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Title: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Daemon on June 22, 2011, 05:11:02 AM
Just wondering. I am curious to see what is the least favorite.

don't rant.
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Post by: Rhett (Twister) on June 22, 2011, 05:13:30 AM
You should put in a country option >.>
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Post by: CrazyCat on June 22, 2011, 05:15:06 AM
You should put in a country option >.>

I concur.  T_T

*Votes for rap*
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Post by: Daemon on June 22, 2011, 05:15:48 AM
you can vote twice


Post Merge: June 22, 2011, 05:16:49 AM
i also reset the options, so you can vote again
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Post by: Rhett (Twister) on June 22, 2011, 05:16:58 AM
*votes county* thankies :3
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Post by: Ares the Ram on June 22, 2011, 05:17:28 AM
country and rap. no thank you.
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Post by: Daemon on June 22, 2011, 05:20:36 AM
pop + country = no liek
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Post by: Gelidus on June 22, 2011, 06:26:20 AM
country is only minor dislike. POP IS A MAJOR DISLIKE!! It might have something to do with the fact that I have to listen to it at work...but still.
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Post by: Timmy Fox on June 22, 2011, 06:35:31 AM
Real Swedish schlager <//////3

But since that's not an option... I dunno, I listen to most stuff really...
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Post by: Alexei on June 23, 2011, 06:28:42 AM
Metal is the only genre I don't listen too, that's it.
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Post by: Egan on June 23, 2011, 07:41:53 AM
Country and jazz. I'm talking about that really bad smooth jazz... I didn't vote rap because I can respect the ones that just hop on stage and can rap to whatever their told.  Not people who take 3 months for one song.
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Post by: ArcticSkyWolf on June 23, 2011, 02:54:28 PM
country because it sounds bad
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Post by: Zaspher on June 23, 2011, 03:04:21 PM
Well there isn't any style of music up there that I dislike :/ . I love all music style I guess as long as they show talent, originality and orginization.
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Post by: Egan on June 23, 2011, 03:06:16 PM
Well there isn't any style of music up there that I dislike :/ . I love all music style I guess as long as they show talent, originality and orginization.
So, your saying lady GaGa sucks then? XD
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Post by: Buddywolf on June 23, 2011, 03:12:37 PM
Rap and most country.  There are various Countryish songs I do enjoy.  No rap for me.
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Post by: Zaspher on June 23, 2011, 03:19:00 PM
Well there isn't any style of music up there that I dislike :/ . I love all music style I guess as long as they show talent, originality and orginization.
So, your saying lady GaGa sucks then? XD

Well LadyGaga is a beast at the piano if you've ever seen here play. Some of here songs are quite pitiful. There's a good amount of great songs by Gaga though ^_^
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Daemon on June 23, 2011, 03:28:21 PM
just keep it to stating which style you hate, please!
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Post by: Namivyn on June 24, 2011, 03:57:32 PM
Poor Country. I personally love it  :/


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Post by: NeeChee_coyote on June 24, 2011, 05:39:10 PM
METAL! \m/
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Post by: NJMike on June 24, 2011, 06:09:15 PM
I dislike country, but pretty much anything else I am able to enjoy.

METAL! \m/

You do know this is about what your LEAST favorite genre is, right? It's just you seemed enthused about your choice so I wasn't sure.
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Post by: NeeChee_coyote on June 24, 2011, 08:26:39 PM
I dislike country, but pretty much anything else I am able to enjoy.

METAL! \m/

You do know this is about what your LEAST favorite genre is, right? It's just you seemed enthused about your choice so I wasn't sure.


yeahh i noticed that after xD i love metal. I cant stand country and the disney bull shit. Also that "hard core" shit.
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Post by: NJMike on June 24, 2011, 08:31:53 PM
yeahh i noticed that after xD i love metal. I cant stand country and the disney bull shit. Also that "hard core" shit.

I love it too, but I also like the hardcore stuff.

Also, some more stuff I don't really like too much: anime music that's like in all Japanese, classical (like Bach and whatnot), opera, sometimes I won't like oldies or classic rock, but I can enjoy it sometimes too; it really just depends..
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Post by: NeeChee_coyote on June 25, 2011, 04:25:12 PM
yeahh i noticed that after xD i love metal. I cant stand country and the disney bull shit. Also that "hard core" shit.

I love it too, but I also like the hardcore stuff.

Also, some more stuff I don't really like too much: anime music that's like in all Japanese, classical (like Bach and whatnot), opera, sometimes I won't like oldies or classic rock, but I can enjoy it sometimes too; it really just depends..

Im talking about the "hardcore" stuff thats not really hardcore, scene kids just say it is. Like black veil brides and chelsea grin. My mate loves oldies rock, and the only oldies rock i like is Led zeppelin and aerosmith. i cant stand opera either x3
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Post by: Aoren Deringer on June 26, 2011, 01:34:59 AM
I failed xD clicked alt. rock instead of country (although in hindsight pop takes that category by storm). But oh well, I got my main enemy down. Rap >:l
*Returns to loved genre(s)* Metal is so fragmented and varied that I love that it has just one category xD
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Post by: Drakos on June 26, 2011, 03:59:02 PM
Rap and country. Anything else I really don't mind at all.
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Post by: Alicia-Korean-Soviet on June 28, 2011, 09:57:45 PM
Rap. With a BURNING passion. >:U
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Post by: ^Geist^ on July 02, 2011, 12:58:46 AM
Country.
Pop. Guh. All sounds the same. Over rated and played. Reason I stopped listening to the radio.
Not a huge fan of rap but some of it is tolerable.

