Artists We Can Only Take in Small Doses
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- So obviously by now, you've figured out that Joe and Kram like Lady Gaga a good bit. But one of them (Kram), can only take her in small doses.
This isn't a one-off case.
Turns out there are a lot of artists, or even genres, that we definitely prefer in small portion sizes.
To wrap up Lady Gaga week, Joe and Kram discuss their favorite artists that must come with some musical calorie counting.
Leave a comment below with some artists that you like, but only in small doses. Thanks for watching!
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I found Dylan’s voice difficult at first but crossed the initial pain threshold and now I find his voice almost comforting in the age of American Idol/ The Voice , where it seems every male vocalist in pop/ mainstream rock music wants to sing endless falsetto or sound like Marvin Gaye ( black or white singers).
Personally think Dylan has a great voice . A great “ non- singer” if that makes sense( probably doesn’t)
Ed Sheeran on the other hand might sound lovely to most people but I can’t take in any doses . The “ whininess” , fake rnb “ smoothness” of his voice makes me physically ill tbh
Not a fair comparison I know but I’ll make it anyway
I completely agree. It took me some time with Dylan but I eventually got there. I still have good friends my age who never got there. They respect his songwriting but they don't want to hear him singing them.
I saw a video of Dylan singing his part on We Are The World over and over because they wanted to get the perfect tape and Dylan sounded pretty good. But that ain't his preference in terms of music production. He don't mind there being mistakes and why not? I don't bitch about artists that use autotune and maybe there have been times one of Dylan's producers have used it. But there is some honesty in Dylan's voice. Although i have to be in the mood for some Dylan. Once in the mood, amazing. There are very few artists i never stop listening to.
There's a radio show in the UK called Desert Island discs where the presenter interviews a famous person each week and they pick the 8 songs they would take on a desert island, you get to choose a book along with the Bible and a luxury item. I would love to hear what 8 songs, book and luxury item you guys would take. It's an idea for a future show.
I think, along with The Beatles, Dylan is one of the most chosen artists on Desert Island discs? Like I said, maybe it’s an age thing? We all start off imbibing copious amounts of pissy lager but as we mellow our tastes soon yearn for a fine vintage of red or white.
Bob Dylan's voice has gone through so many varied periods and styles that I actually find the evolution of his singing to be endlessly fascinating and one of the most interesting in music.
And Leonard Cohen's Songs of Love and Hate is probably my favorite album that I've only brought myself to listen to from beginning to end maybe twice. That album can take you to a DARK place if you really listen to the lyrics.
These comments are hilarious because it's basically every band. Interesting topic, great video!
Counting Crows should be renamed to Counting the Minutes Go By Before the Song Finally Ends
:)
Agreed. I can only listen to Counting Crows in NO doses.
Take the "o" out of counting.
You won't be getting a Christmas card from Jason
Each to their own but I disagree. I actually do get where you’re coming from though, which is weird. But I love em.
Ac/Dc and The Ramones are bands I love to hear individual songs by on the radio, but can’t sit through their albums. Not enough variety in the music, but great for short bursts of energy
Baltimora, Technotronic, Billie Eilish, Sun Kil Moon and Lana Del Rey. Apart from that, Townes Van Zandt and Elliott Smith. Great artists, but so very sad and lost. Saw Townes live 3 months before he passed away. He was very drunk and didn't really know where he was (in Nuremberg) and everybody in the audience felt this might be farewell. I remember there was an asian girl next to me in front of the stage, who cried the whole gig through. His voice was broken by decades of booze and the blues, but it still was one of the most beautiful voices that ever sang to me live. Maybe it was, because it was all true, he was far from being able to fake anything. Another unforgettable experience was the voice of Lee Hazlewood some years later in Berlin. Him I can take in larger doses, he really was a funny guy, and one of the greatest, most distinctive voices ever. He was interviewed by a German magazine only days before his death. They asked him, how knowing about death coming soon would change the way he would go about his day. His answer was: "Let me put it this way, I don't buy green bananas anymore.".
Some Artists I quite like but can only take in small doses :
1. Mike Patton : guy’s gotten progressively weirder over time . Don’t know if I can take too much more screaming but I keep going back for some reason .
2. The Smiths : they’re forever in my DNA but I can’t listen to very much these days. As Kramz points out , Morrissey has a lot to do with that....
3. Radiohead: Are like a sad friend I love dearly but just don’t want to visit too often ...not good for me
4. Tom Waits: the crazy , beautiful alcoholic Uncle you love catching up with at Xmas/ weddings/ funerals. Funny stories etc..but that’s it
5. The National: they’re supposed to be good. Everyone says they’re good . They sound good and “ important”. But I’m generally relieved when I turn them off
I've been slowly moving in your direction on Radiohead. I still love 'em but as I've gotten older I find myself being drawn to uplifting and joyous music, which Radiohead doesn't have a lot of.
