mega thread Unpopular Music Related Opinions

[Super Derpy 535]

• Most of the rap these days is atrocious and is nothing compared to rap back in the early 90s

Nickelback is horrible (it seems a lot of you agree with me on this one )

Disturbed is the best metal band of all time. (You will probably all rip me to pieces over that one )

I hate The Smashing Pumpkins even their old stuff.

[The Leafeon Pinkeh 3,603]

I like most mainstream music.

Like.. almost all of it, a few songs I don't like. 

 

Anyone here like nightcore besides me? I love nightcore! Seems some people don't like it but most of the songs I listen to nightcore version are better than the original. Some of them aren't as good as the original though.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

3.I enjoy ambient/drone

You mean like this?

 

 

Most of the rap these days is atrocious and is nothing compared to rap back in the early 90s

Death Grips yo. 

 

 

Disturbed is the best metal band of all time. (You will probably all rip me to pieces over that one

That's absolutely absurd, they're not even close to being halfway decent. I mean, they make modern day In Flames look good.

 

 

like most mainstream music. Like.. almost all of it, a few songs I don't like. 

This isn't unpopular tbh. 

Edited September 28, 2013 by Akari Akaza

[BrilliantVenture 334]

You mean like this?

 

Nah...I mean this type of stuff...

 

 

It's slow paced and relaxing...but very atmospheric/dark/moody...again it's another one of those genres that I feel connects with certain people...it's not super complex...but still has a subtle beauty to it...

[Moog the Kvlt 1,460]

I mean, they make modern day In Flames look good.

 

Continue weeping in the corner with Lunar Strain

 

 

You mean like this?

 

Boris are more of a Drone Metal band rather than some Drone-y ambient type stuff

[The Leafeon Pinkeh 3,603]

 

 

This isn't unpopular tbh. 

Oh, it seemed like a lot of people on here didn't like mainstream stuff. xD Like starships.  

If it got popular, it has to be good to some degree, right? I don't like Starships very much at some parts but most of the songs is okay.

[Soundgarden 2,758]

1.I enjoy speedcore/gabber/IDM...which I'm pretty sure NO ONE else on this forum likes...(it's got a smaller fanbase than acid house)

 

-Plenty of people here enjoy IDM

-Some people enjoy Gabber

-And it looks like you and me are the only ones who enjoy Speedcore here

 

 

3.While I dislike most rap...I don't hate it at all...I prefer more poetic rap that has meaning...not just senseless boasting...plus can we please get an originally made creative beat behind the vocals? Seriously...I can make most rap beats in 10 minutes with my producing software...at least get a melody of some sort in there...or some good ambience...

 

This is a point a lot of people misinterpret with Hip Hop music. First of all, while boasting is senseless, most rappers doing it actually has attitude, personality and great beats to back it up. It's not deep or anything, but it's fun to listen to. And not any person could just rap with attitude with well-produced beats in the background

 

So, if you just see it from another angle, you can find it enjoyable. Not everything has to have 3deep5u life-changing lyrics about life to be good, you know. Also, while the lyrics themselves seem to have no deeper meaning, doesn't mean that they aren't well-written

 

Second thing about what most people consider "senseless boasting" can actually have meaning behind it, though the concept can be a bit loose. Danny Brown's "XXX" and Death Grip's "Money Store" are perfect examples

 

Also, there's a shitload of Hip Hop artists and groups with interesting beats: Shabazz Palaces, Death Grips, Dälek and Clipping just to mention a few

Edited September 28, 2013 by Kyouko

[BrilliantVenture 334]

-Plenty of people here enjoy IDM

-Some people enjoy Gabber

-And it looks like you and me are the only ones who enjoy Speedcore here

 

 

 

This is a point a lot of people misinterpret with Hip Hop music. First of all, while boasting is senseless, most rappers doing it actually has attitude, personality and great beats to back it up. It's not deep or anything, but it's fun to listen to. And not any person could just rap with attitude with well-produced beats in the background

 

So, if you just see it from another angle, you can find it enjoyable. Not everything has to have 3deep5u life-changing lyrics about life to be good, you know. Also, while the lyrics themselves seem to have no deeper meaning, doesn't mean that they aren't well-written

 

Second thing about what most people consider "senseless boasting" can actually have meaning behind it, though the concept can be a bit loose. Danny Brown's "XXX" and Death Grip's "Money Store" are perfect examples

 

Also, there's a shitload of Hip Hop artists and groups with interesting beats: Shabazz Palaces, Death Grips, Dälek and Clipping just to mention a few

as I said...I know there's good rap/hip hop out there...I enjoy artists like the foreign beggars, prz, scroobius pip, etc...I see your opinion, and I respect it...I guess it just comes down to tastes in styles...and wow...another speedcore person? I didn't think I'd ever meet someone else like that!

