what group or artist makes you cringe?

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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2006
    Then someone needs to send him & Stevie Wonder to a damn barber! Someone forgot to tell Stevie he has a macramae pot holder in his hair! YUK!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2006
    Michael Bolton. My thoughts about him are buried in the following classic thread...(one of those threads that is worth re-reading every now and then):

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32747
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2006
    Great old thread... very funny stuff.

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  • HiPerf360
    HiPerf360 Posts: 436
    edited March 2006
    sda2mike wrote:
    i took my then gf, now wife to see that skinny **** in vegas...i drank heavily..there was a bar within 20 feet of our seats:p ...the show started 45 minutes late!!!!! get this: who kept us waiting??????? security had to clear a large area for him.....f
    g michael jackson!!!! they showed the gloved wonder on the video screen....i yelled out 'child molester'!!! funnily, alot of people glared at me as if i was the child molestor:rolleyes: weird peoples who like god-awful music defend god-awful entertainers...it was a painful experience....thank God for alcohol:D


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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited March 2006
    Most country and rap artists. But not all.
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  • Polkapops
    Polkapops Posts: 267
    edited April 2006
    Any song by Guns 'n Roses - annoying little drug infested butt **** -
    any of the cookie cutter big hair bands of the 80's -
    Ratt, Poison etc.
    And definitely any type of rap in any shape or form......
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited April 2006
    The Hannauka song (sorry about the sp, I don't have a calendar close) at Christmas time. Man, I'm getting to the point where the radio gets turned off Nov 15th and doesn't get turned back on until Jan 1.
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    PS, I actually like the Janis Joplin screeching...
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  • Holydoc
    Holydoc Posts: 1,048
    edited April 2006
    Boy George. Now I will never have to type that name again.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited January 2012
    Lady GaGa. Should shorten it to lady gag.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited January 2012
    Wow, this thread is dusty! I'll say most any/all rap/hip hop/crappers.:lol:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,456
    edited January 2012
    Slim Whitman and Whoopie-John & the Six Fat Dutchmen....
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited January 2012
    There are probably ten bands/artists that I can't stand to every one that I like. So much crappy stuff has been recorded it's unreal.
    I guess if I had to pick just one it would be Rush.
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  • Timothy Smith
    Timothy Smith Posts: 764
    edited January 2012
    Michael Jackson screeching his way through a song
    Bands like Nickleback groaning their way through a song
    Steve Miller breathing in loudly before every verse (check it out)
    Ricky Lee Jones deliberately slurring her words
    Axel Rose (I think) peeing in a light socket
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,329
    edited January 2012
    Europe The Final Countdown and Winger, anything by these to wanna be's Sucks...
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited January 2012
    I'd like to put a hole in the head of who ever wrote "Red Solo Cup"!
    Too much **** to list....
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited January 2012
    Foreigner "Cold as Ice"...Worst song ever. Jefferson Starship "We Built This City"...Second worst song ever.
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited January 2012
    decal wrote: »
    there are probably ten bands/artists that i can't stand to every one that i like. So much crappy stuff has been recorded it's unreal.
    I guess if i had to pick just one it would be rush.

    blastpheimer!!!!!!
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  • squeeb
    squeeb Posts: 426
    edited January 2012
    I guess I fall into the following category:

    What do candy and music have in common? They both suck until you get past the (w)rappers!

    When spelling rap, remember the 'c' is silent.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited January 2012
    deronb1 wrote: »
    blastpheimer!!!!!!

    First off, you spelled it wrong. Try blasphemer.

    Second, Check the definition.

    blas?pheme (bls-fm, blsfm)
    v. blas?phemed, blas?phem?ing, blas?phemes
    v.tr.
    1. To speak of (God or a sacred entity) in an irreverent, impious manner.
    2. To revile; execrate.

    Rush is neither God, a diety or sacred(though many people think they are for some reason!!!!).Nor,I did not speak of them in an irreverent, impious manner. I just happen to think their music sucks!!!! :cheesygrin:
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  • squeeb
    squeeb Posts: 426
    edited January 2012
    deronb1 wrote: »
    Foreigner "Cold as Ice"...Worst song ever.

    I used to like that song but now every time I hear it I hear the beginning of Derek Stevens' only hit song (sorry for the 10 second ad).

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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited January 2012
    OMG, if you'd only look for 5 seconds or so, you'll surely find many songs FAR worse than Cold as Ice !
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited January 2012
    I always cringed when the Radio Stations played Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band. there is a lot of top 40 cheese out there that was one of them, that got on my nerves, anything off of ZZ Tops Afterburner Album, that made for a good frisbee after the first listen WTF were they thinking to much MTV on thier Brains.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited January 2012
    U2...
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited January 2012
    REO Speedwagon
    Air Supply (should be cut off):wink:
    Sorry as I know some people like them, but STYX
    I'm with Jesse on KISS
    There are others, but that's a good start.

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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    edited January 2012
    This guy...I just had several flashbacks watching this:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ISe0fdoaPs
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited January 2012
    decal wrote: »
    First off, you spelled it wrong. Try blasphemer.

    Second, Check the definition.

    blas?pheme (bls-fm, blsfm)
    v. blas?phemed, blas?phem?ing, blas?phemes
    v.tr.
    1. To speak of (God or a sacred entity) in an irreverent, impious manner.
    2. To revile; execrate.

    Rush is neither God, a diety or sacred(though many people think they are for some reason!!!!).Nor,I did not speak of them in an irreverent, impious manner. I just happen to think their music sucks!!!! :cheesygrin:

    Oh sorry. I am sure you didn't have to look it up either. I wasn't being literal, just playing around and I know everyone is entitled to their opinion, but in your case you are soooooooooooooooo wrong.
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited January 2012
    gdb wrote: »
    OMG, if you'd only look for 5 seconds or so, you'll surely find many songs FAR worse than Cold as Ice !

    I guess, but I didn't want to do much soul searching. It's just those two songs bug the piss out of me.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited January 2012
    deronb1 wrote: »
    Oh sorry. I am sure you didn't have to look it up either. I wasn't being literal, just playing around and I know everyone is entitled to their opinion, but in your case you are soooooooooooooooo wrong.

    No I'm not !!!!!!!!!!:cheesygrin:
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited January 2012
    Yes you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited February 2012
    Bryan Adams and Nickelback. I can turn off any of their songs in 3 notes!!

    Oh, and on behalf of Canada, I apologize for these two violators of everyones ears. These two acts bring truth to the saying that silence is golden.
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