Songs you like, by bands/artists you don't

I wouldn't say I don't like them, as it did grow on me a lot and I recognise it's pretty good but I remember being initially disappointed by Bomb the Bass's clear as nothing else on the record sounded like Bug Powder Dust.


Tim Booth and Angelo Badalamenti had a project called Booth and the Bad Angel. The track Dance of the Bad Angels is an amazing song. The rest of the album I can't recall.


Perry Farrell did an album called Song Yet To Be Sung. The title track is pretty great, rest of the album is meh and never listened to anything else he did solo.


Yellow did a track that featured in the English dub of Space Adventure Cobra. It's a great song, but can't say I really care about much else.


The last three tracks I mentioned have similar vibes, thinking about it.

I think Travis hold more way responsibility here. The Man Who birthed the genre, or whatever you want to call it.  

Very on topic, Take the Long Road and Walk It by the ridiculously named The Music

Coldplay and Snow Patrol can fuuuuuck off. Dull as. Whilst a lot of the landfill indie bands are forgettable, I occasionally find myself quite enjoying the odd tune on the radio. But these 2 put my teeth on edge.

I’m very much enjoying catching up in this thread. For what it’s worth, I liked the Stereophonics’ first two albums a lot. They did go a bit shit after that though.

Some (possibly?) controversial ones:

Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys - I can’t bear Alex Turner’s voice and smug smartarse lyrics, and musically they doing little that’s innovative or exciting, but this is a good song.

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana - great song with plenty of energy and angst, but I’ve tried a few times to get into the rest of their music and just found it boring. See also: Manic Street Preachers, although I can’t actually think of one song of theirs I do rate.

Reptilia - The Strokes - I generally can’t stand Casablancas’ voice - he sings out of tune - but this is one Strokes song I’ll give respect to.

Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand - But only the first 30 seconds! - cracking intro that then turns shite for the rest of the song. I can’t get into any of their other stuff.

I’ll run away and hide now.

For every good 'The' band that suddenly became massive in the early '00s (Strokes, Hives, White Stripes), there seemed to be a dozen or so turgid ones. I assume that's the period to which Nick is referring.

killerbee 'Take Me Out' is a great example of a song I like by a band I don't - thank you for reminding me of it. (I think you're nuts for referencing Nirvana, but you do you )

Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love is a certified banger

The The are actually pretty great, hate the name though.

One of their shitter songs as well

Daughter is pretty much the only Pearl Jam song I particularly like

And everyones favourites The It Clearly Says General Rule Of Thumbs

Richard III is a good shout. I wouldn't say I hate their other songs but none of them really grab my attention.

The Darkness made a good Chirstmas song. But beyond that

I think you’ll find they’re called “The Blurs”