bapu

Old55
I don't get The Wiggles.  I've only heard of them, so don't take that as a bad thing.  

Your cable is out?

No, but I have a limited number of channels.  I probably don't get that one.  

Old55

Kind of agree on U2.  Actually, I like them OK.  I just don't understand the religious ferver that people have for them. 

I would echo that sentiment exactly.

U2
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Buffet
Dave Matthews

sacrilege? You decide.
WSS

UbiquitousBubba
Ok, I've got a couple of older ones. This might upset some people, so I apologize in advance.
 
Bob Dylan. I'm told that he's the greatest poet who has ever lived, but let's be honest. The man can't sing. I'm sorry. I really am, but when the only chance you've got of hitting a note is to slide all over the scale, that's not singing. When the audience has to work harder to understand you than you had to work spitting out the words, it's just not worth the effort. Sorry.
 
Neil Young. I know I just crossed a line with this one. He's got a voice that sounds like a cat being pulled across a cheese grater. I would say that I hate it, but that term may not be strong enough. Also, I prefer guitar solos that utilize more than one note.
 
Right now, someone's staring at their monitor with their mouth hanging open and their fists clenched in rage. I'm sorry for that. 

Not me, I agree with both. I'll add Leonard Cohen and Patti Smith too.

OK...since by your own admission some of you have dissed some of the most revered names in rock (believe me I care not) how's about telling us who you do like. Or should I start another thread?

Just curious.

Ol pal, that should be re-worded.  Bands that you like (that you still don't get).
 
Bordering on the shameful pleasures list... I like Pink, but I'd never buy any albums. I don't "get" that style of dancy girly pop, but having seen her live act on TV (proper live, not studio) I do admire her singing talent. She has a good voice and could go far..
 
More mainstream for the CH I've "got" Rush since about 1980.  I ignored them at first because of Geddy's squeaky voice.  I had a friend that was mad for Rush and just wouldn't shut up about them and kept playing all this weird stuff with sink o'pa cynko out of time drums and a squeaky singer. It wasn't until "Exit, stage left.." that something clicked and the squeaky voice didn't matter (or his voice broke...)

yorolpal The list is too long to type. 

Ha...being a jaded, not easy to please 66 year old....I totally agree.
I didn't read every response but I'll take my lumps by adding Rush to the mix.
 
Carry on...
 

bapu

Westside Steve
U2
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Buffet
Dave Matthews

sacrilege? You decide.
WSS

I've seen over 50% of that list in concert. All but one act cannot ever perform live again (with the original line up).

Umm..well, Jimmy Buffett is still touring isn't he? U2 have all the original members..

bapu

Westside Steve
U2
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Buffet
Dave Matthews

sacrilege? You decide.
WSS

I've seen over 50% of that list in concert. All but one act cannot ever perform live again (with the original line up).

I would say there's a few on that list that could never perform live...  but I'm not that cruel..

I think to be fair, the band/artist named has to be from the era when you were most actively listening to music.
 
And with that said, I honestly can't think of any band from my era (late 60s to early 80s) that I don't understand or connect with in any way for any song...
 
Okay, one: Van Halen.
 

Old55
 
I'll start with Fleetwood Mac(the non-blues version).  They may be technically brilliant.  Stevie Nicks may be a great singer, but her voice gets on my nerves for some reason that I can't explain.  

Maybe because it's cloying and somewhat nasal?  I feel exactly the same.  But I don't mind her in the context of Fleetwood Mac.  I do stay far away from here solo stuff, however.

Rolling Stones
Grateful Dead
Anything heavy rock

bapu
Unfunny response: Any suggestions by Pedro.

 
I've always said that if you go down, go down swinging your own tune. You don't need to do covers because you won't be heard. The original gets the credit, you don't! It's like Michael J Fox going nuts on a rock song with a guitar and everyone looks at you like you are an idiot! 
 
Right place, wrong time! as the good doctor said.
 
(ohhh man ... a thread like this gets me juiced up!)

UbiquitousBubba
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Bob Dylan. I'm told that he's the greatest poet who has ever lived, but let's be honest.
...

 
Because of the internet and the evolution of music and its proliferation, it is hard to now consider Bob an important writer, and poet. However, forget the music, take the words as if you are reading a book, and put it against your top list of American Poets in the last 100 years, and the only one that will stand out might be E. E Cummings. 
 
However, Bob is very much a "reactionary" to the time and place, a lot more than most poetry writers.
 
I don't bother with listening to Bob sing, because he is not a singer, and everyone can do his stuff better. Why are you bothering to look for a singer when there isn't one? He's about the inflection and the acting on his words, which can cut really hard and harsh in the way he says it.
 

UbiquitousBubba
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Neil Young.

 
Check out the film that was done by Jonathan Demme about him, and his solo concert. He is out of tune many times, but it's a part of the person he is, and what he is singing about is not a "song" that you WANT TO MAKE SURE IS PERFECT, but about his feelings. It takes courage to sing a song about someone in your life, and calling and not getting an answer. It takes courage to sing about Kent State. But no. You want the syrup'y crap songs like Suite **** Two Eyes? That is not what Neil is about!
 
And unlike many other musicians, btw, he manages to stay with it and mix with new folks, and that is something that most of the players his age can't do because they are trying to make a living off their teens that were meaningless save for a nice song about nothing, or flowers in your hair!
 
It's not about the voice or the singing. It's about the "performance" in the theater, when someone gave his heart out to the end ... and all you can say is that the voice screeches. You never heard a word? It needs a screech, because most people did not HEAR it then, and STILL don't.
 
I would like to suggest that you might want to take your DAW knowledge and ability away from these folks. Their work was NOT about the idealistic "perfection" and "design" that you think a song should have. In many cases, it was the "imperfections" that made the piece in the first place, and this is the problem with all these DAWS. 
 
You forget the music itself, and what you are doing!
 
Another person that is very similar to Neil, that also screams, cries and sings his heart out non-stop is the one and only Peter Hammill, and his band Van der Graaf Generator. I much prefer his solo material, it is harder, stronger and intense and sometimes too much so, but it is hard to not appreciate the strength in "H to He", "Godbluff" and "Still Life" though most fans seem to like the other album I do not think is his best. But this is a style, of honesty, heart and feeling, that few Americans will appreciate and it won't get played on the American airwaves, though some songs are unbelievably fabulous! He makes Neil Young look and sound like a child trying to bring out a song, which I think is a very good and apt description of Neil, but in a good way! That wildness counts for something even if you don't like it, or as a parent you try to instill it out of the child!