What do you acknowledge as "Good Music" but agree it's not your cup of tea?

[Maximo]

I guess for example, a bad one at that (I had the topic in mind and wanted to see what you all thought before thinking about it for myself)

Iron & Wine - I've listened to a lot of his work, multiple times and it still hasnt affected me yet. However, I still feel that there is a lot of talent in there.

[Thor]

I think this was generally covered in this monster thread (http://www.matadorrecords.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2638&highlight=confession+time) that took place shortly before your arrival...

[Susan Kirk]

Tom Waits for me.

Spoke to him many times when I worked for his record company, and his speaking voice is totally normal and clear of that gruff-rough thing he uses when he sings. Kinda disapppointed me.

[Funk]

Originally posted by Susan Kirk
Spoke to him many times when I worked for his record company, and his speaking voice is totally normal and clear of that gruff-rough thing he uses when he sings. Kinda disapppointed me.

But that's not unusual, is it? I mean, you hear music from European artists who lose their accents when they sing; Tinobeat in real life sounds like a chain-smoking coal miner, but is a boy falsetto in his church choir; voices and singing voices frequently don't match up.

(Captain Beefheart, who I'm assuming is an influence on Waits, didn't really sound like his singing voice either; listen to the in-studio fucking around or field recording pieces on Trout Mask Replica.)

[Dayne1234]

Sonic Youth and Built to Spill...I do think both are really, really good, but they aren't my top choices to play or repeat on my player. Don't get me wrong, both are great artists, just not my "cup of tea". I do like "Teenage Riot" very much though. :)

[fivefourtwo]

Wow I have alot

Dream Theater-FirstI dont like the whole Prog metal thing but as a guitarist..my god these guys are amazing just annoying


The Velvet Underground-Does anyone else have aproblem listening to one of their albums all the way through.

Bjork-An amazing vocalist ,But I've never consciously stayed awake past track 3.

Modest Mouse-There good but dosent there stuff sem kinda familar...

[River Tigris]

Dylan and the Stones.

[flo's garage]

My friends all go bat-shit over Isis - but after seeing them twice it still goes way over my head

[Brushback]

I've never liked "Sgt. Pepper's" in the least bit, or even the Beatles in general all that much.

I suppose I should feel guilty about this, because I'm a big fan of a lot of Beatles-sounding stuff like Big Star and Guided by Voices and other bands that probably wouldn't exist without the Beatles; I just don't like the Beatles much, themselves.

The Beatles aren't really of my generation, anyway, so it's likely that I've missed the context that most of their impact fell within.

[fivefourtwo]

I'd have to agree with The Beatles as well..not that there not good.I also find the people that still worship the beatles rather funny.

[Thor]

Originally posted by Funk
listen to the in-studio fucking around or field recording pieces on Trout Mask Replica.)

I really wish I had the energy and the balls to listen to that album more often (all 4 sides).

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Originally posted by fivefourtwo
I also find the people that still worship the beatles rather funny. Why? Is there a statute of limitations on appreciation of an artist's work?

[Thor]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI
Why? Is there a statute of limitations on appreciation of an artist's work?

I agree. When and where music (or art in general) was made should have no bearing on the appreciation or "worship" of the work. For people to "still" worship a band like the beatles, love em or hate em, is no worse than worshipping beethoven or shakespeare. people can ridiculously obsessed about things, yes, but time has nothing to do with it.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Ha! I had a line about Beethoven in my post but removed it.

[winterversion]

Originally posted by River Tigris
Dylan and the Stones.

I'll agree with the Dylan thing. I guess he's a pretty good songwriter, I just don't like his cockiness.

[Thor]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI
Ha! I had a line about Beethoven in my post but removed it.

well, great minds think alike of course. it's an obvious comparison to use but it's a valid one.

[the Pawnbroker]

Originally posted by winterversion
I'll agree with the Dylan thing. I guess he's a pretty good songwriter, I just don't like his cockiness.

When you got it, flaunt it.

Seriously, it is very hard to overestimate Dylan. By 1966, he had already recorded:

s/t
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A Changin'
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home
Highway 61 Revisited
Blonde on Blonde

And he was only 25.

If I had accomplished that at his age, was rich, famous, and Time magazine kept asking me what my songs meant, I'd be pretty fucking cocky myself.

Edit: Didn't mean this to sound bitchy. Just saying that he may have had some justification.

[3dsound]

Elvis