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People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Sometimes producers should have more credit than artists

Maxbenkel , Jerald Jackson Report

Final score:

378points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

True

49points

wanderingstalker , Miguel Santiago Report

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Most mainstream musicians focus more on their theatrics and personas instead of music so a lot of it sounds the same and it’s bland

Final score:

373points

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Eslamala 3 years ago

Listen to any Coldplay album.

53points

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Instrumentals are heavily underrated

RedditDude2k , Scott Rettberg Report

Final score:

361points

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Marcellus the Third 3 years ago

500 years of dominating the classical charts has already established that; can't see how that's flying in the face of public opinion.

35points

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Elton John doesn't get anywhere near the credit he deserves as an all time great. He should be discussed as a Top 5 solo career all time with only Elvis and MJ really being clear cut above him. But no one ever even brings him up in those discussions. I've never seen anyone able to write a coherent and borderline hit level song as quickly as Elton. Give him a sheet of words, they don't even have to be lyrics, and you'll have a hit in 5 minutes. If you don't believe me search "Elton John oven manual song" on YouTube.

Repulsive_Box_5763 , Unknown Report

Final score:

296points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

Come to think of it... can't disagree with this. That being said, I'm off to listen to tiny dancer

60points

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Soundtracks from tv show, movies and videogames are as good if not better than original music.

HeavyWeath3r , Joshua Livingston Report

Final score:

295points

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Jayne Kyra 3 years ago

Final Fantasy, Dishonored, Elder Scrolls, Bioshock, Dragon Age, D:BH, Shadow Warrior, Bastion (so incredible!), Brutal Legend, Yakuza... I could go on, but I would like to hear the video game OSTs others enjoy.

41points

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones U2 is boring

N0_b0di , U2start Report

Final score:

294points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

Very overrated.

71points

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones You can still be considered a fan if you’ve only listened to one song but still respect the band. It’s so frustrating seeing people call others fake fans for only knowing like 3 songs. It doesn’t matter as long as you enjoy the music

GibberishTrashBag , Greg Neate Report

Final score:

276points

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the child 3 years ago

this is super true; i believe it's worse to be a toxic fan who says stuff like that than a "fake" fan

57points

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones For the most part the past 2 decades have been more about the marketability and/or ability of a person to be controversial than actual musicianship and talent.

Miklay83 , The Zender Agenda Report

Final score:

265points

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Daria B 3 years ago (edited)

I believe what this means is that the past two decades have been more so like this compared to the past? I don't know, that's questionable. Controversy sells, it's been like this for ages.

26points

#10

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Every time somebody says that rock is dead I laugh really hard because I’ve heard it before... in 1978 from disco kids.

ClintDisaster , Gee Pena Report

Final score:

215points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

My top favourite bands/ singers are rock.

32points

#11

Gatekeeping is just as toxic in the music fan base culture as it is in any other fan base. I don’t need to know everything about someone to enjoy their music. Thanks, though.

princes5vibes Report

Final score:

201points

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Daria B 3 years ago

Sometimes.... it's even better not to know. There's artists who make great music, but then you find out they're assholes at best, literally criminals at worst.

69points

#12

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones People who only listen to one genre of music are suspect to me!

Cat_369_ , Deborah Fitchett Report

Final score:

180points

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Casey Burns 3 years ago

My 15yr old cousin filled her Blues & Jazz folder on her Ipod with rap music. Fooled us all lol

35points

#13

Blasting your music makes no sense to me. I hate loud music. Play it at a volume you can hear it at. That’s all you need. Your neighbors don’t need to hear what you’re listening to.

peeweeharmani Report

Final score:

168points

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Lady Cadaver 3 years ago

I dont agree, I love loud music, I love to submerge myself in the music so it drowns everything else out. It is my safe place and it is where i go to escape the world.

18points

#14

Just because it’s classic rock doesn’t make it good

ThisCrazyCat Report

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164points

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Daria B 3 years ago

Eheheheh As a punk, I agree. Mwhahahah (anyway, there's good and bad songs in every scene, more or less)

41points

#15

Listening to music in languages you don't understand is far more enjoyable than listening to music in languages you do because you get to enjoy the human presence without having to engage with their problems.

nightingale21boh Report

Final score:

141points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)

I prefer songs in my language so I can sing along to it, but if a song has a good beat, tempo etc then I don't care what language it's in.

