Thursday, March 19, 2009

Dear DW,

Bands that should have stopped making music after a certain point -
Weezer, Dispatch, Pinback, Taking Back Sunday, U2, Dolly Parton, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Elvis, No Doubt, Snoop Dogg, P. Diddy, Rooney, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Earth Crisis, Morrissey, Rat N Roll, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Dave Matthew's Band, ACDC, Guns & Roses, Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Brittney Spears, The Velvet Underground, Death Cab, Cher.

Bands that should have/should make more music, left us hanging with a really old but great album, or just can't catch a break-
Eva Cassidy, Fleet Foxes, The Sounds, Feist, Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani, Girl Talk, Tegan & Sara, Joshua James, K-OS, Jim Croce, Postal Service.

Bands that have too big a library to even attempt to like any more than one song, or bands that average one really good song for every 56 crappy songs they write-

Morrissey (The Smiths), Coldplay, The White Stripes, Lil Wayne, U2, Portishead, Elliot Smith, Justin Timberlake, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, T.I., Radiohead, Bjork, MGMT.

Bands that nobody understands-
Maroon 5, Scissor Sisters, Bjork, Muse, Sneaker Pimps, Damien Rice, Portishead, A Perfect Circle, Badly Drawn Boy, Broken Social Scene, Sigur Ros, I.C.P., Pink Floyd, Gwar, Tom Waits, Will Smith, My Bloody Valentine, Patti Smith.

Please feel free to add any bands that I have neglected to mention, I know there are many I haven't included.

4 comments:

Niki said...

That is an impressive list you have going there, although I can't believe Lil wayne and Justin Timberlake made it on your list. It's good to see you blogging again.

natalie. said...

ahem.
eva cassidy died.
i'd like to think she helps write hymns that fall from the sky.


and i will never understand broken social scene. ever.

AlexaHall said...

duh Nat. She falls under the category of "should have" made more music.

RIP Eva

WICKHAM, DUSTIN D. said...

which DW is this addressed to?