Originally Posted by barbeler:
“I disagree entirely. To produce something exceptional means that you have to be challenging and experimental – that's unless you're satisfied with somebody who bangs out bland, formulaic chart fodder.”
Originally Posted by dodger0703:
“Agree with you totally, many of the bands/singers i like have done 100+ songs and they could be a fair few that i would skip past, but doesn't mean i do not like them.
It's like having a favourite programme, some episodes you like less than others”
Not really, I hate most chart music. I can genuinely say that I'll happily sit through entire albums without skipping tracks for most of my favourite bands/artists. Yes, there are obviously tracks that I like more than others but with my absolute favourite artists there are no tracks that I hate and never listen to and that's why they're my favourite. Most of these I include b-sides as well, Frank Turner and Arctic Monkeys for example, there's not a single track that I'll skip if it comes on. Even with someone who has produced a huge amount of music such as The Beatles I think I'd struggle to find 10 songs that I hate that much that I'd skip.
I've got around 13,000 songs on my iPod so clearly there are things that I'll skip but if an artist has a lot that I'd skip I wouldn't class them as being one of my "favourites".
Maybe it's down to definition of "favourite" but for me to class someone as one of my favourites, they pretty much have to never put a foot wrong.