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

It's annoying enough when someone dismisses and whole broad genre, but even more so when they dismiss an entire region. In the metal community it seems to be "cool" to only like European bands, and I think it's just flat out asinine. Especially when Europe has a bunch of crappy power metal and symphonic metal bands. Now don't get me wrong, there's plenty of bands from Europe that I enjoy on a regular basis, I just needed to get something that's been iterating me out of my system. 

 

I'm getting really sick of being called a "hipster" for liking anything underground. Do you expect me to listen to the radio? 

 

When people misuse the term "emo". I'm a fan of emo, proper emo. So when I hear someone label a band like Escape the Fate or My Chemical Romance "emo", I get my panties in a bunch.

 

Playing an instrument ain't easy, and neither is making good electronic music.

 

People who say "music just isn't what it used to be" really irritate me, especially in real life.

 

The whole "people who listen to classical music are really smart" is a load garbage. I find that people who listen to a wide variety of music are smarter than average. 

[Woohoo 34,377]

Might as well bump up this thread. Time for a really unpopular opinion...

 

I really hate it when songs fade out! To me, fading is so bland, so unimaginative, it just makes the songs sound unfinished. It's like the bands couldn’t figure out how to end the song so they just kept playing while the producer turns the volume down. Sure, fade-outs do work on some songs such as ballads or narratives, but on many other songs, it just feels lazy.

[BrilliantVenture 334]

Might as well bump up this thread. Time for a really unpopular opinion...

 

I really hate it when songs fade out! To me, fading is so bland, so unimaginative, it just makes the songs sound unfinished. It's like the bands couldn’t figure out how to end the song so they just kept playing while the producer turns the volume down. Sure, fade-outs do work on some songs such as ballads or narratives, but on many other songs, it just feels lazy.

that's an unpopular opinion?...I feel the EXACT same way...it just feels really lazy...but I can understand if it were maybe for the end of an album or something...but really...it's just...bleh.

[Woohoo 34,377]

that's an unpopular opinion?...I feel the EXACT same way...it just feels really lazy...but I can understand if it were maybe for the end of an album or something...but really...it's just...bleh.

Well I just assumed it was an unpopular opinion since nobody ever complains about it... except for a select few, including me.

[Moog the Kvlt 1,460]

Might as well bump up this thread. Time for a really unpopular opinion...

 

I really hate it when songs fade out! To me, fading is so bland, so unimaginative, it just makes the songs sound unfinished. It's like the bands couldn’t figure out how to end the song so they just kept playing while the producer turns the volume down. Sure, fade-outs do work on some songs such as ballads or narratives, but on many other songs, it just feels lazy.

 

 

that's an unpopular opinion?...I feel the EXACT same way...it just feels really lazy...but I can understand if it were maybe for the end of an album or something...but really...it's just...bleh.

 

 

Eh, I'd say that t's more on the lines of nobody really gives a fuck about how their song ends which would include me, but I kind of do prefer it when a song doesn't fade out.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

It seems like most people will trash anything with harsh vocals, anything poppy, anything electronic, anything with rapping, and pretty much almost anything that isn't grandpa rock. Oh well, it's their loss.

[Dddrgn 450]

I like Nickelback. There, I said it. A few of their songs are catchy and I can't help but sing along! okay?! I'm pretty sure this is unpopular.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

I'm gonna spoiler this one.

The "classic rock" fanbase is by far the worst music fanbase. They trash anything electronic and anything with harsh vocals, and then they refer to it as "just noise" or "this doesn't have real instrument". They refuse to listen to anything made after 1990, as if that's just the cut off year for good music. They're always whining about how "bad music is today", and they say stupid things like "Am I weird because I like AC/DC instead of Lady Gaga?" I mean, don't they ever just shut up?

 

Edited October 19, 2013 by Akari Akaza

[Mand'alor Dash 2,224]

I'm gonna spoiler this one.

 

The "classic rock" fanbase is by far the worst music fanbase. They trash anything electronic and anything with harsh vocals, and then they refer to it as "just noise" or "this doesn't have real instrument". They refuse to listen to anything made after 1990, as if that's just the cut off year for good music. They're always whining about how "bad music is today", and they say stupid things like "Am I weird because I like AC/DC instead of Lady Gaga?" I mean, don't they ever just shut up?

 

 

I'm a huge classic rock fan, and I openly identify as such. Everything from AC/DC to Bon Jovi and back. In fact, I often listen to stuff that's several decades older than classic rock, like Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

 

But I still love modern music, including, pop, electronic, and rap, assuming the artist involved actually puts some effort into it. Hell, my all-time favorite song was made in 2009.

