Poll: Dubstep, how do YOU feel about it?

[Giftfromme]

Honestly, I liked it before it became mainstream. I have since moved on to other more niche musical movements. The coolness has moved on and I am moving with it

 

[Nash]

This is some old dub.

I never got Midnight Request Line. There's some good rhythms going on but otherwise the lack of a real drop disappoints me.

Here's a couple of my old favourites:

 

[GundamSentinel]

There's a bit of it I like, there is more of it I don't like, but generally I don't really know much about it. It's that way with most music genres: I like some groups or songs, but I don't like or dislike the entire genre.

 

[DanielBrown]

I'm not sure what dubstep is to begin with, but I assume it's some electronic shit.
Not a fan of that kind of music, so I doubt I'd like it.

 

[kasperbbs]

I have found a few songs that i like, no more than 10 though.

 

[Riddle78]

It's like a cheese grater on a blackboard. Don't get me wrong;I enjoy techno and electronica,for the most part,but so far every dubstep song I've listened to sounded just as I had described. And I only know it was dubsteb when the author of the song described it as dubstep. Quite frankly,I hear no difference between dubstep and other forms of techno.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

This is the stuff I listen to:

Spoiler: My kinda music

It's a mix of Dub and Dubstep that is more to my liking... You find stuff like this on the 'Sound of Dubstep' albums sometimes, which is where I first found it. Not your 'mainsteam' wub wub sound, (which I will listen to on occasion) but this I much prefer!

 

[DirtyJunkieScum]

I'm too old to give a shit about music really, it's all pretty much slipped into the "don't care, irrelevant" bracket. I didn't realise it was the "in thing" for kids but then I've not really cared about that for a long time either.

A friend of mine was still into parting and what not a few years ago when it was still just making itself a bit more heard of in the UK (or at least the bit I live in which is about 3 years behind the rest) so he was buying a playing it in a few venues and the majority of the attendees all looked uncomfortably young to me. It's worrying when you think 18-20 year olds look about 16...although on another level it's quite a relief to find out they are older.

 

[Fanboy]

I like it but I'm not in wub with it.

It can be great for just tripping out to, but it doesn't make good background music, and it's no fun to dance to.

Also, its hard to find dubstep songs (are they really songs?) that don't flat out suck. Either that or I am not trying very hard.

 

[Nash]

I never got Midnight Request Line. There's some good rhythms going on but otherwise the lack of a real drop disappoints me.

You must be one of these people.

Essentially, but with the superiority complex of one who can type in correct English.

In fairness, I grew up with happy hardcore and gabba influences so I'm more of a fan of the bass-heavy electro. I can appreciate the rhythm-based side of things for the quality but I'd much rather be stomping to something well-produced and with a great drop.

 

[loa]

It tends to be very repetetive, even more so than trance because it tends to use one and the same effect over and over while other genres allow for more creative freedom?
I don't know. I find a genre that is defined by the usage of 1 effect rather silly.

 

[LoFr3Eq]

Spoiler: Mortal Combat Related Song Here...

 

[CardinalPiggles]

It's alright, fun to listen to every now and then, but like most music, it gets very annoying when I've heard the same fucking thing on the radio 3 times in one day.

Chuck it into a playlist with a wide range of music and I'll be more than happy to listen to it.

 

[Vault101]

I'm not sure what dubstep is to begin with, but I assume it's some electronic shit.
Not a fan of that kind of music, so I doubt I'd like it.

usually identifiable by its heavy use of base and such....sutff that sounds kinda like this



its nice that you don't like electronic music but don't call it shit or imply that dubstep represents the entire genre.. you'll only piss people off that way (you'd have to be deaf to not tell the distinct different between dubstep and house)

 

[Nash]

I'm just kidding around with ya, don't want to flame you for your tastes.

People wanting or asking for a drop to be somewhere it doesn't belong is just one of my pet peeves. Thus the "I'm so superior for not listening to brostep" vibe I'm probably radiating in this thread.

It's cool, I get it. Like I said, I'm just a fan of drops in my dubstep. And I do like the occasional brostep if it's not just slapping wubs on a track with abandon.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

I fucking hate that shit. Whenever someone starts playing it near me, I immediately put my own music on full blast.

 

[Nouw]

Love dubstep, but it helps if there's a good melodic line.

 

[Sacman]

Spoiler

I have no particular feelings towards it. I wouldn't seek it out but it hasn't bothered me hugely the few times I have had to listen to it. It would probably piss me off if I had to listen to it too often though. It's a shallow and transparent type of music.

Yeah pretty much this... Though the shallow and transparent part goes for pretty much all "party" music... Not to mention you can apply passionless and sterile to a lot of it... It's just something all the bleepy bloop machines in the world having trouble getting across, you know actual emotion...<.<

but dubstep is particularly bad... seeing as how it's at that point where it feels like no one's even trying anymore... and don't give me that, "Oh but it's hard to produce dubstep." I'm sure it is, but that doesn't mean it sounds like it's hard... this kind of music just doesn't facilitate the kind of blood sweat and tears feeling wood and metal instruments would...<.<

Not to mention all the wub, wubbing is god damned annoying in ways that I can't even explain...

Also, Henry Rollins...<.<


Hardcore Punk rock legend, was the lead singer of Black Flag... for the uninitiated... also, influential in the formation of... pretty much all the rock genres that have emerged during the 90's...

 

[Broady Brio]

Not really fond of it. At all.

When I listen to Skrillex, this is all I hear.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

I liked Dubstep for a while but mostly preferred Liquid Dubstep, really smooth stuff with a nice underlying bass rhythm that takes the harsh edge off the wobbles. Mostly though, I prefer DnB (especially liquid, atmospheric and jungle) when it comes to Electronic, with a good mix of trance, house and a smidge of techno.

Lately I've started going off electronic which really only leaves the Rock and Metal that I've listened to for most of my life.