Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too?


For me there is one that has always been top of the list.

Edith Piaf…..l just can’t think of anything worse.

Do not get me wrong and consider my choice is in any way racist….l love to listen to music with songs in any language… Italian, French, Spanish…..

Russian and German can however be extremely demanding, but Edith Piaf (if possible in any language) is a potential harrowing experience.

 

Do any others on here have a similar artist, or artists that can trigger the same physical reaction?

mylogic

It was just an old farm house auction out in the boonies. They were stored in a big barn with tons of stuff. Nobody there had a clue about equipment. I also bought several turntables, cd players etc. for $5.00 each. I'll be having some garage sales in the spring or summer and probably double my money! LOL

 Swift and Joanna Newsom seem to be the youngest artist referenced in this entire thread. And outside of the general and myopic references to rap and  "hippity hop" and Country, no one seems to have mentioned any thing made this century. Which speaks to a lot of the narrow musical tolerances of aging audiophiles. 

 

Someone did mention the Violent Femmes and I can kind of agree insofar as their song Blister in the Sun I think remains my least favorite song of all time. Ironically one of the Bands I'm in has decided to cover that song and now I've got to play it just about every single night. As Morpheus said, fate is not without a sense of irony.

Queen, Supertramp, Journey, Foreigner, Van Halen, The Cars and REO Speedwagon were some popular bands from my high school and college years that I could never get into.

@spin4cards 

Bose speakers in the boonies——-

Ah boonies…….understand now.

Did you pick up any hillbilly LPs? I know Country and Bluegrass has taken a hammering on here.
l bet ‘American Pickers’ would have had a ‘field day’ (English slang for an opportunity for success at the expense of others)

The show with Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz (R.I.P) is a popular off peak daytime show in the UK

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