Five Rock Bands You're SUPPOSED To Like But Just Can't Stand

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Posted: 5/3/2004 11:23:49 PM EDT

"Good" classic rock bands that are supposed to be so great but you just can't stand - not even one single song:

1) Steeley Dan

2) Jethro Tull

3) Grateful Dead

4) The Who (okay I like "Who are you" but NOTHING else)

oh shit. . .

here goes . . . .
5) Rush (let the pummeling begin)

Posted: 5/3/2004 11:27:24 PM EDT

[#1]

I agree with all of them but The Who. I've liked them since I was a little kid.

Posted: 5/3/2004 11:29:40 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
"Good" classic rock bands that are supposed to be so great but you just can't stand - not even one single song:

1) Steeley Dan

2) Jethro Tull

3) Grateful Dead

4) The Who (okay I like "Who are you" but NOTHING else)

5) Rush (let the pummeling begin)

Can't really disagree with any of these. Rush is absolutely ruined by Getty Lee (?).

Posted: 5/3/2004 11:29:41 PM EDT

[#3]

- the beatles. (respect them, but hate them)

- the sex pistols (broken down; just another boy band)

Posted: 5/3/2004 11:33:33 PM EDT

[#4]

Beatles
Greatful Dead
Bob Dylan
RUSH

Posted: 5/3/2004 11:38:46 PM EDT

[#5]

U2
Peter Gabriel
The Cure
Lynard Skynard

Posted: 5/3/2004 11:40:34 PM EDT

[#6]

Beatles
Aerosmith
Styx
Chicago
[Lebosky]the eagles maaaan[Lebosky]

Posted: 5/3/2004 11:40:49 PM EDT

[#7]

Rush's Moving Pictures was a great album, how can you not like Tom Sawyer? Plus they are about the only Randian Objectivist lyrics out there. Of course everything they've done in the last twenty years has sucked ass.

HATE the Greatful Dead.

Can't stand a single Bruce Springstien song.

Hell, most every band of the seventies sucked except Black Sabbath.

Hate anything John Lennon post Beatles

HATE Dave Mathews Band

and for the fifth, Dire Straights. Never understood what the hell their attraction was.

Posted: 5/3/2004 11:41:27 PM EDT

[#8]

Peter Frampton
Greatful Dead
Steeley Dan

Posted: 5/3/2004 11:42:08 PM EDT

[#9]

I like 4 out of those 5 bands. I like Steely Dan the most, Rush the least.

I dont get what people like about them so much, I don't like anything they've done.

Posted: 5/4/2004 12:09:13 AM EDT

[#10]

Fascists! Rush rocks! And the Who is one of the best bands ever!

But I will agree that steely dan blows hard, along with the greatful dead, the eagles and bon-mutherfucking-jovi...

Posted: 5/4/2004 12:11:31 AM EDT

[#11]

Zeppelin, sorry guys, but I guess I just don't get it

Aerosmith

Rush

The Beatles

I really don't get Van Halen at all, or how anyone could like them.

Posted: 5/4/2004 12:16:02 AM EDT

[#12]

I pretty much like all those mentioned, certainly the first five.

People have different tastes, and it changes over time!

So BFD!

Posted: 5/4/2004 12:22:11 AM EDT

[#13]

Rush, without a doubt. Gives me headaches when the songs intro on the radio.

Greatful Dead, too damned folksy.

Bob Dylan, grates on my ears after a while.

I'm sure there are others, but I've made an effort not to listen to them in the past 40 years.

CW

Posted: 5/4/2004 12:32:14 AM EDT

[#14]

Pink Floyd:....maybe it helps if you're stoned, I don't know? Could never see what all the fuss was about.

Bruce Springsteen: I agree with Ratters.....it sets my teeth on edge whenever a song of his comes on the radio, which seems to be ALL THE TIME on the local classic rock station

Bob Seger!!! JHFC! I hate Bob Seger! DIE MF!! DIE! DIE!

