Music Genres You Can't Stand
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Whatever the hell BrokenCyde and Hollywood Undead fall into is a horrible genre if those are the two flagship bands for it.
Listening to a whole song of Brokencyde is worse than those insane edition videos of mudkipz and my name is boxy etcDeadlock Radium said:
Biiiiiig metal head here, but you may be surprised (or not, as the case may be) to find I like everything.
NOW HOLD YOUR HORSES, BILLY.
There's a few exceptions. While I enjoy, for instance, rap music from a musical and talent perspective, I can't bring myself to respect or enjoy rappers that drag on and on about how many hoes they have in the crib , and simultaneously claiming to be from the ghetto, and have real roots, but still rap about the golden toilet paper they buy and throw away every day.
That was a bit of a run-on, but understandable, I think.
I don't particularly enjoy screamo and the like, but I don't loathe it. Same could got for some overly produced pop.
I'd like to address a few points though:
Defending Autotune. This may seem blasphemous in a way, but I don't mind autotune being used. Two caveats, though. One is that if you use autotune, and are idolised as a great singer, then you can go fuck yourself. The other is that autotune used well is impossible to spot. Likewise, the popular use of it means that some perfect singers will be bashed for using it when they don't. It's a lose-lose battle. So I say don't hate on the autotune, yo.
As for screaming/growling, and the use thereof to "cover up the fact they can't sing", I'm gonna disagree. Okay, let's say you are of the camp that says "Oh, anyone can scream/growl!", and you encounter a metalhead who enjoys the aforementioned techniques. If you say that, I will ask you to demonstrate, since you know so goddamn much. At which point, assuming you complied, a horrible noise akin to a broken Pokémon cry will assault my ears, and you will probably hurt your throat, cough, and talk funny all day. I will then laugh at you, and possibly call you names. This is because you are likely bad at it, and you are likely bad at it because you haven't practised. Y'know, liek wot reel singarz du!
I'm a musician, myself, and I spent a few years learning how to growl. I say learning, I did it over and over again until I achieved a sound I wanted, and could do it with relative ease with a bit of concentration and (best of all) didn't hurt. Bam. Just leik wot reeeal singarz du!
I can sing as well. I can hit notes and all that good stuff, but the core tone of my voice (something not easily changed in a hurry) is kinda... eh. If I need to sing clean on anything, I do a bit of tone tweaking to beef it up a little.
Screaming, on the other hand, is something I can't do. I don't have a great falsetto anyway, and my upper range is not very high. I can more or less get the more scream-y sound, but it hurts to do, and I can't sustain it. It's hard. Difficult. Like what real singing is.
I guess what I am trying to say is don't knock what you don't know. I sure as hell can't play a viola, but that doesn't mean I go around saying "OMG YOU ARE ONLY PLAYING THAT BECAUSE THE CELLO WAS TO BIG 4 U AND U SUK LOL LOLOLOL", because even though I know little about playing a viola (or indeed, a cello) I can still appreciate that skill is required.
Much of the above applies to extreme metal of most kinds (progressive, death, black etc etc etc). If you bash it as "just noise" or even worse "just random notes" I will be very cross. To a lot of people, progressive jazz is "just random notes and chords" but that shit is very complicated.
Incidentally, jazz players tend to make very good metal guitarists, and vice versa.
Apologies for the MASSIVE rant that was only tangentially related to the topic.
NOW HOLD YOUR HORSES, BILLY.
There's a few exceptions. While I enjoy, for instance, rap music from a musical and talent perspective, I can't bring myself to respect or enjoy rappers that drag on and on about how many hoes they have in the crib , and simultaneously claiming to be from the ghetto, and have real roots, but still rap about the golden toilet paper they buy and throw away every day.
That was a bit of a run-on, but understandable, I think.
I don't particularly enjoy screamo and the like, but I don't loathe it. Same could got for some overly produced pop.
I'd like to address a few points though:
Defending Autotune. This may seem blasphemous in a way, but I don't mind autotune being used. Two caveats, though. One is that if you use autotune, and are idolised as a great singer, then you can go fuck yourself. The other is that autotune used well is impossible to spot. Likewise, the popular use of it means that some perfect singers will be bashed for using it when they don't. It's a lose-lose battle. So I say don't hate on the autotune, yo.
