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They sure get overplayed on the likes of Heart, Smooth and Absolute. Back in the day it was kinda heretical to profess a dislike of the Eurythmics. As well as There Must Be...equally turnoffable IMO are Sweet Dreams, Who's That Girl, Right By Your side and Thorn In My Side. ABBA i don't mind. Can't think of any of their songs have me booting the radio out through the window

White Rabbit is def among the worst tunes that get regular spins on PR. Just whizzed through the playlist of the last week and I surprised myself with the realisation relatively few songs actually bug me enough to turn off the radio including Werewolves of London (just extremely repetitive), Crazy Nights/Strutter/ Love Gun by Kiss, Ol Rag Blues by Quo, Small Town by John Mellencamp, Blue Collar Man by Styx, Love is a battlefield by Pat Benatar and Radioactive by The Firm. Come to think of it White Rabbit might be worse than any of these.

there's a slew of cod-operatic warblers in the metal world including RJ Dio, Rob Halford, Nightwish and the like. When I was a teen I quite liked the first two Iron Maiden albums but that was it when BD came along

It's just downright horrible hippy shyt3, mainly due to the monotonous female vocal. This is what you get when people avoid the draft. Some people talk about (Jefferson) Starship as if it was several steps below its predecessor. I'd rather have We Built This City.

I was at secondary school in Liverpool. Whatever instruments there might've been had probably been nicked to fund someone's crack habit

Not been able to get enough of the fantastic Hybrid, an epic electronica band that usually feature live orchestration along with drums, guitars, bass as well. They also write a lot of music for films and video games.

YT is awash with music YTers and amid the hundreds there is a wide variety of quality and entertainment value. I subscribe to Rick Beato's channel and indeed he's an affable geezer with some good material. He's very even handed in his judgements which is a good thing but can also be less of a good thing. Sometimes, a bit of controversy and being opinionated is good. I've started watching Anthony Edwards' channel. He's a pro drummer, teacher and has played with prog bands IQ and Frost and Robert Plant. Content leans mainly towards prog and jazz fusion although he has pretty eclectic tastes. Now, I'm no fan of either genre but that doesn't get in the way. Anyone follow any music content makers on YT, other than SBL and other bass YTers. Who do you rate and who's best avoided IYO.

Not sure anyone ever called them geniuses but their output sure is patchy ranging from some sublime tunes, mainly within the few years after Ian Curtis' death, to as you say forgettable dross thereafter. Peter Hook came out with some catchy and recognisable bass lines which is what his rep is based on. I'd say he's an effective bassist rather than a great one, though maybe being effective is a more important quality than being a great technical player in a Vic Wooten stylee.

maybe I can tempt you with this, supposedly 'invented' in South Korea

Have got Absolute Radio on and a couple of tunes ago they played the irksome Rehab by Amy Winehouse. Never got all the fuss about her

Is this acceptable? spaghetti and meatballs pizza?

There's long been an anti-'intellectual' prejudice, not just the right wing press but across UK society at large, which doesn't exist across western Europe. Take opera for example. Here it's 'music for snobs' but in Italy (which I know best) it's for everyone and anyone. There there's no association between high art and social class. In France, which I've also lived in, there are living philosophers that are near household names. It most definitely is a British disease. Maybe it's similar in other anglophone countries I can't say. There you go, If I was overheard saying 'anglophone' in an English pub I'd get my head kicked in. As for 'boffins' that equates with nerd and geek in the UK and the US (or whatever the equivalent of boffins is) for that matter. Look at some English phrases e.g. 'smart Alec', 'too clever by half', these are perjoratives (now I've gone and done it). Going back to music, it's quite depressing too be reminded how Oasis and Spice Girls fever gripped the general British public back in the 90s a time when 'Jack the lad' publications like Loaded and FHM were go-to reading for males under 30.

Among that 25 are many of my fave players but not within the context shown. I second your comment about Bakithi. His lines on Graceland are sublime. Marcus M is my #2 fave but it's his playing on albums like Miles Davis' Tutu and Winelight by Grover Washington jnr I like.

is he 12?

But which songs? I'm guessing , respectively they are Bat out of hell Country house Little monster I predict a riot 7 nation army I bet you look good on the dance floor Someday In which case I agree with you. Then again I'd agree viz whichever songs they are

I prefer classic Soul to classic rock and so to my ears two of the three original tunes mentioned by the OP are far better than the covers. As for Knocking...to my ears G n 'R's version is a lumpen, clodhopping monstrosity.

and Travis 🥱

One of the probs with that song is at the time Kevin Rowlands was a bit of a kn*b as I recall

You're right and your band mates are just so, so wrong!

All very fine players in their way but I find it very hard to get past their music

I used to think it was tantamount to blasphemy to not like 'Dave and Annie' as Steve Wright used to refer to them and so had to keep my vehement dislike of their music to myself. Today I heard another pet hate, `Mary's Prayer ' by Danny Wilson. They were part of the New Twee genre along with Deacon Blue, The Bluebells, The Beautiful South and Prefab Sprout.

I'm fine with the original but this possibly takes the crown for worst ever cover version, although it's the video that's really cringeworthy. Van Halen's slightly iffy version by contrast is brilliant.

And two great examples that have been overplayed on rock radio. I wonder if music artistes have a say in how often their songs get played on radio. Gotta be a trade off between royalties and engendering hate due to overkill

100%. Something about Deacon Blue that make me cringe every time I hear them. I mentioned Real gone kid but Ship.. is every bit as bad. I can put my finger on why their songs grate. The lead vocals, the backing vocals, the kitchen sink production and the embarrassing lyrics that try to be meaningful but instead sound too earnest.

Not many songs I intrinsically hate as I tend to zone out if I'm uninterested but there are definitely many that have outstayed their welcome in my head thanks to radio saturation e.g 'Dont stop me now' (Queen), 'Alright now', 'Born in the USA', 'Livin' on a prayer', 'With or without you', 'Come on Eileen'. Oh yes, come to think of it there are 3 tunes that have me trying to rip my ears off...'Perfect' by Fairground Attraction, 'Young at heart' by The Bluebells and 'Real gone kid' by Deacon Blue.