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There’s a handful of things that you just don’t debate if you want to remain friends with people because there are as many opinions as there are people on this lovely planet and it won’t necessarily mean you will agree with them.

This includes everything from politics to religion to Monopoly rules. And, well, you’ve guessed it, music is also in this list.

Reddit has been sharing unpopular opinions on music, whether specifically aimed at artists, genres, or even the music industry in general.

Check out the curated list below, and while you’re at it, let us know your unpopular opinions on music and anything else pertaining to it in the comment section below. Oh, and be nice!

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#3

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Most mainstream musicians focus more on their theatrics and personas instead of music so a lot of it sounds the same and it’s bland

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People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Instrumentals are heavily underrated

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

500 years of dominating the classical charts has already established that; can't see how that's flying in the face of public opinion.

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People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Elton John doesn't get anywhere near the credit he deserves as an all time great. He should be discussed as a Top 5 solo career all time with only Elvis and MJ really being clear cut above him. But no one ever even brings him up in those discussions. I've never seen anyone able to write a coherent and borderline hit level song as quickly as Elton. Give him a sheet of words, they don't even have to be lyrics, and you'll have a hit in 5 minutes. If you don't believe me search "Elton John oven manual song" on YouTube.

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Sum Guy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Come to think of it... can't disagree with this. That being said, I'm off to listen to tiny dancer

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People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Soundtracks from tv show, movies and videogames are as good if not better than original music.

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Jayne Kyra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Final Fantasy, Dishonored, Elder Scrolls, Bioshock, Dragon Age, D:BH, Shadow Warrior, Bastion (so incredible!), Brutal Legend, Yakuza... I could go on, but I would like to hear the video game OSTs others enjoy.

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#8

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones You can still be considered a fan if you’ve only listened to one song but still respect the band. It’s so frustrating seeing people call others fake fans for only knowing like 3 songs. It doesn’t matter as long as you enjoy the music

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is super true; i believe it's worse to be a toxic fan who says stuff like that than a "fake" fan

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People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones For the most part the past 2 decades have been more about the marketability and/or ability of a person to be controversial than actual musicianship and talent.

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Daria B
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe what this means is that the past two decades have been more so like this compared to the past? I don't know, that's questionable. Controversy sells, it's been like this for ages.

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People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Every time somebody says that rock is dead I laugh really hard because I’ve heard it before... in 1978 from disco kids.

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#11

Gatekeeping is just as toxic in the music fan base culture as it is in any other fan base. I don’t need to know everything about someone to enjoy their music. Thanks, though.

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Daria B
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes.... it's even better not to know. There's artists who make great music, but then you find out they're assholes at best, literally criminals at worst.

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#12

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones People who only listen to one genre of music are suspect to me!

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Casey Burns
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My 15yr old cousin filled her Blues & Jazz folder on her Ipod with rap music. Fooled us all lol

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#13

Blasting your music makes no sense to me. I hate loud music. Play it at a volume you can hear it at. That’s all you need. Your neighbors don’t need to hear what you’re listening to.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd like to know why, when people listen to eardrum bursting music in their cars, that they have the passenger window wound down as well (well, they do in SA). I don't want to listen to your crap music.

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#14

Just because it’s classic rock doesn’t make it good

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eheheheh As a punk, I agree. Mwhahahah (anyway, there's good and bad songs in every scene, more or less)

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#15

Listening to music in languages you don't understand is far more enjoyable than listening to music in languages you do because you get to enjoy the human presence without having to engage with their problems.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I prefer songs in my language so I can sing along to it, but if a song has a good beat, tempo etc then I don't care what language it's in.

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#16

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones That I never grew out of my edgy phase because I still enjoy punk and alt rock

I grew up in the 2000's so my go-to's are: Green Day, Rise Against, The Offspring, Fall Out Boy, Sum 41, Sick Puppies, Paramore, Thousand Foot Krutch, Tonight Alive, Avenged 7x, Red, and Evanescence. There's more but that's a good list. I also have expanded my tastes, but I will always love punk/rock

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#17

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones George Harrison was the best Beatle and had the best career after they broke up music wise.

Mangobunny98 , Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Fotopersbureau (ANEFO) Report

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Glen MacLeod
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Harrison continued to innovate with great lyrics and melody. This is the man who gave us "While my guitar gently weeps."

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#18

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Eminem is very talented and I can appreciate that. However, to me he just sounds like a p!@#$d off chihuahua.

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People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Mariah Carey is in fact a musical genius.

What I mean is that for a singer with that kind of voice to have written, co-arranged, and co-produced 95% of her own material is pretty incredible, especially when you take into consideration the way her vocals are layered, her knack for engineering her own vocal climaxes and the way she weaves in different flourishes in each register. Its like she’s paints a canvas with her voice. I simply don't hear as many artists fill an entire song with a range of vocalizations the way she does despite the trashy diva image which I suppose turns most people off.

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#20

Hamilton is so massively overrated it hurts

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hamilton is great, but this is true. people act like it's the greatest thing to ever grace the broadway stage, but in reality it's not. but it is very wonderful!

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#21

I'm so f!@#$%g tired of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They play on every radio station from classic rock to contemporary to weird alternative stations. I can't escape them, and all of their songs sound the same, and I've heard every one a thousand times, I'm just sick of them.

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People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Kpop as a genre demands intense amounts of talent. You can watch one of their live performances and it would be clear. That being said, i despise the industry and how it treats its artists.

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#23

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones You don't need to be an amazing singer to be a worthwhile, talented artist. Taylor Swift can carry a tune but she isn't incredible, yet she really puts on a show and is a great songwriter. I don't really care if an artist autotunes or edits the sound of their voice, especially if it works with the song. Can't sing or play instruments but youve got Garageband and Autotune DOWN? Cool. You can still make good music in my eyes.

