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Great Songs from Bands/Artists You Otherwise Hate/Dislike

posted 2 years ago by HarveyManFredSin (4877)
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"The Land of Make Believe" by Bucks Fizz (I hate to admit it, but this is a great song, and rather creepy/subversive in parts, which was the intent of the song's writer, Peter Sinfield, who said the song's darker elements were an attack on then PM, Margaret Thatcher, unbeknowst to the band, who were mostly Tory-leaning types)

"The Name of the Game" by ABBA (ABBA generally turns me off, partly because of how ubiquitous their songs are, but this is a genuinely poignant and meloncholy tune, and it helps it was used so memorably on The Fugees' 'Rumble in the Jungle' song which was a hit when I was in my teens)

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Beth from Kiss

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

I love Kiss.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13076) 2 years ago

"Don't Stop Believing" by Journey. I was turned onto the song by the film "Monster". But overall Journey is too mainstream gaseous rock.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

I love gaseous rock 💨

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13076) 2 years ago

By "gaseous" I mean rock bands which were not influenced by the 70's punk revolution. 🤣

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

Yacht Rock! Love it!

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13076) 2 years ago

Yacht rock? Lol. I've never heard that term before. But yeah, generally, that's the kinda rock I don't like.

Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast sound[4][5] or adult-oriented rock[6]) is a broad music style and aesthetic[7] commonly associated with soft rock,[8] one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Drawing on sources such as smooth soul, smooth jazz,[1] R&B, and disco,[7] common stylistic traits include high-quality production, clean vocals, and a focus on light, catchy melodies.

Some of the most popular yacht rock acts (who also collaborated on each other's records) included Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan and Toto.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_rock

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

ELO, Toto, Styx, Boston, Supertramp, Foreigner, Journey et al - love it! Just think of me on a boat wearing a pair of white Espadrilles, lol.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13076) 2 years ago

Lol. Who the hell is Michael McDonald? They list him first, as if. I've never even heard of him.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

Never heard of The Doobie Brothers?

I'm not ashamed to say, I love 'yacht rock', speaking as a working-class Brit who's never been on a yacht, and is unlikely to ever do so.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

I’ll hire a boat and we can have a Yacht Rock party.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

Cool. I'll be there.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

🍻👍

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13076) 2 years ago

Yes, my college roommate tortured me with the Doobie Brothers back in the day.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

Although I think he has an amazing voice (he sounds like a black soul singer, but he’s white!) and I really like him, I wouldn’t quite put him in the Yacht Rock/Dad Rock category.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

I always assumed that more smooth 'white soul', or 'blue-eyed-soul', artists like Michael McDonald, Hall & Oates, and Christopher Cross were more accurately described as 'Yacht Rock', than perhaps those other bands you listed, which strike me more as 'anthem rock' or 'power rock' (I don't know if I've made that last term up, but I'm fairly sure I've heard that term, or something similar, to describe bands like Journey and Foreigner in particular). I really love most of those bands, especially Toto and Supertramp ("Breakfast In America" is practically a perfect album), although Supertramp and ELO might also be described as prog-rock along with Genesis, and I'd argue that Supertramp even has a few New Wave leanings, although some musos may take offence at that observation.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

Separating all the different categories of Rock are a nightmare (I know a lot of anal people that have huge arguments about the boarders between Thrash Metal, Doom Metal, Black Metal etc and even what constitutes Metal, as opposed to Rock), so I tend to lable all the Rock music I like under the banner Dad Rock.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

'Dad Rock'!?! AHHH!!!

I like to think my musical tastes are fairly wide and eclectic (I particularly love New Wave, funk, jazz, soul, disco, electro, dance, prog hip hop, singer-songwriter, film scores, indie and a lot of pop, and there are a few classical, punk, ska and two-tone I can listen to) but, yes, I probably do tend to sway towards late 70s/80s AOR stuff.

It's funny, because I'm a big George Carlin fan, but I know that 'soft rock' and the people who liked that sort of music, was one of the things he most detested.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

I have a massive record collection consisting of about 30,000 pieces of vinyl and CDs. I love virtually all forms of music (apart from Cod Reggae - think UB40 and Ace of Base).

Sit me down in a pub and I’ll happily talk about music all day, over several pints of course.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

I don't mind early UB40, mostly because their early songs, to be fair, actually had something to say (i.e. One in Ten). I remember Ace of Base quite vividly from 93/94, because there was a lot going on in my life at the time, and they were always on the radio (although I can't say I'm a fan; the stuff about one of them being an ex-Nazi always stood out for me).

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

Jeez, I had no idea about the Nazi stuff - just one more reason to hate them.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

I've got to be careful, because it might be apochryphal, but I recall one of the male members having a pre-band association with a far-right organisation in Sweden. TBF, by the time he was in the band, I think he'd long given up that shit.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

They’re still shite, lol.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

LOL! Yes, pretty much. Not my least favourite band though (I think the late 90s boy and girl bands, save for The Spice Girls, who admittedly had a few tunes, are arguably far worse).

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

I have a soft spot for the Spices and took the missus to see them at Wembley on the reunion tour. They had the Pet Shop Boys as support and the PSB blew them away, lol.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

Wow, the PSB in support. That's high praise/confidence in The Spice Girls, indeed.

If I were taking a loo/snack break, I'd definitely wait until the PSB had finished their set. But, in all fairness, The Spice Girls had a few great singles, especially their first few (particularly Say You'll Be There).

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

Spices had some good songs (believe it or not I have all their albums, plus all their solo stuff), but the PSB were light years ahead of them.

[–] GolfnGuitars (3096) 2 years ago

I've never been much of a Sarah McLachlan fan (I think she's talented, but I never really cared for her music). Except for one song..."Sweet Surrender." I just love that song (I read a review when that song came out in the 90s that stated McLachlan almost "cooed" the lyrics)...it's one of my all-time favorites and I still listen to it quite a bit to this day. I think it's an absolute masterpiece of a song.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13076) 2 years ago

I don't know much by Sarah McLachlan, but I love that song "Building a Mystery":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QUq72fla3o

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

I don't know much of her work, off the top of my head, but 'When She Loved Me', brought me out in tears when I first heard it during Toy Story 2, and it still makes me feel a little mushy, everytime I hear it.

[–] InquiringMind (2272) 2 years ago

God Gave Rock n' Roll to You by KISS

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

Love Kiss.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Dream On by Aerosmith

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

I love Aerosmith.

[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

"Renegade" by Styx. Never had any use for the band, but it's a damn good song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9eLz4DrwF8

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

I love Styx.

[–] BeaSouth (3554) 2 years ago

You have hilariously owned this thread

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

I just love music 🎶

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 2 years ago

So far I'm with ya ITT. So much hate of classics.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

My record collection is very eclectic.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

I saw Bucksfizz (for the irony). I actually love their song ‘Heart of Stone’, which Cher went on to record later on (Pop Trivia Andy): -
https://youtu.be/eDtPNJFOFFQ

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 2 years ago

Suck My Kiss and Behind the Sun by Red Hot Chili Peppers. There might be one other funky song by them that I like but I hate all of their other hits and most every album I have heard. And I like funk.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) 2 years ago

Love the Peppers.