Songs Or Bands You Absolutely Can't Listen To [Archive]

I.Drink.Your.Milkshake

2nd February 2010, 15:13

Gangsta Rap: Sad, borderline retarded adolescent wank fantasists - just a bunch of twats arguing over who has the biggest cock.

Lots of modern RnB and chart Dance music is just the absolute sound of mediocrity to me too.

The Enemy for their horrible lad appropriation of Mod Culture - even less class or taste than "Britpop" in the 90's. Basically taking any of the invention or imagination of that culture and boiling it down to drinking in bus stops, smoking too many fags and watching the football in ill fitting tracksuit tops, drainpipe jeans, greasy hair and fetishising the idea of Band as an aspirational paradigm whilst writing the most condescending shit about the rest of us scumfucks that live out our shitty lives, work the grind (or would if we had jobs) all so we can afford to be saved for one night only by 'people's poet' (as ive no doubt he feels he is )rat faced ****s like Tom Clarke (Enemy's lead singer/songwriter). They basically sound like theyve only ever listened to anything by Paul Weller (from the Jam to the Style Council) and the first Oasis album.

The Fratellis for the shitty Libertines copy tunes but without any of the subtleties that made the Libertines (initially) interesting to listen to. Lyrically uninteresting and musically unimaginitive.

The Editors - not even sub-Joy Division, theyre sub Interpol.

And then there was the BBC's "sound of 2009" W(s)hite Lies. Who are one down again from the Editors in that lineage. White Lies were the gothic Scouting For Girls.

Pirate Utopian

2nd February 2010, 15:42

What is everybody dissing gangsta rap for? Sure there's the mindless 50 Cent-style shit but what about Ice Cube, Ice-T, Schoolly D, NWA, Geto Boys, Cypress Hill and Da Lench Mob?

Incendiarism

2nd February 2010, 16:24

Anything played on top 40 stations

Dr Mindbender

2nd February 2010, 17:39

Anything from X-Factor.

Lyev

2nd February 2010, 19:12

Coldplay.
Oh not this again...

I can't stand most mainstream music full-stop though, like Lady Gaga et al.. It's embarrassing to listen to. It's not created for love of music, but to make money.

Pirate Utopian

2nd February 2010, 19:28

Oh not this again...
And again, and again, and again.

Until Coldplay is no more.

RedAnarchist

2nd February 2010, 19:36

Oh not this again...

I can't stand most mainstream music full-stop though, like Lady Gaga et al.. It's embarrassing to listen to. It's not created for love of music, but to make money.

And Coldplay isn't? You seem obsessed with defending them every time someone suggests that they may not consider them as good as you think they are.

Lyev

2nd February 2010, 21:37

And Coldplay isn't? You seem obsessed with defending them every time someone suggests that they may not consider them as good as you think they are.
Fair enough.

Sam_b

2nd February 2010, 22:27

Muse.

Dr Mindbender

2nd February 2010, 23:48

BTW fuck all the Smiths haters.

Comrade Anarchist

2nd February 2010, 23:54

Anybody who has once or ever worked for disney

which doctor

3rd February 2010, 03:55

Anything played on top 40 stations

well arent u so kool

Incendiarism

3rd February 2010, 16:00

well arent u so kool

Well, yeah.

I hate top 40 radio because that's all my goddamn coworkers listen to. There's no escape for it either, as electronic devices are banned from the store.

pierrotlefou

3rd February 2010, 18:11

this band called Orthrelm. Most annoying band I've ever heard.

pfffft orthrelm rules brah.

I cannot listen to nickelback or sublime. I get in fights with people who like those bands. Nothing they do or did is acceptable. I also really dislike most "smooth jazz", which should be renamed awful bourgeois fake jazz, and ska.

Axle

3rd February 2010, 19:45

Bush, The Deftones, and all the sound-alike "indie" bands.

Raúl Duke

3rd February 2010, 21:11

Most hip-hop
Virtually all Reggeaton (ironic)
A lot of mainstream music
most metal

and other things.
I hate U2 but mostly because of the pretentious prick Bono

Also, for those who dislike RHCP you are in my shit list.
j/k

I cannot listen to nickelback or sublime.I like sublime but hate nickelback, it's just trash. Most of "new grunge" somewhat sucks/is lame

Scary Monster

3rd February 2010, 22:43

What is everybody dissing gangsta rap for? Sure there's the mindless 50 Cent-style shit but what about Ice Cube, Ice-T, Schoolly D, NWA, Geto Boys, Cypress Hill and Da Lench Mob?

