Unpopular Music Opinions

Key · 08-29-2016, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I don't have problems with Yorke's voice, I actually think that it generally fits the music quite well. The issue I have is that his voice is matched up with some really boring crap.

I think the reason I like them has partly to do with this. I can turn my brain off and let the music play. It's nothing I really have to focus on. Probably why I like AMSP so much.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-29-2016, 07:03 PM

I sort of hope that this isn't going to be an unpopular opinion, or I might lose faith in the evident good tastes of people in here.
This is one of the most unforgivably cheesy pieces of music I've ever heard from a band of supposedly skilled musicians:

I hate it. Loathe it! It's pure crap shot from the a-hole of the 70's. I hate every corny keyboard note and every stupid sounding guitar bit. This track goes perfectly with mental images of retarded leprechauns frollicking in a field of pink flowers and comically oversized styrofoam garden gnomes. It is to instrumentals what the kazoo is to musical instruments. TL;DR: I don't like it.

Key · 08-29-2016, 07:11 PM

^Thats a pretty popular opinion actually.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-29-2016, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ki

^Thats a pretty popular opinion actually.

I know the album is widely disliked, but it seems that this track is somewhat of an exception. I don't even like ELP, but it just blows my mind that the above piece of music is considered an underappreciated gem by some. Just goes to show that people's brains work on completely different frequencies. I can't even imagine not hating this.

Neapolitan · 08-29-2016, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I sort of hope that this isn't going to be an unpopular opinion, or I might lose faith in the evident good tastes of people in here.
This is one of the most unforgivably cheesy pieces of music I've ever heard from a band of supposedly skilled musicians:

I hate it. Loathe it! It's pure crap shot from the a-hole of the 70's. I hate every corny keyboard note and every stupid sounding guitar bit. This track goes perfectly with mental images of retarded leprechauns frollicking in a field of pink flowers and comically oversized styrofoam garden gnomes. It is to instrumentals what the kazoo is to musical instruments. TL;DR: I don't like it.

They either couldn't make a decent album or they tanked it. ELP were under contractual obligation to release so many albums, they had few left. Love Beach was an album they had to do. I always thought it was bad cause they rushed the album for contractual reasons, or lost touch with what the public wanted to hear. I mention this album to someone, and he said it was ELP way of flippin' the bird the record company by making a cheesy album. That it was all a joke. I don't know how true that is -- whether or not they deliberately wrote a terrible album to screw with the recording company. I always thought that the band members of ELP seemed to be perfectionist in the beginning of their career. So there is no reason to make a bad album.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-30-2016, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

I don't know how true that is -- whether or not they deliberately wrote a terrible album to screw with the recording company.

It certainly isn't very nice to their fans if that is the case. If I was in a **** situation like that, I'd at least try and make something enjoyable, but unambitious. Just make a "this band on autopilot" sort of album and get it over with.

grindy · 08-30-2016, 03:46 AM

I don't even really like the ELP stuff that is supposed to be good.

Blank. · 08-30-2016, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

It certainly isn't very nice to their fans if that is the case. If I was in a **** situation like that, I'd at least try and make something enjoyable, but unambitious. Just make a "this band on autopilot" sort of album and get it over with.

At The same time, it'll tell the record label to **** off and let us do what we want to do in what I would guess is a very effective way.

**Janszoon** · 08-30-2016, 05:37 AM

Radiohead isn't bad but they're also not that great. Most of their albums are more than 50% filler.

Neapolitan · 08-30-2016, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Radiohead isn't bad but they're also not that great. Most of their albums are more than 50% filler.

I find that to be true about a lot of bands, not just Radiohead.

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I luv Radiohead I'm not even gonna lie

one of the few bands I was really into as a teenager that I still think is legit today

I mean this is pretty sick cmon:

Every band I was into when I was a teenager I still think is legit. I'm not saying they didn't become mediocre at some point or released a dud somewhere, but their good stuff is still good imo.

08-30-2016, 03:46 AM	#12617 (permalink)
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08-30-2016, 05:37 AM	#12619 (permalink)
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08-29-2016, 07:03 PM	#12612 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I sort of hope that this isn't going to be an unpopular opinion, or I might lose faith in the evident good tastes of people in here. This is one of the most unforgivably cheesy pieces of music I've ever heard from a band of supposedly skilled musicians: I hate it. Loathe it! It's pure crap shot from the a-hole of the 70's. I hate every corny keyboard note and every stupid sounding guitar bit. This track goes perfectly with mental images of retarded leprechauns frollicking in a field of pink flowers and comically oversized styrofoam garden gnomes. It is to instrumentals what the kazoo is to musical instruments. TL;DR: I don't like it.

08-29-2016, 07:11 PM	#12613 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	^Thats a pretty popular opinion actually.