Music Which music do you dislike the most?

[DennisN]

Patti Smith is often called a punk artist (when she first became known).
I think she is great, but I not sure everyone would call her punk.

I have heard about her, but I haven't listened much to her music. That song you posted reminded me of PJ Harvey, who has a good bunch of songs where she goes wild with the vocals. Here are two songs by her: youtube link.

Edit: I am a big, big fan of PJ Harvey, but I did not know about her influences, so I checked them out on Wikipedia, and then I stumbled upon this short article:

Although the musician has frequently been compared to fellow female punk-rocker Patti Smith, Harvey claims she hadn’t heard of Smith until the comparison and dismisses the comments as lazy journalism. Smith, however, has admitted that Harvey’s recent single, ‘The Words That Maketh Murder’, “makes me happy to exist.”

 

[pinball1970]

You must have been trying to say something different there. Maybe one of the "upright" was supposed to be something else. If you mean that one upright piano has something different in sound quality from another upright piano, then I understand (and maybe so do other people).

Yes you are right I am always missing words out or something, always in a rush.

Upright verses grand piano I think I meant to say

 

[pinball1970]

Patti Smith is often called a punk artist (when she first became known).
I think she is great, but I not sure everyone would call her punk.


I tend to think of these things (opinions on music and such) in more of a positive sense rather than negative.
Take what appeals to you. Ignore the rest.

"Because the night" is not punk, she looks a little punky but that song is a great track written by Springsteen and is melodic, guitar solo, sung well good production etc etc everything punk does not have or ever wanted to entertain.

A lot of scientists on this site get quite irate hearing some of the same pop science misconceptions I feel like that and felt like that about certain types of music.

Especially when I know that youngsters are hearing it thinking there is some value in it.

There is nothing positive about feelings of loathing, its part of being human.

 

[pinball1970]

A lot of iconoclastic movements in music and art aren't appreciated in the early days except by aficionados, but then those aficionados go on to adapt the movements in more accessible ways, until it becomes the new mainstream, and you need another iconoclastic movement to rebel against it.

Late 70s early 80s was an interesting period, post punk new wave and some of the players adopted elements of punk in their look but not much else.

Gary Newman (Tubeway army) Blondie the Stranglers. Besides some bleached hair slightly aggressive style/ image it is very far from punk, some great stuff.

Listen to the organ in "get a grip on yourself," (Stranglers) it sounds like Rick Wakeman warming up.

 

[BWV]

Some of that old school punk is just brilliant

 

[waternohitter]

I hate heavy metal...it's so irritating!

 

[pinball1970]

I hate heavy metal...it's so irritating!

Please define heavy metal and also specify what it is that irritates you. I am interested.

 

[BWV]

What’s not to like? This is awesome

 

[waternohitter]

Please define heavy metal and also specify what it is that irritates you. I am interested.

I'm sorry, I find it too heavy on the ears.

 

[pinball1970]

I'm sorry, I find it too heavy on the ears.

You can always turn the volume down?

 

[nitsuj]

As a classical music geek, there is nothing I hate worse than cheesy pop lite-classical crap like


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thought you were shaming the piece itself lol

I couldn't tell you the diff between written music and the sound of the piece though that first one sounded bad compared to the second one.

I find a big part of enjoying "classical" music is finding good recordings, conveying the dynamic range must be tricky.

What part of classical music does a self proclaimed classical music geek enjoy?

 

[rootone]

You can always turn the volume down?

Well yeah, but that is unfair on the neighbours,
They will have to find something else to complain about.

 

[BWV]

thought you were shaming the piece itself lol

Hell no, its a masterpiece, desecrated by cheesy strings

What part of classical music does a self proclaimed classical music geek enjoy?

Well there is this

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

A quick look at the survey and have a few things to ask
Renaissance polyphony has no down votes because I don't think anyone knows what it is. (including me)
I am very disappointed that 16% have voted for heavy metal. This is a very broad term that covers a host of different bands and styles.
Deep purple could be called the first "heavy metal" band at a push or you could say metal started post purple /Zep in 1980
UFO Saxon Iron Maiden Motor head Kiss so why the down votes? Zero in there?

