TEN Bands I F**KING HATE - PT.2

Welcome to the second part of TEN BANDS I F**KING HATE where I look at groups that I dislike to loathe and why I dislike them. Not for the feint of heart - or U2 fans for that matter.
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[@tonybanks1035]

video title: "10 bands I F***G HAAAAAAAATE" first comment: "well I don't really hate them, it's more a slight unappreciation on rainy Sundays"

[@Jade_holloway]

😄

[@Dilley_G45]

It's quite British, innit?

[@chelmrtz]

“I hate them but this album they did is excellent” lol

[@Trobtwillis]

LOL!!! 😄🗯️

[@FredDekkerAlias]

Clickbait through hate!

[@sansovino4124]

Red, red wine by UB40. One of my most hated songs ever, whining and whining about wine. I'm so pleased to see someone else say it out loud!

[@AD65]

It's a cover version

[@H-mu4bo]

Lame song. Both Neil Diamond and UB40 versions.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

I Got You Babe is just as annoying for me.

[@genericusername1365]

I haven't heard ND's original yet, but I agree the UB40 version is sooooo annoying. I had forgotten about it, but now I'm feeling quite negative and self-destructive thanks to you for bringing it up. I'll send you my therapy bill if I don't just go and cut dozens of slices into my arm right now for being reminded of that excuse of a song. I'll try to calm down now and count backwards from 100 to 1 while taking deep, slow breaths while also listening to "Awaken" by YES. Hell, even anything by Taylor Swift would be better than UB40's "Red, red wine", and I'm no Swiftie at all. I will never, ever, ever, listen to RRW by UB40 again.

[@robertdennis8933]

#1 in my all time hated songs, I hear one bar of the tune and I'm enraged. Such tripe!

[@MrGuitarmikeg]

Axl sounds like he’s straining to bust out a shit.

[@edmessina8392]

roflmao, he does.

[@stevenhenry5267]

No

[@Lloyd1885]

Ever heard Brian Johnson? 😂

[@tahamohammedi5898]

Axl Rose had a lot of different voices he played with.

[@martymartin2894]

​@@tahamohammedi5898now he's Micky mouse. Although I do love appetite and some of the illusions.

[@JJG86]

Butthead slapped Beavis in the face when he said, “Bonjovi is pretty good”. My sentiments exactly.

[@dohanddonuts5716]

Then he kicked Butthead in the balls. I commend Beavis for standing up for what he likes but not his taste. Strange enough, the duo did introduce Led Zeppelin to me in high school, which feels like a long time ago.

[@will5150]

W-I-N-G-E-R

[@Lee.Carlson]

@@will5150 - I always laughed every time their mate with the Winger t-shirt was in the show. I saw Kip Winger from Winger in a guitar magazine once and he looked completely bloody absurd.

[@robertdouble559]

@@will5150 Breakfast burrito

[@PatrickForrest-pv4wv]

Agreed. When he sings it sounds like he has the dry heaves.

[@derekboardman9995]

I grew up in New Jersey and you couldn't listen to the radio for 5 minutes without hearing Bon Jovi. I could live a thousand years without hearing Living on a Prayer again.

[@davidb7292]

Whoa. You're halfway there.

[@domfjbrown75]

​Tee hee

[@eaomonn1215]

True but dry county is a classic

[@andynaz5631]

I never thought of Bon Jovi as being a real band. When I first heard them, I thought their music was a radio ad.

[@canuck64]

Can't stand BJ...eeesh!

[@yenreb]

'The prog equivalent of doing a tax return'.' Brilliant!

[@mikestanislaus1107]

😂😂

[@dohanddonuts5716]

Ouch.

[@mattleppard1964]

I totally agree. Soulless. And it’s the same for Rush for me

[@Trobtwillis]

I ❤ Rush and ELP. Still, that really was a brilliant comment. I gotta retell that one.

[@michaelchauvin7219]

I would save "HATE" for bands that make blood shoot from your eyes when you hear their music. "Indifference" should be it's own video.

[@frankshailes3205]

Algorithm though innit

[@syater]

How about "EXTREME indifference?"

[@TreffBennett-g1h]

Correct, like Smashmouth, Limp Bizkit, Imagine Dragons, Staind.....etc. etc. Those are "bands" that make me want to plug ears with wet concrete.😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@Dan-zr5em]

'The Lighthouse Family' anyone?

[@markw8825]

haha, said that in his last vid... 'Lifted, lifted' Ahhhhh

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

Yep. Singer always sounded flat to me😂

[@nigden1]

Indeed, that lead singer had a voice like a wasps nest, just one monotone drone.

[@moz7777]

Shitehouse family

[@martymartin2894]

Love a couple of their songs especially lifted.

[@Eoraptor1]

"You are under the impression that hatred is more exhausting than love. Why should it be? And if it were, what difference would that make?" - George Orwell, 1984

[@jonathankoziol6573]

Red red wine and Livin on a Prayer are still getting shoved down our throats in the U.S..

[@ScottMcClelland-bh2rg]

As is guns and roses.

[@leewhite2195]

JBJ gets a pass for his recent deed.

[@jonathankoziol6573]

I’d rather hear about that on the radio than Livin on A Prayer

[@jonathankoziol6573]

yeah. Sweet Child of Mine should be banned.

[@seanspeed214]

And in the UK

[@zetectic7968]

Back in the day a photographer friend was outside a club when a man staggers, almost falls out, wanders towards him and says "are you gonna take my picture?". "who are you?" came the reply. "I'm Jon Bon Jovi". "Never heard of you! Now piss off!"