Thank you. Thats just what i was about to say!

I fucking hate Rancid and Nofx. They have that kinda pop rock sound. Theyre like Blink 182 with mohawks and a "punk-attitude" image. But everybody fucking worships them. I also get a lil irritated over The Beatles because theyre worshipped by everyone and everything. Can anyone explain to me why (besides their far left-leaning political stance and their boy-band beginnings)?

Haha and it seems nobody likes coldplay. I cant stand them either. All the songs ive heard from them are so bland and boring, yet theyre hailed as a genious band by every music source.

Vendetta

3rd February 2010, 22:46

I forgot, ABBA and Coldplay.

Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg

7th February 2010, 11:58

I forgot, ABBA and Coldplay.

Abba just reminds me of Alan Partridge...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g2Jksk8WVE

Yeah, all this shite about The Beatles is really irritating, give me The Who, Kinks, Stones over them anyday!

Coldplay, Radiohead, ABBA, Bee Gees, Elvis (his ballads are crap and his rock and roll isnt a patch on Chuck Berry etc)

Belisarius

7th February 2010, 14:23

probably every diva on the radio station

Black Sheep

7th February 2010, 14:27

Also, Oasis.
Every song is similar to another, and so boring and mellow.

Belisarius

7th February 2010, 15:37

who have to admit Britney spears can count. she already got to 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-kUu1Z1hx4

Chairman Wow

7th February 2010, 15:42

Rage Against the Machine are embarrassing. And those Anti-Flag/NoFX type "punk" bands are garbage.

Black Sheep

8th February 2010, 07:15

Rage Against the Machine are embarrassing.
How are they embarassing? :confused:

Madvillainy

8th February 2010, 19:02

How are they embarassing? :confused:

Because their music is unoriginal garbage and tom morello is an overrated turd.

pierrotlefou

8th February 2010, 19:51

Because their music is unoriginal garbage and tom morello is an overrated turd.
For his actual level of talent he may be the most overrated guitarist of all time. What the fuck is up with those stupid "solos"?

southernmissfan

8th February 2010, 22:52

Well at work I get stuck to Top 40 (though it seems more like 12). I swear to god, I think if I hear Rhianna or Lady Gaga or Nickelback one more time I will quit...

The Ben G

8th February 2010, 23:46

Well at work I get stuck to Top 40 (though it seems more like 12). I swear to god, I think if I hear Rhianna or Lady Gaga or Nickelback one more time I will quit...

Sounds like my bus.

cmdrdeathguts

9th February 2010, 00:10

Because their music is unoriginal garbage and tom morello is an overrated turd.
QFT. The only riff I ever liked of his was on Cochise from the first Audioslave album - and let's be honest, it's a pantera lift. Will take a Dimebag solo over a token feedback squeak anyday.

I don't think they're unoriginal - they were one of the first bands to do rap and rock together in that way. They're just unimaginative.

cmdrdeathguts

9th February 2010, 00:13

Oh, and muse, The Killers, the Kooks, the <insert every band in the NME for about ten years>, RHCP, In Flames, Kanye West, and a million others. i'm really a very spiteful person.

Axle

10th February 2010, 21:49

Kanye West

But Kanye is the voice of our generation!!!1!!

cmdrdeathguts

11th February 2010, 02:38

He did at least give us the look on Mike Myers' face in that Katrina outburst. Crikey.

Axle

11th February 2010, 05:06

He did at least give us the look on Mike Myers' face in that Katrina outburst. Crikey.

Well, we did have a Prez so heartless.

Weezer

11th February 2010, 05:45

But Kanye is the voice of our generation!!!1!!

...and a gay fish!

Chimurenga.

11th February 2010, 07:52

pfffft orthrelm rules brah.

to each, his own.

BTW fuck all the Smiths haters.

Agreed. Strangeways is one of my favorite records of all time. I prefer Morrissey's solo stuff to the Smiths but still a great band.

ZeroNowhere

11th February 2010, 13:32

Muse.
These guys were over here recently. They are also horrible.

And those Anti-Flag/NoFX type "punk" bands are garbage.Definitely. The unfunny jokes about easy targets as the lyrics to pop songs with electric guitar thing NoFX do is pretty much utterly intolerable.

