sonic youth
the smiths
the cure
david bowie

tool

define 'get'

sonic youth
the smiths
the cure
david bowie

what's not to get

define 'get'

don't understand why they're so popular, or why they're so revered or canonised

obviously goths like the cure because of the aesthetic, but why are they more popular than bauhaus?

because they have more pop sounding single material. Why is that so hard to understand?

well, just about any band that had a music video in the eighties for starters.


but i can't really of think of anything else though.

The Cure.

never got sonic youth

adding led zeppelin

sonic youth
the smiths
the cure

These were actually the first three that came to mind. I have tried an album or two at least from all and still felt nothing.

the smiths

These were actually the first three that came to mind. I have tried an album or two at least from all and still felt nothing.

let me make you a mix tape :)

Just don't put "Friday I'm in Love" on it or I will hit you.

Metallica

the smiths
ac/dc
guns n roses
joy division

how can you not get joy division you are stupid

I'll go with The Cure, too.

I like the big singles for the most part.

I don't get why The Cure are SO huge. I think they are a good band and deserve recognition, but the problem is that many great bands seem to have fallen on the wayside under some of these giants (Smiths are pretty big to). I would put forward Nirvana to, they are simply fucking huge. It's all in the hooks I guess, plus the age appeal, the younger youth circuits they can get into the better in the long run. I guess analysing this question you could put forth all the asinine pop shit that gets mass appeal, all that rap rnb stuff flooding the music industry for the last few years. Once it's indicative of culture the music becomes a flagstone for people to form to.

smashing pumpkins

Zwan

Just don't put "Friday I'm in Love" on it or I will hit you.

:noway: i thought you'd give me more credit than that

lincoln park
my chemical romance
phish
green day
i'm seconding guns n' roses

the smiths
the doors
the rolling stones
bob dylan
led zep
sonic youth
velvet underground

:noway: i thought you'd give me more credit than that

I do; just consider it a preemptive warning.

i guess sonic youth. i obnly have daydream and dirty though, i haven't really made an effort.

the cure and the smitshs are cool

I dont get not getting Metallica. Sure they've done shit but they made 3 of the most authentically groovy, nigh-on zero-cheese, thrash metal albums ever.

*ducks*

I still have Master of Puppets somewhere.

RHCP

^
that's a good one.

tool
franz ferdinand
white stripes

del

white stripes

please tell me you have at least one non-horrible opinion.

white stripes

what the hell??

Oh I'll add some more

The Knife
Boards of Canada
Spoon (for the most part)
most LCD Soundsystem

pearl jam

RHCP (that's the one i thought of when i saw the thread title)
Metallica
linkin park
guns n roses
u2
the offspring
evanescence
disturbed
aerosmith
nickelback
limp bizkit
megadeth
iron maiden

i'm sure i could go on and on.

also, i really don't get the not getting The Smiths that is fucking everywhere in this thread. what's not to get/like? and that first post, not getting David Bowie? wtf?!?

Muse
Coldplay

For the most part dull, yet oh so big bands

oh yeah, The Beatles

oh yeah, The Beatles

what!?!?!?!:erm:

typical

the beatles? "cos I'm the taxman ooooh yeah I'm the taxmaaan" I've been singing this fucking song for about 2 months!

although I would have said the beatles when i was a teenager..

oh yeha forgot some:
Muse
U2
Grateful Dead
Phish
most incarnations of Les Claypool

RHCP
linkin park
the offspring
evanescence
disturbed
aerosmith
nickelback
limp bizkit


There's nothing to get with these, they just suck.

oh yeah U2 is another one for sure

Oh, yeah: The Who.

I've heard a bunch of their stuff and just never really heard anything that piqued my interest and made me want to look more into them.

I don't get this thread, what the hell.

www.last.fm/user/smashingjj

RHCP (that's the one i thought of when i saw the thread title)
Metallica
linkin park
guns n roses
u2
the offspring
evanescence
disturbed
aerosmith
nickelback
limp bizkit
megadeth
iron maiden

i'm sure i could go on and on.

also, i really don't get the not getting The Smiths that is fucking everywhere in this thread. what's not to get/like? and that first post, not getting David Bowie? wtf?!?

Though I do like the offspring's and RHCP's radio singles but beyond that can't listen to them.

also I'd like to add Rap artists of today, Lil Wayne in paticular

don't understand why they're so popular, or why they're so revered or canonised

obviously goths like the cure because of the aesthetic, but why are they more popular than bauhaus?

that question's a joke, right?

