Cheryl J
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Brainstorming last night, I came up with a definitive list of several bands which I have taken a stance resembling that of Kim Jong Ill to the free people of the world! I hate these bands with a passion never seen in any other than Helen Coonan discussing media reforms, and I am here to slander their image in a hope that I get my 15 minutes of fame when they sue me for defamation.
And so, without further ado, my dear two readers, I give you...
#5 Most Disliked Band - U2
Why U2 you ask? There is a simple reason. No, not a name, for I have my doubts any sane, sober mother would call their child this. Bono. Who in gods kingdom names their child after the worse half of Sonny & Cher. For gods sake woman, do you not think ahead! Bono is an annoying, pontificating (use of word: 1 000 000 points) asshole (use of word: -1 000 000 points) who parades about trying to save the planet.
I hate people who try and help people. Die.
U2's music is also the most unchallenging thing written since Meat Loaf decided to go for number three. They have duped the world into buying each and every single album when they each song sounds exactly the same. Bono: "Hey Edge (yes, wtf is that), let's release the same song with a different name! And then save some children! YAY!" No.
#4 Most Disliked Band - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Flea.
#3 Most Disliked Band - Nirvana
Yes, even more controversial a choice, for I Kylar am not one to shy away from the spotlight (what spotlight?), their lyrics reach a nirvana (mind the pun), a level of genius unsurpassed by anything, ever. I thought to enlighten you and share these truly enlightened skills with you:
Smells Like Teen Spirit:
Hello [x16] (Real work of genius, an avant-garde masterpiece, someone call YOKO!)
A mulatto / An albino / A mosquito / My libido / Yea (that speaks for itself)
Rape Me
Rape Me [x17] (this has broken the dizzying heights of perfection, go Kurt, go!)
Hate me (well if you insist)
They also completely destroyed the glorious work of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World, and for that, I sentence them to the bottom (bar 2) of my pile.
#2 Most Disliked Band - Green Day
Do I really need to give a reason? They cashed in on Bush to sell their crappy little album and return to the mainstream. Do they have any credibility? NO. Are they repetitive and useless? YES. Dear sir's, you are, like what, 40? It's time for you to retire to a nice round of drinks at the white house and a career 're-interpreting' oldies.
#1 Most Disliked Band - PANIC! At The Disco
Where do I start? First, the grammar is completely infuriating in the title. You CANNOT have random exclamation! marks! sprinkled! around! because! you! look! like! a! tool! Why is there capitalisation on the word panic? Are you dyslexic and/or in any other way retarded?
Their attempt at being somewhat intelligent fails "sense of poise and rationality" is only repeated like 100 times. Do you even know what that means? I doubt it. There are about 2 verses in that entire song, and the rest is made up of repeating the same things over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
I Write Sins Not Tragedies, I think not: You Write Crap Not Music, yes.
The End.
And so, without further ado, my dear two readers, I give you...
#5 Most Disliked Band - U2
Why U2 you ask? There is a simple reason. No, not a name, for I have my doubts any sane, sober mother would call their child this. Bono. Who in gods kingdom names their child after the worse half of Sonny & Cher. For gods sake woman, do you not think ahead! Bono is an annoying, pontificating (use of word: 1 000 000 points) asshole (use of word: -1 000 000 points) who parades about trying to save the planet.
I hate people who try and help people. Die.
U2's music is also the most unchallenging thing written since Meat Loaf decided to go for number three. They have duped the world into buying each and every single album when they each song sounds exactly the same. Bono: "Hey Edge (yes, wtf is that), let's release the same song with a different name! And then save some children! YAY!" No.
#4 Most Disliked Band - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Flea.
#3 Most Disliked Band - Nirvana
Yes, even more controversial a choice, for I Kylar am not one to shy away from the spotlight (what spotlight?), their lyrics reach a nirvana (mind the pun), a level of genius unsurpassed by anything, ever. I thought to enlighten you and share these truly enlightened skills with you:
Smells Like Teen Spirit:
Hello [x16] (Real work of genius, an avant-garde masterpiece, someone call YOKO!)
A mulatto / An albino / A mosquito / My libido / Yea (that speaks for itself)
Rape Me
Rape Me [x17] (this has broken the dizzying heights of perfection, go Kurt, go!)
Hate me (well if you insist)
They also completely destroyed the glorious work of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World, and for that, I sentence them to the bottom (bar 2) of my pile.
#2 Most Disliked Band - Green Day
Do I really need to give a reason? They cashed in on Bush to sell their crappy little album and return to the mainstream. Do they have any credibility? NO. Are they repetitive and useless? YES. Dear sir's, you are, like what, 40? It's time for you to retire to a nice round of drinks at the white house and a career 're-interpreting' oldies.
