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Post by stephen on Jun 3, 2018 17:15:11 GMT
Paul Simon's solo career is pretty awful. As someone who is seeing Paul Simon in a few weeks in concert, this depresses me. "American Tune" is one of my ten favorite songs of all time.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Jun 3, 2018 18:09:22 GMT
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-Linkin Park's "Numb" (RIP Bennington) is more powerful and anthemic than anything Arcade Fire has ever done.
-As cherry points out, Cyndi Lauper is a perfect specimen. I don't care if all my friends tell me to move on from such entry-level pop - it's not like I listen to her every single day; there's 45 artists I like more. Entry-level or not says nothing about the actual music - I think she's the standard in the 80s mainstream world - people praise Prince for the same reason. Why not Cyndi?
-Taylor Swift is talented and writes great songs. She only has 3 really really really great all time favorites, but whatever shortcomings she may have is made up by the fact that she's one of the 3 most beautiful women on the planet.
-The Beatles.... yawn. I don't care for them not one little tiny grain, and my last.fm shows 140 plays of them. I hope that's enough. If not one single play of those impacts me one little bit for such an accessible band, I don't know what more to do.
-Pixies.... lol. It's so hilarious to me how a band praised for being a serious influential act is reduced to a 3rd-rate karaoke band where people make a habit of playfully mocking that LalaLayla bullshit. Their stuff is just throwaway forgettable fluff, man. Just the most lol-inducing joke of an acclaimed band there is. If I want frivolity, there's plenty of artists that do it better. Starting with..... Britney Spears.
-Indie rock is cool - some of them. (not all) But it shouldn't be the only thing (certain) people listen to.
New Opinions: -Not sure what makes "Wonderwall" and "Iris" stand out as your girlfriend's favorite song. Not saying they're bad, they're decent to me, but what makes them stand out? But if you wanna get laid, say good things about those.
-Like with any medium, it took music a few decades for it to get out of the "development" stage. For most people, music started in the 60s. That being said, at least in the mainstream (known music), it was only the 80s when music got past the threshold. There were too limited an array of stuff released in the mainstream in the 60s-70s for it be considered a great period of music.
-I am not sure how The Velvet Underground could be considered classic rock. I could see it a little bit, but that drone almost certainly indicates that their sound was a bit different from their peers of the period. Not that they don't possess some "60s" sound which could possibly be considered classic rock... I guess.
-Led Zeppelin was the only good band of the major 4 or 5 classic rock bands.
-Metallica kicks the ass of the dad rock in the 60s and 70s. They made advancements to the model of the big psychedelic band. For Whom the Bells Toll holds up even today.
-Hawkwind > Pink Floyd. Lol...iknowrite: "who the fuck is Hawkwind?"
-Pop music reached the modern's definition of "pop" only in the 90s. Seriously. Even some of the most lambasted stuff is far more "pop" than anything before that. Or any of that R&B/Latin surge that came around after that in the early-to-mid-00s.
-Queen and The Smiths are quite listenable. They have great singles. But I honestly think The Cranberries capture my childhood fancies more. Maybe that's why The Cranberries are considered more "uncool," but despite the fact that The Cranberries have the youthful "started liking them when I was 8 back in the 90s" stigma, there's nothing musically they lack that makes Queen or The Smiths so much better.
-Singing about your pussy, sex, or your shallow sexuality is totally cool. And only really sensitive idiots would take offense to that, and automatically rule that out and vehemently show their disgust. Just like vulgarity has plenty of lovers in the film medium, why should it be hard to understand that some people may like those in music?
Newest opinions:
-People often like to go: "grunge musicians = suicide, and that's how they're all gonna go." And they do like to romanticize the grunge scene as equal to suicide and drugs. And so far, that's ringing entirely true with the death of Cobain and now Cornell, and and with Layne Staley dying from drugs... it seems it's easier drugs or suicide for those guys.
-Beach House is actually ok now after re-listens. Still...they're good, not great.
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Post by Viced on Jun 3, 2018 19:14:04 GMT
for the most part, Led Zeppelin sucks
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 20:13:10 GMT
Yeah, I like 3 or 4 Led Zeppelin songs but overall I wouldn't call myself a fan.
