Artists you tried to get into, but failed (not sexual)

Other than Pearl Jam, who else is there?
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Bammer wrote:I don’t get Springsteen
Me either.
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Mickey wrote:Pavement is wild to me because there are a ton of bands I had to put some work into before I really got it (My Bloody Valentine, The Knife) but I was hooked on Pavement by the second track of Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Yeah they instantly grabbed me as well (not sexual). But I still haven't spent a ton of time with them, granted I don't listen to music anymore.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
McParadigm wrote:Also the Smashing Pumpkins
Understandable. Unless you were of a particular mindset during the Ghish-Mellon Collie era, I don’t see how you find a point of entry
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Metallica as well
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As a Minnesota native, it’s tough to admit that I don’t get The Replacements.
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wease wrote:Metallica as well
All my friends liked them, so I had to listen to them constantly, but I always thought they sucked.
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my wife has been trying to get me to listen to, and like, the avett brothers.

it's not working.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Velvet Underground.
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REM
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wut?
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you heard him.
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Someone I know referred to them as "the indie Eagles". I like REM but I found that funny
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dad wrote:my wife has been trying to get me to listen to, and like, the avett brothers.

it's not working.
have you tried the property brothers?
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doug rr wrote:
dad wrote:my wife has been trying to get me to listen to, and like, the avett brothers.

it's not working.
have you tried the property brothers?
are they like the chemical brothers?
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They're closer to the Mario brothers
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bodysnatcher wrote:REM
I like REM but I certainly don't like them the way I feel like everyone thinks I should. This whole "greatest american rock band of all time" thing is absurd to me. But I do think they made some good music.
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McParadigm wrote:Also the Smashing Pumpkins
Same. I dig a handful of songs but that's it.
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epilogue wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:REM
I like REM but I certainly don't like them the way I feel like everyone thinks I should. This whole "greatest american rock band of all time" thing is absurd to me. But I do think they made some good music.
People say that? lol
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Jorge wrote:They're closer to the Mario brothers
i love their music. i guess I'll have to check out these property brothers now.
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Ello Sailor wrote:
epilogue wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:REM
I like REM but I certainly don't like them the way I feel like everyone thinks I should. This whole "greatest american rock band of all time" thing is absurd to me. But I do think they made some good music.
People say that? lol
they say it all the time.
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