KISS: brain dead metal at it's worst.

Van Halen: Back in the day with David Lee Roth as frontman they were semi tolerable. Never bought any of the albums but wouldn't make the mad dash to change the radio station like I do when Van Hagar comes on.

Posted: 5/4/2004 1:14:36 AM EDT

[#15]

1. Led Zepplin
2. The Doors
3. Rolling Stones
4. Grateful Dead
5. Van Halen

Sorry guys, just never really did like any of those bands. Pink Floyd however is THE greatest band of all time!

Rob

Posted: 5/4/2004 1:23:08 AM EDT

[#16]

Styx
Journey
Rush
Springsteen
Any of those big hair bands like Motley Crue or Whitesnake.

Posted: 5/4/2004 2:10:59 AM EDT

[#17]

Tool
System of a Down
The White Stripes
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Rolling Stones

(bet I'll make a few friends with that list)

Posted: 5/4/2004 2:42:55 AM EDT

[#18]

Springsteen - Been hating his "music" for about 30 years now
Greenday - pure unadulterated crap
Grateful Dead - I for one AM grateful
Bob Segar - again, crap
U2 - please, just die already!

And FWIW - Rush was great in the old days, but anything after about 1986 sucks.

Posted: 5/4/2004 2:47:05 AM EDT

[#19]

1. Led Zeplin
2. Led Zeplin
3. Led Zeplin
4. Led Zeplin
5. Led Zeplin

Did mention they suck and are over rated and over played?

Posted: 5/4/2004 2:47:33 AM EDT

[#20]

1.Rush
2.Rush
3.Rush
4.Rush
5.Rush

Why do they exist?
How have they sold even a single album?
Why would you choose a lead singer that sounds like a farm animal being castrated?
Why weren't they quarantined in Canada before they had a chance to damage the rest of the world?

P.S.: I would like to apologize to the AR15 Community for letting my anger over a grossly overrated band overcome me. I realize that outbursts of emotion are unseemly... but COME ON! Nobody would ever really take them seriously as a group, right? Right?

Posted: 5/4/2004 2:48:24 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
1.Rush
2.Rush
3.Rush
4.Rush
5.Rush

Why do they exist?
How have they sold even a single album?
Why would you choose a lead singer that sounds like a farm animal being castrated?
Why weren't they quarantined in Canada before they had a chance to damage the rest of the world?

P.S.: I would like to apologize to the AR15 Community for letting my anger over a grossly overrated band overcome me. I realize that outbursts of emotion are unseemly... but COME ON! Nobody would ever really take them seriously as a group, right? Right?

I concur

Posted: 5/4/2004 2:48:32 AM EDT

[#22]

I agree with all your choices except the Who. They've got some good work under their belt.

Posted: 5/4/2004 3:20:43 AM EDT

[#23]

Some of these aren't "classic" rock, but I just had to list them...

- System of a Down
- Led Zeppelin
- Bob Dylan
- Rage Against the Machine
- Jimmy Buffet

Oh, there are so many. These are only the first that come to mind.

Posted: 5/4/2004 3:23:14 AM EDT

[#24]

Why are we supposed to like them?

Posted: 5/4/2004 3:35:09 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
1.Rush
2.Rush
3.Rush
4.Rush
5.Rush

Why do they exist?
How have they sold even a single album?
Why would you choose a lead singer that sounds like a farm animal being castrated?
Why weren't they quarantined in Canada before they had a chance to damage the rest of the world?

P.S.: I would like to apologize to the AR15 Community for letting my anger over a grossly overrated band overcome me. I realize that outbursts of emotion are unseemly... but COME ON! Nobody would ever really take them seriously as a group, right? Right?

It isn't about the vocals... If it was, the Kinks, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Tom Petty, etc. would have never sold an album?

Rush is overrated? They get hardly any radio play, and when they do, it is the same 2 or 3 songs.