Other than that, RHCP, U2, etc (the Smiths are listenable, if not enjoyable), I generally find Helloween's 'Keeper...' albums and the legion europower bands that take after than style tend to be incredibly annoying; more or less everything on the radio is horrible, mallcore (aka. nu metal) is asinine, and... Actually, fuck it.

Oh, and muse, The Killers, the Kooks, the <insert every band in the NME for about ten years>, RHCP, In Flames, Kanye West, and a million others. i'm really a very spiteful person.This.

un_person

11th February 2010, 14:32

MGMT :thumbdown:

Invader Zim

11th February 2010, 15:50

Rage Against the Machine are embarrassing.

Indeed, they are one of those bands that give political music a very bad name. Their lyrics are just so fucking childish.

I.Drink.Your.Milkshake

12th February 2010, 13:26

I also get a lil irritated over The Beatles because theyre worshipped by everyone and everything. Can anyone explain to me why (besides their far left-leaning political stance and their boy-band beginnings)?

i can, but im not sure you deserve it.....

;)

I.Drink.Your.Milkshake

12th February 2010, 13:40

here goes;

5 years ago i hated the Beatles. Couldnt see the appeal at all, i thought they were bland and, in short, not "rock n roll". To understand them you really need to think about them in seperate terms to people like the Stones, Hendrix, the Who etc. I love the Stones (as those in 'the know' can probably tell from my avatar)- Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street are two of my favourite rock albums of all time. But thats all they are - Rock albums. Beyond Satisfaction, Sympathy for the Devil and possibly Gimme Shelter the Stones really had not much else to say for themselves other than regurgatating tired old sex n drugs n rock n roll adolescent wank fantasies (especially after 1972).

The sheer scope of the Beatles output puts them on a different plain entirely as artists. Between 66-68 they were more than just a pop/rock band - i think this is where many people fail to understand them. They think about the Beatles in the terms of a rock n roll band when it isnt apt to do so. They were genuine artists working in the field of music. The ambition, imagination they showed during this phase is how i grew to love them - nothing was off limits. In a time when everyone else was obsessed with new-ness, The Beatles realised that you could synthesise the old and the new to create something else entirely. So you have touches of music hall, classical, brass band, jazz all thrown into the melting pot with the more sonic experimentation of the 60's. In this sense they were genuinely experimental, and groundbreaking - Tomorrow Never Knows is the first modern dance track, and Taxman was post-punk before there was any punk to be post about.

And they could rock out too - Helter Skelter a prime example.

As a rock band i probably prefer the Who. As songwriters i definitely prefer Ray Davies, Lou Reed and Bob Dylan, and as instrumentalists i definitely prefer Hendrix, Townshend yap yap yap.

But as a working collective the Beatles are above almost all of these - they were constantly prepared to be different and they were prolific, in a way not many bands are or ever have been. 14 studio albums in 8 years - 7 in 4 years since they became a "proper" band (Lennons words, not mine). Way above and beyond any achievements by anyone else of that era except possibly Dylan.

RHIZOMES

12th February 2010, 14:31

What is everybody dissing gangsta rap for? Sure there's the mindless 50 Cent-style shit but what about Ice Cube, Ice-T, Schoolly D, NWA, Geto Boys, Cypress Hill and Da Lench Mob?

^^^Listen to this man and stop being ignorant everyone. Hip-hop is a great music genre that capitalism ruined. I strongly recommend everyone who hates rap read some Tricia Rose (http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1866048,00.html).

Here's my list:
AC/DC
The Smiths
99% of metal
Death Cab for Cutie
Modest Mouse
Pop punk
J-Pop
The Killers
Muse
Nickelback
Sublime
Coldplay
Black Eyed Peas

I like Kanye's first three albums though, despite how much of a massive douchebag he is.

I.Drink.Your.Milkshake

12th February 2010, 14:45

^^^Listen to this man and stop being ignorant everyone. Hip-hop is a great music genre that capitalism ruined.

I dont think everyone is being ignorant. Most people (myself included) have specified a distaste for Gangsta Rap, specifically, rather tha Hip Hop as a whole. In my own post this was a deliberate distinction. Gangsta Rap is the idiots that just bang on about *****es and bling and how much fucking cash theyve got. Dont wanna hear it. I love beats and basslines, but lyrically so much of it is totally brain dead.