I suppose two heroes of Renaissance polyphony are Palestrina in Italy and Tallis in England. There must be others, but I am not familiar with all of them.

Most of the examples I know are religious music. I think music majors in general would know about this style, because the most important music textbook ever written is Gradus Ad Parnassum by Johannes Fux. This textbook teaches the polyphonic method of Palestrina, using the modal system as opposed to the modern chord-based system. The Gradus was studied by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, among others. There is an English translation, but unfortunately the only one I know about is the Alfred Mann version, which is somewhat abridged.

The Gradus is in dialogue form. The teacher represents the Palestrina school, and the student is learning how to compose. It is quite readable.

From a physics of music standpoint, the theoretical part of tones and scales is very interesting. The Pythagoreans studied the mathematics of musical intervals and realized the importance of ratios such as 2:1 for the octave. But we do not always use pure ratios in music these days. That's a long and interesting story.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

Some of that old school punk is just brilliant

LOL I posted the same video of California Uber Alles earlier and then deleted it because I was worried the use of a certain symbol would be offensive. But I wanted a version with the lyrics, since it's hard to understand them sometimes. That's a pity because the lyrics are brilliant. Anyway, it's a brilliant song which tells the truth about a state I know all too well. I left when I could because I felt so uncool around all those cool people. :)

One of the best lines from that era: "I don't want freedom of choice, I want freedom from choice." Was that Devo? Not sure.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

Please define heavy metal and also specify what it is that irritates you. I am interested.

Maybe it is only contemporary heavy metal someone does not like?

How about this in contrast to present day metal?



But Black Sabbath is not for everyone. I like alternatives. I can't listen to much metal. Once in a while, when I'm in the mood for it, it's great. But I never get tired of the following.

Or how about this? How can someone not like this?



Last one for now. Procul Harum, for those who are unfamiliar, are most famous for A Whiter Shade of Pale.

 

[BWV]

I love Sabbath, no other band from that era holds up as well.

 

[pinball1970]

I love Sabbath, no other band from that era holds up as well.

Not Led Zep or Purple?

 

[BWV]

Not Led Zep or Purple?

Like both bands, but neither band was as original or influential. Zep’s blues stuff can be cringeworthy and DP was a follower - they doing hippie crap when Sabbath’s was making their first albums then moved to harder sound after it became popular

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

I was searching for linear programming developments at Riga U. and totally by accident I came across this video. I have no freaking idea how that happened. Anyway, it seems like heavy metal, so here it is. Or is it glamor rock? Sometimes I can't tell the difference. Besides being fantastic music, it's an awesome fact that the year of this concert is 1988, still deep in the bowels of the evil empire. One fascinating fact about Latvia and also Lithuania is that their languages are the last European survivors of a very ancient language which is related to Sanskrit. Riga, the capital of Latvia, was for a time the second most important city in the Swedish empire. In the Middle Ages, it was an important city in the Hanseatic League.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

Here's another classic for all the kids who need to be aware of their precious musical heritage. It helps me get through math and physics programming, I hope it does the same for others. It's the full 17 minute version. Far out, man!

 

[pinball1970]

Like both bands, but neither band was as original or influential. Zep’s blues stuff can be cringeworthy and DP was a follower - they doing hippie crap when Sabbath’s was making their first albums then moved to harder sound after it became popular

Hippy crap! I must protest. "In Rock" Deep Purple and Black Sabbath (1st Album) were recorded pretty much at the same time between Oct 69 and early 1970.

Purple had already been blowing away audiences away with stuff like this a full year before.

 

[nuuskur]

The modern "pop music" is what I dislike the most ..I don't know what else I can call it. Soulless, bland, boring, predictable.

 

[BWV]

Hippy crap! I must protest. "In Rock" Deep Purple and Black Sabbath (1st Album) were recorded pretty much at the same time between Oct 69 and early 1970.

Purple had already been blowing away audiences away with stuff like this a full year before.