The only thing they have going against them is that they are cannucks.

Rush rocks!

Posted: 5/4/2004 3:37:15 AM EDT

[#26]

All Steely Dan - GAY

Just listen closely to their lyrics, all Steely Dan songs have gay overtones.

Posted: 5/4/2004 3:45:41 AM EDT

[#27]

Steely Dan is named after a dildo.

I can't stand...

Steely Dan
The Beatles
Greatful Dead
Bob Dylan
Jethro Tull

Posted: 5/4/2004 3:52:43 AM EDT

[#28]

As far as new bands go, how about the White Stripes?

Horrid, absolutely horrid.

Posted: 5/4/2004 3:57:17 AM EDT

[#29]

[It isn't about the vocals... If it was, the Kinks, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Tom Petty, etc. would have never sold an album?

Rush is overrated? They get hardly any radio play, and when they do, it is the same 2 or 3 songs.

The only thing they have going against them is that they are cannucks.

Rush rocks!

Spot on! If you love music and freedom how can you not just love the first side of 2112? Intelligent lyrics and great rockin' tunage.

Posted: 5/4/2004 4:04:24 AM EDT

[#30]

If I was granted three wishes, the third one would be to never hear Tom Sawyer again!

Posted: 5/4/2004 4:13:48 AM EDT

[#31]

I agree Rush sucks. Peart is an awesome drummer but the band plays musician's music.

1. Metallica. Can't stand em. Way Overrated.
2. Lynard Skynard. Give me three steps to the garbage can.
3. The Doors. That squealy organ sound from Manszerack and Morrison's drug laden sloppy vocals -- Garbage.
4. System of a Down. Awful. Simply awful.
5. Black Sabbath.

Posted: 5/4/2004 4:16:30 AM EDT

[#32]

Ted Nugent. He'd be great if he'd stop screaming.

Posted: 5/4/2004 4:18:26 AM EDT

[#33]

Um....We only get to choose 5?!

Can't do it. There are so many shitty bands out there these days that are apparently popular (God knows why!) that I couldn't possibly narrow it down to five and be fair about it.

You do have a good start though. I don't like any of the five you mentioned. Respect some of the stuff they did, but still don't like them.

Posted: 5/4/2004 4:24:19 AM EDT

[#34]

Neil Young
Grateful Dead
Bruce Springsteen
Bon Jovi
U2

Posted: 5/4/2004 4:43:38 AM EDT

[#35]

I'm not real partial to
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Cream
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin (I hate that bitch)
Aerosmith
Van Halen
Black Sabbath (and let's be honest...I don't like much Heavy Metal...I hardly even consider it to be music and worthy of this topic. Rap and Hi Hop don't rate either.)

And a few others. It's not that I cannot find a song or two from each that I actually like, any band can squeeze out a good song every now and then, just that the VAST majority of their output does not appeal to me.

Posted: 5/4/2004 4:44:03 AM EDT

[#36]

Yes - I cannot F#$%ing stand the Lead singers voice, he needs to get the vice grips off his nuts!!!
Greatful Dead - Can't Stand them!
Nirvana - SUCK!!!! Much rather listen to Soundgarden or Alice-n-Chains!!!
Pearl Jam
Steve Miller
Boston - Clear Channel loves these Motherf#$%ers, hands down the most overplayed band of all time!

The problem with music from bands like Rush and Pink Floyd is that Corporate music from Clear Channel plays only certain songs from them to DEATH!!!! For Example, Tom Sawyer by Rush, I cannot stand that song anymore from overplay, I have YET to HEAR 2112 played on the radio!!!

Posted: 5/4/2004 4:50:18 AM EDT

[#37]

I have to say I really like Yes and Pink Floyd, but I really have to be in the right mood.

I'm not generally a fan of Jethro Tull. I really like "Songs from the Wood" though. It's almost a pure Ian Anderson record though. Mostly worked up English and Scottish folk tunes.