39points

#16

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones That I never grew out of my edgy phase because I still enjoy punk and alt rock

I grew up in the 2000's so my go-to's are: Green Day, Rise Against, The Offspring, Fall Out Boy, Sum 41, Sick Puppies, Paramore, Thousand Foot Krutch, Tonight Alive, Avenged 7x, Red, and Evanescence. There's more but that's a good list. I also have expanded my tastes, but I will always love punk/rock

akizilbash , Sergey Galyonkin Report

Final score:

120points

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kasa alex 3 years ago

Me too

19points

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#17

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones George Harrison was the best Beatle and had the best career after they broke up music wise.

Final score:

119points

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Glen MacLeod 3 years ago

Harrison continued to innovate with great lyrics and melody. This is the man who gave us "While my guitar gently weeps."

22points

#18

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Eminem is very talented and I can appreciate that. However, to me he just sounds like a p!@#$d off chihuahua.

attackedmoose , Mika Photography Report

Final score:

116points

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Bow, I’m a Slytherclaw 3 years ago

He really does sound like a pissed of chihuahua

57points

#19

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Mariah Carey is in fact a musical genius.

What I mean is that for a singer with that kind of voice to have written, co-arranged, and co-produced 95% of her own material is pretty incredible, especially when you take into consideration the way her vocals are layered, her knack for engineering her own vocal climaxes and the way she weaves in different flourishes in each register. Its like she’s paints a canvas with her voice. I simply don't hear as many artists fill an entire song with a range of vocalizations the way she does despite the trashy diva image which I suppose turns most people off.

aintthattjusttheway , WBLS Report

Final score:

113points

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Elaine N 3 years ago

Im not a fan of her music but I totally agree!

57points

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#20

Hamilton is so massively overrated it hurts

Dexdeathbell Report

Final score:

106points

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Janus Sanders 3 years ago

Hamilton is great, but this is true. people act like it's the greatest thing to ever grace the broadway stage, but in reality it's not. but it is very wonderful!

31points

#21

I'm so f!@#$%g tired of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They play on every radio station from classic rock to contemporary to weird alternative stations. I can't escape them, and all of their songs sound the same, and I've heard every one a thousand times, I'm just sick of them.

BenjaminWobbles Report

Final score:

96points

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Eslamala 3 years ago

Always hated them.

8points

#22

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Kpop as a genre demands intense amounts of talent. You can watch one of their live performances and it would be clear. That being said, i despise the industry and how it treats its artists.

dd801363 , Peter Kaminski Report

Final score:

92points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

I hate kpop... i can't seem to like it, no matter how hard I try

51points

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#23

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones You don't need to be an amazing singer to be a worthwhile, talented artist. Taylor Swift can carry a tune but she isn't incredible, yet she really puts on a show and is a great songwriter. I don't really care if an artist autotunes or edits the sound of their voice, especially if it works with the song. Can't sing or play instruments but youve got Garageband and Autotune DOWN? Cool. You can still make good music in my eyes.

Final score:

78points

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kasa alex 3 years ago

Or perhaps, 'you can still make good music in my ears'

39points

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#24

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones “Songs About Jane” is Maroon 5’s only good album.

bigjchamby , Maroon 5 Report

Final score:

62points

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Eslamala 3 years ago

Adam Levine and his crap band must be one of the most, if not THE most, overrated musical act of the 00's. He can't fkcn sing and his falsetto is utterly annoying.

59points

#25

I never got the hype for 'Stairway to Heaven' being some all-time great song.

It's a good song but that's about as far as I'd go with it.

DeepBlueRiddle Report

Final score:

60points

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Glen MacLeod 3 years ago

As with all Zeppelin songs, it's about all aspects of the composition, music vocal and lyrics. Part of you opinion may be the overplay. Try the song performed by Heart. Both Bonams and Paige are amazing. Sorry, have to agree to disagree.

16points

#26

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Indie music nowadays has been relegated to Ukuleles, random timed beats and nasal voices

dd801363 Report

Final score:

60points

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nope 3 years ago

Someone is clearly uncultured. Ever heard of ajr? Half alive? Penelope Scott rings a bell? Caravan palace? Cavetown? Alec Benjamin?

23points

#27

The first Limp Bizkit album wasn't bad. S#$t went downhill fairly quick after that.

