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Post by Velkontés on Jan 23, 2009 11:21:51 GMT -5
Just thought I'd start a conversation. I've got a good idea what you all like, but I was wondering what you thought about some of the following all-time biggest selling acts.
The Beatles
Rolling Stones
Elvis Presley
Bruce Springsteen
Michael Jackson
Abba
Madonna
U2
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Post by Naitch on Jan 23, 2009 15:00:08 GMT -5
The Beatles- I never cared for The Beatles. Respect them but don't want to listen to them.
Rolling Stones- Love they're older albums. Don't care for most of the 90s onward stuff.
Elvis Presley- I don't like the gospel or fat Elvis stuff. Like some of the newer stuff.
Bruce Springsteen- I do like The Boss.
Michael Jackson- I like some of the singles.
Abba- They're one hit wonders, no?
Madonna- I've heard Madonna covers I've liked but nothing really from Madonna.
U2- My dream is to see them assassinated on live TV.
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Post by Velkontés on Jan 23, 2009 22:55:43 GMT -5
The Beatles- I never cared for The Beatles. Respect them but don't want to listen to them. Rolling Stones- Love they're older albums. Don't care for most of the 90s onward stuff. Elvis Presley- I don't like the gospel or fat Elvis stuff. Like some of the newer stuff. Bruce Springsteen- I do like The Boss. Michael Jackson- I like some of the singles. Abba- They're one hit wonders, no? Madonna- I've heard Madonna covers I've liked but nothing really from Madonna. U2- My dream is to see them assassinated on live TV. I like the Beatles but I think they're over-rated. This is apparently a controversial opinion. It's not that I dispute they were the biggest band ever, or that they were really good, but some people seem to think they were better than all other bands that ever existed put together and multiplied by a hundred. And that's silly. I like the Rolling Stones early stuff. And some of Elvis' early stuff. Classic Springsteen is good, I can't really get into his more recent stuff - and I have heard it all as he's my older sister's favourite. Michael Jackson suffers from Joe Wrestler Syndrome. He's got some great tracks... but... it's Michael Jackson, you know? I like the odd Madonna track. I really wish she had fucked off about 15 years ago though. I can't stand Abba. They were really good at what they did, I just cannot listen to it. Abba are huge in the UK. I was going to say I agree with you on U2, but the last thing the world needs is Bono as a martyr. Instead, I hope the police find child pron on his laptop on live TV. That should sort that out.
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Post by evilmasterbetty on Jan 24, 2009 1:39:27 GMT -5
The Beatles - I think appreciate more than like. I don't have any of their songs on my computer or anything, but their music is good.
Rolling Stones - Never cared much for them, but I like "Paint it Black"
Elvis Presley - Similar to the Beatles, but probably like him a bit more.
Bruce Springsteen - I'm the only New Jersean that doesn't like Springsteen
Michael Jackson - Early-Mid 80's Michael was awesome. But later stuff...eh. Plus he diddles kids, so that's always a negative.
Abba - Very catchy, but not a favorite.
Madonna - She's OK. Probably the most overrated on this list. But a couple of her songs aren't horrible.
U2 - Probably my favorite of these. Bono may be a bit of a prick sometimes, but they're a damn good band.
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Post by Champ on Jan 24, 2009 6:47:19 GMT -5
The Beatles- Pretty much what Naitch said. I respect them but I could care less about listening to them
Rolling Stones- Not as much into rolling stones as I should be. i know how good they are. I just never got grabbed by the music
Elvis Presley- He did his thing and revolutionized a whole new style and sound but once again, don't really care for him
Bruce Springsteen- Never got into the boss either. Once again, I respect him though
Michael Jackson- Thriller was actually a pretty good album. Other than that, he's too fuckin weird for me to take seriously, musically or as a person
Abba- Don't even really know any Abba
Madonna- Madonna's got a sexy delivery to her music. It's not so bad but not my style
U2- I like a few songs from them but there's so many songs where I just can't deal to listen to
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jan 24, 2009 15:30:08 GMT -5
The Beatles where musical geniuses but their time is long past. U2 is the most overrated thing I have ever heard. I rank them with Cindy Lauper and Boy George musically Elvis-makes good background music in airports. Michael Jackson-Pedophile music
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Post by Naitch on Jan 24, 2009 18:27:59 GMT -5
I don't know if they were musical geniuses SM but they were ahead of they're time. They were the first band to write they're own music. That alone made every band ahead of them have to respect them.
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Post by KOAG on Jan 24, 2009 22:46:48 GMT -5
The Beatles- The original boy band with talent. I like some stuff from them. Good song writing. They had a grasp of the baby boomer generation, which is why they are legends now.
Rolling Stones- Solid band with a gritty sound. I never turn off a Stone's song.
Elvis Presley - Elvis was good, I like a few tunes.
Bruce Springsteen - Bruce is good, talks too much.
Michael Jackson- Thriller and the Bad album were great. That is it.
Abba- Who?
Madonna - Madonna is just a figure that does the most current music vibe and it always works. Not a fan.
U2 - The Joshua Tree was a great album. Not a fan, otherwise.
Honestly I don't own any CDs from these artists, except someone gave me a Beatles CD which I don't like and I use it for a coaster.