I.Drink.Your.Milkshake

12th February 2010, 15:14

BTW fuck all the Smiths haters.

i totally get anyone that doesnt like the Smiths. I love them but theyre an acquired taste, a bit like brie or watching darts as a spectator. First time i listened to them, on a cheap cd id bought, i hated them but listened to the cd again and again. Then it dawned how great they were. It does annoy me when they become too associated with the kind of shrinking flower, shy indie-kid type though, as i think that Morrissey was every bit as angry a writer as Strummer or Lydon. Certainly my own favorite Smiths songs are the ones that have some form of social commentary or reportage or some kind of third person narrative to them, rather than Moz simply bemoaning his lot.

And Johnny Marr's arrangements are some of the best in pop history. As a guitarist myself i find his stuff more difficult to master than Hendrix or Page.

RHIZOMES

12th February 2010, 18:42

I dont think everyone is being ignorant. Most people (myself included) have specified a distaste for Gangsta Rap, specifically, rather tha Hip Hop as a whole. In my own post this was a deliberate distinction. Gangsta Rap is the idiots that just bang on about *****es and bling and how much fucking cash theyve got. Dont wanna hear it. I love beats and basslines, but lyrically so much of it is totally brain dead.

I think that's a caricature of gangsta rap lyrics firstly, and secondly I think you would need to put hard rock under the same category if one was to be consistent, quite a few songs in that genre about money and lots of chicks if I remember correctly.

Honggweilo

12th February 2010, 19:48

schlager

I.Drink.Your.Milkshake

12th February 2010, 21:53

I think that's a caricature of gangsta rap lyrics firstly, and secondly I think you would need to put hard rock under the same category if one was to be consistent, quite a few songs in that genre about money and lots of chicks if I remember correctly.

Definitely, and in fact I criticised The Stones for exactly that in my post on the Beatles - "sex n drugs n rock n roll adolescent wank fantasies".

If you consider the Stones hard rock.... i dont, particularly. I dont like hard rock.

Weezer

12th February 2010, 23:37

Also, I despise Sonic Youth, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, most of Queen's music, and Slipknot.

Stand Your Ground

13th February 2010, 01:04

Not all rap is like that:

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The Ben G

13th February 2010, 03:52

Why is everybody hating on Metal? First off, Metallica, Slipknot, Korn, and Hair Bands are not metal.

Il Medico

13th February 2010, 03:55

Most Metal and all country except for John Cash. (he's alright)

The Ben G

13th February 2010, 03:56

Most Metal and all country except for John Cash. (he's alright)

Johnny Cash is not just alright. He is the epitomy of awsome.

*Viva La Revolucion*

13th February 2010, 04:28

I can't stand the Beatles. It's not about them, it's about how overrated they are. Their music is OK, but it's not moving and it's bland.

I'm not a fan of boy bands - Take That, Westlife, Boyzone or any of the zillion bands that copied them.
Same about girl bands - sugababes, girls aloud etc.
Avril Lavinge - just no.
I don't like metal. None of it appeals to me.

And perhaps the type of music I hate the most: Christian rock. When they're singing lyrics like ''save me'' I always imagine they're talking about being rescued from the terrible noise they're making.

RHIZOMES

13th February 2010, 07:12

Why is everybody hating on Metal? First off, Metallica, Slipknot, Korn, and Hair Bands are not metal.

We know, metal still sucks and the majority of metalheads I've met tend to be right-wing morons.

cb9's_unity

13th February 2010, 08:01

To metal sucks is like saying "rock sucks" or "hip-hop sucks", the genre is far too diverse for almost any overarching description to be correct. At this point there are almost countless sub-genres within metal, a lot of them butting heads with each other.

Sure there are a lot of right wing assholes, but then there's also Protest the Hero who's only two albums were very much pro-feminist. Even the sub-genres are breaking apart. There's a lot of really simplistic and brainless metalcore bands, but then you have Between the Buried and Me who are one of the most progressive and technical bands i've ever heard. And then there's a lot of fucking awesome death metal (melodic and technical are my preference), folk metal, and progressive metal.

Also why is there so much sublime hate? Their mainstream hits are only the tip of the iceberg with that band. They were also a band that did such a good job blending multiple genres (punk, reggae, ska, and some hip-hop here and there) that no band has really been able to sound like them.