Maybe it doesn't belong under this video, but I'm going through the Beach Boys' albums at the moment and I have to say...my mind has been blown.
Never in my life have I said to someone “less beach boys talk”. So you’re good. - Joe
The two that immediately came to mind when I saw the subject matter were Queen and blues in general, so I am totally with you Kramzer.
As for Tom Waits and Nick Cave, they're top ten artists for me, but I I've heard before of other music fans having difficulties with their voices.
The Smiths are also a top ten band for me but I totally agree that Morrissey is getting more and more annoying with time.
Great video!
Hello, my friend. Yeah, the blues, for sure. Kind of surprised to hear Queen mentioned so much . . hmm for me it depends on the particular album. i've listened to A Day at the Races several times thru in one sitting (driving). Couldn't do the same with weak albums like Hot Space or even A Kind of Magic. Yeah. I know you are a big fan of Tom Waits and Nick Cave, especially Tom, right?. Their voices are fine w me. I'm not really into Smiths/Morrssey save a handful (hatful) of songs.
@@NaughtyVampireGod I tend to find the blues to be boring, especially when they use those same old tired chord progressions. But I often love the blues when exceptional artists do it Like Muddy Waters or Stevie Ray or the Stones.
@@179rich for me i think genre is a big thing - blues has just never been a major genre for me
I love Nick Cave but do have a problem with Tom Waits
I never became a Queen fan for some reason. It could be because "Bohemian Rhapsody" has been played to death on the radio...
At one time, I was the biggest Queen fan, but there are easily a dozen songs I never want to hear again, including Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites the Dust, We Will Rock You, We are the Champions, and Somebody to Love. Led Zeppelin is another band that tends to grate on my ears after 20-30 minutes of listening.
I occasionally love to hear thrash/extreme/etc. metal when my cranium needs a good scraping, but rarely do I listen to a whole album of it.
I can see why metal is not everyone's staple music diet....but I suppose it comes down to how many keepers you can find in any given music style.....in jazz world for example I could listen to Miles Davis for a week and love it....but can't think of anything else...
@@threestringsomg Miles Davis is a good headspace to be in for a week. But death metal? All the time? I have known some nice metal heads actually, but I gotta wonder about someone who so often lives in that extreme headspace. For some people, they seem to get some sort of catharsis out of it and then they can act normal.
@@179rich I'd say your point applies to any one who can endure any single particular style for elongated periods....classical, jazz, hip hop, rock, blues, soul....variety is important to helping the ear hear..yes.....but that does not mean you are crazy if you are tuned in to something somebody else cannot endure for a stretch....I'd in fact say maybe that person has become attuned/experienced and can synch up at any given moment.... I'd say your point doesn't really stick on that basis.
100% agree with Joe on the vocal factor. Bob Dylan came to mind the second I saw the video title. Same with Kram’s pick of Tom Waits. I’d also add Joni Mitchell and Smashing Pumpkins for the nasally aspect. Good call Kram on Queen. I can only take a little opera rock at a time.
Hardcore punk, death metal. Noise levels can get grating
So can middle of the road blandness, parrots, anything if you listen to it over and over, pretentiousness and opera
Thinking of artists I really like that I can only take in small doses, not ones I can only take in small does because I'm not a big fan (Bjork, for example):
- Bob Dylan
- Queen
- U2
- Pearl Jam
- Nirvana
- Rolling Stones
- Guns N Roses
- Genesis
- Arcade Fire
- Joanna Newsom
For all of the above I like their stuff a lot but usually need a long break after digging in.
Tom Waits is not an artist for me this applies too. I once did a marathon of all his albums from Closing Time to Rain Dogs on a long bus trip and it was amazing. Maybe it would be harder to do the back half of the discography, though.
Interesting choices....don't get me started on Genesis....whisper it....but I think Jethro Tull and Yes were way more interesting.....🤫
@@threestringsomg I do like a track like "Supper's Ready" a lot but have to be in the right frame of mind to listen to it. Whereas with Thick as a Brick I could turn that on anytime, anywhere!
Bob Dylan for me was like when I first drank Guiness. Initially, I thought perhaps this isn't for me but I persevered with Guiness as I did with Bob Dylan. But I get it and totally understand anyone not liking Dylan. All I would say on it is that there's a world of difference between the material at different stages of his career, including his voice and how he sounds.
There's a number of artists, in my collection, for whom I own a lot of their material and respect greatly, but only listen to in small doses - Elvis Costello would be an example of that. Country music, especially sung by male artists, is something I can only enjoy in small doses. Oddly, I much prefer Country music performed by female artists. I can only enjoy the 'newer' sub genres of metal in very small doses and anything with growling vocals just gets skipped..
I don't like beer, but I loved Guinness immediately. Discovered it at 18 when I was stationed in Erlangen, Germany.
Truth be told, for me...on any given day ??
Almost all artists, even ones I absolutely love, fall into that category: one, maybe two albums and I'm done for a while...