OK will take part of that back, was thinking Book of Talisman was contemporary with Sabbath I. But Sabbath never recorded a pretentious album with the London Symphony Orchestra, so they win on that

 

[pinball1970]

OK will take part of that back, was thinking Book of Talisman was contemporary with Sabbath I. But Sabbath never recorded a pretentious album with the London Symphony Orchestra, so they win on that

It was 1969, the era of experimentation, creativity & innovation.
Being a Purple nut I, had the album and bought the video when it came out in the 80s. It was the first time I had seen the MK 2 line up ever so I loved every minute.
I play drums and my only disappointment with the whole thing was that they edited part of the drum solo out!
At a later date my partner studied music at Uni and she wrote to Malcolm Arnold (he had not been knighted then) regarding the work as he conducted it.
He wrote back with some advice, as far as I know she still has the letter. A very nice gentleman.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

I'm not sure how hippy-style this is, but it's from that era.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

I know that for some people this song is definitely in their top ten list. I found a really beautiful version.

Strange how this thread has morphed into people's favorite music rather than music people dislike. I guess the positive vibes have triumphed over the negative ones!

 

[pinball1970]

I know that for some people this song is definitely in their top ten list. I found a really beautiful version.

Strange how this thread has morphed into people's favorite music rather than music people dislike. I guess the positive vibes have triumphed over the negative ones!

Can you re-post the links? they cannot be displayed

Yes its hard for music to be negative for too long.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

Can you re-post the links? they cannot be displayed

Yes its hard for music to be negative for too long.

I see them from the USA. Is this one of those nation-specific issues? Has anyone else had this problem?

I have noticed recently a new problem with many Youtube videos. I can hear the audio, but the video does not display until I refresh my browser once or twice. Is this what you experience? Or do you get literally nothing?

I typically use Opera, so for me this could be the reason. I have lots of privacy settings on, including anti-popup settings. I am always getting notices from websites about how I should allow popups.

This need to refresh happens when I view directly on Youtube, so it is not something to do with PF.

Anyway I will be happy to find alternative videos tonight when I have more time.

 

[pinball1970]

I see them from the USA. Is this one of those nation-specific issues? Has anyone else had this problem?

I have noticed recently a new problem with many Youtube videos. I can hear the audio, but the video does not display until I refresh my browser once or twice. Is this what you experience? Or do you get literally nothing?

I typically use Opera, so for me this could be the reason. I have lots of privacy settings on, including anti-popup settings. I am always getting notices from websites about how I should allow popups.

This need to refresh happens when I view directly on Youtube, so it is not something to do with PF.

Anyway I will be happy to find alternative videos tonight when I have more time.

must have been my pc- now I can view them

I must admit I hated Limal Kagagoogo (I don't care if I've spelt it wrong) and the 80s as a decade of music, which brings us back on topic!

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

must have been my pc- now I can view them

I must admit I hated Limal Kagagoogo (I don't care if I've spelt it wrong) and the 80s as a decade of music, which brings us back on topic!

Glad it works now. Many of us loved the movie and maybe that's why we also loved the song. I'm not ashamed of being a fan of the movie and the song. The movie has sentimental value for many of us.

I can't say that about much of the other 80s music. Still, there were some great moments, IMO.

Not to feed negativity, but I'm guessing you hate this song! LOL. I can't say it's my favorite either. But it's OK. It's kind of a cute song. Also, I think it has that somewhat sophisticated, almost a cool jazz-like feeling which some of the 80s music had.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

I might as well finish my music for the night with this one. It has some sentimental value for me, and I like to mention songs most people in the West probably never even heard of due to political boundaries. This song is not political, and I don't like such music in general. But there is some awesome music that is more romantic, and people don't know about it. Enjoy.



Hey, somewhere it must be morning already. So here's another song. I think everyone will like this one. Definitely one of the most talented groups from the 60s. If I could go back in the Tardis and be able to attend just one live 60s act, it would be Small Faces doing this kind of music. I much prefer them to the B*****s, S****s, etc. Love Me Don't. No, street fighting man, I won't guess your name, so please beat it.

P.S. actually I admit I don't think they were "one of the most talented groups from the 60s." IMO they were the most talented, in fact they were the quintessential rock and roll band of all time in my book. Just my opinion, ladies and gentlemen. Good night.