The Red Next Door

13th February 2010, 17:21

Rage Against the Machine are embarrassing. And those Anti-Flag/NoFX type "punk" bands are garbage.
Kill all the rage against the machine haters!:D

I.Drink.Your.Milkshake

13th February 2010, 18:18

To metal sucks is like saying "rock sucks" or "hip-hop sucks", the genre is far too diverse for almost any overarching description to be correct. At this point there are almost countless sub-genres within metal, a lot of them butting heads with each other.

This is perhaps the biggest problem with this thread. If someone is not a fan of reggae or jazz or whatever, then they wont have developed the connoisseur's ears for it and are more easily susceptible to saying things like "it all sounds the same". But anyone that has listened to any genre in depth has developed an ear for the intricacies in the different sounds of that specific genre. Plenty of people tell me "all reggae sounds the same" but i can hear clear differences between Prince Buster and Tappa Zukie.

metal is rubbish though.

I.Drink.Your.Milkshake

13th February 2010, 18:25

I can't stand the Beatles. It's not about them, it's about how overrated they are. Their music is OK, but it's not moving and it's bland.

Yeah i understand this. I get a humanist kick out of the creative imagination The Beatles music shows, and this is the level on which it moves me. Again, i think this comes from thinking about the Beatles in different terms to "rock" bands. It doesnt always go for the big, sweeping emotions or the animal rocknrollness, it deliberately tries to avoid those cliches.

And perhaps the type of music I hate the most: Christian rock. When they're singing lyrics like ''save me'' I always imagine they're talking about being rescued from the terrible noise they're making.

^ This ^

DeSalonSocialist

13th February 2010, 18:36

Almost all pop music and most hiphop (with exceptions ofcourse) and i can't stand happy music like happy hardcore/tekno or just really upbeat shit in general.

Bands/Artists i really detest from the deepest bottom of my heart:
-50 Cent (duh)
-Kanye West
-Brtiney Spears
-August Born (if i hear that 1000's butterflies song one more time, i will start stabbing random people)
-Every other retard that is exactly the same as the former people.

I don't have that much recent music i hate though, because i mostly avoid any medium that forces me to listen to that crap.

Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg

13th February 2010, 22:00

The Beatles can never be forgivern for We All Live in a Yellow Submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine etc

Now Wings...their the band the Beatles coul dhave been. (another Alan Partridge gem)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyZspqjtG2k

13th February 2010, 22:19

Lady Fucking Gaga.

Pirate Utopian

13th February 2010, 23:03

I see some people dislike kanye west.
I liked his first album and his second album was listenable, since then he hasnt been so good, his last album especially.

But he is not without his moments, he denounced homophobia in hip-hop, his statements around hurricane Katrina were spot on and he does have some good songs.

Like so...
GknaBceo0Vc

Axle

14th February 2010, 01:43

14th February 2010, 10:14

I'm a fan of metal, but I despise black metal basically in its entirety. It's tied way too heavily into Nazism and Satanism, and even if it weren't...the music is still basically just really fast noise.

Plus, a lot of black metal has a stupid elitist hang up on "raw" production...which, as far as I can tell, means that they record with a cassette player in a tiny aluminum shed.
I'm a huge fan of metal (mainly into metalcore and deathcore), too. I also think that the ideologies behind most black metal bands (there are a few Leftist bands though) are essentially racist and counter-revolutionary, but I have yet to listen to the music itself.

Delenda Carthago

14th February 2010, 10:20

I hate Hair Metal.It insults my aesthetics.

RedScare

14th February 2010, 18:03

Anything very emo, like Hawthorne Heights or Panic at the Disco. Fall Out Boy.

pierrotlefou

15th February 2010, 03:32

I'm a fan of metal, but I despise black metal basically in its entirety. It's tied way too heavily into Nazism and Satanism, and even if it weren't...the music is still basically just really fast noise.

Plus, a lot of black metal has a stupid elitist hang up on "raw" production...which, as far as I can tell, means that they record with a cassette player in a tiny aluminum shed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lvIER0Mr0o&feature=related

this band is mind blowing. I'm not really into BM myself but this band blew me away live.

The Ben G

15th February 2010, 03:42

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lvIER0Mr0o&feature=related

this band is mind blowing. I'm not really into BM myself but this band blew me away live.

