Re: What "popular or good" guitarist do you hate?

mercutio wrote:?> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:38:07 -0400, Nil?> <rednoise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:?> ?>> On 21 Apr 2010, TheChris <cabell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in?>> alt.guitar: ?>>?>>> It took me a few years to figure it out, but, I came to the?>>> conclusion that I just never liked College Rock.... I had this?>>> friend that used to ask me about bands, but he could never?>>> understand my logic - I didn't either - however - when I started?>>> researching, and found this, I realized I despised EVERY band on?>>> the list... ?>>>?>>> http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:11971?>>>?>>> I mean - I went to college - and graduated - but, I was listening?>>> to Judas Priest and Van Halen in the 80's :)?>>>?>>> For some reason - I used to confuse U2 and The Cult all the?>>> time... To me, The Cult are Gods compared to U2....?>> That list makes little sense to me. Actually, I never heard the term ?>> "college rock" until it got mentioned here. It seems like a pretty ?
flimsy excuse for a genre. I mean, how are, say, Devo and John Hyatt ?>> anything alike??>>?>> I actually like lots of the bands on this list. Not that that I ?>> necessarily have records by all of them, but I've heard enough that I ?>> think I get their general gist.?>>?>> I whittled it down to 50. You can tell from this that I'm not much into ?>> metal: ?>>?>> Robyn Hitchcock?>> Pixies?>> The Psychedelic Furs?>> R.E.M.?>> The Replacements?>> The Smiths?>> XTC?>> The B-52's?>> Kate Bush?>> Peter Case?>> Alex Chilton?>> Elvis Costello?>> Marshall Crenshaw?>> Crowded House?>> The dB's?>> Devo?>> The Dukes of Stratosphear?>> The English Beat?>> Peter Gabriel?>> Joe Jackson?>> Midnight Oil?>> Bob Mould?>> Sinéad O'Connor?>> Michael Penn?>> The Pogues?>> Prefab Sprout?>> Public Image Ltd.?>> The Ramones?>> Jonathan Richman?>> The Smithereens?>> Squeeze?>> Talking Heads?>> They Might Be Giants?>> Throwing Muses?>> U2?>> Tom Waits?>> Was (Not Was)?>> World Party?>> 'Til Tuesday?
The Blue Nile?>> The Del Fuegos?>> Tim Finn?>> John Hiatt?>> Los Lobos?>> The Plimsouls?>> Prince?>> Red Hot Chili Peppers?>> Matthew Sweet?>> Tears for Fears?> Looks like the playlist on my Ipod in the car ( with the exception of?> about 10 of the artists. Mixed in with lots of British Invasion, 70's?> Prog (Crimson , Caravan, Soft Machine) and a wee bit of Dwight Yokam?> and Mary Chapin Carpenter. ?> Kind of eclectic taste I guess?> ?> Jim??...I've got at least 80-90% of that list on the shelf myself.??-- ? - Rufus?
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