Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too?


For me there is one that has always been top of the list.

Edith Piaf…..l just can’t think of anything worse.

Do not get me wrong and consider my choice is in any way racist….l love to listen to music with songs in any language… Italian, French, Spanish…..

Russian and German can however be extremely demanding, but Edith Piaf (if possible in any language) is a potential harrowing experience.

 

Do any others on here have a similar artist, or artists that can trigger the same physical reaction?

mylogic

I agree with quite a few of these like Dylan ( I like a few songs) Bruce S., like someone else said Tori Amos and all those other gals from that era. Rap, country, most females singers period as I'm a 90% instrumental person.

@chrisoshea 

‘’l had to go with my partner to see/hear Neil in London’.

Your comment…. ‘’No…you didn’t have to go, you did that to yourself…’’

Hmmmmm

 

No…l REALLY ‘’had to go’’

1. It was her birthday treat from her son.

2. The son was an exec working for The Bank of Canada and had reserved all the tickets in the Banks corporate hospitality box, complete with bar and waiter service.

3. Concert was at the O2 and all expenses paid.

4. Last point…most important. l did not say l disliked Neil Diamond.

 

This post has brought out the best and worst in responders, but l’m not really complaining….just saying.

 

Too bad "Katy Perry sings the Edith Piaf Songbook" wasn't the opening act....Yeah.."Concert was at the O2 and all expenses paid." What an inducement...all the Zima you could drink ??? NO you didn't HAVE to go...

@chrisoshea 

“Katy Perry” with the “Champagne Perry”

Lovely thought!

“Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker”……Gene Wilder

I’m more of a chocolate and nuts guy!  Oh what am l saying….that was on display in abundance too.


 

The real deal….for you and the neutral readers.

I admire the British composer Christopher Gunning and his TV and Film scores, but l couldn’t drag myself screaming to see “La Vie en Rose”. Avoiding the cinema I also decided not to buy his original music from the film even though l have the majority of his output in my collection. I wanted to ward off hearing the songs and the whole thing. I mean…..”l don’t mind a bit of pain, but l do draw the line at excruciation”  Frankie Howard from the film, “The House in Nightmare Park”.

l found l “had to go” for the sake of family harmony, haven’t you ever had too?

 

By the way l still have in my collection the lovely fold-out original soundtrack LP and DVD of “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” and a few of Neil’s albums bought over 50 years ago. Nuff said l think, but l do enjoy the banter….As we say in the UK, bottoms up, Cheers!

Final thought….whats your fav Edith song?

@immatthewj 

“After reading this thread l’m going to look for some Edith Piaf CDs to buy”

 

11 days later……

Just wondering if you did (brave man uprising) what you threatened to do and actually go down that long and winding road?

lf you have bought some CDs…..did you later require any medical assistance?