#1 Most Disliked Band - PANIC! At The Disco
Where do I start? First, the grammar is completely infuriating in the title. You CANNOT have random exclamation! marks! sprinkled! around! because! you! look! like! a! tool! Why is there capitalisation on the word panic? Are you dyslexic and/or in any other way retarded?
Their attempt at being somewhat intelligent fails "sense of poise and rationality" is only repeated like 100 times. Do you even know what that means? I doubt it. There are about 2 verses in that entire song, and the rest is made up of repeating the same things over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
I Write Sins Not Tragedies, I think not: You Write Crap Not Music, yes.
The End.
Although i do agree with you about green day.
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(thanks for the comment, I actually didn't know that and I looked it up)
U2 - Bono is not really the frontman's real name, but rather an abbreviation for Bono Vox, Spanish for "good voice." Egotistical sure, but at least it's not his real name. Granted, the majority of the new U2 music is downright horrible, but albums up to and including Joshua Tree had some great music on it.
Chili Peppers - Your justification was Flea, but considering he's Australian, I have to back him up here. My main argument is with Chad Smith - I mean, he's a clone of Will Ferrell. Except he's in a rock band. A rock band with three people everyone knows and the drummer no one ever talks about.
Nirvana - I have to say that they are definitely quite overrated. They're ok, but unfortunately they have forged paths for horrible bands like Nickelback to make it big.
Green Day - Yeah, got nothing.
Panic! at the Disco - I, for one, am in favour of the random exclamation mark. Have you ever heard of a better band name than !Forward, Russia!? I think cabaret pop-punk has its charm, but when you get sick of an album even before it hits the radio for the first time, there's something wrong with it.
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I'm pretty ignorant about all of this but I can see that you guys aren't. You should have kept pontificating without the other one, you'd be streets ahead by now.
Oh, well, ignorance [mine] is bliss.
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Jimbo, thank you for those well thought out comments. For me, music (such as U2) that is not challenging in any way is really not there for a purpose. To use my favourite word, Bono is nothing but a pontificating, silly-looking man.
Also, Nickelback: grrrr
I'll have a look into that band !Forward Russia!?, thanks for the comment...
Kylar
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My all time most hated band was New Kids on the Block. God I hated them. Still do.
I'll have a look into that band, any reason why they're hated (you can follow my example and have bad reasons...)
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The only band here I could honestly say I hate is Picnic! at the Disco. The others I have some modicum of respect for but am not overly impressed with either way.
My vote for most overrated bands (but not neccessarily hated) goes to Led Zeppelin and Tool.
Anyway, I don't really want to argue. I do agree with you about the overrated bands though. Led Zeppelin are quite good, especially Tangerine, an incredible song, but I flat out hate Tool and can't see what the fuss is about.
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Voltaire once said that anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. This is especially true of rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll, by definition, is dumb. That's part of its charm. 'A wop bopalooma balop bam boom' isn't exactly the most enlightening phrase ever uttered, but there's something liberating about it that I think is important.
Don't get me wrong. I love Zeppelin, particularly "Dazed & Confused" and "No Quarter". It's just that when a band gets so hyped, it's hard to feel anything genuine for them. And on the subject of stupid lyrics: 'I met a girl so fair, but Golem the evil one crept up and slipped away with her' from "Ramble On" is the biggest load of horshit I've ever heard.
I like Tool a bit, but they're another example of a band whose popularity does nothing but shine a light on their flaws. No, their lyrics aren't better than Shakespeare and no, their music doesn't open some portal to the secrets of the universe. They're a very good band, but enough with the slavish worship already. It just makes the band and their fans look like a bunch of idiots.
Radiohead is another band that I quite like but am turned off by all the hype. Way, overrated.
P.S. I still like your post, and enjoy shooting the shit about music. Where would we be without controversy and a little debate. Keep it up, man.
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A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yea
No. What does that mean??? Nothing, just rubbish. And their songs do start to sound the same. That being said, I'm familiar with about three of their songs and haven't really looked beyond that, so I think I might do just that.
We must have somewhat similar tastes, I don't like Radiohead for exactly the same reason.
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While I love a good lyric, I'm not adverse to nonsense and rubbish. In fact a lot of my favourite bands celebrate nonsense and rubbish. You also have to remember that "Teen Spirit" was meant to be a kind of tongue-in-cheek youth anthem that fullfilled its own destiny by accident. Kurt's approach to writing lyrics tends to be to write something sincere and then make fun of his own earnestness with something silly or contradictory.
And yeah, a lot of their music does sound simplistic and repetitive, but that's what you get with pop music. I personally prefer their weirder, fucked-up, noisy shit. Some of the stuff on Incesticide is just nuts, and I love "Endless Nameless" for its chaotic heaviness.
P.S. Radiohead's Kid A is actually really good. I think they went from being a really mediocre band with too much recognition to a really good band with less recognition. Still wouldn't call myself a fan though.
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Good luck