Author Topic: If I Never Hear These Classic Rock Groups/Songs Again It Will Be Too Soon (Read 29319 times)

grampster · « **Reply #50 on:** June 27, 2011, 01:43:39 PM »

What is the name of that awful band that plays a lot of flutes and other dark ages instruments? I hate that music so much I have blocked the name of the band.

Crap, now I'm hearing that vile music in my head.

Quote from: Bigjake on June 26, 2011, 11:03:08 PM

Jethro Tull?

Yup.

MrsSmith · « **Reply #51 on:** June 27, 2011, 02:52:37 PM »

Hmmm... seems there are two very distinct groups commenting here. Those of us born before 1970 and those of you born after.

Also had to laugh at some of the colorful terms used to describe how strongly various songs/groups are disliked. Shingles? That's funny!

The Stones are another band that's ALWAYS playing. I like the Stones, but I've always been a B-side kind of girl and some of my faves never get air time. That goes for quite a few of the bands listed here.

Adding to the list: ZZ Top's Gimme All Your Lovin'. And that stupid talking harmonica song, what is it, "That's all right?" Who does that? Peter Gabriel? No, that's not right. Whatever. The song was cool when I was a teenager but hearing it five times a day for over 20 years has significantly reduced the cool factor. Would rather eat chalk.

Quote from: Bogie on June 26, 2011, 07:06:10 PM

Godaddy has Squirrel Nut Zippers on its hold music.
I now HATE the Squirrel Nut Zippers.

Godaddy used to be the only company I didn't mind sitting on hold with because the music was great! Was also the only company that was fast and you DIDN'T sit on hold long. Still like the Squirrel Nut Zippers, but am completely over that specific song. Definitely wish they'd switch it up, but still give them kudos for marching to their own beat.

gunsmith · « **Reply #52 on:** June 27, 2011, 02:54:25 PM »

I like old Jethro Tull, pre Songs from the wood I saw a concert on TV a few months ago of Tull - my gawd, awful, the music was ok but chubby 70 yrs old dudes don't need to be prancin around like that. The worst was The Who during that stupid bowl half time show a yr or two ago. The half time show should be high school marching bands or something American, not elderly British soccer fans.

grislyatoms · « **Reply #53 on:** June 27, 2011, 02:55:07 PM »

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Who does that? Peter Gabriel? No, that's not right. Whatever. The song was cool when I was a teenager but hearing it five times a day for over 20 years has significantly reduced the cool factor. Would rather eat chalk.

Close. Peter Frampton. And, agreed.

Balog · « **Reply #54 on:** June 27, 2011, 03:06:29 PM »

I almost never hear Zepplin on the radio out here. Ditto most Sabbath. I like what I like. Some is popular, some is not. Music radio is the equivalent or McDonalds. Mostly crap, but passable if you have no alternative.

Meshuggah gets so many raves, but to me they always sound like work shanties for factory robots. I really think 8 string guitars should be banned from metal, they just steal all the frequencies the bass should be on. The bassist tries to down tune to C# or something stupid like that, and the music ends up with no bass presence and the freqs it should be on clogged with mush from the distorted 8 strings.

grislyatoms · « **Reply #55 on:** June 27, 2011, 03:35:00 PM »

Quote from: Monkeyleg on June 26, 2011, 06:46:14 PM

Edgar Winter? I've never heard any station play his songs. I don't remember many stations playing his music in the 60's, either. Maybe it was his heroin addiction.

A few stations back home and one here seem to think "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride" are staples to played several times a day.

to begin with, but throughout the day? Sheesh. (Referring to Edgar Winter Group, not Edgar Winter specifically. Sorry if that caused some confusion)

Boomhauer · « **Reply #56 on:** June 27, 2011, 03:44:58 PM »

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And that stupid talking harmonica song, what is it, "That's all right?" Who does that? Peter Gabriel? No, that's not right. Whatever. The song was cool when I was a teenager but hearing it five times a day for over 20 years has significantly reduced the cool factor. Would rather eat chalk.

THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. I *expletive deleted*ing HATE THAT SONG.

grampster · « **Reply #57 on:** June 27, 2011, 08:30:05 PM »

Do you feel.....do you feel......do you feel like we do..doooo? That's all right, that's all right...inter alia

MrsSmith · « **Reply #58 on:** June 27, 2011, 08:40:55 PM »

Grampster! And to think I was willing to buy you a drink and a box of ammo the other day.

grampster · « **Reply #59 on:** June 27, 2011, 08:56:58 PM »

Heh.

Ron · « **Reply #60 on:** June 27, 2011, 09:00:20 PM »

Saw Frampton in concert 5-6 years ago, twas awesome.

MrsSmith · « **Reply #61 on:** June 27, 2011, 10:17:23 PM »

Chalk eaters. Both of you.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #62 on:** June 27, 2011, 10:55:29 PM »

I guess I'd better not say anything about Peter Frampton.

Oh, what the hell, there's enough people here who give me a hard time for liking old groups like the Stones.

I couldn't stand Peter Frampton when he was new on the scene, and I'm pretty confident he hasn't done anything to change my mind.

grislyatoms · « **Reply #63 on:** June 28, 2011, 12:10:26 AM »

What they don't play enough? "Ordinary Average Guy" by Joe Walsh.

grislyatoms · « **Reply #64 on:** June 28, 2011, 12:16:44 AM »

"Ordinary, average guy" by Joe Walsh should be my anthem. Makes me laugh every time.

"Pick up the dog doo, hope that it's hard."

BReilley · « **Reply #65 on:** June 28, 2011, 02:30:05 AM »

Quote from: Declaration Day on June 25, 2011, 07:46:31 PM

Especially "Sweet Child of Mine" or "Welcome to the Jungle". I have heard those songs a billion times and can't stand them any more.

When I worked at a Dairy Queen, we were not allowed to change the radio away from the local soft-rock station, even after closing time. In later jobs, the radio belonged to the shop foreman/service manager/lead tech, and it was all mullet, all the time(so lots of play for the above mentioned songs). I found that I was able to tolerate the repetition by creating my own, er, alternate lyrics... "welcome to the bunghole" etc... unfortunately this now occurs as a reflex, although I sometimes can refrain from singing the dirty version out loud.

Quote from: Declaration Day on June 25, 2011, 07:46:31 PM

I haven't liked any popular music since Nirvana came out and drastically lowered the standards of talent in the music industry. I have no music stations pre-set in my car radio except for 101 WRIF so I can listen to a morning talk show.

THANK YOU. Nirvana was an insult at the time, and it's disgusting that they are now still given airtime. Talentless tools.

Quote from: Declaration Day on June 25, 2011, 07:46:31 PM

Most people in this country have never heard of the bands I listen to. Now that the American music industry is run by corporate bean-counters who crank out generic, dumbed-down crap intended solely for mass appeal, I look elsewhere.

I think you give the ol' record companies too much credit, at least with the "Now that" part. Beatles, dumbed-down crap intended solely for mass appeal?

Deep, they were not. Popular and wildly successful, yes. The music industry has been about popularity and profit for as long as it's been an industry.

Quote from: Avenger29 on June 26, 2011, 01:57:14 AM

Stuff on the classic rock station I can't stand: Led Zepplin. Rush. Pink Floyd. Journey. The Eagles (ESPECIALLY HOTEL CALIFORNIA). .38 Special. John Melloncamp. Pretty much any emotional, hippie bull*expletive deleted* song/band I hate.

John Mellencamp and Pink Floyd are my two worst "classic-rock" buttons. Whenever that stupid "Jack and Diane" song comes on, I picture the guitar-playing teacher from Beavis and Butthead singing it.

