I only found out a few years ago that Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies was commonly regarded as one of the worst songs of the 90s, but it reminds me of middle school and summers at the pool. Same with Sex And Candy by Marcy Playground.
Hanging out, downtown by myself, and there’s just too much Marcy, Playground in my head, and there it was
Like Disco lemonade…
I love that song.
The other day I heard sex and candy for the first time in ages. I got immediate nostalgia. The song has a GREAT hook and I totally see why middle school me liked it. Sex. Candy. Cool vibe.
But hearing it now, i quickly realized the lyrics aren’t mysterious/poetic. They are meaningless and had nothing to say except repeating the chorus over and over and over because the words sound good together.
What!? Mmm Mmm Mmm is a great song! Who says it’s not!? Give me their name, number and address.
Once you get past their boring singles, Nickelback isn’t all that bad.
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I don’t think there’s that many people who dislike Nickelback. It just became trendy to dislike them, so people jumped on the bandwagon, regardless of whether they actually cared either way.
Nailed it - it became trendy to dislike Nickelback, Imagine Dragons and the likes
My parents took us to one of their concerts in like 2008. They were surprisingly good live.
I tried because so many of my friends dig them. I just can’t get past the songs that seem like they’re written with a rhyming dictionary and they’re full of teeny bopper cliches. I love the guitar tone and some of the riffs but I just can’t get past those dumbass lyrics.
I’ll say it, I like Imagine Dragons. They have some great songs, they just also have some radio rock drivel (oh god Thunder is bad). Also, I saw them live back in 2013 and it’s one of the best concerts I’ve been to.
In 2022, they were my then-12-year-old child’s favorite band, so I took the kiddo to see the band in Milwaukee. Holy shit, they put on a FANTASTIC concert.
My wife discovered them about idk… 6 years ago? She was crazy about their music. She listened to it all the time, and put the music videos on our home theater. Then out of nowhere she suddenly decided that she hates them. She still hates them to this day. I think it might be because their music is so repetitive that it sounds catchy at first and then gets really annoying. Whatever the reason, they cultivated a super fan and then lost her all within a couple of months.
Unfortunately they became a bit annoying after a bit but looking back, they’ve put out some fantastic tracks that are hard not to groove to
Kinda like Nickelback. How can you not enjoy Rockstar
I like them, too. I only recently learned that we’re not supposed to, for some reason. shrug I enjoy a good bit of their music.
Is Imagine Dragon really widely disliked?
It baffles me why anyone doesn’t like them. I’m 42 and didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to like them.
Nickelback
Shame on you
Bold of you to put that where potential employers will see.
Never Gonna Give You Up
It’s such a catchy feel good song
Great for weddings
Rick Astleys song catalogue honestly has some great stuff in it. As a bonus, it’s like half a rick-roll when someone overhears it.
Whenever I play shoegaze music it tends to upset my family.
Slowdive is one of the greatest bands ever
Need a new family who can appreciate a perfectly honed use of a delay pedal.
Lana del Rey
Same! Don’t get the hate at all tbh
I actually like Nickelback and Matchbox 20.
Is Matchbox 20 supposed to be a band that people hate? I’m familiar with the Nickelback hate, but I’ve never heard anything bad about Matchbox 20.
Mindless Self Indulgence: Yeah, the lead singer was obviously a piece of shit, but their music was still catchy.
Never heard of them.
They were popularish maybe 20-25 years ago, but the singer was a creep. Presumably still is if he’s alive.
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Zappa.
Those who are into his music are really into it, and those who aren’t generally really dislike it.
I’d argue with you about people disliking his music, but I’m moving to Montana soon. Gonna be a dental floss tycoon.
Coldplay had some good ones
Coldplay is among my favorite bands, absolutely agree there
A lot of people criticize the direction they’ve taken recently, and while I don’t keep up with their newest releases, Viva la Vida is still one of my favorite songs. And other tracks like Paradise, Sky Full of Stars, etc. will always be fun for me to listen to as well
Who doesn’t like Coldplay??
Well of course I know him. He’s me.
I see people hate on Imagine Dragons, Creed, and Nickelback (though the latter two not so much recently)… I like these bands.
Nickelback is good, especially the early music. Imagine Dragons is similar in that they both are kinda hated because their music is really mainstream and accessible, which is in my opinion a pretty weird reason to hate the bands.
