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Friday OT #2 - Mount Trashmore

Dave Marhews (like the activism though)
Cold Play WTF?
Anything 90's stone temple pilots esc crap
Phish again WTF?
 
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1UNI2ISU said:
Saw him 3 times. Tom was great when he was clean but he wasn't clean enough of the time. He was pretty awful live when he was using.
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I saw TP twice...both good times! BUT...all of the hardcore fans knew excatly which song was next as if they were watching a film for the 10th time! Both shows felt scripted with no "wild cards" or anything different from the night prior (which I would usually associate with a show like Madonna or the like).
 
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James Arthur if for no other reason than the 21st centuries worst lyric line "I held your hair back when you were throwin' up". If that isn't bad enough that complete piece of **** song, "Say You Won't Let Go", still keeps popping up on local radio.

I hate the song and the singer. It's visceral. He should not be allowed into the country.
 
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cytor said:
One hit Wonders/80s slush: Soft Cell, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Men at work, Tears for Fears
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How dare you, sir! As a connoisseur of 80s music, I can assure you there are far, far more obvious choices here than Men At Work and Tears For Fears.

I mean, personally, I kinda enjoy A Flock Of Seagulls, for example, but I can see why other people wouldn’t. I just can’t see why Men At Work would be offensive to anybody (except maybe for Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive).
 
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cyfanatic said:
I saw TP twice...both good times! BUT...all of the hardcore fans knew excatly which song was next as if they were watching a film for the 10th time! Both shows felt scripted with no "wild cards" or anything different from the night prior (which I would usually associate with a show like Madonna or the like).
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Seeing Petty live was just kind of boring. No emotive punch or feeling in my gut that there was nowhere I'd rather be at that moment, which to me is what a concert should be about. I had the same experience with the Steve Miller Band... "ok, decent song, lots of heads swaying, now what time is it going to be over?"
 
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Angie said:
Thanks so much to @Gonzo for this thread! Here it goes:

Who would be on your Mount Rushmore of least favorite bands, singers, or musical acts?

But the catch is that it has to be legitimate bands/singers/performers that have large and very real fanbases and followings. So singers like Rick Astley, Billy Ray Cyrus, etc., who are kind of universally considered a joke, wouldn't count.

So, my personal example might be that I loathe Grateful Dead, ICP, Dave Matthews Band, and any and all early 2000s nu metal (Limp Bizkit, etc).
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Meatloaf, the Beatles, Grateful Dead, the Captain and Tennille (I'm old).
 
Gonzo said:
Seeing Petty live was just kind of boring. No emotive punch or feeling in my gut that there was nowhere I'd rather be at that moment, which to me is what a concert should be about. I had the same experience with the Steve Miller Band... "ok, decent song, lots of heads swaying, now what time is it going to be over?"
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Did Steve Miller break into the 10 minute climate lecture like he did when I saw him? Brutal.
 
Sigmapolis said:
I am definitely an old man yelling at the clouds about stuff like this.

There's one and only one Beatles song that uses those chords ("Oh Darling!" off Abbey Road) while approximately half -- and only exaggerating slightly here -- of TaySway songs do.

This article is ten years old, but I enjoy it because it confirms all my priors --

https://newatlas.com/pop-music-trends/23535/

Quantifying the timbre variety in pop music ("Timbre is what makes a particular musical sound different from another, even when they have the same pitch or loudness. It is essentially the difference between different instruments playing the same note at the same loudness. They found that, after peaking in the mid-1960s, timbral variety has continued to narrow.") shows exactly this dynamic at play.

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That is...

The late 1960s and early 1970s were a golden age. It is almost always worth it to dig deeper into the catalog of a well-known act or to explore a new, obscure one from this era.

Downslide into the late 1970s and 1980s. Not that there isn't some great music there, but there just isn't the "deep vinyl" depth worth exploring like there would be with the median record of 1970.

Bit of a recovery into the 1990s -- grunge, Britpop, alternative rock, classic hip hop, etc.

Then things fell off a cliff. I doubt they've improved since 2012.
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Is there something for which you don't have a chart?

Just kidding. I love it and learn so much for your research.
 
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Bands I can't stand

Bruce Springstein
Coldplay
I like every member of Foo Fighters but don't like their music. It just does nothing for me
David Bowie
Steve Miller
Bob Dylan
Phish
Greatfull dead
 
Althetuna said:
Elvis Costello
Sex Pistols
Madonna
.38 Special
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It's tough for me on this. There are few "celebs" I despise more than Madonna, for a number of reasons. But a big part of her music, for me, I associate with 'Vision Quest' which is a movie I love, as well as my middle school years, which I kind of think back on fondly. So speaking strictly about the music, she doesn't make my Rushmore the way Gloria Estefan, Rod Stewart, Katie Perry do, where I literally HAVE to turn the station the second I hear their voice or my head will explode.
 
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cyclones500 said:
Eek! I had managed to purge my brain of that one! Yeah, that single is a notable low point of MAW's brief charting period.
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cyclones500 said:
Eek! I had managed to purge my brain of that one! Yeah, that single is a notable low point of MAW's brief charting period.
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Saw Men at Work Open for Hall and Oates not proud of this concert but the girls needed a ride and I had the 1977 Ford LTD that could take all 7.
 
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Gonzo said:
It's tough for me on this. There are few "celebs" I despise more than Madonna, for a number of reasons. But a big part of her music, for me, I associate with 'Vision Quest' which is a movie I love, as well as my middle school years, which I kind of think back on fondly. So speaking strictly about the music, she doesn't make my Rushmore the way Gloria Estefan, Rod Stewart, Katie Perry do, where I literally HAVE to turn the station the second I hear their voice or my head will explode.
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For me, Madonna is a mediocre vocalist who relied sex appeal and shock value to promote her brand. IMO you could plug any female professional vocalist with the same publicity stunts for promotion into Madonna's role and the results would be the same.

Madonna was a top notch performer but far from a top notch musician.
 
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