Imo the music industry has gone downhill the past few decades.
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Post by: WhiteTiger89 on July 03, 2011, 01:00:05 AM
Rap. About the only rap I can even think about tolerating is Eminem, and even then it's on a song by song basis.

As a biracial individual, black/white, I cannot express in words how much I despise/detest/loathe/hate the racial stereotypes that most rap glorifies and perpetuates. For me, this one is personal.

I'd rather listen to Rebecca Black's Friday a thousand times than hear even a second of Crap.  >:(
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Post by: ^Geist^ on July 03, 2011, 04:50:00 AM
As a biracial individual, black/white, I cannot express in words how much I despise/detest/loathe/hate the racial stereotypes that most rap glorifies and perpetuates. For me, this one is personal.

I'd rather listen to Rebecca Black's Friday a thousand times than hear even a second of Crap.  >:(

I could not  agree more with the first part. "hood life" is way too glorified. I do enjoy some of it though the ones with meaning and not the typical women,cars,money,gangster kinda stuff.
2nd part id rather play russian roulette with 6 bullets i am sorry.
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Post by: WhiteTiger89 on July 03, 2011, 05:02:20 AM
As a biracial individual, black/white, I cannot express in words how much I despise/detest/loathe/hate the racial stereotypes that most rap glorifies and perpetuates. For me, this one is personal.

I'd rather listen to Rebecca Black's Friday a thousand times than hear even a second of Crap.  >:(

I could not  agree more with the first part. "hood life" is way too glorified. I do enjoy some of it though the ones with meaning and not the typical women,cars,money,gangster kinda stuff.
2nd part id rather play russian roulette with 6 bullets i am sorry.

I like some Eminem. Not Afraid is the only rap song on my iPod. Lol at Russian roulette.
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Post by: arandomfurry on July 14, 2011, 06:19:50 PM
ok no offense to anyone who likes rap, but srsly rap has to be the worst music i have ever heard.
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Post by: Alicia-Korean-Soviet on July 14, 2011, 07:21:59 PM
ok no offense to anyone who likes rap, but srsly rap has to be the worst music i have ever heard.

Agreed, my friend.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Karma Moonshadow on July 21, 2011, 02:48:28 AM
That old, old country music that sounds like someone is wailing through their nose while suffering a terrible cold. My stepdad is always either playing it on his laptop or actually singing it. And elevator music is bad, too....  x_x
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Post by: ZombiezuRFER on July 21, 2011, 04:01:22 AM
I hate the rap genre in general, but there are a few I like, specifically Beastie Boys Interplanetary, and the Rooster Teeth I Am The Best Ft. The Elites. :P
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Post by: DogWolfForever on July 21, 2011, 08:01:56 PM
*votes rap*
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Cifero Windtail on July 24, 2011, 04:32:29 AM
ok no offense to anyone who likes rap, but srsly rap has to be the worst music i have ever heard.
YEAA-UHH!
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: icy wolf on August 06, 2011, 03:02:40 PM
rap ,country and the "hit" music that you hear on so many music satytions.

i love rock, metal ( all types), alt rock.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: MiltoniusPrime on August 15, 2011, 06:42:14 PM
I can't honestly say I hate any of those genres.  But I feel like I have to break it down into which ones I considered choosing.

Pop - Almost chose this one, because I can't stand overplayed radio singles.  But then again, the Beatles were pop.  Pop is relative to whatever the public wants to hear.  Then again, a lot of people who claim to be really into an artist/band tend to like one or two singles, and not bother digging any deeper.

Country - Can't stand modern country (country + pop + rock), but enjoy some of the classics.  Anything pre-1980 is pretty decent in my book.

Rap - I don't like the kind of rap that glamorizes degrading women, violence, and living a life of excess, but love clever wordplay, a good flow, and the ability to rhyme well.  I saw a few posts along the lines of "I hate rap, but I love some things by Eminem/Beastie Boys/etc".  There's a lot more out there than just a massive array of garbage, with occasional artists/groups you can stand (that are still quite popular).  It's like saying "I love rock".  You won't like ALL rock.  I love Queens of the Stone Age but despise Nickelback, even though both are considered rock.  Don't judge things you haven't heard before based on a general label.

Also, if I'm jumping headfirst into this, and not pulling any punches, new Eminem sucks.
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Post by: icy wolf on August 16, 2011, 04:57:48 AM
glade to know that iam not the only one who dose not like rap. cant stand it. for me its goth and metal love those two.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Cifero Windtail on August 16, 2011, 08:06:01 PM
Any music predating the invention of rap is good music.
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Post by: .: ♥ Kiniia ♥ :. on August 16, 2011, 10:05:49 PM
why so hating on the rap? I agree with Miltonius on this. There are different styles to every genre. I like and dislike bands from every genre of music. Like I do love rap, but only some, other artists I cant stand. I love rock. But I cant stand stuff like newton faulkner and nickelback. Some metal I like, but I've never really gotten into it etc.
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Post by: MiltoniusPrime on August 16, 2011, 10:48:05 PM
why so hating on the rap? I agree with Miltonius on this. There are different styles to every genre. I like and dislike bands from every genre of music. Like I do love rap, but only some, other artists I cant stand. I love rock. But I cant stand stuff like newton faulkner and nickelback. Some metal I like, but I've never really gotten into it etc.

