Unpopular opinions
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@Giles said in Unpopular opinions:
Let's trash another British band.
The Rolling Stones are awful. And the Beatles before the drugs aren’t much better.
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@goosehd I didn’t say I don’t like Radiohead. I happen to love their first three albums! They lost their way after OK Computer.
And I like The Beatles when they started getting away from the bubblegum pop sound of their early years. The drugs helped them a lot.
Led Zeppelin is one of the greatest bands of all time.
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@mclaincausey wait wat?! the Gorillaz are actual PEOPLE?!
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@seawolf In rainbows is a work of art, thats the only one i've ever listened to aside from the songs ive caught on radio.
Also, I very much dislike the Beatles. Zeppelin = Gods.
Favorite British band now is Sleep Token.
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@WhiskeySandwich said in Unpopular opinions:
Sleep Token
listened to two songs, got bored, put on Individual Thought Patterns. Happy now. I'll give them another try when I'm in a different mood
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@Tago-Mago yeah thats them (zeppelin) lol
Sleep Token took a few tries to catch my ear. I made fun of them at first, dont know why i kept trying, i'm usually much more dismissive lol
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@Tago-Mago better than Greta Van Fleet recycling Zeppelin, recycling blues songs, I guess?
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@Ikeaparty oasis isn’t my favorite band, but they are my least favorite
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It’s really a matter of context. I’m sure people who started with bands influenced by the Beatles listen to them and don’t get the fuss. As I’ve said before music is infused with the time and world it’s released into. It’s inherent bias one way or the other. I’m perfectly fine with that.
Now can we talk about Aja by Steely Dan? I’m interested to see who doesn’t like it so I can block all your threads.
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At the risk of tendering a Popular Opinion about Popular Music, the Beatles deserve the hype. A hydra of diverse but complementary songwriting brilliance in Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison and in a few short years they went from rock and roll to outer and inner space. Really a remarkable output. I think the earlier stuff (which means only like 4 years before the psychedelic stuff—I think the rapid evolution of their style creates a false perception that their career was longer than it was) might sound cliched and less than innovative to today’s ear, but thinking about the music before and during that time, it was groundbreaking, and perhaps doesn’t sound noteworthy exactly because it inspired so many other artists.
And George’s solo career is especially noteworthy.
Not sure what Ringo did in his solo career to warrant induction into the accursed R&R HoF as a solo artist though.
Back on topic: I absolutely detest KISS and the Ramones are fun for about 1-2-3-4 minutes. Somehow AC/DC made repetitive power chords and 4/4 time much more interesting than the latter.
Think it, be it.
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@Matt said in Unpopular opinions:
Aja by Steely Dan
listened to two songs, got bored, put on Individual Thought Patterns. Happy now. I'll give them another try when I'm in a different mood
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@Matt Steely Dan is one of my favorites, and Aja is most days my favorite Dan record. It is literally perfect.
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@mclaincausey Wings was fantastic as well.
