Is there one artist/album that <b>everybody</b> on ILM likes?

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Just wondering. Any suggestions...?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 October 2003 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

We did this before and the answer was, unsurprisingly, no.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Bands that EVERYONE loves

and another one

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:02 (twenty-one years ago)

What about Marvin Gaye. Surely no one actively dislikes Marvin Gaye?

― proggist, Friday, 3 October 2003 13:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Astral Weeks? Nina Simone? Kind of Blue? Gluey Porch Treatments?

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

...site...

― Vincent Vern, Friday, 3 October 2003 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Astral Weeks?

ha ha

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Blood on the Tracks? Illmatic? Power, Corruption & Lies?

― Fabrice (Fabfunk), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Have we tried to shoot down Badfinger? I'm not super*wild about them, but I thought maybe ...

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

(573 posts later)

Hooray! We all think [insert artist] is kind of OK in a sort of dutiful fashion!

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Company Flow, Wilco, and James Galway.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

The Anfield Rap

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

DJ Mencap wins.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Mudhoney

why waste your time hating mudhoney?

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Hanson.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

has anybody ever challenged the shameless Talk Talk love on ILM? would they dare?

― scott seward, Friday, 3 October 2003 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

No, I'd cry at them if they did. No one could live with the shame.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

But Dr C, as I recall, hates the later stuff.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't like Talk Talk and I find 'baby, life's what you make it' to be a fatuous, if not fascistic sentiment.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

i think it's facetious

― minna (minna), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Beethoven?
Sparks?
Miles Davis?

I don't suppose we'd all necessarily like the same eras of or pieces by these artists, but mayyyybe?

― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

perhaps we'd have an easier time if we picked one song? that would eliminate all the appendages that are easy to get in the way of someone liking a particular artist....
m.

― msp, Friday, 3 October 2003 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

With even Mozart having been dissed in a recent thread, I guess you may find some Beethoven haters here too.

Btw. Forget about "Illmatic". I am part of ILM too, remember. :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

No msp, that doesn't work either:

Find a song that everybody on ILM likes

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought the Pixies were as close as we got before. No-one actively hated them I don't *think*.

― Nick H, Friday, 3 October 2003 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Tim Hopkins does, for a start.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyway, it wasn't about actively hating, it was about liking.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

it seems like jack cole actively dislikes the pixies...

surely everyone likes... the happy birthday song? or "amazing grace"? or... taco's "puttin on the ritz"? or ike and tina's "proud mary"? or ...

i guess it didn't work before...
m.

― msp, Friday, 3 October 2003 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

msp, you are my HERO for having the audacity to put forward "Puttin' On The Ritz" as a potential song that everyone on ILM likes!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I started the Mozart thread, but only as a response to the Dylan threat right before it. Of course, I love Mozart.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

How about "Da Da Da" by Trio?

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought we decided that it was New Order.

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yeah, you don't mean individual songs. Then how about Trio :-)

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

new order are kinda boring.

sorry, I had to do it.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Let's stick with this Taco theme. I hereby nominate Taco as the ultimate unassailable ILM artist.

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Friday, 3 October 2003 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

But "Puttin' on the Ritz" is the only song by them I've heard. Perhaps the rest of their output isn't nearly as brilliant?

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 3 October 2003 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, i personally like to think that taco's only output was "puttin on the ritz"... cause really, after that, what's the point?
m.

― msp, Friday, 3 October 2003 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

do they have a greatest hits called "puttin' on the hitz"?

― mig, Friday, 3 October 2003 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

not they, he.

http://www.alpha-cd.de/cover/3793017.html

― mrjackhandey (mrjackhandey), Friday, 3 October 2003 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

How about "Da Da Da" by Trio?

― oops (Oops), Friday, 3 October 2003 17:04 (twenty-one years ago)

has everyone forgotten my talk talk beef? (ps i resolved it, for the most part)

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Friday, 3 October 2003 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

x-pst -->>> i dont actively dislike the pixies. i'm fine with them up through Doolittle, though I prefer the first ep and the first album, Surfer Rosa. Everything after Doolittle is kack, however. (hi, msp!)

― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 3 October 2003 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

How about Prince? Does anybody not like Prince? I think he's the great equalizer.

― Sam J. (samjeff), Friday, 3 October 2003 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't like Prince. Mainly for the reason that I guy I work with saw Prince ONE TIME just over a year ago and hasn't ever shut up about it being the most amazing thing ever in his whole life.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 3 October 2003 17:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I look forward to seeing Prince take Edward Woodward's role in The New Equaliser

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 3 October 2003 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Seriously, Taco should be the answer to this. Everyone loves Taco!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 3 October 2003 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

my browser is a bit broken so the 'find' feature doesn't work and i'm too lazy to manually search through the old threads but who was it that didn't like the human league?

