PopTodd

Don't hate Cream, but that stuff has been pretty much played out for me, whereas his solo output is just... blech.

Eric Clapton Used to be my all-time favorite. Now I cannot listen to a single thing by him, with the exception of Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs.

Definitely. Me too.

Smiths? Robyn Hitchcock? Makes the RNRHOF look xenophobic by not including those artists. I mean hell, at least THE SMITHS!

Agree with everything that Louie said. If Husker Du isn't in, there is no way in hell that UT is getting in.

Or that you at least like a lot... And, what changed your mind? When I was a metalhead in my early teens, I hated anything synth-based on principle. But, now that I've gotten over that, I have come to love The Smiths And yes, I know that there are no synths in any Smiths songs, that Johnny Marr had a very no-synths aesthetic, but I think that the pure fey-ness of the band just somehow implied the presence of electronics to me. And now, I also know that they were phenomenal and I regret not being into them when they were still making music together.

I wish that I could get past it, myself. Because, objectively, that band never released a bad record. I used to fukkin love them.

I think that it's his voice; it really is a unique instrument. Nobody else sounds like him, or even close. And the fact that I have come to associate that sound with such dreck for so many years now really does color the music that he made with The Police.

Or due to the fact that Sting went off and ruined it all with his flaccid solo career.

Bob Marley. Just played out.

There are riffs and songs here and there that I can still enjoy (like "Free For All", for one). But -- and it's not just the politics, although I'm sure those do figure, too -- the testosterone levels are enough to make me either puke or laugh my ass off. More-likely the former.

Oh, here's a BIG one: Ted Nugent Loved the Nuge when I was 15 or so. Couldn't get enough. Now he just appalls me. Ugh.

1986 for me. Although I still do enjoy the hell out of both Toys in the Attic and Rocks. Really can't fu¢k with either of those.

Metallica. One of those bands that I have no idea why I ever liked them in the first place.

Neutral Milk Hotel -- 99% I think that there is one or two songs from an EP that they put out before their first album that I have a hard time listening to. Other than that: perfection.

You're in Columbia?!? Where was the festival? I went to Mizzou and haven't been back since 91. Really want to get back down there.

Reminds me a bit of Daniel Johnston, actually. And I don't mean that as an insult (I am a fan), there is just something about it -- an amateurishness -- that reminds me of DJ. But I like it. Oh, and something in his voice sounds to me like he's drinking again. Hopefully that's just an affectation. EDIT: And I brought 14 Songs with me to work today, before seeing this thread at all. Must be a Westerbergian kinda feel in the air or something.

Honestly, I was a little disappointed in Undeclared. I mean, it was a very good show, but I expected more after Freaks & Geeks. As good as it was (and it was very good), it didn't hold a candle to the first series.

I've played shows with him before and he is a remarkable songwriter. Tells a story with the best of 'em.

Guess that I am kinda bragging in here, but I was at Wilco's first-ever Chicago show (maybe their second-ever show). T'was a late show at Lounge Ax in 1994 and it was my SECOND show of the evening. (I ran over to LAx from the Vic where I had just seen Pegboy destroy the place.) I was a huge UT fan and heard from folks in the crowd that "Jeff Tweedy is playing with his new band." First half of the show was Jeff, solo/acoustic and then he brought up the rest of the guys with: "I'd like to introduce you to my new band, Wilco." So, you Chicago people: any of you folks there too? I'm guessing tha