Unpopular music opinions

[rue]

Heaven for some an assault on the senses for others.

Very true lol

You have my deepest sympathies.

hehehehe..... thanks

Back on topic...

I like Ethel Merman. A lot of her songs are annoying, but some of them are pretty cute:

[video=youtube;ebSvhyTBawI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebSvhyTBawI[/video]

[video=youtube;2lWQF30YAT0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lWQF30YAT0[/video]

 

[HodgePodge]

Wow, it takes a loooong time to read 129 pages of replies....
I hope someone has the tar at a boil, and the feathers plucked.

I haven't heard an Al Jolson song I liked, nor can I think of any other songs sung in that fashion that don't annoy me.
and,
I Think Lee Morse has an AWFUL voice.

Now I'm going to do something beyond unpopular and verging on reprehensible - defend hip-hop.

I can't stand hip hop. It's so trashy I feel like I need an infection check after listening to it.

I can't help but feel people are taking the .50 Cents, Eminems, and Lil Jons, what I call the "Top-40" rappers, and generalizing them out to all of Hip Hop, past and present. RUN DMC, Sugar Hill Gang, Maestro, Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, all NOT trashy. Slick Rick -sometimes trashy, Public Enemy - Angry, but not trashy.
The Roots, Blackalicious, and Common, among many others, create songs that challenge the image/mentality that has come to be synonymous with "rap."
There are a few songs over in the "golden era songs with off-colourlyrics" thread, that would probably have modern rappers blushing - or taking notes....

Off-Topic slightly, but I don't think people realize that there ARE artists/groups in the hip hop community that do make use of live instrumentation in their work, as opposed to just beat-machines and loops.

Feels like a case of "well, what I have heard is awful, so the rest must be awful too," not that I have ever fallen into that kind of thinking or anything....*cough*

Does Brian Setzer count these days?

Brian Setzer always counts, but not as Psychobilly. For Psychobilly, think Rockabilly + Punk. Like this or this

They *wouldn't* have come along if it hadn't been for Eddie Lang, though.

I like Christian, but despite that I dearly wish the electric guitar had never been invented.

But, no electric guitar means no pedal steel, which means no Alvino Rey, or any nifty pedal steel for the Western Swing outfits.

If you mean "just because it's electric doesn't mean you HAVE to play EVERYTHING at 110dB," I agree with you whole-heartedly.

re: "everything that needs to be said on guitar being said by Eddie Lang," maybe I'm in the UNpopular list again here, but I think Merle Travis and Chet Atkins said some worthwhile things on both Electrics and Accoustics.

Sounds to me like a Complicated Cat-Fight in a Mustard Mill!

Love that!

 

[John in Covina]

Within every genre of music the variety available tends to cover a wide scope. So there is a good chance that out there is an artist whose take on a genre is more acceptable perhaps even likable. For music genres we don't have an interest in chances are we have only heard a small portion of what is available.

 

[MissMittens]

Within every genre of music the variety available tends to cover a wide scope. So there is a good chance that out there is an artist whose take on a genre is more acceptable perhaps even likable. For music genres we don't have an interest in chances are we have only heard a small portion of what is available.

Amen, brother

 

[LizzieMaine]

If you mean "just because it's electric doesn't mean you HAVE to play EVERYTHING at 110dB," I agree with you whole-heartedly.

What I mean is that I strongly dislike the emphasis on the guitar as the driving force in essentially all popular music of the past fifty years or so. The electric guitar just makes it worse. As a rhythm instrument in an orchestra or a small group it's fine, but I can't stand it on its own, especially when played by a loud, sweaty Cro-Magnon who learned three chords and thinks he's an artist.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

My pre-1935 musical tastes have become so deeply ingrained that I've developed such an aversion to almost anything that smacks of rock n' roll. Much to my bemusement it seems that I can't escape Rock's inexorable stranglehold influence on some of the other genres that I like such as musical theatre and country music.

 

[Fletch]

What I mean is that I strongly dislike the emphasis on the guitar as the driving force in essentially all popular music of the past fifty years or so. The electric guitar just makes it worse. As a rhythm instrument in an orchestra or a small group it's fine, but I can't stand it on its own, especially when played by a loud, sweaty Cro-Magnon who learned three chords and thinks he's an artist.

I liked music better when the Magnons and the Cros were still killing each other.
But maybe it's because Ted Weems was making all those records about it. lol

 

[rue]

My pre-1935 musical tastes have become so deeply ingrained that I've developed such an aversion to almost anything that smacks of rock n' roll. Much to my bemusement it seems that I can't escape Rock's inexorable stranglehold influence on some of the other genres that I like such as musical theatre and country music.

I know what you mean. After non-stop listening to anything pre-60s, my daughter played a youtube video that had the most horrible music, it gave me a headache. I think she said it was kesha (?) or some such thing.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Ugh, so many of my friends like Kesha. I can't stand her or her music. I hate going anywhere with my friends because I know Kesha's gonna be blasting enough to rattle the fedora off my head.

I know what you mean. After non-stop listening to anything pre-60s, my daughter played a youtube video that had the most horrible music, it gave me a headache. I think she said it was kesha (?) or some such thing.

 

[John in Covina]

Somebody had mentioned that either right now or recently on the pop charts there is something like 3 songs that have the "F" word in the title. Gives a whole new meaning to the term 'polite society!'

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Ugh, so many of my friends like Kesha. I can't stand her or her music. I hate going anywhere with my friends because I know Kesha's gonna be blasting enough to rattle the fedora off my head.

