Your unpopular music opinions

darkdubh · 23-10-2014 12:19pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

I like Chris Rea more than Throbbing Gristle, Napalm Death or Nurse With Wound.

Ha,ha thats class.Do you have the split Chris Rea/Whitehouse live bootleg?(only joking)

MadYaker · 23-10-2014 1:30pm

SilverScreen wrote: »

The most frustrating thing about Foo Fighters is that members of the band were in far more interesting bands before they joined. Dave Grohl was in Nirvana and Scream, Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith were in Sunny Day Real Estate, Pat Smear was in The Germs and Nirvana, and Chris Shiflett was in No Use For a Name. Yet Foo Fighters made bland, safe, radio-friendly rock for the most part despite maybe a decent song here and there.

Supergroups in general are nearly always disappointing. They never amount to the sum of their parts.

You know when you're painting if you mix loads of different colours and you just get brown? Thats Foo Fighters. Incredibly average and boring and I can't understand how some people think they are so amazing.

To Elland Back · 23-10-2014 7:45pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

I like Chris Rea more than Throbbing Gristle, Napalm Death or Nurse With Wound

A fine collection that matches my own.

drugstore cowboy · 24-10-2014 12:42pm

MadYaker wrote: »

You know when you're painting if you mix loads of different colours and you just get brown? Thats Foo Fighters. Incredibly average and boring and I can't understand how some people think they are so amazing.

Mad Season ftw!

God I miss Layne.

trashcan · 25-06-2015 7:14pm

SilverScreen wrote: »

The most frustrating thing about Foo Fighters is that members of the band were in far more interesting bands before they joined. Dave Grohl was in Nirvana and Scream, Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith were in Sunny Day Real Estate, Pat Smear was in The Germs and Nirvana, and Chris Shiflett was in No Use For a Name. Yet Foo Fighters made bland, safe, radio-friendly rock for the most part despite maybe a decent song here and there.

Supergroups in general are nearly always disappointing. They never amount to the sum of their parts.

Would kind of agree with that. I think the Foo Fighters are ok, and Dave Grohl seems a decent sort. If they were on Galstonbury I'd probably have watched. Learn to Fly is a bloody good song. But I don't own any of their albums, nor do I feel the urge to.

Rory Gallagher · 02-07-2015 1:51am

The Beatles are legendary as a result of things that they had little to no control over and John Lennon was not a profound as some people like to make out.They bore the fúcking bollox off me

I think Bob Dylan is a fantastic vocalist with a malleable voice and great phrasing(Allow me to justify:it IS a common, popular music opinion that Bob Dylan's voice is bad, whereas I really enjoy his vocal. I enjoy rough,unpolished vocals over clean, disciplined vocal.It just comes down to personal taste.)

Eric Clapton wasn't as great as people would have you believe, the man was never fully at the helm on any project that has amassed him great deal of popularity.His guitar playing was great, but he was horribly lacking as a melodist and songwriter(i.e Duane Allman gave Layla the kick up the arse it needed(Clapton's original intention was to do something more akin to that lumbering MTV unplugged version. Also, Jack Bruce wrote the SOYL riff)

I cannot stand Astral Weeks, I feel Moon Dance to be a much stronger work in all areas.

Modern Rock bands have a clean hue to their music( especially in the sound of the drums ) that removes the reckless abandon that makes rock ROCK.Plus most of them are horrible songwriters that ape and milk the same topics.

Tupac was a walking contradiction without wit or charm and his popularity confounds me, Nas is alot more enjoyable.

People take music too seriously, Frank Zappa took the piss whilst composing with complex instrumentation and melodic lines.

Finally: I hate that people like to give credit to drugs for a certain musicians artistic success, its become a boring cliche thats been attached to popular music since the '60's. No one says that Miles Davis was great from taking heroin. So why attribute musical success to drug use? I think that drugs are given far too much a credit in music, millions of people do drugs, it takes somebody with a certain type of thinking to create good art. So no kids, taking five LSD tabs and four joints will **** up your head before it ****s up your audience that are astounded by your genius.

