Unpopular Music Opinions

~~Cuthbert~~ · 02-28-2015, 12:49 PM

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Are you a fan of the genre at all? Maybe that had an effect on it.

Na, that's what I was getting at with the second bit. But I thought I'd give it a chance anyway.

Black Francis · 02-28-2015, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by JennyOndioline

I'm kind of ambivalent towards Daft Punk. Aside from a few songs it all sounds extremely repetitive and same-y. Everything on Homework could be 2 minutes long and have the same effect.

I liked RAM better, but again, only a few songs.

I'm sure they're a blast live though.

They do have a signature sound that is kinda predictable but they use it to make good pop songs.

To me Daft punk is mainly club music but at least it's good club music.

Key · 02-28-2015, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by monkeytennis

Na, that's what I was getting at with the second bit. But I thought I'd give it a chance anyway.

Ah. Makes sense. I will say that with RAM, it's definitely not standard Daft Punk, but that's why I liked it so much. They went with a more 70s/80s feel and it worked well for them. Plus, all the special guests on the album made it feel great.

JennyOndioline · 02-28-2015, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

They do have a signature sound that is kinda predictable but they use it to make good pop songs.

To me Daft punk is mainly club music but at least it's good club music.

Yeah, that's what I always though of them too - they'd be great for a dance party or listening at a big venue, but over headphones it just gets old fast.

"Get Lucky" was pretty fantastic though. I wish they'd gone somewhere with the synths at the end, instead of just fading out when they hit the "jam" part of the song.

Black Francis · 02-28-2015, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JennyOndioline

Yeah, that's what I always though of them too - they'd be great for a dance party or listening at a big venue, but over headphones it just gets old fast.

"Get Lucky" was pretty fantastic though. I wish they'd gone somewhere with the synths at the end, instead of just fading out when they hit the "jam" part of the song.

My fav is Digital love but not their version, the pentatonix version

The original version has a great vocal melody but they set it at a boring tempo.
The bad thing is i listened to the pentatonix version first and now the original sucks by comparison.

If the original one was more upbeat it would be 10x better

JennyOndioline · 02-28-2015, 01:14 PM

Man I like the music from that video but why do they all look like Fremen? Those fake contacts are creepy as hell.

Black Francis · 02-28-2015, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JennyOndioline

Man I like the music from that video but why do they all look like Fremen? Those fake contacts are creepy as hell.

idk but i agree it's very tacky..

The Batlord · 02-28-2015, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JennyOndioline

Man I like the music from that video but why do they all look like Fremen? Those fake contacts are creepy as hell.

idk but nice reference..

Thunder · 02-28-2015, 05:52 PM

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I don't listen to Muse all that much, but when I have listened to them, I didn't hate them as much as others have. I find them to be a decent rock band if that. Nothing i'd go out of the way to listen to, or a band that i'd look forward to if they said they'd release a new album. I find that most of their albums sound similar.

I think the album Origin Of Symmetry is very good, my favourite song from Muse ("Plug In Baby") is from that album. Black Holes And Revelations is decent too. Other than that I don't enjoy Muse that much, but those two albums are exceptions - I just don't think they deserve so much hype (at least in my country they are praised as one of the best modern bands).

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I have to agree. Call Me Maybe is extremely catchy. That and Friday are two songs that may be terrible, but are catchy as ****. Plus, the silly remakes of those songs are fantastic:

To be fair I don't like "Friday" but "Call Me Maybe" is indeed catchy. I don't mind listening to it when I'm driving.

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The Black Album is fantastic, but that's only because I think The Unforgiven is one of the best Metallica songs ever recorded. The rest of the tracks are pretty good, but that one is one i'll always go back to.

I agree, my favourite song from Black Album is "The Unforgiven", but I still prefer former works. My favourite song by Metallica is "For Whom The Bell Tolls", I think it's a masterpiece in trash metal. I think the album Death Magnetic was decent considering Metallica hadn't produced anything good (in my opinion) in the latest years.

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I agree with your Doors / Floyd comment. Not saying I don't enjoy The Beatles, but I think The Doors and Pink Floyd had a lot more going for them. The Doors not as much as Pink Floyd, only because I haven't really been hugely into The Doors. I like them, but I wouldn't consider myself a humongous fan.

