One of my work colleagues and I got into a music discussion today during lunch, and it ventured into territory of bands we'd never really want to hear again.
After some further deliberation, here is my list, rather inconclusive it may be, and in no determinate order...
1) Steppenwolf. I think it was my roommate during my sophmore year in college who really dug this band. I liked them for a while, too, until I began to realize that if some hack ad writer said "Let's invoke the spirit of the 60s!" they would invariably turn to "Born to be Wild," or "Magic Carpet Ride" as a musical back drop. It became to be a trite, cliched joke for me.
2) The Doors. I dug them in high school. I'm not in high school anymore. Whenever I hear them, it brings me back....but sometimes nostalgia, frankly, sucks.
3) BTO. Bachman Turner Overdrive. Much like Steppenwolf for me, but the difference being I never liked BTO. The only good thing to come from it was a good joke in High Fidelity: "We're on the verge of calling ourselves 'Kathleen Turner Overdrive,' but tonight we are 'Barry Jive and the Uptown Five."
4) ELO. Great band, and Jeff Lynne is cool, although this band kinda reminds me of the 70s version of Oasis. I can't listen to them anymore.
5) Led Zeppelin. Blasphemy! It's been on classic rock stations since longer than I can remember. I guess after so many years of hearing the same few songs playing over and over again, I would just rather switch the channel. Plus, I can't ever seem to remember the song names. They could all be called "Chuck," and I wouldn't know the difference. My roommate's band does a pretty cool cover of "Kashmir," but at this point, I'd rather hear them do it than Led Zeppelin.
6) Jethro Tull. "Bungle in the Jungle." Seriously? Did I ever have a reason to like this band?
I'm sure I could think of others, but I think these will do for the moment.
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