Herb Powell · 02-07-2015 6:00pm

The most recent Mastodon albums are fuccking fantastic, and do not represent the band "going to shhit" as so many seem to think.

Some of the best music in the world is being made right here in Ireland, right now, but most people need to be told by the right music press what to like and get up off their holes and attend gigs. Nostalgia is also a killer.

This might not be quite fitting the theme of the thread, maybe a more musician-orientated opinion, but people paying over the odds for "vintage" gear is absolute nonsense. The guitars, amps, etc, being made today using the latest technology are extremely high quality, and probably better overall than the old stuff. Work on your fuccking playing and you might sound like your idol, no amount of buying and complaining is going to make you better or develop your own style. I'm all for having influences but the way some people go on is fuccking moronic.

Rory Gallagher · 03-07-2015 1:56am

Herb Powell wrote: »

The most recent Mastodon albums are fuccking fantastic, and do not represent the band "going to shhit" as so many seem to think.

Some of the best music in the world is being made right here in Ireland, right now, but most people need to be told by the right music press what to like and get up off their holes and attend gigs. Nostalgia is also a killer.

This might not be quite fitting the theme of the thread, maybe a more musician-orientated opinion, but people paying over the odds for "vintage" gear is absolute nonsense. The guitars, amps, etc, being made today using the latest technology are extremely high quality, and probably better overall than the old stuff. Work on your fuccking playing and you might sound like your idol, no amount of buying and complaining is going to make you better or develop your own style. I'm all for having influences but the way some people go on is fuccking moronic.

I agree completely there.
There's far too many musicians going unnoticed in Ireland, the only chance any of them will become even remotely known here is if they garner a following abroad.Most great Irish musicians artists had to leave here in order to get anything done.
I think Ireland is like the platform for great music, but its always approved elsewhere first.Then its acceptable to like them here.

Nostalgia ****s everything up, its the most obstructing human trait to a musician that really wants to go out and do something original.
No people, there was in fact great music released before the 1960's and after the 1990's. Just ****ing look for it.

Ash.J.Williams · 03-07-2015 7:07pm

Herb Powell wrote: »

The most recent Mastodon albums are fuccking fantastic, and do not represent the band "going to shhit" as so many seem to think.

Some of the best music in the world is being made right here in Ireland, right now, but most people need to be told by the right music press what to like and get up off their holes and attend gigs. Nostalgia is also a killer.

This might not be quite fitting the theme of the thread, maybe a more musician-orientated opinion, but people paying over the odds for "vintage" gear is absolute nonsense. The guitars, amps, etc, being made today using the latest technology are extremely high quality, and probably better overall than the old stuff. Work on your fuccking playing and you might sound like your idol, no amount of buying and complaining is going to make you better or develop your own style. I'm all for having influences but the way some people go on is fuccking moronic.

Regarding the vintage gear...I've never ever ever heard a modeling amp or transistor amp that sounds better than tubes.....never...especially live....certainly without paying a fortune

Herb Powell · 03-07-2015 9:30pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Regarding the vintage gear...I've never ever ever heard a modeling amp or transistor amp that sounds better than tubes.....never...especially live....certainly without paying a fortune

That's different though, that's tube vs transistor. Tube amps are still being made.

All I meant was I think paying a ton of money for an old one versus buying a new one is really silly.

Also I'd be of the opinion that it really depends on the genre. The only time I'd consider a tube amp absolutely essential would be for doom/stoner stuff, where you have to crank it. Other times a good transistor amp will do the job. I've been surprised on many occasions by the tones people were getting from their amps. All it takes is a bit of competence, and like I said, the quality of modern transistor stuff is generally waaaaay higher than old transistor amps.

GLaDOS · 03-07-2015 9:36pm

Herb Powell wrote: »

The most recent Mastodon albums are fuccking fantastic, and do not represent the band "going to shhit" as so many seem to think.

Not sure how "unpopular" this is, is there that much hate for the new albums? Thought the latest was a cracker myself.

Herb Powell · 03-07-2015 9:41pm

Unpopular enough I think, seems to be a huuuuuge amount of metalheads saying they sold out, or it wasn't 666 br00t4l enough, or some other nonsense.

