Worst music of all time!

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 11:42 am

What is it about a band that turns popular, and all of a sudden lots of people start claiming how sucky they are?

Seriously, lets take Linkin' Park as an example. If they suck so bad, why are they selling out concerts? I see Linkin' park used a lot in videos too, overused probably but thats only a sign that lots of people are connecting with the lyrics. I would bet that every one that says "I hate blah blah blah" is just spouting off. It's like people that make a huge scene about how awful country music is, or John Tesh.. (well, I'll give you Tesh) without ever actually hearing any of it.

So instead of just listing off bands that are popular, in an effort to seem intellectually elite why not actually say what you don't like about them?

Like: Michael Bolton - His mutated, huge ass forehead is almost enough to distract me from his wheezy sugar coated music, almost. The music is easily outshone by elevator music, or even a jack in the box toy when it comes to sophistication anyway.

JOE_Greezy · Post by **JOE_Greezy** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 12:45 am

Ok I'll say what I hate about each of the "bands/artists' I listed.

Green Day - Bunch of nancyboys, tired of hearing these shitbirds all over the place.

Good Charlotte - see above.

Breaking Benjamin - same as Green Day.

LP - Shitty vocals, shitty music, shitty lyrics, the only people that like em are a bunch of pizzafaced angst ridden losers.

Pop sluts - Yay it's cool to put on pounds of makeup and be anoerexic and sleep with whoever whenever.

Boy Bands - Same as pop sluts except for the sex part.

Emo bands - I'd rather listen to Fran Drescher 24/7 than hear this shit.

Commercial rap - Take something that requires skill and just eliminate the skill form it to make money.

Ted Bundy · Post by **Ted Bundy** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:16 pm

Any punk bands suck, anything you hear on the radio sucks and anything I don't like sucks

JOE_Greezy · Post by **JOE_Greezy** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:40 am

Good punk rules, this shit they try to pass off as punk now sucks the big one.

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 10:25 am

If a band is popular because of how well they dance, or how sexy they look, I question why people are liking it. I don't like most rap because it's a lot of the time no talent, and besides that it's always or at least most of the time basic repetitive beats with lyrics as support.. too many people like music that sounds shitty to me because of the great lyrics it has, but let me say this.. music is the art of sound, not the art of lyrics.. every thing else to me is acquired taste and if liked it's usually based on prepossessions..

I don't get MF bitching about linkin parks vocals.. yes they scream a lot(OMG!!), but take a gander at the song "My December", and you'll get to hear something this IS good vocals, and if you think other wise I think your a biased person trying to think your better than everyone else by being the minority.. Now linkin Park DOES NOT LIP SYNCH, they even do every thing from vocals to every other type of thing you hear in there music.. a lot of groups that are pop and rap don't have anyone actually playing instruments, they just are prerecorded and played in the background while they vocalize, or just plane ass talk with an attitude and a yo yo yo , bling bling represent attitude.. this is one of the reasons a lot of popular bands suck to me.. because all in all they have no talent, and there's no focus on the art of sound just shit like lyrics, how they look, how they dance, etc.. This isn't much the case with linkin park but they do recycle the same shit a lot and are somewhat sell outs.. But in the end.. it's all a matter of taste and I hate this topic. Don't generalize what is and what isn't good, it's all a matter of opinion. Why don't some of you have a bit more open minds instead of always closing yourself off to a lot of things based on wether it's popular or not. Give me a break.

megaman917 · Post by **megaman917** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:13 pm

x_rex30 wrote:If a band is popular because of how well they dance, or how sexy they look, I question why people are liking it. I don't like most rap because it's a lot of the time no talent, and besides that it's always or at least most of the time basic repetitive beats with lyrics as support.. too many people like music that sounds shitty to me because of the great lyrics it has, but let me say this.. music is the art of sound, not the art of lyrics.. every thing else to me is acquired taste and if liked it's usually based on prepossessions..

Personally I love the repetitive beats and lyrics for support. I love hearing the violent lyrics and cussin'. The way I see it, putting lyrics to music is like putting paint on canvass. Music is the art of sound, but once you throw in the lyrics, they become a part of that sound. That's why I think so many rappers focus on their lyrics so much. This is my opinion, and I'm sticking to it.