May be cheating here, just a bit (considering this week’s theme) .. but, going with Madonna. Love many of her singles. Think she’s cool, as an artist and enjoy watching the occasional music video. But would never think, to wanna listen to a tremendous amount of her .. or, even an albums worth for that matter.
I have been out of the loop for a couple of weeks so have I just never noticed the multiple ad breaks? I think there were four or five in a twelve-minute video. I appreciate and support that you want to make some money off the channel, you deserve that but find some balance.
I guess that is the first thing I can only take in small doses.
I have limited tolerance for most classic rock or jock rock or dad rock, whatever it is called now. It was so ubiquitous growing up that it just became aural wallpaper. It may be a different experience discovering some of that as a teen today. But for me growing up it made what might be considered less accessible artists more appealing.
Sorry...left a box checked that shouldn't have been. For now, you should only see mid-roll ads during our long format videos. -Jason
@@TastesLikeMusic Good to know. Thanks.
I tend to listen to music in small doses anyway. I love listening to albums, but I don't usually throw on another album by the same artist right after (Unless I'm doing a listography). Actually, come to think of it, In the past I have had Led Zeppelin days, Cure days and Siouxsie & the Banshees days where I played several albums by each artist. So yeah, it happens.
I can almost only listen to The Cure when it's winter or autumn or when I'm sad. But then, I will listen to them all the time haha.
last year during our lockdown I got back into doing jigsaw puzzles and I actually went through the entire discographies of certain artists from start to finish on a given day whilst doing my puzzle. I really enjoyed that but it is not something I would usually do.
I'm the same way. If I do go on a binge it will be a certain genre- e.g. I'll listen to only classical music for a few days, or only jazz for a few days, or only reggae for a few days- but it will never to be just one artist. I always mix it up.
Bob Marley and most reggae/ska/dub in general. I can totally vibe with it in small doses but it bores me to tears by the end of an entire album. Same with a lot of jazz (I know, I’m an unsophisticated rube). Plus, I stopped smoking weed years ago....so...
I tend to listen only whole albums because I adore the art form...in all it's colours.....so assume anyone on my lists has achieved whole album listening status for me....
Yeah. Albums for me as well.
yes same here. I do have some compilations for artists I don't feel the need to have full studio albums for, but even then I would listen to the full compilation generally. I don't really like mixing artists in a playlist.
@@toonhkuitjes6382 good point....I have Morrissey compilation ....suedehead....which is excellent so not bothered about getting his earlier solo albums....same with Duran Duran....and Pet Shop Boys....though I have listened their albums....and yup ...preferred compilation....lol🙄👍
@@threestringsomg I have hundreds of compilation CDs of artists and that is all I have of theirs, and I am fine with that. From Mariah Carey to Frank Sinatra and from the Lighthouse Family to Anthrax (though I did use to have their persistence of time album in a previous life). Less so for vinyl which to me almost has to be a proper album format.
@@toonhkuitjes6382 my fave compilations are a couple of mojo CDs....I can see for miles....intro to psychedelia and sweet young things...a great mix of grunge influenced folk rock....oh and now 1987 kicks pop butt....haven't heard a better one in the series
I relate to the Morrissey disdain. I loved The Smiths so very much, especially as a teen, but now it ends up being small doses because I inevitably end up thinking about what a jackass he is. But I do still love the music.
I also find really heavy metal something I only listen in small doses now. Me in my 20s would be so disappointed in me in my 30s. I used to be really big into metal and hardcore punk but now it's only occasional. I still love it but I guess I'm getting old.
My potentially controversial pick is Led Zeppelin. I like them a lot but at this point I feel like I have heard so much of their music so many times that I can only take so much in one sitting.
This was an interesting topic that really got me thinking for sure.
Agree with Red Hot's. Would also add Elvis Costello (voice), Talking Heads (quirkiness), & most grunge (too serious and herculean for me).
Yes. Especially Elvis Costello now.
Grunge why :'(
Nick Drake for me. And it's very small doses - 10 to 15 minutes max. His soothing, mellifluous vouce makes that a pleasure, especially if one if the songs is Northern Sky.
After that though, his lack of vocal range and expression soon becomes *very* tedious. I would struggle to listen to any of his albums in full. Also, I think he has little flair for melody - most of his tunes sound dreary and plodding to me and rely on his sweet, mellow voice for what little appeal they have. Generally I just don't find his music very involving, I'm afraid.
‘Day is Done’ is pretty special. And ‘One of these things first
Definitely New Order for me. One of my favorite 80's bands and I love their singles but I have a much harder time getting through a whole album. (aside from power, corruption and lies)
my last mention is Scott Walker. any one of his records from 67-69 or post Climate of Hunter is great, but it's so intense that I need time to digest. my bandmate once tried to get me into The Drift and Tilt (in that order), and I found Tilt too claustrophobic to get through until I went back and listened to it on its own.
