Unpopular views about music

[ShittyRecolor]

I'm at a point in my life where I enjoy music without vocals. From video game or movie soundtracks to classical, I'm relatively young but I just can't get into any of today's trends and even the stuff I used to love like Metallica and rage against the machine and just too...angry for my to be able to relax to now. Give me beethoven or the skyrim theme etc over just about anything. Well except Irish folk music, I'll always dig that.

I'm a big fan of instrumentals too. You might also want to check yout Steve Morse:

 

[ZepFloyd94]

I'm at a point in my life where I enjoy music without vocals. From video game or movie soundtracks to classical, I'm relatively young but I just can't get into any of today's trends and even the stuff I used to love like Metallica and rage against the machine and just too...angry for my to be able to relax to now. Give me beethoven or the skyrim theme etc over just about anything. Well except Irish folk music, I'll always dig that.

You should check out Joe Satriani, Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Liquid Tension Experiment, Niacin, and Kamasi Washington

 

[Tehshigelisok]

I don't get the hype over Sturgill Simpson. Everyone's saying he's one of the biggest and best alternative country acts of the 21st century, but all of his songs either sound like they're just parroting what eleventy billion other alt-country artists have done to death, or are so freaking trippy that I have no idea how anyone can make heads or tails of them.

I've had this song explained to me about 20 times:

And I still have no idea what the FUCK it's even about.

 

[sbm1990]

Most black metal (especially 2nd wave) bands are boring, sound the same, and try too hard to be edgy while ripping their looks off of Kiss.

inb4kvltblackmetalfansalogmetodeathlol

 

[FatFuckingClown]

Somebody here probably already said it, I'm sure of it...but Beyoncé is completely overrated.

Don't get me wrong, she's a FANTASTIC performer, but she's primarily a visual performer. I hate that people think she can do fucking anything, just because she's her. Bet a million bucks she could go postal tomorrow, and you'd still have these 12 year-olds trying to act like 19 year-olds going, "YAAASSSS QUEEN, SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY"

Like, no, there are so many other female performers waaaaaay more worthy of your time and attention. But she blew up.

When she sings, she literally just belts out a few notes with a lot of vibrato. I read somewhere, and I still think it's hilarious, that folks who abuse vibrato are no different than the ones who douse their French fries in ketchup.

 

[Tranhuviya]

Rage Against the Machine are a bunch of hypocritical, corporate drama whores - if not outright lolcows.

On that note, Killing in the Name of is shit. The "some of those who work forces also burn crosses" vocals sounds like the singer has had this deep cosmic revelation, and it makes me hoot with laughter every time I hear it.

 

[StraightShooter]

Modern metal (and rock in general) is shit, and most 'metalhead' communities are just lolcow conventions nearly indistinguishable from any SJW or Tumblr gathering. Most self-identified "metalheads" are pussies and social rejects.

 

[Teeter]

U2 sucks it big time.

Agree on the Die Antwoord. One day my eyes are going to stick from rolling so hard anytime someone I know goes on about how awesome they are.

I also think Aphex Twin is overrated as all hell.

 

[Magic Fingers]

-I've never exactly liked Led Zeppelin.
-Same for The Rolling Stones.
-As much as I love prog music, I'm really getting tired of the Periphery/Tesseract/Animals As Leaders djent crap.
-I unironically love Huey Lewis and the news
-I also really dig The Weeknd
-I am a guitarist who used to be very much of the shred persuasion, but god damn do I hate widdly guitar music

I know there are a lot more opinions I've got in me, so I'll be sure to add more later.

 

[kiaralilmami]

-I fucking love Chainsmokers. Selfie was good for what it was, a basic novelty and parody of modern EDM. But even when they proved they could back up their arrogance (Closer, All We Know, Roses, to a lesser extent the much-maligned Don't Let Me Down which was more ruined by Daya than any of the actual beatwork) they STILL arent taken as seriously as they should be. All We Know had one of the best drops of 2016 and NO ONE i know has heard it.

-I'm an EDM whore in general

-I'm starting to get sick of the Adele mafia, and I think shes only been given so many Grammies at this point because its safer and easier than to give one to, say, Bieber while hes still climbing out of the constant public humilation that was the last 3 years of his life even though Purpose was best album, or Beyoncé for basically spending an hour and a half shitting all over Hov. She's safe and unthreatening. Yes she can belt. And unlike her closest peer imo, Taylor Swift, her personal life is not mired in scandal. But when Taylor Swift writes 3 albums about multiple failed relationships between the ages of like 15 and 22, we laughef at her, even though what the fuck do you expect a white girl from PA of that age to write about??? But when Adele writes 3 albums about the SAME failed relationship over the ages of 19-25, we all cum our pants and throw little golden men at her. 25 is so so much worse than people give it credit for; "Send my Love to Your New Lover" is a shapeless, heartless mess that could have been sung by literally anyone, and the first time I ever listened to a song for MONTHS before realizing it was, in fact, Adele. "Hello" is a slow, plodding, funeral-like mess of a rehash of "Someone Like You" and the fact that it was named SotY i think really speaks to the state of the world in general. Long story short, the Adele mafia dont scare me, stop giving white landwhales grammies just because they dont look like the typical pop star. Adele can belt, but so can the top 12 girls on this season of The Voice. WHAT ELSE CAN SHE DO???

