tune4jack
tune4jack t1_j2cqtiq wrote
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tune4jack t1_j2ch3dq wrote
Reply to comment by InformationKilo in Your Hottest Music Take by PhillyCSpires
>how much knowledge of music theory do you have?
None.
Keep in mind I never said any of this music is bad, just that I find it either ho-hum (Bowie/Cohen), good but not great (Fleetwood Mac), or good but not to the point that I want it in my music library (Pink Floyd/Led Zeppelin). I've just never been much of a fan of the mainstream greats. You might disagree with me on this one, but I believe that in order to have mainstream appeal there needs to be a certain middle-of-the-roadness to your music. It has to appeal to a wide audience. I think Rumours exemplifies this perfectly. Yeah, it's a solid album, but in a mainstream, radio-friendly, not too edgy or different kind of way. That's just not the kind of music I crave.
tune4jack t1_j2bh7c6 wrote
Reply to Your Hottest Music Take by PhillyCSpires
I posted this comment in another thread but it got no attention, so here it is.
For me, most of the popular songs/albums/artists that always get mentioned on Reddit are either totally average or good, but in that take-it-or-leave-it kind of way where it's enjoyable but you have no desire to listen to it voluntarily.
David Bowie? His music is...fine I guess??? Never really understood why he's considered to be a musical megastar.
Leonard Cohen? Totally overrated and middle of the road. Just because your voice is deep and husky doesn't mean the music is good.
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours? Perfectly fine album, but I don't get that "Holy crap, this is a masterpiece!" feeling when I hear any of its songs. It's your standard "everyone likes it" album. Not to mention a lot of the goodness has been sucked out of it due to forty-five years of constant radio play.
Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon? Better than Rumours. Not downloading it anytime soon, though.
Led Zeppelin? See above.
Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears? Meh.
Johnny Cash's Hurt? Not a fan. Sue Me.
Polyphia? I want to like these guys, but they're too polished and produced. They sound like Youtuber intro music. I could maybe get into them if they were darker and grittier.
tune4jack t1_j2e3cl7 wrote
Reply to comment by InformationKilo in Your Hottest Music Take by PhillyCSpires
>I think people like you who prefer edgy, underground artists still a lot of the time try to give reasons the classics aren't "great" to them, rather than just say they aren't their taste.
They literally aren't my taste. I was just trying to give an in depth explanation as to why. I'm sure you could take a song I think is great and break down why you think it isn't and I would end up disagreeing with you.
Also, understanding the technical ability and musical elements behind a piece of music isn't going to make the sounds entering my ears any different. Heck, you even admit this yourself when you said David Bowie is talented but you wouldn't download his music. I feel the same way about Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Eagles, Journey, Bee Gees, et cetera.
Yeah, at this point I'm sure it sounds like I'm doing that annoying "I'm a special snowflake because I don't like mainstream music" thing, but for whatever reason I genuinely just don't get a huge amount of enjoyment from it.
By the way, most people dislike what I listen to, so I think it's a wash.