Same goes for Kid Rock.

powerbrows Report

Final score:

55points

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Jayne Kyra 3 years ago

Just keep rollin´.

11points

#28

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Huey Lewis and the News. Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

In '87, Huey released this; Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip To Be Square". A song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends. It's also a personal statement about the band itself.

iTrst , slgckgc Report

Final score:

54points

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Frank Ricardo 3 years ago

So you watched American Psycho too?

33points

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#29

Jazz is s#$t. It's a group of alleged musicians playing different tunes at the same time. Jazz aficionados that try and claim there's some sort of genius to making a god awful racket talk more s#$%e than wine experts.

Key-Faithlessness308 Report

Final score:

40points

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Bow, I’m a Slytherclaw 3 years ago

You have good jazz and bad jazz - bad jazz is bad, good jazz is good.

34points

Myringingears , Julija Svidraitė Report

#30

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Music piracy made music better.

Money as a motivation to make music was basically removed from the equation. Nowadays, the people who make music do so mostly because they're artists. Loads of musicians these days are compelled to create to express themselves, because making music is in their soul, not to pander to an audience and make cash.

Obviously this doesn't apply to mainstream music. Luckily for all of us with Spotify, it's now super easy to ignore trashy mainstream nonsense, dig deep and find some real gems.

Final score:

34points

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Truth Monster 3 years ago

This one was written by a choosy beggar. Apparently singers should sing for exposure. For free.

52points

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My unpopular opinion is: sometimes the worst f!@#$%g people make great art, and there's nothing wrong with finding things that appeal to you in the worst people's music (or painting or film). I won't judge you if you like Mayhem after the Dead drama, or Burzum after all the everything that is wrong with that f@#$%^g awful dude who does Burzum.

Final score:

27points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I must admit I have songs I like to listen to from some really awful people. I like the song but not the person.

14points

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#32

Foo fighters are average / middle of the road at best

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Final score:

22points

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M Calad 3 years ago (edited)

True. Musically, they are not a big deal. However, Foo Fighters keeps rocking because DaVe Grohl is one of the nicest, coolest men on this planet. You can't just not love him. And they are awesome live, so much energy!

10points

#33

Modern metal is better than classic. Lots of that is due to better recording technology, I will admit. But also, having decades of other artists to be inspired by means that we get all these awesome fusions of styles, and I f!@#$%g love it. I respect the trailblazers, but the stuff coming out today is better fleshed out, on average.

Muffin_Fetish Report

Final score:

13points

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Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago

There's genres of music, but metal is a universe of music on its own with many genres within it. Metal is the only music where national borders mean nothing.

4points

#34

mumble rap/trap has its place in hip hop, not all hip hop has to be lyrical miracle.

JexGxD Report

Final score:

1point

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Michigan Guy 3 years ago

sure. but i kinda wonder, rap (not hiphop) is about the words...and lord, it has to be, since rapping is about the words....then mumbley stuff is...like a middle finger to the rap genre?

5points

#35

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Listening to a full album is always a tiresome and unnecessary endeavour. Just pick out 1-2 songs you like and only listen to those. I don't give a damn about the "intended experience".

electrolyte77 , rick Report

Final score:

-14points

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Janus Sanders 3 years ago

depends on the album

18points

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Daria B 3 years ago (edited)

Here is my very controversial and very unpopular music opinion. You're free to downvote me, but I warned you. Country Roads and Hotel California are so overplayed. Pretty much like All I Want for Christmas, but at least that one is only during Christmas time. There, I said it.

35points

Chillace 3 years ago

i like hotel california, but i agree. they are both overplayed way to much

6points

Suzy the observer 3 years ago

I despise everything by the Eagles. There!

2points

Vermillion Ace #443 3 years ago

Can't tell how many times I heard Hotel when I was young (dad's radio stations were typical "classic rock" stuff). Most stations need a good shuffling.

1point

Nudge 3 years ago

If I hear country roads one more time someone dies

1point

Ekaterina S 3 years ago

Just as “summer of ‘69”...

1point

M O'Connell 3 years ago

The thing about Country Roads, is that it can be any song you want it to be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdohpTAFQqE

1point

Cathelijne Van 3 years ago (edited)

You want a real unpopular opinion: The Beatles were just another boy band

22points

Whitey Black 3 years ago

The Beatles were so groundbreaking in many ways. They were the first true rock *band.* Elvis, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, etc, were stars, of course, but the emphasis was on their voice, not the music. With the Beatles it was a collective effort that produced hundreds of great, original, catchy songs.