Gobshhites, basically.

Rory Gallagher · 05-07-2015 2:45am

Herb Powell wrote: »

Unpopular enough I think, seems to be a huuuuuge amount of metalheads saying they sold out, or it wasn't 666 br00t4l enough, or some other nonsense.

Gobshhites, basically.

You get that whenever a band changes stylistic direction.
Take for example The Clash after their debut or just about any band that doesn't repeat what they've played on the first album or so.
Metalhead's can be brutal for this, Deafhaven were lambasted all around by quite a good few metalheads who didn't think it was representative of the genre.I didn't enjoy the album as much as other people but still, its quite obvious that it wasn't EXTREEEMEZ enough for some or 2 POpULAR oBVo sellouts Megadeth Iz StiLl Teh Sex!!!11!!. Nearly as bad as punk fans.

fiachr_a · 06-07-2015 5:24pm

Japan were the best new Romantic band from the 1980s. It's shocking how they've been forgotten.

bodhrandude · 12-07-2015 1:37am

One of the greatest metal tracks of all time was the Osmonds - Crazy Horses, I mean can you believe it, the Osmonds a sh1tload of teenybopper sh1te and then they release that, must've shocked the hell out of their puppy loving audience, but the track is such a kick.

iomega · 12-07-2015 7:39pm

I think the general public have s hit taste in everything.

Birneybau · 13-07-2015 10:34pm

bodhrandude wrote: »

One of the greatest metal tracks of all time was the Osmonds - Crazy Horses, I mean can you believe it, the Osmonds a sh1tload of teenybopper sh1te and then they release that, must've shocked the hell out of their puppy loving audience, but the track is such a kick.

What about this, both proto metal and glam:

Looper007 · 17-07-2015 6:10am

The Thrill's Debut album So Much For the City, is one of the greatest Irish albums ever made. I think the fact they are posh guys and the singer sang in a American accent went agaisn't them imo.

Teenage Fanclub were the best band to come from the Creation Records.

Radiohead after Kid A have been living on cruise control. The best work from the band is Jonny Greenwood's Soundtrack work for Paul Thomas Anderson's Films. Also Jonny is far more of a genius then Thom Yorke.

Damon Albarn is the greatest British Musician/Songwriter since David Bowie.

trashcan · 22-07-2015 10:12pm

Looper007 wrote: »

The Thrill's Debut album So Much For the City, is one of the greatest Irish albums ever made. I think the fact they are posh guys and the singer sang in a American accent went agaisn't them imo.

Teenage Fanclub were the best band to come from the Creation Records.

Hated the Thrills. Not so much the fact that they were posh, the singer just had an incredibly irritating voice. Teenage Fanclub on the other hand - probably the best British band of the last 25 years, never mind creation records. In a sane world the success Oasis had would have been theirs.

galljga1 · 22-07-2015 10:19pm

trashcan wrote: »

Hated the Thrills. Not so much the fact that they were posh, the singer just had an incredibly irritating voice. Teenage Fanclub on the other hand - probably the best British band of the last 25 years, never mind creation records. In a sane world the success Oasis had would have been theirs.

I can't listen to the Thrills without thinking of the shrimp from Shark Tale.

6am7f9zxrsjvnb · 22-07-2015 11:18pm

trashcan wrote: »

Hated the Thrills. Not so much the fact that they were posh, the singer just had an incredibly irritating voice. Teenage Fanclub on the other hand - probably the best British band of the last 25 years, never mind creation records. In a sane world the success Oasis had would have been theirs.

Teenage Fanclub are legends. Common wisdom says Bandwagonesque is their masterpiece but for me it's 'Grand Prix ' all the way.

Harry Palmr · 23-07-2015 12:04pm

Ed Sheeran is ****ing awful.

haveringchick · 23-07-2015 12:07pm

Florence is terrible, awful stuff, embarrassing.

Cosmicfox · 23-07-2015 12:31pm

Blur is very boring live

6am7f9zxrsjvnb · 23-07-2015 4:07pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Ed Sheeran is ****ing awful.

