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Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

Mourinho_is_God — Fri, 4 Feb 2011 23:27:31 GMT

Author: Mourinho_is_God

Posted: 02/05/2011 04:27

bcaie16 wrote:

Some people do need a good warning. This is how I felt with Vampire Weekend's Contra. never have I been more confused as to how someone could like an album. Just awful.

This is perfect. I saw this topic and came here specifically to mention Vampire Weekend. I know a handful of people with decent taste in music whom love it, but I can't handle how much I hate it. Gave it a couple listens too but no dice.

What I hate about myself is brushing aside potentially good music because I don't trust the person recommending it to me. I wish some of my friends were better sources. It seems for every the xx and Sleigh Bells there's another Vampire Weekend or Gogol Bordello.

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

videoheadcleaner — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:18:21 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 01/23/2011 22:18

Two albums highly rated on BEA but not to my taste are Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea and Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion.

With Neutral Milk Hotel, I could see the appeal to some listeners but I don't think it is something that I would listen to by chance. Animal Collective is also similar. I tried to listen to MPP because of the acclaim it received here. But even now if I hear 'My Girls' or 'Summertime Clothes' I can't listen to the whole song.

But these aren't the worst I have heard. I haven't heard everything yet 😄

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

Freddie55 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:06:50 GMT

Author: Freddie55

Posted: 01/23/2011 21:06

I listen to an album in its entirety at least once and usually much more before rating it. Therefore, most of the albums I rate are at least a 65. There are lots of artists and albums I don't like, won't listen to or don't finish listening to and therefore don't rate. So much good music too little time!

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

Applerill — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:17:51 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 01/23/2011 19:17

19loveless91 wrote:

Applerill wrote:

OK, here's a list of artists that I truly hate, and probably won't change:
*Lady Gaga
*Creed
*Brokencyde (I've listened to all three of their albums, in fact)
*Killswitch Engage
*Insane Clown Posse
*Manowar
*Def Leppard (at least Justin Bieber has better fashion sense than them)
*Slipknot
*Korn
*Almost any other cheap post-grunge/nu-metal

So I guess there's a good bit of music that I hate. BUT ITS NAWT ENOUGH.

Why would you do this to yourself?
(Why would you want to listen to stuff you know you'll hate)

Why? Because I enjoy panning things. I'm a natural critic. Ironically, their debut album, The Broken, was their best album, getting a whole 4.0 out of 10 😮

Anyway, to bring my point home, I listened to Justin Bieber last night just to make fun of him, but I've realized how catchy some of his beats are.

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:35:46 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/23/2011 18:35

every now and then I get a little masochistic and see if I can get past minute two of any Twin Infinitives (Royal Trux) song, just to see if it's grown on me. it never has. And seriously, I enjoy noise, even MMM

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

cartoken — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:09:30 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 01/23/2011 16:09

Pushing yourself to listen to things you apparently don't like, can be a good thing sometime.
I rejected all the 60s music once but after some persistence and thanks to Hendrix and the Velvet Underground, i'm enjoying it more now. it's good to push your horizon a little bit further even if it's sometimes a waste of time (listened again to sgt. pepper's last time, still doesn't deserve more than 40/100).
statistically speaking, around 15% of albums i've heard got a rating under 50/100. which was not a total waste of time because some of them have some great individual songs (exp: Blue Lines, Dummy, Simple Things by Zero 7...etc)

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

19loveless91 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:29:09 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 01/23/2011 14:29

Applerill wrote:

Why would you do this to yourself?
(Why would you want to listen to stuff you know you'll hate)

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

Applerill — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:54:54 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 01/23/2011 13:54

OK, here's a list of artists that I truly hate, and probably won't change:
*Lady Gaga
*Creed
*Brokencyde (I've listened to all three of their albums, in fact)
*Killswitch Engage
*Insane Clown Posse
*Manowar
*Def Leppard (at least Justin Bieber has better fashion sense than them)
*Slipknot
*Korn
*Almost any other cheap post-grunge/nu-metal

So I guess there's a good bit of music that I hate. BUT ITS NAWT ENOUGH.

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

CellarDoor — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:04:40 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 01/23/2011 12:04

CellarDoor wrote:

My life won't be long enough to listen, read, watch and experience everything I like.

This saddens me.

I'm therefore pretty much biased when I pick something up, and I usually choose something I know I'll probably enjoy (from genres I like, charts I like 😉 etc...).
Hence my pretty high ratings.

I don't have time to waste on stuff I don't like...

Well - looks like I'm feeling pretty low today... 🙁

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

CellarDoor — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:03:48 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 01/23/2011 12:03

My life won't be long enough to listen, read, watch and experience everything I like.