19points

Deena Salzman 3 years ago

I don't think this is a terribly unpopular opinion. There are plenty of people who love the Beatles but also plenty of people who call them an overrated boy band.

4points

Chillace 3 years ago

when you put it like that...

3points

Tim Haight 3 years ago

The Beatles were not a boy band that was manafactured like in stink or back street boys. The monkees were anothet manufactured atrocity.

2points

Aliquid A 3 years ago

They were the *original* boy band. Big difference. By saying "just another" you imply they are unoriginal and nothing special, but they were the first. They created something new.

2points

Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago

Thank you, thank you, thank you! They started out as Everly Brothers wannabes and basically invented bubble gum rock. And then they got worse. Submarines? Walruses? Really?

0points

Eslamala 3 years ago

Most of these are not unpopular to anyone who knows the basic things about music, though. Unpopular would be saying that David Gilmour ruined Pink Floyd, or that Wings is way more interesting as a band than The Beatles got to be. Or that ACDC died with Bon Scott and Brian Johnson's voice is fkcn annoying and a disgrace to the legacy of Scott. Unpopular is aknowledging Courtney Love is just as or maybe more talented than Kurt Cobain was; or that Kim Deal was the only talented musician of The Pixies. Or how The Clash sold out and became a pop band after the 70s... Or the fact that Amy Winehouse was just another junkie who could sing, though not as well as everyone likes to think. In that same genre, Beth Hart kicks the living shït out of her, as do many others.

12points

Daria B 3 years ago

Very true. Usually these "unpopular" opinions are a compilation of things you see on the Internet pretty frequently and most people seem to agree.

10points

Mimi777 3 years ago

This list was on Buzzfeed a few days ago and everyone was super pissed that someone called Beyoncé overrated (I think she is as well). While on here everyone seemed to agree that she is. I guess it just varies where you post that sort of opinion.

6points

Deena Salzman 3 years ago

My partner definitely thinks AC/DC died with Bon Scott and Metallica died with Cliff Burton.

4points

Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago

Got my upvote just by mentioning Beth Hart.

1point

PrincessTheSiameseKat 3 years ago

my unpopular opinion is I hate rap music it is people talking very fast about inappropriate things while wearing pants halfway down their legs it is not enjoyable for me

8points

TheBoredPanda 3 years ago

omg, thank you. Why must so much of rap and hip hop be about sex, drugs, violence and such? I understand there's a genre of people who enjoy this and I don't have to listen to it if I don't want to, unless the person sitting at the red light next to me is blasting his music...but still, I just don't get it.

3points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I never liked rap in the past, because all you got was American gangsta rap. Now there are a few I enjoy because Australian (usually Indigenous) rap is so different. A.B.originlal, some Baker Boy and Illy are fairly good.

1point

glowworm2 3 years ago

Same here. I have absolutely no interest in hearing someone talk about sex; drugs, cursing and violence. Not all rap songs are like this but quite a few are.

1point

Manu 3 years ago

In the first place, rap is not music, my duddie

0points

Chillace 3 years ago

bastille is way to underrated.

6points

Terd Fergison 3 years ago

*too underrated. Bastille should be capitalized.

2points

Me Potter 3 years ago

More unpopular than you think: Let people enjoy their music (as long as it doesn't, like, promote murder or they're little kids). I don't like kpop. Lots of people do. Metal/rock makes me feel like someone is sawing my head in two. A lot of people like those genres (and I might too, if it wasn't for my sensory issues). Music isn't automatically bad just because teenagers like it, and even if it DOES suck, what's the harm on letting them enjoy things?

5points

Broken Angel 3 years ago

Christmas music is the worst. Honestly, I hate it and it makes me want to listen to nails on a chalkboard FOR RELIEF. I have only ever liked God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, and I'm not even religious, it's just the least terrible one I've heard. Even then, I only like the slowed versions.

5points

glowworm2 3 years ago

My favorite Christmas song is “Merry Christmas , I F****d Your Snowman.” (Yes, it’s a real song.) I prefer anti Christmas songs myself.

