In a recent interview, ex-Smiths and Modest Mouse guitarist Johnny Marr confessed that he really didnt get the hairy and theatrical rock gods Queen. This is a more common reason for not liking an act than you would think - its possible to be able to appreciate the musical merits of an artist, and accept that there a smorgasbord of reasons that they are so massively popular, and still have them leave you as cold as a snow leopard thats forgotten to pay its heating bill. In that spirit, here are 10 acts that are massively popular in their own right, but leave me feeling no emotion other than utter indifference towards them.
10. Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon is a decent album-decent, no more, no less. I can see why they sold millions of records, but Ive listened to The Wall and Wish You Were Here umpteen times in a vain attempt to find something, ANYTHING, that I can make a connection with, and I struggle to this day. The Floyd are probably always destined to be an act that I find it easy to admire from afar, but hard to love- and I blame Thom Yorke. Radiohead were my favourite band in my teenage years, and I will always rate Ok Computer as a record that out-Floyds Floyd. Quite simply, and utterly unfairly, anything that Ive listened to by Pink Floyd pales in comparison. And lets face it, 80% of The Wall was humdrum filler, right?