Artists You're "Supposed To Be Into" But Just Don't Care About That Much

As YOU continue the cycle... and now I am continuing the cycle. No one wins, including you unless you stop now. Stopping now without a response cinches victory for you.

 

Haha totally-
"I refuse to participate in this dumb thread.... oh wait! DOH!!"

 

Frank Zappa
Neutral Milk Hotel
Radiohead
MGMT
Ween

 

I love George Clinton and I think his hey day was FUNKADELIC. Not to be confused with Parliament Funkadelic. The latter was a different animal completely. Funkadelic, to me, were the better band.

For Prince, since streaming is free, please give these songs a chance at some point:

1. Sometimes It Snows It April (slow fan favorite, zero showiness)
2. She's Always In My Hair
3. Paisley Park
4. When U Were Mine (yes that way his and not anyone else's)
5. Strange Relationship

None showy - - just fan favorites that you should give a shot. Again, no reason for you to like him BUT, it may be like someone saying "All Paul McCartney's music is Godawful because I heard "Say Say Say". The few songs you heard when he has albums upon albums of material that weren't the singles, it may be good to give it a shot. But then you could be like me with Beyonce. I'm convinced her music comes second and the ass shakin comes first and nothing will ever change my mind.

 

The Beatles
Radiohead
Bob Dylan
Umphrey’s McGee
Pink Floyd

 

John Coltrane. Rancid. Pretenders. Talking Heads. Kendrick Lamar

 

Oh, and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. Put them at #1 on my list.

 

Truly a unique phenomenon how these threads perpetuate with the dual goals/poorly hidden agendas of people ultimately trying to convince each other what and why they like/dislike any particular music. Well, not unique, but people seem almost as passionate about their music as their politics.

@ihadadog - interesting selections for someone who's 119...

 

I first heard the Pirates LP when I was on opiates after an accident and thought it was groovy.
I heard it again several years later sober and thought it was bollocks.

 

Who says these artists make cool music?

Resist peer pressure. Be yourself. Be an individual. Be proud. Don't be a follower. There is no rule that says you have to listen to something just because someone else says it's good. For you, it may not be. So, why waste your time on stuff you don't like? To please someone else?

 

I agree, but I would stretch the period they were good to about 87.

 

Kiss
Journey
Styx
AC/DC
Foghat
DMB

 

For Mott - try "Mad Shadows" or "Wildlife" or one of the live albums - they were a pretty kickass band when they were at their best, but there's a fair amount of stuff that I often find uninteresting.

 

hilarious!

 

solo Beatles
Bob Dylan
Grateful Dead
The Band
Lynerd Skynerd
Bruce Springsteen
Nervana
Foo Fighters
Radiohead
U2 though sometimes I try to like them, just does not happen

 

I dont hate them. I just feel better when they are not around .

 

I totally understand what the OP is asking, not like it's hard to relate. Just like people who are gobsmacked that I didn't care for Schindler's List or Kill Bill, there are certain bands who are generally regarded as a "how do you not own this album" kind of band.

For me I could name a few that I've tried to get into simply because they are so highly regarded by peers or similar music nerds, but the pull just isn't there:

Pavement
Guided By Voices
Scott Walker
The Clash
The Smiths
Fleetwood Mac
The Band
White Stripes
Joni Mitchell
St. Vincent

And a few who I once felt meh about but had a change of heart:

Grateful Dead
Elliot Smith
Radiohead
The Kinks

 

Any Cali punk pop from the 90s...Green Day, Blink 182, etc

 

I think you’re missing my point. The setup for this thread is something you should like because it hits all the right points but you dislike it for whatever reason. In your example, it’s quite clear going in that you do not like rock music with flute which Jethro Tull clearly has. Now how is that something you should like?

 

Thank you I was thinking the same
About many posts here. Like when someone says "any hip hop". If you don't like any hip hop what makes you think you're meant to like any of it

 

Can't stand Bob Dylan. Not a Springsteen fan (mainly due to his politics), and I hate pretty much all singer/songwriter stuff from the 60s and 70s.

 

Dylan - Look, I get it. I know he's a genius. I just can't "vibrate at his frequency" as they say. I don't often feel the way he must have felt when he made those iconic songs.

 

Great first side at least. Pirates is very underappreciated.

 

Could never get into Neutral Milk Hotel.

 

I just listen to music that touches me, or that means something to me - whether I'm supposed to be into it or not.