Quote from: Avenger29 on June 26, 2011, 01:57:14 AM

Stuff on the new rock station I can't stand: Theory of a Deadman. Everclear. Couple others I don't know the names of, but I HATE the music. Again, more emo hippie bull*expletive deleted*. And then the new rock station also plays *expletive deleted* like Zepplin that I tried to escape by coming to the new rock station. WTF?

What's the deal with current rock being all aggro? For the last two or three years it seems like one out of every three new songs is about kicking somebody's ass(i.e. "one of us is going down") or being a hedonistic thug("I think bad thoughts"). Is "hard" rock the new gangsta rap?

GigaBuist · « **Reply #66 on:** June 28, 2011, 03:33:50 PM »

Radio? Bah, I've been listening to the new Lady Gaga album for two weeks straight now trying to find some deeper meaning to it.

MillCreek · « **Reply #67 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:58:56 PM »

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #68 on:** June 29, 2011, 05:50:51 PM »

Another favorite band of mine was on the radio at the gym today: Van Halen. It was bad enough when there was just Eddie Van Halen, but when David Lee Roth and his little girl squeals were added to the band, it drove me insane. Still does.

The pop music industry has always been about marketing. Up until Bob Dylan and the Beatles, every pop song was two minutes and fifteen seconds long. If the song was longer than that, it was cut to 2:15 for the .45 and radio play, and the full-length version was only on an album. Somebody years before that decided that two minutes and fifteen seconds was as long as a listener's attention would last. (The same thing had happened with the movie industry in the 1920's, when movies were just one reel long).

Music marketing today is very slick, certainly in comparison to that of the 1950's through 1970's. What passed for marketing back then was laughable. What passes for marketing today is disgusting.

MrsSmith · « **Reply #69 on:** June 29, 2011, 06:48:08 PM »

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Van Halen. It was bad enough when there was just Eddie Van Halen, but when David Lee Roth and his little girl squeals were added to the band, it drove me insane. Still does.

I'm with you on that one, David Lee Roth makes my skin crawl.

And you don't like Peter Frampton. You stepped up a notch in my book Monkeyleg. I'll forgive any of your past comments that irked me.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #70 on:** June 29, 2011, 06:57:09 PM »

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And you don't like Peter Frampton. You stepped up a notch in my book Monkeyleg. I'll forgive any of your past comments that irked me.

Should I tell you what other groups I don't like? Maybe you'll wind up actually thinking I'm a decent guy. (Well, maybe that's a bit much to ask).

Lee · « **Reply #71 on:** June 29, 2011, 09:59:18 PM »

I remember when listening to FM meant you might hear something beyond ordinary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2vE5b_FgEA

gunsmith · « **Reply #72 on:** June 30, 2011, 01:25:54 AM »

I love making my own lyrics to sing along too, it has gotten me in trouble too.
I worked as a dishwasher in Ireland for a while ( Ireland is where bland stupid yankee pop RULES! ) & they played Sade's "smooth operator" over and over ... I changed it to "phone sex operator" They would get so dang Irate when I called Gilbert & Sullivan "Gilbert O'sullivan" "alone again naturally" would be A clone again, naturally.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #73 on:** June 30, 2011, 01:29:32 AM »

"alone again naturally"

Oh, God. Whenever I heard that song, I wanted to find Gilbert O. Sullivan and personally throw him off a nearby tower.

Gah! The song is stuck in my head now!

Scout26 · « **Reply #74 on:** June 30, 2011, 02:59:57 AM »

I can't stand the Rolling Stones. Sorry, they are grossly overplayed and the music sucks. WDRV some night digs down and plays deep tracks and whole album sides, and then other nights is "bad '80's hair bands" night where it is one dog turd after another, John Mellencamp, Foreigner, Eagles, Journay, Fleetwood Mac, ZZ Top, et al.....

Those nights it gets kicked over to WFMT for classical classical.

I do like Jethro Tull. Heavy Horses....

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