Musical artists with a range of completely awesome to shit

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2008-04-04 09:49pm

The point here is to list a musical artist who has a lot of songs you both love and hate. The artist should have a range of totally awesome to downright shit.

Mine:

Bonnie Tyler. This broad has made music that's downright brilliant. Songs like "It's a Heartache" and "Take me Back" never get old. The other half of her music catalog sounds like typical dated 80's garbage, and some are even worse than that.

What say you?

ExarKun · Post by **ExarKun** » 2008-04-04 10:07pm

Total Eclipse of the Heart?

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2008-04-04 10:14pm

ExarKun wrote:Total Eclipse of the Heart?

You were that kid in high school who finally got the football in PE class, and then ran the wrong way, weren't you?

ExarKun · Post by **ExarKun** » 2008-04-04 10:19pm

Superman wrote:
ExarKun wrote:Total Eclipse of the Heart?
You were that kid in high school who finally got the football in PE class, and then ran the wrong way, weren't you?

I played hokey

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-04-04 10:23pm

Does that mean you hit people with sticks or you just didn't show up?

How about any of the really longrunning bands? Some Metallica is pretty good, for instance, but some of it is complete balls.

Terralthra · Post by **Terralthra** » 2008-04-04 10:32pm

I'll second the vote for Metallica.

Off the top of my head: DJ Tiesto, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd.

TithonusSyndrome · Post by **TithonusSyndrome** » 2008-04-04 10:48pm

Stark wrote:How about any of the really longrunning bands? Some Metallica is pretty good, for instance, but some of it is complete balls.

I used to think their old shit was worth defending, now I don't give a goddamn because there are waaaaaay better thrash bands out there like Testament or Overkill, both of whom are probably better candidates for this thread.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-04-04 10:51pm

Oh yeah I'm not Metallicultist, but some of their stuff is good and much of it is horrible poo. I couldn't think of any bad Sabbath songs off the top of my head...

I figure the thread is asking which artists it's bad to hear someone say 'oh you'll love this, it's by X'. Because X has some good stuff and some reeeeeeally bad stuff, you can't tell beforehand if you should cover your ears!

TithonusSyndrome · Post by **TithonusSyndrome** » 2008-04-04 11:00pm

Stark wrote:Oh yeah I'm not Metallicultist, but some of their stuff is good and much of it is horrible poo.

Fight Fire With Fire is still solid thrash as far as I'm concerned, but two or three albums in a 25 year career makes you a pretty sorry blip in any decent record collection.

I couldn't think of any bad Sabbath songs off the top of my head...

Pretty much all of Technical Ecstasy or any Ozzy albums from 75-79, and some of the shit with Tony Martin isn't that great either. Nevertheless, a lot of it is, and I will defend to the metaphorical death against the brutal hegemony of Ozzy purists.

I figure the thread is asking which artists it's bad to hear someone say 'oh you'll love this, it's by X'. Because X has some good stuff and some reeeeeeally bad stuff, you can't tell beforehand if you should cover your ears!

Oh for sure, and Testament and Overkill I think are much better examples. The first Testament album is some of the best thrash around, the second is alright, then it launches into a roller coaster for the next 18 years.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2008-04-04 11:14pm

Dream Theater. Some of their older stuff is downright sexy, but some of it is just "blah". Oh, and their live performances are boring, boring, boring.

The Guid · Post by **The Guid** » 2008-04-04 11:14pm

The Manic Street Preachers - some of their albums have been wonderful such as the Holy Bible, or Generation Terrorists and even some later work but there are some albums I just can't listen to.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2008-04-04 11:15pm

The Rolling Stones.
Up until the 80's, they were the 'cool' band and put out great stuff.
After that, they seemed to be coasting on past glories.

They should have retired back in 1982.

TithonusSyndrome · Post by **TithonusSyndrome** » 2008-04-04 11:16pm

General Zod wrote:Dream Theater. Some of their older stuff is downright sexy, but some of it is just "blah".

I think it says something about them when their best album is a cover album.

Oh, and their live performances are boring, boring, boring.

I know a lot of their committed fans who have confessed to falling asleep at their shows.

There's better prog out there anyways.

Post by **Dalton** » 2008-04-04 11:47pm

Pink Floyd, easily. We have two major classic rock stations in my area, and on more than one occasion I've heard them play the same exact Floyd song at the same exact time.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2008-04-04 11:51pm

Dalton wrote:Pink Floyd, easily. We have two major classic rock stations in my area, and on more than one occasion I've heard them play the same exact Floyd song at the same exact time.

I've heard that happen here too.

It's like there is a grading of Floyd songs. Such and such songs get played this often. This next group gets played half as often and so on until you get to some that they never play.

TimothyC · Post by **TimothyC** » 2008-04-04 11:56pm

Niel Diamond.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-04-05 12:02am

Willie Dixon

aside from being one of the ground breakers of the blues, he also ghost wrote for some of the worst pre-manufactured bands.

ExarKun · Post by **ExarKun** » 2008-04-05 12:03am

Stark wrote:Does that mean you hit people with sticks or you just didn't show up?

How about any of the really longrunning bands? Some Metallica is pretty good, for instance, but some of it is complete balls.

I usually beat people up without using sticks or any other weapons. fair play and all that

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-04-05 12:32am

PROTIP: you mistyped 'hokey' and I made a pun out of it between 'hockey' and 'hookey', ie stick'n'ball and truancy.

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2008-04-05 04:01am

Rush.
Prince.
The Dead Kennedys.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-04-05 04:11am

Though Dalton is correct in that Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin are the two most played bands on classic rock stations. And that while Stairway is the single most played song, Floyd has a lot of them that get overplayed.

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » 2008-04-05 05:52am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Though Dalton is correct in that Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin are the two most played bands on classic rock stations. And that while Stairway is the single most played song, Floyd has a lot of them that get overplayed.

Ironically the classic rock station out here never plays anything by them. The only time they ever did was when Roger Waters came to town.

I'll put forth Avenged Sevenfold. Their first album was just solid ass, and so is the last song on their newest album (why the fuck is there a country song on a metal album?).

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-04-05 06:12am

which reminds me of my old say from my dad...

"How can they be country if they won't play Hank, Willie, Johnny, Patsy, or Tammy?"

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2008-04-05 07:26am

"Comfortably Numb," anyone? Man, that Floyd song just played into the dirt.

AC/DC should dominate this category - some huge, huge hits but also coupled with some utterly unlistenable dredge.

Guns N' Roses belongs here too - Appetite for Destruction is an awesome album, but frankly it's the only GNR album you need. The rest of their repotoire, outside of a few songs here and there, is forgettable.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2008-04-05 08:36am

I'd say Korn, who drifted between awesome to irrelevant, boring filler material on the same album (after Issues, it's just solid filler) and occasionally managed it within the same song.

Gary Numan was pretty good at making both anthemic, cold and evil music and forgettable boring stuff too.

Fear Factory, though my favourite band, really REALLY went downhill with Transgression, which is a shame after the tour de force of Archetype.

Cradle of Filth, everyone has a go at them for selling out, but that I mostly ignore. There's no denying that when they lost their awesome keyboardist they've become ultra boring.

Machine Head really had a poor album with Supercharger. Thankfully they fixed that with their subsequent releases.

Also, Supes, wrong forum, buddy.