Unpopular Musical Opinions

[DrVanNostrand]

What are your top 5?

Rubber Soul
Abbey Road
Magical Mystery Tour*
The Beatles
Revolver

*if you don't consider MMT canon, slide With the Beatles up into fifth place

 

[Nostradumbass]

Rubber Soul
Abbey Road
Magical Mystery Tour*
The Beatles
Revolver

*if you don't consider MMT canon, slide With the Beatles up into fifth place

Good list, I'd swap Revolver for Rubber Soul, not bothered about MMT not technically being canon.

 

[Taylor]

Kings of Leon have vocal songs, keeping the family ties has stopped some really talented musicians from adding a musical flare to their songs. It's like Phil Collins having primarily drum driven music with a melody thrown over the top as an afterthought.

In five to ten years I expect a group to do some KoL covers and effectively finish the songs.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

New Adventures in Hi-Fi is REM's best album.



REM got the balance right with that album, halfway between the too soft radio friendly Out of Time and Automatic for the People and the full on grunge rock of Monster.

Fantastic album and the last album Bill Berry recorded with them.

Peak REM.

I thought Green was their high point. It was my introduction to REM and still my favourite by a long long way.

 

[Plugger35]

Green was REM's big break through album into the mainstream, love Orange Crush and a few other songs on it but as a whole album I prefer New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

All their albums are pretty good but they went downhill a bit after Bill Berry left, it wasn't quite the same without him.

 

[Partridge]

Cream is the best 60s UK band of all time, better than the Stones, Beatles and The Who.



They were called Cream for a reason, they were the cream of British 60s rock, the power trio to end all power trios.

I love Cream, but.......no. Not only studio output at a high enough level and simply weren't around long enough.

 

[Partridge]

Rubber Soul
Abbey Road
Magical Mystery Tour*
The Beatles
Revolver

*if you don't consider MMT canon, slide With the Beatles up into fifth place

The White Album
Abbey Road
Rubber Soul
Beatles for Sale
Revolver

 

[Plugger35]

I love Cream, but.......no. Not only studio output at a high enough level and simply weren't around long enough.

They still produced an amazing body of work in the short time they were together, obviously The Beatles, Stones and The Who have them covered for longevity and output.

I was more talking about them from a musician point of view, they were three of the finest British rock musicians going around at the time and produced some amazing music together.

 

[Partridge]

They still produced an amazing body of work in the short time they were together, obviously The Beatles, Stones and The Who have them covered for longevity and output.

I was more talking about them from a musician point of view, they were three of the finest British rock musicians going around at the time and produced some amazing music together.

Absolutely. I'm a musician myself, in that respect the Beatles aren't in the same league, the Stones at times (mainly due to Taylor), and The Who give them a good run for their money.

 

[Papa G]

Anybody that likes Radiohead I immediately dismiss as having * all idea about anything.

 

[timtamWB]

Anybody that likes Radiohead I immediately dismiss as having **** all idea about anything.

Well that's ridiculous, I like Radiohead and I'm playing at the Espy next month, so I must have some idea what I'm doing?

You can't dismiss anyone based on their music tastes. Would you say Brian May can't play guitar if it came out that Lil Wayne is his favourite artist?

 

[james Dean]

Anybody that likes Radiohead I immediately dismiss as having **** all idea about anything.

That's not an unpopular opinion, that's being an a-hole

 

[Damon_3388]

Kings of Leon have vocal songs, keeping the family ties has stopped some really talented musicians from adding a musical flare to their songs. It's like Phil Collins having primarily drum driven music with a melody thrown over the top as an afterthought.

In five to ten years I expect a group to do some KoL covers and effectively finish the songs.

Just thinking about it, there is a fair few of their songs that either have a good verse and a weak chorus (eg. "Be Somebody"), or just sound like half-finished ideas that don't really go anywhere.

I do feel like there are some elitists who are missing out on some of KoL's best work in terms of album tracks from their past few releases ("Cold Desert", "No Money", "Don't Matter"), because they're avoiding the band for being "too commercial" now.

 

[West Coast Weasel]

Well that's ridiculous, I like Radiohead and I'm playing at the Espy next month, so I must have some idea what I'm doing?

C'mon! How can you mention my beloved Espy without promoting your band? Give us a name mate

 

[timtamWB]

C'mon! How can you mention my beloved Espy without promoting your band? Give us a name mate

No dice

It's the semi or Grand final of a BotB gig, not sure which one, and we're playing in the Gershwin room. We've only played like 5-6 gigs together, so not a bad spot to get I think

 

[WALDENPOND]

I love the Gershwin room.

 

[WALDENPOND]

No dice

It's the semi or Grand final of a BotB gig, not sure which one, and we're playing in the Gershwin room. We've only played like 5-6 gigs together, so not a bad spot to get I think

The band is called no dice?

 

[timtamWB]

The band is called no dice?

What a horrible band name.

Having said that, a lot of band names are actually horrible, until you hear them a few times and then they just fit. But there have been hardly any band names where I've gone "Wow that's an awesome band name"

 

[Jack Stevens]

The Espy BotBs seemed to start just after my last band split up, I would have loved to play there.

That's probably another of my unpopular opinions, the Espy is my favourite venue. I've been to incredibly good gigs there, and it just has a great atmosphere. Beer could be cheaper, though.

Coming up with decent band names is difficult, especially when you start over thinking it.

 

[West Coast Weasel]

It's the semi or Grand final of a BotB gig, not sure which one, and we're playing in the Gershwin room. We've only played like 5-6 gigs together, so not a bad spot to get I think

Well that's more than enough info, I'll be there with my custom timtamWB shirt.

 

[WALDENPOND]

The Espy BotBs seemed to start just after my last band split up, I would have loved to play there.

That's probably another of my unpopular opinions, the Espy is my favourite venue. I've been to incredibly good gigs there, and it just has a great atmosphere. Beer could be cheaper, though.

Coming up with decent band names is difficult, especially when you start over thinking it.

I wouldn't say that is unpopular.

Most of the people i know don't understand why The Tote is mine.

 

[Black Flag]

punk ended in the mid 80s.

metal is s**t.

 

[Jack Stevens]

I wouldn't say that is unpopular.

Most of the people i know don't understand why The Tote is mine.

I reckon I know more people who hate the Espy than love it.

I've actually never been to the Tote, for whatever reason, but it seems to be the same sort of thing. People either love it or hate it.

 

[La Dispute]

Yeh the Espy has a weird, old person vibe.

A bit like St Kilda.

 

[John Dawh]

Also Dave Grohl is not God, or a musical genius.

Ditto Josh Homme. The way he phrases his music is so annoying. Them Crooked Vultures could have been a lot better if he was able to stick to traditional formula. Elephants - too many changes of tempo. Could have been simpler and better.