I can understand hating something because it’s overplayed and you’ve heard it so much that it just makes your skin crawl.
I have that with Queen’s Radio Ga Ga. When I was working on a cruise ship at 19, I boarded while it was still being constructed and out of the 2 weeks it was in drydock before we set sail, 1 of them was spent testing the PA system by playing that song, on loop, 24/7 for a week straight with no breaks. It was psychological torture. I liked the song at first; never heard it until that. But now, I want to punch a thousand babies if I hear it.
Creed is good. Alter Bridge is phenomenal.
Oh shit, yeah. I had forgotten about Alter Bridge. Haven’t hesrd them in a while. Time to change that!
Nickelback, although I barely listen to them anymore because my music taste changed
I listen to a lot of stuff that would be widely disliked if it were widely heard. Extremely dissonant, abstract, and harsh avant-garde metal is for very few people. It’s hard to describe it without sounding like a dopey elitist type, but I just like caustic, hostile, and often formless stuff.
I’m a bit fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and really anything John Frusciante or Josh Klinghoffrr
Who the hell dislikes RHCP??
You would be surprised. They seem to be a very love them or hate them type of band. They were pretty wild in the early days too (pre cali), so had some bad press during a lot of the me too/cancel culture thing.
I’m a huge fan of Frusciante. Like he’s basically the reason I learned anything on guitar.
I do, I remember I once hitchhiked across Europe and my ride put on Stadium Arcadium. I almost died. And when it was over, the real surprise came. It’s a double CD.
I think RHCP is the best musical example of ‘Awful taste, great execution’ (for me). Good musicians, but it makes my fucking skin crawl.
Been listening to more of them recently, and songs like Dark Necessities have been stuck in my head lmao
Freaky Styley was the RHCP album that bridged rock and funk for me. It’s produced by George Clinton (he’s even lead vox on a track). Now I salivate over Parliament/Funkadelic and my friends think I’m crazy.
I miss when RHCP was funky.
Yertle the mf’in turtle
I legit have videos of my kids reacting to that song and stopping, freaking out and dancing their toddler asses off.
That kid had a case of toddler rock
For sure. It’s one of those I would love to share. But I have a thing about not putting my kids on the internet.
What? They’re still funky, always have been.
They definately have phases. Like By the way was clearly more 50s , Beatles and do wop insipired than funk. Klinghoffer were definately less funky overall too, except dark necessities did have a few solid tracks.
Yes I see what you’re saying, but the bass on all of their albums still has slap and funk to it. I guess a lot of it is what the other musicians are doing and how Keidis sings the song. Go Robot is funky as heck. I love that song.
Edited because Gboard is getting stupid all the time lately
Agree. So is Sick Love. Same with their recent albums, which are much more funky than even Dark Necessities.
Nah. Hard disagree.
That’s like… anytime between 1982 and now
Untrue.
Freaky Styley is a fucking great album! I don’t recall the track with George Clinton as lead singer though, do you mean that if you want me to stay demo?
George Clinton is singing on Hollywood, at the very least.
Edit: Hollywood (Africa), sorry it’s been a bit :) It’s also confirmed in Clinton’s book, Yo George Ain’t That Funkin Kinda Hard On You. Apparently some tracks therein were unused Parliament tracks – RHCP were big fans.
In fact, here they are playing with Parliament (near the end), e.g. @1:20:00 on Cosmic Slop.
Edit #2: George Clinton also reprises the “Holly would, if Holly could” stuff on his solo track Hollywood, off of 1993’s Hey Man, Smell My Finger (which is a fire album regardless of name).
OK, I think I understand what you mean, for me it sounded more like George Clinton was a background singer, but you can definitely hear him louder in some parts. Thanks for posting those sources, I think I’m going to listen to P-Funk now.
George is definitely singing alone as the song starts. Once you hear some more P-Funk, his voice is easy to recognize. There’s also a few cues he does all the time (e.g. the “well all right” the song starts with).
Technically it’s a duet.
Nah, most of us appreciate both. Both are great
I don’t think RHCP are widely disliked. They’ve been at the top of radio playlists for decades, they’re incredibly popular, and they sell out major venues every time they tour. RHCP is bad ass. Anyone who dislikes them probably also dislikes being happy.
