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?
Maybe you can do the same and shine some light for us on your bizarre hatred of Edith Piaf. Today, it is 99.9% impossible to accidentally hear Edith Piaf’s songs, unlike most of the sound makers on @bzawa ’s list, whose "art" is liable to assault our ears as we enter any number of tire stores, job sites and midbrow supermarkets. So what’s your problem with a largely forgotten white French chanteuse? |
@immatthewj Thats where we are. |
@mylogic it was so much easier to just make a list. Anyway... I like artists that experiment, are unique (at least to me), who don't rely on the same formula (Talking Heads, XTC, Yes, Eno, Genesis, Bowie, just to name a few of the more well known artists). Bad Company, Foreigner and BTO are formulaic. As are Motorhead, Motley Crew, Bon Jovi, Kiss, Guns n Roses and these guys have to add juvenile lyrics and awful vocals and dumb costumes. For me, none of these guys provide any emotional impact. Frankie Valli and Natalie Merchant are probably very nice people, i just don't like their voices. Give me Kate Bush or Regina Spektor or Roger Daltry or Robert Wyatt. I've know quite a number of people who loved Elvis but really didn't know much about or weren't interested in other music. I guess this isn't a good reason to not like Elvis, but I don't, especially the Los Vegas Elvis. |
@immatthewj That's Springsteen? That's quite good. Is it from Jungle Land? |
@immatthewj sorry they jumped you I was having some fun with it. |
