Unpopular Alt/Indie Opinions

GarIT

How unpopular can an opinion be?

IMO music generally isn't worth listening to if it hasn't been released by a large label.

TimeToShine

seachto7 wrote: »

I don't like the Coronas. I don't get them at all. I don't see what the appeal is, and the singer is woeful. But obviously a fair amount of people do like them.

I didn't think anybody actually liked the Coronas. Complete rubbish.

Built to Spill's best album is Keep It Like a Secret.

Everythin coming up Milhouse

Suas11 wrote: »

Neon Bible is better than Funeral

And The Suburbs is better than Neon Bible

fiachr_a

The 'Stone roses sound' was not original.

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

The Wild Bunch

Richey Edwards is alive and well

mosstin

fiachr_a wrote: »

The 'Stone roses sound' was not original.

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

Whatever else they claimed, The Stone Roses never claimed their sound was original.

VenomousFish

the only good britpop band is pulp.

Birneybau

GarIT wrote: »

How unpopular can an opinion be?

IMO music generally isn't worth listening to if it hasn't been released by a large label.

Wow.

GarIT

Birneybau wrote: »

Wow.

What? Generally if a musician/band was any good they would have been picked up by a big label.

The_Captain

The Wild Bunch wrote: »

Richey Edwards is alive and well

Alive maybe. I don't think he was ever well

Rothko

GarIT wrote: »

What? Generally if a musician/band was any good they would have been picked up by a big label.

Strongly disagree with that.

MadYaker

GarIT wrote: »

What? Generally if a musician/band was any good they would have been picked up by a big label.

Thats really not true I'm afraid.

Sgt Hartman

Kodaline and The Riptide Movement. two dykewater dull bands.

mosstin

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Kodaline and The Riptide Movement. two dykewater dull bands.

Unpopular opinions?

Welsh Megaman

This Is Hardcore > Different Class

noby

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

This Is Hardcore > Different Class

Pretty much every other release > Different Class.

SilverScreen

noby wrote: »

Pretty much every other release > Different Class.

Even their 80's albums? Naw.

noby

SilverScreen wrote: »

Even their 80's albums? Naw.

I have a soft spot for Freaks.
But DC is definitely the weakest of their 'popular era' albums, and has dated badly.

The Frames are one of the most tedious and smug bands going

This sounds like my idea of hell

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0701/627700-the-frames-declare-an-open-bar-at-dublin-gig/

(the music, not the open-bar bit!)

The Wild Bunch

Still whoring that Mic Christopher song 12 years on I see

dirkmeister

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Kodaline and The Riptide Movement. two dykewater dull bands.

You can add The Script and The Coronas into that.


The Coronas really boil my blood, especially that "San Diego" song.


I have to bite my tongue whenever those bands come up in conversation.

loyatemu

dirkmeister wrote: »

You can add The Script and The Coronas into that.


The Coronas really boil my blood, especially that "San Diego" song.


I have to bite my tongue whenever those bands come up in conversation.

claiming Kodaline & The Script are sh!t is hardly an unpopular opinion (the latter aren't remotely alternative either).

dirkmeister

loyatemu wrote: »

claiming Kodaline & The Script are sh!t is hardly an unpopular opinion (the latter aren't remotely alternative either).

You'd be surprised, judging by my facebook feed today then Kodaline are very, very popular with a lot of people.

Maybe I'm friends with the wrong people?

Fair point on The Script.

Dubhthamlacht

I seen James Vincent McMorrow's latest album getting included in the likes of Nialler9's top albums of 2014 so far. It bored me to tears. Absolutely dreadful album.

The Wild Bunch

dirkmeister wrote: »

You can add The Script and The Coronas into that.


The Coronas really boil my blood, especially that "San Diego" song.


I have to bite my tongue whenever those bands come up in conversation.

Horrendous stuff from 4 gob****es from Terenure thinking they're yanks.

The Thrills were doing the same thing 12 years ago

K4t

The Wild Bunch wrote: »

Horrendous stuff from 4 gob****es from Terenure thinking they're yanks.

The Thrills were doing the same thing 12 years ago

Woah woah woah, no need to drag The Thrills down to this level.

The Wild Bunch

K4t wrote: »

Woah woah woah, no need to drag The Thrills down to this level.

Yer man Conor Deasy sang like he a a skunk rammed up his hole

Painful experience for the listener

The_Captain

Dubhthamlacht wrote: »

I seen James Vincent McMorrow's latest album getting included in the likes of Nialler9's top albums of 2014 so far. It bored me to tears. Absolutely dreadful album.

Young Nialler is earning big bucks on TXFM now where they heavily promote that album, so that might have something to do with it

Hunchback

smokedeels wrote: »

Breeders > Pixies
Sebadoh > Dinosaur Jr

Yes on Sebadoh!

pappyodaniel

I really liked The Thrills for what they were and I thought the criticism they got was way O.T.T.

