Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

[Jorge]

What about Soul To Squeeze? that song is beautiful. And it has such a nice melody. And your favorite part about music is melody. So what gives?

I don't know that song. I'll listen to it over the weekend

Wtf!? How is this possible?

I don't know. Maybe I've heard it but don't know its name because most of their stupid songs blend together for me

[washing machine]

Skinny Love, by Bon Iver

[Kevin Davis]

My #1 example of a song I absolutely love by a band I'm more or less comprehensively familiar with and generally can't stand is "The Divided Sky" by Phish. The guitar in the second half of that (11 minute) song is some of the prettiest, most thoughtfully composed lead guitar I can call to mind -- just lovely stuff.

I don't think I have ever listened to Phish even once in my entire life.

I have the vague notion that they are a jam band and that's it

This is the song I like, though for my tastes you can start it at about 4:10:


Here's another song of theirs that makes me want to hit things:


They're an extremely talented band, they just push all the wrong buttons for me. The fact that they were omnipresent at my high school didn't help.

[LetMeSleep]

i don't care for Arcade Fire, but i've always really enjoyed "My Body Is a Cage"

Great song.

[E.H. Ruddock]

i don't care for Arcade Fire, but i've always really enjoyed "My Body Is a Cage"

Great song.

I like Peter Gabriel's cover of it better

[i got bugs]

Skinny Love, by Bon Iver

Me too.. actually I like a couple on the 2nd album as well

[bodysnatcher]

i don't care for Arcade Fire, but i've always really enjoyed "My Body Is a Cage"

Great song.

I like Peter Gabriel's cover of it better

i'll check that out

[oasisfan35]

My #1 example of a song I absolutely love by a band I'm more or less comprehensively familiar with and generally can't stand is "The Divided Sky" by Phish. The guitar in the second half of that (11 minute) song is some of the prettiest, most thoughtfully composed lead guitar I can call to mind -- just lovely stuff.

I don't think I have ever listened to Phish even once in my entire life.

I have the vague notion that they are a jam band and that's it

This is the song I like, though for my tastes you can start it at about 4:10:


Here's another song of theirs that makes me want to hit things:


They're an extremely talented band, they just push all the wrong buttons for me. The fact that they were omnipresent at my high school didn't help.

Started hanging out with a couple that are huge Phish fans, big jam band fans in general but Phish came up constantly. They both agreed that this current run of the band is really the most solid ever so I gave it a go. Trey's voice still irks me but I can get through a lot of it now by focusing on the pure musicianship. Extremely talented is appropriate with the Baker's Dozen run of shows being a fairly amazing feat.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I'm sure I like a Dave Matthews band song

[epilogue]

Blood on the Leaves - Kanye

[bada]

I like the Kanye song with the Marvin Gaye sample....Pam Anderson was in the video....or at least I recall her boobs were in the video.

[Ms Harmless]

I can't think of a band that I don't like that I like enough to listen to enough to find a song that I like, like

[wease]

Franklin’s Tower by The Grateful Dead

[Stardog Champion]

I'm generally bored by Billy Joel, but I do like "Allentown". I flat out hate a lot of his hits.

[Bammer]

If I’m forced to listen to Bruce Springsteen then I guess I choose The Ghost Of Tom Joad.

Spoiler: show

Though the RATM cover is better

[liebzz]

If I’m forced to listen to Bruce Springsteen then I guess I choose The Ghost Of Tom Joad.

Spoiler: show

Though the RATM cover is better

Each of our tastes are obviously different, but I was never that crazy about Bruce until I was fully immersed, especially in those first three to four record as an experience unto themselves. Really it wasn’t until I saw him live that I understood his value. Not that you need to take that plunge, but I always think it is worth saying because there’s an element to any Bruce greatest hits that’s cloying. It wasn’t until I fully digested and loved Greetings and The Wild, the Innocent... that I could fully appreciate the power of Born to Run and Darkness... and it’s really digesting Nebraska (there’s just no way to adequately explain how a collection of demos released as the album can be so gripping) that I could understand and appreciate its opposite in the star studded shiny object that is Born in the USA. Sorry, go on about the artists you don’t like .

[Jorge]

I really can't stand listening to Bruce Springsteen but "I'm On Fire" is a nice song.

[ghost]

I like a handful of Don Henley songs but generally loathe him and the Eagles.

[Bammer]

I really can't stand listening to Bruce Springsteen but "I'm On Fire" is a nice song.

Platy and Bammer on the same page. Work here is done.

/thread

[Jorge]

I like a handful of Don Henley songs but generally loathe him and the Eagles.

Yeah I don't like any Eagles or Eagles-related songs but I really like "The Boys of Summer"