Unpopular music opinions

[iLoveLamp]

Originally Posted by Grimbl420

Radiohead is terrible and depressing.

You are a bad person and I hate you

[Darkwater]

Music is based on so many variables. It's truly a human syndicate that varies from one extreme to the other, and all in between.

I love hands up style dance music but also realize the populus, generally, can only stomach a small dose at a time.

Music.. ahhh, can't live without it!

[king_amonte]

Dave Matthews Band is one of the best live bands you will ever see!!

[Flames in 07]

Eminent is the brightest, most creative rapper ever.

Second is Special Ed

Third is Will Smith.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Flames in 07

Eminent is the brightest, most creative rapper ever.

Second is Special Ed

Third is Will Smith.

[V]

Originally Posted by troutman

Leonard Cohen might be, but I find him unlistenable.

I have him at second, and have to agree with the unlistenable part. There are few better things than a good Cohen cover.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Grimbl420

I think this is a very standard opinion of the Tragically Hip and their success. I also think this statement holds true for a great many Canadian bands. Nickleback has to be the worst example of CanCon laws making stars of Generic Rock & Roll.

That said, Up To Here, Road Apples, and Fully Completely are all amazing albums and They are still one of the best live bands I've seen.

Not a Nickleback fan either, but they have probably had more success internationally than they had in Canada. They blew up fast in the States before the CRTC could really prop them up (having a song on the Spiderman soundtrack probably did more for them than anything). Although being a popular Canadian rock band with international success does make the easy go-to CRTC filler.


Canadian music acts likes Justin Beiber, Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Michael Buble and Nickleback seemed to do it without the CRTC.


Does anyone outside of Canada actually care about The Tragically Hip? I actually don't hate them... I find them OK, but I do think they are really lucky to have had the career and longevity they did due to the CRTC.


Sort of OT, but a couple of years ago I was overseas and met some Australians. They were going on about how awesome Australia is, as Australians tend to do. After naming off the 10 or 15 most famous Australian bands, they asked me what music groups ever came from Canada. I was really surprised that they knew of Sloan and Our Lady Peace but they never heard of the Hip.

[J pold]

Since it seems this will fall into the unpopular opinion category.

Radiohead is the greatest band living today in any genre anywhere, and by the time they are done their legacy and influence will outweigh The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and any other British Invasion band combined.

Nickelback is better than Pearl Jam.

[DuffMan]

I find the Tragically Hip polarizing, I either really really really like the song or really really really dislike the song.

[Weitz]

Nickleback was probably the best if not top 2 or 3 concerts I have ever been to (the long road tour).

[Senator Clay Davis]

Portishead is better than Radiohead. Getting an enema is better than listening to Nickelback (Chad's voice is literally that grating, nevermind the embarrassing lyrics)

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Getting an enema is better than listening to Nickelback (Chad's voice is literally that grating, nevermind the embarrassing lyrics)

You might be doing this wrong.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Not a Nickleback fan either, but they have probably had more success internationally than they had in Canada. They blew up fast in the States before the CRTC could really prop them up (having a song on the Spiderman soundtrack probably did more for them than anything). Although being a popular Canadian rock band with international success does make the easy go-to CRTC filler.


Canadian music acts likes Justin Beiber, Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Michael Buble and Nickleback seemed to do it without the CRTC.


Does anyone outside of Canada actually care about The Tragically Hip? I actually don't hate them... I find them OK, but I do think they are really lucky to have had the career and longevity they did due to the CRTC.


Sort of OT, but a couple of years ago I was overseas and met some Australians. They were going on about how awesome Australia is, as Australians tend to do. After naming off the 10 or 15 most famous Australian bands, they asked me what music groups ever came from Canada. I was really surprised that they knew of Sloan and Our Lady Peace but they never heard of the Hip.

I don't care about "outside of Canada". Canada really needs to stop worrying about if something will be popular somewhere else.

I saw/heard about the Hip when they were still on the College/University tour supporting "The Tragically Hip" (I still love Smalltown Bringdown, Last American Exist, et al) before they became a staple of CanCon regulations. They were a hot ticket on campuses then.

And CanCon probably did give some acts popularity that they wouldn't have had otherwise, but so what? There are a bunch of Canadian one-hit-wonders that never went beyond that and faded away. If CanCon didn't exist, would any American labels bother spending much time in Canada, or would they simply assume the Canadian market is the same and ship up the same thing that sold well in Minnesota? CanCon didn't prevent non-Canadian acts from getting airplay, it simply gave Canadian acts some promotion they wouldn't have gotten otherwise.

I think the Hip only being popular in Canada is a great thing; it shows that you don't need to leave Canada to be successful. Popular in the rest of the world? Great, good for them, but that fact shouldn't affect how much I like or dislike an act.

So I guess being pro-CanCon is my "unpopular music opinion".

[polak]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

Snoop Dog should be in prison. Glorifying pimping makes me sick.

Look like someones got an attitude

... Pop it like it's hot.

[codynw]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

Metallica sucks post-Ride The Lightning.

I don't understand how one can think Ride the Lightning is good but not Master of Puppets.

Ride the Lightning > Master of Puppets > Kill 'Em All > And Justice For All

That's how I'd rank them. The production on AJFA almost kills it for me, but the songs are still good.


On the topic of thrash metal, Nuclear Assault should be considered one of the "big four" instead of Anthrax. Is that unpopular?

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by codynw

I don't understand how one can think Ride the Lightning is good but not Master of Puppets.

Ride the Lightning > Master of Puppets > Kill 'Em All > And Justice For All

That's how I'd rank them. The production on AJFA almost kills it for me, but the songs are still good.


On the topic of thrash metal, Nuclear Assault should be considered one of the "big four" instead of Anthrax. Is that unpopular?

Who are the "big 4"?

Assuming Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth. Am I right?


Not familiar with Nuclear Assault, but if I had to add someone to the big 4, it would be Suicidal Tendencies. They started as one of the best American punk groups and eventually evolved into one of the best thrash groups IMO (maybe not unpopular around here).

[iLoveLamp]

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[codynw]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Who are the "big 4"?

Assuming Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth. Am I right?


Not familiar with Nuclear Assault, but if I had to add someone to the big 4, it would be Suicidal Tendencies. They started as one of the best American punk groups and eventually evolved into one of the best thrash groups IMO (maybe not unpopular around here).

Yea those are the four. Anthrax always stuck out to me as being the worst in the group. Nuclear Assault shared member(s?) with Anthrax and were a much better band. They should have been the bigger of the two bands.

[Regulator75]

I still continue to listen to Wierd Al, and I don't plan on stopping.

Makes me laugh and always puts me in a good mood.

From Another one rides the bus to, Dare to be stupid, The saga begins, UHF and everything in between.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Wow, lots of infuriating opinions in here!

I am outside of Canada and I do like The Tragically Hip, especially everything pre Phantom Power. The first few albums are great rock albums. Have never seen them live, would love to. Was lucky to have heard "New Orleans is Sinking" on the radio in Montana and got hooked because I have never heard a Hip song on the radio any other time.

I find the reasons people like music very interesting, and it is a wide range of reasons. My tastes are very musically driven rather than lyrically. If I have an emotional response to some little cord change or a vocal or the pace of a song, I'm going to be hooked. It's a feeling that I get more than anything else that makes me appreciate something.

Some of my favorites these days that may not be widely appreciated:

Shearwater
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
Wovenhand/Sixteen Horsepower
The Head and the Heart
Jason Molina/Magnolia Electric Co.