what group or artist makes you cringe?

danger boy
danger boy Posts: 15,722
edited February 2012 in Music & Movies
ok. you're listening to the radio... then all of a sudden "that" group or artist comes on with a song so annoying it makes you cringe. what group can you not stand? don't like anything about them.. their sound, the way the look, everything about them?

for me it would have to be Air Supply. icky. i can't change the radio station quickly enough when they come on the radio.

that one song by Five For Fighting is getting so much airplay.. i'm about to shoot myself if I hear it ONE MORE TIME!!
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited August 2004
    Any rap song where the rappers 'sing.' Good Lord, why must they try to sing?
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited August 2004
    Country music in general. I heard them people singing one of the greatest songs ever the other day - Don Henleys Desperado.
    Can country please stick to thier own crap and stop remaking good songs - they have been doing it weekly now.

    Other than that I could go on for quite awhile, here are a few:
    Avril lavigne : needs to be shot
    evanescence : the same two songs over and over
    limp bisquick : I want to chock Fred out


    I like alot of music though - I just picked up some Richard Cheese: Rage Against The Lounge. I very diverse.....
    One of my faverate groups I do not get tired of is KORN and SOIL two groups that are on heavy rotation.......
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  • Grolsch
    Grolsch Posts: 48
    edited August 2004
    I love Pink Floyd, but, every time I hear "Learn To Fly" not only do I cringe - I almost get physically ill, headache, stomach pains the whole 9 yards. Dunno why :confused:

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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited August 2004
    ashlee simpson or whatever....shes beautiful but damn she cant sing at all
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  • Crystalclear
    Crystalclear Posts: 196
    edited August 2004
    I cringe when I'm driving and a mexican radio station overwhelms my rock station,then I change the station and another mexican radio station overwhelms this station!How do the Mexican stations have more power than ours????I get ill everyday when this happens :(
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited August 2004
    Scott,

    Richard Cheese ROCKS!! I laugh my **** off every time I hear him. And he has a damn good voice to back up the comedy.
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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited August 2004
    So many groups in music make me cringe:
    The latest "boy band" garnering attention
    Brittany Spears-well let's just go w/ anything considered teenie bopperish
    Anything country-as mentioned above, I hate it when country stars remake older songs--Faith Hill singing Joplin's "Piece of My Heart?" WTF is that about????

    But, there's so much great music out there, it's all relative. My only issue is when I see young kids today listening to nothing but Hip-Hop and Teenie Bopper music, but have no appreciation for classic rock. Some of them have never even been exposed to it, which is sad.
    :(
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited August 2004
    Most modern music! RAP, Hip Hop, alot of rock, country...etc...etc...

    Nothing like the classics!


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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,773
    edited August 2004
    What 'group'? Rednecks...

    Music Group? Hip Hop and Pop groups, same for artists... Most rap does too
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2004
    GREEN DAY


    Frigin' commies...for REAL!
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  • Loud & Clear
    Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
    edited August 2004
    Any of the myriad whiney voiced, quasi punk bands that proliferate the "alternative" market. Also the cheeseball, quasi grunge bands like "Nickelback," etc. But in reality almost all of today's popular music strikes me as complete crap. FM radio is not an option anymore.

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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by Loud & Clear
    Any of the myriad whiney voiced, quasi punk bands that proliferate the "alternative" market.
    Kids digging in the back of mom's and dad's closet for old "PUNK" gear. Freaking hilarous!!!! Come on kids lets be original.....
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  • jayhawk815
    jayhawk815 Posts: 14
    edited August 2004
    Although I like many genre's of music, including 70's and 80's, there are definitely songs/artists that make me cringe everytime. Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life" definitely leads the pack, somehow still getting plenty of air time. This has to be one of the most over played songs of all time. Lately, Christina Aguilera has been really annoying the crap out of me with a number of her songs. Don't get me wrong, she looks good and has a great voice, but her songs are crap. My $.02.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited August 2004
    So nice to see music getting bashed in an audio forum, wonderful thread.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by reeltrouble1
    So nice to see music getting bashed in an audio forum, wonderful thread.
    LOL......who said that all that is audio is good?

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2004
    The teenie-bopper crap makes me ill:

    Jo-Jo (hold-up, I gotta puke)....
    spears
    simpson (both)
    aquilara
    any Nickelodian/Disney teenie girl gone music sap

    etc, etc....

    oh, yeah, friggin "bootie rap." You know, If I'm a rap star I'm gonna get a little bit better quality chics in my videos then the **** they hire. This is "cookie-cutter" music.
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2004
    1) Hip-Hop love songs......nothing like a sentimental wanna be "gangsta" dude trying to sing.......just plain garbage

    2) Anything from Meatloaf, especially that song: title? ("what's it gonna be boy, yes or no?")
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by Mike682

    2) Anything from Meatloaf, especially that song: title? ("what's it gonna be boy, yes or no?")

    Agreed! He should change his name to "Sweaty Fat Guy Who Thought This Guitar Could Get Him Laid!"
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by Jstas
    Agreed! He should change his name to "Sweaty Fat Guy Who Thought This Guitar Could Get Him Laid!"

    Or, if you've seen fight club, "His name was Robert Paulson."

    Or Bob with the B**ch T*ts.

    :D
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by Crystalclear
    I cringe when I'm driving and a mexican radio station overwhelms my rock station,then I change the station and another mexican radio station overwhelms this station!How do the Mexican stations have more power than ours????I get ill everyday when this happens :(
    I thought these were the official stations of So Cal ... pretty soon that's all you'll be able to tune in :D
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  • pixiedave
    pixiedave Posts: 227
    edited August 2004
    Anything originally recorded digitally.

    Talkinh Heads-Stop Making Sense-Great concert great film, just that digital recording grates on my ears.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited August 2004
    Would someone please put Michael Boltan out of my misery:mad:

    whining, garbage.... thats all it is!!!

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  • TheReaper
    TheReaper Posts: 636
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by pixiedave
    Anything originally recorded digitally.
    Some albums re-recorded digitally.

    I have a 'Deluxe' re-release CD with three versions of InAGaddaDeVida (lp,45,live), it sounds like it was recorded on someones home computer with a SoundBlaster 16. Then I have Skeleton's From The Closet, where it sounds like they forgot to push the DNR button.
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited August 2004
    Foreigner drives me crazy. So does Van Halen.

    Also anything Janis Joplin. The orginal whiny ****.

    Most hip-hop/rap as well.

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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited August 2004
    With few exceptions, any song in any genre by any artist made in the last 20 years. If it's got a video, it's crap.

    I'm old school to the bone, ya dig?
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  • jayhawk815
    jayhawk815 Posts: 14
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by Early B.
    With few exceptions, any song in any genre by any artist made in the last 20 years. If it's got a video, it's crap.

    I'm old school to the bone, ya dig?

    Quit living in the past, it wasn't as good as you think. To say that no good music has been produced in the last 25 years is just plain ignorance.:rolleyes:
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  • jayhawk815
    jayhawk815 Posts: 14
    edited August 2004
    Oops, I guess you did say "with a few exceptions...."
    Either way.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited September 2004
    I am surprised no mentioned Celine Dion.
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  • jayhawk815
    jayhawk815 Posts: 14
    edited September 2004
    Originally posted by Danny Tse
    I am surprised no mentioned Celine Dion.

    Wow, good call on Celine Dion. I don't know how I or anyone else failed to mention her.:D
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited September 2004
    Please see my open appeal to Celine Dion....

    On the other hand, since my girlfriend wants to see Celine Dion in Vega$, I need to learn some ancient Zen practices to withstand the spasms that I will endure during the concert.
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