Cannibal Corpse.
However, I don’t know if they qualify as “musical artists.”:eek:
I did in #75, actually.
Really? Sure, the vocals border on the ridiculous, but the music’s damn good. Complex, well written and well performed.
Amber: Throttling of a girl. This is emo music except they have a guest screamer. He screams.
Raygun: Huh. I even searched for it. Well, they ARE that bad. Edit: Oh, I see, it was in the Meg White debate, I kinda skipped that on purpose.
I…I though I knew what bad music was…until…
I clicked on those links!!!
Vanilla and BrokeNCYDE. Man, that’s gonna haunt me.
I’m sorry, but you lose once the judges get to hear Wing. Warning: Listening to Wing may cause bleeding from your ears.
Artists/bands I can’t stand but have huge followings:
Rush
The Cure
Radiohead
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
U2
The Smiths
It’s cool to hate Nickelback, Creed, etc., so I don’t bother anymore. But I actually own an album by each of the above bands, and while I may even like a few songs by those artists, by-and-large I find them obnoxious and their fans often even more so.
But I think The Cure and Radiohead are the worst. Pretentious and droning with terrible, terrible vocals. I’ve got both OK Computer and Pornography and could only manage to sit through each once.
This is hilarious because that’s pretty much a summary of the bands that I personally like (although not nearly precisely, and I have no clue about The Smiths). Of course, I definitely understand how other people find them dreadful. It’s just a matter of what you actually enjoy in music.
The successful musical acts I generally can’t stand are Bob Seger and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Steve Miller has also produced a fair number of absolutely atrocious songs. “Take the Money and Run” has, in my opinion, the absolutely worst set of lyrics ever written for a successful song. There are tons of other acts of their ilk that are similar, but those 3 are the foremost in my mind.
The hell you say.
Alanis Morissette. I want to smack her upside the head, and not just for the “I’m bitter” song. I’ve even had to see her in concert. She can only play two notes on a harmonica, apparently.
The worst single song I’ve ever heard is “Traffic Lights” from Monty Python’s Contractual Obligation Album. Even knowing that the joke is that it’s that bad, it’s still that bad.
When I first read this thread, I agreed with those who said it was going the wrong way. Bands like Nickelback and the Spice Girls may not be your taste, but practically any popular act is probably “good” to some degree, and ranting about how such bands are “the worst ever” smacks of sour grapes. Let’s face it–if Britney or someone like her was opening for someone I liked, I wouldn’t leave. (Well, I *might, *just to make a point now that she’s gone on to great fame and fortune for making subpar pop music, but it wouldn’t kill me shorn of cultural capital.)
Then my girlfriend played Eminem for me last night. (Of course I’ve heard him before, but barely more than in passing.)
Holy shit, that’s bad. Really, really bad. Leave the room bad. Threaten to break up the relationship bad. Wipe your ass with the CD bad. It’s not like I wish the guy dead or anything, but it would be best if he’d never been born.
For me Eminem falls into the category of a “novelty”. Something new, a bit different, but in the end a mass produced trinket that’s made to be disposable.
The Doors
Jethro Tull
Sum 41
Blink 182
NickelBack
Creed
Avril Lavigne
John Mayer
I’m also completely over Elton John, Black Eyed Peas and Tom Petty. All their stuff is bothering me NOW but i liked it before.
I am not an Eminem fan by any stretch of the imagination, but he is easily one of the most talented MCs to ever take a stage. I am assuming you don’t like hip hop… because there’s no way you could listen to his body of work and not walk away with a great deal of respect for his lyrical skill and delivery. And I say all this not particularly liking his work.
Nickelback appear to be able to play their instruments, but there’s a soullessness about them. The Spice Girls… come on. If any of the members weighed 10 lb more they would be rejected from X Factor.
All of a sudden I’m Eminem’s press agent here… he was profiled on 60 Minutes this week. He’s matured significantly as an artist since he came on the scene in 1999. He is the best-selling artist of the 00’s, and was named Artist of the Decade by Billboard. He’s had six consecutive number 1 albums, nine overall, and 13 number 1 singles. Not to mention 11 Grammys.
I think you mistyped “Limp Bizkit.”
Perfect Day is a beautiful song. It’s a paean to heroin, but that doesn’t make it irredeemable. I’m not generally a fan of Lou Reed, but he does have demonstrable talent.
We’re going to have to agree to disagree–Eminem’s lyrical skill and delivery sounds like cat shit smells. If you like that, more power to you.
Then again, my idea of good “hip-hop” is old school Public Enemy.
I am a fan of Lou Reed, and am frankly skeptical of anyone who isn’t. He went through an indulgent period in the '70s making unlistenable stuff like *Street Hassle *and Metal Machine Music, but condemning him on that basis is like dismissing John Lennon for Two Virgins. Without Lou Reed, I honestly shudder to think of what music would be like today.
And to rise to newcrasher’s challenge:
Rock and Roll
Sweet Jane
Romeo Had Julet
Walk on the Wild Side
Sword of Damocles
Why Can’t I Be Good (from Faraway, So Close)
This probably isn’t his best stuff–it’s just what comes to mind immediately.
I love PE, 3rd Bass, Gang Starr, Main Source, Ice Cube… and I think all of these cats would duff their caps to Eminem’s skills. Generally I am not a huge fan of Eminem but I respect the hell out of what he’s accomplished. He pretty much came up the hardest way imaginable and took the hardest road to stardom.