:eeek:

Owww! Curiosity darn near killed this Kat! I was just listening to Kesha's Tik Tok.

 

[Tiller]

I hate rap, all of it. And before anyone ask no I don't like independent rappers either. I've always hated rap music, since they day it started becoming popular when I was a child. And before anyone ask that includes earlier "old school" rap, and even family friendly songs like the theme song to a certain Will Smith tv show.

That may not mean much in this form, but to the culture at large it is almost a culture shock . It's the only kind of music that I hate more then that twangy hippie neo-folk music. For those of your who like rap, I'm happy for you, but if you ever come to my house or to a party I'm throwing it will never be played.

 

[John in Covina]

I hate rap, all of it. And before anyone ask no I don't like independent rappers either. I've always hated rap music, since they day it started becoming popular when I was a child. And before anyone ask that includes earlier "old school" rap, and even family friendly songs like the theme song to a certain Will Smith tv show. That may not mean much in this form, but to the culture at large it is almost a culture shock . It's the only kind of music that I hate more then that twangy hippie neo-folk music. For those of your who like rap, I'm happy for you, but if you ever come to my house or to a party I'm throwing it will never be played.

I sense you're holding back, please tell us how you really feel.

 

[Tiller]

I sense you're holding back, please tell us how you really feel.

Although my statements are all true, it's still with a bit of a smile and a nod. I'm just not a good enough writer to express it as such .

 

[John in Covina]

I find very little of it in any way endearing. The rapid fire urban poetry is not appealing The pep rally shouting style with rhymes of misogyny, murder and mayhem is not my cup of tea. I think of the various movie trailers where it's about rap artists, the portrayal of lifestyles and value systems that I have no connection with.

 

[Bourbon Guy]

Maceo!

The best of the best. Modern pop music would not be what it is were it not for the hardest working man in show business.

[video=youtube;n5uIjy5RBVE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5uIjy5RBVE&feature=fvsr[/video]

 

[Rundquist]

Speaking of James Brown:

This will probably get taken down for copyright infringement soon as well.
Mongo Santamaria on congas with Bernard Purdie on the trap.
It don’t get better than that for groove. (Though I just realized that this
must have come from a 45, as it fades out just as the drums are getting going. Bummer).

[video=youtube;3e0hfeFBge0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e0hfeFBge0[/video]

I actually prefer Georgie Fame's Pappa's Got a Brand New Bag to the original.
That's saying a lot.

[video=youtube;B_2_s_7xi7s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_2_s_7xi7s[/video]

 

[The Good]

Well, it's not popular these days, and it almost certainly isn't popular on this forum, but I actually like disco, or at least some of it. Obviously not all of it, but it's a fun genre to listen to while I'm sitting there at my desk, hitting the books. I can understand why this type of music so "danceable." I guess it definitely helped that I was into jazz-funk and early funk music beforehand, as they're not exactly words apart. Anyway, I like disco a lot more than rock and metal music from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s though. Earlier, '50s and '60s rock and roll on the other hand are still superior to disco in my opinion...

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I have a strong, strong dislike for rap and the rap scene as well. I didn't even know what rap was until I was probably in Middle School. I went to a farm-oriented school and everyone listened to country-western there and it was that, classic country, or the oldies in my house growing up. Even once I became aware of it and it became so popular, I had no interest. Just not my idea of music.

I hate rap, all of it. And before anyone ask no I don't like independent rappers either. I've always hated rap music, since they day it started becoming popular when I was a child. And before anyone ask that includes earlier "old school" rap, and even family friendly songs like the theme song to a certain Will Smith tv show.

That may not mean much in this form, but to the culture at large it is almost a culture shock . It's the only kind of music that I hate more then that twangy hippie neo-folk music. For those of your who like rap, I'm happy for you, but if you ever come to my house or to a party I'm throwing it will never be played.

I love Disco, particularly the Bee Gees and Abba, I gotta say, it's fun stuff. My dad's a big disco fan, (graduated in 78) so I grew up with a lot of that. My mother hates it with a passion, while Pa was at the discos, my Ma was at the honky tonks.

Well, it's not popular these days, and it almost certainly isn't popular on this forum, but I actually like disco, or at least some of it. Obviously not all of it, but it's a fun genre to listen to while I'm sitting there at my desk, hitting the books. I can understand why this type of music so "danceable." I guess it definitely helped that I was into jazz-funk and early funk music beforehand, as they're not exactly words apart. Anyway, I like disco a lot more than rock and metal music from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s though. Earlier, '50s and '60s rock and roll on the other hand are still superior to disco in my opinion...

 

[Rundquist]

I think that I posted this here before (maybe even in this thread), but disco and big band music have a lot in common. They’re both communal music. Both are very powerful from within the context of a large group of people. They can both unite different factions of society. The golden era bunch won’t like to hear this, but you had cross sections of society enjoying disco, just like you had cross sections enjoying big band/jazz in the 30's and 40's. One’s age, social strata, and color didn’t enter into the picture.

I just personally never cared for either. But I appreciate the power of both. Big Band music (though not jazz, as I do enjoy many other forms of it), and Disco are not really listening music. They both have a happy-fun-time vibe that doesn’t resonate with me on a personal level.

I think that Latin Mambo and Salsa music have both of the other genera’s beat because it is not only good communal dance music, but it is also good listening music. Just my 2 cents.