I get that people all have different tastes but there’s some bands that loads of people hate which I just don’t understand.
Like U2. Fair enough they haven’t made anything great in a while but there’s something for everyone. Fair enough if you hate them as people, so do I, but it can’t be denied that back in the day they were class.
Their stuff from the 80s and early 90s is so good. I just don’t get how people don’t like songs like ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ and ‘Pride’.
The Killers are another one.
There’s not alot to these bands but all that means is there’s not alot to dislike.
I completey get if people don’t love them but can’t understand how people hate them.
They’re music is so mainstream and generic that I just think they’re impossible to hate.
You may not like that they make unbelievably generic, mainstream music but I don’t think anyone can dislike the music itself.
People just try too hard to be alternative sometimes in my view.
I prefer more alternative bands but I do think that alot of people say they hate they hate the likes of U2 because they don’t want to be associated with the mainstream image.
I may be wrong but I think there’s some bands it’s impossible to hate.
I agree in a sense. However, in a more accurate sense I have to disagree.
It’s pretty dangerous to push your tastes on people, despite how popular they can be.
I think the main point he’s going for is the amount of dislike and hate thrown towards bands like The Killers is unwarranted due to their very “general” sound. Bands who are in that bracket of being people who are some of the biggest draws on the planet obviously have a certain element to their music that initally allowed them to become popular. I mean we’re not talking about European Son or Psychocandy here, it’s not a question of whether you “get it” or not. Bands that you see headlining mainstream festivals or topping the charts most likely are catchy enough, have a great PR team behind them and are willing to bend their sound to make it popular enough. When I say “bend their sound”, I’m not talking about “selling out”, rather just they acknowledge what it is their audience wants and caters for that. I’m not a big U2 fan at all, but I do really enjoy some of their big songs from their 80’s records. I don’t think U2 really fall into the cateogory of bands of been discussing because although I don’t really like a lot of their back catologue (which seems to be a cardinal sin in the eyes of many) I do think they have developed a unique and original sound of sorts (even if that’s just The Edge tapping his delay pedal and Bono’s crooning). The Killers on the other hand play by very simple, tried and tested methods of writing pop songs (albeit drenching them in synth). All those big hits like Mr Brightside, All These Things That I’ve Done, Read My Mind etc are all really top top pop songs. If David Bowie had recorded them, people would be hailing them as masterpieces. As Rob said, there isn’t a huge amount going on in a lot of their songs, so if you dislike it enough to hate it, it’s not for it not having a pleasing melody, it’s not for its sonic attack on your ears (hello White Light/White heat), maybe it’s because its been so overplayed everywhere you go? Hardly a reason to “hate” any band.
