Unpopular Music Opinions

philcollins · 03-26-2011, 07:55 AM

rebecca black is making a joke of music

MoonlitSunshine · 03-26-2011, 08:06 AM

... you think that's an unpopular opinion? That said, you shouldn't really be blaming her, blame her parents and the recoding company that came up with the song.

TockTockTock · 03-26-2011, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Dayvan Cowboy

I thought I'd add into the debate. Have you ever heard of the previously-mentioned Toby Driver? He's a sometimes-metal musician. Judging by the fact that you are a self-proclaimed jazz snob, you might just like his work.

Only parts of this song are metal. The last six minutes or so are actually floaty ambience and at the end there's a brilliant spoken word part, and the opening line of "And so ten centuries solemnly collide, love failed and I have lost my name" is nothing short of awesome, either.

This song starts off fairly calm, and then it turns into a brutal metal-fest, and then back to calm prettiness again. From what I've heard, metalheads ****ing hate this band. I've argued with many a metalhead who didn't appreciate MOTW's album Bath. Many reasons for the hatred include "they're not metal all of the time" "singer sounds like a fruit" "untalented" and "untrue metal". But of course, hardcore metallica lovin' metalfans are usually dumbasses.

Both bands also have a nice selection of non-metal albums you might enjoy, though. You might like Kayo Dot's Coyote or Maudlin Of The Well's Part The Second. Coyote is scary sounding and claustrophobic (apparently the album is about somebody experiencing death), and Part the second is a mostly melodic butterfly fest of pretty music.

Kayo Dot is good. Never heard of the second suggestion, though.

clutnuckle · 03-26-2011, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

One Toby Driver album I really did like was under the name "Tartar Lamb".... a self-titled album, I think. That one was really good.

Tartar Lamb II is out now. Unless somebody already beat me to saying that...

Hip-hop and No Wave did more to rebel against music industries/social constraints/etc. than Punk Rock has ever done.

Dayvan Cowboy · 03-26-2011, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

maudlin of the Well I could never get into personally, but I'd be lying if I said your description of "Part The Second" wasn't at all enticing, haha. I'll have to find that one as well and get back to you.

Thanks for the recommendations.

Part the Second is actually free. You can download it off of their site here.

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Tartar Lamb II is out now. Unless somebody already beat me to saying that...

Tartar Lamb II is good. What's your favourite movement? Mines the second and the fourth.

clutnuckle · 03-26-2011, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dayvan Cowboy

Tartar Lamb II is good. What's your favourite movement? Mines the second and the fourth.

Anything before the fourth really; not because I disliked the fourth at all, but in the fourth they sort of reached the conclusion, and I really liked the brooding, spine-tingling atmosphere created in the first three.

TockTockTock · 03-28-2011, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

Jimi Hendrix is not overrated. He is without a doubt the greatest guitarist of all-time, hands-down. It's not even close.

Coming from a huge Hendrix fan, I'll definitely agree with you that he isn't overrated (I wouldn't consider him underrated either), but I wouldn't call him the best. He's definitely great in his own realm of music, but I wouldn't say he's better or worse than those like Fred Frith, John Fahey, or Django Reinhardt.

clutnuckle · 03-28-2011, 05:41 PM

John Fahey > everyone, because:

Creating adventures > creating songs

crukster · 03-28-2011, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Tumor

Not really. "Lick it Up" is the only KISS song that I'd ever bother with and even then I can't exactly say that I like it.

God Gave Rock and Roll to you

Detroit Rock City

Love Gun

Black Diamond

Cold Gin

I was made for Lovin' You

give those a whirl

TockTockTock · 03-28-2011, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

In my defense, I was listening to "Machine Gun" while high as a kite and twice as purple when I wrote that.

"In his own realm" a better way of putting it, yeah.

"Machine Gun" is one of my favorite songs of all time.

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