 

[pinball1970]

Glad it works now. Many of us loved the movie and maybe that's why we also loved the song. I'm not ashamed of being a fan of the movie and the song. The movie has sentimental value for many of us.

I can't say that about much of the other 80s music. Still, there were some great moments, IMO.

Not to feed negativity, but I'm guessing you hate this song! LOL. I can't say it's my favorite either. But it's OK. It's kind of a cute song. Also, I think it has that somewhat sophisticated, almost a cool jazz-like feeling which some of the 80s music had.

The Bass is very good I’ll give you that.I also must admit that I do like the song “Never ending story,” too.You have to remember it was 1983 I was 15 and into Deep Purple, Focus, Yes, cool guys with long hair, great musicians and I turn on the TV to watch top of the pops and there are load of bands dressed like clowns, make up, ridiculous hair, horrible synth drums, no decent guitar or soloing. I felt so out of synch with the decade at time when you need to fit in.

 

[pinball1970]

I might as well finish my music for the night with this one. It has some sentimental value for me, and I like to mention songs most people in the West probably never even heard of due to political boundaries. This song is not political, and I don't like such music in general. But there is some awesome music that is more romantic, and people don't know about it. Enjoy.



Hey, somewhere it must be morning already. So here's another song. I think everyone will like this one. Definitely one of the most talented groups from the 60s. If I could go back in the Tardis and be able to attend just one live 60s act, it would be Small Faces doing this kind of music. I much prefer them to the B*****s, S****s, etc. Love Me Don't. No, street fighting man, I won't guess your name, so please beat it.

P.S. actually I admit I don't think they were "one of the most talented groups from the 60s." IMO they were the most talented, in fact they were the quintessential rock and roll band of all time in my book. Just my opinion, ladies and gentlemen. Good night.

Disagree with some of your statements regarding the greatest band that ever was but agree that the S**** F**** were fab too.



More music I dislike.

I really hated this song and I mean hated it.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

Disagree with some of your statements regarding the greatest band that ever was but agree that the S**** F**** were fab too.



More music I dislike.

I really hated this song and I mean hated it.

I never heard of this song before. I can't honestly say I hate it. But it does nothing for me, and in fact it does irritate me.

I thought of a song I really dislike. I don't even want to link to it. "Just a Gigolo" sung by David Lee Roth. It's not that I dislike him, he is actually great in some songs. It's the song itself I can't stand.



Another example is "Hot for Teacher." Yeah, I really despise that song.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

When I was a lonely young American boy living in a shabby apartment building somewhere in Asia, I would listen to this song and it cheered me up. I did go up on the roof and spend some time just looking around and wondering what the **** I was doing there, when I should be back home finishing middle school with my friends. At least I had the music to remind me of home. It was not the first or the last time music had a role in keeping me more or less sane.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

The awesomeness just speaks for itself. Have a good night, ladies and gentlemen. I need to pause now and see more of other people's videos.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

Some hip-hop I like:

Grandmaster Flash: The Message
- early influential hip-hop from 1982


Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Live on David Letterman, 1994)
(edit: though they are more a crossover between rap and rock)
- darn, this is so intense and "in your face", one chord only and I remember being blown away by it when it was released, I've always loved that song...


Eminem - Lose Yourself
- I think this is a very suggestive track

Thanks for posting the music with lyrics. Check this out.



[EDIT I realized the video by "bishop" Bullwinkel contains some language that needlessly offends many people so I removed it. ]

Ok last one, I can't resist, since you posted some old skool I must post this one.

 

[pinball1970]

Thanks for posting the music with lyrics. Check this out. The video is awesome.

I really hesitated before posting this. But I think it's not "religious" in any conventional sense. It's basically a man telling it like it is about what he sees every day. More than 11 million views! When I say I dislike hip-hop, I'm thinking of the mainstream stuff with its violent and obscene spirit. If it's about telling it like it is with some love, then I'm all for

<<moderator : link removed >>

The Eminem track is just brilliant- everything about it.

...and I don't like rap!

