Artists and records you just can't listen to anymore

[Seeker_UK]

and Jesus said,
the meek shall inhibit the earth

Only if that's OK with the rest of you......

 

[Yank]

I missed the Smiths completely for a decade then when I heard them I thought they were pretentious merd

They've actually grown on me.

 

[Peter Stockwell]

I didn't listen to Morrisey because of the Smiths!

 

[Elephantears]

Morrisey/Marr = Northern geniuses

 

[kendo]

Just cannot listen to Never Mind the Bollocks now, it seems like 2 great tracks and the rest is contrived pish.

 

[Klyde]

Cabaret Voltaire's 'Red Mecca', their socalled masterpiece. Compared to Deceit (This Heat) it is utter cack. 'Voice of America' is still quite brilliant though.

 

[foxwelljsly]

 

[sideshowbob]

Cabaret Voltaire's 'Red Mecca', their socalled masterpiece. Compared to Deceit (This Heat) it is utter cack. 'Voice of America' is still quite brilliant though.

Mix-Up is better than Red Mecca or Voice of America, if you ask me.

 

[Seeker_UK]

Mix-Up is better than Red Mecca or Voice of America, if you ask me.

I've never understood the preference for "Red Mecca" over those other two; they're much nastier

 

[irons1965]

Morrisey/Marr = Northern geniuses

x2 !

 

[Timbo74]

Most of the pretentious 4AD stuff that I listened to as a "troubled" teen.
2nd division Brit pop. Sleeper, Menswear et al.
U2.

 

[S-Man]

Rolling Stones - I've never owned any of thier music until today. For some reason I bought "Rolled Gold" and now I know why I never bought any before. I keep telling myself that I must try/buy new music and not buy best-ofs of bands that had the odd good song 30 years ago. I think I might have got the message this time!

While we are on the subject:
Sting (I can still handle a bit of Police though)
Eurythmics
INXS
Simply Red
U2
Paul Simon (+Garfunkel)
Steely Dan (never liked them, hifi muzac sterility defined)
Bob Dylan

The last 4 are played a lot on Radio Paradise, which otherwise has quite a lot of music to my taste.

Oooh, nearly forgot Madonna

 

[Elephantears]

Most of the pretentious 4AD stuff that I listened to as a "troubled" teen.

Hey don't throw out the Cocteaus with that rejection!

 

[demersal]

Bauhaus. Although the original version of Bela Lugosi's Dead still works for me.

 

[Klyde]

The Red Crayola With Art & Language – Kangaroo?, Black Snakes and Soldier Talk all go out. Jeez are those records annoying! Mayo Thompson's voice on those albums is a health hazard.

The Parable of Arable Land (1967) is still very much OK though, so that one stays.

 

[sideshowbob]

No way! Soldier Talk is the best Crayola record, closely followed by Kangaroo. Black Snakes isn't up to much though.

 

[ampman]

Was never into him anyway, but being open minded will try most things. However the over production of Sting is just unlistenable.

Queen have always have been, and remain, unplayable.

 

[guey]

With a few exceptions, I can't listen to The Associates now; largely due to harsh metallic production on them (see also: chunks of the 4AD roster).

 

[Yank]

I can't listen to much of anything recorded after about 1994 due to brickwalled mastering.

 

[bob atherton]

I have a problem with 10cc now. This is quite a surprise as they were once one of my favorite bands.