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#24

People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones “Songs About Jane” is Maroon 5’s only good album.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Adam Levine and his crap band must be one of the most, if not THE most, overrated musical act of the 00's. He can't fkcn sing and his falsetto is utterly annoying.

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#25

I never got the hype for 'Stairway to Heaven' being some all-time great song.

It's a good song but that's about as far as I'd go with it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As with all Zeppelin songs, it's about all aspects of the composition, music vocal and lyrics. Part of you opinion may be the overplay. Try the song performed by Heart. Both Bonams and Paige are amazing. Sorry, have to agree to disagree.

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Wandaluzt
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can't reply to this person here. They posted it on Reddit. They won't see your comment.

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Thorfin Wolfsbane
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What I do like about Stairway to Heaven is how it starts out all mellow and then builds and builds in intensity, so that by the end of the song its borderline frantic.

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CatFist
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same thing about Metallica's "One", or "Fade to Black"... or "The Day That Never Comes"... lots of their stuff really. But yes, I do love a good building intensity/theme

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was always the last song at the high school dance, when you got to finally make out and squeeze your date's butt.

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Jim Day
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yea, and Hamlet is just a violent and bloody story about some neurotic dane.

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J. F.
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The romance between Romeo and Juliet lasted three days and caused six deaths. Truly a love story....

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try Jimmy Hendrix's All along the watchtower or Voodoo child slight remix both are better then stairway

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Forrest McCanless
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah, that "soaring-ness" three-quarters through is the feeling that ALL MUSIC is trying to capture.

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BlueRasberry
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, im more of a "Highway to Hell" type of person, a song from AC/DC

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Henry Hagens
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think there is just something about it. Whenever I listen to it I find that it is constantly playing of in my mind for the rest of the day, more than with any other song. It is like a musical vortex.

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Mimi M
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the song. Thankfully, I didn't hear it get overplayed so I never got sick of it.

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Zach Heimann
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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once when introducing someone to Stairway, they said Robert Plant’s voice sucks.

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Yours truly
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I sooooo disagree. Dude I’m only in my teens and I LOVE this song, and so many other Led Zeppelin songs. The way it slowly gets faster is soooo satisfying

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Linda Niemczyk
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Google the lyrics to any Zeppelin song. The lyrics are quite deep. Love everything they do.

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Chris Allan
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When it came out in '71, it was a big deal, but... after hearing it for the past 50 years, it's just exhausting. I'd rather hear the Ann and Nancy Wilson do a cover of LZs "Battle of Evermore".

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a big Led Zeppelin fan, I agree. It’s not even in my top 10 of just their songs.

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Jackie Porter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really enjoy the song if it's sung by other artists. I cannot stand Robert Plant's voice. Ironically the best version I heard of Stairway was the one performed for Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Centre Honors concert by Anne and Nancy Wilson from Heart.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Led Zeppelin were serious plagiarists, especially Page. You can literally sing Stairway to Heaven's lyrics to the end of McCartney's You Never Give Me Your Money. They SO obviously ripped it off. Their reputation for stealing other people's music is well deserved - especially blues artists from the American south. I call them the greatest "cover band" of all time.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hrm. considering the fact that jimmy page stole most of the music for this song....yeah, hard to justify it as being more than it is....a good song, even a classic performance studio or otherwise....but no, not really a truly all time great song...led zeppelin screwing over so many artists of color kind knocks them way down, which is sad, because as a crew, they had plenty of talent and didn't really need to steal.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's some nice meme on the internet why Stairway to Heaven couldn't be aired today because it's too offensive.

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Thorfin Wolfsbane
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

if you want to buy a stairway to heaven nowadays, you gotta give Joel Osteen some "seed money"

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Eslamala
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel this way about With You Were Here by Pink Floyd.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not trying to troll you and you are certainly entitled to your opinion, but as a serious question I am curious as to why you feel that way. It has certainly gotten overplayed and isn't even in my top 30 favorite Floyd songs, but you seriously never liked it even the first few times you heard it? I have always found the lyrics to be poignant and some of David Gilmour's best guitar work and singing. I would be interested to hear why you feel that way about the song.

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I never got the hype for ANYTHING Led Zeppelin did. i can't stand them

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People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Indie music nowadays has been relegated to Ukuleles, random timed beats and nasal voices

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone is clearly uncultured. Ever heard of ajr? Half alive? Penelope Scott rings a bell? Caravan palace? Cavetown? Alec Benjamin?

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#27

The first Limp Bizkit album wasn't bad. S#$t went downhill fairly quick after that.

Same goes for Kid Rock.

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People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Huey Lewis and the News. Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

In '87, Huey released this; Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip To Be Square". A song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends. It's also a personal statement about the band itself.

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#29

Jazz is s#$t. It's a group of alleged musicians playing different tunes at the same time. Jazz aficionados that try and claim there's some sort of genius to making a god awful racket talk more s#$%e than wine experts.

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People Online Share Unpopular Opinions On Musicians, Genres, And The Industry, So Here’re 30 Spot-On Ones Music piracy made music better.

Money as a motivation to make music was basically removed from the equation. Nowadays, the people who make music do so mostly because they're artists. Loads of musicians these days are compelled to create to express themselves, because making music is in their soul, not to pander to an audience and make cash.

Obviously this doesn't apply to mainstream music. Luckily for all of us with Spotify, it's now super easy to ignore trashy mainstream nonsense, dig deep and find some real gems.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one was written by a choosy beggar. Apparently singers should sing for exposure. For free.

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