Unpopular Music Opinions

RVCA · 03-11-2011, 11:12 PM

The Soft Bulletin is crap

Howard the Duck · 03-11-2011, 11:32 PM

I love The Final Cut and Carl & The Passions' So Tough (Beach Boys)

music_phantom13 · 03-11-2011, 11:55 PM

Blink-182 was a pretty awesome band and I was disappointed when they broke up. Sonic Youth gets better as time moves on, for the most part. Reggae and ska as a whole are very boring genres where more so than in most types of music, the majority of it all blends together for me, I don't understand having more than a few albums in your collection (excluding albums that are really unique or combine it with other styles, i.e. Madlib, Operation Ivy, Slightly Stoopid, etc.)

Oh, and dubstep is one of the best things to happen to music in years. Not the best genre, though it is good, but one of the least accessible forms of music I can think of that's gotten mainstream popularity. And now even musicians like Burial and his copycats are getting popular, I think it's great that some of my friends that don't listen to much other than what's on the radio are getting into music because of it.

starrynight · 03-12-2011, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by MoonlitSunshine

...case and point, really. it's not Music, it's poetry. Some of his stuff is fantastic, from that respect, some of his stuff is utter trash from any respect, but you get that with any artist of any shape or form. My argument is that what he doesn't isn't and shouldn't ever really be considered music.

It's music but mainly words rather than music. I agree that where the focus is just on the words and the music is boring it can be very hard to listen to. Rock snobbery tells us that the words are all important and that a melody is a crime, I don't really agree with that. I like poetry actually, but not when it is sung to boring music. Good poetry can stand up on it's own 2 feet without any accompaniement. And those who just want music to flow over them and not interact with it, who want to immerse themselves, want atmospheric sounds only and not music that takes them somewhere and that they can be challenged or truly gripped by.

Howard the Duck · 03-12-2011, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by starrynight

It's music but mainly words rather than music. I agree that where the focus is just on the words and the music is boring it can be very hard to listen to. Rock snobbery tells us that the words are all important and that a melody is a crime, I don't really agree with that. I like poetry actually, but not when it is sung to boring music. Good poetry can stand up on it's own 2 feet without any accompaniement. And those who just want music to flow over them and not interact with it, who want to immerse themselves, want atmospheric sounds only and not music that takes them somewhere and that they can be challenged or truly gripped by.

i can deal with both - good lyrics with bad music or bad lyrics with good music

starrynight · 03-12-2011, 03:59 AM

The bad music would get in the way too much for me, I'd rather read it in a poetry book. Normally good music doesn't have really bad lyrics.

Howard the Duck · 03-12-2011, 06:23 AM

I can name a bit:-

Blur's Country House has the couplet - he's knocking back Prozac/and reading Balzac - the music is great, though

T.Rex's Mystic Lady - Pleasant crescent moon/fills my heart with pain/fills my toes with rain

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody - the entire bridge from "I see a little silhouette of a man" until "Beelzebub has a devil of a son for me"

Good lyrics but bad music - I find most Wu-Tang grooves quite mindless and repetitive with next to no production

starrynight · 03-12-2011, 06:31 AM

I like Bohemian Rhapsody but I don't like the other music really, and you only criticise part of the Queen song.

Howard the Duck · 03-12-2011, 07:42 AM

it's still part of the song - the "Mama just killed a man" parts are alright

starrynight · 03-12-2011, 08:01 AM

That's more a dramatic section of the music where the voices call and answer each other. It's more about the feel of the music at that point. Sometimes words are there for their sound as much as for their meaning. The lyrics flow well enough and so don't interfere with the music or drag it into some hackneyed melodic idea.

03-11-2011, 11:12 PM	#5061 (permalink)
RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	The Soft Bulletin is crap

03-11-2011, 11:32 PM	#5062 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	I love The Final Cut and Carl & The Passions' So Tough (Beach Boys)

03-11-2011, 11:55 PM	#5063 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	Blink-182 was a pretty awesome band and I was disappointed when they broke up. Sonic Youth gets better as time moves on, for the most part. Reggae and ska as a whole are very boring genres where more so than in most types of music, the majority of it all blends together for me, I don't understand having more than a few albums in your collection (excluding albums that are really unique or combine it with other styles, i.e. Madlib, Operation Ivy, Slightly Stoopid, etc.) Oh, and dubstep is one of the best things to happen to music in years. Not the best genre, though it is good, but one of the least accessible forms of music I can think of that's gotten mainstream popularity. And now even musicians like Burial and his copycats are getting popular, I think it's great that some of my friends that don't listen to much other than what's on the radio are getting into music because of it.

03-12-2011, 03:59 AM	#5066 (permalink)
starrynight Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 937	The bad music would get in the way too much for me, I'd rather read it in a poetry book. Normally good music doesn't have really bad lyrics.

03-12-2011, 06:23 AM	#5067 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	I can name a bit:- Blur's Country House has the couplet - he's knocking back Prozac/and reading Balzac - the music is great, though T.Rex's Mystic Lady - Pleasant crescent moon/fills my heart with pain/fills my toes with rain Queen Bohemian Rhapsody - the entire bridge from "I see a little silhouette of a man" until "Beelzebub has a devil of a son for me" Good lyrics but bad music - I find most Wu-Tang grooves quite mindless and repetitive with next to no production

03-12-2011, 06:31 AM	#5068 (permalink)
starrynight Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 937	I like Bohemian Rhapsody but I don't like the other music really, and you only criticise part of the Queen song.

03-12-2011, 07:42 AM	#5069 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	it's still part of the song - the "Mama just killed a man" parts are alright

03-12-2011, 08:01 AM	#5070 (permalink)
starrynight Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 937	That's more a dramatic section of the music where the voices call and answer each other. It's more about the feel of the music at that point. Sometimes words are there for their sound as much as for their meaning. The lyrics flow well enough and so don't interfere with the music or drag it into some hackneyed melodic idea.