Uncool music that you love

[masterofsparks]

Another vote for Tom Petty.

Is Queen uncool? If so, add them to my list. I own and love everything through Jazz.

[dave from knoxville]

On that note, Kate Bush.

Kate Bush is NEVER uncool.  How much do I love torturing my 9th graders with the song "Wuthering Heights?"  Almost as much as I enjoy making them read "Wuthering Heights," which is equally awesome for me and awful for them.

If you taught math, you could play  her song "PI", in which she sings a whole bunch of the decimal places beyond 3.14 ...

But as a math teacher who has LOVED Kate Bush since around 1983, it pains me to report that about 80-100 digits in, she loses track. I assume it was part of an edit that didn't get fixed, and she said "Who would ever know?"

I could play this particular game endlessly, as anyone looking at my last.fm page could affirm, but how about (just scanning my music collection list) Ryan Adams, Adrian Belew, Kate Campbell, Bruce Cockburn, Al Dimeola, Dream Theater, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Genesis, John Hiatt, Jethro Tull, Jellyfish, King Crimson, King's X, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Scott Miller, Randy Newman, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Prince, REM, Todd Rundgren, Paul Simon, Spock's Beard, Matthew Sweet, Weather Report, World Party, Yes, and even Frank Zappa.

Nobody's going to be asking me to program a show anytime soon (although I think I could do a pretty good job, dammit.)

[Steve of Bloomington]

Tom Petty rules.

I was not aware that Dan Deacon was uncool.  I don't love him but I like some stuff. 

A lot of people hate on the Dan Deacon.  I like his stuff tho.

[Gibby]

Adrian Belew

This dude is cool.

[John Junk 2.0]

DFK, I got your back on R.E.M., Yes, and Zappa; at least for the "good" stuff by these people.

[Chris L]

Tom sold me on ABBA. 

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Ryan Adams, Adrian Belew, Kate Campbell, Bruce Cockburn, Al Dimeola, Dream Theater, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Genesis, John Hiatt, Jethro Tull, Jellyfish, King Crimson, King's X, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Scott Miller, Randy Newman, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Prince, REM, Todd Rundgren, Paul Simon, Spock's Beard, Matthew Sweet, Weather Report, World Party, Yes, and even Frank Zappa.

Nobody's going to be asking me to program a show anytime soon (although I think I could do a pretty good job, dammit.)

I like almost all of these artists, including Zappa.

[AllisonLeGnome]

Tom sold me on ABBA. 

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Tom sold me on ABBA and Creedence. 

[Denim Gremlin]

Ryan Adams, Adrian Belew, Kate Campbell, Bruce Cockburn, Al Dimeola, Dream Theater, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Genesis, John Hiatt, Jethro Tull, Jellyfish, King Crimson, King's X, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Scott Miller, Randy Newman, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Prince, REM, Todd Rundgren, Paul Simon, Spock's Beard, Matthew Sweet, Weather Report, World Party, Yes, and even Frank Zappa.

Nobody's going to be asking me to program a show anytime soon (although I think I could do a pretty good job, dammit.)

I like almost all of these artists, including Zappa.

i don't think zappa has ever been considered "uncool"

but I also agree with alot of these bands. especially Rundgren! he gets so much shit on the best show because Philly Boy Roy like's him but I'll defend alot of his stuff.  A Wizard, A True Star is one of my favorite albums.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Ryan Adams, Adrian Belew, Kate Campbell, Bruce Cockburn, Al Dimeola, Dream Theater, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Genesis, John Hiatt, Jethro Tull, Jellyfish, King Crimson, King's X, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Scott Miller, Randy Newman, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Prince, REM, Todd Rundgren, Paul Simon, Spock's Beard, Matthew Sweet, Weather Report, World Party, Yes, and even Frank Zappa.

Nobody's going to be asking me to program a show anytime soon (although I think I could do a pretty good job, dammit.)

I like almost all of these artists, including Zappa.

i don't think zappa has ever been considered "uncool"

but I also agree with alot of these bands. especially Rundgren! he gets so much shit on the best show because Philly Boy Roy like's him but I'll defend alot of his stuff.  A Wizard, A True Star is one of my favorite albums.

I also love King Crimson, Genesis, Adrian Belew, and Pink Floyd.  While we're in the classic rock realm...

...when Bob Seger's "Hollywood Nights" and "Night Moves" come on the radio, I don't turn them off.

[Beth]

ooooh! "night moves"  gets me every time. also, "against the wind"

[JonFromMaplewood]

Oh, this one should get me excommunicated from the FOT board. 

TOOL.

I think their albums are seriously bloated. They need editing, but some songs are just incredible to me. These include...
Opiate
Prison Sex
Aenema
Hooker with a Penis
The Grudge
Ticks and Leeches
Lateralus
The Pot

I swear, I am not a frat boy.

[masterofsparks]

ooooh! "night moves"  gets me every time. also, "against the wind"

Yeah, I like Night Moves a whole lot. Anyone who considers Seger uncool has never heard his early singles and LPs, though. There's some hot stuff in there. I think I've heard Tom play the Bob Seger System track Lucifer on the show before.

[JonFromMaplewood]

ooooh! "night moves"  gets me every time. also, "against the wind"

Yeah, I like Night Moves a whole lot. Anyone who considers Seger uncool has never heard his early singles and LPs, though. There's some hot stuff in there. I think I've heard Tom play the Bob Seger System track Lucifer on the show before.

I never gave his early stuff a chance because, years ago, I heard him sing on a track called "Ballad of the Yellow Beret" which disgusted me. Here it is:

http://cockeyedabsurdist.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd970622754cd500d41425a718685e.html