 

Stop generalizing entire fanbases based on moronic, unsubstantiated stereotypes.

[Lisa 5,553]

 

Stop generalizing entire fanbases based on moronic, unsubstantiated stereotypes.

 

It may not be a fanbase. But it is funny, because in the other thread you quoted me basically saying all House music is terrible.

Edited October 20, 2013 by ~Harmonic Nicole~

[Mand'alor Dash 2,224]

It may not be a fanbase. But it is funny, because in the other thread you quoted me basically saying all House music is terrible.

Bluntly put, every House song I have ever heard has been terrible, and always for the same reasons. I have given up trying to find anything redeemable in that genre. The closest I've ever heard to a good one is Safe and Sound by Capitol Cities, and that has far more in common with synthpop than it does anything else.

 

If you can think of one that breaks the abysmal Guetta/Harris mold, feel free to prove me wrong.

[Moog the Kvlt 1,460]

Stop generalizing entire fanbases based on moronic, unsubstantiated stereotypes.

 

I dunno if I'd call it "unsubstantiated stereotypes" at least 90% of the people who listen to Classic Rock I know of are actually like that, and knowing Dawn he probably wasn't trying to generalize the whole fanbase, he was just probably speaking of the majority of fans that he's encountered.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

 

 

I'm a huge classic rock fan

Classic rock isn't even a real genre of music, it's a radio format/umbrella term for bands from the 60's-80's.

Even Wiki says so.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_rock

 

 

But I still love modern music, including, pop, electronic, and rap, assuming the artist involved actually puts some effort into it. Hell, my all-time favorite song was made in 2009.

While I do enjoy pop, electronic, and rap, I'm not very fond of the songs you posted. I've been getting into j-pop recently, as well as IDM and (proper) dubstep, I grew up listening to rap.

 

 

Stop generalizing entire fanbases based on moronic, unsubstantiated stereotypes.

What else am I supposed to think when they label whole genres of music as "just noise"? They're so oblivious to other genres of music, they always lump death metal and screamo together even though they're totally different genres. I listen to both and they sound nothing alike.

 

I dunno if I'd call it "unsubstantiated stereotypes" at least 90% of the people who listen to Classic Rock I know of are actually like that, and knowing Dawn he probably wasn't trying to generalize the whole fanbase, he was just probably speaking of the majority of fans that he's encountered.

Almost every classic rock fan I've encountered IRL acts like they're better than me. I just laugh at them.

[Mand'alor Dash 2,224]

Classic rock isn't even a real genre of music, it's a radio format/umbrella term for bands from the 60's-80's.

Even Wiki says so.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_rock

 

It's an umbrella term for a variety of genres/bands with certain stylistic similarities. These similarities are what define classic rock and give it its identity.

 

It can also be defined as a subculture/subfandom, if you're so keen on technicalities.

 

Your logic is utterly nonsensical. Is the fact that it's (technically) an umbrella term supposed to mean it's bad? This is like if you said Twinkies were your favorite candy, and I tried to discredit you by saying they're technically a pastry.

 

Not only is it purely an argument of semantics, but it doesn't do a damn thing to help your point.

 

What else am I supposed to think when they label whole genres of music as "just noise"? They're so oblivious to other genres of music, they always lump death metal and screamo together even though they're totally different genres. I listen to both and they sound nothing alike.

 

"They" this, "they" that. Listen to yourself, trying to generalize based on a stereotype.

 

I'm actually good friends with a fairly successful and very talented fandom musician. He's a huge classic rock fan to the point that he's actually joined an 80s tribute band, but he knows, listens to, and makes songs in more genres than you're probably even heard of.

 

Almost every classic rock fan I've encountered IRL acts like they're better than me. I just laugh at them.

 

Considering you act like you know all there is to know about music, and love to generalize and spit on people who disagree with you, I can't say I blame them.

[Moog the Kvlt 1,460]

Considering you act like you know all there is to know about music, and love to generalize and spit on people who disagree with you, I can't say I blame them.

 

I don't recall anyone mentioning that they know everything about music or even implying it, and who is spitting on anyone, right now all I see is someone who had gotten a bad vibe about a certain fanbase from experience with people around him, and someone who is trying to defend the fanbase, even though it's not working and is actually just making the matters worse.

 

Basically put, both sides have their reasons that are reasonable and your guys' argument isn't going anywhere.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

I just realized how moronic the statement "They only make music for money" is. Because obviously musicians don't need to eat, pay bills, and financially support themselves. There's difference between being greedy and trying to put bread on the table.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

War metal is a legitimate genre, it's a subgenre of black metal with elements of death metal and thrash metal in it. And no, Sabaton is NOT war metal ffs.

Edited November 7, 2013 by Le Kvlt Dawn