That's not an unpopular opinion round 'ereðŸ˜Ž

trashcan · 23-07-2015 8:40pm

Rose Disgusting Cap wrote: »

Teenage Fanclub are legends. Common wisdom says Bandwagonesque is their masterpiece but for me it's 'Grand Prix ' all the way.

Absolutely. Lots prefer Songs from Northern Britain (which is great too) but Grand Prix is No 1 for me. Sparkys Dream, Going Places, Don't Look Back....I could go on.

In Fact - Don't Look Back - accoustic version. Just lovely.

fiachr_a · 25-07-2015 11:16am

Always thought Teenage Fanclub were copying Irish band Stars of Heaven. That's my unpopular music opinion for today!

trashcan · 26-07-2015 12:17pm

fiachr_a wrote: »

Always thought Teenage Fanclub were copying Irish band Stars of Heaven. That's my unpopular music opinion for today!

Really ? I don't see it. I love the Stars too, my favourite Irish band, but I wouldn't have said TFC sound like them.

kunst nugget · 26-07-2015 2:10pm

trashcan wrote: »

Really ? I don't see it. I love the Stars too, my favourite Irish band, but I wouldn't have said TFC sound like them.

I'd say it's more to do with shared influences. Big Star would be a big influence on both.

loyatemu · 31-07-2015 3:06pm

Rose Disgusting Cap wrote: »

Teenage Fanclub are legends. Common wisdom says Bandwagonesque is their masterpiece but for me it's 'Grand Prix ' all the way.

I saw a review for "Bandwagonesque" when it came out that said (roughly):

"TF have made a great album here, unfortunately that album is "#1 Record" by Big Star"

lewisdhead · 04-08-2015 8:39am

loyatemu wrote: »

I saw a review for "Bandwagonesque" when it came out that said (roughly):

"TF have made a great album here, unfortunately that album is "#1 Record" by Big Star"

That's lazy journalism.

loyatemu · 04-08-2015 10:34am

lewisdhead wrote: »

That's lazy journalism.

I'll go back to to 1991 and let them know.

I love "Bandwagonesque", but it's definitely very derivative. "13" is also a great album and very underrated compared with their others. I'm not mad on their post-Grand Prix albums, they're a bit too smooth (not sure if that counts as an unpopular opinion).

lewisdhead · 04-08-2015 11:50am

loyatemu wrote: »

I'll go back to to 1991 and let them know.

I love "Bandwagonesque", but it's definitely very derivative. "13" is also a great album and very underrated compared with their others. I'm not mad on their post-Grand Prix albums, they're a bit too smooth (not sure if that counts as an unpopular opinion).

Well it's unpopular with me, not sure if that counts

. The unpopular journalism thingy, I guess that was directed at almost every review or mention of the album and the band for that matter since 1991 up to and including now. Along with the Beatles, Byrds, Big Star comparisons. That's the lazy bit. Wasn't aimed at you. Sorry.

Herb Powell · 04-08-2015 2:27pm

Music produced electronically is just simply not as good as music produced with as much human involvement as possible.

I'm open-minded about music, and I've given it a chance, but I can't warm to it. The more automated it is, the more it loses, imo.

FOR EXAMPLE, LCD Soundsystem had an electro sound going on, but still managed to keep that 'natural' sound. Fantastic stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADSRBjlXSKc

Yamanoto · 04-08-2015 7:44pm

Benny & Bjorn should have ditched the gals, think the music would have been the better for it.

Anesthetize · 04-08-2015 8:39pm

loyatemu wrote: »

I saw a review for "Bandwagonesque" when it came out that said (roughly):

"TF have made a great album here, unfortunately that album is "#1 Record" by Big Star"

I love Teenage Fanclub. However there's just as much of a Dinosaur Jr. influence in them as a Big Star influence.

Herb Powell wrote: »

Music produced electronically is just simply not as good as music produced with as much human involvement as possible.

I'm open-minded about music, and I've given it a chance, but I can't warm to it. The more automated it is, the more it loses, imo.