I think it's a problem of not relating to it.  I can't relate to someone growing up in the ghetto and slanging rock until they've got riches and bitches, so it makes sense that the stuff I listen to isn't about that.  I could probably play some nerdcore hip-hop, and half the people hating "all rap" would get a few of the references and jokes, and go back on their word.  Unless they're just that ingrained into the "yeah, [removed] metal" lifestyle.

(Also, I quite enjoy that the [removed] tag is a lovely lavender instead of an angrier color.)
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Post by: Midnight Madness on August 18, 2011, 06:45:39 AM
Country. By all defined ways, I say that I detest it. Call it a bane to my musical interests, if you will. I don't even know why really, I just know I have never liked it for any reason; my ears scream to be ripped from my head and my inner ears put a gun to their... head? Well, you get me. I just don't like it and never have.


Hell, I can stand Rap and Pop more often than country. Because at least they have that killer bass.
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Post by: josh_down on August 18, 2011, 03:01:03 PM
you don't have "smooth jazz" up there. the closest is jazz obviously, but i base my life on jazz music.

oh, and i picked country cause i think if "folk" was up there, all the american people here would choose it.

i'm also slightly disappointed in the hatred of rap there is here. there needs to be some good rap played on the radio from time to time, then maybe some people might actually think it's decent, because it is. it's a fantastic style of music
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Post by: MiltoniusPrime on August 18, 2011, 04:23:24 PM
you don't have "smooth jazz" up there. the closest is jazz obviously, but i base my life on jazz music.

oh, and i picked country cause i think if "folk" was up there, all the american people here would choose it.

i'm also slightly disappointed in the hatred of rap there is here. there needs to be some good rap played on the radio from time to time, then maybe some people might actually think it's decent, because it is. it's a fantastic style of music

I quite enjoy some jazz as well, not what gets played in building lobbies and "smooth jazz" radio.

There are occasional moments of "good rap", though it's always about popularity and marketability.  FM radio will probably never play the kind of rap that I actively listen to, and that's fine by me, because I have no interest in radio.  I enjoyed some Kid Cudi before he got the expletive played out of him by my coworkers, even with that he sounds vastly different than most furs' perceptions of "rap".

Furs hating rap doesn't bother me, because I'll always have my circles of music-loving furs at cons who are actually open to new music, and enjoy sharing theirs just as much.
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Post by: Cifero Windtail on August 18, 2011, 05:10:29 PM
Now for some math:
Cupcakes by Sergeant Sprinkles + the sharks from Deep Blue Sea + a sack of manure + family guy= rap.
 
Thus, rap is scary. And it stinks. And it's insulting.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: josh_down on August 18, 2011, 05:22:59 PM
^

you've clearly only heard 50 cent and the like... who is several words i doubtlessly can't say on this forum. there is loads of really really -really- good rap with people who can actually craft an interesting sentence and who have something interesting to say instead of how awesome they are. plus it'll rhyme in a beautifully interesting way too.

and mr prime... tis good that you don't like the kind of bile that's likely played on smooth jazz radio. i'm british so we don't get smooth jazz radio... but we do get jamie cullum who's almost as bad.
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Post by: MiltoniusPrime on August 18, 2011, 06:27:11 PM
Now for some math:
Cupcakes by Sergeant Sprinkles + the sharks from Deep Blue Sea + a sack of manure + family guy= rap.
 
Thus, rap is scary. And it stinks. And it's insulting.

Associate Family Guy with something I enjoy, and you've made an enemy of me, good sir.

And I hate throwing wood onto the argu-fire, but everything post-"Thus" comes off as "I'm intimidated by black people and things I don't understand".

(And the same three things could be said about furries.  ZING.)

Also, Busdriver.  Awesome technical rapper with superior wordcrafting skills and a sense of humor:
http://youtu.be/GRglOSBV2VE (http://youtu.be/GRglOSBV2VE)
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Midnight Madness on August 18, 2011, 06:55:40 PM
I believe that equation is erroneous, for a multitude of reasons. But I digress. I dislike Rap music. A lot. I dislike it to the point of having to tell people I wish it to be turned off if it's going to be more than an hour. However, I do realize that Rap is an art no less, it is poetry. Literally, not figuratively. It's just recited in a more skillful manner, and I give props to the artists that can do it well.


But again, I just dislike the... drabness. There's no further substance, most of the time, besides the lyrics; which is a turn away in my opinion. I like music with a lot going on.


And I have an honest question, Prime; was that at all necessary? I mean, come on. That's just pointing fingers; one of my best friends is black, and I dislike Rap a lot. No less, not all rappers are black. For example, Eminem.
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Post by: MiltoniusPrime on August 18, 2011, 07:26:16 PM
Obviously not all rappers are white, but rap still comes off as a very "black" thing.  There have been white rappers since the beginning, when people were rapping over the instrumental breaks in party records, and words have been set to rhythm for much, much longer.  Eminem got popular by being good at rapping, and by filling a niche, though he has outlived the novelty of "white rapper".  Rapping shouldn't be about race, though.  It should be about conveying your ideas through words and rhythm.  It has as much variety as rock or electronica, or any other genres.  But like other genres, it's easy to get lost in the top layer, the ones that are easily seen on TV and on the radio, and never look beneath.  Not everyone WANTS to look beneath, it's fine being comfortable with what you like.  I like looking beyond that, finding layers, interesting new tidbits to enjoy, things that aren't always completely palatable at first.

