Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)

[Steve of Bloomington]

Aside from a couple albums from the 80s, I don't care if I never hear R.E.M. again.

[nec13]

I stopped listening to R.E.M. after the first four albums, which were all very good.

[buffcoat]

R.E.M. is much more good than bad all the way through Up!, which is ok.  After that you can skip it, but that's a pretty damn good run.


I smell revisionism, and I don't like it.

[colonel panic]

There are several bands/artists that I "don't get":
Big Black
Rapeman
Shellac
Joy Division
Lou Reed
Nico
Spacemen 3
My Bloody Valentine
The Dream Syndicate
The Jesus Lizard
Sebadoh
The Birthday Party
While I am a fan of The Velvet Underground, I despise the VU & Nico. What an overrated, unlistenable piece of trash that is.

Maybe I just don't like music but every band on this I have never wanted to listen to (not that I mind when it's on). I like Lou Reed's "Take No Prisoners" because of the banter.

I had a brief fling w/ Sebadoh but that was only one album.

Great list.

[nec13]

I'm adding Wavves to that list too. Another lousy band peddled by Pitchfork, a la Tapes n' Tapes, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, etc.

[Amplituden]

Maybe its already over for them, but I really hated that band "Vampire Weekend".

[Steve of Bloomington]

R.E.M. is much more good than bad all the way through Up!, which is ok.  After that you can skip it, but that's a pretty damn good run.


I smell revisionism, and I don't like it.

I admit to some revisionist tendencies. At some point I will probably convince myself I was a rave kid instead of a quasi-punk.

Still, after a while Michael Stipe's voice makes my ears bleed. He's no Freddie Mercury.

[Stupornaut]

I'm adding Wavves to that list too. Another lousy band peddled by Pitchfork, a la Tapes n' Tapes, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, etc.

An auxiliary to that: people who, upon hearing that I write for Pitchfork, think that I have some big-deal stake in Wavves or Grizzly Bear or whoever. I have to emphasize that I mostly just review hip hop and dance records and that unless Madlib or Basement Jaxx produce the next Fleet Foxes record it's not really my turf.

On another f. this thing that I hate note: video games that make you do inane, tedious shit that has nothing to do with the primary point of the game just so you can unlock everything. I'm playing Yakuza 2 right now and though the vast majority of the game's content can be accessed through a steady repertoire of beating the crap out of lowlifes, there's some secret bosses you can only fight if you do a bunch of tangential side missions, one of which involves going to a driving range and trying to hit a bunch of moving targets with golf balls. Ugh.

[yesno]

I'm adding Wavves to that list too. Another lousy band peddled by Pitchfork, a la Tapes n' Tapes, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, etc.

There's a particular kind of band that has an interesting sound that doesn't last.  Either it's really catchy or it reminds you of some kind of past style or something.  I've fallen for it before.  I remember thinking that Endtroducing was good. *shudder*.  I was also tricked by Clap Your Hands because they had like 2 catchy, 80s-style songs that reminded me of 120 Minutes pre-Nirvana.  Also mashups, which bore the piss out of me now.

Anyway, Pitchfork falls for this kind of band each and every time.  I think the difficulty of music reviewing is that it's the albums that don't necessarily blow your mind the first listen that end up having the most staying power. 

[dave from knoxville]

I support my man Buffcoat with regards to REM, and I too liked Up.

R.E.M. is much more good than bad all the way through Up!, which is ok.  After that you can skip it, but that's a pretty damn good run.


I smell revisionism, and I don't like it.

[Stupornaut]

I hate my apartment neighbors, who tend to be noisy and obnoxious without technically doing anything wrong. They're not carrying on at all hours of the night or blasting their stereo or anything, but they like to have frequent, really loud conversations with lots of inane, hooting laughter. I can't exactly pound on their door and ask them to stop having fun, so it's kind of a no-win situation.

[Julie]

I can't believe you guys don't like Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah! They are just about my favorite band. I know they are very unattractive, but they sound nice.

[nec13]

I can't believe you guys don't like Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah! They are just about my favorite band. I know they are very unattractive, but they sound nice.

They have a stupid name. It just doesn't roll off the tongue like say, Grizzly Bear, Blitzen Trapper, or Fleet Foxes.

[crumbum]

I remember thinking that Endtroducing was good. *shudder*.

Is there consensus nowadays that that was a bad album? I still like it a lot.

[Steve of Bloomington]

I remember thinking that Endtroducing was good. *shudder*.

Is there consensus nowadays that that was a bad album? I still like it a lot.

My wife was mocking the 'the music's coming thru me' track the other day, but I still like it overall myself.

'The Outsider' though: Ew boy. It was like a whole album of that LL Cool J song 'Farmer's Blvd'.