FOR EXAMPLE, LCD Soundsystem had an electro sound going on, but still managed to keep that 'natural' sound. Fantastic stuff.

Hmmm, I certainly can't agree on that. I just wouldn't consider a singer-songwriter with an acoustic guitar churning out bland, unoriginal songs to be better than an electronic artist who has changed the course of music. But at least you're not one of those people who don't consider electronic music to be "real music". I have utter contempt for those people

Indie music will always be my first love, but some forms of electronic music can take your head to places that other forms of music just can't reach.

Brinimartini · 04-08-2015 8:45pm

I think music died in 1979.

Anesthetize · 04-08-2015 9:00pm

Brinimartini wrote: »

I think music died in 1979.

Yeah well I think music died in 1978. Beat that.

Herb Powell · 04-08-2015 9:17pm

Anesthetize wrote: »

I
Hmmm, I certainly can't agree on that. I just wouldn't consider a singer-songwriter with an acoustic guitar churning out bland, unoriginal songs to be better than an electronic artist who has changed the course of music. But at least you're not one of those people who don't consider electronic music to be "real music". I have utter contempt for those people

Indie music will always be my first love, but some forms of electronic music can take your head to places that other forms of music just can't reach.

YEah, I agree with you, far too many lads/lassies with acoustics thinking they're hot **** (some of it is great, but a lot of it......isn't).

It's not even that I don't like electronic music, just like I said, I find it hard to make the same connection as with "live" music (for lack of a better term). It takes effort to get right, which I feel a lot of artists don't seem to be putting in. Maybe I just don't get it, and my "opinion" is really a nothing-opinion! Some incredible electronic-heavy stuff out there though, like Death Grips, Tobacco, or Andy Stott. Mindblowing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvPUaMHUzgk

smilerf · 04-08-2015 9:32pm

Overrated bands in my opinion

Beatles
Stones
Kings of Leon
One erection
Oasis
Muse
Doors
Stone roses
Sex pistols
Nirvana
Radiohead
Smiths
Rage against the machine

06-08-2015 3:39pm

I misses 90's music with boy/girl bands like Steps S Club 7

smilerf · 06-08-2015 4:04pm

I'm an Alisha's Attic fan

Celly Smunt · 06-08-2015 5:09pm

I ****ing hate kodaline.

TheBiz · 08-08-2015 2:46am

I don't care if you want me to go to the concert. There isn't a Pope's hope in hell of me forking out over €100 to hear a laptop.

Anesthetize · 08-08-2015 10:05am

TheBiz wrote: »

I don't care if you want me to go to the concert. There isn't a Pope's hope in hell of me forking out over €100 to hear a laptop.

Context?

tigerboon · 09-08-2015 12:07am

haveringchick wrote: »

Florence is terrible, awful stuff, embarrassing.

Can't stand her. That awful wailing gives you a pain in the ear. I wouldn't think it's an unpopular opinion though

Cosmicfox · 09-08-2015 2:56am

tigerboon wrote: »

Can't stand her. That awful wailing gives you a pain in the ear. I wouldn't think it's an unpopular opinion though

Seems to be a singer people either love or loathe.

Personally I think they/she/whatever are one of the best performers in a long time.

Herb Powell · 16-08-2015 11:14am

I don't get Pink Floyd.

They're one of these bands everyone is "supposed" to like, but aside from a couple of songs (Money, Wish you were Here, the whole Live in Pompeii thing was fantastic, I must say), I don't get the overwhelming appeal.

Cienciano · 16-08-2015 12:25pm

Herb Powell wrote: »

I don't get Pink Floyd.

They're one of these bands everyone is "supposed" to like, but aside from a couple of songs (Money, Wish you were Here, the whole Live in Pompeii thing was fantastic, I must say), I don't get the overwhelming appeal.

I definitely wouldn't say that

Anesthetize · 16-08-2015 12:30pm

Nobody is 'supposed' to like any particular band or artist. Anybody who tells you otherwise is an idiot.

Although I'm a fan of Pink Floyd I can understand why some people don't like them. They can come across as boring to a lot of people.

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