 

[DennisN]

Here is someone that could have used autotune



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins (born Narcissa Florence Foster; July 19, 1868 – November 26, 1944) was an American socialite and amateur soprano who was known and mocked for her flamboyant performance costumes and notably poor singing ability. The historian Stephen Pile ranked her "the world's worst opera singer". "No one, before or since," he wrote, "has succeeded in liberating themselves quite so completely from the shackles of musical notation."[1]

Despite (or perhaps because of) her technical incompetence, she became a prominent musical cult figure in New York City during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Cole Porter, Gian Carlo Menotti, Lily Pons, Sir Thomas Beecham, and other celebrities were fans.[2][3] Enrico Caruso is said to have "regarded her with affection and respect".[4] The poet William Meredith wrote that what Jenkins provided "... was never exactly an aesthetic experience, or only to the degree that an early Christian among the lions provided aesthetic experience; it was chiefly immolatory, and Madame Jenkins was always eaten, in the end."[5]

I just saw a very professional analysis of Jenkins performance made by a voice teacher, and I thought of this PF thread .
The analysis is much more professional than can usually be seen in singing competitions on TV .

 

[nitsuj]

The poll results look interesting in that
Renaissance Polyphony
Baroque
Classical
Romantic

didn't receive any votes; the least "disliked".

I can appreciate that classical wouldn't receive any dislike votes, and well the other three what kind of music is that?

 

[NTL2009]

The poll results look interesting in that
Renaissance Polyphony
Baroque
Classical
Romantic

didn't receive any votes; the least "disliked".

I can appreciate that classical wouldn't receive any dislike votes, and well the other three what kind of music is that?

I'd consider them to all be subsets of "Classical". I'm no musical expert though, but the poll wasn't limited to musical experts, so others may be thinking the same?

 

[BWV]

Classical means two things in Western music - both the entire tradition of which all those are components and more specifically music from the rough period of 1750 (commonly held to be the end of the baroque period) through the deaths of Beethoven and Schubert in 1827-28. The Romantic period followed

 

[DennisN]

I'd consider them to all be subsets of "Classical". I'm no musical expert though, but the poll wasn't limited to musical experts, so others may be thinking the same?

As far as I know, they are. Classical music is a general term but within it is the classical period which includes e.g. Mozart.
EDIT: @BWV was faster than me. Maybe he has as fast fingers as Bach?

 

[DennisN]

The poll results look interesting in that
Renaissance Polyphony
Baroque
Classical
Romantic

didn't receive any votes; the least "disliked".

I can appreciate that classical wouldn't receive any dislike votes, and well the other three what kind of music is that?

I'll happily reply with examples since I like this kind of music:

Renaissance Polyphony:
Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli - Kyrie


Baroque:
Telemann - Concerto in E major, Allegro


Bach - Cello Suite No.1 in G


Classical:
Mozart - Symphony 40 - Molto Allegro


Romantic:
Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave

 

[OCR]

I'll happily reply with examples since I like this kind of music:

But... you didn't include ?? ..

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/An_der_sch%C3%B6nen_blauen_Donau.ogg ...

.

 

[DennisN]

But... you didn't include ?? ..
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/An_der_sch%C3%B6nen_blauen_Donau.ogg ...

Sorry . There is a lot of classical music I could have chosen. For instance, I wanted to use Beethoven, but his style is as far as I know overlapping both the classical and romantic era.

 

[symbolipoint]

Classical Music is too various, so trying to say it is or is not what one "dislikes the most" does not work for everyone.

 

[StatGuy2000]

If I had to choose a musical genre that I "dislike the most", I would have to pick Country and Western music, since I'm generally not fond of most Country/Western music (especially the "New Country" subgenre). That being said, there a few select musicians in that genre that I do like/appreciate -- for example, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton.

Beyond that, I'm generally appreciative of pretty much all musical genres, although again there are specific musicians that I like or dislike.

 

[pinball1970]

Sorry . There is a lot of classical music I could have chosen. For instance, I wanted to use Beethoven, but his style is as far as I know overlapping both the classical and romantic era.

Love the Bach cello piece you posted, that's been used so many times in films