[@thekeywitness]

I hate Imagine Dragons without ever hearing their music. 😂

[@mantislake4141]

If you actually took the time to listen to them, then you'd KNOW you hate them.

[@wolke9270]

Whatever it taaakesss… 🎶🎵

[@HanginInSF]

If you have a daughter between the ages of 8 and 11 you gonna listen to these guys a lot 😂😂😂

[@BooTahTribe]

Dudes got a nice body.

[@piscinaiv7937]

Music that sounds like it was custom made to sell consumer electronics.

[@jollyrob]

UB40 are by far the worst here. Jesus, that whiny red red wine in a reggae stylee is painful.

[@deedeechur]

I never liked them. Tedious and lame.

[@kenjohnston1257]

Considering the ubiquitous whininess that is today's pop music UB40 was way ahead of it's time

[@davidl570]

If nothing else, CAN'T STAND their cover of The Way You Do The Things You Do!

[@jpwartist]

They weren't bad when they first arrived. Then they turned from an edgy political band who wrote their own stuff into a pop heavy covers band.

[@popatyourecords]

one in ten was good first album i liked after that puke

[@michaelsteven1090]

“The Joshua Tree” is a masterpiece..”Achtung”, almost..everything after, dreck..

[@heygringo7]

Agree 100%

[@offal]

Yep after achtung they went moribund

[@edmessina8392]

precisely.

[@zackzallie8735]

Achtung Baby is such a great album. I spend 55 minutes forgetting that I'm listening to U2. Cut-edge alt rock with amazing melody.

[@jameshannagan4256]

Zooropa and Pop have their moments but I would agree that Achtung Baby was their last great album.

[@PasqualeDeRosa-n1v]

News just in: "Bloke wearing Genesis T-Shirt doesn't like reggae music".

[@hammerecords]

Or britpop but he does like Jethro Tull after 1973 so what does he know?

[@jamesmcc5147]

​@@hammerecordsMore than you I'd suspect

[@jamesmcc5147]

Reggae is shite.

[@PasqualeDeRosa-n1v]

@@jamesmcc5147 Absolutely, all of it. Complete and utter rubbish. All sounds the same. Anyone could play it.

[@FrancisTheBerd]

​@@hammerecords💀

[@jtt8886]

I can understand why some people might have an issue with U2, but hate is way too strong if you like rock music. So many good songs.

[@cornstar1253]

Can't think of one

[@stevenhenry5267]

No

[@HLsab]

Sorry , their shit .

[@deedeechur]

@@jtt8886 I can understand why so many people love U2 but it doesn't work on me... I don't hate them, it's just that I feel absolutely no pleasure whatsoever when I hear them. And I can't stand Bono tbh.

[@johnnythefox9830]

That's a no from me.

[@arthurfarrow]

'I don't like reggae, I hate it'.

[@sansovino4124]

Nice

[@ryanbaptiste249]

10cc's worst

[@rickrivethead]

O No!! : D.

[@hoibsh21]

I luvvit !

[@deedeechur]

I rarely listen to reggae but when I do it's not UB40. There is enough cool stuff to choose from... Can't understand how these guys made it so big 🤔

[@rajindersjutlla6898]

Love Emerson, Lake and Palmer. The song Trilogy is absolutely out of this world, like my daughter said once she finished listening to it, "it's like they are playing all the notes all at the same time !" Is is just insanely good.

[@olerocker3470]

The Endless Enigma (Part 1), that pleading ... Please, please please open your eyes Please, please please don't give me lies

[@lemsip207]

I loved their first two albums but didn't bother with any others. They did great covers of Rondo, Peter Gunn, Nutrocker, Fanfare For The Common Man and Jerusalem which they played in their own style.

[@lemsip207]

​@@olerocker3470I think of Owen Jones speaking at a protest rally when I hear this.

[@user-kt5nj7ld7p]

Yeah, hard disagree with him on this, but I agree with hum on U2, don't know enough about the others

[@Bristolcentaurus]

Lucky Man

[@WooBino.]

Your problem with U2 is you discovered them too late. Achtung Baby was their last great album.

[@MichaelWH]

I agree

[@dirkbogarde44]

No Line on the Horizon is pretty good.

[@patricksexton702]

Zooropa? - 30 years ahead of its time

[@babylemonade2868]

Achtung Baby the last great U2 album for sure

[@alanthorne3921]

@@patricksexton702A big letdown after Atchung Baby.Strip away all the electronica elements and there are no decent songs but full marks for not making Atchung Baby part 2.

[@poppydogz]

I f*cking hate Rap music, it's spelt with a silent C..

[@JudeAussie]

Me too! It’s not even music.

[@charlesdarwin7253]

Then you spelt rap wrong.

[@Trobtwillis]

Wrap Muzak

[@Owlstretchingtime78]

Such a shallow attitude. The Native Tongues conglomerate from the late eighties/early nineties produced a host of talent with the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, and De La Soul. No braggadocio in sight, instead jazz influenced smooth as silk rap masters with the right message for a unified world. The problem with your attitude is that you lump rap together as one homogeneous pile of shite, instead of giving the musical 'Golden Age' a chance. I prefer to seek out the good stuff, whilst you cling to the myth that no rap is relevant. Stay lazy while i insert these works of art amongst my prog, folk, blues, jazz, psyche, and countless other genres that fill several rooms!

