Bands that everybody likes...or at least doesn't dislike

[RandomAnthony]

Yesterday I was thinking of what bands everyone I know likes, and the only two I could list were:

1. The Ramones
2. The Clash

I'm not including A) people who have never heard of the band, and/or B) people who are ambivalent to the music enough not to form an opinion. In other words, beyond those two categories, I've never heard anyone say "The Clash suck" or "The Ramones are lame."

Thoughts?

[[deleted user]]

In my aging, hipster-doofus universe, most if not all of my peers (early to mid-50's) are unanimous in their admiration of:

David Bowie (pre-Berlin trilogy, anyway)

Roxy Music (Bryan Ferry was big with the ladies back in high school)

Led Zeppelin

Bob Seger (it's a regional thiing)

[Kevin]

i've never heard anyone say Guns N Roses sucked.

[Farrah]

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Doors
Louis Armstrong
Jimi Hendrix

[[deleted user]]

Farrah wrote: "The Beatles"

Uh-oh...

[Farrah]

hmmm?

[~Geektastic~]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "i've never heard anyone say Guns N Roses sucked."

Really??

[[deleted user]]

Farrah wrote: "hmmm?"


Reader's Digest condensed version: I detest them.

[Farrah]

Clark wrote: "Farrah wrote: "hmmm?"


Reader's Digest condensed version: I detest them."

Why?

I know people that don't like them. That don't like the commercialism, the pop sounds, all tha jazz....you are the first I have heard say "detest". Just curious.

[[deleted user]]

Farrah wrote: "Clark wrote: "Farrah wrote: "hmmm?"


Reader's Digest condensed version: I detest them."

Why?"

If they hadn't split up, we would've been spared Wings. Herman's Hermits, The Move and the Small Faces were all better.

Overrated...

[ms.petra]

Farrah, trust me when I say let sleeping dogs lie. Clark prefers the Stones.

[[deleted user]]

ms.petra wrote: "Farrah, trust me when I say let sleeping dogs lie. Clark prefers the Stones."

Plus, who give a fat fuck who the Walrus was?

And, oh yeah: Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9...

[Farrah]

hehehe alright fair enough. Hey, I love the Stones.

[Farrah]

I'm Henry the eighth I am Henry the eight I am I am?

[[deleted user]]

Wait a minute. I've been bamboozled. I vowed a while back to never again enter the Beatles fray here at GR.

I. Am. An. Idiot.

Carry on, Fab Four faithful.

[[deleted user]]

Generic, but is there anyone who doesn't like Motown?

[Brittomart]

I have a friend who said he didn't like Motown when he was younger, but as he grew up and got off his high horse about music, he appreciated it more and more.

I've never heard anyone say they didn't like Luther Vandross.

[ms.petra]

Barry White.

[Farrah]

Sadly...just about everyone but me likes Journey and Bon Jovi.

[Brittomart]

Question: Is there a difference between thinking a band sucks and not liking a style of music? For example, I think Carrie Underwood is an excellent singer, but I don't like country music.

[Farrah]

Yes Britomart there is a difference. Music tastes are personal and subjective. But you have to give credit where credit is due...sometimes.

[Farrah]

Barb wrote: "I'm with you, Farrah. I can't stand Journey, and Bon Jovi has always rubbed me the wrong way."

I'm a NJ failure because I don't like Bruce either.

[[deleted user]]

I like a handful of songs by Bon Jovi and Journey - in limited doses and certainly not while sober.

But "City of the Angels" sends me right 'round the bend.

[[deleted user]]

Britomart wrote: "I've never heard anyone say they didn't like Luther Vandross."

I couldn't name one Luther song if you put a gun to my head.

Name one of his hits.

[Farrah]

Marvin Gaye! Who doesn't love a little sexual healing?

[Brittomart]

His cover of The Carpenter's "Superstar," "Never Too Much," "Always and Forever." I could keep going.

[[deleted user]]

Howzabout the Monkees? Don't think I've ever heard anyone work up a head of steam and direct it towards them.

[Phil]

Glenn Miller Orchestra

[Phil]

Boston Pops

[Farrah]

Misfit lovers? Say I! :)

[Sally, la reina]

Phil, no.
G&R post 1989, no.
Barry, no.