I wouldn't do a marathon of anyone, variety is the spice of life. That would keep me more alert to the music than just have music on as some comfortable background which a marathon might suggest to me. And I wouldn't want music on all day.
I love Tom Waits. I've had great times on long road trips listening to nothing else. You guys are just lost souls.
Yeah. His vocals are part of his charm and the lyrics are so darn good
@@kevtruth Yeah. His voice is like a special instrument that gives his music much of its personality.
Lana Del Rey and Black Sabbath. LDR is such a majestic bummer. Sabbath is so dark and heavy. Two or 3 songs of it and I'm ready for some happy-dance music.
A few that come to mind…
-R.E.M. - I really like this band, but with the exception of Automatic for the People, I find it hard to listen to a full album by them. I feel like their music works best when it’s on a playlist.
-Rush - I only need to listen to a few songs to feel like I’ve had my Rush fix for the week.
-Duran Duran - I love their first three albums, but after listening to them all back-to-back last month, I haven’t had a strong desire to revisit them.
Even Murmur?
At 1:41, Joe ought to have replied, "Everybody must get stoned."
thought of it but you said it so thumbs up . .
I don't think I could listen to anyone for much longer than an hour. Don't have the time there's other things I gotta do. Play Jeopardy for example. I'm with you on both Dylan and Queen. I'd go Fiona Apple and Radiohead. (I know , I know) but there's only so much angst I can take.
Joe -- I agree with you 100% regarding Dylan. The voice. I have a hard time sitting through an entire album side. One song a month is probably enough for me. I would also add Metallica, Black Sabbath, or anything metal. I could not sit through a 12 hour festival. I'm not sure about a 2 hour concert--possibly. Hard disagree on blues or funk, however. Also, my (presumptive) 2019 album of the year winner who shall go unnamed at this point also belongs on this list, but for different reasons.
I also want to drop a final note regarding Lady Gaga. I still have not forgiven her for that horrific David Bowie tribute she performed at the 2016 Grammys. I cringed when the announcement was made that she would be the artist doing a tribute. My daughter, who is also a huge Bowie fan and loves Gaga tried to convince me it could be good. After all, she is talented and artistic, so how bad could it be? Well, as long as she doesn't put on make up and rush through a medley of the most obvious hits American Idol style, it might be Ok, I conceded. Well, my worst fears were realized. It was everything I had hoped it wouldn't be, but worse. That performance is something I cannot forget. For all the wrong reasons.
Dylan/Zimmerman was overrated big time. If he weren't tribe he would just be a footnote in the music scene.
Definitely hear you on Tom Waits and blues in general - love all eras of Tom Waits but especially those first 4-5 albums of boozed out piano crooning need to be taken one album at a time. Queen is one of the few bands I can take in heavy doses with the caveat that we are talking about their 70s albums and not greatest hits or 80s output. For me the band was so interesting early on and rocked out but with a strange edge that was complimented by so many different styles, 4 different songwriters/3 different vocalists. Hard for me to think of many other bands that made experimental music within an accessible structure other than the Beatles.......but yes the hits are overplayed. That said, I’m really looking forward to Tom Waits and Queen week!
Nice topic 👍 Bob is definitely an acquired taste. I find you need to spend some decent time with his music to get there. Yeah not easy but once your there it doesn’t bother anymore. Well that’s what happened with me anyway. Reminds me of the doco on the making of We are the world when Quincy Jones (and Lionel I think) are trying to get Bob to sing his lines properly, “like Bob”. And they were singing it to him “like Bob”. Was funny.
I don't know that there's anything specifically that I only like in small doses, but I think certain styles of music sound better depending on you mood, the season, or even the time of day. I love listening to cheesy late 70s/ early 80s yacht rock in the summer. I can not hear Jay Ferguson's "Thunder Island" or Boz Scaggs' "Lido Shuffle" enough when I'm sitting on my patio with a beer. But, once the fall rolls around, I'm totally indifferent about it.
Hi Eric. I really don't get the "seasonal" aspect of music but heard it mentioned a lot so I guess it's a thing. Then again, I live in Florida . . .
@@NaughtyVampireGod Yeah, maybe it's not a thing in Florida, since it's just hot all the time. I'm in Michigan, and there's definitely a mood aspect to the seasons, so certain things sound better at certain times of the year.
most definitely Depeche Mode. I’ve been a new Metal-core fan for a couple years, but wanted to go back to my youth and experience the band I used to love one more time. I found myself skipping tracks quite a bit! I’ve been listening to Killswtich Engaged, Code Orange, Fit For A King etc but just couldn’t get through. DP album like I used to. So, just a song here and there was fine, but an entire album…didn’t catch my attention.
Also, Def Leopard in small doses is fine with me.
I agree with Kramzer 100% on Queen. Not an album band for me
This will come to no surprise to anyone on this channel. Boston.
Well I could listen to the debut album every day and it wouldn't bother me.
