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What’s an album you thought you would like at first but ended up disliking after listening to it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by zachimusprime44@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] iii@mander.xyz 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Not an album but an artist. David Bowie.

[–] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

gasp

[–] iii@mander.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm really into some artists that cite him as a major inspiration and influence. So it baffles me too.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I find with stuff like this it's important to understand the context of when it first came out. Had a neighbor say he didn't get the appeal of the Ramones because a lot of bands sound similar. I told him when the Ramones came out NOBODY sounded like that. Another is David Letterman. By the time he retired he was nothing special but when he first started it was groundbreaking.

[–] BitSound@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Sometimes known as Seinfeld is Unfunny

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah - somebody told me Queen were boring and formulaic. I told them to delete their memory of the last 45/50 years’ music and listen to them again. I’m not a massive fan, but props where props are due.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

I can understand, stylistically he’s a chameleon and I only like his work from certain periods.

[–] Jonnyprophet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

How can you say something so controversial, yet so true?!

Bowie isn't fantastic. Neither is Bill Murrey or Betty White. They are just people that have been grasped onto by social media and exemplified. It helps if they've died and get a "martyr" image too.

I mean some Bowie stuff is good, Life on Mars, Lets dance.... But he's just a British Melloncamp.