I hate
hipsters and their "contemporary subculture." It is so contrived. When I was a young'un, we had honest to god punk bastards, filth and all, and it was anything but chic.
/old curmudgeonly rant
Back on topic: I am not a fan of boy bands or slutty pop princess divas (Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Christina Aguilera etc ad nauseum).
That said, I do get a kick out of Lady Gaga. She reminds me of the schtick Cyndi Lauper pulled when I was a teen. They both did their own thing, no matter how freaky and eye-opening, rather than the trite formulaic honeysuckle: get someone to write some dumb song about a boy + get on stage and shake ass while tossing long blonde tresses = undeserved megabucks.
How awesome.
Another band I absolutely detest, though I doubt the majority of you don't know it, is Pat Metheny Group, which is a jazz fusion type of thing. I hate fusion - like the whole hipster nonsense, it is so self-aware and all like, "Oh look at me. See how clever I am. *preen*" *retch*
For that matter, I don't especially care for jazz; love Dixieland and the Blues (Delta, Chicago, Memphis/Stax, whatever), but jazz, again, is just too "Oo-oo look at me! Look at me! We're deconstructing music again!" It is to music what some overly obtuse abstract movements are to art - very easy to do poorly, not at all easy to do well. A lot of it is just unregulated noise.
I hate most rap from the past, oh, 15 years. No. Make that 20 years. There
are a few exceptions.
Also, I think that Counting Crows is overrated. Maybe it's just that I hate the angsty voice of whatshisface the singer.
Oh! Yes. I also strongly dislike John Mayer and any of these jackasses with that breathy, earnest voice as they press the mike to their lips and strum on the acoustic guitar. Gah!