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« on: December 03, 2012, 07:58:15 PM »
From the Straight Dope message board. Thoroughly engrossing discussion - without the customary 'it sucks' hyperbole. A simple debate amongst enlightened gentlemen.

A few people mention Smile as well!

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611028
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2012, 11:09:00 PM »
For me, pretty much any critically-acclaimed rap is going to be unlistenable. Undecided
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« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2012, 03:59:00 AM »
Trout Mask Replica- I like what the captain is doing breaking all the music composition rules, its just hard on ears to listen to the whole album.
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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2012, 10:30:56 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2012, 12:33:23 PM »
Lester Bangs wrote in 1975 that his two favorite albums of the preceding 12 months were Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music and Having Fun With Elvis On Stage. Have never listened to both in one sitting. I have been able to get thru 16 minutes of MMM at a stretch (ie, the length of each of its four vinyl sides) but I never have gotten past the 8 minute mark with the Elvis record. (Side One of both albums can be found on Youtube if you wanna take a try.)
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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2012, 01:12:16 AM »
No rap or hip-hop at all although I used to kinda like The Chronic by Dr. Dre. Can't get into Velvet Underground or Lou Reed much.
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« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2012, 10:27:05 PM »
Quote from: Kurosawa on December 19, 2012, 01:12:16 AM
No rap or hip-hop at all although I used to kinda like The Chronic by Dr. Dre. Can't get into Velvet Underground or Lou Reed much.

if you liked the Chronic there's probably several other rap albums that you would really enjoy.  Ice Cube's first couple albums were great and very similar to that, and then there was a ton of albums by guys like Warren G and The Twinz, or Del the funky Homosapien... or Scarface, or LL Cool J.  Lots of awesome hiphop.  De La Soul!  Lots of horrible sh*t too. 
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« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2012, 10:40:20 PM »
Any thing that Joanna Newsom puts out. I don't get the hype.
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« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2012, 10:44:04 PM »
There's really a band named Trout Mask Replica, and people really listen to them?  Come on.  You guys are just elaborately fucking with me, and waited around a couple months until I wandered into this thread, right? 
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« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2014, 02:10:32 PM »
Pretty much any album by Bob Dylan LOL
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« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2014, 04:07:43 PM »
There's A Riot Goin' On

Half pop bliss, half meandering jams
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« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2014, 04:33:48 PM »
anything by Pearl Jam
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« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2014, 04:44:31 PM »
Anything by the Smashing Pumpkins.
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« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2014, 04:52:18 PM »
anything by the stone roses
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« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2014, 04:54:10 PM »
anything by most of those Britpop bands, with a few exceptions
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« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2014, 04:59:08 PM »
wat exceptions?
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« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2014, 05:06:29 PM »
anything by anyone
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« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2014, 05:14:19 PM »
Quote from: Gertie J. on February 05, 2014, 04:59:08 PM
wat exceptions?

Pale Saints, Slowdive, Ride, ...... Hmmm, but those are mainly shoegaze bands....

Boo Radlys and Primal Scream had some good stuff
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« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2014, 05:17:57 PM »
slowdive, boo radleys? wicked! Cool Guy
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« Reply #22 on: February 05, 2014, 09:49:47 PM »
I much like most of Scott Walker's work, apart from his very early and generally hideous 45s from his pre-Walker Brothers days. The last album of his I played a lot was Tilt; after he got started on "sound art" or whatever it is with The Drift and Bish Bosch, I kinda dropped out though there are a couple of tracks on both albums I like.

That said, I found the post at the Straight Dope board - "his later albums sound like a herd of cats going through a meat grinder" - absolutely hilarious.

A lot of records regarded as classics I don't find unlistenable, but they just bore me. A leading example is Astral Weeks. A couple later things of Van's like Moondance I like, but I just don't think of AW as an untouchable masterpiece.  However, Lester Bangs thought it was great so I guess it's my ears that are not working right where that record goes.
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« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2014, 07:47:02 AM »
Anything by Adele. Seems like everybody loves her, from serious critics and well-respected musicians to their moms, but I absolutely HATE her voice and way of singing, and dislike most her song material.
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« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2014, 08:17:01 AM »
Quote from: SMiLE Brian on December 04, 2012, 03:59:00 AM
Trout Mask Replica- I like what the captain is doing breaking all the music composition rules, its just hard on ears to listen to the whole album.

I think it's brilliant what he did and I'm fascinated by the story behind the album...but, for me, to actually listen to it is impossible...a tremendously unenjoyable experience.

For those who haven't heard it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5I-Xq54FT4
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