SHOCKING ILM Confessions!

I kind of hate The Velvet Underground.

― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Friday, November 3, 2017 6:32 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is pretty shocking tbh. Don't care for, I could see that. But hate? Really?

Fugazi's $5 cover charge policy has had disastrous effects on independent music in the 21st century.

― flappy bird, Friday, November 3, 2017 1:52 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Take it to the controversial opinions thread.

While I admire the fact that David Bowie existed, every time I hear his music it makes we wish I were listening to early Queen instead.

perhaps shouting into the wind, but aiui this thread is for embarrassing personal confessions about your secret lack of collector-scum cred, not your controversial opinions about artists

you thing scott doesn't own devo records?

i think a lot of t-rex is shitty boogie woogie

xp I believe that he never listened to them!

I just can't see the appeal in bob dylan. Musically he's not that interesting and his lyrics are so obtuse that I can't find any enjoyment in them. Unlike most Dylan haters I do love his voice though

I'm not a Bob Dylan fan at all, although I appreciate that he influenced plenty of music that I like. Neil Young, too.

I hate punk and I can count the punk groups I'd ever willingly listen to on one hand.

XP: I'm not a Bob Dylan fan so it infuriates me that he's an obvious influence on things I do like, such as Bowie, Roxy and The Fall.

Bob Dylan is an obvious influence on The Fall? I hadn't realised.

Has anyone told Mark E. Smith?

Not liking Bob Dylan is not exactly shocking btw.

I hate punk and I can count the punk groups I'd ever willingly listen to on one hand

list plz?

i would rather listen to christopher cross than the sex pistols btw

I've never heard "Loveless".

oh, i've tried my best with that one and was an mbv fan from the 80s but it leaves me pretty cold tbh

Loved "Isn't Anything" but I think I'd lost interest in indie music in the interim.

The Bob Dylan/Fall thing is clear to me but maybe I'll take it to a Fall thread when I've got more time.

Punk: Minor Threat and Dead Kennedys are probably the only two punk bands I've listened to at home for reasons of pleasure in the last decade. There's a Brazilian band I'm listening to at the moment called Dead Kids if they count. Nothing else is currently presenting itself. And I'm not counting groups that are at the margins of something else like Amebix or Wire or Warsaw. Or Crass even. Anything even remotely punk-y I like tends to be either post punk or a metal hybrid when it comes down to it.

The Dylan/Fall thing = amphetamine sulphate.

I no longer have any interest in going to rock shows.

I've never owned a turntable, and even when there was one in the house (growing up, or with roommates) I generally preferred cassettes.

Have read more interviews with Mark E. Smith than have knowingly heard songs by The Fall.

I barely know the words to songs I have heard dozens and dozens of times, but I've known all the words to Ice-T's "Colors" since it came out.

I've never owned a Beatles album in any physical form.

I can't think of how any Bruce Springsteen song goes, apart from "Born to Run".

they all go like that.

1990 was a middling year for music.

Anything not good enough for a single probably wasn't worth bothering to record at all

These last two: do you know what a confession is

Lol scott otm

Xp

xp

Fair enough.

Alright, how about this one: I dislike approximately 95% of the R&B I've heard in my life.

lol scott

i'm starting to listen to more springsteen than i ever would have guessed, but it is pretty otm

Alright, how about this one: I dislike approximately 95% of the R&B I've heard in my life.

― pomenitul, Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:18 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Now that is an ilx confession.

it really is. i was about to fp but then i realized it was just a musical opinion. but still

if only

I am to (dis)please.

To elaborate, I generally prefer 60s and 70s R&B, with a few exceptions (Prince, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Kelela, etc.).

I can't think of how any Bruce Springsteen song goes, apart from "Born to Run".

― jmm, Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:08 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

me neither

'State Trooper'

Never heard it.

It sounds un-Boss-like to me, which is why it's probably the best thing he's ever done. I say 'probably' because aside from the usual hits and Nebraska, I know nothing about his discography.

Ha, I was going to ask if your distaste for R&B went as far back as the 60s and 70s because that would be impressive. As it is, your R&B collection may be no smaller than mine.

I can’t tell the difference between the Palace Brothers and Bonnie Prince Billy

I seriously dislike Steely Dan. All that slick muso slickety slickness so tastefully played and recorded. Bleurgh.

There's nothing tasteful about Steely Dan. Pure kitsch, through and through.

I seriously dislike Steely Dan. All that slick muso slickety slickness so tastefully played and recorded. Bleurgh.

you are not alone.

I don't really get Steely Dan either. But my confession is that I really like Katy Perry's Chained to the Rhythm. I'm sorry, I can't help it, don't judge me.

we need a safe space within the ilx-o-sphere for Loveless agnostics. i'll meet you guys there

we need a safe space within the ilx-o-sphere for Loveless agnostics. i'll meet you guys there

Bands in this "tried but just don't give a shit" category for me: MBV, Loop, Spiritualized. Also Oasis and Blur, but that just comes from being American.

i would rather listen to 'a night at the hip-hopera' than actual queen or most of the hip-hop being sampled

I realized at some point that “essential” is a marketing tactic used by the film, music and publishing industries. They create a sense of neverending “work” to be done with these lists of books you have to read and albums you have to listen to and in reality there are always way too many of them to get to and that’s the whole point.

Man Alive otm

Create yer own canon

what was the one coltrane album? just listen to blue train.

― scott seward, Tuesday, May 22, 2018 2:01 PM (eight hours ago)

no! Just jump straight in with Ascension. Go hard or go home

― Hire Planes (dog latin), Tuesday, May 22, 2018 4:23 PM (six hours ago)

Africa/Brass is the one I've heard. dog latin is probably right -- I feel like I'd be better off starting with a couple of his freest, heaviest albums and then working my way back to the (slightly) more obvious stuff

and yeah, man alive otm