Definitely looking forward to the Tom Waits discography!
Yes, it'll be interesting to watch Swordfishtrombones and Raindogs fight it out for the top spot.
I obviously disagree with the harsh metal singing thing since it's my favorite genre but I get it. Vocals have never been something to bother me too much to the point where it ruins a whole album experience so I wouldn't pick any artist that falls under that category. I think I'll go with ABBA for the reason that I can't listen to calm and groovy disco all day long, I need a lot more dynamics and mood changes in my music.
From my own record collection:
King Crimson. Absolutely love some of their music but the parts I don't love make me less drawn to their albums. " I Talk To The Wind" might be the most beautiful song ever written and something like "Elephant Talk" (sorry Joe) is very catchy but if I listen to a King Crimson album it usually takes time before I'll listen to another one.
AC/DC. I like the band but one album is more than enough medicine for quite a while. Especially since most albums are so similar. It's like watching three similar movies... Do I really need to watch a similar as the fourth?
Pearl Jam. I like much of the music but it is rarely I find myself in a "Pearl Jam"-mode. I might prefer them more one song at the time than a whole album to be honest.
AC/DC - have a sizable collection - everything thru Ballbreaker - but now I can hardly listen to them anymore - may be more like "bands you used to love" but yeah . . .
Agree with all your choices apart from Crimson who I dedicate a solid month or two every couple of years....the albums are artworks imo
Bob Dylan? Every time I put his stuff on, I just want to explore so much more. Long time fan of the channel, but new subscriber. Why not do a Listography of a big Canadian band (I’m a fellow citizen with Joe, apparently)...the Tragically Hip! Introduce them to your US audience. Thx, JPE
Do you like Sloan? Jason ranked their albums a couple years back. Underrated band
NIN and Rage. Both very aggressive bands. I like both of them but its hard for me to listen to more than one album by either of them and I have to be in the right mood. They are both very good live though and I don't have this issue in concert.
Also Dylan because of his voice and I agree about the Chili Peppers. Jimi Hendrix would be another one he just doesn't have a good enough voice. Not that he has all that much material because he passed away so young.
Any Bluegrass, any Blues, any New Age, Anything from New Orleans. Just a little is too much.
One of my favourite bands is an act you cannot do quickly as it is admittedly demanding....God Speed You! Black Emperor
Great reminder. Ill be sticking on the Alexa tomorrow. I really want to get into this band
@@paultown6572 small doses sir. .. small doses....try a max of two albums now and then over a month....though I'd say that about most doom or thrash....or experimental stuff...🧐
@@paultown6572 it feels like I'm giving out prescription lol🙄😊
It's a good question. I think with me personally there isn't much in-between; no gray area. If it's a no-go, it's a no-go all the way. Chris Cornell e.g. - I know he is hugely popular, but I can not take his grating voice for even one minute. And the newer singer for AC/DC, same thing. The strained head voice sound always turns me off.
I am reading all the comments below...Springsteen, I guess I agree with. Not his singing, but the overbearing-ness of it all wears you down.
The Ramones and Black Sabbath, only small doses
Jethro Tull. I love Thick as a Brick, but nothing else.
I really like Neil Young, but I can't binge his albums. an album here and there is good, and many of his albums reward the 2nd and 3rd time around, but too many in a row and it's tough to stay interested. Nick Cave was an intriguing choice because I might agree if we're talking about his later albums, but I could listen to Birthday Party, and those early Bad Seeds records all day long, but that leads me to what Joe mentioned about the voice. one of Cave's influences, Leonard Cohen is that way for me. one album is the sweet spot, but I tire quickly of back to back Cohen. I recently did a deep dive into Echo & the Bunnymen and found myself bored quickly. I think I might get more out of them if I just listen to an album and wait a while before listening to the next.
Tom Waits is definitely a classic example, especially since so many of his melodies sound traditional/obvious to go along with that rough voice. Also obvious one trick pony artists like the Ramones, AC/DC and Bob Marley. The bombast of prog metal I can definitely only take in small doses anymore. I had thought of The Smiths as well when listening to 75+ minutes of Louder Than Bombs - half that length is perfect for an album like The Queen Is Dead.
Saying Bob Marley is a one trick pony is a comment I cannot abide. Saying Tom Waits' melodies are traditional and obvious is another one that I will never understand. You didn't strike out though because I felt the same way listening to Louder Than Bombs on CD--that is just too much Smiths for one sitting, regardless of Morrissey's politics.
That comment about Bob Marley is idiotic and unforgivable.
Yeah, I know, “one trick pony” probably wasn’t the right term to use there, but you guys know what I meant. He’s a great artist that’s quite high on the emotional resonance side of things, but his catalog isn’t exactly the most varied to binge.
I forgive you. - Joe
@@jblack7159 I can sort of understand why someone who doesn't listen to, or like, reggae very much would think Marley was a one-trick pony. To some people all reggae sounds the same. I know it took me years of listening to a variety of reggae artists to acclimate myself to the subtleties of the genre.