I've been immensely into The Doors, I love that band. Pink Floyd is a must as well, but between The Doors and Floyd I prefer the former. I don't deny that The Beatles are the most influential band in Rock history but it's just my preference.

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I can't agree with your Iron Maiden comment. They're great, and their albums have been consistent throughout their career. And that does include A Matter of Life and Death, which for some reason doesn't get as highly rated as their other albums. It's a great album, and if you read how they recorded the album, it just makes it even better. But the best heavy metal band? Nah. They're up there though, don't get me wrong.

It's just my opinion

I agree that objectively I can't say they're the best metal band ever, but they're my favourite. I like everything about them and they fill holes other metal bands leave open.

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I don't know about RHCP being better than Nirvana, only because Bleach is one of my all time favorite grunge albums, but I can say that I do agree with your Alice in Chains comment. They're most recent album was fantastic and really shows that even though the personnel has changed, they've still got the talent to back them up and to make a great album.

I think Nirvana's best album was In Utero, but yes I prefer Alice In Chains, kinda overrated as a grunge band, but to be fair I consider them closer to metal than just grunge

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I'm the same with Queen as I am with The Doors. Not a humongous fan, but I can see talent when I...er see it. Freddie Mercury was a fantastic vocalist and really went out of the box for that time. There are a lot of great vocalist out there nowadays, but he did make a name for himself and still remains to be one of the better vocalists. Hoping he's resting well in his permanent slumber.

No doubt about Freddie

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I can't agree with you on Slipknot, only because I find them to be utter ****. Yes, this is coming from a guy who will actively defend Linkin Park. It happened in this thread, check for yourself. I just don't see what's so great about Slipknot. If I wanted to listen to a band that is also trying to make fun of themselves, I'd listen to Lordi or GWAR.

I listened to a lot of Linkin Park when I was a teen, but I think Slipknot is better. I just like some lyrics and screaming. They're not the best metal band ever or anything, but they're enjoyable. At least I prefer them to Disturbed or Korn

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I've never gotten hugely into David Bowie. Or Elvis for that matter, so I can't say much about that. However, I have been wanting to get into those two artists, but for now, I'll disagree.

David Bowie is great. But Let's Dance sucks.

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Is this really unpopular? I'd expect more people to enjoy David Bowie, definitely over Elvis.

I don't know, Elvis had (and has) a greater impact on music than Bowie, but I prefer listening to the latter.

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Same with the G&R comment. And agreed about best song. Their best is this:

I prefer "Nightrain" and "Civil War".

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Why don't you guys like GNR?

I think few people really hate the band, it's just that they get too much credit. GNR was one of my favourite bands when I started listening to rock and roll and I owe them a lot of my contemporary preferences, but I don't put them on a pedestal. They're a good band and I like them, no doubt about that, just not the best rock band in the 80's or ever. My favourite album is Appetite For Destruction, it's pretty solid

innerspaceboy · 03-02-2015, 06:09 PM

I'm such a close-minded dolt that I don't give modern music a fair chance, listening almost exclusively to jazz from ~1959, kosmische musik strictly released between 69-73, and a range of modern classical, post-war minimalism, and ambient musics from 69-79.

Thoughout the mid to late 90s I entertained the "headier" or more conceptual works.
I really dug the downtempo and chill-out scenes, was a HUGE fan of cut-up/plunderphonics/sampledelica, lots of NinjaTune artists, minimal glitchy ambience like Pantha du Prince or Telefon Tel Aviv's first effort, and shoegaze classics like Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space.

But I stayed in a safe-and-pretentious bubble of KLF's Chill Out and The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld for the duration of rock's last dying breath just before the new millennium and pretty much gave up after that.

I spend my days chasing down rare pressings of cultural musical milestones - things like Popol Vuh's Hosianna Mantra and Manuel Gottsching's Inventions for Electric Guitar and E2-E4.

I'm fully-aware that I am missing out on a TON of exciting new music. It's all off my radar and I'm curious to see what the planet has been doing since the year 2000.

Maybe I'll find something here on MB.

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