Unpopular views about music

The Fair Lady said:
I've never understood the hate. Most of it seems to come from A-Loggy metal elitists.
Click to expand...
Black and Death metal has no standard of quality, a friend and I did a "Black Metal" project where we used the shittiest tone possible and coughed over it, distorted the cough, and used a drum track off youtube and the elitists loved it. Metal elitism is about being sociable to a niche community, not quality. I like melodic or neoclassical metal usually because its harder to cheese that sort of thing, but I get why people like Nu Metal as it has no pretensions and it made to appeal to anyone and be catchy and I respect that in a way. Metal elitists should be called hipsters because its wbat they are.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
  • Agree
  • Feels
Reactions: Instant_Pot_User, Midwit, AngryAboutInternets and 15 others
Frank Ocean is kind of overrated. I like his music a lot, but don't get the sheer rapidity has hardcore fans have for him. Out of the biggest three artisits to come out of Odd Future (Tyler, Earl, and Frank) Frank is a distant third behind Tyler and Earl. He's pretty good, but I just don't get the intense passion some people have for his music. Also, channel ORANGE is way better than blond.
 
  • Agree
  • Thunk-Provoking
  • Like
Reactions: Speech To Text, malapropism, Claus and 1 other person
Ranni said:
Black and Death metal has no standard of quality, a friend and I did a "Black Metal" project where we used the shittiest tone possible and coughed over it, distorted the cough, and used a drum track off youtube and the elitists loved it. Metal elitism is about being sociable to a niche community, not quality. I like melodic or neoclassical metal usually because its harder to cheese that sort of thing, but I get why people like Nu Metal as it has no pretensions and it made to appeal to anyone and be catchy and I respect that in a way. Metal elitists should be called hipsters because its wbat they are.
Click to expand...
For real.

Used to be a metalhead in my late teens, and knew quite a few 'metal elitists.' They'd give me shit for listening to the established stuff, and say I should listen to x, y or z unknown gore metal band from bumfuck nowhere. Sounds like shit, every time.

I say this some 15 years later as I listen to Children of Bodom during office hours. It's a little edgy, but it's dope.
 
  • Feels
  • Like
  • Agree
Reactions: eDove, Claus, The Fair Lady and 1 other person
Open Window Maniac said:
Frank Ocean is kind of overrated. I like his music a lot, but don't get the sheer rapidity has hardcore fans have for him. Out of the biggest three artisits to come out of Odd Future (Tyler, Earl, and Frank) Frank is a distant third behind Tyler and Earl. He's pretty good, but I just don't get the intense passion some people have for his music. Also, channel ORANGE is way better than blond.
Click to expand...
I fear Tyler might be overrated soon. Ever since he won those two Grammys, Tyler’s music has started to somewhat dwindle as far as quality goes. Not as bad as Frank taking years off from making music, but I’ve noticed he‘s somewhat copied most of Frank’s mannerisms in his recent years.

It’s just funny how they went from this:

8E6E7964-441F-42AE-937E-46F411079AC7.jpegD0C62735-ADD8-4767-B109-9C67CF7D4A75.jpeg

To now them looking like this:

7461479C-4C0F-47B9-A3C4-2BBE5FA91937.jpeg
FC7D2243-A27F-4055-B78E-0F39E6E6A142.jpeg

The former being regular guys just happy being famous and hanging out, to now looking like glam stars that Tyler would obsessively mock on his early projects (even while showing support for Frank coming out as bisexual).

Overall, I’d say IGOR was Tyler at his peak, since I doubt he’ll ever make a project as famous as that. CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST was just okay at best, and him trying to win back the same rap fans that used to mock him at his early days. Either way, they just went too mainstream on their own standards, but for mainstream’s sake.
 
  • Agree
Reactions: Weed Eater
Ranni said:
Black and Death metal has no standard of quality, a friend and I did a "Black Metal" project where we used the shittiest tone possible and coughed over it, distorted the cough, and used a drum track off youtube and the elitists loved it.
Click to expand...
Is that the mystical state of "True Cult" I've heard about?
 