I feel it was necessary to discuss/defend something I enjoy quite a bit.  I'd also defend any other genre, possibly just as much, even if I don't actively listen to it (like modern country, R&B, dance pop).  While you may dislike rap quite a bit, you're at least trying to say so intelligently, rather than in non sequitur equations.  What you said didn't come off as "I don't like rap and don't have any logical reasons for coming to that conclusion, so I'll try to be cute and silly. *raspberry*"  I'm not trying to make people LIKE any kind of rap, just sticking up for it amongst a flood of "Yeah, I hate rap, more Muse/Linkin Park!"

I'm also not questioning your having black friends, or saying that all black people have to love rap.  I just like to think outside of race when it comes to personal taste.  Someone who says they love all rock/metal could enjoy Metallica AND Living Colour (though Metallica would easily come out ahead in popularity), but they also might be surprised to know the guys behind "Cult of Personality" are all black.
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Post by: josh_down on August 18, 2011, 08:44:30 PM
Obviously not all rappers are white, but rap still comes off as a very "black" thing.  There have been white rappers since the beginning, when people were rapping over the instrumental breaks in party records, and words have been set to rhythm for much, much longer.  Eminem got popular by being good at rapping, and by filling a niche, though he has outlived the novelty of "white rapper".  Rapping shouldn't be about race, though.  It should be about conveying your ideas through words and rhythm.  It has as much variety as rock or electronica, or any other genres.  But like other genres, it's easy to get lost in the top layer, the ones that are easily seen on TV and on the radio, and never look beneath.  Not everyone WANTS to look beneath, it's fine being comfortable with what you like.  I like looking beyond that, finding layers, interesting new tidbits to enjoy, things that aren't always completely palatable at first.

I feel it was necessary to discuss/defend something I enjoy quite a bit.  I'd also defend any other genre, possibly just as much, even if I don't actively listen to it (like modern country, R&B, dance pop).  While you may dislike rap quite a bit, you're at least trying to say so intelligently, rather than in non sequitur equations.  What you said didn't come off as "I don't like rap and don't have any logical reasons for coming to that conclusion, so I'll try to be cute and silly. *raspberry*"  I'm not trying to make people LIKE any kind of rap, just sticking up for it amongst a flood of "Yeah, I hate rap, more Muse/Linkin Park!"

I'm also not questioning your having black friends, or saying that all black people have to love rap.  I just like to think outside of race when it comes to personal taste.  Someone who says they love all rock/metal could enjoy Metallica AND Living Colour (though Metallica would easily come out ahead in popularity), but they also might be surprised to know the guys behind "Cult of Personality" are all black.

funnily enough... linkin park have quite a bit of rap involved. :P

anyway... i'd just like to add that there is nothing wrong with saying that you dislike something. infact, that's great! people should say bad things about things. watch;

i can't stand classical musicians who play pop songs on their instruments. it kinda feels like they always wanted to be the cool kid in school, playing air guitar with a tennis racket and singing into the hairbrush... while all the while, they were forced to play violin by their parents. now that they're actually kinda good at their instrument, they loose any interest in the actual music and just play trashy pop songs or classic rock pieces. songs where you genuinely need lyrics and an actual voice to sing it, or any sense of emotion, expressionism or integrity is lost forever to the musician playing it.

now you try

people really need to stop with this "don't hate" attitude that's going around at the moment. people hate things... end of story. does that mean that it makes it wrong for them to like what i hate? of course not! cause they likely hate what i like.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Midnight Madness on August 18, 2011, 09:22:43 PM
-insert his statement here-
Well, I had hoped you weren't saying that; I am glad it came to be the truth. And your philosophy is rather admirable in regards to how you discover what you are interested in. Indeed music should not be about race, as it is free to the world. I agree on the looking beneath as well; hence why I find myself liking Techno and Rock, there's a lot on the bottom and middle layers, as well as the top. But again, merely opinion.


Well, that's the thing; I don't believe Cifero was necessarily bashing or attacking your interests or the genre. He was stating his  (slightly abrasive) opinion. But I don't think your rebuttal was exactly rubbing the right way in the manner you made it; the words were a bit flat in meaning, not alluding to a secondary intent.


It did rub off in that way, though; because it was a direct comparison. Stereotypes just get people in trouble, no matter the way they are used. And in making points, stereotypes are probably the last thing one should prance about and utilize. It can lead to inopportune comments; such as my question of your statement's necessity. But perhaps I should be questioning my own statement's necessity. But I digress.


Rap can be great sometimes, others, it can be utterly idiotic; but it is that way with anything in the world. I try to avoid stating that I "hate" anything; because hate begets hate. It's just that Rap not my style at all. And to helpfully defend the genre as well, there are one too many songs in the millions of other genres that sing of even worse things than any Rap song. It's all mind over matter, however.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: MiltoniusPrime on August 18, 2011, 10:25:11 PM
I really have zero problems with people disliking or hating rap.  The point where I step in is where "I don't like rap" or even "I hate rap" becomes "Rap sucks".

I enjoy debating and finding out more about why things are how they are, it's tough to be content with someone disliking something without knowing exactly why.  Obviously not every answer is going to satisfy me, but that's what I get for being so picky.

And I don't just expect everyone/anyone to like what I say.  I don't like putting on padded mittens to deal with anyone, because I wouldn't want the same done to me.  If someone doesn't like something I like, no crying from me.  I'm not trying to say anything to purposefully upset anyone, but I can see how some things come off as harsh.  I know I can't just be angry and disturbing and critical all the time.  I like things too.