[@zackzallie8735]

I hate this "rap is crap" mentality that thrown around. I get it, you're old. You only heard the shitty ones on the radio, not the legends that were slept.

[@drummondaikman]

You forgot Fine Young Cannibals, who I always associate era-wise with Frankie. I remember a guy at work played it over and over until a co-worker took the CD outside and and stomped on it until it was dust.

[@cupidstunt5270]

And their forerunner the Beat.

[@SpaceCattttt]

Fine Young Cannibals were after Frankie, though. And much worse.

[@stephenwilson9999]

@@cupidstunt5270English Beat. Great band but can’t match Paul Collin’s The Beat. They’re singular album is unmatched, then they was gone.

[@markhughes2556]

Did it drive him crazy?

[@RickRubinesque]

lol The Raw And The Cooked and the smashed to bits.

[@MarkSmith-rb5ep]

U2 is the most evil band on the planet. Green day sucks as well

[@user-gu6uh3nk7g]

Exactly probably my two most hated bands Can’t stand them

[@simonholyoak8869]

Green Day are just Stiff Little Fingers wannabes

[@mantislake4141]

Green Day's even worse for the swarm of awful bands that have formed in their polluted wake.

[@simonholyoak8869]

@@mantislake4141 plastic punks mate

[@anthonyhainan4567]

I bet every one in here never heard a full u2 album after pop

[@fletcher2311]

"There's a paucity of good music nowadays" = "I heard Ariana Grande the other day and it sounded nothing like Van Der Graaf Generator". Try harder.

[@H-mu4bo]

I have to admit I liked the FGTH singles more as they were Trevor Horn's masterclass in production.

[@slowmarchingband1]

Agreed. The 12'' version of Welcome to The Pleasuredome is an absolute production tour-de -force.

[@paulwally9007]

I think the production was possibly the most polished of any record ever at the time it was recorded. I reckon they spent so much money producing some of the songs that they ran out of it for others, such as Ferry Cross the Mersey.

[@troyundroy1]

I agree. I don’t rate FGTH non-singles at all, but Relax, Welcome & Two Tribes still sound magnificent to this day

[@rickfeld7995]

Trevor Horns masterpiece of production is the debut album by SEAL.

[@orourkedamusic]

Welcome to the Pleasuredome is still one of my favourite tracks.

[@eddiemilne4989]

Can't believe you've left Simply Red out..My eldest bought me Stars as a Crissy present shortly after divorce..He said he asked mum what I would like..Nuff said !

[@robinstreets1792]

Thats brutal! 😂

[@ohsoedgy6888]

How you feel about Bon Jovi is how I feel about Maroon 5 Songs About Jane was a great debut record and their next 2 albums were alright but then they became this obnoxious corporate product that feels like Adam Levine is more interested in dancing around the camera that making actual music

[@garyhitchcock3828]

Maroon 5 god awful band

[@ohsoedgy6888]

@@garyhitchcock3828 Less like a band these days and more like Adam Levine and a bunch of people behind him

[@Dwaynedoberman]

Of course, it's just personal opinion, but ELP are " cold, emotionless and sterile?" And this from a bloke whose favourite band is Pink Floyd. Blimey.😂

[@stephenmorton8017]

I would agree with him totally about ELP. One of the worst concerts I have ever seen back in the day. All I can say is I was waiting for the noodling to end and the music to start.

[@jacekj9943]

ELP really catch my ear opposite to other big prog bands of 70's*. Unless they played those pastiche songs or C'est la vie. *Pink Floyd and Rush plays in other league for me.

[@rafacsa1]

It seems like it’s an unpopular opinion on the internet, but I do like U2 very much, up to and including All That You Can’t Leave Behind (though that one is already weaker than what came before). I really like what they were doing in the 90’s. Achtung Baby is my favorite of theirs, and Zooropa and Pop, while a bit flawed, still have a number of great songs. I like that they weren’t taking themselves that seriously back then, at least on their albums and videos (live, with preacher Bono, it was a different story). And their 80’s catalogue is almost universally great. After that, in the 2000s and 2010s, they lost it, I agree. All the recent stuff is so, so boring, and they’re now just a nostalgia act. Still, I did get to see them live in the Sphere last year and it was awesome.

[@728huey]

I agree with you. U2 is one of my favorite bands, and I consider The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby to be their seminal albums. Zooropa was okay, but it seemed a little like rejected tracks for Achtung Baby, and Pop in retrospect was a little ahead of its time in trying to merge hard guitar sounds with electronic dance music. All That You Can't Leave Behind was their last fully decent album. How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was just meh, and everything from No Line on the Horizon and afterward was unlistenable. Oasis had some good songs, but they seemed to want to copy the Beatles, and I think people got sick of the sibling rivalry that upended their music. I get where someone may not like an artist like ELP. A friend of mine described how some artis are TPEE, which meant to them technically perfect but emotionally empty. I never listened to enough ELP tunes to make any judgment about them, but that's what Radiohead feels like to me.

[@mikestanislaus1107]

U2's Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby are the only albums I'm into. After that they lost me completely. Bono now is pathetic.

[@wwbuirkle]

The first 15 yrs were fantastic and excellent live. After that not to much

[@H-mu4bo]

They started off well, edgy (no pun intended) rock with anthemic vocals. But "Rattle and Hum" showed a band believing it's own publicity, even though it had some great moments.

