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I think we have had this topic before, but I can't find it Search. Plus, we have so many new faces around here, I thought I'd ask:

So, you see the fave NW artists on everybody's lists...others revere them...the Big Guns, the Big Kahuna(s)....dare I say, the GODS of NW....all you can say is that you never saw what all the fuss was about. Who never grabbed you? Which do you dislike ? This should be an interesting list.[}:)]

me? Erasure never did it for me.
Split Enz
a-ha

Depeche Mode

I liked "Dreaming of You" and one other song that I can't thing of, but other than those 2...........I never cared for 'em.

[quote][i]Originally posted by xtc-1957[/i]
<br>Depeche Mode

I liked "Dreaming of You" and one other song that I can't thing of, but other than those 2...........I never cared for 'em.
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That's at the top of my list too. I harbor no ill feeelings toward them, but they just do nothing for me.

There are lots that I didn't like and a few that I REALLY despised:

B-52's
New Order
Heaven 17
Thomas Dolby
Depeche Mode
Smiths

I know, I know! How dare I! Sorry, but these guys just didn't do much for me. But, I'm quite sure someone is gonna come along and post a few of my faves.

[quote][i]Originally posted by ExRat[/i]
<br>There are lots that I didn't like and a few that I REALLY despised:

B-52's
New Order
Heaven 17
Thomas Dolby
Depeche Mode
Smiths

I know, I know! How dare I! Sorry, but these guys just didn't do much for me. But, I'm quite sure someone is gonna come along and post a few of my faves.
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These all suck HARD you blasphemous cretin!!!! [:D]

Terveet Kädet, Vice Squad, Fun Boy Three, Ramones, Joy Division, XTC, X-Ray Spex, Heartbreakers, Fad Gadget, Crass, Rudimentary Peni, Marianne Faithfull, Killing Joke, Pogues, Nick Cave, Hüsker Dü, Fay Ray, A.P.P.L.E., J.M.K.E., Propeller, Kirsty MacColl, Sex Gang Children, Echo and the Bunnymen, Saints, Pain Teens, Tenpole Tudor, Nina Hagen, 7 Seconds, Action Pact, Neil Diamond.

oh yeah,
the Ramones too....thanks for the reminder

I honestly can't single out a particular 'Big Gun' NW group. Of course, they all had their share of clunkers but overall, not enough to deep six my appreciation of the artist.
NOW if you're talkin lesser known bands, Do I Have Some Choice Picks 4U!

OK.. OK, Got One: Kraftwerk (never got past 'Numbers' and 'Tour De France')

I agree with you, 2NU. I find myself more into songs than bands and even the bands I try to dislike (like Duran Duran) have some excellent songs - I just ignore the ones I don't like.

If someone wants to start a "NW songs you couldn't get into" then I'll go off on a rant. But until there, all is good with the NW world.

The following never did it for me:
the Cure
Smiths/Morrissey
Depeche Mode
Duran Duran
Soft Cell
Altered Images
Spandau Ballet

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by ExRat[/i]
<br>There are lots that I didn't like and a few that I REALLY despised:

B-52's
New Order
Heaven 17
Thomas Dolby
Depeche Mode
Smiths

I know, I know! How dare I! Sorry, but these guys just didn't do much for me. But, I'm quite sure someone is gonna come along and post a few of my faves.
[/quote]
These all suck HARD you blasphemous cretin!!!! [:D]

Terveet Kädet, Vice Squad, Fun Boy Three, Ramones, Joy Division, XTC, X-Ray Spex, Heartbreakers, Fad Gadget, Crass, Rudimentary Peni, Marianne Faithfull, Killing Joke, Pogues, Nick Cave, Hüsker Dü, Fay Ray, A.P.P.L.E., J.M.K.E., Propeller, Kirsty MacColl, Sex Gang Children, Echo and the Bunnymen, Saints, Pain Teens, Tenpole Tudor, Nina Hagen, 7 Seconds, Action Pact, Neil Diamond.
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Yeah, exactly! Where'd you get that piece o' crap list, anyways? Wait a minute...some of those are.....most of those are......ALL of those are.....CURSES! YOU VILE AND LOATHESOME OGRE! SACRILEGE! Say what you like about the others, but I'll be damned if you take issue with "THE DIAMOND".[:(!]

[:D]

I'll definitely add Spandau Ballet to that list of mine.

Classix Nouveaux and Howard Jones are two which I could never get into.

Talking Heads & The Smiths.

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by ExRat[/i]
<br>There are lots that I didn't like and a few that I REALLY despised:

B-52's
New Order
Heaven 17
Thomas Dolby
Depeche Mode
Smiths

I know, I know! How dare I! Sorry, but these guys just didn't do much for me. But, I'm quite sure someone is gonna come along and post a few of my faves.
[/quote]
These all suck HARD you blasphemous cretin!!!! [:D]

Terveet Kädet, Vice Squad, Fun Boy Three, Ramones, Joy Division, XTC, X-Ray Spex, Heartbreakers, Fad Gadget, Crass, Rudimentary Peni, Marianne Faithfull, Killing Joke, Pogues, Nick Cave, Hüsker Dü, Fay Ray, A.P.P.L.E., J.M.K.E., Propeller, Kirsty MacColl, Sex Gang Children, Echo and the Bunnymen, Saints, Pain Teens, Tenpole Tudor, Nina Hagen, 7 Seconds, Action Pact, Neil Diamond.
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It's gotta be the Suicidal Idols, B.N.M.U.F, Crauster Green, Faustian Reverse, Drive Buys, Perfunctory Popstars, Gaussian Blur, Cross Hatch, Despeckle and the Spatters, Paint Daubs and The Todd Johns for me. I never could get into them.[:D]

I could never listen to all that crap like:

heaven 17
abc
duranduran
frankie goes to hollywood
spandau ballet
kajagoogoo
talk talk
well, you know... the commercial new wave...