Your unpopular music opinions
February 13th, 2015 at 8:32 PM ^
Most people haven't heard of the song itself before, but there's a drum solo in it called the "amen break" which is incredibly famous and sampled in tons of hip hop, electronic music and rock music. And I'd be pretty surprised if most people didn't recognize it immediately.
Link to the break: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwQLk7NcpO4
February 13th, 2015 at 4:44 PM ^
The Beatles are the single most over rated band. Period. They were the fourth best band out of Britain durng their era.
Zep / Stones >> The Who >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beatles
February 13th, 2015 at 4:46 PM ^
Zep is not really of that era though. But you could also throw The Kinks in there.
February 13th, 2015 at 4:48 PM ^
The Beatles were influential, but that's not the same thing as good.
It's like the movie "Citizen Kane" ... on so many lists as the best movie of all time ... and the reasons they cite is how groundbreaking the cinematography was. Well, maybe ... but the movie itself is crap.
Stones/Who >> Zeppelin >>>> Beatles
February 14th, 2015 at 5:47 PM ^
February 13th, 2015 at 4:54 PM ^
really fucked up.
February 13th, 2015 at 5:04 PM ^
Not fucked up. Just...what's the word? WRONG!
February 13th, 2015 at 5:03 PM ^
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February 14th, 2015 at 12:26 AM ^
Couldn't agree more MJV. Atta boy. This bar I go to has a Beatles cover band playing all the damn time - makes me want to kill kittens every time they open their pie holes.
February 13th, 2015 at 4:45 PM ^
If Chris Brown never had the Rihanna incident in 2009, he would be as big, if not bigger than Taylor Swift
February 13th, 2015 at 4:49 PM ^
The best part about this take is imagining Toby saying this in an episode. Like randomly bringing it up to Angela or someone.
February 13th, 2015 at 4:46 PM ^
February 13th, 2015 at 4:52 PM ^
Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" is still great. I probably play that from the safety of my car at least once a month.
February 13th, 2015 at 5:08 PM ^
Thank you for saying this about John Mayer, he is ridiculously talented. His guitar skill often get overlooked.
February 13th, 2015 at 6:08 PM ^
John Mayer is one of the top guitarists in music - problem is, he insists on playing his insipid songs.
Eric Clapton has always been a mediocre songwriter - and he's been a boring tired sounding guitarist since barely after Cream broke up.
February 13th, 2015 at 6:45 PM ^
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February 13th, 2015 at 7:36 PM ^
February 14th, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
Jeff Beck is incredibly talented.... and bores me to tears.
He (like Neil Peart) is a massive overplayer.
February 14th, 2015 at 6:25 AM ^
OHM > Californication? Wut?
February 13th, 2015 at 4:48 PM ^
Every single rapper of this generation sucks.
February 13th, 2015 at 4:50 PM ^
I don't consider Rap to be music at all. It's lyrical poetry and rhythm. But not music.
February 13th, 2015 at 6:38 PM ^
People who say this still exist in 2015? I thought this racist, rockist meme ran out of gas back in the 90s.
February 14th, 2015 at 2:34 AM ^
February 13th, 2015 at 8:15 PM ^
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February 13th, 2015 at 8:17 PM ^
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February 14th, 2015 at 2:11 AM ^
uhhh... Pac wasn't really know for his lyricism... He was known for the message he conveyed so in that context sure he's a great poet.
Nas would take the mantle on best culmination of speaking the truth and lyricism in the early 90s with Illmatic n such...
Then again you even knowing Pac is shocking to me considering your clear disdain for rap/hiphop...
February 14th, 2015 at 2:28 AM ^
Cosigned. Nas is the greatest lyricist in hip hop history. Although honestly, I wouldn't shocked to be Kendrick challenging that title in the future. That guys taking over the world right now.
February 14th, 2015 at 2:39 AM ^
I personally think Big L is top 10 all time. Dude had potential... so sad he passed early... Same with Big Pun.
I think JayZ benefited big time in that many of his contemporaries passed early. Eminem killed him on his own record LOL. Even the biggest haters of Eminem at the time were shook.
February 14th, 2015 at 2:53 AM ^
JayZ definitely messed that one up. That song was originally supposed to be a Eminem and Royce da 5'9, Bad Meets Evil, but Jay ended up replacing Royce and putting it on the Blueprint. I feel like Jay had to know what he was getting into.
Huh, I honestly don't know too much of Big L's stuff. I'll check it out.
Also, Rakim definitely definitely gets slept on too much in the discussion of best rapper.
February 14th, 2015 at 3:17 AM ^
Rakim was a pioneer for lyrical technique. Yes deff check out Big L! You will probably recognize his song MVP.
His other most famous song is probably Ebonics which in my opinion is right up with 10 Crack Commandments of sacred rap music history.
It's unfortunate that most people probably only heard of him from Eminem's line in Patiently Waiting (which by the way is one of the greatest lyrical verses of all time)
"take some Big and some Pac and mix em up in a pot, sprinkle a lil Big L on top wtf do you got? the realist n illest killas tied up in a knot, juggernaughts of this rap shit, like it or not"
Em killed 50 on his own song too lol.
February 14th, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^
February 14th, 2015 at 12:59 PM ^
I'll take Public Enemy over Nas in that contest any day.
Criminally underrated -
De La Soul
Tribe Called Quest
February 13th, 2015 at 4:53 PM ^
Kanye West is a dick, but I like him, Drake, Kid Cudi, Kendrick Lamar, etc.
February 13th, 2015 at 4:53 PM ^
Another one:
Prince is one of the 20 greatest living electric guitar players (I firmly believe this).
February 13th, 2015 at 5:00 PM ^
That's neither controversial nor unpopular...
February 13th, 2015 at 4:54 PM ^
Here some good one's ... War on Drugs, My morning Jacket, Kurt Vile, Dr. Dog, Tame Impala, Deer Tick, Futurebirds, M. Ward, Magnoila Electric Co. Indie Rock stuff
February 13th, 2015 at 4:54 PM ^
Also, I don't mind that Taylor Swift apparently rules the world. She deserves it.
And I crank Toby Keith up and sing along even though I hate his politics.
February 13th, 2015 at 4:55 PM ^
February 13th, 2015 at 4:56 PM ^
Smashing Pumpkins actually more or less sucks.
February 13th, 2015 at 5:01 PM ^
February 13th, 2015 at 5:22 PM ^
Hands down the worst band ever.
February 13th, 2015 at 5:28 PM ^
They might've been if Three Days Grace hadn't shown up on the scene. I hadn't bothered with it here because I really hope it's not an unpopular opinion, but words cannot describe how fucking shitty Three Days Grace is.
February 13th, 2015 at 4:59 PM ^
Add it up... Music, lyrics, show, body of work, influence. The older I get the more impressed I am.
February 13th, 2015 at 5:22 PM ^
...correct answer! After all, there's no other act that you can see 40 times in 37 years and still be over the top excited about your next chance to see him. Bruce is simply the best.
February 13th, 2015 at 7:39 PM ^
February 13th, 2015 at 5:02 PM ^
No offense to our great white neighbors to the North.
February 13th, 2015 at 5:05 PM ^
February 13th, 2015 at 5:07 PM ^
I get that they are not for everyone....