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Post by Velkontés on Jan 25, 2009 13:17:18 GMT -5
In a weird way I don't think she is overrated. If you separate Madonna the recording artist and Madonna the media personality. I don't think anyone is overrating Madonna's music. Unlike, say, Beyonce Knowles.
Which is part of the reason why they are so overrated. There isn't one Beatles album I can say I like, they have a few tracks here, another couple there, one here etc.
So Abba didn't make much of a mark on the US. I learnt something today.
U2 have a few tracks I like. It's kinda like the White Stripes: I like a couple of White Stripes albums, but holy crap I want to punch that guy in the face.
Do you wanna be in my gang my gang my gang do you wanna be in my gang oh yeah!
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Post by MasterSnit on Jan 25, 2009 14:14:18 GMT -5
The Beatles - I also think they are way overrated. I always think it's such crap when someone says, "well, if it wasn't for the Beatles, we wouldn't have had ______ , or ______". Granted, they were probably the first band to make pop music that resonated with millions of people throughout the world, but if it wasn't them I'm sure someone would have came along sooner or later and did something similar. The Beatles, it seems, were the first band to receive a Hogan or a Cena push in the music business. They were all over the place and unless you lived under a rock you were going to be made aware of them. Around this time, media took a giant leap in terms of reaching people with commen folk buying TV sets to use at home, I think this was a major factor in the Beatle's exposure and ultimate popularity. For their time I'm not disputing that they were good, but looking back 50 years later the music they made was definitely not the be all and end all. Personally, I probably wouldn't make a point of listening to a Beatles album now.
Rolling Stones - Probably one of the first bands with an attitude and a rebellious side, which would have been appealing. I quite like the Stones, I have a few CD's, but again I wouldn't often listen to them now.
Elvis Presley - I like Elvis. Some of his live performances are very entertaining. Many Blacks don't take too kindly to Elvis because they feel he stole their kind of music and took all the credit for it. They may have a point.
Bruce Springsteen - He's OK. I like some songs here and there but have just never really had an urge to listen to more of his stuff. I get the feeling much of it probably sounds the same.
Michael Jackson - Cha'mone, Motherfucker, I like MJ. I'm not the kind of person who really gives a damn about singers or actors, I just like what I like. MJ might be bad, but the music he makes is off the wall.
Abba - Firstly I want to say that I am totally straight, I hate gays and if some limp wristed homo ever came withing 5 feet of me I'd bash him good with my big muscles. Seriously, I do quite like Abba. I wouldn't really make a point of listening to them, but if I hear an Abba song on the radio in the car for example, I won't change the station.
Madonna - I like some songs. Far from one of my favourites though, I've never really paid any attention to Madonna since I was a kid in the 80's and didn't have a choice. When I was about four years old I thought that Madonna, Prince and Michael Jackson were the only singers on earth, and would wonder who got the gold medal, who got the silver and who got the bronze.
U2 - I used to like some songs, but due to hearing them far too many times, especially songs from the Joshua Tree which everyone seems to think is great, and developing a dislike towards them, Bono in particular, I don't bother with them at all now. For such a popular band I think their music is far shallower and overrated than their huge fanbase realise. And I simply can't stand Bono either, like lots of people. That doesn't help. I don't want to hear him at all. One of the most infuriating things I saw from him was a number of years back, he was going on about how we, the general public, should give more to help feed the starving in Africa and do more to save the planet which is suffering from global warming, then suddenly, he cuts off the interviewer and says that he must go because his helicopter is waiting to take him to the location of his next speech. He just walked off and I seriously think the irony of him waltzing off to jump on a helicopter, after essentially damning needless travel 20 seconds earlier, was lost on him.
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Post by Velkontés on Jan 25, 2009 19:31:17 GMT -5
lol it's funny coz it's true.
Michael Jackson's weirdness definitely seeped through into his later stuff. I don't know if you remember Jarvis Cocker waving his ass at him when he performed Earth Song at the Brits - but I approved.
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Post by MasterSnit on Jan 26, 2009 16:07:48 GMT -5
I never saw the ass waving incident but I remember hearing about it. I like Pulp too, by the way. Disco 2000 uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQ7tD_ahjAis one of my favourite songs. I'd never seen that with that Troll guy. He's onto U2's bullshit too. That's the guy that was in Black Books, isn't it. That was quite funny.
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Post by Naitch on Feb 7, 2009 17:40:13 GMT -5
The Beatles- I hate Beatles fans with all my heart. So many bands are just flat out better. Pink Floyd, Tool etc, etc.
ABBA-So they had a single that wasn't Staying Alive? Because thats all I've ever heard from them.
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Post by MasterSnit on Feb 7, 2009 18:16:26 GMT -5
Staying Alive was the Bee-Gees.
ABBA did "Dancing Queen", "Waterloo", "Mamma Mia", etc. There is a film called Muriel's Wedding that is full of ABBA songs. So if you've seen that, all the music you heard throughout was ABBA.
And I agree that hardcore Beatles fans are annoying.
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Post by Velkontés on Feb 9, 2009 7:15:07 GMT -5
Beatles fans really are the worst. It's not enough for them to like the Beatles, they have to go out of their way to make sure YOU know about it, and that YOU are a complete retard for thinking otherwise.
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