Unpopular musical opinions

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Paperbag Wearer

 

[OrARoundabout]

- And my very favourite Pink Floyd track is Summer '68. Yes, Summer '68.


- I don't like the Beatles.

I don't understand...







I think "Blood on the Tracks" is Bob Dylans best album...?

 

[LMP]

Blood is either my favorite Dylan album or 2nd favorite, not too unpopular of an opinion.

The Beatles one is wrong.

 

[OrARoundabout]

^Yea, I don't think I have very radical music views

 

[cobl04]

A three song side one could have worked. But You'll Never Walk Alone into Echoes wasn't gonna happen cuz you had to get up and turn the album over

But headphones? oh yeah

My second fave Floyd album after Dark Side

yeah, very good point hardy. i do forget the whole record thing.

i think it was you i remember saying when i did the floyd survivor, that it was tough voting for individual tracks for dark side because it really is a seamless album.

a pillow of winds is also a really, really great song and always a pleasure. it wasn't the floyd record i was expecting (given i had dark side and wish you were here) but i love it for that very reason.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

My inner 13 year old likes Rex Smith.

 

[Kieran McConville]

I get the impression that 'Radiohead are overrated' is another of those actually-popular 'unpopular' opinions... of a pair with 'Dylan's voice sucks'.

For the record, I don't particularly care for the hype surrounding the Beatles, whilst quite enjoying some of their songs. Nor do I particularly care for the hype surrounding the Stones, although one or two songs like Monkey Man or Gimme Shelter piss all over the Beatles in my not so humble opinion (excellent Goodfellas connection in the case of the former).

 

[Kieran McConville]

Getting down to some Australian brass tacks:

pub rock is poison, someone earlier nailed it quite well. See also 'oz rock'.

Augie March made two excellent albums and one fairly nice album. Their latest is utter bollocks, made by a band who don't care or don't know what they are. They know it and we know it.

Australian hip hop, in the main, is bollocks, written by people who have nothing to say, and say it with little verve. There are exceptions.

Powderfinger are Australia's U2, and that right there, is the problem with Australian music.

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

rolling stones have produced some awesome music in the past 25 years (of course, their previous input wasn't that bad either, but i don't seem to be alone in that opinion)

hail to the thief is actually radiohead's very finest album

 

[nielsgov]

Great thread.

All I Need from Radiohead is a boring song.

War is U2's worst album.

I don't like The Beatles reject: especially now with the remasters).

I like Chris Martin's and Thom Yorke's voices.

Pop is a great album.

I like Love Game.

...

 

[cobl04]

Getting down to some Australian brass tacks:

pub rock is poison, someone earlier nailed it quite well. See also 'oz rock'.

Augie March made two excellent albums and one fairly nice album. Their latest is utter bollocks, made by a band who don't care or don't know what they are. They know it and we know it.

Australian hip hop, in the main, is bollocks, written by people who have nothing to say, and say it with little verve. There are exceptions.

Powderfinger are Australia's U2, and that right there, is the problem with Australian music.

wrong wrong wrong wrong

 

[intedomine]

Getting down to some Australian brass tacks:

pub rock is poison, someone earlier nailed it quite well. See also 'oz rock'.

Augie March made two excellent albums and one fairly nice album. Their latest is utter bollocks, made by a band who don't care or don't know what they are. They know it and we know it.

Australian hip hop, in the main, is bollocks, written by people who have nothing to say, and say it with little verve. There are exceptions.

Powderfinger are Australia's U2, and that right there, is the problem with Australian music.

Ha ha - very fair call.

 

[Saracene]

- Patti Smith's image and mythology is more memorable than her actual music (although I do like some of her stuff).

- Joni Mitchell's singing on Big Yellow Taxi is one of the most annoying vocal performances ever.

 

[impy13]

I like Love Game.

Love games?

 

[onebloodonelife]

- Joni Mitchell's singing on Big Yellow Taxi is one of the most annoying vocal performances ever.

I agree with this one. After being battered in the head by it for years by my mom, I finally gave Joni Mitchell a chance and enjoyed her quite a bit. So, thanks to my mom I missed out on some awesome music.

 

[financeguy]

I consider Saint Etienne's best singles better than everything the Beatle's ever put out (and I like the Beatles).

I'd rather listen to Duran Duran's Greatest Hits than anything by Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd.

I think Suede were probably a better band than U2, and Brett Anderson was, and still is, a better songwriter than Bono.

 

[LMP]

Love games?

That's right, love games, impy.

 

[impy13]

D'ya luahve meh?

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I'd rather listen to Duran Duran's Greatest Hits than anything by Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd.

 

[cobl04]

early 60s music for the most part is pretty goddam ordinary

 

[blueeyedgirl]

I'd rather listen to Duran Duran's Greatest Hits than anything by Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd.

