I bought two cd's last week by The Fixx. I had them on vinyl. Gawd, was I disappointed. It wasn't a nostalgic let down. I just thought that there was way less happening there than I had so fondly remembered.

Any music you were once so hot for, but now...eeh?

Grand Funk RR does not count, but I'll go for Men with Hats.

Men at Work. I heard a song on the radio the other day. I used to LOVE Men at Work. Now...meh.

So the two of you hate "Men" music?

Van Halen. Sorry, Craig Lee Roth.
DMB--some of it, at least.
Any number of alt rock bands from the 90s. Smashing Pumpkins screams (shrieks, whines, sings poorly) to mind.

Depends on how sweetly they make it.

Whaaaaaaaaaaa???? [jaw hits floor]

Mainly, it's the lyrics. They're so...well... BobKay.

Men at Work was my favorite at the time. Now, I still like them, but there is some "meh" factor, I'll admit.

As far as TV shows go, the one that really fits here is Friends.

"Well (Oh) all your dreams an' visions are based on magazines
No (Oh) this ain't television, but it's more than it seems
(Oh) Takers need a giver, this much you understand
(Oh) All I wanna give you babe (ooh)
Is the best part of a man, yeah"

What's not to like???

Can't be, can't be .

Fight! Double fight!

I hate to admit - Iron Maiden.

Instrumental virtuosos, intelligent lyrics - but the endless bridges and solos just kill it... find myself fast forwarding through half the song.

Bren R.

Shostakovich

Well, not really. I just thought there should be a classical entry...

::snicker:: ::snicker::

I never liked Shostakovich.

I never like a classical entry.

I never liked Maury Povich.

So, missionary's right out, then?

100 points for everyone!

Genesis.

Used to listen to U2 a lot in the 80's, but really don't like them much at all now.

Oh...and "Tears 4 Fears".

Phew, I had to double check you weren't asking Bob. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Tears for Fears' Songs from the Big Chair is one of my favorites. To each his own, ya Canucklehead.

Lynyrd Skynyrd has to be *the* one band I use to love but just can't listen to much anymore, and that probably is more due to them just being way overplayed over the years.

America is another one.

Unfortunately for them, The Rembrandts (Friends theme song) were one of my favorite bands at the time. That crappy little ditty is nothing like anything else on any of their 3 cd's. I saw them in Tucson in the mid 90's and they were great. A couple of The Bodeens touring with them. Awesome singers and vocal harmonies.

And really, who could watch Seinfeld now?

Seinfeld? I still laugh my ass off at that show!

I worshiped at the feet of ELP. I've really tried, and recently, too. Just can't do it any more.

And I can't recall the last time I dragged out NIN.

Stevie Wonder, The Cars... Just so overexposed in their time that they wore out their welcome.

And Bonnie Raitt and Linda Ronstadt and Pat Benatar.

Funny. No one's mentioned Sig Sig Sputnik or Haircut 100.

And boy, did Jet flame out or what?

I understand. I saw every episode, but I was tired of it about a year before it went off the air.

Never liked Seinfield the first time I saw it. It went downhill after that.

Really! You thought it went down hill outta the gate!?!

Yup. Seinfield is too "whiney" which goes well with the rest of the cheese on that show.

I have a great appreciation for the show and it's achievements, but I didn't like it. The same goes for The Simpson's. All my friends loved both shows, but I was the black sheep.

I could get dismembered for this, but The Stones have been off my list for over 35 years. I might be convinced to sit through His Satanic Majesty's...

And I can't believe how little I thought of the King Crimson remasters. Sounded great, but then there's not much going on that isn't akin to Eno's "Music for Airports."

There's some of the most topcial American History (subverted) of the last 1/4 C in the Simpson's. Of course, it's completely OK not to care for it.

How bout Beavis and Butthead, then? "I am the great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole." Classic American prose.

Same here Adrian, I don't know that I've ever watched an entire episode.

Journey, REO Speedwagon and Kiss come to mind as bands with music that doesn't really seem as good now, as it did back in the day.

Dare I saw it...The Three Stooges. When's the last time you watched 'em? God it's bad.

So, four shallow New Yorkers with ungodly cases of narcissism and solipsism isn't for you?

Hard to argue, but they were such a part of my youth. I surely never understood the obtuse references, like Schickelgruber, at the time, but now that I do, some of their remarks are brilliant.

I didn't "get" the Cosby show either.

I don't like The Stones that much either, Bob; but I do like "Wild Horses". Especially the live version with Dave Matthews, here .

Anti-semite!

LOL!

@Bob- Zionist!

You know...I was actually going to say Whiney Jewish guy...I'm glad I didn't now.

I know. And I forget to call them four NY Jews doing nothing. Don't feel bad. Now Israel really HAS to plant some trees.

Anti-dentite!

Wow! A Zionista! No one's ever called me that before. Oh, wait! there was that Palestinian prof in grad school....