4points

Suzy the observer 3 years ago

I always wish I could spend December in a cave.

1point

Daria B 3 years ago

How about Fairytale of New York? I heard it's overplayed at the respective hanging out places in UK, but thankfully I'm Korea, so no such risk for me. I can enjoy the song for what it is. ♡

1point

Marcellus the Third 3 years ago

I rarely downvote a topic but this was weak as dishwater.

5points

Aliquid A 3 years ago

You haven't seen my dishwater

3points

Nadine 3 years ago

To me, so many female singers have the same exact voice.

4points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I do like that more singers seem to sing in their natural accent now though, rather than just an American one.

0points

Dre Mosley 3 years ago

Dave Matthews Band is talented, but boring unless you see them in concert. Their studio albums put me to sleep.

3points

Enlee Jones 3 years ago

Kurt Cobain is ridiculously overrated.

3points

Dolevaal 3 years ago

I feel this. Like, I get why Nirvana (and Kurt Cobain) where a thing when it was new and yes, Kurt Cobain is a tragic story but the music sounds quite boring for me.

0points

Duncan 3 years ago

I mostly listen to rap. I miss DJs scratching, what happened to that. Bring back the scr scr scr scr scratch!

3points

Vivian Ashe 3 years ago

My unpopular musical opinion is that people devote far too much time, energy and seriousness to their musical opinions. Music exists for us to enjoy, and if someone enjoys a particular song/artist, who are we to hate on it?

3points

TheDutchGinger 3 years ago

I think Adele may be a very nice woman. That being said, I don't like her music. Every song is I love you, we're breaking up, I'm sorry we broke up, I want you to come back etc.. it sounds a bit boring and the same over and over .

2points

Cathelijne Van 3 years ago

Yes! This!

0points

Dolevaal 3 years ago

Not really unpopular but anyway: I miss the time where music videos where treated like little pieces of art. Nowadays I feel like a lot off people design them to press emotional buttons and to earn more money or they simply don't exist. Also: why has such a big part of Radio Songs to be about love? Like, I get that its a beautiful thing to weite about but there are sooo many other human emotions and stories who deserve to be told.

2points

Ileana Sky Aviles 3 years ago

Rest in Paradise Amy Winehouse. Her voice sounded so unique

2points

Call Me Mars 3 years ago (edited)

Unpopular Opinion (I think, please correct me if I'm wrong): David Bowie-inspired a LOT of artists, such as Annie Lennox, Supergrass, and others. Even some artists have Bowie influences in their songs. I personally LOVE David Bowie, and after listening to him for a long time, I can hear some songs that have gotten inspired by him.

2points

anarkzie 3 years ago

How is that an unpopular opinion?

2points

TheBoredPanda 3 years ago

How many hip hop/rap artists are able to play an instrument these days? Legit question. Not hating.

2points

Nevits Yibble 3 years ago

Hardly any. Technology has really ruined musicianship. Many rap artists use keyboards in the studio, but most can't really play. Maybe couple of chords - which they typically don't even know the name of. They mostly just press keys to make sounds or noises. Being a skilled, practiced musician is no longer required to record music today. You can even be a terrible singer - that can also be fixed with technology

2points

Dre Mosley 3 years ago

There was a rap group called The Roots that all did; it's what they were known for. Let's be real, most pop/hip hop artists rely on sound engineers, samples, and tech.

1point

H Edwards 3 years ago

That's not really the point of hip hop though. I don't think it invalidates the artist if they don't play an instrument. There is a lot of talent that goes into the writing and delivery. It's kind of gatekeeping to say that music artists have to play instruments to be taken seriously. There is space for many kinds of creative talent.

1point

anarkzie 3 years ago

Hip Hop grew out of sampling the break in tracks, so it's kind of a redundant question. It's like asking how many passengers can a drone carry.

0points

Whitey Black 3 years ago

When it comes to music, or art in general actually, you must insist on selfishness. You don't write a song to make money, you write it to make you happy. And if it makes others happy? That's great. If it doesn't? Too bad. Apologize to no one! Being selfish isn't greedy. Greedy is commercializing music.

2points

the child 3 years ago

my addition: twenty one pilots' new album is underrated

2points

Chillace 3 years ago

true

3points

Deena Salzman 3 years ago

Chlorine by 21 Pilots is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

2points

Call Me Mars 3 years ago

YES! I have binge listened soo much. I cannot get enough of all their songs.

