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Not really, no.

It gained a lot of popularity around here partly because fans liked what it was about. Otherwise, I wouldn't really understand why the song would be deemed so great. I don't know any other NiN songs for their lyrics though, but Closer did stand out...

Yeah, it was popular here when it came out too, mainly because high school kids like yelling swears and that was less common on the radio back then. I was just disappointed because the same kids who made fun of me for listening to NIN a few years before suddenly loved them.

Queen, but I don't consider that hatred to be irrational. I don't like Freddie Mercurys voice, although I recognise he could be considered a good performer and frontman. I don't like the sound or the tone of Mays guitar although I recognise he is technically a talented guitarist, and I don't enjoy the songwriting. I find a lot of their work to be self-indulgent, overly dramatic and flamboyant rubbish and I don't find any of that irrational. It's personal preference, and literally every little thing that goes into making Queens sound what it is is like nails on a chalkboard for me.

Rush is probably more irrational, and I recognise that while I have given them a chance, as I have Queen, I could yet try harder with Rush. But all I've been able to think to this point is technically proficient, technically talented, technically tight band but who make music that I absolutely cannot relate to or appreciate on any other level whatsoever, leaving me bored to absolute tears.

Completely agree with you though I may enjoy a few more of their songs. I certainty don't get the (what seems like) fanatical praise that's been thrown at them. I know people who act as if Radiohead are totally original and have not being influenced by artists past or contemporary. I've given their music more chances than I cared to in trying to discover what it is about them that attracts their following. They're not bad but I've yet to hear anything special that should warrant my spending more time with their recordings.

I hate, Pearl Jam... honestly I would rather be beaten to death with a bag of wet cats then listen to any of their albums... (BUT I HAVE BEEN KNOW TO SING TO ANY OF THEIR TUNES IF THE CLASSIC ROCK STATION IS ON....) (ahhmm cough)

^ poor little kitties

I feel the same way and the more fanatical their fans are about them the more it turns me off.

Oasis for me. Couple of decent singles, that's about it. Mostly just cos Liam is a prick.