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Duran Duran rules so hard I didn't know people don't like them
They were really easy to hate back in the day. They've withstood the test of time though.
John Taylor is so underrated as a bassist. He was amazing in that band.
I didn't know Duran Duran was even disliked lmao
Been listening to Rio by DD as inspiration for a writing piece, and it's a pretty good song imo
People hate Duran Duran??
I only found out a few years ago that Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies was commonly regarded as one of the worst songs of the 90s, but it reminds me of middle school and summers at the pool. Same with Sex And Candy by Marcy Playground.
Hanging out, downtown by myself, and there's just too much Marcy, Playground in my head, and there it was
Like Disco lemonade…
The other day I heard sex and candy for the first time in ages. I got immediate nostalgia. The song has a GREAT hook and I totally see why middle school me liked it. Sex. Candy. Cool vibe.
But hearing it now, i quickly realized the lyrics aren’t mysterious/poetic. They are meaningless and had nothing to say except repeating the chorus over and over and over because the words sound good together.
Once you get past their boring singles, Nickelback isn't all that bad.
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I don't think there's that many people who dislike Nickelback. It just became trendy to dislike them, so people jumped on the bandwagon, regardless of whether they actually cared either way.
I tried because so many of my friends dig them. I just can't get past the songs that seem like they're written with a rhyming dictionary and they're full of teeny bopper cliches. I love the guitar tone and some of the riffs but I just can't get past those dumbass lyrics.
I’ll say it, I like Imagine Dragons. They have some great songs, they just also have some radio rock drivel (oh god Thunder is bad). Also, I saw them live back in 2013 and it’s one of the best concerts I’ve been to.
In 2022, they were my then-12-year-old child’s favorite band, so I took the kiddo to see the band in Milwaukee. Holy shit, they put on a FANTASTIC concert.
My wife discovered them about idk... 6 years ago? She was crazy about their music. She listened to it all the time, and put the music videos on our home theater. Then out of nowhere she suddenly decided that she hates them. She still hates them to this day. I think it might be because their music is so repetitive that it sounds catchy at first and then gets really annoying. Whatever the reason, they cultivated a super fan and then lost her all within a couple of months.
You could play me 10 random songs from my playlist and I could maybe name the artist of one of them. I'm so hipster even I don't know the bands I'm listening to.
Whenever I play shoegaze music it tends to upset my family.
Slowdive is one of the greatest bands ever
Zappa.
Those who are into his music are really into it, and those who aren't generally really dislike it.
I actually like Nickelback and Matchbox 20.
My Highschool Girlfriend was a huge Matchbox 20 fan, so I took her to one of their concerts. I gotta say, I was impressed. They do a great show.
Mindless Self Indulgence: Yeah, the lead singer was obviously a piece of shit, but their music was still catchy.
I see people hate on Imagine Dragons, Creed, and Nickelback (though the latter two not so much recently)... I like these bands.
Nickelback is good, especially the early music. Imagine Dragons is similar in that they both are kinda hated because their music is really mainstream and accessible, which is in my opinion a pretty weird reason to hate the bands.
Nickelback, although I barely listen to them anymore because my music taste changed
I’m not sure how many bands even sit in the widely known and also disliked by most Venn diagram. The only example I can even think of is Phish, which I can’t stand but I know a guy who lives his whole life around their touring schedule.
An avid Phisherman, you might say?
Phish is a weird one. When I listen to a whole record it kind of all sounds like one long song. An experimental variation on the theme. But live.... Holy s***. I'll go see him anytime they're close.
I listen to a lot of stuff that would be widely disliked if it were widely heard. Extremely dissonant, abstract, and harsh avant-garde metal is for very few people. It's hard to describe it without sounding like a dopey elitist type, but I just like caustic, hostile, and often formless stuff.
I think a lot of people got burnt out on sex and candy, but Marcy playground's first two albums are legitimately fantastic. I didn't even get into them until like 2018
I’m a bit fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and really anything John Frusciante or Josh Klinghoffrr
Who the hell dislikes RHCP??
You would be surprised. They seem to be a very love them or hate them type of band. They were pretty wild in the early days too (pre cali), so had some bad press during a lot of the me too/cancel culture thing.
I’m a huge fan of Frusciante. Like he’s basically the reason I learned anything on guitar.
Been listening to more of them recently, and songs like Dark Necessities have been stuck in my head lmao
Even though they seem to receive a lot of criticism and have a bad rep, and some people seem to really hate them, I've actually always liked Nickelback.
The Spice Girls
I can sing to you (badly) every single lyric of the first two albums
My thread prediction was spot on. We all secretly listen to Nickelback.
Modern day Smashing Pumpkins. The community is very split these days.
The Strokes - Comedown Machine is often called their worst album but, id argue it's one of their best
The Strokes in general are a fantastic band and there's been no album of theirs that I haven't enjoyed including Comedown Machine