1point

ekBar57 3 years ago

ima disagree with u. it's freaking amazing. redecorate and no chances?? and how about the outside and never take it?? yeah shy away, choker and saturday arent my faves but that's because i'm comparing them to the rest of the album. and it's great lyrically with and without the lore in mind but the lore does flesh it out a bit more

0points

Sara Trummer 3 years ago

I really dislike Michael Jackson and all his music. His squealing annoys the hell out of me.

1point

Vermillion Ace #443 3 years ago

Some of these were amusing, I kinda wish there were some more specific unpopular opinions though. Mine would be that Country music doesn't quite exist as it once did. Not that I enjoy it, but the older generation of the genre had more sense of identity and as opposed to what we have now. Doesn't help my workplace has pop country and other crap pop on all the time.

1point

TrickQuestion 3 years ago

Novelty/parody songs are just as musically valid as any other song.

1point

Mazer 3 years ago (edited)

I think this is sad too many people are just so hard on everyone else if you don’t like something fine don’t like it and move on it doesn’t mean you have to trash it.

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howdylee 3 years ago

"Some say it's too country, some say it's too rock n roll, but it's just good music if you can feel it in your soul."

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Daniel Atkins 3 years ago

Lynyrd Skynyrd worst song ever "Sweet Home Alabama and Free bird" sick of those songs. Some artist get into "fights" for publicity. I don't think Katy Perry and Taylor Swift ever hated each other. Because if they did they should have had a knock down drag out fight at least once it was all publicity never face to face so when they made nice everyone was like ahh and they both were laughing to the bank with all the downloads adding up. Country isn't about country life now they are all people that have never lived outside a city and can't make it in other genres. The new stuff can be summed up by this song Parked by the Lake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zS_uiPWxs

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ᴇᴄɴᴇʀᴏʟғ 3 years ago (edited)

Here's the most unpopular opinion that'll get many people offended: 1)Liking metal or rock doesnt make you cool 2)Mocking/shaming people music taste isnt cool 3)Nirvana,the beatle,queen,metallica is extremly super fcking overrated 4)People who listen to metal or rock will bitch about everything 5)Theres a lotta satanic metal band in any metal genre so metal is somehow satanic 6)Country fans are the chillest music fans 7)A7x is metal (this comment is created by someone who listen to pop,metal,punk and rock music

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ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago

If i hear "unpopular opinion",i know that most of it won't be unpopular

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Dre Mosley 3 years ago

Adele's music is boring.

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Axolotl King 3 years ago

I have one, idk how unpopular this is but kids bop or pop or whatever it is ruins good songs

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Terd Fergison 3 years ago

Opinions are like a-s-sholes: everyone's got one and they all stink!

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Dee on bikes 3 years ago

Unpopular Opinion: Music doesn't need complicated chords, solos that push the instruments to their limits, or fancy timing to be "good". Some of the absolute best songs are just the I, IV, and V chords in 4/4. Engaging music is about sharing an emotion, not demonstrating that you're a virtuoso.

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Franc Esca 3 years ago

A lot.of these were very stupid. Mainstream artists are not as different as old school artists, only the industry is more competitive. Albums are arranged in an order for a reason. they are like an opera, they are supposed to tell a story.

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iblowsheep 3 years ago

having sex with someone of the same sex, that's gay. Anything else, NOPE!

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Benjamin Thor Collier V 3 years ago

As an ex-professional metal & blues musician, performing -whether with life-long friends or perfect strangers- is like speaking a language that only you understand. Kinda hard to explain, actually....

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Ekaterina S 3 years ago

Organ/church music is some huge pain in the a**.

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

YEs, the worst thing about church imo. Actually the opera singer wannabe choir mistress too!

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Steve Wilson 3 years ago

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a pathetic joke. They haven’t inducted Link Wray & Joe Cocker as members but Suzi Quatro is there. What a joke.

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ekBar57 3 years ago

ajr doesn't make good music, none of it is unique and their stuff all sounds the same

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

Since we're on the subject of music... Bardcore. You're welcome.

