs are so fing annoying If he wrote a song that didn't sound like shit he found in alphabet soup i would actually like him.

I'm like meh when it comes to Bruno. I'm super late with current artists, so I didn't realize how popular he was until a few months ago. I didn't realize that it was him singing the chorus in "Beautiful Girls" (which I hate) lol. The only other song from him I've heard is "It Will Rain" and I like that song. But I don't see myself researching his music anymore, because most likely I won't like it.

The Beatles (i know its blasphemy to some, but they sound soooo overrated to me from the handful of singles i've heard against my will)

Bowie (too much, not sure where to start. took some advice and listend to Station to Station, the single, and took an "L" on that one)

Coldplay (when I found out Clocks WASN'T a U2 song, i was like WTF!!)

Dylan (his bugs bunny voice irks me, i'll just believe secondhand that he's a great songwriter)

Adele (its the anti-bandwagoner in me)

BeYAWNce, Rihanna, Katy Perry (I know I need an island to move to avoid their ubiquity but I try)

Fiona Apple - (ok, i'm actually TRYING to make it through the debut cd after hearing such raves, so far.....SMH)

there are lots of others but i'll stop here for now

datdude said:

The Beatles (i know its blasphemy to some, but they sound soooo overrated to me from the handful of singles i've heard against my will)

Bowie (too much, not sure where to start. took some advice and listend to Station to Station, the single, and took an "L" on that one)

Coldplay (when I found out Clocks WASN'T a U2 song, i was like WTF!!)

Dylan (his bugs bunny voice irks me, i'll just believe secondhand that he's a great songwriter)

Adele (its the anti-bandwagoner in me)

BeYAWNce, Rihanna, Katy Perry (I know I need an island to move to avoid their ubiquity but I try)

Fiona Apple - (ok, i'm actually TRYING to make it through the debut cd after hearing such raves, so far.....SMH)

there are lots of others but i'll stop here for now

at the coldplay comment

Chris Martin has been trying to jack U2 & Radiohead like a hungry peasant but i still like some of there stuff but see why people can dislike them.

datdude said:

The Beatles (i know its blasphemy to some, but they sound soooo overrated to me from the handful of singles i've heard against my will)

Bowie (too much, not sure where to start. took some advice and listend to Station to Station, the single, and took an "L" on that one)

Fiona Apple - (ok, i'm actually TRYING to make it through the debut cd after hearing such raves, so far.....SMH)

there are lots of others but i'll stop here for now

Waiting foe ELVIS disses not one yet...

COLDPLAY I really dislike. Boring aSS shit. Yeah Dylan was never a great singer, just a great songwriter. I like other peoples version of his songs.

[Edited 7/7/12 14:22pm]

JoeBala said:

datdude said:

The Beatles (i know its blasphemy to some, but they sound soooo overrated to me from the handful of singles i've heard against my will)

Bowie (too much, not sure where to start. took some advice and listend to Station to Station, the single, and took an "L" on that one)

Fiona Apple - (ok, i'm actually TRYING to make it through the debut cd after hearing such raves, so far.....SMH)

there are lots of others but i'll stop here for now

Waiting foe ELVIS disses not one yet...

COLDPLAY I really dislike. Boring aSS shit. Yeah Dylan was never a great singer, just a great songwriter. I like other peoples version of his songs.

[Edited 7/7/12 14:22pm]

As a huge Dylan nerd.. i can respect when people don't dig his voice but just admire his songwriting.

And yes i adore some of the covers that have been done of Dylan songs

Terrib3Towel said:

How could I forget Elvis.

Oh josh.

datdude said:

The Beatles

Bowie (too much, not sure where to start. took some advice and listend to Station to Station, the single, and took an "L" on that one)

Dylan (i'll just believe secondhand that he's a great songwriter)

I remember you, you're the guy who ignored Bowie just because Station to Station was too long and experimental, or something like that

I still see you're mad, don't change

I'm open to anything, and I never give up on an artist just because the first song(s) I hear don't instantly click with me...

Oh yeah,

Elvis

James Brown

Marsha Ambrosious

Trey Songz

Janet Jackson

Katy Perry

Jason Mraz

Moron 5

J. Lo

Gym Class Heroes

The Beatles

Coldplay

Drake

Coby Colait (or however you say/spell her name)

Jill Scott

Adele

Just to name a few.....

scriptgirl said:

Oh yeah,

Elvis Costello

James Brown

Marsha Ambrosious

Trey Songz

Janet Jackson

There fixed.

WAIT THANK YOU JOE!

Reminds me...

Elvis Costello..

I Tried so hard getting into him he's one of those critical darlings of the 80's. His music is just meh to me. He is talented but imo as overrated as the grateful dead

CrabalockerFishwife said:

I'm open to anything, and I never give up on an artist just because the first song(s) I hear don't instantly click with me...

Gunsnhalen said:

WAIT THANK YOU JOE!

Reminds me...

Elvis Costello..

I Tried so hard getting into him he's one of those critical darlings of the 80's. His music is just meh to me. He is talented but imo as overrated as the grateful dead

Dude is another great songwriter I just can't get into his voice. He wrote a beautiful song The Comedian on Roy Orbison last CD:

His TV show Spectacle was great when he wasn't singing.