what one artist do you like the most that ilm doesn't seem to rate at all

grr! where are these twats so I can FP them. joking of course Omar!

i watched the following u2 vids on youtube over the weekend

mysterious ways (music video)
bad (live aid)
running to stand still (rattle and hum)

https://media.giphy.com/media/63877z0BCNR6/giphy.gif

Sia seems mostly derided here

I've thought about this, and the answer is probably The Wildhearts or something

joe bonnamassa

no just kidding

i used to be a _huge_ frank zappa fan, like i had over 100 bootleg concert tapes of his. honestly i still like a lot of his music but his persona has not aged particularly well. you know, he died.

THE MARS VOLTA

I'm with you on TMV! Though I've never really cared for most of Amputechture or anything they did after The Bedlam...

I thought of TMV but quite a few people like them

One of my most favourite artists ever is Joseph Arthur. I think he's a true genius and adore everything he's done, which is quite a lot.
I don't think he's disliked or anything, he's just hardly ever mentioned.

I'm also very fond of some britpop bands from the '90s that may not be the biggest hits around here:
Shed Seven (who were my favourite band when I was in high school, I still love 'em)
Cast
Kula Shaker

As for a band who I think get mostly very negative feedback on here, I dare to name Mumford & Sons. While I wouldn't say that I'm a big fan, I certainly enjoy their records a lot.

i'm FPing you, but i want to be honest about it

90% of the stuff in the UK charts seems to have no fans at all on here, not even in the pop thread. I don't even like most of it.

New Entries into the UK top 10 in 2018

I'm sure at any time pre-2005 or so this would not have been the case.

erasure

Fishmans!!!

I love Fishmans sooo much

yea they're wildly popular on RYM so I was surprised to find they basically have gone unmentioned here

Noodle Vague, can I ask why?

Joseph Arthur's a good response to this thread's title, if 'doesn't rate' is taken in the sense that someone simply isn't mentioned much. The guy has only a couple of thread titles to his name.

I think it's relatively hard to find people really loving the other artists I mentioned, or am I wrong? If your response is to any of those, aren't you proving my point?

skrewdriver

I stumbled across Fishmans a while back in a Rolling Stone Japan albums list I think? and immediately fell in love. then about a year later they had a sudden burst of popularity on RYM which was very nice to see if unexpected. RYM seems to like Long Season and 98.12.28 the most but I think Uchuu Nippon Setagaya is their real masterpiece, as well as Yurameki in the Air. I had thought about making a thread here a few times but figured it probably wouldn't get much attention

fishmans cache on rym is due to /mu/ iirc

the only good thing it's ever been responsible for then

lol i feel the same way

Yeah I wondered what exactly happened there. Long Season has over 5000 ratings but like 98% of those have come in the last five years. Even for RYM that's pretty unusual.

All the stuff you mentioned is great...though I also have a soft spot for King Master George. So many great tunes on that one. Dunno about the rest of the early stuff though...its kind of sleepy

the early stuff is ok but Orange is where they really hit their stride imo, from it onwards everything they did was great. the reworked live versions of early tracks on 98.12.28 are much better than the studio versions

"skrewdriver"

you joke, but there are definitely fans of all skrewed up on here! i love that album. if they had disappeared forever in a cloud of smoke after the back with a bang 12-inch we would all be skrewdriver fans.

back with a bang 12-inch still one of my favorite SOUNDING 12-inch singles of all time. so huge. and ironic given what that idiot would end up sounding like. i finally sold my copy of the first album and that single and my united skins comp to a nice guy i know who DJs northern soul and ska. just didn't feel like having them anymore. i got them from another friend of mine who was a boston skin and felt the need to purge his youthful obsessions.

i do love oi! probably not a ton of oi! threads on ilm.

if i were made of money, i would totally start a punk 12-inch label. just massively loud heavy vinyl 45 rpm 12-inches of punk classics. for all the DJs out there.

mainlly for Mumford and Kula Shaker tbh valentijn. soz, it's not personal

ok, i have dug around and realised the all too obvious answer from me : louis xiv

I like Doves a lot iirc there are some enthusiastic threads on ilm about them

Ryan Adams? Pearl Jam?

lots of Pearl Jam stans on ILM iirc (myself included.)

I think there's people who will rep for Ryan Adams in Whiskeytown and his early solo albums (I'm one).

where oh where is the love for beady eye?

too many to mention

cosign mars volta, at least deloused

Zappa's way too spotty catalogue wise and his later material sticks out like a sore thumb in more PC times and hasn't aged well cuz it's stupid af

but classic for

Freak Out - Weasels Ripped My Flesh

and if i'm feeling stupid - overnite sensation

i love hot rats. its the only album that i really like. if he had made more instrumental albums in the late-60s and early 70s i'd probably own some of his records.

I'm with you on TMV! Though I've never really cared for most of Amputechture or anything they did after The Bedlam...

― obnoxious pun (ultros ultros-ghali), Friday, April 6, 2018 5:37 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I thought of TMV but quite a few people like them

― imago, Friday, April 6, 2018 5:39 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

another case where there's like 5 of us. tremulant ep thru amputechture = classic, bedlam is good but flawed, everything else = dud

GREEN DAY

hey scott, large parts of uncle meat/lumpy gravy are instrumental, tho not in the same vein as Hot Rats obviously, which rips

i do remember liking uncle meat for its short weird instrumental tracks.

waka/jawaka & the grand wazoo are p much instrumental and super nutso skitzo fuzionoid action

i just picked up Burnt Weeny Sandwich at a Goodwill, it's pretty enjoyable (to someone who doesn't really rate Zappa much at all.)

Was just about to post about those, ums!

i found one of these threads recently bc i was trying to see if anyone on ilx had ever mentioned the autumns
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, April 4, 2018 7:56 PM

the angel pool by the autumns is an awesome record incidentally
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, April 4, 2018 7:57 PM

One of my favorite albums, I'm sure I mentioned it somewhere. Need to listen to it again soon. Dreampop classic.

I want to try Dream Theatre someday because I think there were no fans here.

You might want to Americanise their name first

One of my most favourite artists ever is Joseph Arthur. I think he's a true genius and adore everything he's done, which is quite a lot.

i only know his 'the the vs merz' styled debut, 'big city secrets' : but its a bloody wonderful album.
not followed anything else since as i was under the impression that sonically things became a lot less interesting.
happy to be proved wrong.

I loved those two Doves albums and remember the 3rd album being good.

I loved those two Doves albums and remember the 3rd album being good.

it was.

Zappa's way too spotty catalogue wise and his later material sticks out like a sore thumb in more PC times and hasn't aged well cuz it's stupid af

pretty much. Zappa's a great artist when you're 16, because his sneering attitude towards everything appeals to teens and you've got the patience to see how all 70+ albums link together. His stuff veers all over the map quality-wise but I've never quite been bored by a Zappa album. even Thing-Fish is entertaining in a "what the fuck" kind of way.