Bands you don't like that everyone else seems to like.

[Rustbukkit]

Oh White Stripes... how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways.

While their studio recordings are decent from time to time, they absolutely blow chunks live.

Meg... a drummer she is not. Her meter is horrible, and she's constantly pushing and pulling the song all over the place... or is she actually being pushed and pulled by Jack? She can't even keep time in the simplest of beats like the one she attempts in Seven Nation Army. If you look closely, you can actually see her brain counting out "One, two, three, four... one, two, three, four... one, two etc. etc." My meter was more honed when I was sixteen, and I only started playing when I was fifteen. Meg couldn't find the groove if she was a microbe sitting on an old vinyle 45" of James Brown.

Jack is certainly more accomplished than his ex (though I'm sure she wore the pants in the relationship), but let's face it... Jack really needs to buy one of those electronic guitar tuners so he sucks just a little bit less on stage. I'm betting there are at least two roadies in the wings just begging him to let them tune his guitars. It's a shame, because he actually has some catchy hooks in his songs (even though he can't keep them going live). There's nothing worse than a musician who goes into the studio and multi-tracks himself to death. This is the case with Jack. While playing (and I use that term very loosely) live, Jack constantly drops out on his hooks and melodies to enter into sloppy second rate guitar solo's that reek of garage band shenanigans. He too is contantly pushing and pulling the tempo... Jack couldn't find the pocket if he was tucked neatly inside of it.

Hey White Stripes.... you've got the money now, why don't you hire some real musicians to back you up live and fill in your sound so we hear something close to what we heard on the album. If I wanted your garage band garbage, I'd go down the street and listen to those annoying rich kids playing covers of your songs better than you do!

Here's a tip for any young aspiring musicians out there - if you can't play the parts live... DON'T RECORD THEM!

Don't believe how much their tuning and timing sucks live? Okay... here.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psbs_8kkWqg"]YouTube - The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (Live)[/ame]


Okay so maybe that wasn't fair. It's a big live concert right? They're tired, or pumped up on adrenaline from the rush of people actually showing up and digging this garbage in their drunken and drug induced states, or whatever other excuse we should make up for their playing abilities (or lack thereof). Hmm... I guess there's a lot to be said about the old adage "the masses are stupid".

Okay, this should be better. Live at Much Music... only playing once every 15 or 20 minutes between being interviewed... they should be really tight and rock this simplest of songs here right? Right?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5wJB_nTJdI&feature=PlayList&p=C2B97C2191FE6852&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=52"]YouTube - The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (Live @ MuchMusic)[/ame]


Okay so I'm sure some of you may disagree with me on this. That's cool, this is just my opinion as a musician who has been playing for twenty four years. Heck I even know one or two decent musicians who defend this band and claim that they are "supposed" to sound like a sloppy garage band. But if you can find me a version of this song where they aren't guilty of everything I've accused them of, you might change my mind... but I won't hold my breath.

[Jrange378]

I agree, I like the white stripes but they arent the best lve by any means.

[S-A-S--G-U-N-R]

Death magnetic is the perfect example of "the loudness war" i really don't understand how you can like this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

What surprises me more is that fans only noticed it when Guitar Hero 3 was released,
you have to be pretty deaf to not hear that this album is clipped & distorted all over the place
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdail...-hero-than-cd/

misty

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPu0DKyGgZI"]YouTube - Mastered by Muppets[/ame]

Also yes, the white stripes are pretty bad live. Anyone with one hand could play the drums for that and anyone with one pinky finger could play the guitar for that (believe me, I just did... well not the chords but most of it and the solo).

I don't like pop, rap, hip-hop, country, techno... anything that contains too many beeps or thins played by computers with no emotion.

[Ryutei]

I hate Rap, Hip-Hop, and pretty much anything inbetween.

I agree, I USED to like it, but now it's always...

• People making a STUPIDLY named dance which is STUPIDLY executed.
• Talk about some STUPID topic that doesn't make sense. Example: 'Marco Polo', 'Rubberband man', 'Stanky Leg'...
• They always talk about their money and *****es, and talk about their cars.
• Overall, repetitive, I pretty much know what every song is about, staring from the Artitst, The Song name, and even the first lyric.

[Xegethra]

i pretty much dont listen to any popular...and no im not just saying that. iv mentioned my musical tastes before

harsh dark ebm/industrial/aggrotech. hard and heavy black and gothic metal

all this indie, pop, emo, rap, hip hop, dance, hardcore and stuff can go spin on it....a lot of it really does annoy me largely because its famous and doesnt really try, when it does try it sounds alright...but usually no, it sucks

i also cant stand anything quite or slow....quietness and even silence has always agitated me and i dont like it. stick me in a room with with "tranquil" music and ill be in hell

i like my growls, opera, soprano and clean singing all mixed together while symphony and hard metalic sounds tune off in the background. same for my electronic, only more electronic, ha and more distorted electronic voices and all that jazz

but yeah the music i really really hate is pop rock calling itself punk....its not punk, its not even real rock its just slamming a guiter singing about how they are glad to be out of school while they are in their 30s or something....ok very punk

[dandygandy2704]

i pretty much dont listen to any popular...and no im not just saying that. iv mentioned my musical tastes before

harsh dark ebm/industrial/aggrotech. hard and heavy black and gothic metal

all this indie, pop, emo, rap, hip hop, dance, hardcore and stuff can go spin on it....a lot of it really does annoy me largely because its famous and doesnt really try, when it does try it sounds alright...but usually no, it sucks

i also cant stand anything quite or slow....quietness and even silence has always agitated me and i dont like it. stick me in a room with with "tranquil" music and ill be in hell

i like my growls, opera, soprano and clean singing all mixed together while symphony and hard metalic sounds tune off in the background. same for my electronic, only more electronic, ha and more distorted electronic voices and all that jazz

but yeah the music i really really hate is pop rock calling itself punk....its not punk, its not even real rock its just slamming a guiter singing about how they are glad to be out of school while they are in their 30s or something....ok very punk

I agree with this post like 150%.

I hate popular music, not because it's popular, but because it just kinda sucks. Listen to a radio station that plays that kinda stuff, and all you'll hear is a bunch of people "singing" about stupid stuff to a bunch of over-synthesized beats.

Also, Mudvayne. For some reason, I can't stand them.

[Ungreth•]

I'd say... Coldplay. I hate their music. I don't really know why but I can't listen to their music, even if everybody else say its good.

^ Same here.

Also Travis, James Blunt and all the other dewy-eyed wet-shorts boys.

[S-A-S--G-U-N-R]

Lol, this video is great! Watch to the end. :P

EDIT: Actually, it contains bad words.

[SPOILER]"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWtj7x5IzDE"[/SPOILER]

If you want to watch it on youtube then search for heavy metal sucks or someting and click on the one with the slayer logo. (Remember to watch to the end).

[Astrosimi]

Anything Ungreth, Leather Monkeys, or Awesomeman likes

Just kidding, but everyone here seems to love metal and hard rock while I like the Beatles, the Who, all the classic bands... Of course, there are exceptions, like Black Sabbath, GNR, and some of ACDC's stuff.

[Zwollie•]

Anything Ungreth, Leather Monkeys, or Awesomeman likes

Just kidding, but everyone here seems to love metal and hard rock while I like the Beatles, the Who, all the classic bands... Of course, there are exceptions, like Black Sabbath, GNR, and some of ACDC's stuff.

WOW, we seem to have very similar taste in music!