Unpopular Opinions (music only—no politics or religion)

JeffChasteen

@jolico said:
Man-buns don’t make your music sound better

Neither do ponytails.
Unless you’re Cindy Wilson or Mark Lindsay.

Apex

@KirbyMumbo said:
Unpopular opinion. Spending $500 on hardware to make 4 track four on the floor techno beats is a waste of money.

Spending $2000+ on an ipad + a ton of apps that depreciates faster than a new car being driven off the lot is crazy. IMO of course. I still got hardware samplers from the late 80’s/ early 90’s that are worth more now than when I bought them. I got a box of ipads and iphones that are basically paperweights. Obviously an unpopular opinion on an iOS forum.

Full disclosure: I love ipads.

@Gavinski said:

@ExAsperis99 said:

@Gavinski said:
America waited to embrace dance music til dance music was going through its least interesting period in 30 or 40 years.

Disco was rather popular in its heyday.

Sure, but there is no doubt that Europe embraced dance music culture so much more over the last 30 years, until the recent EDM boom in America. Not, of course, forgetting the vast importance of places like Detroit and Chicago.

If it wasn’t for America, there wouldn’t be “dance culture” in Europe. And not just Detroit and Chicago either (Miami, LA, NYC, the midwest rave scene, etc etc etc). That’s just a fact. I would submit it was places like Berlin that took it from the underground and made it corny and cliche (Berghain). There hasn’t been any real innovations in techno since the 90’s. It’s just recycled material and motifs. Especially in Europe.

richardyot

@PhilW said:
I can’t stand The Smiths, and can’t understand why their miserable songs are at all popular.

This might be one of the reasons:

Personally I'm not mad on the first two Smiths albums, but the last two are exquisite (IMO of course YMMV most certainly).

johnfromberkeley

Here goes: Classical music can often be boring. Some of it was written by rich people who could afford the leisure to write, but weren’t anything special. (See: hymns)

johnfromberkeley

@Artj said:
Unpopular opinions: most musicians who hate good hit songs do so because they can't write songs that good.

This.

AudioGus

Kurt Cobain and Cher are responsible for mumble rap.

SNystrom

The music on early MTV (back when MTV actually played music) was one of the most diverse and creative musical periods ever.

PhilW

@Artj said:
Unpopular opinions: most musicians who hate good hit songs do so because they can't write songs that good.

There is a big difference between songs being popular and songs that are good. The two are not mutually exclusive, but particularly these days it seems most hit songs are not good musically.

NoiseHorse

Coffee is better with peanut butter blended into it.

AudioGus

@NoiseHorse said:
Coffee is better with peanut butter blended into it.

High five! Having my morning Cup right now with a classic fold over pbutter sandy. I just take a little bite and wash it down with the joe. Will try your blend method tomorrow.

ecou

@Jocphone said:

@Jocphone said:
Autotune on voice is tiring to listen to and I also think it sounds sh1t most of the time.

Edit: I would rather hear people's out of tune-ness.

Some singer out of tune-ness is beautiful. And others like me, not so much. 😂😂

anickt

@PhilW said:

@Artj said:
Unpopular opinions: most musicians who hate good hit songs do so because they can't write songs that good.

There is a big difference between songs being popular and songs that are good. The two are not mutually exclusive, but particularly these days it seems most hit songs are not good musically.

“Good” based on what? As I said earlier, there is no “good” or “bad” art. I don’t like artists that have sold millions of records. Do I have to say they are “good”? I think not. I also don’t have to like them. ✌🏼

Jocphone

@ecou said:

@Jocphone said:

@Jocphone said:
Autotune on voice is tiring to listen to and I also think it sounds sh1t most of the time.

Edit: I would rather hear people's out of tune-ness.

Some singer out of tune-ness is beautiful. And others like me, not so much. 😂😂

I agree but may be your music needs changing to suit your voice?

One example, Hefner, I love the way Darren Hayman sings, often out of tune but it really suits their music.

LeonKowalski

Every pop song featuring a soprano sax solo sucks. Every single one.

LeonKowalski

@lasselu said:

@JeffChasteen said:
Pink Floyd was much better after Syd left.

Pink Floyd was even better after Roger Waters left...

Roger Waters was better after he left Pink Floyd.

jolico

This is a very therapeutic thread.
It’s the punching bag of the forum. 🤣

LeonKowalski

@qryss said:
I don’t think liking Peter Gabriel is controversial. Liking Phil Collins, on the other hand, most definitely is.

Disclaimer: huge Gabriel-era Genesis fan here.

Same for me, but I still think "A Trick of the Tail" was their best album musically.

lasselu

Pretty much everything David Bowie did after Heroes is crap...

richardyot

@LeonKowalski said:
Every pop song featuring a soprano sax solo sucks. Every single one.

Phew, luckily Google tells me that the sax solo in Walk On The Wild Side was a performed on a baritone sax! 🎷

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@LeonKowalski said:

@qryss said:
I don’t think liking Peter Gabriel is controversial. Liking Phil Collins, on the other hand, most definitely is.

Disclaimer: huge Gabriel-era Genesis fan here.

Same for me, but I still think "A Trick of the Tail" was their best album musically.

Beautiful album, my favourite Genesis, with Lamb a close second.

AudioGus

@richardyot said:

@LeonKowalski said:
Every pop song featuring a soprano sax solo sucks. Every single one.

Phew, luckily Google tells me that the sax solo in Walk On The Wild Side was a performed on a baritone sax! 🎷

The Heat Is On = tenor = phew+1

richardyot

@AudioGus said:

@richardyot said:

@LeonKowalski said:
Every pop song featuring a soprano sax solo sucks. Every single one.

Phew, luckily Google tells me that the sax solo in Walk On The Wild Side was a performed on a baritone sax! 🎷

The Heat Is On = tenor = phew+1

When The Going Gets Tough - definitely a baritone:

richardyot

@lasselu said:
Pretty much everything David Bowie did after Heroes is crap...

I think the entire planet agrees on that one.

ecou

@Jocphone said:

@ecou said:

@Jocphone said:

@Jocphone said:
Autotune on voice is tiring to listen to and I also think it sounds sh1t most of the time.

Edit: I would rather hear people's out of tune-ness.

Some singer out of tune-ness is beautiful. And others like me, not so much. 😂😂

I agree but may be your music needs changing to suit your voice?

One example, Hefner, I love the way Darren Hayman sings, often out of tune but it really suits their music.

True

JeffChasteen

@lasselu said:
Pretty much everything David Bowie did after Heroes is crap...

You misspelled Scary Monsters ☺️

ecou

I can’t stand any music that as a horn section.

LeonKowalski

@richardyot said:

@lasselu said:
Pretty much everything David Bowie did after Heroes is crap...

I think the entire planet agrees on that one.

Nope. I like the fact that he contributed to the rise of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

SNystrom

@LeonKowalski said:

@richardyot said:

@lasselu said:
Pretty much everything David Bowie did after Heroes is crap...

I think the entire planet agrees on that one.

Nope. I like the fact that he contributed to the rise of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

+1

Also would consider his final album “crap”

SNystrom

(Wouldn’t!!!)

NoiseHorse

@AudioGus said:

@NoiseHorse said:
Coffee is better with peanut butter blended into it.

High five! Having my morning Cup right now with a classic fold over pbutter sandy. I just take a little bite and wash it down with the joe. Will try your blend method tomorrow.

Ok, don’t put the bread in there 😳