Controversial music opinions

[SGR]

The Great British Late-90s Album is Blur's 13

Interesting take - and indeed a great album.

But I'd slot in Pulp's This is Hardcore as the Great British Late-90s Album in favor of 13 myself.

[Janszoon]

OK Computer has a few great songs but overall it's not that great. The sound and production are stunning but not the songwriting. Very overrated. Both The Bends and Kid A/Amnesiac have better material.

I totally agree. I like a decent amount of individual Radiohead songs, but Kid A and Amnesiac are the only two albums of theirs that I like.

[SGR]

Kid A? Amnesiac?!

Hail to the Thief is the most interesting, compelling and varied Radiohead album. A perfect combination of their sound and aesthetics from the OK Computer era and the Kid A/Amnesiac electronic era.

[Janszoon]

Hail to the Thief is the most interesting, compelling and varied Radiohead album. A perfect combination of their sound and aesthetics from the OK Computer era and the Kid A/Amnesiac electronic era.

When Hail to the Thief came out, a friend of mine burned me a copy and I listened to it maybe twice. For me the fact that it harkened back to OK Computer was not a positive thing.

[Lexi Darling]

Kid A is a pretty good album, and I appreciate them taking that direction; I'm sure it introduced a lot of rock listeners to electronic music and opened a lot of minds. Must have been a heck of a head scratcher for fans back then. I wouldn't know, I was 11 years old and the world's number one Limp Bizkit fan in 2000.

Hail to the Thief is the kind of Radiohead sound that doesn't really do much for me. I admit it's been over a decade since I listened to it though.

[Janszoon]

Opinion: people who employ an extreme amount of vibrato in their singing, like Joan Baez, are borderline unlistenable.

[Lexi Darling]

Opinion: people who employ an extreme amount of vibrato in their singing, like Joan Baez, are borderline unlistenable.

I think for me it depends on the vocalist. David Bowie had a distinctive vibrato that I don't love all the time but it's just a part of the character of his voice. Not familiar with Baez outside of knowing "Diamonds and Rust" though.

My vocal opinion: Emo and pop punk vocals are fine and fitting for those genres, and criticizing them as "whiny" is kind of like criticizing gangsta rappers for sounding like tough guys or criticizing goth singers for sounding dramatic and spooky. Being whiny is kind of the point.

[Guybrush]

Opinion: people who employ an extreme amount of vibrato in their singing, like Joan Baez, are borderline unlistenable.

I'd agree with Joan Baez, but then I like it when Brian Ferry does it 🤔

[Gandalf]

Swans' post-2010 albums are a little bit boring and not that great. I mean they're decent, but not at the standard of their 80's and 90's output.

[jimmy jazz]

Lauryn Hill's album is bang average really. As well as being very corny.

People give it too much credit cos its the only one she made.

Has to be one of the most overrated albums of the past 30 years or so.

See it making greatest of all time lists and I just think na.

[Seven]

Unpopular opinion: The Ramones weren't the definitive American punk band, but the Misfits were.

Anyway, I just can't enjoy the Ramones songs like almost everyone that I know enjoy.

[jadis]

Lauryn Hill's album is bang average really. As well as being very corny.

People give it too much credit cos its the only one she made.

Has to be one of the most overrated albums of the past 30 years or so.

See it making greatest of all time lists and I just think na.

100%. She's not particularly musically gifted imho. I remember that a friend of mine who worked at a record store once popped on her unplugged session and it was horrendous. 

[GD]

Not sure if I talked about this on MB before, but – Animal Collective? Annoying-ass band. Yet to hear a single release from them I've thoroughly enjoyed
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Oh, and as for the discussion at the top of the page, you're all wrong bc the best Radiohead is In Rainbows

[jadis]

Not sure if I talked about this on MB before, but – Animal Collective? Annoying-ass band. Yet to hear a single release from them I've thoroughly enjoyed
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Oh, and as for the discussion at the top of the page, you're all wrong bc the best Radiohead is In Rainbows

ANCO's best known song, My Girls, is annoying and not that good but they've done some gorgeous music

This one gives me goosebumps

[GD]

ANCO's best known song, My Girls, is annoying and not that good but they've done some gorgeous music

This one gives me goosebumps

See, my problem with songs like that one is that I really like how it starts out with the instrumentation and production, but the whole track takes a major nosedive as it progresses, in large part due to the vocals. Who on earth thought it was a good idea for the singer (Avey or Panda Bear or whoever) to start making baby sounds at some point after the 6-minute mark??