Stones, yes.

[~Geektastic~]

RandomAnthony wrote: "Yesterday I was thinking of what bands everyone I know likes, and the only two I could list were:

1. The Ramones
2. The Clash

I'm not including A) people who have never heard of the band, an..."

My mom once said that she thought the Ramones reminded her of the Beach Boys. That's pretty close to saying they're lame. I don't share her opinion though.

[Michael]

Clark wrote: "In my aging, hipster-doofus universe, most if not all of my peers (early to mid-50's) are unanimous in their admiration of:

David Bowie (pre-Berlin trilogy, anyway)

Roxy Music (Bryan Ferry was big with the ladies back in high school)

Led Zeppelin

Bob Seger (it's a regional thiing)

Yes to Seger but no to the rest for me. Back in high schook it was a lot of Lynyrd Skynrd, Black Sabbath, Doobie Brothers, Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead.

[Michael]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "i've never heard anyone say Guns N Roses sucked."

Guns N Roses sucked.

[Farrah]

Ah yes! The Grateful Dead!

[Michael]

Myles wrote: "I'm going to go with Toto. Everyone likes Toto."

Everyone minus one. In fact, if I were to ever come out and support enhanced interrogation, the first thing I'd do is replace waterboarding with Hold the Line.

[~Geektastic~]

Farrah wrote: "Ah yes! The Grateful Dead!"

There is no more divisive band than The Grateful Dead for my friends and family. They are loved or hated, no one seems to be on the fence.

[Farrah]

Amber wrote: "Farrah wrote: "Ah yes! The Grateful Dead!"

There is no more divisive band than The Grateful Dead for my friends and family. They are loved or hated, no one seems to be on the fence."

I see that too with my friends and family. I love the Dead, my husband hates them. But he loves Judas Priest so...

[[deleted user]]

Farrah wrote: "Misfit lovers? Say I! :)"


I!!!

"Astro Zombies" is one of my all-timers.

[[deleted user]]

Michael wrote: "Myles wrote: "I'm going to go with Toto. Everyone likes Toto."

Everyone minus one. In fact, if I were to ever come out and support enhanced interrogation, the first thing I'd do is replace water..."

Minus two.

[Sally, la reina]

Minus three.

[[deleted user]]

Amber wrote: "My mom once said that she thought the Ramones reminded her of the Beach Boys. That's pretty close to saying they're lame. I don't share her opinion though."

I'm not the world's biggest Beach Boys fan, but I detect a bit of an influence here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJN9Nd...

and here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nlX7P...

[[deleted user]]

Michael wrote: "Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "i've never heard anyone say Guns N Roses sucked."

Guns N Roses sucked."

I can handle "Paradise City" and "Used to Love Her" but not much else.

[Farrah]

Clark wrote: "Farrah wrote: "Misfit lovers? Say I! :)"


I!!!

"Astro Zombies" is one of my all-timers."

ME TOO!! and Vampira

[[deleted user]]

Farrah wrote: "Clark wrote: "Farrah wrote: "Misfit lovers? Say I! :)"


I!!!

"Astro Zombies" is one of my all-timers."

ME TOO!! and Vampira"

And "Skulls"!

[Farrah]

I want your skulls
I need your skulls

:)

[[deleted user]]

Koeeoaddi wrote: "I would likewise expect that some of you (most of you?) would feel the same about Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Leon Russell."

Yep, myself included but what a boring world if everyone liked the same thing, huh?

Without those differences we'd be robbed of the opportunity to piss each other off on a daily basis.

[Farrah]

Koeeoaddi wrote: "Sally wrote: "Minus three."

Minus many.

The answer, IMO, is zero. Though I can appreciate that most of the bands mentioned have a gruntload of fans and don't suck (in the tradition of, say, Miley..."

I'm not opposed to Joni Mitchell except at Christmas with that skating song.

[[deleted user]]

There are too many bands that are favorites of mine, many of whom have been listed here.

But if there's one band that sends me on a climb-the-water-tower-and-go-on-a-shooting-rampage, it's the fucking Eagles.

I can't stand the fucking Eagles.

[Farrah]

Elaine..shhhh shhhhh...."Desperadoooo....."

Great Seinfeld episode~