Why do people like dubstep?

[Gitty101]

If you can find a couple of artists you like, Dubstep can be as good as any other form of music. It's an acquired taste granted, but if you give it a chance there may be something you like. I hated it at first as well, but I found artists such as Nero, Datsik, Excision and (to a degree) Skrillex. If you're willing to give it a chance, check them out.

 

[MysticToast]

I like dubstep for the same reason I like house and Hardstyle trance. It's so fun to pump up the volume in my car with some dubstep, it just gives you a good feeling. The fact that most of it is actually really good musically is just icing on the cake.

Also, I'm getting so sick of people saying dubstep isn't music. We get it, you don't like it. I don't like rap one bit but I don't go around saying it isn't music. It is, it's just bad music

 

[Composer]

its good soundtrack music

 

[MOXron]

Well, I listen to all forms of music, ranging from Mozart and Bach; to Stevie Wonder and Tears for Fears to Disturbed, Lamb Of God, Pendulum and Skrillex and I think dubstep is a great form of music. Yes, it doesn't require a lot of work to get it sounding as 'dubstep' but, really, that's the same with all music. Almost every genre of music follows the ABA or terinary form, where a rythm & Melody are created, then variated, then returned to. So to everybody saying dubstep is stupid just take note, every form of music has it's own form of 'repetative bleeping', persay.

Also, as with every other form of music, your appreciation of it comes from what you've listened to. I agree with everyone out there that says that SOME dubstep remixes have utterly butchered the original song, to a point of detracting from the original quality, but that's not to say ALL remixes are like that... some are damn good.

OT: Can someone tell me how to embed youtube vids? The youtube link isn't working...

 

[walrusaurus]

But the way I see it: There is probably some good dubstep out there, but its few and far between. Its the equivalent of finding 2 gold coins in an ocean of shit. its up to you if its worth it to find the Gold coins, but they may turn out to just be wrapped chocolates anyway.

To be fair this statements pretty true about modern music as a whole. For every decent bands there's a near infinite supply of focus-tested products and sellouts.

 

[Custard_Angel]

I have no idea why dubstep is a thing... It isn't very pleasant to listen to and has no intrinsic artistic merit associated with it. Just bwoahwoahowahwoah wubwubwubwubwub.

It's a fad that will hopefully go back to the talentless void it came from.

 

[xDarc]

is it because they have robot ears?

 

[Chameliondude]

Drugs: Coke, MDMA, Methadrone.
The electro side is fairly bearable, and its way better than pop and R&B so im not complaining.

 

[equalplatinum]

Drop a cap of M and take a toke of this and stfu and enjoy this DandB

 

[CScuff]

The only reason I can think of is because it's danceable. I can list friends of mine that could put out musically better dubstep than most of the mainstream stuff, so I don't get what people like about Skrillex, etc. Personally, I hate the stuff. But if people can dance to it (especially drunk/high/etc) they'll love it.

 

[phazaar]

Ah, my bad. Also makes it a good thing I'm currently studying Computer Science and not Music at Uni in that case.

I've tried looking for that jazz guide you've been talking about but I can't find anything (won't need it but it could just be an interesting read anyway). There's the Cambridge Companion to Jazz [http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Jazz-Companions-Music/dp/0521663202], is that the one you mean? Since if it's worthwhile I may buy -- not yet since it's £12 at the very cheapest and I have more than enough books already to read, but if it's worth it I may put it down on my reading list.

Haha I'm almost jealous; at a bit of a career impass right now, sort of wish I'd studied computer science

That's the one, yeah! Companion>guide, obviously It's probably the most well-sourced guide on it. Certainly my lecturer always gave more weight to any quote from there than any of the other guides haha! As to being a good read, it's certainly wordy and in-depth, perhaps a bit 'reference' as a 'read' though, if you get me.

 

[Im Phelpsing It]

I generally try to stay out of other people's music choices. If someone likes a song, I don't care. I've never gotten in to Dubstep though because it doesn't seem like you can convey an original message without using someone else's vocals. If a singer wants to use their own voice for Dubstep, I'd be interested.

 

[hiks89]

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?

I HATE IT TOO!!!!

 

[Red-Link]

Always good to hear that people remember what subjectivity is and such. I guess I don't have to give some argument and instead can just throw my lot in with the "people like what they like and deal with it" lot. Much easier that way.

 

[Zeema]

Because its Different then half of the songs these days about

A: Sexual interCourse
B: IM DIFFERENT LOOK AT ME
C: Look how SEXY I LOOK [jailbait]
D: All of The Above

 

[EternalFacepalm]

*snip*

Well, first off, I didn't say him specifically was a moron. However, "it's not music" is a phrase mainly uttered by morons.

I'd say music is rather something that is an assortment of notes in general, not necessarily played by instruments.. Dubstep most certainly does fit into that criteria, and as such, I'd say it is music.

 

[Something Amyss]

Oh, look at that. A lot of people have never heard of subjectivity and have subsequently taken it upon themselves to make ill-fated attempts at dismissing the possible artistic merits of an entire genre of music by using various objective standards selectively derived from their own personal tastes and perceptions - even going so far as to make ridiculous negative generalisations about it's listeners or their tastes - in the hopes that they can somehow prove that their opinion on one paticular genre is factual (inevitably failing to realise that similar arguments could be made - and HAVE been made - against any other genre), all of this motivated by nothing more complex than a distaste for said genre.

Oh look, an attempt to project something which isn't there upon people in a....Serious attempt at irony? I don't know, but I hope so.

Trust me, if I was going on my own opinion, I would have been much more harsh to the genre.

 

[Something Amyss]

Because its Different then half of the songs these days about

A: Sexual interCourse
B: IM DIFFERENT LOOK AT ME
C: Look how SEXY I LOOK [jailbait]
D: All of The Above

Seems like a weird justification, since "different" in no way means "better."

 

[Vicarious Reality]

I am

This is so difficult it's making me nauseous.
I must buy a music theory book, since i seem to be totally incompetent at describing the effect of merely one heard sound without comparing it to other sounds.
Damn you, metaphorical house of metaphorical cards, why must you make me realize i neither want to ignore or comprehend everything.

 

[Tilted_Logic]

I find it crazy that most of the people I've talked to recently have asked my opinion on dubstep. It's seems like it's all anyone talks about now, what caused that?

As for actually liking it... I'm really really picky. Show me 10 dubstep songs and I'll be lucky to tolerate 2 of them, it's rare that I actually end up loving one. For most songs there's a part of it I'll love, but the remainder of the song I just can't stand. I don't know, just not my thing.