Music that seems very popular that you just don't get

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I got to thinking about this recently while listening to Tony Fenton rave on for the umpteenth time about The Villagers.

Personally I find their music dull as dishwater.

Other Irish acts that people seem to like that I simply cannot get are:
Damien Rice
Damien Dempsey
Script

And non-Irish acts:
Cee Lo Green
Elbow


Feel free to agree or call me a Philistine if you want.
 
I don't get the hype around Imelda May at all, I know she is doing something a bit different but it just bores me. Agree about Damien Dempsey and The Script. Damien Rice is pleasant enough but I wouldn't buy his stuff.
I would also add U2 to the list runs away quickly........


Elbow have become very dull, though I do like them and they deserve their success.

Adele is just zzzzzzz, and what on earth is all the hype around Jamie Lawson?

I can't understand why people like Lady GaGa are hailed as genius either.
 
I love Lady Gaga, makes me want to dance! And I love the Script. I did buy an Imelda May album, can't say I play it very often.

Daniel O'Donnell bugs the life out of me. I heard him doing an ad for hidden hearing, saying his "Mammy" got an aid and hasn't looked back. I bet she knows where the "off" switch is. As a kid I used to walk my neigbours dog. He had a hearing aid, and when the Missus was givin him an ear-bashing he just switched it off!
 
Any music where the vocals have been fed through Auto-Tune and computerised

Any music where the singer changes pitch several times on each note (Mariah Carey...every contestant on those 'talent' shows)

Any music that consists of a man shouting over the melody

Any music by Beyonce
 
gianni said:
Any music where the singer changes pitch several times on each note (Mariah Carey...every contestant on those 'talent' shows)
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This is the type that came to mind first. Really don't get Leoni let me lie down on a bed I'm so boring lewis.

I also don't get elbow or Imelda May or Mary who use to work in tesco.
 
Love love love Elbow!

I think sometimes u need to see a band live to feel a connection .... That said I saw the villagers live but felt nothing ... Same thing with beyonce

Not a fan of the script ... and Kylie ugh!
 
Kylie has no place in this thread :mad:
Been popular for decades and done acting

For me, Damien Rice
Famous for the Blower's Daughter and that's realy it. But there was so much hype and love for him a few years ago
 
I'm a fan of Damien Dempsey. I think his accent seems to put a lot of people off - its not all about inner city hardship, drugs etc. (only about 40%....).

Try these songs for a different perspective:

Hold Me, Apple of my Eye, Pretty Smile - (lighter themed)

Colony, Hell or Barbados - (historical perspective)

Rollin down to Dublin town, & several others - (Joe Higgins to music !!!)

Negative Vibes - should be the theme tune to anyone trying not to let the recession drag them down.

Puts on a good live show, Celtic jersey is only optional ;)
 
I was at Elbow in the O2 last week and loved them - they were supported by Villagers, and I must say, they left me cold, couldn't see the attraction at all.

Never liked The Thrills either (where are they now?!), and although I bought CDs and tried, I just couldn't take either David Kitt or Damien Rice.

(JP, you're not alone with the U2 thing.......runs away just as quickly....!!)
 
Dont get:
Imelda May - boooorrrring.
Damien Rice - dont know what all the fuss is about, and he hasnt done much (knew him during his brief stint in college).
Script - not great on the ears.
The plethora of bands that all sound the same that the likes of Dave Fanning go on about.
 
I know it's blasphemy but I don't really like the Beatles - I mean I can appreciate their musicianship, originality, songwriting etc but I've never been moved by their music and I couldn't listen to more than a few songs of theirs in one sitting.

Another group that dont do it for me is REM - some of their early stuff is ok - i.e., up to before Automatic for the People, but overall I find the music of Stipe and co to be uninteresting.
 
I would also add U2 to the list runs away quickly........
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I would also add U2 to the list. I'm not going to bother running away.

I like quite a variety of music, everything from Beethoven to chas n dave, but I just don't like any of U2's stuff. I even bought an album of them once because I thought that there might be something wrong with me.
 
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