Thirded

 

[The Sad Punk]

early 60s music for the most part is pretty goddam ordinary

Elaborate? It ain't no single genre.

 

[mysterious_jen]

getting down to some australian brass tacks:

Pub rock is poison, someone earlier nailed it quite well. See also 'oz rock'.

Augie march made two excellent albums and one fairly nice album. Their latest is utter bollocks, made by a band who don't care or don't know what they are. They know it and we know it.

Australian hip hop, in the main, is bollocks, written by people who have nothing to say, and say it with little verve. There are exceptions.

Powderfinger are australia's u2, and that right there, is the problem with australian music.

wrong wrong wrong.

 

[Zoots]

mysterious jen, your sig! Only on Interference.

 

[cobl04]

yay jen

Elaborate? It ain't no single genre.

I had to duck out so I had to condense my thoughts

I'm talking about that sort of poppy, straightforward stuff, Beatles songs like All My Loving, Eight Days a Week, The Who with songs like Kids are Alright, some of the Stones' earlier work... it does nothing for me at all.

FOR Kieren, I love most of Aussie hip hop. The amateur stuff is pretty crap, but Hilltop Hoods, Bliss n Eso are great. The following song I'll never tire of, Aussie as:

right it’s that time of the year you’ve been waiting for for months now
saving up your pay trying to figure all your funds out
its kinda funny when you think of all the fun, how its taken this long to shake last year's come down
forget the past, as soon as december starts
grab your parents credit card and hope you don’t get in last
yeah coz if you let it pass, these days a week late can mean paying triple when you bpay off ebay
its hard to figure out what tickets you want, should it be falls festival or pyramid rock
well for me, i really don’t care coz i don’t listen to rock or hip hop
i just wear earplugs and sit there and watch
if your favorite bands there you’ll think you’ll never forget
you’ll probably get that wasted you wont remember their set
but if you're a festival head then you already know the plan
go and pack up all your shit coz your going on a trip for those summer days

summer days...

now when you finally make it there from driving up with your crew
you better get your mind set on finding something to do
coz you’ll be stuck there lining up in the queue
moving bumper to bumper until your ass hurts, all to get your car searched
and if your alcohol you're stressing coz you need it bad
stashing bottles of vodka up in your sleeping bag
maybe get a spare tire with a heap of cans
it doesn’t matter everybody has their secret plan
once your crew start picking your spot
unpacking realise all the things you forgot, or shit that you lost
man i swear i brought my pillows and socks
and dudes too excited already sitting there sloshed
it doesn’t take long before you find somebody blazing up
mate what are you doing, i said to save the bud for xavier rudd
its always the cheap fuckers who ain’t paid enough
but please note that we don’t condone taking drugs

summer days...

now as soon as the sun rises you’ll be ready to start
at 6 o’clock standing there outside your tent with a glass
you're in it for the long hall it doesn’t end when it's dark
we all know you’ve got your friends to make your energy last
and you gotta time it so you peak it while the acts play
try and jump the fence and start sneaking into back stage
if you get caught by police then try to act straight
nar they're not those pills i need them for my back pain
and dudes are flying saying to their mates i love you man!
or on a walk so they can go and call their mum and dad (thats pez)
and then there’s people who so desperately just need a friend
going up to anybody trying to have a D&M
and the next stage is you wont even watch the bands live
your having too much fun talking shit around your camp site
getting wasted while you bake in the sun
what can i say, yo, its a fucking good way to get drunk
i love summer days!

summer days...

now by the last day you're probably thinking summers the worst
coz all that time out in the sun left you covered in burns
and smothered in dirt, the site of all the dunnies is worse
and all the food shops are gone when you're so hungry it hurts
all you wanna do is sleep but you’ve got packing to do
squash up in that car and jump back in the queue
yeah i know we all complain about the pain when it ends
but next year we’ll save up and do the same shit again
i love summer days

summer days...

pez - the festival song

 

[Kieran McConville]

Also guys, passengers is U2's best album. Specifically side one.

Ok, that was a joke. Half a joke. Passengers is Passengers' best album. Zooropa is U2's best album.

 

[Justin24]

I like world music and new age music.
I can't stand most pop music.
I can't stand most of today's hip hop

Brenden Perry is Awesome
Dead Can Dance is Awesome
Black Tape on A Blue Girl is great

I hate Reggaton
I like the Killers

Rollings Stones are Boring
I used to like Techno and house music/trance

 

[The Sad Punk]

I like world music and new age music.

I kinda have a soft spot for panpipes, actually.

 

[loudnoises]

i'm 21 years old and i like hannah montanna.
i don't like metallica.

 

[LemonMelon]

I think Suede were probably a better band than U2, and Brett Anderson was, and still is, a better songwriter than Bono.

Those first two albums were pretty special, anyway.