I recognize the work of a lot of the bands mentioned (except for the metalheads), but I just don't like it.

Posted: 5/4/2004 4:52:33 AM EDT

[#38]

Grateful Dead....I just don't get them at all. When I first heard the band's name, I sort of expected acid rock/heavy metal, but hoo boy, was I ever surprised!

Boston...odd that I should dislike them, as they're a guitar oriented band, and I'm guitar oriented as well. (I build custom made guitars)

Journey. None for me, thanks. I'll stay home.

All grunge, "Seattle sound" stuff sucks.

And though I don't HATE Led Zeppelin, I've never been able to get into it at all.

Steely Dan is great, what are you talking about? It doesn't really fit in the rock genre, if that helps.

Beatles: Love 'em. But mostly it's their early work, pre-'66, that I like best, back when they still had their distinctively Liverpool sound happening. The close harmonies and simple structures work for me.

My tastes vary wildly. Anything from Steely Dan to Rammstein.

CJ

Posted: 5/4/2004 5:02:11 AM EDT

[#39]

Pomp rock-

Hair metal-

Blue hair synthesizer pop-

Interminable jam bands-

Suburbanite rastas-

Headbangers-

Wiggaz-

they all suck.

Fill in your band name of choice.

Posted: 5/4/2004 5:14:22 AM EDT

[#40]

You guys suck, each and every one of you. You haven't mentioned the first band I don't like, witht the possible exception of The White Stripes (who?) and Steely Dan (what?).

Now, if someone had said Micheal Bolton, that would have been different.

ETA: oops! didn't read 95thfoot's post.

Posted: 5/4/2004 5:16:04 AM EDT

[#41]

The Who is very good.
Rush is very good.
Steelt Dan is OK
Jethro Tull is OK

And as for the dead,,,,,,,

Posted: 5/4/2004 5:23:28 AM EDT

[#42]

Joe Shitriani, Yngwie (WFT?) Malmsteen (Who the hell thought that Bach sounded good on an electric guitar faster than Bach wrote it?), Steve Vai.

Tech players who couldn't write a good song they copied a classic note for note.

Posted: 5/4/2004 5:23:55 AM EDT

[#43]

Metallica
Linkon Park
U2
Korn
Limp Bizkit
There's more, but you only asked for 5.
AB

Posted: 5/4/2004 5:26:29 AM EDT

[#44]

Zeppelin (sucks) CAUSE she climbing the stair waaaay to hheeavven

Pink Floyd:..( All Drugs arent good )
Van Halencrap ( Dave ? what a punk and the other guy ? fags) Eddy got a good one VB mmmmmm
The Beatles ( dont like them but have to respect them )
Rolling Stones ( Insync boy band, just a different era)
Black Sabbath ( The devil, Please give me a break )

All classic rock all GREAT rock per my peers.

Posted: 5/4/2004 5:34:46 AM EDT

[#45]

If you only listen to the playlists on the classic rock station, eventually you'll wind up hating ALL bands.

(Although I never could figure out what the attraction of The Grateful Dead was.)

Posted: 5/4/2004 5:37:30 AM EDT

[#46]

Only 5? Jeez, where to start.....

Beatles <-----------Could never figure out the fascination with these two groups. Must've been good drugs....
Grateful Dead<--/
U2 (my roomie, while we were stationed in the FRG, played it so much that I can't stand them to this day....)
Bruce Springsteen - can't get the radio changed fast enough - whine, whine
John Cougar Mellencamp (or whatever he's calling himself these days) - another "can't change fast enough" candidate

Posted: 5/4/2004 5:48:19 AM EDT

[#47]

I guess i truly have nothing in common with you guys except for a love of firearms and a warped sense of humor. Most of the bands you guys listed are really good. Rush, Beatles, Who, Van Halen... Now, peter frampton can die at any moment and i couldn't be happier.

Most modern day music would go into the list. It's all cry-grunge or cRap.