Controversial Music Opinions...

[r_z]

Songs that fade out at the end are just lazy. I hate that shit.

[eversonpoe]

Songs that fade out at the end are just lazy. I hate that shit.

i've only done that with one or two songs ever, and i've found that it resonates pretty well emotionally. it gives the feeling that the song could potentially go on forever. i don't think it's effective with pop songs, but certain pieces of music that fade out leave you without resolution, and i kind of like that. but i agree that most​ of the time, it does not work.

[AndItKeepsRepeating]

Songs that fade out at the end are just lazy. I hate that shit.

Couldn't agree more

Just one example that bugs me every time, Go to Sleep by Radiohead, song fades out during a guitar solo and right when Colin starts walking on bass. I don't get it

[allegate]

Couldn't agree more

Just one example that bugs me every time, Go to Sleep by Radiohead, song fades out during a guitar solo and right when Colin starts walking on bass. I don't get it

while fade outs are a sin, that's worse. I can think of a handful of songs that do that where it's like "oh it's on now" and then it just fades away.

[bobbie solo]

I always liked how Down did the fade out here...

[AndItKeepsRepeating]

I always liked how Down did the fade out here...

Agreed, there are definitely instances where it's done well creatively. Just seems like the majority of the time it's done because they didn't quite know how to end the song

[Space Suicide]

I always liked how Down did the fade out here...

That song will never not be amazing.

[bobbie solo]

That song will never not be amazing.

agreed...and I'm straight edge!

[Space Suicide]

agreed...and I'm straight edge!

Same, fancy finding another here.

[GulDukat]

Ceremony by The Cult is a good album.

Not sure why it gets so much scorn.

[onthewall2983]

I really like Whitesnake, mainly the big hits everyone knows. I wouldn't call it maturity per se, but Coverdale's voice on songs like "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love" has more soul and depth than the Bon Jovi's and Poison's of the world at the time. I can understand the accusations of them selling out when those songs hit big, but it was so perfectly timed with the glam-metal stuff filling the airwaves that a band who started out as a more direct hard-blues group transitioning to a more commercial sound makes them less a fashion victim than other younger bands who stuck themselves to that "hair band" label. Plus looking at the musicians they had over the years, from Jon Lord to Steve Vai to Guy Pratt, shows that Coverdale did place a high premium on musicianship.

I didn't realize that one of their earliest hits was a cover of the R&B classic "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City".

[GulDukat]

I fuckin' love Whitesnake.

[bobbie solo]

yeah I have no problem with Whitesnake either.

[allegate]

yea they're consistently one of the top-selling bands on hdtracks as well.

[WorzelG]

I really like Whitesnake, mainly the big hits everyone knows. I wouldn't call it maturity per se, but Coverdale's voice on songs like "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love" has more soul and depth than the Bon Jovi's and Poison's of the world at the time. I can understand the accusations of them selling out when those songs hit big, but it was so perfectly timed with the glam-metal stuff filling the airwaves that a band who started out as a more direct hard-blues group transitioning to a more commercial sound makes them less a fashion victim than other younger bands who stuck themselves to that "hair band" label. Plus looking at the musicians they had over the years, from Jon Lord to Steve Vai to Guy Pratt, shows that Coverdale did place a high premium on musicianship.

I didn't realize that one of their earliest hits was a cover of the R&B classic "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City".

I saw a joint Whitesnake /Def Leppard show and Whitesnake were by far the better live act IMO. Also I was due to see them in June, but, alas it’s been cancelled. But yes I like them too

[piggy]

Def Leppard is cool, too. I mean, the one-armed drummer alone is badass. I feel like they also wrote and executed their songs better than a lot of the other hair bands did. And their sound is so distinct. You immediately know it's Def Leppard.

[Krazy]

KMFDM >>> Rammstein

[Magnetic]

Ummm, except that he's a homophobic asshole.
https://twitter.com/hexxzander/statu...006657?lang=en

[Krazy]

Yeah... I guess I really don’t give a shit about one tweet where Sascha may or may have not said something slightly homophobic either.

[Tom]

No such thing as slightly homophonic.

[GulDukat]

Def Leppard is cool, too. I mean, the one-armed drummer alone is badass. I feel like they also wrote and executed their songs better than a lot of the other hair bands did. And their sound is so distinct. You immediately know it's Def Leppard.

Love their first four albums, great albums from that genre. I also really liked Slang too, their attempt to update their sound for the 1990's. One of the members even wears a NIN shirt in the CD booklet.

[onthewall2983]

No such thing as slightly homophonic.

Didn't know this was a music theory thread as well

[katara]

Ummm, except that he's a homophobic asshole.
https://twitter.com/hexxzander/statu...006657?lang=en

What the fuck.

[GulDukat]

I think Phil Anselmo is a terrible singer and he kind of ruins Pantera for me.

[eversonpoe]

I think Phil Anselmo is a terrible singer and he kind of ruins Pantera for me.

isn't he also, like...a huge asshole?

[Jon]

isn't he also, like...a huge asshole?

Drug addiction tends to do that.

[GulDukat]

Anselmo was a good fit for them, in terms of having them reach the sound/image that they were looking for, and he's good at what he does, it's just not my thing--the cookie monster, overly aggressive "singing."

[onthewall2983]

I've had limited engagement with Pantera's music but his voice was not that kind of guttural singing they do in death metal. Way more in the thrash tradition.

[Space Suicide]

I've had limited engagement with Pantera's music but his voice was not that kind of guttural singing they do in death metal. Way more in the thrash tradition.

[Archive_Reports]

I think Phil Anselmo is a terrible singer and he kind of ruins Pantera for me.

Dime's guitar tone is what does it for me. And the super clicky kick drum.