The_Captain

People hated them because they were from well-to-do families. The same reason Mark Greaney used to get dogs abuse.

The Wild Bunch

The_Captain wrote: »

People hated them because they were from well-to-do families. The same reason Mark Greaney used to get dogs abuse.

Greaney knew the score though, his lyrical neuroses weren't all summer bbq's, forgotten teenage unrequited love and longing to escape to 'Big Sur'

The_Captain

Still, it's annoying to hear people writing off JJ72 because they're nothing but posh boys (and girl)

The Wild Bunch

The_Captain wrote: »

Still, it's annoying to hear people writing off JJ72 because they're nothing but posh boys (and girl)

They were probably my favourite band back in the day - obsessed over them, travelled the length and breathe of the country to see them when I was 15 and should have been studying for my Junior Cert

Easy Rod

The_Captain wrote: »

Young Nialler is earning big bucks on TXFM now where they heavily promote that album, so that might have something to do with it

I doubt he's on 'big bucks' and the album has received pretty universal acclaim.

Could see how someone could find it boring though, good unpopular opinion. :pac:

For the record, I love it.

Birneybau

K4t wrote: »

Woah woah woah, no need to drag The Thrills down to this level.

The Thrills were awful.

Birneybau

Dubhthamlacht wrote: »

I seen James Vincent McMorrow's latest album getting included in the likes of Nialler9's top albums of 2014 so far. It bored me to tears. Absolutely dreadful album.

Don't really like McMorrow myself but it did also make top 10 albums of 2014 so far in the Guardian.

Corholio

McMorrow's album was excellent. I guess his type of singing isn't everyone's cup of tea but to me it was a really good album that showcased his voice impeccably.

Rothko

I think JJ72 are very overrated.

Dandelion6

The_Captain wrote: »

People hated them because they were from well-to-do families. The same reason Mark Greaney used to get dogs abuse.

Not from Ireland, no idea what kind of families they were from, I still couldn't stand them because the singer's voice is just awful.

I liked JJ72 btw

Chain_reaction

Birneybau wrote: »

The Thrills were awful.

I don't think that's an unpopular opinion.

I hate Grandaddy.

loyatemu

Chain_reaction wrote: »

I hate Grandaddy.

now you've gone too far...

S.M.B.

Think The Thrills hatred is a little OTT.

I was never really a fan but I can at least appreciate that there's a bit of talent there. They had a very unique sound (well for that time anyway - it was obviously pillaged from 30 years prior), had a knack for writing a catchy pop tune and Deasy had a bit of the charisma that's needed from a front man.

So my Unpopular Alt/Indie opinion is that some of you guys are far too subjective when it comes to critiquing certain bands here.

SilverScreen

I don't hate The Thrills. I just can't imagine too many musicians getting into music because of The Thrills.

mosstin

S.M.B. wrote: »

Think The Thrills hatred is a little OTT.

I was never really a fan but I can at least appreciate that there's a bit of talent there. They had a very unique sound (well for that time anyway - it was obviously pillaged from 30 years prior), had a knack for writing a catchy pop tune and Deasy had a bit of the charisma that's needed from a front man.

So my Unpopular Alt/Indie opinion is that some of you guys are far too subjective when it comes to critiquing certain bands here.

What was charismatic about Deasy?

Birneybau

mosstin wrote: »

What was charismatic about Deasy?

And what on earth was unique?

The_Captain

They took that Flaming Lips/Mercury Rev psychedelic sound and covered it up with mainstream pop hooks

mosstin

The_Captain wrote: »

They took that Flaming Lips/Mercury Rev psychedelic sound and covered it up with mainstream pop hooks

Um, are we still talking about The Thrills here??

The Wild Bunch

He was about as charismatic as the hangover sh*te I just had.

karaokeman

I think people who bash The Thrills are missing the point. They existed for the same reason The Coronas, The Script and Kodaline do, and receive similar criticism.

Yes, they write catchy pop tunes, yes they have a lot of PR, and yes they aren't technically innovative. But its not a necessity for all groups who pursue music to be the opposite of all three.

Pop music is made for general entertainment, but the often muttered argument it is "music for people who don't like music" is tripe. Its there to set the groundwork for people who can expand their interests with further development both socially and psychologically.

Lots of people listen to pop in their younger years, but as they grow older their tastes develop and they become more open minded to artists with more complicated chord progressions, less clichéd lyrics, melodies, and so on.

To be fair I've never met a 10-year old whose favourite album was Kid A by Radiohead, but I know Radiohead fans and alternative music fans in general who listened to more radio-friendly bands in the beginning. Everyone has to start somewhere, and pop is easier to comprehend for the innocent minded.