[@markothwriter]

They lost me way before that. I liked their first two albums..... that few people listened to.

[@jr2904]

I like some stuff from War as well

[@jr2904]

​@@markothwriter ultimate hipster challenge lol

[@jamesbough4752]

This list is a joke without Springsteen on it. God awful dreck

[@surfing636]

He always looks like he’s pinching a loaf when he sings!

[@waveslayer007]

never a springsteen fan either

[@rodmac8358]

Apart from ELP, it's not a bad list, since you've included U2.

[@TheMisterGriswold]

Never got them.

[@paulwally9007]

Keith Emerson is God. I mean...he was God. No....he still IS God!

[@galifettetv1238]

You forgot Wham

[@slobodanudarac5]

Listen to Trilogy by ELP and you might change your mind.

[@mikewest1542]

Barry you will find that the first ELP and Trilogy is similar, I feel the polar ends of these albums are Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery they are bombastic which I believe you dont like, I agree with most your choices Baz , U2 , Oasis, UB40, and Spandau Ballet who I saw in concert as I took a date who blew me ( I wish she did) out anyway !

[@brummieinbristol522]

I saw Guns and Roses in the early 90s when they played Wembley. I annoyed other audience members as I thought they were hilarious. I always read them as being like Spinal Tap. It is a good job I don't go to many concerts.

[@catinthehat906]

I've seen GnR on three occasions, once in Sydney in 1988 when they must have been strung out on substances, Milton Keynes Bowl in the early 90's sound was terrible and it rained, then I happened to be visiting my daughter in Tokyo a couple of years ago and we went to see them- they were excellent, Rose's voice doesn't quite have the range it used to have but Slash was absolutely on fire.

[@petershallis2294]

Their version of Live and let Die is so funny I actually thought it was a spoof when I first heard it…perhaps it is, who can tell these days?

[@superhoops73]

If that was Wembley ‘92 - support from Black Crowes, Soundgarden, FNM - I was there.

[@brummieinbristol522]

I think it was! What a small world!

[@MrRaffles1234]

I was at the 91 wembley concert with skid row and nine inch nails, skid row got banned for life for playing get the f'k out after the local council wrote to them telling them not to play it.

[@Gerry0866]

As an Irishman who grew up in the late 70s/early 80s, U2 were a source of national pride when everything else in the country was going to shit. But even I got tired of them.For me, The Joshua Tree was their last good album. Rattle & Hum was passable and everything after that I couldn’t be bothered with. Not even Achtung Baby. I have a copy and I think I may have played it three times from start to finish. If I’m not hooked by the third play, then it’s not for me.

[@jonathanquickly7957]

oh well, your loss

[@dezee2412]

Yeah War is a superb album which I still listen to and it aged well...common thing is that earlier output of many bands was the best.

[@AndrewWatsonChangingWay]

I agree with most of these, admire your turn of phrase, and wish to avoid living on a prayer ever again.

[@notalcno9]

ELP Best album Trilogy. Give it another chance. The Nice Superb, too. Oasis are Shit.

[@Lee.Carlson]

I was in my late teens when Oasis appeared. I bought the first album (and to be fair to the band) I still have it thirty years later. The second album 'What's the Story Morning Glory' I bought upon its release, kept about three or four weeks, then took to my local second-hand record shop and part-exchanged it for a Kevin Ayers compilation album that had 19 songs on it. 17 of these 19 songs, I already had on other records in my collection. Two songs was the sum total of what I exchanged Oasis's second album for. Not much nuance in Oasis's sound, it has to be said.

[@andrelambert7180]

Love Trilogy! And Brain Salad Surgery. Yet I can understand why a LOT of people hated them. Prog pomposity at its overblown pinnacle. It’s an acquired taste. I’m just relieved he didn’t include Gentle Giant in his list. 😅

[@lemsip207]

​@andrelambert7180 They did great covers as well. They all came from other bands that sold a lot of records and got into the charts. The Nice, King Crimson, and Atomic Rooster. When Greg Lake left King Crimson Bryan Ferry auditioned to take his place but failed so set up Roxy Music. Robert Fripp said he had talent but wasn't a good fit for King Crimson. He was too art rock and not heavy enough.

[@甘明忠-u8m]

I liked most of Tarkus.

[@leesmith3346]

Brain Salad Surgery greatest album ever made.

[@patrickcrowther9195]

I'd take cheesy Bon Jovi over all those dismal grunge groups any day. Bunch of whining, solipsistic bores. At least the hairy bands wanted to entertain and put on a show.

[@rich_t]

I Fookin' hate Bon Jovi as well.😉

[@vordman]

They just seem like a girly pop band to me. About as edgy as the Bay City Rollers.

[@brianallison1799]

My list ; 1. Rap 2. Sharpie bands 3.R&B 4. Any band you like.

[@catjudo1]

Man, if the brothers Gallagher decided on a self-imposed permanent exile to a mountaintop in Bhutan, I would be a happier man. If they took Morrissey and the entire Kardashian/Jenner bunch with them, I might even be content for a little while.

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

Sad world we live in, The Gallaghers will earn around, £50 to £60 ,million each for their reunion tour in 2025, So after deductions around £27-29 million each. 😮 Money for old rope. Probably.

[@Dilley_G45]

Kim K couldn't survive on Bhutanese cucumber. No black men in that country. Kim K is literally the antithesis to Bhutan

[@Dilley_G45]

​@@UnbelievableEricthegiraffeif that's what you pay for taxes in UK its time to emigrate. I mean you get nothing in return and get arrested for free speech there

[@uachtair]

As we say in Dublin, Bono is a pox.