Bob Dylan's vocal stylings can be grating, I get that. But when I think of grating rock vocalists, Geddy Lee tops my list. Yet the Listography boys seem to view heaven as where one is dipped in a giant vat of Rush forever. YMMV.
Well, I don’t love his 70s voice. I like it better when Geddy turns it down in the 80s. - Joe
Plus my feelings for Dylan are much more than his voice. I also think his arrangements are boring. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic I think his arrangements improved as his voice got raspier. Except Nashville Skyline, when he was perfect in both. Thanks for the reply, and keep up the good work!
I'm a big Dylan fan but I know what Joe is saying - I hated his Christian rock phase and didn't really like his recent albums, also he has a lot of long songs so if you don't like the song it's a hard slog. I agree with Kramzer on Queen - I listened to all their albums and was fed up for a while and would happily not listen to them again for a year. I would put Oasis in there, I love some of their songs but it all blends into one after a while.
I accept and agree with you on Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan is a better songwriter than singer. I even know some local musicians that agree with me.
I’d have to say The Allman Brothers. I can listen to a song or two and really enjoy the guitar work, but it gets to be kind of samey if I listen to too much at once.
I can't think of any artist I only take in small doses... Artist that i really like I mean. Maybe Zappa... There are period of an artist, or albums, that I really like but only at small doses (the late scott walker, mule variations by waits). I do agree for Mastodon, though, but it is more because I listened to them too much at a certain period, it is more like an overdose... And I don't like their stuff since the hunter (included).
AC/DC for sure. Small doses
Agree on Bob Dylan. Love his songs when they’re sung by other people. Also Randy Newman. On the Pop side, Mariah Carey. Bought her Greatest Hits and I love every song
Individually but can’t listen to whole album by itself. Hard to explain. Good topic!
Opeth-a small dose being about 30 secs.
I can take Lady CaCa in no doses. Like this episode though
Agree with Bob Dylan
Also for me, nü metal : korn, Limp Bizkit, Lana del Rey, the Smiths, White Stripes, and maybe David Bowie
For me, it's so much about an artist/band, but the particular genre. I can only deal with so much reggae, blues or jam band stuff
It's interesting that you both approached it from the point of listening to entire albums back to back. I almost never listen to entire albums anymore and so for me it's a case of bands/artists I can only listen to a few songs from before saying, "OK that's enough".
Bob Dylan was my first thought and Joe addressed it. Meatloaf is right up there as he's too theatrical and cheesy. RHCP really grate on me due to Anthony so one song is the limit. Tool is just too much for me to sit through an album. Primus has the most annoying bass player ever and so I can handle maybe one song. I generally can't even listen to a complete Arcade Fire song.
Your definition of "Small Doses" has confused me for a minute. I need to admit that if I follow your course my answer would be:
Everyone.
I never listen to more than an album from any artist by more than one album per day. Never did in my life. I even have problems with double/triple albums to digest them in one go. For example, I have always listened to Yes - Topographic Oceans by just one LP side at a time, like each of them is an individual work. Same is true for the extra long CD age releases, where an album is 60+ minutes long and it starts getting repetitive. Is this a short attention span?
I really go for variety and jump from artist to artist and style to style. The advantage I see in it is that I have no songs/albums that "I never need to hear again".
When I think of "small doses", I think more of artists that can be fun but not even a full album at a time, mostly those are "funny", satirical artists...Weird Al Yankovic or Leningrad Cowboys can be fun for a few tunes but not a complete album. The excessive Prince or Zappa albums are the same, I cannot listen to a complete double or triple set from them.
Respectfully disagree. I've spent an entire day listening to all the REM albums. They change thiings up from album to album. I once heard someone say somehere that all REM songs were indistinguishable and I could not disagree more. I can listen to The Beatles all day. The Doors all day. etc etc Honestly any band I truly love - maybe 50 of them - I can listen to all day without getting bored. Maybe I am a bit different from some others - when I find a band/artist I like, I tend to stick with them - I don't always need to find "new talent" - and, in fact, I think many new artists are over-rated just b/c they are new to the scene. This is reflected in alot of music journals lists, I think.
@@NaughtyVampireGod I'm on the other side of this one as well. I can easily listen to all day sessions of Bowie, Citizen Cope, George Clinton, Talking Heads, Yes, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Arcade Fire, and many others. I spent two full years of listening to nothing but the Beatles. One album after another. So, my tolerance is a little higher than yours, Roxanne. That being said, there is nothing wrong with your approach, either. I have numerous hours long playlists that I indulge every day. The one rule I have when making a list (other than artist specific lists) is that each artist can only appear once on the list. Different approaches for different moods.
@@markgatica12 Hi Mark. What's the deal with an artist only appearing once on a particular list? I see that a lot on music channels. Just wondering . .