Sounds like Samael, but not as awesome.

15th February 2010, 08:23

Anything very emo, like Hawthorne Heights or Panic at the Disco. Fall Out Boy.
I used to listen to all those. That was before I realised that Hawthorne Heights, etc. all seemed to sound the same.

Invader Zim

15th February 2010, 11:35

I think that's a caricature of gangsta rap lyrics firstly, and secondly I think you would need to put hard rock under the same category if one was to be consistent, quite a few songs in that genre about money and lots of chicks if I remember correctly.

That isn't really fair. While there are certainly some rock (not just hard rock) acts that have, at best, chauvanistic lyrics such as Nashville Pussy (who are fucking terrible anyway) they aren't nearly as ubiquitous to the genre as comparable "artists" are in gangsta rap. Even some of the groups noted in this thread as good hip-hop artists are very bad for including overt mysoginy in their lyrics. To quote MC Ren:

"I find a good piece o' pussy, I go up in it
So if you're at a show in the front row
I'm a call you a ***** or dirty-ass ho
You'll probably get mad like a ***** is supposed to"

I actually quite like NWA, I find them funny, but there isn't anything funny about the above.

cmdrdeathguts

15th February 2010, 15:18

Also why is there so much sublime hate? Their mainstream hits are only the tip of the iceberg with that band. They were also a band that did such a good job blending multiple genres (punk, reggae, ska, and some hip-hop here and there) that no band has really been able to sound like them.
Would that it were true - but what about Matisyahu?

cmdrdeathguts

15th February 2010, 15:22

Anything very emo, like Hawthorne Heights or Panic at the Disco. Fall Out Boy.
Check out some of the older emo stuff. Angel Hair could eat Panic at the Disco and wash it down with the blood of Fall Out Boy.

Stand Your Ground

16th February 2010, 03:37

Fuckin' Owl City.
Fuckin fireflies. :cursing:

pierrotlefou

16th February 2010, 04:34

Check out some of the older emo stuff. Angel Hair could eat Panic at the Disco and wash it down with the blood of Fall Out Boy.
not just that but bands like them and indian summer don't sound much like newer "emo" at all.

CChocobo

22nd April 2010, 06:51

Most of the crappy screamo scene core bands now days. i.e. underoath, attack attack, a day to remember, brokencyde lol.
cant stand that stuff. Especially when everyone calls all those bands hardcore. To me hardcore bands are bands like gorilla biscuit, black flag, government warning, bad brains etc. not the crappy untalented metal core and screamo bands now days.. mayeb i'm just getting old *sighs*

Rusty Shackleford

22nd April 2010, 07:30

ICP, Brokencyde, most modern popular music. nu-metal, hard rock, most -cores, i could go on.

gorillafuck

23rd April 2010, 04:15

Pink Floyd

Rainbow Stalin

25th April 2010, 08:47

Metallica, unfortunately.

Red North

27th April 2010, 15:24

Nickleback! :mad:

Foldered

27th April 2010, 22:51

Unfortunately I think it would be a waste of time to make a list. There are far too many.

theblackmask

29th April 2010, 10:54

Mark another one up for Owl Shitty.

Chambered Word

1st May 2010, 09:02

Can't stand that emo Paramore shit. I'm going to buy a Paramore shirt and write underneath 'sucks baskets of cock'.

Aesop

6th May 2010, 21:36

Metallica, unfortunately.

Same

Dooga Aetrus Blackrazor

7th May 2010, 03:29

I actually like a lot of the bands mentioned in this thread. Some of them I listen to, but I'm not a big fan. Rage Against the Machine and Bush I like, more so the former.

Genre wise, I don't like most bands of every genre because most bands are bad. However, rap and country are especially terrible - there are exceptions. Rap is best when it is sung in a certain way. I'm sorry, but rap is not "tough." It's supposed to be poetic or a social commentary, if anything.

Metal is where the anger is. I mean, I just googled angriest rap songs, and I've given up. All of them are just laughable. The people don't seem intimidating or angry. More like whiny people with insecurities. So little emotion in most of the songs, too. Talking about losing loved one's or almost dieing in a robotic way. Terribad.

And country. Let's pretend the world is simple and everything is great. Oh, and let's reduce women to and men to stereotypical gender roles for good measure. Obviously, Cash is great, but country mostly sucks.