Artists you loathe that others love
 

I know others swell about these artists but I just can't see the attraction of these bands/artists

Smiths/Morrissey
Pearl Jam
Elvis Costello
U2
Joy Division/New Order
Guns N' Roses
Bruce Springsteen

What are yours?

WHAT THE ****?

This has been done god knows how many times.

If you want to hear people talk trash about popular artists just click a f*cking thread for gods sake.

Smiths are too boring and Joy Division is too disco.

Joy Division Disco WTF!

I second that wtf.

Disco was a pseudonym for bad my friends and I used.

How are they bad Ian Curtis writes the best lyrics ever srsly

Your opinion. Lyrics don't mean much if the music sucks. Besides lyrics is half of what a good song is. Except for instrumentals.

the music does not Suck, then why did New Order become such a sucessful band?

Well then that would make Joy Division on half-bad by your logic. Aside from that even if you don't like Joy Division they're still one of the most innovative and influential bands ever and deserve respect. If their music truly does suck so bad I don't understand how Interpol could become such a successful band when all they've done is rip them off.

I think you're going a bit far with saying that they ripped JD off. They were inspired by and took aspects but come on ripping em off?

Yeah, in fact most of these second wave post-punk bands sound like a hi-fi version of Joy Division without the talent. It could be the most unoriginal musical movement ever seeing as none of these bands are even as good as Wire, Magazine or Joy Division or any of them.

You missed the part where I said "your opinion". Sex Pistols were more influential and I think they were piss poor. Whitney Houston is influential...etc. As for most innovative, I don't hear it. I know people say it but none of the bands I like sound no where near Joy Division.

Naw. They just took what JD was building on like the sex pistols did with the ramones. Inspiration

Okay so just because none of the bands you like sound like Joy Division that means they're not influential or innovative? Very logical!

And how can u hate the Smiths srsly. If it wasn't for them u wouldn't have bands like oasis.

OK, start naming all these bands that were influenced by Joy Division. As for Interpol, I don't hear the connection.

How bout the Killers?

Smiths and Oasis, you're kidding me. Are you guys picking band names randomly out of a hat? I've never heard that comparison before.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah. I'm going to assume this is a joke account.

I've heard Noel say that seeing Johnny Marr play inspired him to pick up a guitar he even did covers like this

Interpol (if you don't hear this you need to get your ears checked, listen to Evil and tell me that doesn't sound like Joy Division), The Strokes, Death From Above 1979, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Bloc Party, The Rapture, Liars, Xiyu Xiu, The Walkmen, The Futureheads, Pretty Girls Make Graves, She Wants Revenge, The Magnetic Fields, The Consantines, The Unicorns, !!!, The Exploding Hearts, Tokyo Police Club, Les Savy Fav, Cansei De Ser Sexy, The Bravery, Maximo Park, Portugal. The Man, The Rakes and dozens more.

Yeah, that just makes me not want to like The Smiths.

But dispite that and the fact that Morrissey is the biggest tool in the world. I still like The Smiths.

And Interpol is just a lame Joy Division ripoff band, how do you not hear that?

Killers are too in your face to be compared to Joy Division. A friend of mine (who likes Joy Division) describes them as "Drudgy" -Is that even a word?

:rofl:

:laughing: Yeah the Killers weren't inspired by Joy Division at all. It's why they covered Shadowplay. How much Joy Division have you actually heard?

Whats so funny? He f*cking is. If the opportunity strikes, I would punch the man in the face, no joke.

the Killers even did a cover of shadowplay! how can say u that?

No he's not how could he be explain

You don't know much about Morrissey do you? It's pretty easy to see why someone would call him a twat. Though compared to fellow Manchester fellow Mark E. Smith he really isn't that bad. Nicky Wire is a bigger tool though, after Michael Stipe came out Wire said he should get AIDS and stop making music or something along those lines.

Bands I bolded do not sound anything like Joy Division especially the Unicorns. I can see the Rakes and Exploding Hearts and Pretty Girls Make Graves having some influence. Death From Above I've only heard one song and the other bands I haven't heard at all.

I repeat: What Joy Division have you even heard?

Devo did a cover of Satisfaction. Does that mean they sound like the Stones. Really...c'mon.

srsly listen to Unknown Pleasures or Closer even Still will help you understand

Why else would they waste their time? they even cited them as a key influence

Unknown Pleasures and Closer.

Influence and sounds likes are two different things, while usually they go hand in hand sometimes they don't. The Killers are pretty obviously influenced by a lot of post-punk and while they're more showy and poppy it's really not much of a stretch for them to be influenced by Joy Division since they seem to be big into 80s music and Joy Division are not only arguably the most popular post-punk band but one of the best groups of the 80s.

give em another listen

Really? Then how come you're relying on your friends description of them and not able to come up with your own for their sound? And how can you not hear the similarities between them and Interpol? Please explain the differences in their sound.