Artist is getting ridiculed but you love (at least) one of their songs

[loisestrad]

We all know that some bands/artists are more prone to getting ridiculed than others. Coldplay is one of those. I'm not a fan of Coldplay in particular, nor do I get the ridicule. But it still stands that they've made one of my favorite songs.

It's one of my favorite music videos, too. Top 10 all time.

So, basically: Do you have an example yourself? A band that is oftentimes portrayed as annoying, even a joke - but you like at least one of their songs? Maybe you even like them in general?

 

[nonoob]

Wrong thread posted in, thought I clicked "What are you listening to".

 

[CrimsonFan]

Who cares what other people say. If you like something, then enjoy it.

Coldplay it's a super successful band so clearly a lot of people like them and they just have some loud haters.

I'm not a fan really, but they're ok in my book.

Anyway, I hate how clicky music is and how people will side with the masses that something is not cool rather than coming to that conclusion themselves.

 

[Pliny Pete]

Why is Eric Burdon & War getting ridiculed, grew up loving their music so Im a bit surprised by this

 

[nonoob]

Why is Eric Burdon & War getting ridiculed, grew up loving their music so Im a bit surprised by this

Wrong thread posted in, thought I clicked "What are you listening to".

 

[Goon Dog]

Bye bye man card, but ...

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Who cares what other people say. If you like something, then enjoy it.

Coldplay it's a super successful band so clearly a lot of people like them and they just have some loud haters.

I'm not a fan really, but they're ok in my book.

Anyway, I hate how clicky music is and how people will side with the masses that something is not cool rather than coming to that conclusion themselves.

I'm not a fan of Coldplay at all, they bore the shit out of me, even when I saw them live. But i just go on and listen to the stuff i do like (which I reckon Colplay fans would think is shit in general but all good)

 

[Cid]

A U2 song played a pretty damn big part in me becoming an MMA fan.

 

[Plissken]

If I only like one song by them then I don't really care enough if the rest of the catalog gets ridiculed, I just care about the one song.

 

[PurpleStorm]

I like the song Yellow.

And yeah, what @CrimsonFan said.

 

[PurpleStorm]

I love the first three solo albums of Nils Lofgren. Self titled debut, Cry Tough, I Came To Dance. Never cared if anyone else likes it or likes anything I like.

As a teen prodigy Nils had a band called Grin which was him and two of his brothers from Washington DC. He went solo and everyone in the area thought he'd be a big star. In concert he played like Hendrix and had a mini-trampoline from which he did flips while playing. The record labels to which he signed were underfunded. They couldn't afford the payola required to get him radio play. Like Bob Seger who was known only in the Detroit area before Capitol signed him and he recorded Night Moves. Nils was strictly a regional artist fiercely loved by some in metro DC.

Nils continued in demand in the studio. He plays keyboards on Neil Young's Tonight's the Night. He plays guitar and co-wrote songs on Lou Reed's The Bells. Later he joined the E Street Band. I frequently listen to this first three solo albums.

Here's a song he wrote as a letter to Keith Richards begging him not to OD.

 

[Madmick]

It's rare, but over the years, some morons actually tried turning the Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer into a punchline like Nickelback. Obviously this didn't stick because, no matter how strongly the musically ignorant voice their distaste, you can't dismiss musical virtuosos as hacks. In popular culture, I remember more than one TV character trying to denigrate DMB as silly white people music (despite that half his supporting band has always been black). Just really stupid shit. One of the greatest bands of all time.

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

You mean ridiculed big time. Everyone has a haters now that the Internet is widespread.

 

[Jackonfire]

I love the first three solo albums of Nils Lofgren. Self titled debut, Cry Tough, I Came To Dance. Never cared if anyone else likes it or likes anything I like.

