{"id":21812,"date":"2014-07-11T16:36:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T20:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=21812"},"modified":"2014-07-11T18:18:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T22:18:19","slug":"greatest-bands-i-dont-actually-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/greatest-bands-i-dont-actually-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Bands I Don&#8217;t Actually Like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oKj30Ltiqxk\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nGreatest bands I don&#8217;t actually like (this goes beyond &#8220;bands I don&#8217;t like but &#8216;respect'&#8221; &#8211; I truly think the following bands are excellent despite not liking more than a few songs by any of them). To be clear, I marvel at these bands despite not liking them very much. I think they&#8217;re great.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Queen:<\/strong> I like maybe 4 songs by them, not including &#8220;Under Pressure,&#8221; which has the benefit of Bowie, and truly dislike everything else, including &#8220;Bohemian Rhapsody.&#8221; Freddie Mercury may be the greatest singer in rock despite using his voice for mostly terrible purposes. The production of those Queen albums is outstanding, perfectly highlighting everything I <em>don&#8217;t<\/em> like about the band.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boston:<\/strong> I like nothing more than bits and pieces of a couple of their first-album hits &#8211; not even an entire song &#8211; mostly for humorous reasons, but their first album is a stone-cold masterpiece of hard rock pop craft. As a comparison and to better illustrate how great I think Boston were, although I would gladly cop to basically &#8220;liking&#8221; the Raspberries and Cheap Trick on the strength of 2 or 3 songs each, I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re anything near &#8220;great.&#8221; I think Boston did a much better job at fulfilling the promise of\u00a0bands like that, despite not coming up with one sincerely great song.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Van Halen (with David Lee Roth &#8211; NOT Van Hagar):<\/strong> I like only &#8220;Jump&#8221; and &#8220;Dance the Night Away&#8221; (inappropriate guitar-wank solos excluded), but they had an original, commanding (if &#8220;bad,&#8221; to my tastes) sound, one that also applied power pop sheen to stupid hard rock. David Lee Roth&#8217;s entire shtick is abhorrent to my tastes, but he pissed me off in masterful fashion. Perhaps even Eddie&#8217;s guitar sound and soloing approach also possess these evil qualities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Black Flag:<\/strong> Beside some chuckles I get out of their tongue-in-cheek (?) macho takes on Black Sabbath, I only deeply like the tongue-in-cheek, macho &#8220;Six-Pack&#8221; and a few other pre-Henry Rollins songs. Typically bad drumming, bass-playing, and guitar wanking aside, I think they had the most commanding take on hardcore punk and a great feel for teenage boy stupidity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mahavishnu Orchestra:<\/strong> Not ever being a fusion or prog guy, I wanted to truly like this band because I so love John McLaughlin&#8217;s playing on Miles Davis&#8217; Jack Johnson LP. I bought their first album about 10 years ago, and I listen to it a couple of times a year without actually liking the music. As with these other bands, I think they&#8217;re &#8220;great&#8221; because they have such an original and commanding approach to their craft.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>How about your Top 3 to 5?<\/p>\n<nav class=\"page-links\"><strong>Pages:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/greatest-bands-i-dont-actually-like\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">1<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/greatest-bands-i-dont-actually-like\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">2<\/span><\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greatest bands I don&#8217;t actually like (this goes beyond &#8220;bands I don&#8217;t like but &#8216;respect&#8217;&#8221; &#8211; I truly think the following bands are excellent despite not liking more than a few songs by any of them). To be clear, I marvel at these bands despite not liking them very much. I think they&#8217;re great. 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