not liking rock

ye gods
I can't understand why you get annoyed at people disliking things ;P I never said anything about the quality of the music, that I didn't have other options, or that anything in my original post was anything other than my opinion alone, yet I get the trademark pedantic DBG treatment

everyone else: good posts ;P

Debrewguy, Lappy was just giving a subjective opinion, whats you're problem? I think ACDC is one of the worst bands on the face of the planet, and they've made some of the most disgusting noise that could ever be considered music, but what are you going to do about? Argue? Go ahead, but it's all subjective opinion, Lappy's going through a phase where he dosent like rock, or hell even guitar, and he has a right to see who else is on the same boat.

Prog rock, indie rock, and post-rock (which doesn't count as rock, really...) are the only rock things I listen to. I can't stand blues, rock 'n' roll, hard rock, soft rock, modern rock, or punk rock.

I think I've realized I'm one of the most normal (least adventurous?) of the older members here. Having been here 3 years, I don't really care to dig that deep, except maybe a Neo band here or their if they strike me as good. I'm fine with my Iron Maiden, Cranberries, Smashing Pumpkins, Incubus, U2, Steve Vai, Satriani, Van Halen, Deep Purple, Robert Plant, Zeppelin, and on and on. Sometimes, I get bored of complex music and just wanna rock out or chill out (as tonight with the Cranberries). I'm the least weird of the weird.

I do dislike a lotta classic rock, though. Especially if it's a mediocre band playing in a blues scale.

Born and raised on classic rock. Just recently I was exposed to prog.

Some of you seem to try as hard as you can to misunderstand the topicstarter.

I have no problem with understanding someone with main progpreferances like Picchio Dal Pozzo, Wha-ha-ha, Art Zoyd, Art Bears, Magma etc. stating that classic, bluesy rock annoys him.

Although these bands are related to rock, most of the time they don't "rock".

Btw: Debrewguy; You seem to have stopped reading others posts properly before you reply.


Edited by Rocktopus - May 27 2008 at 05:08

(edit. didn't make sense) 

Edited by Yukorin - May 27 2008 at 08:42

Good rock ROCKS! Bad rock doesn't.

I love rock music.  So, you guessed it:  I'm a predictable, boring, FM-friendly guy

I tend not to like rock and roll, typical blues based classic rock, AOR, arena rock, and guitar rock.  I tend not to like very predictable music with classic rock lineups, slick melodic rock, or "hard rock".  I like quirky music.  I grew up as someone into classical music first, and then delved into jazz.  The "rock" I tend to like best is what is sometimes described as avant-garde chamber rock, and it doesn't have to rock (really "chamber and experimental music" generally describes my tastes better).  And I like much folk-rock and jazz-rock (and of course, prog rock).

There are exceptions,  and my tastes are quite eclectic.  I used to listen to classic rock radio a fair amount, when I hadn't a CD or working tape player in my car, but most of it gets on my nerves.  There's not enough quirkiness, contrast, twists and turns, genre bending, and varied instrumentation (especially involving acoustic instruments such as the cello, shakuhachi, santoor, whatever) in the music (though I like electronic music muchly too).  The steady beat, pedestrian lyrics, and non-explorative nature of the music tends not to appeal.  I don't like most modern rock, either.

I don't consider myself a fan of rock music, but it depends on how the bands utilise/ approach rock in the music, but my natural inclination is very far from rock, electric instrumentation and heavy drumming, even though I listen to so much rock-based music (piano beats Hammond, cello beats guitar, xylophone beats drums generally for me).