@@NaughtyVampireGod I do that to insure variety by increasing the number of artists I listen to. Also, to make the lists sound different from one another. That being said, I cheat a little. For example, my 80s list has a Talking Heads song and a David Byrne song. My funk playlist has Parliament, George Clinton, P-Funk All-Stars, and Brides of Funkenstein. Nominally different iterations of the same artist.
There is surely no right or wrong in this aspect - in my case it is just a habit I have perfected in over 50 years of listening to music. With most artists I have the privilege that their albums came into my life one by one as they were released - so there was never any reason for me to explore an artist in a longer session. I am not saying it cannot be done, I just say that I do not do it. But I am crazy in more than one aspect anyway...
Pearl Jam, Tom Waites, Lana Del Rey, Hendrix,The Doors.,Stevie Ray Vaughan, Radiohead, Elvis Costello, (used to be a huge fan,not so much anymore)...
The Doors!? Say it ain't so . .
Yeah Costello I tried so hard this year ...have 6 of his albums ...but....God it's annoying to listen to👍🥴
@@threestringsomg For me Elvis Costello is 77-83, that's it. But really terrific albums in that period.
@@NaughtyVampireGod Me as well. The early stuff is great but his voice is pretty awful. Sounds like a basset hound with a cold.
@@NaughtyVampireGod yup those are the albums I have mostly....the highly recommended era....really tough going...elvis' voice reeeeeallly grates
Most high pitched singers, Rush to mention one.
I can only take Stevie Wonder in small doses. I do really like him. I've tried getting through songs in the key Of life in one sitting many times and I just can't.
Hmmm. Must be me (an age thing possibly?) but I can listen to the following, all day, every day.
Tom Waits
Leonard Cohen
Nick Cave
Bob Dylan
I love those voices. When I hear them I really feel it. That, been there, done that, got the T-Shirt feeling.
On the flip side, when I hear the likes of Adele, Ed Sheeran, Chris Martin, I just think, shut the fuck up.
As for small doses, have to agree with Queen. I’ll also throw in Weezer (very small doses)
latter day Springsteen and sorry guys, Rush. (Like you care 🤷♂️)
PS look forward to a Tom Waits Listography 👍
I am amazed at the number of people on this comment list who are so turned off by idiosyncratic vocals. I've never heard so much shade thrown at Waits, Cave, or Costello, though lots of people have said they dislike Dylan's voice, for years. And Jason HATES Sting's voice! I mean, at one point I remember people referring to both Sting and Costello as being perhaps the best male singers in rock at the time. Vocals have never been a big turn-off for me. Even Geddy Lee's voice, I've been able to adjust my mind to tolerate him. Just don't make me listen to some of Neil Peart's strained political lyrics. THAT would be my big turnoff to an artist, the lyrics.
@@burmajones803 Agreed. I've always loved vocalists with quirky, unique voices. It's not like these guys are off key or anything.
most metal music especially deathmetal .
Lords of Acid
Insane Clown Posse
Chicago
Tool
Fleet Foxes
Midnight Oil
Sufjan Stevens
If I never hear Bruce Springsteen or Billy Joel again I’ll die happy.
Yes
Small Doses List:
Foo Fighters- Repetitive song dynamics
Smashing Pumpkins-Billy Corgan's annoying voice
Rolling Stones-Especially the slow songs
Kate Bush-Her voice is very unique but only taken in small doses
Very cool, interesting topic… I realize for me that if I'm going to listen to a song even wants that I will probably not have a problem listening to it 100 times… The obsessive in me?… So I'm not sure I even have one artist to apply this list agra fee standard to because if I only like it in small doses I probably wouldn't listen to it at all LOL
thats what I get for using Siri to post comments,... * even once then .... * listography
Moderation is the 🔑 to life. I love Alice In Chains ⛓ in moderation. I like Hall & Oates in moderation 😎
Reggae, Jazz, Blues, Dylan
@joe I do like Dylan a lot but I get where you're coming from..
Queen......Jimi Hendrix...........Elton John........Jackson Browne.......Springsteen
Going with the artist guns and roses I know there legends just hear it way to much
Dylan is interesting choice Joe....he is a now and then listen to me too even though great....Bad Metal by the way is same as bad in any genre
Primus
Nick Cave. You’ll love it
Almost everything? Except for my alltime favorites, my limit would be one album. And for many more artists, just add a song to a playlist and I am good with that. Occasionally I will find myself really craving the music of one artist. Last week it was Elvis Costello, a couple weeks ago it was Gang of Four. But even then it was a 2-3 albums on my stereo for a few days. Not the whole discography.
There is a ridiculous amount of great music in the world. There's no reason to be listening to the same artist over and over (unless you've never heard them before and are just getting to know them.) Once I've logged in album in my memory banks I don't need to revisit it more than once every half-decade or so. That way no album ever gets overplayed and I always get the thrill of rediscovery every time I listen to an album.