Really, if we just carpet bomb all the "holy" sites, no one will have anything to fight over. But, hey, they're willing to fight over The Wailing Wall and, new evidence suggests it was never part of King David's palace.

I look OK (nay, natural) in a yamulka, but I can't see myself with the tendrills and the little black Rubic's cube on my head.

I had a university student that worked for me, say something close to that. Ignorance begets stupidity.

I fired her!

You dogmatic pedant, you! If we wipe it all clean, 'cept for the buildings, don't you think it would make a great Disney theme park? I'm thinkin' an Alladin motif.

And DO NOT make me go back to using emoticons. You know when I'm joking (which is good, because, often, I don't). Besides, the only people I really have ever wanted to have killed are

I'm totally kidding .

As to the idea of a Disney theme park- The Alladin facade would be apropos. Conquer and rebuild, but don't westernize it at all. Hmmmmmm, there's money to be had in "Theme Park Hegemony".

Journey, REO Speedwagon and Kiss? I wish music today was more like these bands, well except for Kiss.

Kramer rules!

And Estelle Harris played George's mom perfectly.

Simpsons are always good for a laugh.

pn

ELO, Judas Priest, and the Stray Cats. I lost all that music when I lost my casette Tape case on the way to Myrtle Beach in 1982.

Black Sabbath.

I love that word. But when one says it, it sounds like you've just made it up.

I know you're usually kidding, but that Constitution thing scared me. I've been on it. Really, it's not that special.

Still love Seinfeld, but I stopped watching The Simpsons at about season 9. Curb Your Enthusiasm and Futurama are still great.

As far as bands, the Cranberries were the first band that I really got into, so I waaaaay over-listened to them. As in, I spent a significant amount of time listening to them every day for at least a few years. I still listen to a song or two here and there, but I find it hard to do more than that. That's why I don't listen to Regina Spektor too much.

True enough, bud.

Hawaiian T-shirts.

Can't have a thread like this without suggesting Metallica.

Don't take the bait, Ken!

I use to like Metallica a lot, but find their music complete rubbish these days. Even the old stuff...eeh. I would also add these bands to my list with just sticking to the pop culture music theme.


Korn
The Who
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Green Day
Radiohead
DMB
Weezer

It is also fascinating to come up with these lists and then look at it from the opposite perspective of individual bands to music genres that you didn't like or even hated but now love.

With exception to a couple songs, Metallica is rubbish; and that's a known FACT!

Take that, Ken .

House, DMB shouldn't even be considered for a thread of this theme. I respect your obvious right to an opinion, but it should be said that you're wrong .

Right, David.....?

I still like DMB and have seen them live on a number of occasions. I just don't get the urge to listen to them anymore.

I was just being goofy. As you've probably seen via my posts, they're my favorite band, after Rage Against the Machine, of course .

on the flip side...I used to HATE Steely Dan. Soulless white men playing jazz. Over the years I've come to appreciate their ability. They're still soulless white men playing jazz...but damn...they're good at it.

As previously mentioned, "Friends". I used to catch the show all the time back in the 90's but watching it now....it just seems kind of shallow and, well, poorly scripted. One of those shows that WON'T stand the test of time, imo of course.

House, I gotta disagree with you regarding Green Day. Thay've gotten better and better...

The Who?! Get outta here...

Korn were never good, so I'm okay with them being on your list. :P

Right, Korn always sucked.

And I've always hated Steely Dan. There, I've finally admitted it.

Who?



Amen, brother! ........I mean........True .

Yeah, listening to all of Tommy will do that to a guy.

The Scorpions, Angel, the Babys, and as previously mentioned Kiss.

The Who's career after Keith Moon died has paled compared the their classics, but IMHO, they remain a top ten group of all time.

Looking through my CD collection:

Fine Young Cannibals
Collective Soul (I think I just need to dust them off)
Madonna
Sting
Yes

Yes, indeed.

Justin Bieber.

No, Dan. It's something that you used to LIKE.

I think Dan knows the thread topic. I think he is revealing to us a side of himself we have never seen.

And never wanted to see.

Some things cannot be unseen!

Is that what you tell your attractive female clients ?

No, that's what he tells the waitress at Olive Garden while pointing to the advertisement "Free breadsticks."

For me it's Rod Stewart. The Faces and Mott the Hoople were the 2 bands that started me on this lifelong rock and roll trip. While I still love listening to old Faces (and Mott the Hoople) listening to most anything Rod's done since "Do Ya (Think I'm Sexy) depresses the heck out of me. The first concert I ever saw was the Faces at the Minneapolis Auditorium in '75 ($8 general admission) I spent the evening about 10 feet from a very drunk Ronnie Wood and was totally starstruck. I saw Stewart a couple of years back during one of he Great American Songbook tours and left early-was totally embarrassed for what Rod's become.