unpopular opinions thread - music edition

[Andmoreagain]

SP-404/Casio/guitar pedals on a table music is like no-comply variation skating. Ya it's cute but don't over do it.

[Youoverthere]

J Mascis’ side jawns are better than Dinosaur Jr.

deep wound for sure

[Freelancevagrant]

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J Mascis’ side jawns are better than Dinosaur Jr.

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deep wound for sure

Big fax.

[Huell Howser]

sure I learned about placebo from mark appleyard's sorry part but placebo is fuckin great(their older albums, not sure about their newer stuff)

[rawr1922]

Heard about The Growlers many years ago. Mostly whenever people talked bad about them. Just started listening to their catalog on shuffle. Love this band

https://youtu.be/1Yb0NQ6aDFc

[Mcidraque]

J Mascis’ side jawns are better than Dinosaur Jr.

Same with Lou Barlow's side/solo projects.

[Sila]

SP-404/Casio/guitar pedals on a table music is like no-comply variation skating. Ya it's cute but don't over do it.

This is funny. No comply skating is still way cooler though.

[urbneathme]

there are less than 10 listenable hardcore bands

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

there are less than 10 listenable hardcore bands

as long as ISPY is one of them, I’m down with that!

Edit: Also, I feel like your statement is true for most smaller music “scenes” no? Like I could literally replace the word “hardcore” with say “emo” or “power violence” and it would still be true in most cases or sub-genres.

[cucktard]

there are less than 10 listenable hardcore bands

I do not disagree.

I can’t hang, personally. There are a smattering of classics (Bad Brains, Minor Threat, maybe a bit of Disrupt), but by and large it does nothing for me.

But yes, I-Soy is on my list, and I’m trying to get my sis to dig the CD out for me (stored at her place) and bring it when we have a family reunion later on this year. She’s religious, so I’m dreading the convo.

“Yeah, it’s called um, Perversity is Spreading. Yeah. PerVERSity. It’s got a pic of Pope John Paul on it. No, it’s not Christian Rock. It’s got a bunch of colored kids shitting on his head. Yes. Shitting. Feces. On the Pope’ face. Yeah. I know. It’s a joke. Edgy humor.
Listen, can you look for it and bring it?”

[Dwyck]

Grimes's Visions is the most important record of the last 20 years. That's not unpopular though I think pitchfork said it.
Also not exactly music but that one guy from $alem has influenced fashion the most in the last decade

They’re like Disney channel doing a supposed hardcore band.

agreed they remind me of brockhampton or something

[childhood]

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J Mascis’ side jawns are better than Dinosaur Jr.

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Thanks for posting this. I'll have to cheap it out. 

Yeah recommend some of his side stuff to check out?

I like D Jr. alright, but they never really clicked with me the way they seem to have with a lot of other skaters

[Huell Howser]

as @Mcidraque said - Lou Barlow(sebadoh, folk implosion) > dino jr/j mascis projects

https://youtu.be/u5m19SF0ync

https://youtu.be/SFniGEsV3Qs

https://youtu.be/brNeeNBVTqM

https://youtu.be/c24GrvA3tbk

[Deputy Wendell]

i disagree wholeheartedly with everyone in here regarding Lou Barlow (especially) and/or any of J Mascis' "side jawns"--nothing compares to the body of music created by Dinosaur Jr

i definitely dig Sebadoh, but it's not even close

[Huell Howser]

@Deputy Wendell I definitely get that.

I still love the first few DJ albums a ton, and some tracks off later albums + some solo J mascis.

Sebadoh just clicked really hard at one point in my life and I went down that barlow rabbit hole super deep and ended up loving the sloppy lofi endearing quality they have. I have grown to love the old eric gaffney tracks and a lot of the j lowenstein stuff. plus loobie writes some excellent lyrics imo

[Deputy Wendell]

@Deputy Wendell I definitely get that.

I still love the first few DJ albums a ton, and some tracks off later albums + some solo J mascis.

Sebadoh just clicked really hard at one point in my life and I went down that barlow rabbit hole super deep and ended up loving the sloppy lofi endearing quality they have. I have grown to love the old eric gaffney tracks and a lot of the j lowenstein stuff. plus loobie writes some excellent lyrics imo

cheers @Huell Howser ... i don't think i ever made it too far down the aforementioned rabbit hole, but as i mention above, i still love this album...case(s) in point

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5VNClDHaro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyDMko2mxT8

[Glue Reed]

Living All Over Me (and to a degree, Bug) are godhead, but Sebadoh is by far a better band and Lou is a better songwriter (I am still a big fan of anything J. Mascis does).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BqPpyHCVYo

Did anyone watch the Dino Jr documentary on apple?  It was entertaining but strange.... it seemed like J. Mascis had a hand in making it because it never mentions his notoriously asshole-ish behavior and makes Lou Barlow out to be the real problem of the band.

[doublesteveburger]

everlong by foo fighters is a good fucking song

[brycickle]

I don't know that that is a terribly unpopular opinion.

[graibe]

everlong by foo fighters is a good fucking song

It's their only good song tbh

[graibe]

Red Hot Chili Peppers are overrated as fuck. Dani California sucks. Without Jimi Hendrix or parliament/funkadelic, the Red Hot Chili Peppers would be 'the Mild Green Bell Peppers'. That being said, they have some bangers and they can perform well so there's that.

[Glue Reed]

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everlong by foo fighters is a good fucking song

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It's their only good song tbh

Big Me is a good song

[Filip]

Red Hot Chili Peppers are overrated as fuck. Dani California sucks. Without Jimi Hendrix or parliament/funkadelic, the Red Hot Chili Peppers would be 'the Mild Green Bell Peppers'. That being said, they have some bangers and they can perform well so there's that.

I fucking hate RHCHP, along with Coldplay the most overrated mainstream band. If I ever head Anthony Kiedis saying something about California, I will go deaf.

[Easy Slider]

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Red Hot Chili Peppers are overrated as fuck. Dani California sucks. Without Jimi Hendrix or parliament/funkadelic, the Red Hot Chili Peppers would be 'the Mild Green Bell Peppers'. That being said, they have some bangers and they can perform well so there's that.

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I fucking hate RHCHP, along with Coldplay the most overrated mainstream band. If I ever head Anthony Kiedis saying something about California, I will go deaf.

I liked Mother‘s Milk and even Blood Sugar Sex Magic but from then on it went downhill.

[BallparkFrank]

Abba

[Youoverthere]

All this new HXC is borderline pop music. It’s this gen’s pop punk revival.