  • Like
Reactions: CarlosDanger
I miss when artists used to not just write the lyrics to their songs but create the instrumentals as well. Annoying faggot producer tags instantly kill the vibe for me, knowing that the artist just showed up in the studio for an hour and shat out some vocals that were slapped on instrumental they had no part in creating, with little care.
 
Last edited:
  • Agree
Reactions: Humpty hump, malapropism, Pills and 5 others
BlackWaterSails said:
Nickelback isn't bad at all and the lead singer is actually really good. The biggest problem is the instrumental aspect of the band because a lot of it sounds the same.
Click to expand...
Nickelback is actually a great hard rock band. It's just their songwriting absolutely sucks ass, which is why they have such a bad rep. I used to think they were awful until I heard their cover version of "Sad But True".

I'd unironically buy a Nickelback album full of Metallica covers.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Humpty hump, StevieLasVegas, The Foxtrot and 1 other person
Pee Cola said:
Nickelback is actually a great hard rock band. It's just their songwriting absolutely sucks ass, which is why they have such a bad rep. I used to think they were awful until I heard their cover version of "Sad But True".

I'd unironically buy a Nickelback album full of Metallica covers.
Click to expand...
They are undeniably good when they stay in their lane.
 
  • Thunk-Provoking
Reactions: Pee Cola
Late 2000's Kpop has some great songs and the asthetic can be amazing.
Kpop has turned to shit thanks to Koreans sucking off burger music companies (with 2014 being the death knell)
 
  • Agree
Reactions: Elysian and Weed Eater
Mastodon is, to me, music for nerds who think the more wanky the music is the better it is. I especially don't like how the drummer feels the need to do a fill every bar. I get it, you're skilled and you want to show it off, but there are a lot of better drummers than you who understand the purpose of the drums is to keep the beat, not randomly throttle the toms every other beat. Not hating, I think "Blood & Thunder" is a badass song, but whenever I hear something like "Dry Bone Valley" I can't help but think "lay off on the fills Brann Dailor". If I want Southern-style progressive metal I prefer Baroness.

Also, Dio-era Black Sabbath is my favorite era of Black Sabbath. Dio is such a charismatic singer that nothing by Ozzie compares to me, even though I love his material too.
 
  • Agree
  • Like
Reactions: malapropism, CarlosDanger, StevieLasVegas and 1 other person
Mojo Thief said:
Mastodon is, to me, music for nerds who think the more wanky the music is the better it is. I especially don't like how the drummer feels the need to do a fill every bar. I get it, you're skilled and you want to show it off, but there are a lot of better drummers than you who understand the purpose of the drums is to keep the beat, not randomly throttle the toms every other beat. Not hating, I think "Blood & Thunder" is a badass song, but whenever I hear something like "Dry Bone Valley" I can't help but think "lay off on the fills Brann Dailor". If I want Southern-style progressive metal I prefer Baroness.

Also, Dio-era Black Sabbath is my favorite era of Black Sabbath. Dio is such a charismatic singer that nothing by Ozzie compares to me, even though I love his material too.
Click to expand...
I think Mastodon had a whole two good albums, Blood Mountain and Crack the Skye and the rest is boring white noise. Even then, I have grown out of Gynecomastodong because I hate the fact you almost have to be high to listen to it, and if an artist has to be high to write then they just aren't naturally creative. The Dio Sabbath stuff was worlds better and same with Tony Martin.
 
Last edited:
  • Agree
Reactions: malapropism and StevieLasVegas
Wonder Boy said:
RHCP were never good
Click to expand...
When I was growing up I was a big fan of Chili Peppers. This was when they were known for their funky hits and I'll be honest as someone from California I really identify with their music. The outgoing sunshine state with skating and funk. Now I haven't really cared about them since Stadium Arcadium. There were a few okay songs on that album but it felt like Red Hot Chili Peppers lost what need special in my eyes.
 
  • Feels
  • Like
Reactions: Chad Holdenford, Weed Eater and Ron Jeremy Stan Account
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back