Unpopular views about music

[A Gay Retard]

Strongly disagree. His later hardcore stuff was pretty good. His earlier Ramones stuff was good too. Nothing earth shattering and of course his shit eating made him but the people who say he had no musical talent almost never have heard more then one or two songs by him.

There is a reason bite it you scum has 3.1 million views on Youtube despite GG being dead for nearly 30 years

mediocre on his best day. killed by a crowd that romanticized self-destruction to the extent that they were practically taking a deathpool on his overdose.

at least people remember Sid as handsome and a possible murderer who couldn’t play music instead of somebody smeared in shit who couldn’t make music

unpopular music opinion thread.

 

[McMitch]

Fast for the sake of fast, especially during extended segments, just bogs down a song and almost universally would be inprove deny learning how to solo “slow”.
Organ-driven rock with guitar for flair is always superior to just guitar.

mine that’s not mine: guitar should only be a rhythm instrument, never lead.

 

[ClownBrew]

Organ-driven rock with guitar for flair is always superior to just guitar.

Jon Lord was a demigod.

 

[EmpireOfTheClouds]

I don't think an instrumental track is "background music" just because it has no lyrics.

Seriously, I don't understand this one. At least half the people I've talked to react to instrumentals like they're just white noise because there isn't a human voice in there. Most background music is instrumental, yeah, but that doesn't make an instrumental background music by default.

I guess it depends on the type of instrumental.

People recognize great instrumentals when they hear it because they really stand out. Rush's YYZ and Iron Maiden's Genghis Khan are perfect examples because they structure themselves in ways that grab the listener's attention by the neck and throw them through adventurous music until it's over. vocals would RUIN those songs. Compare that to Losfer Words and Leave That Thing Alone, which just sound like stock beats of their parent bands.

If something could have just had vocals over it, then they're justified in skipping it. It's kind of like when songs pad themselves out with long instrumental sections for no reason.

 

[Stilgar of Troon]

I guess it depends on the type of instrumental.

People recognize great instrumentals when they hear it because they really stand out. Rush's YYZ and Iron Maiden's Genghis Khan are perfect examples because they structure themselves in ways that grab the listener's attention by the neck and throw them through adventurous music until it's over. vocals would RUIN those songs. Compare that to Losfer Words and Leave That Thing Alone, which just sound like stock beats of their parent bands.

If something could have just had vocals over it, then they're justified in skipping it. It's kind of like when songs pad themselves out with long instrumental sections for no reason.

Absolutely agree. Instrumentals require a slightly different take on writing songs. Looking at it holistically, the voice is just another instrument in the ensemble; if it's missing, there needs to be a thematic element of some kind to take its place. Otherwise, it's not an instrumental, it's basically a karaoke track with delusions of grandeur.

 

[Vetti]

Hyperpop isn't a real thing. We've all heard shit exactly like it since dubstep was popular but nobody cared because what people define as hyperpop characteristics are honestly very minute production qualities. The only reason people think it's a real genre with agency is because Anthony Fantano is a faggot who had to insist that Charli XCX and Sophie are pioneers for distinguished, intelligent ears. Fact is, he just wanted to bone the tranny.

 

[d4re to .d0xx]

johnny cash fucking sucks.

 

[Idiot Doom Spiral]

Much of the Jimi Hendrix canon is unlistenable trash.

 

[round robin]

I dislike fadeouts, except in very rare cases. Songs typically require an end, especially if those songs will be performed live, and a fadeout has always felt like a copout to not writing a proper end to a song to me.

 

[Drain Todger]

Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Cardi B are all dog shit.

Lorde and Sia can mumble over music, but they can’t for the life of them sing.

Everyone who listens to Sleater-Kinney is an unbearable fucking Tumblrina. If you want to hear a good band from Olympia, try Unwound for a change.

Mike Patton was right; Wolfmother sucks balls.

Arctic Monkeys, U2, Bon Iver, and One Direction are all shit. Most rap is shit. Most country is shit except for the old shit like Waylon Jennings.

Sometimes, I like to imagine a hungry dragon roasting and eating Imagine Dragons and all their gear live on stage.

 

[EmpireOfTheClouds]

I dislike fadeouts, except in very rare cases. Songs typically require an end, especially if those songs will be performed live, and a fadeout has always felt like a copout to not writing a proper end to a song to me.

Depends on the type of fade out.

Personally my favourite fade out of all time would be "Josie" by Steely Dan. Because it's oddly menacing sounding despite just being a standard blues beat with a saxophone riff that recurs, thus hinting at the chaos the lyrics suggest.

It can also be very satisfying too. I shit you not, the last two minutes of Genesis' "Supper's Ready" are satisfying BECAUSE of the fade out, suggesting closure.

But then you get cases like Stranger in a Strange Land by Iron Maiden where it lazily just fades out mid sentence. I love that song but always hated that ending.

 

[Higgins]

I can do without listening most mainstream classic rock bands ever again. They're overplayed and out of touch.

Stop whining about popular music. Music isn't a meritocracy, you have way more options/avenues to new music, and most of it (in all eras) is disposable. No use getting mad about it. Your favorite artist probably doesn't want to be a megastar and couldn't give less of a shit about archaic institutions like the Grammys.

 

[StevieLasVegas]

I can do without listening most mainstream classic rock bands ever again. They're overplayed and out of touch.

Stop whining about popular music. Music isn't a meritocracy, you have way more options/avenues to new music, and most of it (in all eras) is disposable. No use getting mad about it. Your favorite artist probably doesn't want to be a megastar and couldn't give less of a shit about archaic institutions like the Grammys.

I have no issue with radio stations playing classic rock bands as long as they vary the songs. I can go without ever hearing Kiss' Rock and Roll All Night or AC DC's Thunderstruck or anything from Back In Black ever again thanks to my local rock station only playing them.

 

[Higgins]

I have no issue with radio stations playing classic rock bands as long as they vary the songs. I can go without ever hearing Kiss' Rock and Roll All Night or AC DC's Thunderstruck or anything from Back In Black ever again thanks to my local rock station only playing them.

More often than not, all those radio stations do is play the same overplayed songs from the past. I'm at the point where if I am going to listen to older music, I want it to be something not mainstream. Something great that maybe the charts at the time wasn't receptive too. There's a great YouTube channel called Adventures in Sound posting music from the past and globally I'd recommend. YouTube has done more to expand my music taste than the local radio station has.

 

[KillThemCrackasBabies]

Nu-metal was not only not "cringe" but was in fact cool as fuck.

 

[Mal0]

I don't understand why Nickleback is so hated. I really don't.

Sure "Photograph" isn't a top hit, but it isn't the worst song either. And I kinda like "Rockstar".

 

[cactus]

I don't understand why Nickleback is so hated. I really don't.

Sure "Photograph" isn't a top hit, but it isn't the worst song either. And I kinda like "Rockstar".

A lot of people just think they're mediocre and that's it. They're there and don't do anything interesting. Also Canada.

 

[198d]

interpol fucking suck.

 

[EmpireOfTheClouds]

Grateful Dead fans are the Jehovah's Witnesses of music enthusiasts.

 

[Jeff Boomhauer]

Queen is overrated; Bohemian Rhapsody especially. For some reason, they're like the one classic rock band that everyone says they like. It's like the Harry Potter or MCU of music.

Yet I guarantee that most Queen "fans" don't know any of their songs save for Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, We are the Champions, and maybe Fat Bottomed Girls.