Barking Spiders

17 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

 

That's quite a claim. I've heard Kid Rock, Lenny Kravitz and Train on planet rock

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.

15 hours ago, Japhet said:

I think it's more genres of music that I can't stand. For instance, the pseudo operatic wailing of Bruce Dickinson just instantly boils my pi55. I don't mind a bit of heavy music but don't go all 'Pavarotti' on me, please.

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

On 13/04/2024 at 20:36, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said:

Jefferson airplaine -white rabbit 

When I used to listen to planet Rock , it always happened to be on . For some reason, whichever presenter played it they never told us who iit was I was hearing . Honestly , it is dated crap . Depressing is an understatement . Morrissey has the enthusiasm of a children's entertainer compared to this drivel . One depressing monotonous tone. She does shout randomly in places , but I can honestly say it was the worst song ever played on planet Rock. I don't miss hearing it ..

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.

12 hours ago, TheGreek said:

Blue Monday  - New Order

 

Never before, or since, have a band built their reputation as "musical geniuses" on a single piece of music before churning out a careers worth of bland, forgettable dross.

Also anybody claiming that Hooky was a great bassist needs an intervention...

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.

1 minute ago, ezbass said:

Bit of carbohydrate overkill going on there. Bread or pasta, not both. I imagine it would be the oddest eating experience too. Pass.

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

6 hours ago, ezbass said:

To be honest, I’m a bit sniffy about chicken on a pizza too. I’ve only ever had one that was acceptable and that was because it was very heavily spiced and barely recognisable as chicken. 

 Is this acceptable? spaghetti and meatballs pizza?

55 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

This is often a BC way of saying "keep it simple cos that's the only way to do it that isn't blatant showing off!"

😁

I mean, there's all sorts of songs - Waterfront with its 1 note (though Simple Minds did far more complex stuff too), Rhythm Stick, School Days... But there seems to be lots of folks who are instantly turned off if music is at all complicated (Rhythm Stick excepted!) - this is why Mr Sheeran and Take That are multi-millionaires and Mörglbl are at best niche despite being completely awesome musicians.

In the UK there's a weird sort of anti-intellectual thang going on; when I was a kid you should have heard the jeering from my 13 year old classmates when they discovered I'd read  both the Iliad and the Odyssey. If a red-top newspaper ever reports anything scientific it's always prefaced by "Boffins have discovered", as if Boffins are a different species from yer average Joe and somehow to be pitied. I mean why would you tinker about with all this cleverness and not be watching the footie or enjoying the X Factor? The only sorts of knowledge that are acceptable under this scenario are an ability to recite every FA cup winner since 1921 or the exact exhaust valve clearance of a 1968 Ford Anglia. That's proper bloke stuff innit, not wishy-washy wet swot stuff! I blame The Beano...

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.

7 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

Indeed. I got as far as Bakithi Kumalo (whose playing on Graceland I absolutely love) and decided to give up (unless Daryl Jones was after him, in which case that's how far I got). They sound far better in context. This reminded me of

 

 

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?

3 hours ago, Linus27 said:

Meatloaf.

Blur

Royal Blood

The Kaiser Chiefs

The White Stripes

Artic Monkey

The Strokes

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

3 minutes ago, tobiewharton said:

Which is exactly what I took your opening post to mean - something I experience too! Perhaps we're just contrary...🤣

Funnily enough, I was having a similar conversation with my partner just yesterday. We were recalling that it's sometimes argued that the original must be superior simply because it is the archetype. Personally, I find that argument interesting but ultimately futile. 

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.

8 minutes ago, tobiewharton said:

Pap - in the same camp as Snow Patrol

 and Travis 🥱

6 hours ago, LeftyP said:

There are many songs that I can live without but Come On Eileen has to be one of the worst records ever made. 

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

42 minutes ago, Mykesbass said:

Anyone else find themselves on the wrong side of popular opinion when it comes to original versions vs cover versions? Three examples for me that I've had to play:

Ain't no Love in the Heart of the City - brought the Bobby Bland version to a band, everyone else wanted to do the White snake version.

Too Hard to Handle - can't find anyone else who wants to play it in the Otis Redding style.

Knocking on Heaven's Door - we played mainly Dylan covers, and the drummer insisted on ramping it up like the awful GnR version. 

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

1 hour ago, Carl_D said:

Flea

Stu Hamm

Chris Squier

Wooten

Billy Sheehan

Les Claypool

Jaco (sorry,  but I just don't get the w**kery)

 

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

On 28/03/2024 at 06:58, NancyJohnson said:

The one that really makes me want to start breaking things is 'Walking On Broken Glass' by Annie Lennox.

 

Our local BBC radio station (Berkshire) just seems to have such a limited playlist and I'd hear this song maybe once every couple of days.  At work, the consultants have a terrible oldies station on at the other end of the office and I hear it twice, sometimes three times a day. 

 

It's torture.  I can't bear her or The Eurythmics at the best of times.

 

 

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.

49 minutes ago, lowdown said:

Dancing in the Street - 

The Jagger & Bowie version. 

 

They should be made to eat it, and when nature calls, open up their bowls and deposit it down the nearest available toilet. 

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.

1 hour ago, JottoSW1 said:

Freebird. Lynyrd Skynrd. Interminable

Stairway to Heaven Led Zep  'ditto'

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

4 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

I'm with you.

 

Ship Called Dignity is my all time top most worstest song in the world ever. I can't put my finger on what about it makes it so awful, it's just the entire thing.

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.

I'm a huge sucker for country guitar playing and this evening have been listening to and trying to cop licks from three of the best in the business