-I liked Yachty's verse on Broccoli. Furthermore, he and D.R.A.M. were robbed so badly this year at the Grammies I hope they checked to see if somebody took the rims of their ride too. Wasn't Hotline Bling released as a single in Summer 2015?? How the FUCK was it eligible for a Grammy in 2017??? I dont give a shit that it was on Views (it was the best song on Views tbh), it was released PRIOR to 2016 and if Broccoli would have won we could get hip hop into a completely new awesome direction. But no, its easier to give it to Drake, because hes not as threatening as Yachty with his wack ass red dreads.

-21 Pilots is pretentious garbage and boring as fuck

-So is Lukas Graham, who is also a phenomenal Milo-level narcissist as well. He really should be more of a lolcow, but we'll see what happens

-If you think people who take Die Antwoord seriously are funny, did you know that there are people that take Xiu Xiu seriously? Hooooooooly shit you guys.

-Eyedea and Why? are the best white rappers

-I don't hate "i hate u, i love u"

-This might not be unpopular here, but people are cutting "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor wayyyyyyyyyyy too much slack like no, it really is as bad as critics originally made it out to be. Trainor is grade A lolcow material tho.

Idk I probably have more.

 

[ZepFloyd94]

The rap section of Roll The Bones isn't that bad. If anything, it's on par with the reggae section of The Spirit of Radio.

 

[Magic Fingers]

I also unironically love 80's pop/glam/hair/ whatever metal. I grew up listening to that stuff, so I've always got a soft spot for bands in too much spandex and hairspray. It's cheesy, it's simplistic, but it's fun as hell.

 

[AA 102]

I also unironically love 80's pop/glam/hair/ whatever metal. I grew up listening to that stuff, so I've always got a soft spot for bands in too much spandex and hairspray. It's cheesy, it's simplistic, but it's fun as hell.

How is that an unpopular opinion that shit is awesome.

 

[Magic Fingers]

I dunno, there just seems to be this air of embarrassment whenever hair metal is brought up. Admittedly, a LOT of it started to look and sound the same in the later part of the 80's, but it's still corny in the best sort of way.

 

[Syaoran Li]

I can't stand modern mainstream music, but I also hate modern indie music as well (it's mostly hipster garbage to me). I prefer classic rock and oldies (1950's-1980's), and even if the music I like is considered "dadrock" to the masses, I still enjoy it.

I also love bluegrass music unironically. Bluegrass is quite literally my favorite genre of music.

 

[ZepFloyd94]

I also unironically love 80's pop/glam/hair/ whatever metal. I grew up listening to that stuff, so I've always got a soft spot for bands in too much spandex and hairspray. It's cheesy, it's simplistic, but it's fun as hell.

Thoughts on Steel Panther?

 

[Magic Fingers]

A group of insanely talented musicians doing a fantastic job parodying the stereotypical LA hard rock band from that era. I love 'em. Fun fact: their singer and, if I'm not mistaken, their guitarist are members of a well known David Lee Roth era Van Halen cover band called the Atomic Punks.

 

[ZepFloyd94]

A group of insanely talented musicians doing a fantastic job parodying the stereotypical LA hard rock band from that era. I love 'em. Fun fact: their singer and, if I'm not mistaken, their guitarist are members of a well known David Lee Roth era Van Halen cover band called the Atomic Punks.

Recently, Michael Starr was supposed to have fronted a tribute to DLR's first two solo albums alongside original players Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, and Gregg Bisonette, with Diamond Dave himself appearing for the encore.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

Very unpopular opinion here: I don't think Jimi Hendrix was magic or that his music/guitar ability was head and shoulders above his contemporaries. Don't get me wrong, I love Peace in Mississippi and Voodoo Child as much as the next man but to say that Hendrix is THE guitar god of the 20th century, but ignore John Cipollina or the other dudes that were around at the same time and general place, playing a similar style of music and with a similar level of technical skill...

Hendrix seems to get a lot of hype. Probably because he died young.

 

[Army Burger]

Very unpopular opinion here: I don't think Jimi Hendrix was magic or that his music/guitar ability was head and shoulders above his contemporaries. Don't get me wrong, I love Peace in Mississippi and Voodoo Child as much as the next man but to say that Hendrix is THE guitar god of the 20th century, but ignore John Cipollina or the other dudes that were around at the same time and general place, playing a similar style of music and with a similar level of technical skill...

Hendrix seems to get a lot of hype. Probably because he died young.

Just about anyone who dies "before their time" is going to be given sainthood, from Duncan Edwards to John F. Kennedy. Is Hendrix the GOAT when it comes to guitar? I don't know. But he's absolutely up there.