As a teen prodigy Nils had a band called Grin which was him and two of his brothers from Washington DC. He went solo and everyone in the area thought he'd be a big star. In concert he played like Hendrix and had a mini-trampoline from which he did flips while playing. The record labels to which he signed were underfunded. They couldn't afford the payola required to get him radio play. Like Bob Seger who was known only in the Detroit area before Capitol signed him and he recorded Night Moves. Nils was strictly a regional artist fiercely loved by some in metro DC.

Nils continued in demand in the studio. He plays keyboards on Neil Young's Tonight's the Night. He plays guitar and co-wrote songs on Lou Reed's The Bells. Later he joined the E Street Band. I frequently listen to this first three solo albums.

Here's a song he wrote as a letter to Keith Richards begging him not to OD.

I always get Nils Lofgran and Nels Cline mixed up. Nils and Nels.

 

[Zer]

I'm not a huge Coldplay fan and haven't listened to much of their stuff, but their first album was really good

As for the one that came to my mind immediately

 

[ObsoleteSoul]

Not into Coldplay, but they aren't horrible or anything. Just plays stuff I don't care for. Listen to whatever you want. We all like tons of different genres, whether we admit to it or not. It's why metalheads annoy me. I love it too, but damn, sometimes I want to listen to some Garth Brooks too, and I don't care what anyone says about it.

Anywho. To answer the question, I would say old Hootie and the Blowfish or Blues Traveler lol. Can't help it. Soft spot for 90's soft rock and jam bands.

 

[Jackonfire]

It's rare, but over the years, some morons actually tried turning the Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer into a punchline like Nickelback. Obviously this didn't stick because, no matter how strongly the musically ignorant voice their distaste, you can't dismiss musical virtuosos as hacks. In popular culture, I remember more than one TV character trying to denigrate DMB as silly white people music (despite that half his supporting band has always been black). Just really stupid shit. One of the greatest bands of all time.

I think a part of the issue with DMB is that early on they got labeled as a jam band. They played alongside bands like Widespread Panic, Phish and Blues Traveler on the H.O.R.D.E. festivals back in the 90's. Anytime you affix the term "jam" to a musical act, a good 90% of the music listening population will ignore you no matter how good you are.

 

[Jackonfire]

Not into Coldplay, but they aren't horrible or anything. Just plays stuff I don't care for. Listen to whatever you want. We all like tons of different genres, whether we admit to it or not. It's why metalheads annoy me. I love it too, but damn, sometimes I want to listen to some Garth Brooks too, and I don't care what anyone says about it.

Anywho. To answer the question, I would say old Hootie and the Blowfish or Blues Traveler lol. Can't help it. Soft spot for 90's soft rock and jam bands.

lol. I'm literally listening to Blues Traveler's first album right now. Dropping Some NYC. 100 Years. Alone straight into Sweet Talking Hippie. I love this album.

 

[ObsoleteSoul]

lol. I'm literally listening to Blues Traveler's first album right now. Dropping Some NYC. 100 Years. Alone straight into Sweet Talking Hippie. I love this album.

 

[Madmick]

I think a part of the issue with DMB is that early on they got labeled as a jam band. They played alongside bands like Widespread Panic, Phish and Blues Traveler on the H.O.R.D.E. festivals back in the 90's. Anytime you affix the term "jam" to a musical act, a good 90% of the music listening population will ignore you no matter how good you are.

Perhaps that's true, but I don't recall any TV/movie character or comedian or anyone else in pop culture sneering about Phish the way they have about DMB & John Mayer. Any jokes directed at Phish went after the (entirely deserved) pothead associations. I mean, fuck, even if you were someone who smoked the green, but only a few times a month, you couldn't even walk from one side of a Phish concert to the other without getting dizzy, and needing to sit down. I do recall Blues Traveler getting some hate over the years, maybe because of the jam/improv association.

The majority of the hate I think Mayer received was for the same reason a young Brad Pitt or Leo DiCaprio got hate: pussyhound envy. A lot of guys just eventually boil over when repeatedly confronted with the truth a guy less masculine than themselves (or at least that they perceive to be) enjoys so much more adoration from women.