PancakeBurglar
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Kanye West, he's okay but I swear some people treat him as the Michael Jackson of the generation or something. Not even close.
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Who is an artist that other people like who you think is overrated?
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RipperGrim
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Kanye West. I can understand it in his earlier years but these days his music is nothing special but people still rave about him and worst of all think that it makes up for him being a complete fucking ass hole.
It's the worship of this guy that lead to Trump being so popular, people for some reason admire unapologetic dicks.
It's the worship of this guy that lead to Trump being so popular, people for some reason admire unapologetic dicks.
Chainsmokers.
Goddamn Chainsmokers.
Granted, none of the people in my circle are huge die-hard fans of them. Hell, I will tolerate Closer every now and again.
But man, is their production is mediocre. The melodies and drops are milquetoast, skirting the line of being danceable but without enough interesting or creative syncopation to finally just cross over. And ever since Closer, I feel like they're going to milk the "romantic duet of two privileged millennials acting deeper than they really are" thing that defined that song for awhile, particularly with that fuck-shit song Paris and the other one whose drop sounded badly ripped off from Flume being the follow up acts.
Basically, they're the Black Eyed Peas of EDM.
Goddamn Chainsmokers.
Granted, none of the people in my circle are huge die-hard fans of them. Hell, I will tolerate Closer every now and again.
But man, is their production is mediocre. The melodies and drops are milquetoast, skirting the line of being danceable but without enough interesting or creative syncopation to finally just cross over. And ever since Closer, I feel like they're going to milk the "romantic duet of two privileged millennials acting deeper than they really are" thing that defined that song for awhile, particularly with that fuck-shit song Paris and the other one whose drop sounded badly ripped off from Flume being the follow up acts.
Basically, they're the Black Eyed Peas of EDM.
Puck Beaverton
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I was once saw someone describe Imagine Dragons as a a group of people trying to take the good parts of the past decade of indie music and distill that into something that would sound great in a car commercial. Accurate.
minor effort
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The Beatles are one of those cases where I feel the legend surrounding the band can create a barrier for new listeners discovering them.
It's been drilled into peoples head that The Beatles were indisputably the most historically important band ever, period, that it makes it difficult for people to authentically discover their music itself. Every single event in the band's life has been mythologized to such a degree that the members almost seem more like historical figures than relatively contemporary musicians.
I know personally I struggled to appreciate the Beatles for years because that that overwhelming aura that's been written about the band over the past five decades. Sometimes it's hard to see and appreciate them as "just a band".
To a degree I think the above phenomenon is occurring for Kurt Cobain.
It's been drilled into peoples head that The Beatles were indisputably the most historically important band ever, period, that it makes it difficult for people to authentically discover their music itself. Every single event in the band's life has been mythologized to such a degree that the members almost seem more like historical figures than relatively contemporary musicians.
I know personally I struggled to appreciate the Beatles for years because that that overwhelming aura that's been written about the band over the past five decades. Sometimes it's hard to see and appreciate them as "just a band".
To a degree I think the above phenomenon is occurring for Kurt Cobain.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It's not BECAUSE they are popular, its because I don't really care for popular music styles these days.
Combichristoffersen
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Same here. Stones are good tho. Other than that I never got Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, Pantera, Slayer and Pearl Jam.
Puck Beaverton
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I got a hot take ready.
I don't believe the Stones belong in the same category as Dylan and the Beatles. Those two have done more to change music than the Stones.
Fight me motherfuckers.
I don't believe the Stones belong in the same category as Dylan and the Beatles. Those two have done more to change music than the Stones.
Fight me motherfuckers.
DasPenguin
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Don't want to say Kanye because his debut album is an all time great record, so Drake. So so so much Drake. I'd rather listen to Vanilla Ice than Drake.
BobNewbert31
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You're crazy, you're fucking crazy! Lacrimosa of the Requiem Mass in D minor is fucking fire.
Mushroomer25
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Nirvana really never felt all that special to me. They're the most blatant case of a legacy being formed around the tragedy of art - and not the art itself. They made one solid album, and we're solidified as gods because of Cobain's suicide. That permanently framed the conversation around them as a result, and made them impossible to properly analyze with time.
Zelenogorsk
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This.
Transistor
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I will fight you. The Rolling Stones are my #1 rock and roll group of all time
TsunamiOfSwagger
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To be honest, I find Ed Sheeran highly overrated. Whenever I hear his songs, I always picture David Brent when he is playing the guitar on The Office.
Seems like a nice guy, especially to his fans. Can't fault him for that.
Seems like a nice guy, especially to his fans. Can't fault him for that.
They can be your number 1 band and he can still be right. The Beatles and Dylan are more original.
old manatee
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When Coldplay blew up and was even getting a decent amount of critical acclaim I was like
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
He's right. Although I personally think of Dylan as awful granddad pop sung by someone who clearly can't sing and the Beatles as boring pop for unwashed hippies, there's no denying both have been more influential than the Stones.
brianjones
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nick cave and Tom waits
Tom waits the actor is cool though
Bruce Springsteen has never done much for me
Tom waits the actor is cool though
Bruce Springsteen has never done much for me
Triggered on a personal level but that's alright.
This however is insanity. I would be over the moon if I could sing half as good as Freddie did.
Monochromaticx
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Kayne west
Florida_Man_5000
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Dave is a hell of a talented guitar player, like it or not.
But I get not liking this genre though.
Too many hot takes in here! Im out.
TheBaldEmperor
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That's exactly what happened.
User Name Here
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I'll just go ahead and say everyone that has ever produced music.
Puck Beaverton
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WHERE IS THE TRIGGER WARNING
This made me lol hard
Also this isn't a hot take. Love the Stones but this post is true, Dylan and Beatles did do way more to change and influence music.
Puck Beaverton
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I love Bob Dylan, but could you imagine how mythologized he would have been if he died in that motorcycle accident?
An early death always helps build you up. I love Nirvana, Nick Drake, Brian Jones and Elliot Smith, but I realize that their deaths helped build their image a lot.
An early death always helps build you up. I love Nirvana, Nick Drake, Brian Jones and Elliot Smith, but I realize that their deaths helped build their image a lot.
User Name Here
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I'm just going to go ahead and say every person that has ever performed music.
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oh my fucking god
JinjoUnchained
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Do people actually like The Eagles or rather mindlessly nod along to their songs on the radio? Cause they suck hard. Not particularly good musicians, trite songwriting, don't provide much groove or rock hard. OK-ish vocals. They're like the Olive Garden of rock bands.
You must be fun at parties
Puck Beaverton
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Critically? Nah they've always been viewed as bleh.
At least nowadays they are.
Citizen Mane
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I don't really get the appeal of Chance the Rapper. He sounds like he belongs shoved in a locker somewhere. Same with Childish Gambino for the most part.
NHarmonic.
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Kanye West
The Beatles
Radiohead
Nirvana
The Beatles
Radiohead
Nirvana
If you can't bang to No Problem then idk what to tell you
Agreed about childish gambino tho
JinjoUnchained
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I have a feeling that you're being sarcastic, but there is an argument to be made here. Mozart's piano work is more the perfection of the diatonic Classical form, rather than anything fresh or new for the time. I mean, I appreciate the incredible craft of something like his Sonata in B Flat, but it seems very tame against, say, Beethoven's Waldstein or Apassionata Sonatas.
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