[@erik5374]

I agree on oasis. The nagging voice of Liam, the boring music that became their greatest hits (maaaybeeee, and after aaaalll you’re my wonderwaaaaallll) and the forever news about the quarrels between the brothers. I had to play the cello-part on wonderwall once. Yaaawn.

[@erik5374]

By the way: nagging voice and quarrels made me hate GnR too.

[@Solitary_Scribe55]

@@erik5374 Axl's bandsaw impression is far preferable to Liam's one-note mancunian droning.

[@KennyB1238]

Third rate Beatles karaoke is my favourite description of those bores…

[@englishkiwi3051]

So you've only heard wonderwall😂

[@jjharson7344]

I don't like their voices in Oasis, the singing, it really grates on me with that Manc accent, I'm not a fan of this genre of music, but back then I always preferred Blur. I just felt that they were more imaginative or creative and looked like they were having way more fun that Oasis.

[@chrislambert505]

Hootie and the Blowfish, Counting Crows and their ilk. Give me strength….

[@mariawesley7583]

I felt the same about Hootie, but now they're a guilty pleasure.

[@chrislambert505]

Right, well hopefully you’ll get better soon 😂😉

[@lastguy8613]

​​@@mariawesley7583I'm the same with Knickleback these days!

[@wavesfromthedarksea3629]

CC? August and Everything After was a truly good album, only let down by one filler. But that was it. And live they are just God-awful.

[@jimmycburfield5997]

I was 21 in 1996, from the North of England and an Indie fan. I know what you mean re Oasis! We are impoverished now, it’s so true. Marvellous food for thought and intelligent analysis. Great work!

[@anthonyclarke5579]

Another UB40 quip from the king....

[@markharwood7573]

There are many cogent points here but I have to point out that the full-length Welcome to the Pleasuredome is magnificent.

[@lupcokotevski2907]

I couldnt stand Yes and Genesis in 1975, and nothing has changed.

[@freehawk8504]

I agree with a lot you talked about. Crazy how Noel Gallagher has admitted he stole a lot of music and even called out his own fans for being idiots and eating it up ,making him tons of $$$.

[@Gina-kb9xg]

Still lots of idiots paying £300 + for concert tickets …crazy!!!

[@gdj6298]

It could have been his Gerald Ratner moment. No such luck.

[@bazo1630]

We’d all like a few of his prs cheques though wouldn’t we 😂

[@Digibeatle09]

True story (from Ireland - we never, ever tell lies ...) - after U2's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" album came out - a friend of mine - totally fed up with that band - contacted RTE (the National Broadcaster) with the following message to a particular radio presenter: "Should U2's next album be called 'How to Dismantle Bono's Ego' ?" The message was never read out ......................................... ☺

[@anthonyclarke5579]

Bad joke dept. Bono and the Edge walk into an Irish pub, the barman looks up and says "oh not U2 again".....🍀

[@Digibeatle09]

@@anthonyclarke5579 🤣

[@conshea7382]

@@anthonyclarke5579you forgot why did Bono fall off the stage he got too close to the edge

[@lunarjetwoman6580]

I really put some thought into my ten and I think I’ve came to a final list that I’m happy with ….. 1. Coldplay 2. Coldplay 3. Coldplay 4. Coldplay 5. Coldplay 6. Coldplay 7. Coldplay 8. Coldplay 9. Coldplay 10 U2

[@Jade_holloway]

good list!

[@hughblack6831]

Hard to argue with that thoroughly researched list. I'd have put no2 first mind.

[@lunarjetwoman6580]

@@hughblack6831 I take your point and maybe I’ve been a little narrow minded. Thank you for giving me a different perspective ☺️

[@mikedonoghues4018]

I’d find a place at number 10 for Coldplay.

[@lunarjetwoman6580]

@@mikedonoghues4018 it was an agonising process and I did serious consider going in that direction and they have definitely done enough to warrant it so although I ultimately haven’t come to the same conclusion as you I certainly wouldn’t try to change your mind.

[@grelch]

Oasis were the Taylor Swift of the 90. Ok songs with the occasional catchy one, but embraced by the young'uns of the time as legendary.

[@seekah1]

Nah she's waaaaaay more talented, seriously.

[@pauldeegan6652]

That is very astute. Oasis and Taylor Swift are both vastly over-rated (by their fans).

[@3to5andglassy]

Born in 62. I agree with all your takes. I never want to hear a BonJovi song again. I'd rather pierce my eardrum with a nail.

[@alanthorne3921]

I’m born in 62 play in a rock band and have to play about 4 Bon Jovi songs a gig.The singer she loves them.And the songs go over well with punters.I just plonk on me bass and think about my model trains and the girl up the front with big boobs.

[@woodybowen5362]

Born in 1960. Thought Bon Jovi sucked the first time I heard them & every time since.

[@victorwaddell6530]

​@woodybowen5362 Bon Jovy sucks . I graduated High School in 1984 and enlisted into the navy in 1985 . Nobody in the navy liked Bon Jovey . We rocked to Van Halen , Jethro Tull , and some country music music . The Kinks and Warren Zevon were popular in my work center in CIC ( Combat Information Center ) .

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

That's how I feel about Nirvana, lol.

