Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 11:54:43 -0600 From: "Durben, Steven" To: "'audities@smoe.org'" Subject: Audities hated/loved bands (was: Mission Me) Message-ID: Gary said.... As much as I hate participating in another "bands you like suck" thread, I'm intrigued by the possibility that either a universally loved or hated group exists. Hi Gary,   We may be in an "army of two" but since I asked, I'll respond.  I agree on the futility of arguing of "how can you think the band I love sucks"...really that's my point of what I was musing about.  We are "known" to be so collectively similar in taste by the very nature of this group. But I'm guessing were also as diverse. I know this has been talked about in great detail previously so I won't belabor this... Gary continued. Since we're limiting the question to the CURRENT scene (and therefore excluding The Beatles, Jellyfish, etc.), let me nominate a few current artists and see if anybody will dare to knock them out of the "universally loved" category. In NO particular order: Of your list, I "like" the following but don't LOVE them...(*) (please don't send me any letter bombs) Matthew Sweet, Owsley ,"Teenage Fanclub Others that I'm CERTAIN others don't love. Myracle Brah, Sloan Anyone ready to whittle the list down more? Squeeze XTC Splitsville The Merrymakers Cherry Twister Aimee Mann The Vandalias The Shazam Okay, I'll bite Aimee can be an artist that I find unappealing, let's face it, who could ever forgive her for taking part in those horrible "Til-Tuesday" videos in the mid-eighties. During a pop-up video a year or two ago, the other band members were said to have been shocked by the focus on her, and there relative shove into the background, and her version of ONE, on the "For the Love of Harry:Everybody Sings Nilsson" album,, is uninspiring, i compartive to Three Dog Night's version anyway, I have to hit forward play on that track everytime. I guess I'll begin to walk the plank now... But I leave happily the following.... Squeeze XTC Splitsville The Merrymakers Cherry Twister The Vandalias The Shazam