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TheBoredPanda 3 years ago

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Dian Parama Kosala 3 years ago

i dont know unpopular opinion is all about hate

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Manu 3 years ago (edited)

Here are mine: 1. Rap is not music, it is a cultural expression, but not music 2. Reggae is mostly all the same 3. Too many Featurings, signs to me that no artist can do enough themselves and or shameless marketing 4. What did I do wrong to deserve so much "losing my religion "? 5. Blonde dyed divas product is not music. Concept extender to black (whitewashed) divas too 6.Maroon5 is a revenge from nature to mankind for being such a bad species 7. Rock is dead, this time for real. When any music form has a predictable formula, it's dead 8. With age, somehow you lose the ability to understand and enjoy music 9. Stone temple pilots. I hated them. Bad

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Dee on bikes 3 years ago

#8... I've been playing guitar for 20 years, and the older I get, the more I appreciate the role music has in my life. I'm sorry you've had the opposite feeling.

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Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago

Hey Prog Metal fans: nobody wants to listen to the band take turns playing scales

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MellonCollie 3 years ago

Don't know what prog you've been listening to, but I never had that problem. Also, if you don't enjoy certain music, don't listen to it.

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Daria B 3 years ago (edited)

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Chillace 3 years ago

i like hotel california, but i agree. they are both overplayed way to much

6points

Suzy the observer 3 years ago

I despise everything by the Eagles. There!

2points

Vermillion Ace #443 3 years ago

Can't tell how many times I heard Hotel when I was young (dad's radio stations were typical "classic rock" stuff). Most stations need a good shuffling.

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Nudge 3 years ago

If I hear country roads one more time someone dies

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Ekaterina S 3 years ago

Just as “summer of ‘69”...

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

The thing about Country Roads, is that it can be any song you want it to be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdohpTAFQqE

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Cathelijne Van 3 years ago (edited)

You want a real unpopular opinion: The Beatles were just another boy band

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Whitey Black 3 years ago

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Deena Salzman 3 years ago

I don't think this is a terribly unpopular opinion. There are plenty of people who love the Beatles but also plenty of people who call them an overrated boy band.

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Chillace 3 years ago

when you put it like that...

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Tim Haight 3 years ago

The Beatles were not a boy band that was manafactured like in stink or back street boys. The monkees were anothet manufactured atrocity.

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Aliquid A 3 years ago

They were the *original* boy band. Big difference. By saying "just another" you imply they are unoriginal and nothing special, but they were the first. They created something new.

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Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago

Thank you, thank you, thank you! They started out as Everly Brothers wannabes and basically invented bubble gum rock. And then they got worse. Submarines? Walruses? Really?

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Eslamala 3 years ago

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Daria B 3 years ago

Very true. Usually these "unpopular" opinions are a compilation of things you see on the Internet pretty frequently and most people seem to agree.

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Mimi777 3 years ago

6points

Deena Salzman 3 years ago

My partner definitely thinks AC/DC died with Bon Scott and Metallica died with Cliff Burton.

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Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago

Got my upvote just by mentioning Beth Hart.

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PrincessTheSiameseKat 3 years ago

my unpopular opinion is I hate rap music it is people talking very fast about inappropriate things while wearing pants halfway down their legs it is not enjoyable for me

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TheBoredPanda 3 years ago

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

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glowworm2 3 years ago

Same here. I have absolutely no interest in hearing someone talk about sex; drugs, cursing and violence. Not all rap songs are like this but quite a few are.

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Manu 3 years ago

In the first place, rap is not music, my duddie

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Chillace 3 years ago

bastille is way to underrated.

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Terd Fergison 3 years ago

*too underrated. Bastille should be capitalized.

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Me Potter 3 years ago

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Broken Angel 3 years ago

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glowworm2 3 years ago

My favorite Christmas song is “Merry Christmas , I F****d Your Snowman.” (Yes, it’s a real song.) I prefer anti Christmas songs myself.

4points

Suzy the observer 3 years ago

I always wish I could spend December in a cave.

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Daria B 3 years ago

How about Fairytale of New York? I heard it's overplayed at the respective hanging out places in UK, but thankfully I'm Korea, so no such risk for me. I can enjoy the song for what it is. ♡

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Marcellus the Third 3 years ago

I rarely downvote a topic but this was weak as dishwater.

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Aliquid A 3 years ago

You haven't seen my dishwater

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Nadine 3 years ago

To me, so many female singers have the same exact voice.

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I do like that more singers seem to sing in their natural accent now though, rather than just an American one.

