nobody ever posts anything positive on this thread, it’s always “I don’t like this”
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 December 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
OL your descriptions never cease to confound and amaze me
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 5 December 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:01 (three years ago) link
Fine here is a controversial opinion that is also on topic... I listened to "...Reason" and "The Division Bell" often in high school, and revisited last year to confirm the following: despite their poor reputation, they are easily as good as anything from Pink Floyd's "classic" period
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link
lol hadrian
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
Ok here’s one: Ooh! Yeah is the best 80s Hall & Oates album
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
Ratt are underrated songwriters
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
That's more like it
― Uptown Top Scamping (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
I appreciate that
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
I have been really into hair metal lately
I said elsewhere not long ago that Ratt's 2010 album Infestation was a "didn't know they had it in them" level comeback record ignored (of course) by 99% of critics.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:22 (three years ago) link
The only 'positive' opinions that could live up to this thread's premise are things like 'Tom MacDonald is a superlative rapper and his lyrics are on point'.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
division bell is awesome i'm with you there fgti. momentary lapse of reason... way less so
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link
hm what could i contribute to this thread
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
they're more inconsistent for sure, but at their peaks incubus were as good a band as fugazi
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
That's a worthy contribution.
― actually-very-convincing (Sund4r), Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
I saw them open for... sugar ray in 97 or 98. the other opener was gold-finger
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
they were better than either of the other two, I’ll give em that
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
but also fuck you (unperson) at 12:22 5 Dec 20Ratt are underrated songwritersI said elsewhere not long ago that Ratt's 2010 album Infestation was a "didn't know they had it in them" level comeback record ignored (of course) by 99% of critics.I actually checked that out based recently, surprisingly good and vintage Ratt sounding!Out of the Cellar is better than any Motley Crue
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
kula shaker, ocean colour scene and dodgy all had some good songs. it's all coming out now. fuck y'all
― imago, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
especially dodgy
― imago, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
just so angry at football that this is what I am posting
― imago, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
Post-grunge is underrated to this day.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
I still like the Libertines
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:49 (three years ago) link
I like cookies
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
the best third-wave ska is as good as any pop punk or emo of the warped tour era
― flopson, Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:55 (three years ago) link
I don't like any of those things so fair enough I guess
― Gary Sambrook eats substantial meals (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
Based on the relative quality of their lyrics and music, I don't understand why Big K.R.I.T. isn't more popular and critically well-regarded than Kendrick Lamar or Run the Jewels.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
krit probably deserves to be remembered as one of the best rappers of the early 2010s, he became unfashionable kinda quickly unfortunately
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
he's very good
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
Whitesnake's "Still of the Night" is a superior composition and performance to anything released by Led Zeppelin after 1975.
― Soz (Not Soz) (Vast Halo), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
hmmmm
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
haha appreciate the effort
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
a lonesome challops thread cries out in the night
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
I like Dan Bejar's voice and always have.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:07 (three years ago) link
boo
― Left, Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
I used to utterly despise Bejar in the live setting... the tour he did with Frog Eyes (supporting "Your Blues") was one of the worst shows I've ever seen. His voice was profoundly unlikeable
He got real good these past ten years, though
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 5 December 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
Dillard & Clark's "Why Not Your Baby" is the first synth pop song.
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Sunday, 6 December 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
Oooh, interesting.
― ILXceptionalism (Tom D.), Monday, 7 December 2020 00:20 (three years ago) link
R.E.M. is actually really boring
― Οὖτις
I agree with this one. I don’t hate them at all and I even have some sort of respect for them, but they’re such a boring band to listen to.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 December 2020 04:34 (three years ago) link
I’ve known for years that The National sucked and the Taylor Swift album is further evidence of it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 December 2020 04:42 (three years ago) link
The pairing makes sense though, both their music is completely flat and devoid of joy.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 December 2020 04:47 (three years ago) link
Sure I'm far from the first person on this thread to mention that someone not liking something isn't "controversial".
― everything, Monday, 7 December 2020 04:55 (three years ago) link
Blue Oyster Cult are a good band, but they’re so archetypal ‘70s rock band’ that I wouldn’t blame anyone to be turned off.
I don’t really see the ‘hard rock’ element overall (considering how fast things were moving in the early 70s) and tbh I can’t envisage a point where they might have had needed guitars on stage at once - Im reminded of the E Street Band with Bruce, Nils and Van Zandt - I mean, really?
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 7 December 2020 06:45 (three years ago) link
Er, three guitars
They still needed guitars; BOC as the Long Island Kraftwerk was always unlikely
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 7 December 2020 06:57 (three years ago) link
I’d also ban the mention of Richard Meltzer and Patti Smith and any other BOC-adjacent folks from any further BOC discussion; I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much attention given to people who weren’t actually in the band
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 7 December 2020 07:33 (three years ago) link
Yes, Blue Oyster Cult are exceptional in a number of ways, but musical style isn't necessarily one of them. Probably my favorite thing about them is their 70's boogie rock is somehow ethereal where you'd expect it to be earthy and, well... Richard Meltzer and Patti Smith have something to do with that sometimes.
What's the conroversial opinion here? Lyricists/songwriters/svengalis (delete as you will) don't count?
I'm with you on too many guitars but tbf there are way more egregious examples of this than BOC. Like, uhh, Radiohead >:)
― Lamont Dozier Dream House (Deflatormouse), Monday, 7 December 2020 09:28 (three years ago) link
The lyrics in BOC are pretty important, even though they're apparently meaningless a lot of the time, they're just so disconnected and have such a distancing effect
― Lamont Dozier Dream House (Deflatormouse), Monday, 7 December 2020 09:54 (three years ago) link
They're also very witty
― Lamont Dozier Dream House (Deflatormouse), Monday, 7 December 2020 09:59 (three years ago) link