I've tried to listen to some metal, on MusicChoice, but most of it just isn't working for me. I don't mind hearing the screaming on one or two parts of the song, but all over the entire song, I do not like. I hear a good beat, but when the artist starts screaming all over the track, it ruins the entire song for me. (I don't see the point in it.) Right there is when I think I'd rather listen to the instumentals instead.
(No offense to Globocide or any other metal fans here. I'm just stating my opinion.)

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:17 pm

Creed

Mars Volta

Unpronounceable_Symbol · Post by **Unpronounceable_Symbol** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:21 pm

I wasn't impressed with LP's rapper. It reminded me of myself when I was five. Like, I was worried he'd start a song with, "My name is Mike and I'm here to say." (I'm thinking here of "In the End," which may or may not be representative of Mr. Shinoda's ability.)

And I used to have a ready answer for worst music but now I'm not so sure. This band called Dig Yr Grave had one song on a compilation that was, in a word, terrible. It sounded like my band from when I was 12 (why does everything I hate remind me of myself? :P ): no bass player, couldn't play drums to save my life, my voice was still in the middle of changing so was all shrieky, and we wrote bad imitations of whichever generic "alternative" band we'd just finished listening to. This band, Dig Yr Grave, in short had no business being on any type of recorded medium, much less a comp with the likes of Beck, most of Yo La Tengo, the Softies, Codeine, Mary Lou Lord, etc. Actually, apart from Dig Yr Grave and the Stinky Puffs it was a pretty good album.
But many years later (eight or so), I started hearing the song differently. After going through hours upon hours of experimental music, noise, power electronics, screamo, musique concret, free jazz, industrial and so forth, Dig Yr Grave was sonically pretty tame. After a few Merzbow albums it takes a lot to grate on your eardrums. Now, I wonder if Dig Yr Grave was sounding terrible on purpose, like some sort of wild failed experiment in anarchistic "anyone-can-play" punk rock.

And looking back, the Stinky Puffs were far worse: poor execution, a shrill singer who couldn't hold a note, boring songs, and obvious name-dropping of Kurt Cobain (who apparently named the band and taught the singer to play guitar-- thank for nothing, pal).

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:14 pm

megaman917 wrote:Personally I love the repetitive beats and lyrics for support. I love hearing the violent lyrics and cussin'. The way I see it, putting lyrics to music is like putting paint on canvass. Music is the art of sound, but once you throw in the lyrics, they become a part of that sound. That's why I think so many rappers focus on their lyrics so much. This is my opinion, and I'm sticking to it.

Basic repetitive beats are fine and all.. but at a point it gets ridiculous and ends up sounding like a 4 second tempo demo on a piano that repeats itself over and over.. I listen to rap.. but just like rock, theres some of it I just don't like.. and some that I think sounds like shit(same goes for some rock).. but then while I tell my homies I think it sounds like shit.. they start going off about the lyrics.. or the bad ass beat.. but a lot of time listing to the nice beats.. I hope to hear other elements as well.. but then it turns out that the basic beat is almost all it has going for it.. with little build up. You should know I like rap though.. I have thrown out rap amv recommendations to you before.. I wonder if you remember that.. I give just about all music a chance.. but so far every time I've given county a chance, it always failed to impress me.. I don't know what it is about country but it's so hard for me to enjoy.. What is up with country sucking so hard? I think I've heard like one song that I found to be OK.

Unpronounceable_Symbol · Post by **Unpronounceable_Symbol** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:11 pm

x-rex wrote:What is up with country sucking so hard?

I've been trying to figure that one out as well, since I live amongst the NASCAR crowd. I actually tried to listen to an Alan Jackson CD and realized he has some of the most insipid lyrics ever set to paper. I think most of commercial country has been recycling the same twenty or thirty cliches since 1960.
Apart from that, it's more overproduced than a lot of teen-pop singers, and having a taste for the "country twang" is either strictly and painstakingly acquired or the result of some freak genetic mutation. But there's some you might be able to enjoy; classic country, say Johnny Cash or Hank Williams (the first, and only the first), or the Carter Family if you feel like going real old school. Or if you dig indie rock, alt-country might be a good bridge. The first couple Wilco albums (especially Being There), Uncle Tupelo, and Neko Case are all fairly palatable, and I've heard good things about the Old '97s and Whiskeytown as well.