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Post by wonderwall on Mar 13, 2016 13:51:59 GMT 1
thought i would start a thread on this what bands so you like that are often looked upon and labelled bad.My one would be shed seven the amount of stick and bad press they got is in my view unfair.I loved maximum high and let it ride yet other people treat them as a joke.
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Post by TheThorne on Mar 13, 2016 14:47:22 GMT 1
Seen Shed Seven live a few months ago and they were great,obsessive fans for sure.
At the moment it would The 1975, a real split between peopel who have actually listened to them properly and people who have seen a video or two, or a couple of hits and ride them of as awful.
My favourite uncool/uncritically favoured band would probably be Goo Goo Dolls, have loved just about everything they have done and all anyone goes on about is bloody 'Iris'
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Post by borneoman on Mar 13, 2016 14:49:20 GMT 1
my favourite band as teenager was All About Eve, which were kinda the opposite of cool  |
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Post by TheThorne on Mar 13, 2016 14:54:24 GMT 1
my favourite band as teenager was All About Eve, which were kinda the opposite of cool Not in our school , the pretty indie girls in the year below us liked bands like that so it was fine  but I guess they aren't very manly hehe . |
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Post by vya on Mar 13, 2016 15:46:58 GMT 1
my favourite band as teenager was All About Eve, which were kinda the opposite of cool Oh, I don't know, I was a fan too, but I don't think anyone else at my school had so much as heard of them. But they had mystery and beauty about them, at least, and in large quantity. Only slightly later though, my favourite band was Carter USM - now, surely they absolutely were the polar opposite of cool?! |
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Post by suedehead on Mar 13, 2016 16:05:18 GMT 1
With Carter USM, I think it was largely a matter of whether people "got" them. Their image and their song titles meant that a lot of people wrote them off as a novelty band whereas others, like me, tried to look beyond that. Yes, they could be utterly daft, but in a good way. Their live shows were chaotically brilliant.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Mar 13, 2016 16:22:54 GMT 1
Seen Shed Seven twice live in the last few year, great band, great live and some top songs. I just saw Kula Shaker live for the 4th time last month, they went through the same thing
Electric Six, 11 excellent albums and a few from before they were Electric Six, amazing live, they are just fun, that's the joke, however some people don't get it
The Darkness are another band that get treated a bit like a joke that I love
Andrew WK too
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Post by borneoman on Mar 13, 2016 16:42:36 GMT 1
also liked a lot Transvision Vamp, not sure if that was cool or not what you all reckon? |
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Post by greendemon on Mar 13, 2016 17:03:18 GMT 1
Seen Shed Seven live a few months ago and they were great,obsessive fans for sure. At the moment it would The 1975, a real split between peopel who have actually listened to them properly and people who have seen a video or two, or a couple of hits and ride them of as awful. My favourite uncool/uncritically favoured band would probably be Goo Goo Dolls, have loved just about everything they have done and all anyone goes on about is bloody 'Iris' Yep, The 1975 and Goo Goo Dolls are two of mine as well. I like a lot of uncool bands though  Some others: The Corrs, Travis, Stereophonics, Kings of Leon, probably even Biffy Clyro would count. I also like The Police which is apparently dreadfully uncool. |
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Post by LT on Mar 13, 2016 18:13:08 GMT 1
2 unlimited, very popular in the 90s and sold lots of singles and albums but have always got a ton of stick !
I've seen them live a number of times and they are very hardworking and amazing live ! There music is full of energy and they did co-write all their stuff !
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Post by Smurfie on Mar 13, 2016 18:29:02 GMT 1
Transvision Vamp were cool/not cool. They were immensely me me me me me (well Wendy James was) they just so happened to have a couple of really good singles, and some really bad ones (Born To Be Sold).
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Post by Smurfie on Mar 13, 2016 18:42:45 GMT 1
my favourite band as teenager was All About Eve, which were kinda the opposite of cool No I think they were, I just don't think they recovered from the TOTP incident which must have been a confidence knock. |
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Post by Whitneyfan on Mar 13, 2016 21:22:50 GMT 1
Bon Jovi.
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Post by suedehead on Mar 13, 2016 21:49:07 GMT 1
I saw Shed Seven live a few times in the 1990s. They certainly didn't deserve the amount of stick they got.
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Post by FloMinogue on Mar 13, 2016 23:53:50 GMT 1
my favourite band as teenager was All About Eve, which were kinda the opposite of cool No I think they were, I just don't think they recovered from the TOTP incident which must have been a confidence knock. That TOTP incident is TV gold. I always loved a bit of EMF & saw them live in 1995 - great show. Don't think they were ever particularly cool |
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Post by vastar iner on Mar 14, 2016 0:27:40 GMT 1
The other kids at school laughed when I said I liked The Associates. One of them did 5 years for supplying class As which helps underline their cretinosity. (Kid at school, that is, not an Associate.)
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Mar 14, 2016 0:47:20 GMT 1
I was 12 in 1996 so the big thing was blur v oasis. By 1997 every topic in school was who do you like blurb or oasis like there here only 2 bands. I used to always say kual shaker, placebo, pulp and suede. I got so much stick but I know I had good taste ha
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Post by borneoman on Mar 14, 2016 9:01:45 GMT 1
but the miming incident was a technical error, right? I mean, it was not the band's fault
good they came back the following week and gave a stunning performance... this is easily my fav song of the 80s...
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Post by suedehead on Mar 14, 2016 10:54:55 GMT 1
No I think they were, I just don't think they recovered from the TOTP incident which must have been a confidence knock. That TOTP incident is TV gold. I always loved a bit of EMF & saw them live in 1995 - great show. Don't think they were ever particularly cool Schubert Dip is a great, fun album. |
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Post by o on Mar 14, 2016 10:55:45 GMT 1
Travis and Stereophonics are not cool?  |
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but I guess they aren't very manly hehe . 