If I'm going with the flow of HAAAAATE, I dislike (genre)-covers of other songs.  I'm fine with artists covering other songs, and tribute/cover albums don't get on my nerves, but things like "Pop Goes Punk" or "Rap Goes Metal" really grate my skin.  They come off as very "Hey, I think this one genre sucks, but it'll be so funny hearing it with guitars over it!  IRONY!"  It's as bad as people who look around after hearing a joke to see if anyone else is laughing, lest they be the only one laughing and suddenly feel ashamed of their own sense of humor.

And "Don't Stop Believin'".  Decent band, fine genre, horribly over-rated and over-played song.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Cheeky Stoat on August 29, 2011, 03:11:35 PM
Rap does suck though.  In my opinion.  XP  Nah, I'm just antagonizing you.  I can accept that not all rap artists are crap but enough of them are and enough of what the music represents that I have no patience at all for it.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2020029531334253002 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2020029531334253002) Watched this in a post-secondary class a year ago and I think that it can explain my opinions and feelings on why just about all rap (I include hip hop, reggae and R&B to fall into the "rap" category to clarify) is extremely degrading better than I could.  It's a hip hop documentary made by a hip hop fan.  It's not a hate-film, I promise.


Anywho, I hated rao before I watched this mostly just because the sound wasn't very appealing and the people who "typically" listen to those genres drive me nuts (not all, my partner enjoys rap once in awhile).
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: x on August 29, 2011, 03:54:40 PM
I can't stand rap because, the majority of the time, they speak so fast I have no idea what they're saying, and they say the same stupid line over and over. Admittedly, some rappers are real poets and their songs have interesting lyrics. But then they ruin those lyrics by getting up on stage and rapping so fast no one is able to take the time to understand. Rap may feature good poets who write good songs, but these poets' musical execution of their songs is terrible. Most can't sing, and most of them can't play instruments. So it isn't really music. It's people writing poems then speaking them into a mic as quickly as possible with a little pre-generated, overused background music. So it should be it's own art form instead of being considered music.

Some heavy metal (not all of it) is also this way: I have to wonder what the point of "singing" (screaming?) is when no-one has any idea what you're saying.

I also dislike pop not because it's "bad" but because they use the same beats, almost the same lyrics, over and over. And the stations play these songs over and over so you get tired of them quickly.

As for what I like, I like hard rock, rock, metal, classic rock, alt. rock, country, lounge, jazz, new age, world, funk, and techno. (some of these styles also doesn't feature people who can actually sing but I like the generated beats).
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Midnight Madness on August 29, 2011, 05:59:47 PM
So it should be it's own art form instead of being considered music.
I have uttered the exact same words before. Look at where music started; classical music with instruments. Pure vocals is like everyday speech or a poetry recital, just sped up and/or "bassified."

Some heavy metal (not all of it) is also this way: I have to wonder what the point of "singing" (screaming?) is when no-one has any idea what you're saying.
Hence why I'm not a huge death metal fan. I stick with Rock music I can understand. Disturbed, KoRn, Amorphis, Symphony X, etc.; at least one can understand the majority of their lyrics.


I also dislike pop not because it's "bad" but because they use the same beats, almost the same lyrics, over and over. And the stations play these songs over and over so you get tired of them quickly.


Pop = Popular = Popular Culture


I see the formula for spamming music over the radio. It's actually a little annoying to hear the exact same song over and over and over again for several hours.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: MiltoniusPrime on August 29, 2011, 07:04:51 PM
I can't stand rap because, the majority of the time, they speak so fast I have no idea what they're saying, and they say the same stupid line over and over. Admittedly, some rappers are real poets and their songs have interesting lyrics. But then they ruin those lyrics by getting up on stage and rapping so fast no one is able to take the time to understand. Rap may feature good poets who write good songs, but these poets' musical execution of their songs is terrible. Most can't sing, and most of them can't play instruments. So it isn't really music. It's people writing poems then speaking them into a mic as quickly as possible with a little pre-generated, overused background music. So it should be it's own art form instead of being considered music.

Some heavy metal (not all of it) is also this way: I have to wonder what the point of "singing" (screaming?) is when no-one has any idea what you're saying.

I also dislike pop not because it's "bad" but because they use the same beats, almost the same lyrics, over and over. And the stations play these songs over and over so you get tired of them quickly.

As for what I like, I like hard rock, rock, metal, classic rock, alt. rock, country, lounge, jazz, new age, world, funk, and techno. (some of these styles also doesn't feature people who can actually sing but I like the generated beats).

Not going to counter-argument everything that you posted, so I'll give an example.  Kurt Cobain.  You can't tell me that you'd understand every single word of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" the first time you heard it.  I also bet there's a lot of people who wouldn't understand the differences between the phrases "a mulatto" "my denial" and "an albino", and Kurt says those over and over again.

I think there's just such an overwhelmingly negative attitude toward most rap (especially among people who claim to listen to "understandable" music) that people really don't try to understand the lyrics.  Not everything is going to be spoon-fed to you slowly and legibly, sometimes you have to listen a few times, or even look up lyrics online.

Everyone who declares rap "not music" doesn't really understand how broad the term "music" is.  Your opinion is one thing, but enough of you agreeing about the same thing doesn't change reality.