This saddens me.

I'm therefore pretty much biased when I pick something up, and I usually choose something I know I'll probably enjoy (from genres I like, charts I like 😉 etc...).
Hence my pretty high ratings.

I don't have time to waste on stuff I don't like...

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

videoheadcleaner — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:02:29 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 01/23/2011 11:02

Similar thing here.

I like a lot of music and most albums I rate reasonable. Only have struggled to listen to some music and that results in a negative mark (eg. Londonspeak).

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

maxperenchio — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 05:13:24 GMT

Author: maxperenchio

Posted: 01/23/2011 10:13

This is an interesting question- a question that actually plagues my existence. I have the same dilemma, Applerill- I enjoy way more music than I probably should. I get shit for it all the time, really. Even a lot of "terrible" bands, like Creed for instance, I still think have some endearing values. I can enjoy stupid hipster music like Black Dice or Metalux for their impressive, or at least disorienting, sonic explorations, all while still enjoying even (seemingly) stupider music like Lady Gaga for its pop sensibilities and summation-of-the-modern-world abilities. The music I like the least (like Incubus, or something?) really only summons indifference- I find it sort of pathetic to expend energy and emotion hating on some random band- in a way they've kind of achieved some sort of relevance if you've been moved enough to actively hate them... right?

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

19loveless91 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:41:32 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 01/23/2011 08:41

I never rated an album (on this site) below 55. The thing is, I don't go listening to albums I know I'll hate. For example, I listened to about three songs off Bruce Springsteen Born to Run on youtube once, didn't like them, and hence didn't check the entire album out, even if it's so highly rated (I realise I might be doing a mistake, but...) .. I, like many of you, checked brokencyde, didn't know whether to laugh or cry watching the video for Freaxxx (ffs, typing this makes me uncomfortable), but I'm not gonna listen to the entire album just so I could give it a low rating..
There's so much good music out there that I haven't heard yet, and I'll rather try to find those than listen to albums where I know there's a 98 % probability I'll hate it..

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

bcaie16 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:14:10 GMT

Author: bcaie16

Posted: 01/23/2011 06:14

Some people do need a good warning. This is how I felt with Vampire Weekend's Contra. never have I been more confused as to how someone could like an album. Just awful.

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

thomas697 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:50:42 GMT

Author: thomas697

Posted: 01/23/2011 05:50

I only rate albums I like (except on the odd occassion) I don't waste my time rating a bad album unless its unbelievably bad and people need to be warned away from it.

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

GARY — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:47:54 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 01/23/2011 05:47

bcaie16 wrote:

Maybe your just fortunate enough to be listening to some good music. I'm sure there's a lot of stuff out there that you could pan without a second thought. Try your local top 40 station 8)

I absolutely agree with you.They must have one Hell of a radio station that you listen to in your neck of the woods Apperill.I live in Florida U.S.A. and I stopped listening to the radio a long time ago.Nothing but noise on the radio these days.I have found that the best,or at least my favorite,music is never played on the radio.Especially hard rock & metal.I've lived all over America and I never hear Iron Maiden,Judas Priest,Accept, well no metal at all really.But that's cool because I never get sick of hearing it 5 times a day on the radio then.Some of the best music I've heard are from little known bands or songs that are deep cuts off of albums.When I was younger I liked most every song that I heard.But as I've become older and I've played in bands and have listened to a lot of music that has changed.I'm kind of a music snob now I guess.I'm very picky now.It sucks to be like this actually.I envy you.
My average rating for
Tracks - 65
Albums - 63
Bands - 58

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

bcaie16 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:13:08 GMT

Author: bcaie16

Posted: 01/23/2011 05:13

Maybe your just fortunate enough to be listening to some good music. I'm sure there's a lot of stuff out there that you could pan without a second thought. Try your local top 40 station 😎

Re: I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

SquishypuffDave — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:09:34 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 01/23/2011 02:09

Most of my ratings are quite high, but that's just because I am more familiar with the albums I like, and so I feel I can fairly pass judgment. There are a lot of 'classics' that I don't enjoy at all such as The Queen Is Dead, London Calling, etc. but I don't feel I've heard them enough to rate them as such. Perhaps I should give them my rating, since I can always change it if the album does indeed grow on me.

I've Never Met An Album I Didn't Like

Applerill — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:38:20 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 01/23/2011 01:38

Well, that isn't completely true, but it's close enough.

According to my ratings, I've given more than half of the albums I've listened to a 7.5 or higher, which I equate with being "very good". And even when I do give an album a negative score, I often end up being positive about it again on my next listen.

It's almost a tragedy. I really enjoy panning things, but I don't get to do it often enough.

Anyone else feel like me?