Bands/artists with a huge following and historical impact, that you never explored

I could probably listen to more beach boys. The hits and pet sounds are all im really familiar with.

 

Yeah, I only explored PF lightly, once buying DSOTM, and then getting rid of it. I don't hate, resent or even dislike their music. It just straight up bores me.

 

The Rhino boxed set is a great way to break into his stuff...

https://www.amazon.com/1970-1987-11...&qid=1526779453&sr=1-2&keywords=ry+cooder+box

 

I might have to get that! The live album, bop til you drop, borderline and get rhythm are all great albums

 

Elvis
Beach Boys
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
Rolling Stones
The Who
Grateful Dead
Radiohead
Pearl Jam

Hmm... I guess my tastes are more offbeat than I thought!

 

You’ve a long way to go. The guys played in more of their stuff than you realize

 

Perhaps it was the expectations of having a fanatic brother-in-law. The first Springsteen show I went to, I did without expectations and enjoyed it. He's a showman.

 

Never could get into the Grateful Dead. I like some of their stuff but just never found them to be all that compelling.

 

Van Morrison
Bruce Springsteen
Thin Lizzy
Bob Dylan
The Band
John Lennon
Radiohead
Coldplay

 

I'm not sure what you mean by explored (I've listened to what's considered their best one or two albums and felt bored and / or miserable doing so), but to list a few....

Bruce Springsteen
The Who (
The Grateful Dead
Elvis Costello
Leonard Cohen
Paul Weller

 

The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead, Tom Petty and David Bowie.

I probably will explore Bowie some day, but right now I feel perversely resistant to begin that process. Besides, I've essentially just discovered Tom Waits, and he's taking up a lot of my time and money. I just can't take on another legacy artist right now!

Petty, the Dead and Pink Floyd simply do nothing for me. The Beach Boys, worse than nothing.

 

A little hard to do since his live shows were a talking point back as far as I can remember (decades before my brother-in-law). I remember whenever a criticism was raised about his music to Springsteen fan friends, the reply was inevitably "you have to see him live."

 

2004 sounds more likely.

 

MC5 is pretty easy though...three albums only. I would recommend High Time (1971) as their best album; if you don't like that one you don't like the band.

 

The Who...of course some of their early 45s are classics, but I have never actually heard a full album and am not tempted.

 

I just discovered Sleep 3 nights ago. Pre-ordered their new album on a whim. Skimmed a track on iTunes and said, "Why not?" The next morning, popped on down to my local RS and bought their debut.

 

Rolling Stones. Just never clicked for me. I believe I've only ever listened to one of their albums that my brother owned back in the day, I think it was Sticky Fingers. Like others have said, I don"t hate them I just never had much interest.

 

Depends on which version of Roxy too. Art rock band new romantic styled music etc.

 

I consider the Wrecking Crew a big plus for The Beach Boys and they were directed by a Beach Boy.

 

Radiohead.
I just listened Ok computer and that was enough for me

 

Beyonce

 

Sting solo
Frank Sinatra
White stripes (and I have zero interest)

 

I probably needed more acid.

 

Until a few weeks ago, it was the Grateful Dead for me. I was bored one night and took a look at Amazon Prime Video for something to watch and ended up watching Long Strange Trip for the next 4 or 5 nights. Now I haven't listened to much other than the Dead for close to 2 weeks now. When I thought of the Dead in the past, I associated them with only Truckin's and Casey Jones. I knew they had a huge following but just never gave them a chance.

Is it too late to become a Dead Head???

 

Yep! He makes me cringe most of the time. Roy Orbison is another. I don't mind the odd song when heard on the radio but I don't like either sufficiently to spend a cent of my hard earned money on.