Also, I find bands like Korn and Disturbed to be overly, pointlessly angsty, and get tired of hearing "oh, I really like them because I had a dark point in my life where I really related to them".  That's like saying "I was hungry for pizza, and I found a restaurant that sells pizza, now it's my favorite restaurant".
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Midnight Madness on August 29, 2011, 07:45:34 PM

Not going to counter-argument everything that you posted, so I'll give an example.  Kurt Cobain.  You can't tell me that you'd understand every single word of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" the first time you heard it.  I also bet there's a lot of people who wouldn't understand the differences between the phrases "a mulatto" "my denial" and "an albino", and Kurt says those over and over again.

I think there's just such an overwhelmingly negative attitude toward most rap (especially among people who claim to listen to "understandable" music) that people really don't try to understand the lyrics.  Not everything is going to be spoon-fed to you slowly and legibly, sometimes you have to listen a few times, or even look up lyrics online.

Everyone who declares rap "not music" doesn't really understand how broad the term "music" is.  Your opinion is one thing, but enough of you agreeing about the same thing doesn't change reality.

Also, I find bands like Korn and Disturbed to be overly, pointlessly angsty, and get tired of hearing "oh, I really like them because I had a dark point in my life where I really related to them".  That's like saying "I was hungry for pizza, and I found a restaurant that sells pizza, now it's my favorite restaurant".


You don't seem to be taking it well when someone states their opinion of dislike on Rap music. You're really getting quite defensive, and a little rude, over nothing.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: x on August 29, 2011, 08:16:39 PM
Your opinion is your own, but I want to defend myself.

I can actually identify with those hard rock/metal artists in terms of my ENTIRE LIFE, not just "there was a really hard point in my life" as you put it.  When I listen to those bands, I get sucked in, I feel like I'm inside the song, it's an overwhelming 'wow' feeling. And, actually, I don't collect artists. I don't even know who sings some of my songs. I collect songs. If I hear something and like it, I get it. Has nothing to do with the band playing it.

As for 'not being able to take the time to understand rap lyrics' you aren't really looking at what I said. Sure, I can't understand a few words to songs, but when I put on the rap channel I can't understand ANY of it half the time. I listen, but I can't make out any of the words. They call this unintelligible. I'm okay with not understanding a few words to a song (I'll look up the lyrics later), but when I can't understand any of the song then there's a problem.

Also, I DID understand all of Smells Like Teen Spirit the first time I heard it.

I'm not saying rap isn't art, it just shouldn't be called music. As should some other genres of "music."

I listen songs to get into them, not to figure them out. A song is not meant to be a puzzle, it's meant to sound good in your ears and put the words of what the artist is saying into your head. I can understand listening to a song a few times to get its meaning, but I can't understand having to google the lyrics for every song I listen to because it went by too fast. Sounds annoying.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: MiltoniusPrime on August 29, 2011, 10:45:53 PM
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/music (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/music)

Suck it, Trebek!

You don't seem to be taking it well when someone states their opinion of dislike on Rap music. You're really getting quite defensive, and a little rude, over nothing.

Music means a lot to me, so I feel that the music I like is worth debating/expanding upon.  And I'm not getting upset at people not liking rap music, but people who are only experiencing what mainstream media expects them to hear.  When I read something like "put on the rap channel", of course I know you're listening to (in my opinion) horrible music.  I don't listen to rap on the radio, for the same reason I wouldn't stick a sharp object in my ear.  I find out about artists through my various circles (friends, shows, sharing threads), give the album a listen, and if I don't like it I don't listen to it again.

I do collect music, not for any kind of "hipster" air, but because I like music.  I like knowing that an artist or band cared enough about music to craft an entire album, not just one song that everyone remembers them by.  I like giving them a chance, since they put the effort forward.  I know not everyone has the time or desire to listen to an entire album, but I know that if someone wants to listen to something I've got more than just a hit single.  I practically had a listening party when I found the entire Rick Astley record that contained "Never Gonna Give You Up".  The same goes for a-ha.

If you think rap is too fast to understand, don't listen to something like System of a Down's "Chop Suey!".  Or, gods forbid, R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)".

Just to be clear, I don't like ONLY hip-hop, but I know the nature of this thread is "least favorite genres", and not "Milt finds out the diverse or uniform musical tastes of the forum".

Also, I DID understand all of Smells Like Teen Spirit the first time I heard it.

I listen songs to get into them, not to figure them out. A song is not meant to be a puzzle, it's meant to sound good in your ears and put the words of what the artist is saying into your head. I can understand listening to a song a few times to get its meaning, but I can't understand having to google the lyrics for every song I listen to because it went by too fast. Sounds annoying.

I wasn't there the first time you heard it, so I'm not questioning you specifically.  People are knowing for mishearing lyrics.  I like a little replayability in my music.  I know things like depth and musical taste are relative, and perhaps I enjoy finally picking up on a reference or something subtle I never "got" before.

tl;dr
"I dislike rap" is fine by me, you don't have to like everything, not going to question you.
"rap sucks" comes off as scoffing at multiple genres based on the loudest of the worst, sounds immature.  I need a satisfactory explanation.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Cifero Windtail on September 10, 2011, 10:22:44 PM
Now for some math:
Cupcakes by Sergeant Sprinkles + the sharks from Deep Blue Sea + a sack of manure + family guy= rap.
 
Thus, rap is scary. And it stinks. And it's insulting.

Associate Family Guy with something I enjoy, and you've made an enemy of me, good sir.

And I hate throwing wood onto the argu-fire, but everything post-"Thus" comes off as "I'm intimidated by black people and things I don't understand".

