Why do people like dubstep?

[dave1004]

I don't even know what a "Dubstep" is. Maybe I'm just not with the times...I can't stand music with people singing, but, eh...Who knows.

 

[Thatguyky]

Asking why people like any kind of music is silly. Everybody likes different kinds of music, and music can be pretty much anything you want it to be. It's all a matter of opinion.

One thing I can't stand though is people saying dubstep has no value, it doesn't evoke any emotion, or that it isn't truly music. It may not be those things to YOU, but that's only your opinion. Don't entirely disregard the genre, and the listeners of that genre just because you don't understand that form of music. Respect all genres of music.

I'm a musician and I enjoy dubstep from time to time, have to be in the mood for it. If you don't like a lot of the Dubstep with huge ass drops and "wubwubwub's" try listening to some of these guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cT-i-IV9bw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAFjgpuWREM

 

[EvilPicnic]

I generally like dubstep, and as a Londoner who has been regularly clubbing over the past decade I've been 'aware' of the genre for quite a while. But I've been getting really pissed off with it recently.

This is mainly because mainstream clubs (and I'm thinking chains like Oceana or Tiger Tiger) now seem to be solely playing 'dubstep', or more often, bad dubstep remixes of chart tunes. For the whole night. And I find it just gets a bit repetitive and boring.

Heaviness is heavier when it's in a varied context, and for the same reason why I enjoy Slayer's South of Heaven more than Reign in Blood, dubstep is more enjoyable when that awesome beat drops in a varied context.

 

[UberMore]

I used to hate dubstep, thinking it was nothing more than terrible sounds and thunderous bass.

I really like it now though, and I think it's because of the discordance of sound.

 

[GenuineCounterfeit]

I really am unsure about Skrillex being Dubstep at all. I despise Skrillex and all many of the Dubstep remixes of songs, but rather enjoy Skream. It's much more like Reggae. Yes, it's repetitive and many people won't like it, but to write it off a "crap" is just ignorant and closed-minded.

Two songs by Skream, if anyone is interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soaAo8sx3Yc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEmM6vVFrao

 

[Hallow'sEve]

I don't even know what a "Dubstep" is. Maybe I'm just not with the times...I can't stand music with people singing, but, eh...Who knows.

DUBSTEP - Genre of electronic dance music featuring overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals. Rating of dubstep songs is by level of "filth", with the best songs being the filthiest and the worst being downright clean. Note the expression, "this song is filthier than fingering your sister and finding your dad's wedding ring".

 

[XT inc]

Because I got bored of listening to only metal, Good dubstep has to have highs and lows it can't all just be bass. It's like it awoken a hidden part of my headphones that has never been used before.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

Different people have different tastes, fucking newsflash dude.

 

[Sprinal]

For the past few months, the only thing everyone's been talking about at school is dubstep. -snip- and I really can't see the appeal.

Why do people like it? Is there actually good dubstep out there? How did it become so popular?

Okay I supose I will reply..
It's like asking the same questions that have been asked for decades.

I could just swap out the word "Dubstep" And replace it with anything from Industrial to punk to Hardstyle to Romantic-Classical.

Some people like it. Others do not.
Just because you don't see the appeal. Doesn't make it bad. For example I love Death and Black Metal. Most of my friends if they hear it just say that its shit. Its the same Thing if I like something. Doesn't mean you will like it.

tl;dr Some people like it. Others do not.
Just like all genres of music

 

[Rancid0ffspring]

For the past few months, the only thing everyone's been talking about at school is dubstep. I had no idea what it was, so I searched it on youtube, but all I could find were videos that had nothing in them but three or four minutes of beeping and loud bass. It was literally one of the worst things I had ever heard, and I really can't see the appeal.

Why do people like it? Is there actually good dubstep out there? How did it become so popular?

Why do you like what ever type of music you listen to?

I appreciate that it does not appeal to you, the very same way that it doesn't appeal to me. However, there are people out there that enjoy it.