As for screaming/growling, and the use thereof to "cover up the fact they can't sing", I'm gonna disagree. Okay, let's say you are of the camp that says "Oh, anyone can scream/growl!", and you encounter a metalhead who enjoys the aforementioned techniques. If you say that, I will ask you to demonstrate, since you know so goddamn much. At which point, assuming you complied, a horrible noise akin to a broken Pokémon cry will assault my ears, and you will probably hurt your throat, cough, and talk funny all day. I will then laugh at you, and possibly call you names. This is because you are likely bad at it, and you are likely bad at it because you haven't practised. Y'know, liek wot reel singarz du!
I'm a musician, myself, and I spent a few years learning how to growl. I say learning, I did it over and over again until I achieved a sound I wanted, and could do it with relative ease with a bit of concentration and (best of all) didn't hurt. Bam. Just leik wot reeeal singarz du!
I can sing as well. I can hit notes and all that good stuff, but the core tone of my voice (something not easily changed in a hurry) is kinda... eh. If I need to sing clean on anything, I do a bit of tone tweaking to beef it up a little.
Screaming, on the other hand, is something I can't do. I don't have a great falsetto anyway, and my upper range is not very high. I can more or less get the more scream-y sound, but it hurts to do, and I can't sustain it. It's hard. Difficult. Like what real singing is.
I guess what I am trying to say is don't knock what you don't know. I sure as hell can't play a viola, but that doesn't mean I go around saying "OMG YOU ARE ONLY PLAYING THAT BECAUSE THE CELLO WAS TO BIG 4 U AND U SUK LOL LOLOLOL", because even though I know little about playing a viola (or indeed, a cello) I can still appreciate that skill is required.
Much of the above applies to extreme metal of most kinds (progressive, death, black etc etc etc). If you bash it as "just noise" or even worse "just random notes" I will be very cross. To a lot of people, progressive jazz is "just random notes and chords" but that shit is very complicated.
Incidentally, jazz players tend to make very good metal guitarists, and vice versa.
Apologies for the MASSIVE rant that was only tangentially related to the topic.
There is no genre I can bring myself to say I completely despise, and I notice most of the people that have a specific genre to ***** about apparently haven't heard more than the most modern, mainstream sludge of that genre. Giving alternative genres a chance by seeking out the best in those genres has been extremely rewarding for me.
I have a high tolerance for all kinds of music genres. If you work in a bar for a year where they crank up the speakers to eleven with Kanye West, Kesha and Aqua (not kidding) playing you kinda need it. Getting wasted also works.
Pop music is something that works for me when the atmosphere is right for it. Meaning I'm working in the bar and the place is packed with people singing along to a catchy tune and me holding my fourth beer of the evening in my hands. I wouldn't play any of it at home or at any of my parties though.
Rap. Now there's something. Most of it's absolute rubbish, but I can appreciate some of the more, should I say "serious" songs. People actually talking about hardships they went through growing up etc. Even if it's not all true, I bet people can relate to it more than the songs about pimp slappin' bitches and ho's.
Hip Hop means nothing to me. Seriously get out. Same goes for anything techno-ish. Just can't get into it.
Emo/Screamo. Now I personally think there are emo bands, and there are Everyone Must Overdose bands. The latter I can't stand, but there are a few bands described as emo which I think have great lyrics that get you to think, and I like to listen to that when I'm feeling a bit down. Look up Dashboard Confessional, then call me a sissy.
As far as Screamo goes: I don't like the screaming. I heard some ok screamo songs, but when they got to the screaming parts it was disappointing, so I don't really listen to any of that either.
Metal and all its varieties are not really my cup of tea. I'm not one for jumping into a crowd of rabid vikings while the lead singer is revving a chainsaw threatening to cut his own leg off.
There are a lot of genres and sub-genres of music that I could mention which I don't listen to, but I think the main offenders are mostly on there, although with a bit of delegation on their part pasted to it. As I've mentioned I have a high tolerance for music, and can listen to any of those genres when I absolutely have no other choice (I'll leave the scenarios up to interpretation), but the music that I actually enjoy listening to is the kind that speaks to me. Good lyrics with a complementing melody and beat. Music which you can tell meant something to the artist when they wrote it. This could also come from any of the genres I don't necessarily like.
But most of it doesn't. Stupid talentless pop culture.
Pop music is something that works for me when the atmosphere is right for it. Meaning I'm working in the bar and the place is packed with people singing along to a catchy tune and me holding my fourth beer of the evening in my hands. I wouldn't play any of it at home or at any of my parties though.