U2


definitely

even though i love talking heads and 70s bowie, i have tried and can't get into any roxy music or non-ambient brian eno record at all.

I could be typical and put Radiohead on my list

My Morning Jacket
Animal Collective
Brian Eno

Animal Collective isn't big except in certain internet communities, plus I think big implies a band who does a large amount of touring.

Radiohead
Linkin Park
Coldplay
Muse
Tool / APC
The Cure

Of course I'd ******* any popular rap, pop, country, etc, but that'd be laborious.

i find it really quite surprising that people have opinions that differ. this is ground breaking.

the smiths
Metallica
Muse
The Beatles
Razorlight
Madonna
Oasis

there are others

anyone who doesn't get why the beatles are huge and popular should probably stop listening to music altogether.

:mad:

i get why they're popular/huge etc

i dont like their music

i get why they're popular/huge etc

i dont like their music
well see i can understand not liking them, but i certainly can't understand not understanding their popularity.

can you really understand not liking them if you like them


U2

i practically forget U2 has a serious following, but they'd definitely be one of mine too

the smiths
ac/dc
guns n roses
joy division

how can you not get joy division you are stupid


did you type that last sentence wrong? they're on your list.

did you type that last sentence wrong? they're on your list.
He was pre-empting any flames.

ah, this reminds me i don't get roxy music, though i haven't tried ALL that much.
i can "get" why most stuff is popular. if i were to list all the popular stuff i don't like it'd take days..

but...i don't really get why the critics love white stripes so fucking much. they're alright, but come on, they're not that great. i think the thing w/ radiohead was they started doing their best stuff right when everyone else stopped and rock music took a slide. ppl like to pick up on trends and blow the importance of sth out of proportion, so it turned into this omg rh is god crap. don't get me wrong, they're really good and stuff.. blahblah

boris

yeah, i listened to an album by them or whatever and was thoroughly unimpressed. not like anyone cares

define "big" band/artist

how "big" are Boris?

they're big in japan

Muse
Coldplay

For the most part dull, yet oh so big bands

agreed but I totally get why Coldplay are massive and Chris Martin plainly has some talent. Muse are just a closed book to me, don't get how they're selling out stadiums AT ALL.

define "big" band/artist

how "big" are Boris?

they have to be the most overhyped band in modern underground music

boris

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they're big in japan

nah

tom waits

not that i really listened to much of him ya know

nah
kinda a joke

nevermind

i got a band once but on second thought it might have been a painting

they have to be the most overhyped band in modern underground music

no way

is this about not getting the music or not getting why they're big?

not getting the music, not liking the music, not giving a shit about the music

is this about not getting the music or not getting why they're big?

i think it could be either way. or both.

It'd be a really boring thread if it was about not getting why a band is so big.

Its celluloid_love tho so that might be the point. That pesky whippersnapper.

ah, this reminds me i don't get roxy music, though i haven't tried ALL that much.
i can "get" why most stuff is popular. if i were to list all the popular stuff i don't like it'd take days..

i think this might be pushing it for 'big' bands. i am probably one of three people in my entire town that even know who roxy music are, or brian eno for that matter. and three people might be generous.

roxy music are definitely big, mooney

th thread is mostly about people who usually have pretty good taste but try to convince you that this band or that band is really good and you just can't see it. the band has lots of acclaim and you can't understand why when there are much better bands out there not getting the attention you think they deserve.

sonic youth
the smiths
the cure
david bowie

I agree with this ... except the Cure. They're one band I feel like I get 100%. The other three, while I have some stuff I will put on, I just can't claim them as my own.

I agree with this ... except the Cure. They're one band I feel like I get 100%. The other three, while I have some stuff I will put on, I just can't claim them as my own.

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it probably has a lot to do with the fact that i hate that certain 80s produciton value where they reverb the shit out of the snare drum and bad digital reverb on the vocals and add little sounds everywhere that don't fit. horrible

th thread is mostly about people who usually have pretty good taste but try to convince you that this band or that band is really good and you just can't see it. the band has lots of acclaim and you can't understand why when there are much better bands out there not getting the attention you think they deserve.

boris

how much space do you think is wasted on the internets with threads like these

i find it really quite surprising that people have opinions that differ. this is ground breaking.

exactlythesame,

big star

massive attack except for mezzanine

exactlythesame,

precisely

big star

initially i would have agreed but i really love some tracks on third/sister lovers now

oh yeah you can add big star to my list too.

i don't even know who big star is

fall out boy