There are a few bands who seem to be loved by everyone. Even the mere mention of a song name will send them into a wistful trance as they talk about how amazing they are, or whatever.
For the most part, I’ll agree. But there are some bands where I just don’t get what the fuss is about. These are those bands.
The Beatles
Even nowadays people scream when someone mentions the Beatles. A crumbling and musty Paul McCartney can still cause young women to quiver at the knees (or knee, in the case of that wife he had).
Me, I don’t get it. Yes, a couple of their songs are okay, but for the most part their tracks just get on my nerves. I’m sorry. I know this has probably alienated the majority of my readers, but Yellow Submarine? Seriously?
The Stereophonics
Don’t like ‘em. Never have, really. Yes, the lead singer with a girl’s name has a distinctive voice, but so does Stephen Hawking, and you don’t hear him singing much. ‘The Bartender and the Thief’? S’alright. ‘Handbags and Gladrags’? I’ve heard better.
‘Maybe Tomorrow’? Get out. Now.
Foo Fighters
Please, stop yelling. You’re so loud, I can barely hear myself think. Why can’t you be more like Katie Melua?
And get a haircut.
U2
‘With or Without You’ is pretty much the only song by U2 I can stand. The rest? Rubbish. It’s like watching your 
grandparents on stage. Bono says things that no-one else but him understands. And ‘The Edge’? Seriously? You’re 50 years old. It’s time to go by your actual name, DAVID.
And I wish that Bono, in the video for ‘Stuck In a Moment’, would just keep his bottom on the seat for five minutes.
Dude – I hate The Beatles. Hate.
I’m glad someone else does! My in-laws are massive Beatles fans!
Although I like U2 I’m with you on the other 3. I was once lent a “best of” album by The Beatles. Seriously if that was the best !! Perhaps you need to be in some 60′s drug fuelled state to fully appreciate them ?