Rap. Now there's something. Most of it's absolute rubbish, but I can appreciate some of the more, should I say "serious" songs. People actually talking about hardships they went through growing up etc. Even if it's not all true, I bet people can relate to it more than the songs about pimp slappin' bitches and ho's.
Hip Hop means nothing to me. Seriously get out. Same goes for anything techno-ish. Just can't get into it.
Emo/Screamo. Now I personally think there are emo bands, and there are Everyone Must Overdose bands. The latter I can't stand, but there are a few bands described as emo which I think have great lyrics that get you to think, and I like to listen to that when I'm feeling a bit down. Look up Dashboard Confessional, then call me a sissy.
As far as Screamo goes: I don't like the screaming. I heard some ok screamo songs, but when they got to the screaming parts it was disappointing, so I don't really listen to any of that either.
Metal and all its varieties are not really my cup of tea. I'm not one for jumping into a crowd of rabid vikings while the lead singer is revving a chainsaw threatening to cut his own leg off.
There are a lot of genres and sub-genres of music that I could mention which I don't listen to, but I think the main offenders are mostly on there, although with a bit of delegation on their part pasted to it. As I've mentioned I have a high tolerance for music, and can listen to any of those genres when I absolutely have no other choice (I'll leave the scenarios up to interpretation), but the music that I actually enjoy listening to is the kind that speaks to me. Good lyrics with a complementing melody and beat. Music which you can tell meant something to the artist when they wrote it. This could also come from any of the genres I don't necessarily like.
But most of it doesn't. Stupid talentless pop culture.
Pretty much all modern pop music. Everything I hear on the radio makes me want to vomit.
And indie music in general. Y'know, the kind of stuff in NME? "Annoying bloke with scraggly beard and neck-high Telecaster singing the same song about being awkward in annoying whiny voice. NEXT! Ethnic chap with puberty stache singing about being awkward. NEXT!"
Also, they have annoying attitudes towards metal. "Oh ho oh, metal, it's for caveman and idiots, ho ho ho, elitism, SIP STARBUCKS COFFEE, SECRETLY WISH FOR DEATH"
Yeah, I like metal. Every sort (even deathcore...a little...and nu-metal, sorta. Not Soggy Bizkit though.) People who don't even know me will immediately judge me as an idiot because of that, and it bugs the BONK out of me. They're crippling cases of the same close-mindedness they accuse metalheads of.
And indie music in general. Y'know, the kind of stuff in NME? "Annoying bloke with scraggly beard and neck-high Telecaster singing the same song about being awkward in annoying whiny voice. NEXT! Ethnic chap with puberty stache singing about being awkward. NEXT!"
Also, they have annoying attitudes towards metal. "Oh ho oh, metal, it's for caveman and idiots, ho ho ho, elitism, SIP STARBUCKS COFFEE, SECRETLY WISH FOR DEATH"
Yeah, I like metal. Every sort (even deathcore...a little...and nu-metal, sorta. Not Soggy Bizkit though.) People who don't even know me will immediately judge me as an idiot because of that, and it bugs the BONK out of me. They're crippling cases of the same close-mindedness they accuse metalheads of.
Well, I don't like some sub-genres of metal, i.e. thrash,death and shouty meatal(mostly because it stereotyped metal into being mostly filled with screamy and unintelligible lyrics about god knows what), but every other sub-genre is great(up the iron, b*tches).
I absolutely despise mainstream rap, mostly because of it's content. Country's fine with me(sort of), and I usually sing hits from the 70's and 80's when I'm alone or with me mates.
Emo music, however, makes me want to strangle the first unnecessarily 'emotionally distressed' person I see, since they are just mostly throwing away their perfectly good lives(I mean, I've met people who got their family killed in an accident a few months back, and he wasn't a anti-social dick weed, now was he?)
I absolutely despise mainstream rap, mostly because of it's content. Country's fine with me(sort of), and I usually sing hits from the 70's and 80's when I'm alone or with me mates.
Emo music, however, makes me want to strangle the first unnecessarily 'emotionally distressed' person I see, since they are just mostly throwing away their perfectly good lives(I mean, I've met people who got their family killed in an accident a few months back, and he wasn't a anti-social dick weed, now was he?)
I have to say I do like songs from a lot of different sorts of genres, but the one and only genre of music that makes me want to punch the maker of the song in the face is techno!. Fuck I hate Techno.
