<------doesn't hate on Beck, like the albums you mentioned above, but it wouldn't kill me if I never heard him again.

Steve

I like Sea Change, but I've never heard Mutations. Maybe I'll see if I can find a copy to listen to this afternoon. Beck just ain't my cup of tea, and I'm perfectly comfortable living and not liking him or much of what exits his mouth.

*sigh* He's playing another show tonight in LA @ the Fonda, but I can't go... I swear, I'm destined to NOT see Beck at a small intimate venue. This is the sixth time in the past month I've missed the opportunity to see him at a smaller venue.

GRRRRRRRRR.

Wait, beck plays LA six times a month? Holy crap! So THAT's why people move there...

The Beatles
Dashboard Confessional (the genius of it is getting people to pay $$ for it)
Interpol (see previous parenthetic)
Fugazi
Public Enemy
R.E.M.
Soundgarden
U2

Bob Dylan

A lot of these are almost "before / after" questions, like earlier dylan vs later, or radiohead up till OK Computer vs now...

dri in 5...4...3...2....

I like and actively listen to most of the bands mentioned above; I'm not much of a hater... or a liar....

Hahaha! You love Frampton.

Who's w(h)ine, what w(h)ine, let's do it again.

Subtle differences my friend, subtle differences.

I have to say I'm honestly surprised at how tired everyone is for a number of these artists i.e. Zep, Nirvana, Stones, Clash, Beatles, Hendrix. You all could seriously go the rest of your lives without ever hearing these again?

What I want to know is exactly how you all got so tired of them? How does one avoid it? I never listen to the radio, so maybe that's how I've been spared some burnout.

A steady No Radio diet helps a ton, for sure. Also, self-limiting helps too. When I was 13, Hendrix was it for a while, just couldn't stop listening. As a result, it's a rare hendrix tune I still really enjoy. Some of the "good" wears off after a while, and it's not the same.

Since this thread started, all I've wanted to do is dig out This Years Model. Go figure.

i go back and forth with zeppelin. every couple of years i love 'em again, then burnout and have to go a couple of years without hearing anything by them.

I think it has to do with overlistening to this music in high school. Every once in a while someone will have led zeppelin or nirvana on and I'll be digging it, but then I'm like "well, I've had my fix for this year."

I guess I'm not surprised by people mentioning bjork, but she's still in standard rotation for me (though I tend to gravitate towards her last few albums).

Let me make myself clear. I don't hate ANY of the above artists. I love and respect all of them. Have a bunch of their albums. However, hypothetically, I could go the rest of my life without listening to them again and it wouldn't be so terrible....but I won't!

Steve

The ones I'm burned out on - i.e. Beatles, Zeppelin, Hendrix to an extent - are bands I listened to a whole lot in high school when I wasn't exposed to as much stuff. I focused a lot more on those single artists than I do with any one artist now. I got to know most of their albums inside-out. I mean. I really love Abbey Road, but I could definitely live without ever hearing it again.

I think it's a personal think, though. Some people can stand to listen to things repeatedly much more than I can. I usually can't listen to the same album twice in a row, much less the same song.

Also, I'd add R.E.M. to my list, too, but I might need to hear Reckoning a couple more times.

It's weird, because while I definitely don't listen to the Beatles/Stones/Zeppelin pantheon nearly as much I use to...I guess it like muscle memory with me. I get drunk, and I wanna Loog out, that's what I want to hear.

That's almost deserving of a thread on its on. When you're hammered up, what music comes out?

I can't even begin to list. I don't pay lip service to them so much as don't have the time to listen to every artist that I know is quality. You can only play so much music and quite often that means artists I respect but am not as passionate about go on the back burner. Most of them are classic rock, progressive rock and jazz artists.

Lip service:

Nick Drake
Mark Eitzel

Sigh.