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I've been intending to do this for awhile:
Name a band you loathe, or that is generally considered not very good or bright, tell us briefly why it is so... and then redeem them by naming one or two of their tunes that you really like, where they particularly shine, and that amaze you with tought of "how these bunch of tits managed to do this?". Or don't. Mine:
Soundgarden
I don't hate them, but they really don't do much for me. Their obsession with over-complex structures bothers me because the result is more often than not boring; Chris Cornell has too much of that sweaty grunge macho thing coming out of his pores; and they should be sued by their Led Zeppelin-like riffage .
But...
In Down On The Upside, their latest and final effort, you can find this song called "Zero Chance", which I think is a little obscure classic. It has a lazy 70's feeling and some great guitar parts, and is really sad and beautiful.
And in Superunknown, their bass-player, Ben Shepherd (a man you *have* to see playing live) wrote this song called "Head Down", which is a quasi-acoustic epic with weirdness to boot, and some really mesmerizing vocals.
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