Unpopular Music Opinions

Winston · 07-28-2016, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Terrapin_Station

I'd guess that at least half of my musical opinions are unpopular.

Here are a couple to start:

The many musicians in KISS over the years are as skilled as the musicians in Rush, say.

And Gene Simmons is a James Jamerson and Paul McCartney-caliber bassist (who has also been heavily influenced by Jamerson and McCartney).

The Velvet Underground are good, but Lou Reed's solo career is much better.

Grateful Dead are progressive rock.

Lou Reed's solo career better than The Velvet Underground? That is a bold and quite unpopular statement. Good job, sir.

As far as The Dead being progressive rock, that's quite understandable to me.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 07-28-2016, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Winston

I would choose Prince over Michael Jackson every time.

I see nothing special about Miley Cyrus. Is that an unpopular opinion?

Na, it's like saying Bieber is overrated.

Prince pisses over MJ. I've listened to most of his discography now and he is insanely talented.

At times like this I wish Soulflower was around so we could argue about Prince and MJ

<3

Terrapin_Station · 07-28-2016, 03:10 AM

I love both Prince and MJ, and sometimes--depending on the specific albums in question, for example--I'd choose MJ over Prince, but overall I prefer Prince. And actually, overall I'd also pick the Jackson 5/the Jacksons over MJ. Jackson 5 and the Jacksons are killer. They don't get near the respect they deserve. I'd still pick Prince overall above the Jacksons, though.

Terrapin_Station · 07-28-2016, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

I don't see what's so great about Funkadelic/Parliament.
Just tried, for the umpteenth time, to listen to Maggot Brain, but got bored pretty quickly.

This might be an unpopular opinion, although I'm not sure:

They're both good, but Parliament was significantly better than Funkadelic. Funkadelic albums starting from the second half of the 70s are better than the earlier albums, and it took Parliament a couple albums to really hit their stride, too--again, starting in 1975..

Terrapin_Station · 07-28-2016, 03:47 AM

More unpopular opinions:

I love funk overall, but some of the best funk has been played primarily by white folks--Tower of Power, for example, and most of the best funk, by white and black folks (and others) alike, has been played in a jazz fusion context--Funk Factory, Brecker Brothers, Chick Corea's Elektric Band, Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group, George Duke, Alphonse Mouzon, various things that Jaco Pastorius was involved with, etc.

Also, a lot of music that people don't normally think of as funky IS funky--for example, funk is one of the most significant influences on Led Zeppelin, and all things being equal, if there's a steady pulse with a rhythm section, the best music tends to be funky/tends to groove.

Zhanteimi · 07-28-2016, 05:01 AM

I've often secretly thought that white people do black music better.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 07-28-2016, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

I've often secretly thought that white people do black music better.

Ali Campbell

Terrapin_Station · 07-28-2016, 08:37 AM

Depends on the genre. I think there are far more great blues, gospel, R&B, soul and hip-hop artists who are black . . . Even though my favorite hip-hop artist by far is Beastie Boys, but they're the only white hip-hop act I'm a big fan of.

**Frownland** · 07-28-2016, 08:53 AM

I bet mordwyr just feels threatened when he listens to black people play music, so he has to whitewash it so that music isn't a scary experience.

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Originally Posted by Terrapin_Station

The Velvet Underground are good, but Lou Reed's solo career is much better.

Agreed. This is the only VU song that can touch Metal Machine Music.

The Batlord · 07-28-2016, 09:58 AM

I don't know about mordwyr's greater point, but I would definitely say that the British Invasion beat the pants off the rock artists that came before them, black or white.

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07-28-2016, 03:10 AM	#11693 (permalink)
Terrapin_Station Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: NYC Man Posts: 877	I love both Prince and MJ, and sometimes--depending on the specific albums in question, for example--I'd choose MJ over Prince, but overall I prefer Prince. And actually, overall I'd also pick the Jackson 5/the Jacksons over MJ. Jackson 5 and the Jacksons are killer. They don't get near the respect they deserve. I'd still pick Prince overall above the Jacksons, though.

07-28-2016, 03:47 AM	#11695 (permalink)
Terrapin_Station Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: NYC Man Posts: 877	More unpopular opinions: I love funk overall, but some of the best funk has been played primarily by white folks--Tower of Power, for example, and most of the best funk, by white and black folks (and others) alike, has been played in a jazz fusion context--Funk Factory, Brecker Brothers, Chick Corea's Elektric Band, Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group, George Duke, Alphonse Mouzon, various things that Jaco Pastorius was involved with, etc. Also, a lot of music that people don't normally think of as funky IS funky--for example, funk is one of the most significant influences on Led Zeppelin, and all things being equal, if there's a steady pulse with a rhythm section, the best music tends to be funky/tends to groove.

07-28-2016, 08:37 AM	#11698 (permalink)
Terrapin_Station Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: NYC Man Posts: 877	Depends on the genre. I think there are far more great blues, gospel, R&B, soul and hip-hop artists who are black . . . Even though my favorite hip-hop artist by far is Beastie Boys, but they're the only white hip-hop act I'm a big fan of.