[@PhilBaird1]

Spot on as usual Barry. UB40 were the sound of an old man taking a slow piss in the night. They murdered Neil Diamond's Red Red Wine and turned it into a Whine. '70s reggae lacked the energy, vitality and bounce of the Trojan sound of the '60s. Give me Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals, and Desmond Dekker every time. I liked the ELP debut too but after that they were too often like three mad scientists in a laboratory. Oasis always sounded great, had some good songs, and plenty of rock and roll attitude. But the lyrics were all over the place. Two albums and they were done.

[@dirkbogarde44]

Food for Thought and One in Ten were, are great songs.

[@growlerthe2nd712]

@@dirkbogarde44That’s true, but besides those 2 they produced zilch.

[@garypowell1540]

Hate is an emotive word which means different things to different people, " bands I don't and never did like" is better. I could think of perhaps 50 in this category. You can respect their talent and even the odd tune, but many bands and artists just piss me off especially ones who start mouthing off as if their political opinions are of any more value than anyone else's. It is bad enough knowing that they can pull the birds easier than myself without having to listen to their ill informed political, opinions. Bono, Roger Waters, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen for the most gregariously hypocritical examples. All egotistical Bread Heads with obvious unresolved childhood mental issues IMO. I am an old hippy and so prefer bands like Yes, Camel and Genesis that concentrate of the philosophical and mystical side of man, so the individual can come to their own understanding rather then having politics forced down their necks. A socialist hippy is a contradiction in terms. A hippy should hold more affinity for the words of John Lydon then those named above. The world is a bitch it always has been and always will be. So get used to it and concentrate on eternity is my personal advice. If you are trying to find peace, harmony and understanding in this particular Hell Hole then you may find some within the odd individual or small group but otherwise you are wasting at lot of time and energy as you will undoubtedly fail as many have before you. Just be the best person you can, try to get through it without doing too much harm to yourself or any body else as if you have been here many times before and will be so again. If possible avoid joining the armed forces, working for the government or a large corporation as this will most certainly help.

[@Jade_holloway]

Great post, thank you!

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

Love this man, he's a class comedian 😂

[@johnsurrey7426]

By the way, spare a thought for Ali Campbell’s dad Ian. At a celebration of Ian Campbell’s fifty years in folk, he gave a very embarrassing and embittered speech. He said that his son Ali had made more with his first record (presumably Food For Thought) than he (Ian) has made in his entire career. He finished by saying ‘That’s why you’ve never heard of me.’ Excruciating, and terribly sad.

[@chelmrtz]

I didn’t know anyone cared that much about Spandeau Ballet

[@dondesmond7969]

True.

[@adriankitchen]

"Here are 10 bands I hate. To be honest I don't hate the first one." Great content.

[@michaelbaucom4019]

I'm a prog rock fan, and I'm supposed to adore ELP. I just never could enjoy them. Nearly every song, I'm looking at my watch, saying: Is this crap over yet?! Only U2 song I like is " New Year's Day "

[@WooBino.]

You just have bad taste...no one is perfect.

[@michaelbaucom4019]

​@@WooBino.I enjoy Yes and Genesis... don't lecture me about bad taste

[@frankmarsh1159]

Carl Palmer is a great drummer...One of the best drum solos I've ever seen live but he can't play with swing. He's like the prog version of Lars Ulrich.

[@WooBino.]

@@michaelbaucom4019 It wasn't a lecture, an insult perhaps. 👋

[@michaelbaucom4019]

@@WooBino. And yet here you are, lecturing.

[@damianwhite504]

Your deadpan clinical delivery of those metaphors is brilliant. A bit like Basil Fawlty doing an album revue

[@TheGreenManalishi_]

John Cleese is a master of comedy

[@MarkStevens8899]

The Thompson Twins, who remembers that immortal line I saw you there Just standing there And i thought i was dreaming yeah.

[@davidl570]

Not one of their best songs, but the deep tracks on that album (Into The Gap) are pretty killer.

[@lsweed]

I liked the Thompson Twins.

[@hardy9429]

@@lsweed all three of them

[@H-mu4bo]

"Hold me now" was pretty rotton

[@jonathancole833]

I always thought that he was trying to rhyme 'you' with 'there'.

[@danschreffler1280]

Seems like a very British list. I liked U2 at their inception. Bought some of the early stuff but lost interest quickly. ELP is the only thing I would not agree with. I guess it's because it's so familiar to me. I think I got a hand-me-down copy of Brain Salad Surgery in my pre-teens. Tarkus was another one I just know so well. Sometimes it's just a matter of personal experiences. If I feel like the world has gotten too strange for me, I can put on something like ELP that was made when I was in Kindergarten and feel comforted...even with their cold alienating sound.

[@genericusername1365]

Brain Salad Surgery is a great one, although I don't blame him for not liking ELP. Just saw Carl Palmer perform a month ago, and he was awesome.

[@lonewolfhamradio]

Spandau Ballet had some good songs at the start but unfortunately became an over the hill boyband in the mid to late 80’s, luckily their white soul was overshadowed by the incredible limp wristed Wet Wet Wet whose only saving grace was that the band name described them perfectly.

[@poliziagrammaticale9430]

I hate U2 with passion. I have hated them since they came out with that horrible song called Pride. I remember reading guitar magazines back then, and feeling dumbfounded when they listed The Edge (bloody stupid nickname) among the best guitar players ever. I think he's the most overrated guitarist in rock history.

