what group or artist makes you cringe?

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  • landry_p2000
    landry_p2000 Posts: 1,313
    edited September 2004
    As for rappers who sing, (Nelly for Example) I am pretty sure that a multi-platinum rap artist doesn't give a crap about who doesn't like there music.
    I hate any artist that screams and yells, or tears up nice guitars on stage for no reason at all. These guys wouldn't know melody if it bit them in the ****.
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  • Mjr7531
    Mjr7531 Posts: 856
    edited September 2004
    Honestly, even as a high-schooler, I enjoy, or at least put up with any type of music. I like the Classics and comptemporary, I just try to keep an open mind. I have a high tolerance to overplayed music, that helps when I go to somewhere like where I work and we listen to a "variety" radio station,
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    btw, Danger Boy that one song that get excessive airplay is 100 Years, just so you know.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2004
    Originally posted by Danny Tse
    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.

    Danny,

    you're right man... she butchers every cover song she does... why can't she just stop singing other peoples songs and do her own??

    Her cover of I Drove All Night has to be the worst cover song I've ever heard. period. Do you know who first did that song? I've always associated it with Cyndi Lauper... i'm an 80's guy.. and I love Cyndi's cover of it. (She blew everyone away this summer in concert doing this and all her other songs).

    Anyw how about the covers that Wilson Phillips are doing right now? I'm so mad i can't even type anymore. I rarely like and remake songs... When Celine did the Pattie Labelle song.. i changed the station.. and called them up to say that they should from now on only play the Patti LaBelle version. :D
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited September 2004
    danger boy,

    Previous to Cyndi Lauper's version, "I Drove All Night" was done in the 80s by Roy Orbison (that's while I mention the black-and-white video for the song featuring Jason Priestly and Jennifer Connelly in the above link). The song appeared on a now out-of-print CD called "King of Hearts", which was an album of songs Roy was in the process of recording when he died suddenly. It was finished up by Jeff Lynne of ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) and, I believe, members of the Heartbreakers (Tom Petty). I am not aware of an earlier version of the song before Roy's.

    As for the current Wilson Philips song, you must mean the cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way". While I have to say I prefer the original version, I don't mind the Wilson Philips version. It's always a double-edge sword when covering a classic song....it's rarely as good as the original and the comparisons are inevitable.

    But Celine Dion....you're right, she tends to butcher every song she covers.
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited September 2004
    One band that I absolutely hate is Trapt. Whenever I heard their first whiney single on the radio, I would immediately change the station or put in a CD. I have never heard anything other than the two singles that they released (both sucked), and hopefully I will never have to. There are lots of other groups out that I can't stand, but the list would be too long.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2004
    Danny,

    Yeah that's the Fleetwood Mac song that Wilson Phillips does.. that to me.. just sounds bad. Not that Wilson Phillips aren't good singers.. they're ok.. it's just that that song is associated with Fleetwood Mac, and no matter who else records it again..
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited September 2004
    I'm with the guy who feels "with a few exceptions" and I will further modify it to "with VERY few exceptions."

    The Mexican radio stations don't have to abide by FCC laws and are probably twice as powerful as your local rock stations. This lends credence to my motto "A meng can NEVER have too much power."

    Country makes me WANT to puke, RAP gets it partway up my throat, and smooth jazz is all over the front of my outfit, even if I'm wearing my good clothes (not my play clothes). Then there's Robert Plant's voice which is in a category all its own illness wise.

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  • BrentMcGhee
    BrentMcGhee Posts: 548
    edited May 2005
    George Grand, Dude robert plant is the gratest singer ever, led zeplin is the greatest band ever in case you did not know!!! end of story clasic rock is better that an modern crap that is out there now.

    Period...

    oo look at that the double period the"." and the word "period"
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  • Spawndn72
    Spawndn72 Posts: 453
    edited May 2005
    I pretty much hate anyone that has "Diva" associated with her name.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited May 2005
    Heart...can't stand 'em.
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  • BrentMcGhee
    BrentMcGhee Posts: 548
    edited May 2005
    heart!! hahaha i love them.... not
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited May 2005
    Originally posted by BrentMcGhee
    George Grand, Dude robert plant is the gratest singer ever, led zeplin is the greatest band ever in case you did not know!!! end of story clasic rock is better that an modern crap that is out there now.

