Post a controversial music opinion

modern lovers a persanolity band if there ever was one. anyways the guys a total gentleman, treeship calling him an mra is very impressive trolling tho

no way. this is yet another case of me being correct.

I think it’s the perspective of a young guy being hella emo
(xxp)

sure but hella emo guys with obsessive tendencies and many insecurities can often behave in damaging ways while still viewing themselves as the innocent party. i said this was the "catcher in the rye" of proto-punk albums, not the "american psycho"

in his best songs j richman is both scribbling "fuck you" and crossing it out at the same time which makes his music more interesting than either of those books

rock songs should never be written from an interesting, complex perspective

John Cage wrote music that is highly listenable.

well put

xp to tracer

Thing is modern lovers guy overdoes the autism shtick

I don't know how I didn't realize that John Cale wasn't the writer of that song until just now; I thought the ML covered it. Oops.

Ian Paice is a better drummer than Bill Ward

New Order were/are terrible musicians

Fuego

Shits fuego yo 🔥

New Order were/are terrible musicians

― crüt, Monday, September 17, 2018 7:37 PM

Description, not criticism.

Let It Be (album) > Abbey Road

Hospital was my favorite ML song for awhile.

I think I can get behind that. I don't really love Abbey Road outside of a few songs. There's a pleasant simplicity to the tunes on Let It Be that I enjoy much more.

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hard agree on Let It Be being better than Abbey Road, the worst Beatles album by a mile

Post an outright insane musical opinion

not really when you realize the beatles hardly had any good songs

Got to admit thread's not gettin better

Marc Baron has made two of the best noise albums of the last decade. Both of 'em are on the Potlatch label.

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no 1 asked u

U r sleepingbag

ud luv that wldnt u

"Post a non-controversial musical opinion" is a more difficult exercise than this thread.

'Ali Farka Touré is pretty cool.'

David Bowie's cover of God Only Knows on Tonight is pretty good and much better than the Beach Boys' original.

I called the FBI, no worries

John Cale's lyrics read like this old Maxell tape advert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe_fiTy81A0

No album is great all the way through.

An album where all tracks are great is not necessarily a great album.

Teenager of the Year is a great album, all the way through

The Replacements are possibly the most overrated band ever.

Topped only by Kiss.

They were. Now their reputation has settled. If anything their skunkish behavior did the right amount of reputation-skinning.

Let It Be > Let It Be

lol which one Simon

Laibach > Beatles?

I’d say everything’s been recorded already but that’s not controversial

...is better or worse than Let It Be?

I don't like you if you have over a hundred 5.0 ratings on RYM

I understand this is a thread for airing stuff like that without need for apology, but I am genuinely curious why that is?

I don't like you if you have over a hundred 5.0 ratings on RYM

― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Thursday, September 20, 2018 1:58 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this but replace 5.0 w 0.5

An album full of really great standard length songs is so much more boring than an album jammed with weird shorter filler (and one minimal 10min+) and just 3 or 4 stand outs.

Probably not controversial around here

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it's hard to explain.

Having tons of terrible ratings is a whole different ballpark animal. I don't understand how anyone would want to invest their time into reviewing bad music

Rating ≠ reviewing.

I find washed down pseudo funk bands from the 90’s like say Jamiroquai or Fun Lovin Criminals to be laidback and cool and think they have aged better than most rock music from the decade.

Drukqs is a well-sequenced album. I like how the ultra-dense, aggressive d'n'b tracks alternate with brief ambient interludes, little odds & ends, prepared disklavier tracks, etc. It makes for a less exhausting listen, with moments of relief and odd beauty/humor.