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 well, I wouldn't say that's my approach. I have albums and artists I return to over and over and over, but I don't listen to as much music as it sounds like you do. I like silence. Silence is good sometimes. When I do listen to music, I like to get familiar with something if I like it. Rarely does a week go by when I haven't listened to at least a couple of my top 20 all time albums or something from one of my all time favorite artists.
@@burmajones803 I'm also a fan of classical and jazz music (not just rock) so, yeah, my approach is partly dictated by how wide my scope is. If I want to listen to everything I like then it's not possible to listen to any one album more than once in a blue moon.
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 I listen to it all, classical, rock, jazz, funk, country, blues, folk. I don't dislike any genre, though I like some styles more than others. I could not do what the Listography guys and some of the subscribers do. The idea of listening to all of Lady Gaga's discography, or even all of R.E.M.'s, a band I like very very much, just sounds like more listening than I want to do.
@@burmajones803 I would definitely question the Listographers' approach of trying to speed-dose these discographies, especially the large ones. What they should be doing is spacing them out over many months so they have time to digest these albums and really get to know them. Ranking a discography after you've only just heard it is kind of pointless anyway. The lists that really have meaning are the ones you make after you've been listening to an artist for years.
Good topic but I would put it as artists who are not repeat listening worthy for albums but great songs...I'd go with Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, Erasure, Kiss, Meat Loaf, Def Leopard, Madonna, Kylie, Adele, Sia, Supergrass,....will think of some more in a mo ...and whoever says metal or death metal is just ignorant or immature imo🤠.....so I'd add to that I cannot do any modern Pop in charts, rap, rnb for long before getting very bored
Any band i consider a singles band...where they have no deep cuts i enjoy so basically radio hits that are played out as is.so i can only listen to them so much
another thing is bands which are mislabeled "one hit wonders" - hmm
After this episode, I have come to an awful conclusion: I don't like any music in large doses.
Rush. Prog in general, really. I can get into it all to a certain extent and then I gotta have a break. Also: metal. Like, real metal. It’s cool but it wears me down.
My secret for continuous listening of any tricky style is........mix it up. Boring answer but contrast over time in your listening habits helps you to actually really get into more difficult styles....play what you like straight after new stuff....repeat the cycle....it works in long run....my big goal now is to do this with classical music and jazz because I have many many faves in most other styles....but only one or two in these two....🧐
I agree with your take on Rush/prog. I don’t do metal much at all.
My mom.
Your mom.
Definitely Dan Bejar. He is a great songwriter and I love Destroyer and The New Pornographers, but the yelp in his voice just kills me sometimes.
I've become a HUGE New Pornographers fan thx to this channel.
Mott The Hoople
Bands I love but can only take so much at a time.
Frank Zappa & the Mothers
The Mars Volta
Captain Beefheart
The Smiths
Bob Dylan
Yes
Counting Crows. Kansas and Styxx in NO doses. Hootie and Blowfish, who certain BLOW.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Pere Ubu
Courtney Barnett
Björk
Lou Reed
Dylan , AC/DC , Rush , Grateful Dead
Sorry for spelling or syntax: i am in a rush to get my annoying comments over with. I can only be taken in small doses.
Lady Gaga is horrible. The movie "A Star is Born" is really cringeworthy. If would like to never hear another rock anthem from Springsteen again and he has slowed down I think but now he is just not good now or more derivative. Or Queen - thanks Kramz I hate Queen's bombastic sound and May's guitar is always the same. I guess if I liked it I wouldn't care. An hour of Queen Kramz? I can't take more than a half of a song at a time.
I can do without a lot of backup singers, it all depends. CCR songs like "Down on the Corner" make me cringe a little. There is something corny in some country-sounding songs. But I only listen to a few cuts at a time and usually don't go deep into albums unless I like them. Tom Waits only has a few songs I even like - In The Neighborhood is one of his best. It's not just his voice either. Oh I like Counting Crows if not too talky (talking more than whinny bothers me). Elliott Smith .. only small doses too. I hate most funk .. I don't get tired of the Smiths but only have the best of them. Lots of songs I don't know. Metal I don't like in small doses even but there are a few great metal songs. I can listen to male voices much easier than females. Heck I only like about 12 females like Chrissie Hynde, Mary Wells, Barbara Lewis, Laura Nyro, Joplin, Nicks , Karen Carpenter, Joni when she is not so jazzy. Joan Jets' songs suck. Patti Smith is fine in small doses. Anne Wilson is good depending on the song, as is Grace Slick. PJ Harvey if I like the song. And maybe most underreacted is Sarah McLaughlin. I only hear here in small doses but I like all of here songs. Sweet, caring sound.
I don't like Elvis Costello's voice, I think I might be able to get into him if he didn't sound like that.
.....U2.......The Cure
Primus, Metallica, Prince.
I totally get the Dylan thing..He is actually one of the very worst live acts ive seen...One albun at a time for me .
John Zorn