    Period...

    oo look at that the double period the"." and the word "period"
    WTF?
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited May 2005
    Korn. Ever since they brutally massacre'd one of the greatest classic songs of all time, I have lost complete respect for a band I used to like (not love but like). And no, I'm not talking about "Word Up."
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,723
    edited May 2005
    Kiss, gets my vote for the worst band of all time......even told them so, face to face. :D
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited May 2005
    I actually used to like Nirvana. Now, I can't stand them for some reason. If one of their songs comes on the radio, I flip it ASAP.
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  • ledhed
    ledhed Posts: 1,088
    edited May 2005
    That new Bluw Merl song. An AWFUL cop of Coldplay. Avril, Most country, Van Halen, anybody who has no talent
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  • ninerbj
    ninerbj Posts: 870
    edited May 2005
    One word............ OASIS

    And any other artist who have made it to the big time and just can't seem to handle the fame and fortune that follows.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited May 2005
    Michael Jackson. End of story.
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited May 2005
    Originally posted by janmike
    Michael Jackson. End of story.

    Checkmate! Although Manilow would definitely give him a run for the money.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited May 2005
    Originally posted by Frank Z
    Heart...can't stand 'em.

    you're evil and MUST be destroyed. :mad:

    same for Mr. BrentMcGhee :eek:

    at least I can say Heart has talent.. or did at one time.. unlike many of the already mentioned singers/groups.. who have zero talent.

    singers i can't stand. Celion, Mariah, Brittney, Korn, any Hip Hop and those songs that the kids play with the thumping bass in their cars.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2005
    Red Hot Chili Peppers. I don't know why but they bug me.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2005
    Amen Henry!

    Mike682, the song you are thinking about by Meatloaf is called: "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".

    This song cracks me up at the end of it, because it's so ironic! I also like "2 Out Of Three Ain't Bad"

    Some of the singers you all mention are talented, but the problem they have is that they keep singing the same stuff in the same key with different words over & over again. Or they borrow someone elses song & butcher it.

    Everyone has lost their creativity & originality. It's the same problem with the movies. Remakes all over the place of TV shows or comicbooks! :rolleyes:

    Originally posted by HBombToo
    Would someone please put Michael Boltan out of my misery:mad:

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

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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited May 2005
    Originally posted by wingnut4772
    Red Hot Chili Peppers. I don't know why but they bug me.

    Didn't one of them dress up in a condom?
    They irritate me also.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited May 2005
    mariah actually used to be a good singer and did a good job of showcasing her talent...now her music is just ****...
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  • pmckeealaska
    pmckeealaska Posts: 808
    edited May 2005
    OK.....I just knew someone would put Green Day down as their least favorite band. Up until American Idiot, I could take them or leave them, but that album is a freakin masterpiece. Jstas calls them commies? Why is that? Because they happen to not agree or like the current administration? I guess if you voice your opposition, then your a communist? Please. I dont even hear any anti-W stuff on the album. Come on guys. I mean, from what I hear John Lennon was a total a-hole as a person, and he was probably closer to being a commy than green day, but the guy was still an amazing musician. Try and seperate the politics of a musician from their music.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited May 2005
    Originally posted by janmike
    Michael Jackson. End of story.
    What? Talk about no respect for the music industry. Might as well say Elvis, Led Zepplin or the Beatles if we're going to start kicking people in the nuts.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited May 2005
    Any rap "artist".
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited May 2005
    country... any country.... urge to kill... rising!

    I don't really mind rap but I just hate that whole Ima Gangsta attitude along with the music videos that are nothing but expensive cars, booty and flashing wads of cash.

    Anyone heard of Josh Tobin?
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited May 2005
    Josh Crobin maybe.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited May 2005
    amen. Country and Rap. Get rid of them both. I just hate how the Rap industry has imbedded itself into everything these days. It's good to know that the future of our once great country is left in the hands of a bunch of hoopties and their bling.
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