The Escapist's opinion on 'Dubstep'?

[Vanguard_Ex]

Viva la Skrillex.

Spoiler: My face

Words can't state my reaction, so I used an image.

Good choice, good choice ^_^ Skrillex fan uh?

Spoiler: Probably should have posted this one.

[sub]So sorry mate, not really a fan...[/sub]

Ahh...my bad. I suppose when it comes to shock you can go one way or the other, 50/50 eh?

 

[duchaked]

I was first introduced to it in that "Dubstep Guns" video (Klaypex) so my opinion of it is highly favorable haha

but I pretty much avoid all the crappy stuff, especially "remixes" that are everywhere

 

[TornadoFive]

Not my personal cup of tea, but I have long since come to the realisation that humanity is weird, wonderful and above all, just plain strange. Therefore, feel free to enjoy whatever kind of music suits your tastes. I will not judge you.

 

[Joshimodo]

An abomination in 99% of cases, and even that 1% is average at best. It's just noise.

 

[Private Custard]

Someone I know said it was like listening to your speakers being sick.....but in a good way!

Me, I think it's great. It reminds me of jungle from the early nineties. It doesn't take itself too seriously and revolved around massive bass......which is good!

I was set a challenge by a guy on a flight sim forum a while back, to use something hard in a video. I have to say, it wasn't easy!


Although I do think that 'kill everybody' is walking a fine line. It's a bit manic, even though the underlying beat is there.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

It's better then club music but that's not saying much.

 

[oktalist]

We like to categorise and classify things as belonging to this or that genre, but it fails in the end because (a) there is much overlap and (b) genres become stereotyped.

This is greatness:

 

[Ickorus]

Not my thing, most of it sounds identical to be honest.

Don't even think about denying it, there is at least one example in this thread of someone complaining about saying one band sucks because of it degenerating into 'wubwubwubwub' and then posting a song that does exactly the same thing and acting like it's amazing and totally different.

I think it's the next metal to be honest, the music that disassociated youth listen to so they can feel like they're rebelling from the mainstream.

Post 14 by Turtleboy1017, if you're quoting me to ask where.

 

[ReincarnatedFTP]

American, specifically from Alabama.
Yes, I've noticed the huge wave too.
Borgore, Zelda song dubstep remixes, and this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awgXrAHktGc are my favorite from dubstep. And Bass Cannon by Flux Pavilion.
I find that most dubstep annoys me, but I do like the few I listed.
I'm more of a folk-punk and indie guy these days so it's not what I usually listen to, but I find it's great to blast in a car while driving around Birmingham at night with friends.

 

[zehydra]

considering the only defining characteristic of dubstep is ridiculous sound effects made from bending, and distorting the bass line, I think I'll pass.

I don't really like music that has it's defining characteristic as something non-tonal.

 

[ReincarnatedFTP]

I don't mind it, it seems to be creeping into more and more things though!


One of my fave's

Thanks, that was awesome.
That's one more of maybe about ten dubstep songs I like!

 

[Tsunimo]

All of my friends seem to be obsessed with it, and I suppose it's ok.
I was just never drawn to music that is as repetitive as most of the dubstep I've heard is.

 

[oktalist]

Not my thing, most of it sounds identical to be honest.

I hope after posting you scrolled up and listened to what I posted 1 minute before you.

I think it's the next metal to be honest, the music that disassociated youth listen to so they can feel like they're rebelling from the mainstream.

Now you make me want to post this:

95% percent of everything is shit, regardless of genre. If you don't know where to look for a particular genre then you're likely to find a poorly representative sample and miss the artistic goodness it has to offer.

As a matter of preference I tend to gravitate towards post-rock and melodic death metal, but I also like a lot of classical, indie, some hip-hop, a bit of jazz, lots of stuff. I disagree with you writing off two whole genres based on (presumably) a superficial knowledge of them.

 

[TheJesus89]

1. It's too easy to make

2. The real dubstep gets lost in waves of WUB WUB WUB WUB WUB WUB WUB WUB WUB WUB

3. Fairly generic music, yet easy to make it sound like it's unique.

4. I don't really like the fans or their whole scene

5. Even the good stuff (Burial, etc) I find boring (not a problem with the genre, per say)

6. There's way to much of it.

7. remixes of remixes of remixes of remixes. Most dubstep songs seem to be remixes.

8. I fucking hate Skrillex.

9. There are more fucking breakdowns then shitty metalcore, and shitty metalcore is bursting at the seams with breakdowns.

So yeah, not a huge fan.

 

[zelda2fanboy]

It appears to be slowly catching on in America, but it's not really my thing. Strikes me as boring, but my musical taste is admittedly pretty horrible by most standards. All I know is that it is not the work of Tonetta, and therefore it is not amongst the greatest music ever written.

 

[WaysideMaze]

I don't mind the odd song, and I've got a friend who's a huge dubsteb fan so I'm used to listenin to it as his house. Not something I'd listen to all the time though.

What I really don't like is the whole 'filthy dubstep lol!'

Can someone please explain to me what is filthy about it? I honestly just do not get it. Grindcore is far worse.

 

[zelda2fanboy]

Wait, does Suicide count as dubstep? Listening to the clips on here, it sounds a lot like that, just tamer and more sanitized. Suicide was doing that sort of thing back in the 70s with drum machines, voice effects, and overdriven keyboards. They were badass.


C'mon, it's a song about Ghost Rider!!!!

 

[GeneUnit]

I don't like it too much. However, Klaypex is pretty good. I found them from one of CorridorDigital's videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0a-o16i_Gw&feature=related

 

[twaddle]

Just watched this. Funny/Scary music video.

you know before when i was listening to skrillex posted by other users i figured i would not like dubstep from listening, but that video you put up changed my mind. I just don't like skrillex. Thanks

 

[MispeledStalion]

I don't really like original dubstep that much, but dubstep remixes and dubstep added into different genres (like the way Enter Shikari uses it) is pretty awesome.