The Smiths have put out some absolutely fantastic stuff. It's Morrissey's solo career that I think is pretty bad.
And of course agreed that basically anything goes with lyricism.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 3, 2018 20:21:28 GMT
If KISS had broken up after their first album, it would be considered (incorrectly) a pre-punk classic.
Does Michael Stipe EVER have to actually do anything musical again or are people just going to pretend REM didn't suck at the end and he's still great just like it's 1986?
I can't get through 5 seconds of any Bon Iver song
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Jun 4, 2018 3:43:01 GMT
Does Michael Stipe EVER have to actually do anything musical again or are people just going to pretend REM didn't suck at the end and he's still great just like it's 1986? I did like that song "Bad Day" though. Occasionally a band that's past their prime will have a tune you dig. That also happened with the Cure with "The End of the World." I love that song.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jun 20, 2018 22:18:22 GMT
Yeezus > The College Dropout
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 2:03:24 GMT
I did like that song "Bad Day" though. Have you ever seen the televised St. Vitus subcommittee prize Investigation dance? Those ants in pants glances Well look behind the eyes It's a hallowed, hollow anesthetized "Save my own ass, screw these guys" Smoke and mirrors lock down I'm not even a big fan of REM but this verse made my jaw drop when I first heard it. Fucking phenomenal lyricism.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 2:05:29 GMT
Yeezus > The College Dropout Disagree overall, but Bound 2 > anything on The College Dropout.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jun 21, 2018 2:26:41 GMT
Yeezus > The College Dropout Disagree overall, but Bound 2 > anything on The College Dropout. Gonna double down on my unpopular opinion and say although I really like "Bound 2," I wouldn't put it in my top 5 songs off Yeezus.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on May 27, 2019 13:55:02 GMT
"Creep" is actually one of the worst Radiohead songs, and definitely their worst single.
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Post by Viced on Oct 17, 2019 4:27:53 GMT
Comedown Machine > First Impressions of Earth
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2019 4:43:38 GMT
Comedown Machine > First Impressions of Earth Extremely good take.
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Post by DeepArcher on Oct 17, 2019 4:44:05 GMT
Comedown Machine > First Impressions of Earth Comedown Machine is easily their best album after the first two. I love it. Didn't realize it was unpopular to prefer it to First Impressions tbh (which has a great opening track but honestly it's pretty forgettable after that).
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Post by Viced on Oct 17, 2019 4:58:12 GMT
Comedown Machine > First Impressions of Earth Comedown Machine is easily their best album after the first two. I love it. Didn't realize it was unpopular to prefer it to First Impressions tbh (which has a great opening track but honestly it's pretty forgettable after that). I feel like there are a decent amount of Strokes fans out there who put First Impressions at #1. I’d personally put Angles at #3... but it’s close. Mainly because that one has maybe 4 tracks that I listen to more than anything on Comedown Machine.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2019 5:22:36 GMT
Comedown Machine is easily their best album after the first two. I love it. Didn't realize it was unpopular to prefer it to First Impressions tbh (which has a great opening track but honestly it's pretty forgettable after that). I feel like there are a decent amount of Strokes fans out there who put First Impressions at #1. I’d personally put Angles at #3... but it’s close. Mainly because that one has maybe 4 tracks that I listen to more than anything on Comedown Machine. First Impressions sort of got a resurgence in popularity this decade from what I understand. It wasn't overly well received when it initially came out, but yeah, I've seen a decent amount of people pick it as their favorite. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's forgettable outside of the first song (Fear of Sleep, Red Light, Razorblade, Electricityscape, and Ize of the World are all really good), but I'd agree it's their weakest. Used to say that was Angles, but I've realized I love Under Cover of Darkness, Gratisfaction, and Life is Simple in the Moonlight too much for that to make any sense. I guess an unpopular opinion of my own would be that Room on Fire is their best album. Personally it hits a soft spot for me as it captures almost everything I felt during my senior year of high school and musically I find it even more perfect than Is This It.