(And the same three things could be said about furries.  ZING.)

Also, Busdriver.  Awesome technical rapper with superior wordcrafting skills and a sense of humor:
http://youtu.be/GRglOSBV2VE (http://youtu.be/GRglOSBV2VE)
I am VERY glad that you also dislike Family Guy. It's insulting to so many things. But I'm sorry if I insulted you by saying that. I'm not that fond of rap, and I just realized that associating Family Guy with it was very wrong. I'm very sorry.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: MiltoniusPrime on September 11, 2011, 06:02:08 PM
I am VERY glad that you also dislike Family Guy. It's insulting to so many things. But I'm sorry if I insulted you by saying that. I'm not that fond of rap, and I just realized that associating Family Guy with it was very wrong. I'm very sorry.

Not a problem.  I just feel as though there's a line that gets crossed between "I dislike something" and "something sucks!".  Imagine if someone said..."foxes are stupid, and they suck!" instead of "I dislike foxes" or "I'm not really a fan of foxes".  Anyone who likes foxes (or considers themself one) would probably swarm on that person, wanting an explanation as to why that person hates foxes.  Unless you were savagely attacked by a rabid fox as a child, there's no GOOD reason to hate them.  Just personal taste.

Obviously you're allowed to say what you want about practically anything, but I think that gives someone just as much right to defend something.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Pandy on September 11, 2011, 08:52:53 PM
I can only pick two options? But I love every kind of music. :c
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Midnight Madness on September 11, 2011, 10:19:05 PM
*cough*Least favorite, Pandy. :P
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: H3adHunt3r on September 12, 2011, 02:01:13 AM
Rap/Hip Hop, It's just simply overrated, overhyped, and is nowhere as good as metal.
 -.-
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: MiltoniusPrime on September 12, 2011, 05:36:17 AM
Rap/Hip Hop, It's just simply overrated, overhyped, and is nowhere as good as metal.
 -.-

Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Pandy on September 12, 2011, 08:59:43 PM
*cough*Least favorite, Pandy. :P
whoops.


why can not pick zero then >_>
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: MiltoniusPrime on September 12, 2011, 10:06:03 PM
*cough*Least favorite, Pandy. :P
whoops.


why can not pick zero then >_>

You could always do what I did, and defend why you like some of the lesser-enjoyed genres.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Pandy on September 12, 2011, 11:26:45 PM
Oh okay that works then.

I love country, as my first example, because it creates a nostalgic feeling for me. I was raised listening to it, so I don't think I could explain the enjoyment to someone who was never or very rarely exposed to it. I prefer classic country because it tends to tell more of a story, or have more than just "I shure do love my wife and goin to bars n huntin n fishin". There are modern country songs that manage to sound good, though.
Here are two examples of what I'd consider great country music. First up is a good modern song:
John Anderson - Seminole Wind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdqBCdjU5XI#)
And here's a classic:
Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John (1961) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3ErDN50Qk#)

I also really adore rap and hip hop because you just can't beat the atmosphere created in some of the songs. That and because not all of it is GONNA BUST A CAP. Allow me to direct you to SEVERAL rap artists. Dan le Sac vs. Scroobis Pip, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Blue Scholars...
Blue Scholars - Lumiere (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK-E3e4l-Jo#ws)
Aesop Rock - Coffee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVjB9lCSHm8#)
dan le sac VS scroobius pip - Thou Shalt always Kill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoN6XfyQsr4#) (One of my favorite songs ever, actually)

And how could you not like funk when Jamiroquai exists? ;;
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fy4E-D5c2c#)

I could defend every single one of these options so I'll quit while I'm ahead x3

I don't hate entire genres. It's just impossible!
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Cifero Windtail on September 17, 2011, 05:48:19 PM
I'm rather fond of 80s music myself, and I don't understand why many people around my age don't like it that much.
 
Also, I'm not that fond of metal. I have sensitive ears, so the loudness doesn't really work for me.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: MiltoniusPrime on September 17, 2011, 06:36:29 PM
I'm rather fond of 80s music myself, and I don't understand why many people around my age don't like it that much.

What counts as people around your age?  Just curious.

I've never related to liking any decade of music over others.  I've known folks who loved the 90s and hated the 80s, and people who loved the 80s and weren't even born yet.  Most decades had a few decent popular bands, a few rarely-heard gems, and a lot of garbage.

I'd probably go to an 80s part just for all the girls in weird makeup and fishnets/spandex.  Don't judge me...
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Cifero Windtail on September 17, 2011, 06:49:32 PM
People who are 14 years or older. I'm almost 16. (My birthday is right after Christmas.)
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: H3adHunt3r on September 18, 2011, 01:06:50 PM
@Cifero Windtail,
I agree that Family Guy is a bad comedy show, way to many racist jokes, extremely unsettling sex jokes, or just flat stupid jokes. Alot of people don't like family guy.  :|
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: josh_down on September 19, 2011, 09:14:36 AM
@Cifero Windtail,
I agree that Family Guy is a bad comedy show, way to many racist jokes, extremely unsettling sex jokes, or just flat stupid jokes. Alot of people don't like family guy.  :|

family guy has 'unsettling' sex jokes? i thought you guys were furries? :P


anyway, i just thought i'd share a few pieces of music which i hate;

Kenny G - You´re Beautiful (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhCj6ZS235k#)

Sting - Fields of Gold (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeKE2Z-9HVM#)

Nightwish - Amaranth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdZn7k5rZLQ#)

Gerald Albright Bermuda Nights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNMPpaVaPXM#)

Louis Armstrong - what a wonderful world (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzJY96m3lkg#)



you can add to this list anything by 'big song' ballad warblers, trad jazz, smooth jazz (most other kinds of jazz are the most rewarding recordings of music there have ever been), and anything by michael jackson. i think of myself as boycotting michael jackson's music
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Puncia on September 19, 2011, 04:22:56 PM
At this time I only be listening to pirate tunes. And good songs they arr!
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: MiltoniusPrime on September 19, 2011, 06:42:08 PM
At this time I only be listening to pirate tunes. And good songs they arr!


Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew - Rap Like a Pirate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYE17aWU4i4#ws)


SWASHBUCKLE - Cruise Ship Terror (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53A4GyB96RI#ws)


POIRATS
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: josh_down on September 19, 2011, 06:45:02 PM
At this time I only be listening to pirate tunes. And good songs they arr!


Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew - Rap Like a Pirate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYE17aWU4i4#ws)


SWASHBUCKLE - Cruise Ship Terror (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53A4GyB96RI#ws)


POIRATS

add this! beware of some good old irish swearing!

Flogging Molly - Salty Dog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcLpNP8jwRo#)
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Puncia on September 19, 2011, 08:31:28 PM
Oh FLOGGING MOLLY! My hat off to you, sir! This here gives me fond memories...

Though the rest is nearly a disgrace. TO DAVY JONES WITH IT! Nay, take this!
Alestorm - You Are A Pirate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os5TXyJlEMc#)
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: josh_down on September 22, 2011, 12:15:08 AM
we need to keep this thread on topic... cause we all genuinely like pirate music.


i shall now contribute something that i genuinely hate;

R.I.P. Miles Davis - Human Nature - R.I.P. Michael Jackson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGBPSx1Zxlo#)

i love miles davis. his music changed my life... but this... this period of his is just a terrible terrible mistake. but what gets me even more is just how much people love it. just look at those awful clothes... the leather trousers, stupid glasses, bright red trumpet... yughh. then you have the music; terrible wallpaper funk grooves, trashy keyboard sounds, out of tune trumpet...

oh yeah... and i hate michael jackson. so it's all there!
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: H3adHunt3r on September 22, 2011, 12:20:19 AM
Creepy music with naked Japanese men dancing.
Warning, might be disturbing to some viewers.

Crazy Japanese Music Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pzgigM--pM#ws)
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Cifero Windtail on September 24, 2011, 05:44:24 PM
Hey Miltonius, is the "Like A Pirate" song anything like the "Like A Boss" song? I'm in a library and can't listen to the video.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: MiltoniusPrime on September 24, 2011, 08:40:14 PM
Nope, no relation to Like A Boss.  I don't think it has any swearing in it, and it's an original song by nerdcore/pirate rappers Captain Dan & The Scurvy Crew.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Cifero Windtail on September 25, 2011, 10:42:44 PM
Allllllllllllllllllll righty then! *INSERT AcE VENTURA SMILEY HERE*
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Karma Moonshadow on October 11, 2011, 05:02:24 PM
Creepy music with naked Japanese men dancing.
Warning, might be disturbing to some viewers.

I lol'd at that video  XD
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Edwolf on October 25, 2011, 11:02:27 PM
What type of music do I hate? It's trance! Why? Because it's repetitive and each tune doesn't sound any different from each other!  >:(
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Alicia-Korean-Soviet on November 01, 2011, 09:02:07 PM
Rap + Slow Dance = The Definition of Annoying.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: FaxingBerlin on November 06, 2011, 06:14:08 AM
Speedcore (Not Sure If It Even Counts As Music. But It's Awful Anyway)
80's Music (Some Old House Is Ok, But Most Of It Is Just Droopy And Uninteresting To Me)
Japanese Music (Just Kind Of Annoys Me)
Country (Pretty Obvious)

Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Ottersmash on November 06, 2011, 08:26:14 PM
I can stand literally anything but metal. Try me. :P
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: MiltoniusPrime on November 07, 2011, 09:38:45 AM
I can stand literally anything but metal. Try me. :P


I'm curious where the line is drawn between metal and anything else.  The speed, types of vocals, relative "heaviness", the tone of the guitars?  Have you ever accidentally disliked hard rock or hardcore punk, thinking it was metal?
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Ottersmash on November 07, 2011, 03:20:54 PM
I can stand literally anything but metal. Try me. :P


I'm curious where the line is drawn between metal and anything else.  The speed, types of vocals, relative "heaviness", the tone of the guitars?  Have you ever accidentally disliked hard rock or hardcore punk, thinking it was metal?

I haven't yet found a group that I thought wasn't too raucous and had vocals I liked in the genre. I've disliked a lot of hard rock, too, but it's not all across the board. Granted, I stopped trying after about two dozen, so... ;)

To be fair, I liked symphonic metal when I was 15-16.
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Kaya on November 07, 2011, 03:26:46 PM
i just cant stand rap... XD thats the only thing
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Aloneness on November 08, 2011, 06:41:51 PM
I hate Country and Rap >.>
Title: Re: What is your least favorite style of music?
Post by: Cifero Windtail on November 12, 2011, 04:53:29 PM
Rap... and Mambo No. 5... and for some reason ,I can't stand listening to Kokomo... and Lovely Ladies from Les Mis, that one I REALLY dislike, since it's about something that I find disgusting, that being prostitution...