[@morrisanderson3180]

agree with you 100% really awful.

[@stephenwilson9999]

@@poliziagrammaticale9430 One is stellar. That’s it.

[@bouncingbluesoul5270]

Didn't Bono praise an IRA assassination on British Soldiers ?

[@genericusername1365]

I was in high school when I saw U2 perform on the WAR tour (must have been about 1983). They were great live, but years later I got bored with them. Never listen to them now.

[@davidpaterson3443]

The Edge AND Johnny Marr, both waaaaay overrated....

[@GaryIrving-x5o]

Three bands I simply can't tolerate: 1) Rush (Margaret Hamilton sings lead) 2) Steely Dan (Like going to the dentist) 3) The Grateful Dead ( 🤪 )

[@bulloguin]

There’s something about Rush that really drives me out from listening it to. Maybe it’s Geddy’s voice… I Don’t quite understand what really is, but I never heard a single song from Rush from beginning to end.

[@JohnDoe-np3zk]

At least you respect ELP which I respect. Musically they were it!

[@Leo-qe3gl]

He hates Brit Pop. Message recieved😂 Edit: I love Brit Pop.😌

[@Drinckx2]

Excellent! "That much is true" indeed.

[@richardmurphy9006]

Coldplay U2 elton Bleedin john the eagles should just sod off

[@robertallen6710]

indeed...all plonkers

[@jr2904]

All of them have some great music though

[@pauldeegan6652]

A friend of mine saw an Elton John ‘Farewell’ gig in 2015 - and he’s still flippin’ going!

[@mantislake4141]

The Eagles are all good by themselves but together? P.U.

[@RickRubinesque]

You f'ing hate U2?? Tony Blair is still alive! What a waste of energy. That run of albums they had in the 90s were all spectacular and Joshua Tree is great, especially most of the album tracks. All That You Can't Leave Behind is pretty good too, certainly not worthy of hate.

[@randallpetersen9164]

"Best Britpop Band? Blur? Or Oasis?" "Pulp!"

[@jpwaitforit5801]

Suede

[@Stevenage.gooner.64]

Inspral carpets

[@jpwaitforit5801]

@@Stevenage.gooner.64 i mean they dont have that great of albums. The singles one are great tough. They are a great singles band

[@donaldanderson6604]

I can certainly live without U2. Couple of good songs but they were a long time ago. Ditto Oasis. Disagree about ELP.

[@martinspencer1618]

Those tiresome "comedy" songs... Benny The Bouncer just wrecks the first side of BSS.

[@dirkbogarde44]

"A couple of good songs" ? Says a man that's never listened to a whole album.

[@robertoc2485]

God yes Bono thinks his Dylan fookin loves himself

[@markrigg6623]

You too! 😂

[@jimcullen2211]

Once again, you're 10 for 10 with me. ELP and U2 were slight exceptions for different reasons. You managed to pinpoint for me why I never bonded with ELP. I felt like I should have liked them more but always felt non plussed by them. U2 was a band I liked real early. I bought the Boy album in 1981 and was there as they rose from an underground group to filling stadiums. I got deep in to them in the 80s and hung in there until Zooropa. By then, I was getting my fill of The Edge's careening guitar and Bono's phony pontifications. It was down hill from there. I never need to hear Pride in the Name of Love again. I swore them off by the mid 90s. Only recently did I give some deep tracks from their 80s albums a listen on Spotify. It was pleasant enough but not enough to carry one of Bono's flags again.

[@stephenwilson9999]

My friends induced me to accept ELPs greatness during the Brain Salad Surgery reign. On my inevitable move to sped up 3 minute love songs ELP was the first album’s given away closely followed by the complete Zeppelin ouevre.

[@anthonyclarke5579]

@@stephenwilson9999 You should have chosen your friends more wisely.

[@stephenwilson9999]

@@anthonyclarke5579 you’re right, I surrendered to peer pressure! Lol

[@4034miguel]

Love Blur: if you listen to them carefully and deeper than surface level, you will notice how creative and experimental they are, even in their Brit-pop period. Very far from the derivative OASIS.

[@matthewcoombs3282]

Graham Coxon is a great guitar player. Happy to never hear the title track of Parklife again, but the rest of the album was brilliant.

[@MattCarter67]

I like Family and have come to really appreciate Blur in recent years.

[@H-mu4bo]

Roger Chapman sings like a strangled goose.

[@clebozer]

I’m 63 and I’ve never heard of Family! Sounds like I’m lucky!

[@MattCarter67]

@@clebozer Well, I love Rog’s voice, but I seem to be in the minority around here! Check them out.

[@waynegoucher4503]

Great list .. do have a soft spot for Blur though .. pre The great Escape' definitely have that cheeky chappie vibe but beyond that album they found a mature voice.

[@QuickSticks8771]

Hate is a poison you give to yourself

[@paulhargreaves1497]

Agree.....just don't listen if you don't like!

[@QuickSticks8771]

@@paulhargreaves1497 I didn’t , saw the thumbnail and felt called to comment

[@paulhargreaves1497]

@@QuickSticks8771 Sorry, I agree with you.....I should have said "don't listen to music that annoys you".

[@anthonyclarke5579]

As a DJ who played requests I've over dosed.

[@QuickSticks8771]

@@anthonyclarke5579 🤣🤣🤣

[@eduardobalerdi2578]

can't believe you put Blur in same league as Bon Jovi & Guns 'n' Roses

[@barfthebarf]

Ah, there it is... a proper slag on spandau ballet. Thank you.