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Dre Mosley 3 years ago

Dave Matthews Band is talented, but boring unless you see them in concert. Their studio albums put me to sleep.

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Enlee Jones 3 years ago

Kurt Cobain is ridiculously overrated.

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Dolevaal 3 years ago

I feel this. Like, I get why Nirvana (and Kurt Cobain) where a thing when it was new and yes, Kurt Cobain is a tragic story but the music sounds quite boring for me.

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Duncan 3 years ago

I mostly listen to rap. I miss DJs scratching, what happened to that. Bring back the scr scr scr scr scratch!

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Vivian Ashe 3 years ago

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TheDutchGinger 3 years ago

2points

Cathelijne Van 3 years ago

Yes! This!

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Dolevaal 3 years ago

2points

Ileana Sky Aviles 3 years ago

Rest in Paradise Amy Winehouse. Her voice sounded so unique

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Call Me Mars 3 years ago (edited)

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anarkzie 3 years ago

How is that an unpopular opinion?

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TheBoredPanda 3 years ago

How many hip hop/rap artists are able to play an instrument these days? Legit question. Not hating.

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Nevits Yibble 3 years ago

2points

Dre Mosley 3 years ago

There was a rap group called The Roots that all did; it's what they were known for. Let's be real, most pop/hip hop artists rely on sound engineers, samples, and tech.

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H Edwards 3 years ago

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anarkzie 3 years ago

Hip Hop grew out of sampling the break in tracks, so it's kind of a redundant question. It's like asking how many passengers can a drone carry.

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Whitey Black 3 years ago

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the child 3 years ago

my addition: twenty one pilots' new album is underrated

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Chillace 3 years ago

true

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Deena Salzman 3 years ago

Chlorine by 21 Pilots is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

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Call Me Mars 3 years ago

YES! I have binge listened soo much. I cannot get enough of all their songs.

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ekBar57 3 years ago

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Sara Trummer 3 years ago

I really dislike Michael Jackson and all his music. His squealing annoys the hell out of me.

1point

Vermillion Ace #443 3 years ago

1point

TrickQuestion 3 years ago

Novelty/parody songs are just as musically valid as any other song.

1point

Mazer 3 years ago (edited)

I think this is sad too many people are just so hard on everyone else if you don’t like something fine don’t like it and move on it doesn’t mean you have to trash it.

1point

howdylee 3 years ago

"Some say it's too country, some say it's too rock n roll, but it's just good music if you can feel it in your soul."

1point

Daniel Atkins 3 years ago

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ᴇᴄɴᴇʀᴏʟғ 3 years ago (edited)

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ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago

If i hear "unpopular opinion",i know that most of it won't be unpopular

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Dre Mosley 3 years ago

Adele's music is boring.

0points

Axolotl King 3 years ago

I have one, idk how unpopular this is but kids bop or pop or whatever it is ruins good songs

0points

Terd Fergison 3 years ago

Opinions are like a-s-sholes: everyone's got one and they all stink!

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Dee on bikes 3 years ago

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Franc Esca 3 years ago

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iblowsheep 3 years ago

having sex with someone of the same sex, that's gay. Anything else, NOPE!

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Benjamin Thor Collier V 3 years ago

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Ekaterina S 3 years ago

Organ/church music is some huge pain in the a**.

0points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

YEs, the worst thing about church imo. Actually the opera singer wannabe choir mistress too!

0points

Steve Wilson 3 years ago

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a pathetic joke. They haven’t inducted Link Wray & Joe Cocker as members but Suzi Quatro is there. What a joke.

0points

ekBar57 3 years ago

ajr doesn't make good music, none of it is unique and their stuff all sounds the same

0points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

Since we're on the subject of music... Bardcore. You're welcome.

0points

TheBoredPanda 3 years ago

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Dian Parama Kosala 3 years ago

i dont know unpopular opinion is all about hate

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Manu 3 years ago (edited)

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Dee on bikes 3 years ago

#8... I've been playing guitar for 20 years, and the older I get, the more I appreciate the role music has in my life. I'm sorry you've had the opposite feeling.

2points

Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago

Hey Prog Metal fans: nobody wants to listen to the band take turns playing scales

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MellonCollie 3 years ago

Don't know what prog you've been listening to, but I never had that problem. Also, if you don't enjoy certain music, don't listen to it.

1point