Why do people hate mick hucknall

Thread starter Dubversion Start date Jan 18, Prev 1 … Go to page. First Prev 16 of 16 Go to page. Generally, I just think it's shit. Sometimes, I'll try to see what others see in it or appreciate the wider impact whilst understanding that it a subjective and b that I know little about music beyond my own tastes and preferences.

With one exception. I don't know why, but ever since my adolescence the music of Mick Hucknall and Simply Red has provoked me to an almost physical reaction. God forbid someone is actually singing along or otherwise enjoying this effluent. It makes me want to burn the room. I understand that this isn't rational, and anyone who has an adequate explanation for why I want to behave in this way will earn my thanks. Van Morrison. Bruce Springsteen.

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Get a discount code to save on your internet security. Currys - Technology Deals. Discover a range of promo codes on kitchen appliances. So you can hold him at least partially responsible for the hideous histrionics we suffer from the likes of X Factor diva wannabes, though there are plenty of far worthier targets for your revulsion. You can rail against him for daring to take on Rod Stewart's role in The Faces, though given what The Mod himself has since become over the past couple of decades that seems somewhat pointless.

There's no law to stop you hating him for the colour of his hair, either, though the man has a more than fair point that this is akin to racism. And you can call him ugly, though that seems fairly pointless given the notches on the man's bedpost, and — like the torrent of abuse he faces for being 'ginger' — completely beside the point when considering his music. All these things do is demonstrate how little you care about music.

The truth is, whether he's likeable or not remains irrelevant. What matters is, as with any musician, his legacy. And though that legacy is, for the most part, as valuable as the furry dice that swung above the car stereos that played most of Hucknall's records, it contains one record of substantial and long lasting value.

Perhaps if he'd died young — as so many people seem to wish he had — such an opinion might be more widespread. So if it helps, picture him curled up in a puddle of his own vomit, blood dribbling from his nose, or perhaps leaping from a 15th floor window like Donny Hathaway.

Perhaps you'd like to imagine that he was shot by his mother in some bizarre re-enactment of Marvin Gaye's murder, or crushed and left paralysed by falling lighting equipment. Do whatever it takes to consider Picture Book in isolation, because for its forty minutes and thirty three seconds' duration, Mick Hucknall was the real thing, hard though it might be now to believe.

Cringe if you need at the glossy production, but at least give him props for not overdressing the shop window like the likes of Winehouse and Duffy. He inhabits these songs, teasing unexpected melodies and shapes out of them, feeling them, expressing himself with real candour. One can only wonder what he might have become if the fame hadn't gone to his head. Share this article:. If you love what we do, you can help tQ to continue bringing you the best in cultural criticism and new music by joining one of our subscription tiers.

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