What dreams could we father, when farther we fell to nightmare?

There are bands and artists that, for some reason or the other, I just absolutely loathe. Not dislike, not hate, no no no, it's pure, unadulterated, loathing. Some bands I just can't seem to get into, whether because the artwork for their albums is just awful, or they have stupid, stupid names like 'Do Make Say Think' or 'Clap Your Hands Say Yeah', but then I actually listen to them, and OK, I don't despise them that much. But some bands... oh my sweet fucking baby jesus, I just can't. It's not just 'I can't get', it's really I just can't.
And I'm pretty sure some - if not, indeed, all - of my picks will offend someone. Looketh at my face! LOOKETH AT MY FACE! Is this a bovvered face thou see before thee? I AIN'T BOVVERED!
 
Day 107 - The Doors - 'The Soft Parade' 

Shit. Of course The Doors. Of course the fucking doors. It's 1991, I'm 14, wildly in love with movies and cinema, and of course Oliver Stone is a must-see for me. So off I go one night to the movies to see his Jim Morrison biopic, and I am, by far the youngest person there. I didn't get it. And I wanted to - my brother was big into them, and I wanted to have something that could connect us. I walked away actually disliking the band, but I didn't give up on them. My brother had 2 or 3 of their CDs and I listened to them and I really did not like them, not one bit.

So, the last time I actually heard a song by them, sung and performed by them, was about 35 years ago. How did I go about choosing which record to play? Well, I knew I listened to the ones that had the hits - or the most famous songs, at least - and when I found one where I didn't even recognize a song's title.... then that was my choice.

And fair's fair, I push play and immediately I'm taken aback - I quite liked some of the slower songs, I found them to be very The Divine Comedy-esque in certain spots. But then there were the more shouty bits, which is where I detest his voice. It was much better than what I expected, though not stellar, not by a long shot. I'll give it a 6.5/10 

Day 108 - Nirvana - 'Bleach' No preamble. Awful, I'll give it a 0/10 because I can't award negative points.
Day 109 - Pearl Jam - 'Dark Matter' 

I hate this band. I hate their sound, and above all I hate the singer's voice. They are - quite likely - the most overrated band of all time.

I don't give this one anything lower than a 3/10 because there are a couple of songs that almost show signs of promise, but a few seconds into them, that promise is wasted.
Day 110 - Dave Matthews Band - 'Walk Around The Moon'

I can't think about this band without thinking about a girl I was dating some twenty something years ago called Susan. We fucked each other's brains out, but unfortunately there wasn't really anything else other than the sex. And she loved this band - she even sent me a few MP3s, which I instantly disliked. I hated the voice then, I hate the voice now. I disliked most songs but the album ends on a high, the last three songs are pretty good, and I'd listen to them in isolation no problem. It gets a 5/10
Day 111 - Sublime - 'Sublime' 

I never really liked Ska. I don't mind a bit of The Specials, but in short bursts only. And the mid to late 90s were rife with these innocuous Ska bands, and I never had a liking towards any of them. Rather, they irritated the holy hell out of me, and within one chord I already knew I was gonna barf. Listening to it now... it wasn't that bad, but it doesn't need to be an hour long. It only gets a 5/10, but had it been somewhere around the half hour mark, I might have given it a higher score.

Day 112 - Hole - 'Pretty on the inside' Just as bad, if not actually worse, than Nirvana. 0/10
Day 113 - Ben Harper - 'Wide Open Light' Not bad, per se, but not actually good. I'm not sure I even enjoyed a single song. 3/10

I may be actually be able to scrounge up another week's worth of bands that I really hate - but that speaks volumes about the masochist in me. Alternatively, I may go for bands that I feel I should like... yet never managed to get into.

See you in the funny books, folks.