[@WooBino.]

All That You Cant Leave Behind has some great tracks. The problem is people wanted U2 to sound the same from Joshua Tree forever.

[@grand_designer]

Sure does, radio overplayed Elevation, which killed it. Kite is the best song on that record.

[@cozmicpfunk]

"Thatcherism on Vinyl" I believe that sums it all up Mate! There's the Rub ;)

[@lemsip207]

They all had to be or appear to be Thatcherism on vinyl from 1983. The music that summer was dire along with the fashions. Shorts that looked like nappies because those were worn by Wham.

[@yankeechicken61]

@@lemsip207Synchronicity and Men at Work - Cargo? Not exactly dire.

[@timsacco6g694]

With the exception of ELP I couldn't agree with you more, especially when it comes to U2 and Bon Jovi, unfortunately they still beat Living on a prayer to death on the radio every day! 😩😩😩

[@MarwinEthel-Mollusk]

"Family" is a great band. Chapman is a great singer, nevertheless I can understand that his voice can be annoying. It's like liquorice roll, you like it or not. They have great great albums like "Anyway..." or "Bandstand". I love them. Fantastic musicianship.

[@shandonsahm3343]

I'll take blur anyday over oasis.....way better

[@josephmanning1438]

The Beatles were everything that was and is good about English groups of Irish descent and Oasis were and are everything that is bad about English groups of Irish decent.

[@sirbaronvoncount4147]

never cared for Guns and Roses. Never thought much of Slash as a guitar player but wow they have milked one great album for decades

[@H-mu4bo]

So true. As a great album as "Appetite for Destruction" was, the two "Use your Illusions" have become unlistenable over the decades. 12 servicable songs for sure, but 18 filler tracks like "The Garden", "The Garden of Eden", "Dead Horse", "Coma", "Estranged" etc are too long and frankly boring.

[@PatrickForrest-pv4wv]

Agreed. Axel sounds like a combination of Edith Bunker and Neil Young. In other words, terrible.

[@stevenhenry5267]

Ridiculous

[@richpaydirt]

Absolutely onboard with your dislike for most of these bands. Especially Bon Jovi and the most overrated band of all time, U2, who are little more than semi talented musicians and angry social activists.

[@patrickschlosser8208]

Oh, my God. You're killing me today. But I respect your list. Everyone has different tastes. And I actually have to agree with you about ELP and Oasis.

[@michaelwilson2340]

Reggae. I love it. It's certainly spiritual for me compared to the proverbial aging white rock bands singing about mindless teenage lust and manufactured rage. Plus I enjoy rhythm and groove in music as opposed to endless noodling on the guitar.

[@shimoncrown]

Interesting, I never could get in to ELP I thought it was just me. I like the miners/minors joke.

[@sebastianfitzptraick7395]

I feel about King Crimson the way you feel about ELP.

[@petercena9497]

KC fans are the most pretentious. I'm actually a fan but damn!

[@stephenwilson9999]

@@sebastianfitzptraick7395 look up the definition of arrogance and you will see a high res pic of Fripp. Like we’re lucky to deign to his brilliance.

[@chriswidnes5315]

No matter how much I agree or disagree with you I always appreciate your opinions come from a good place and a good mind.

[@GaryPatefield]

Mr Brightside . What a non song . Everything is hateful about it !

[@maricvernon6152]

Rush. Dream Theater. Talking Heads. Manic Street Preachers. Yes. Jethro Tull. Bon Jovi. The Clash. Limp Bizkit. Everclear. All bands I absolutely loathe

[@johnbarrett5268]

I don’t agree with all your opinions but I respect your views we all like and dislike different bands and artists and genres

[@aschule5684]

If you were a musician and saw ELP live you'd be blown away. But if you were a musician they probably wouldn't be part of this conversation anyways

[@BillLaBrie]

One of my favorite concerts ever was ELP when Cozy Powell sat in for Carl Palmer. Still counts as ELP, right?

[@aschule5684]

@@BillLaBrie I remember when they were Emerson Lake and Powell, Cozy was great but no one could replace Carl. I don't remember ever hearing any of it but it's too bad you didn't get to see Carl Palmer, I did and it was beyond amazing. I'm 62 now and for my concert days are over now for health reasons but I've seen a " couple" concerts through the years and ELP was a show beyond words! I'm forever grateful I got to see them before Keith Emerson and Greg Lake died.

[@JeffMcCormack777]

I can agree with all you say, and was super thrilled to hear the ever so brief positive vibe when you mentioned Adam and the Ants, which I love!!

[@craiggerrard5117]

I think ELP had a sense of humour which Yes (apart from Rick) conspiculously lacked.

[@Matt__B]

Yeah, I can't imagine Yes doing something like Pirates or Benny the Bouncer.

[@WooBino.]

Are You Ready Eddie?

[@petercena9497]

I heard Wakeman was initially forced out for not being vegetarian.

[@gummiesrule88]

Lost me at "I don't like reggae music." Just fyi, reggae isn't epitomized by UB40. That's like saying "I don't like rock music, because Bon Jovi is sugar pop pretending to be rock." There's a lot more on offer.

[@scottnance2200]

I can go with all of these except Spandau Ballet. They were style over substance, but that was the whole point -- the anti-punk. But tastes are always personal.

[@PhilBaird1]

Tony Hadley had a fine pair of lungs on those big numbers though.