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Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Fri January 24, 2020 11:29 pm
by Jorge
PHATJ wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote: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

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Fri January 24, 2020 11:32 pm
by washing machine
Skinny Love, by Bon Iver

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Sat January 25, 2020 1:07 am
by Kevin Davis
theplatypus wrote:
Kevin Davis wrote: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.

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Sat January 25, 2020 7:00 am
by LetMeSleep
bodysnatcher wrote:i don't care for Arcade Fire, but i've always really enjoyed "My Body Is a Cage"
Great song.

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Sat January 25, 2020 10:22 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
LetMeSleep wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote: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

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Sun January 26, 2020 1:53 am
by i got bugs
washing machine wrote:Skinny Love, by Bon Iver
Me too.. actually I like a couple on the 2nd album as well

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Sun January 26, 2020 3:37 am
by bodysnatcher
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote: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

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Mon January 27, 2020 1:28 pm
by oasisfan35
Kevin Davis wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
Kevin Davis wrote: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.

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Mon January 27, 2020 1:59 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
I'm sure I like a Dave Matthews band song

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Mon January 27, 2020 7:20 pm
by epilogue
Blood on the Leaves - Kanye

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Mon January 27, 2020 7:54 pm
by 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.

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Mon January 27, 2020 8:28 pm
by 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

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Tue January 28, 2020 12:37 pm
by wease
Franklin’s Tower by The Grateful Dead

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Tue January 28, 2020 1:34 pm
by Stardog Champion
I'm generally bored by Billy Joel, but I do like "Allentown". I flat out hate a lot of his hits.

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Tue January 28, 2020 1:48 pm
by 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

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Tue January 28, 2020 2:37 pm
by liebzz
Bammer wrote: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 .

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Tue January 28, 2020 2:46 pm
by Jorge
I really can't stand listening to Bruce Springsteen but "I'm On Fire" is a nice song.

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Tue January 28, 2020 2:46 pm
by ghost
I like a handful of Don Henley songs but generally loathe him and the Eagles.

Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Tue January 28, 2020 2:47 pm
by Bammer
theplatypus wrote: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.

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Re: Songs you like by musicians you normally don't like

Posted: Tue January 28, 2020 2:48 pm
by Jorge
ghost wrote: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"