Songs you like from bands you hate

Let's see...for me, there's Just Like This and Nookie by Limp Bizkit- the former for actually putting together a good song without Fred killing it with a Cluster F-Bomb attack, the latter being because it just all comes together so well. If they could've sounded more like those two songs, why didn't they?

edited 13th Feb '11 9:06:15 PM by TestYourMight

After hearing it in a stage show, I'm growing fond of Marilyn Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). Maybe even more than the original. But I can't stand the rest of his output — just not my cup of tea.

I also like Bad Romance. 'tis catchy. I find the rest of Lady Gaga's mainstream pop output unimpressive (again, not really my style of music).

edited 13th Feb '11 10:10:34 PM by apassingthought

We have this thread already. Two of them, in fact.

edited 14th Feb '11 1:33:28 AM by Lordnecronus

I've never really been into Incubus, still not into a lot of their stuff. But my friend introduced me to their track "Punch-Drunk" and that song is simply BEAUTIFUL. I rarely EVER use that word, it's just a beautiful track, with amazing instrumentation and dream-like melodies and lyrics that are at once trivial and superficial yet are profound and poignant. Just an amazing freaking song.

Personally, the only Marilyn Manson songs I like ARE his covers, and his covers are usually better than the songs he covered.

I nuked two of the newer threads and locked two of the older threads.

Please do a search of forum titles before starting a new topic.

And when you are letting a mod know that there are multiple threads putting links in the hollers help.

Necro!

Pantera's sound just isn't for me, but I like the song "Cemetery Gates". The main reason is that Phil Anselmo (sp?) sings this song melodically, and proves he actually has a really good singing voice, instead of doing that shout-roar thing he does on later songs.

I gotta say I've never been into Maroon 5. Not that I necessarily think their music is bad but it's pretty much the epitome of bland pop rock to me.

However, remixed by the right guy ... it can be pretty awesome.

I really like Eleanor Rigby and Twist and Shout, but that's about it from the Beatles.

Out of curiosity, how much of the Beatles have you listened to? And what kind of music do you usually listen to?

Sorry to say, but I saw you post coming a mile away.

On topic, I'm a pretty big detractor of Metallica for the crime of being the world's most boring metal band, but Creeping Death, Sad But True and Bleeding Me are legitimately good songs. Maybe even great songs.

I'm of the mind that if someone says they don't like the Beatles, they just haven't heard the right songs by them (since they have tons of variance in the sounds they explored) and have only heard their hits. It's an approach that's worked for me to help people out before!

edited 7th Feb '14 9:55:27 PM by Odd1

I don't like Don Williams much, but I like "Tulsa Time", "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend", "Heartbeat in the Darkness", and "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy". Basically anything where he turns down the sap a little bit.

Also not a fan of John Denver becuase I find him equally sappy, but I like "Some Days Are Diamonds, Some Days Are Stone" and "Rocky Mountain High".

U2-One

REM-Everybody Hurts

Pat Benetar-Hell is for Children

New Order-True Faith

The Cure-Purple Haze (it's a Hendrix cover, not sure if it counts)

Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar, Comfortably Numb, most of their debut, and a handful of songs from Dark Side Of The Moon

I'll check back into this thread when I can remember what other bands I don't really like or follow but have a song or two that I enjoy.

There are people that have heard plenty of The Beatles' music and still don't really like them or only like some of their work, although they are not particularly common. The astoundingly pretentious yet musically omnivorous rock critic Piero Scaruffi is a good example.

Well, that's partly why I'm asking how much he's heard

Makes Me Wonder from Maroon 5 is alright.

This. I've listened to every album the Beatles have ever released. Nothing of their's really clicked with me, though,

Alright, fair enough.

I quite like "Sunday Morning" by Maroon 5. So much so that I had no idea it was a Maroon 5 song!

Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones.

• Nickelback - How You Remind Me
• Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
• Mumford & Sons - Roll Away Your Stone
• Daughtry - Feels Like Tonight
• Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love?
• Train - Drops of Jupiter
• Linkin Park - What I've Done
• Jonas Brothers - Lovebug
• Britney Spears - I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
• Justin Bieber - U Smile

edited 12th Feb '14 6:16:51 AM by tropeslave

Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run

No Doubt-Spiderwebs

System of a Down-Aerials and Old School Hollywood

Simple Plan-Promise

Rage Against the Machine-Bulls on Parade and Guerrilla Radio

Martina Mc Bride-Wild Angels

edited 15th Feb '14 9:14:00 PM by Hadley

Katy Perry - "Teenage Dream". Somehow this is the one single of hers I don't hate. I think there's something about the pre-chorus that appeals to me, and it might also be the eighties synth-pop vibe, or even the fact that I associate it with a Black Comedy youtube sketch.

Taylor Swift - "Stay Stay Stay". I heard this song in the first place because it was on a friend's "year end" mix for 2013 ^note despite being a song from 2012 - the idea was more songs he was into in 2013 and probably about half of it is music from that year. The odd thing is that there's pretty much nothing that separates this song from other ones I've heard by her, aside from 1) it's not an overplayed radio hit, and 2) she's kind of known for breakup songs and this is more of a Silly Love Song. Maybe the appeal is summed up by the giggly Studio Chatter at the end of the song itself - "It's so fun!".

edited 13th Feb '14 11:41:02 AM by MikeK

You might like Taylor's first album. It's prone to all sorts of Early-Installment Weirdness that makes it a lot different from her poppy breakup songs. I still think "Tim McGraw" is the best thing she ever recorded.