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Friday, 3 October 2003 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Taco for California Governor.
Taco in '04.
Taco for Life.
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If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
why don't you go where fashion sits,
Puttin' on the ritz.

Different types who wear a day coat, pants with stripes
and cutaway coat, perfect fits,
Puttin' on the ritz.

Dressed up like a million dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)

Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks
or "umberellas" in their mitts,
Puttin' on the ritz.

Have you seen the well-to-do up and down Park Avenue
On that famous thoroughfare with their noses in the air
High hats and Arrow collars white spats and lots of dollars
Spending every dime for a wonderful time

If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
why don't you go where fashion sits,
(Puttin' on the ritz)
(Puttin' on the ritz)
(Puttin' on the ritz)

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Friday, 3 October 2003 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000005S30.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
I've made my voice heard. I'll stop now.

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Friday, 3 October 2003 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

We almost reached a consensus with CCR

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 3 October 2003 18:58 (twenty-one years ago)

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Sorry to say, it's probably this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw&ob=av3e

― naus, Monday, 12 March 2012 11:07 (thirteen years ago)

sorry to say you're wrong.

― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 March 2012 11:08 (thirteen years ago)

that's not even the least contentious Outkast joint

― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 March 2012 11:09 (thirteen years ago)

OK, then. Shall I posit Otis Redding?

― naus, Monday, 12 March 2012 11:23 (thirteen years ago)

wouldn't argue with that.

― thomasintrouble, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:44 (thirteen years ago)

i think sam cooke would be even more universal. kinda unhateable, no?

nobody has said anything negative at all about sly & the family stone. good enough for me.

― scott seward, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:47 (thirteen years ago)

Otis Redding has already been vetoed by Tom Ewing, among others, who hate his singing style. I think they're crazy but just letting you know. Sam Cooke and Sly are probably best bets.

― Display Name (this cannot be changed):, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:55 (thirteen years ago)

Ok I got response from Geir on another thread, to me, anyone from the R&B axis has to be vetted through Geir (as he is part of "everybody on ILM") and obviously anyone from R&B has to pass the melodic standards of Mr. Hongroe...to wit:

A question for me up here. Stevie Wonder I like a lot. Not everything but I really love the ballads on his 70s albums. Sly is OK, Bill Withers I only know a few tracks but they are fine.

― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, March 10, 2012 3:05 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

So...it appears Stevie passes with flying colors, Sly less so...and Bill Withers (kinda, but knowing Geir I would bet he would be preferable to Sly & the Family Stone overall just based on Geir is not gonna like some Riot etc)

so...

Has anyone been on record of disliking Stevie Wonder?

― a little tiny crunk person (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 March 2012 15:18 (thirteen years ago)

still think anyone who dislikes the Beatles must be crazy

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 12 March 2012 15:35 (thirteen years ago)

From what I've gathered reading this thread, if you can find an artist/album that would please such outliers as Mordy, Alex in NYC, Geir, Lex, and Tuomas, you've more than likely got a winner.

what illustrious company!

― Mordy, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:38 (thirteen years ago)

i guess we still haven't clarified whether we're looking for an artist that nobody on ilx dislikes, or one that everyone likes. i'm pretty apathetic re stevie wonder and sly and the family stone. i'll sign onto otis redding and sam cooke, tho.

― Mordy, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:40 (thirteen years ago)

re: Stevie Wonder nomination

― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 12 March 2012 15:52 (thirteen years ago)

Someone with an ironic invisible name can't count.

― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:54 (thirteen years ago)

i used to not like stevie wonder that much but then this year i listened to a gang of songs in the key of life on vinyl and i changed my tune big time

― a little tiny crunk person (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 March 2012 16:01 (thirteen years ago)

I've never managed to fall in love with Stevie. Or the Beatles, really, though that has mre to do with overexposure.

Bill Withers and Sly I cannot imagine anyone not liking (anyone here, anyway)

― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Monday, 12 March 2012 16:05 (thirteen years ago)

bill withers honestly seems almost impossible to dislike imo

like i LOVE riot going on but i could see ppl thinking at least that sly album was kinda sludgey and formess or something (but it's great great great, like one of the greatest)

― a little tiny crunk person (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 March 2012 16:06 (thirteen years ago)

Ok, if we're sticking with albums (and being really liberal about the definition of "album") how could anyone not love Sly & TFS's "Greatest Hits?"

― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Monday, 12 March 2012 16:09 (thirteen years ago)

isn't part of the problem here that we're looking for artists who meet some kind of objective criterion of what constitutes good music? such criteria don't really exist do they?

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 12 March 2012 16:13 (thirteen years ago)

it's less looking for "good music" and more looking for artists whose music is the closest to speaking to a universal experience for a subset of people who have spent years comparing and blending their musical tastes together into a loosely defined asthetic

― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Monday, 12 March 2012 16:29 (thirteen years ago)

DJP OTM.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 12 March 2012 17:10 (thirteen years ago)

Owen P. you are a crazy person.

― The Reverend, Monday, 12 March 2012 17:24 (thirteen years ago)

the closest to speaking to a universal experience for a subset of people who have spent years comparing and blending their musical tastes together into a loosely defined asthetic

but this universal experience is nowhere near existing. is it?

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 12 March 2012 18:04 (thirteen years ago)

that is precisely the question this thread is asking

― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Monday, 12 March 2012 18:09 (thirteen years ago)

well, after 662 posts I think it's fairly obvious what the answer is

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 12 March 2012 18:20 (thirteen years ago)

yup

Taco!

― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Monday, 12 March 2012 18:22 (thirteen years ago)

@ The Rev, I agree it is crazy and it's taken me a long time to come to terms with it, and it took a sleepless night to share this very private and embarrassing dislike

― an elk hunt (Ówen P.), Monday, 12 March 2012 18:38 (thirteen years ago)

It's ok, I hate the Beach Boys.

― The Reverend, Monday, 12 March 2012 18:44 (thirteen years ago)

not an uncommon sentiment around here

― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 12 March 2012 18:45 (thirteen years ago)

Don't hate em, but Brian Wilson worship annoys the piss outta me. But that's probably blamingnim for the Animal Collectives and whatnot of the world, which isn't really fair.

― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Monday, 12 March 2012 18:46 (thirteen years ago)

The Manics?

Everyone loves 'em, yeah?

― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 18:47 (thirteen years ago)

Ennio Morricone?

― MarkoP, Monday, 12 March 2012 18:51 (thirteen years ago)

i think sam cooke would be even more universal. kinda unhateable, no?

If the official account of the events leading to his death is true, he may not have been totally unhateable as a person. His music is great though.

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 08:34 (thirteen years ago)

for a long time I had the Sam Cooke death story mixed up with the Al Green finding God story and thought that Sam Cooke died from fourth-degree grits burns

― You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God (crüt), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 08:59 (thirteen years ago)

the only sam cooke song I like is "Good Times".

― beachville, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 10:23 (thirteen years ago)

Have we ruled out either Scott Walker or Serge Gainsbourg yet?

― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 11:33 (thirteen years ago)

the Sam Cooke album with "Puttin' On The Ritz" is a contender for sure.

gonna nominate the Chess soundtrack too.

― Euler, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 12:08 (thirteen years ago)

tbh, I find musical! shows! annoying. chess included.

― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 12:28 (thirteen years ago)

― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 12:32 (thirteen years ago)

No! wait a minute! I have been Researching. I think it might only be Tim Rice that I don't like, all the songs that put me off musicals appear to be his.

― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:05 (thirteen years ago)

he only does the lyrics!

― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:19 (thirteen years ago)

They always sound to me as if they've been crammed into the wrong song.

― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:41 (thirteen years ago)

I always maintained that I didn't trust anyone who didn't like The Ramones.

Thus far, this has been sound advice.

― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 04:45 (thirteen years ago)

does anybody dislike the kinks?

― nakamura, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:01 (thirteen years ago)

not a favorite, but they've got some songs, i guess i'd say i half like them, half don't.

― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:04 (thirteen years ago)

I don't think These New Puritans are too fond of them

― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:05 (thirteen years ago)

If the official account of the events leading to his death is true,

I would say it's highly unlikely that the official account is true

― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:06 (thirteen years ago)

it's so convoluted and bizarre I've never really found it credible.

― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:06 (thirteen years ago)

does anybody dislike the kinks?

I doubt Lex has ever even heard of the kinks

― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:07 (thirteen years ago)

it's so convoluted and bizarre I've never really found it credible.

How is it "convoluted and bizarre"? Even if you don't believe this particular story to be true, attempted rape and random drunken violence are not that rare in general.

― Tuomas, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:21 (thirteen years ago)

That's a big if.

― Mark G, Friday, 16 March 2012 06:57 (thirteen years ago)

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Is there one artist/album that everybody on ILM likes?