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Post by BlackCaesar21 on Jul 19, 2020 2:53:20 GMT
Reggae isn't anything special.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 4:42:56 GMT
Yeah, I'm definitely open to any recommendations. Always love checking out new music. These 5 Black Metal albums are among my favorite albums of all time and definitely worth a listen: "Stronghold" by Summoning "Κατά Τον Δαίμονα Εαυτού" by Rotting Christ "The Haunting" by Sear Bliss "Kivenkantaja" by Moonsorrow "The Voice Of Steel" by Nokturnal Mortum Glad this thread got a bump as I totally forgot to update you on my having heared these Really liked Stronghold - and the cover itself's very cool, though that goes for a lot of metal - and the Rotting Christ album (though Thy Mighty Contract is my favorite from them), was so-so on the Moonsorrow and Sear Bliss albums, found them both kinda dull, though I'm willing to give the latter another shot as I might just not've been in the right frame of mind for it, and didn't get around to hearing Voice of Steel. One I hadn't heard before that I ended up really liking on a similar level to Dead as Dreams is The Somberlain, by Dissection. Black Metal isn't my favorite subgenre of metal - I think that'd be either Death or Doom. A few more for the thread - - Streetcleaner by Godflesh is the best metal album, period. - Prince sucks - Rae Sremmurd >>>>> Eminem - The River is not one of Springsteen's stronger efforts - Avril Lavigne's Let Go is great
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Post by themoviesinner on Jul 19, 2020 5:54:30 GMT
Glad this thread got a bump as I totally forgot to update you on my having heared these Really liked Stronghold - and the cover itself's very cool, though that goes for a lot of metal - and the Rotting Christ album (though Thy Mighty Contract is my favorite from them), was so-so on the Moonsorrow and Sear Bliss albums, found them both kinda dull, though I'm willing to give the latter another shot as I might just not've been in the right frame of mind for it, and didn't get around to hearing Voice of Steel. One I hadn't heard before that I ended up really liking on a similar level to Dead as Dreams is The Somberlain, by Dissection. Black Metal isn't my favorite subgenre of metal - I think that'd be either Death or Doom. Glad you enjoyed Stronghold. It's probably my favourite album of all time. It's atmosphere is impeccable and the soundscapes it creates are second to none. I have listened to this album countless times and it's always extremely fascinating. The song The Rotting Horse On The Deadly Ground has probably the best ever matching of lyrics and music that I know of. As for Rotting Christ their latest albums (from Theogonia onwards) are very different from their earlier stuff. They are much more conceptual and feature a lot of bells and whistles. Thy Mighty Contract for me is probably among their weakest albums. I still like it quite a bit, but I much prefer their other albums, which I think have more meat to them. Sear Bliss is a unique band, because it's the only band that I know of that combines black metal with brass instruments and, especially in, The Haunting, feature a lot of jazzy elements in their music. So their sound is somewhat strange and unconventional. The Somberlain is a great album, but I think Dissection's best is Storm Of The Light's Bane. It's a fantastic combination of black and death metal.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jul 23, 2020 15:34:10 GMT
Jack White's voice is irritating and White Stripes is boring.
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Post by stephen on Jul 23, 2020 15:38:00 GMT
Foo Fighters >>>> Nirvana
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jul 28, 2020 16:38:51 GMT
The 3 best eras of music are:
-Early 60’s (Motown) -Late 60’s/early 70’s (classic rock) -Early to mid 90’s (Alternative/grunge)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2020 17:19:46 GMT
Doja Cat's stuff is trash (probably not unpopular on here lmfao, but it has been extremely so in person)
South of Heaven > Seasons in the Abyss > Reign in Blood
NBA Youngboy is genuinely a GOAT rapper contender
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Post by themoviesinner on Jul 28, 2020 19:31:48 GMT
South of Heaven > Seasons in the Abyss > Reign in Blood I do agree with this, but I think all three are pretty mediocre albums. Hell Awaits is by far Slayer's best album for me, and they went downhill from there.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2020 20:44:23 GMT
South of Heaven > Seasons in the Abyss > Reign in Blood I do agree with this, but I think all three are pretty mediocre albums. Hell Awaits is by far Slayer's best album for me, and they went downhill from there. Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the band. I've not heard Hell Awaits, though I know people have said it's their creepiest/darkest album, which is intriguing.
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