There's a difference between not liking a band and saying they're crap for the sake of it. The Clash are fantastic and I think London Calling and their self title is pretty immediate and i'll go as far to say as relatively accessible. But at the same time alot of their work was pish (see sandinista) so it's fair to say they are awful in places U2's earlier work is just brilliant and politically driven with an ethic (Boy, October, Joshua Tree) they did start to lose the plot with all that you can't leave behind and how to dismantle an atomic bomb but i think the new one will be fantastic! I love Oasis but their lyrics don't 'speak to me' i just like the music, the melodies plus Noel Gallagher is just amazing. and Brit pop was just a term invented by journalists, along with the term WAGS. Pulp, suede and Blur are nothing like Oasis so it's annoying they're lumped in the same box The only artists i can think of that have released consistantly good music are radiohead, queens of the stone age, jay-z, kanye west, pink floyd, captain beefheart, roxy music and frank zappa. I only got into the beatles last year, simply because i was never interested by the who lardy la-la melodies and holding your hand rubbish but then i listened to abbey road/white album and that all changed