When it comes to music I stand by one rule. There is no bad music! Just types of music that I don't like.

Hell, even Bieber is popular for a reason... not that I enjoy his noise!

 

[Creator002]

Huh. Didn't know dubstep was so popular.
I listen to dubstep. Have a few songs on my phone (about 5). I don't know why I like it. I don't know why I like Rammstein or RPGs or programming. Just one of those things.

 

[Zerazar]

I have no idea. I think they have higher auditory processing ability than others. Because they apparently hear something entirely different than I do.
And I actually say this with a serious face. I'm very bad at music. But man I don't get dubstep. I really can't tell the difference between most dubstep.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Why do people like it? Is there actually good dubstep out there? How did it become so popular?

Why do people like country? Why do people like rap? It's just a matter of preference...

I've never listened to it before, but after listening to a few songs on here that people posted, it sounds like really slow and boring industrial...

 

[Zaverexus]

Because people have no musical taste or knowledge.
Dubstep is just noise, but there seem to be people who know no better.

its purposeless noise, can't even dance to it, waste of time.

music should either evoke emotion (see anger,happiness,sadness, melancholy, peace) or be in conjunction with an activity (see swing music, most videogame songs, and the massively wide genre known as "dance")

step achieves none of these criteria, whilst also ruining the various songs it comes across (im talking to you whoever posted that butchered version of still alive.

It'l go away in due time, its gained very little traction, and whilst some elements may survive by being integrated into other genres such as house and techno(which has already happened to a certain extent), the movement itself will die down.

This pretty much expresses my view.

 

[Athinira]

2 things

1) notice my use of the words either/or
2)and i kindley disagree that its capable of creating any emotion other annoyance/ire at the misuse of other music.

So what you are saying is that any emotions WE get from listening to dubstep is somehow 'false'?

Not only is that an arrogant idea, it's just also directly stupid. Do you, in all seriousness, believe that everyone who listens to dubstep do so because we find that it annoys us? Typically, human beings want to avoid things that annoy them, but perhaps you know better?

Reading your posts feels like listening to a religious person telling someone of a another religion that his god is false ) I'm going to refer to the quote by Yahtzee in my last response to you. It's still very appropriate.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Why do people like music? I listened to it once, it was just a bunch of weird sounds with some tempo. Is there good music? How did it become so popular?

/sarcasm

 

[ACman]

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Watch out for the K-hole!

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

Why do you like the music that you like?
Why do you hate the music that you hate?

 

[Moeez]

its purposeless noise, can't even dance to it, waste of time.

music should either evoke emotion (see anger,happiness,sadness, melancholy, peace) or be in conjunction with an activity (see swing music, most videogame songs, and the massively wide genre known as "dance")

step achieves none of these criteria, whilst also ruining the various songs it comes across (im talking to you whoever posted that butchered version of still alive.

It'l go away in due time, its gained very little traction, and whilst some elements may survive by being integrated into other genres such as house and techno(which has already happened to a certain extent), the movement itself will die down.

Haha at people calling dubstep "purposeless noise", cranky old people said the same thing to rock/hip-hop/jazz in all of their permeations. I mean, jazz for goodness sake! I love your rigid definitions, do you put a list of it on your wall so you can always remember to bring up these made-up limitations in debates?

I think you're just ignorant, and not looking hard enough. There is all kinds of dubstep. Not all dubstep is "wubwubwub". You might hate just one type of dubstep, which is this commercial kind right now. Dubstep is meant to be sick, visceral, primal, but also can be very moody.


If that doesn't give you chills, I don't know what will.

 

[new_age_reject]

Wow... so many ignorant people on this thread.
Dupstep is good due to the heavy beats, dirty bass and the fact that it sounds amazing coming out of a massive system.
If you think you hate dubstep then don't listen to ANY skrillex songs (he's what's bad about the genre) and start listening to people like Benga and Skream.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVKboRPgu0U
Listen to this fantastic Benga tune and you might change your mind a bit.