It is completely okay to have different opinions about music or food or anything else for that matter. It is also normal to not agree with one another. But there are some people in this world, who may have gone too far with their opposing views or are just trying to get on everybody's nerves. Recently, people on Twitter started sharing their unpopular music opinions, and some, while weird, are still acceptable, for example, standing by their love of country music. But then there were some who's opinion are simply outrageous, from calling the Beatles overrated to saying all rap music sucks, these people are definitely trying to stir up some arguments, and well, they succeeded.
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I prefer video game/film music, I find it stimulates my imagination and is often well composed (John Williams especially)
You've never heard of people complaining that an artist/band changed their style? There's even one comment at the Taylor Swift post that says she prefered her country style
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Prime example would be Linkin Park. They weren't limited to a genre. I'm quite eclectic in my musical taste so I liked all of their albums .But people hated the new stuff because "they weren't Linkin Park enough" , whatever that means.
Personally I hate new stuff, because they used to have beautiful music, new stuff sounds like white noise to me. And no I don't think that they needed to stay the same. I'm unhappy, because they evolved outside the type of music I can understand.
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This one, I wholeheartedly agree. Why limit your taste, and their musical talent to only a specific style...? Wouldn't that be boring after a while?
Depends. Sometimes if a specific artist gets out his comfort zone, the results aren't always good. Only few are able to change or alter their trademark genre. Primal Scream is a valid example: every album is different from the album before. They are mainly an alternative rock band but their most succesful record, "Screamadalica" is the milestone of the early rave days...
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I don't fully agree with this. Bands naturally evolve over time, but if one radically changes style, it's understandable why old fans would be unhappy. I come to an artist for a certain style of music. If I loved their metal music, I'm not going to stick around for a sudden change to pop. I think if the artist wants to start playing music that is very different it would be better to make a new band/new stage name. For example I like Celldweller a lot. Klayton (the guy behind Celldweller) makes electronic music in several different genres and he has a different stage name for every style he plays, and I appreciate that, because I know what kind of music to expect.
Thats like my drawing. People said I drew it wrong even if it's from my imagination. Only some people support me.
Take Lady Gaga, for instance. The album she did with Tony Bennett is amazing, and totally unlike her other stuff!!
Genres are only as powerful as people let them be. Kind of like politicians or government.
Mmmm... Yeah, you shouldn't get mad at an artist for changing, growing. If their 'new' music genuinly sucks, yeah, than you're allowed to be mad. I used to be a huuuuge fan of Within Temptation during my teenage years. At one point they released an album I just didn't really feel... ofcourse I felt disappointed, sad to feel like I was 'losing' my favorite band. Stayed like that for many years, now I listened to their most recent album and I actually like it! It's okay to not like éverything an artist/band releases, but don't judge them too much for it, especially not loudly on the internet.
I think that's the problem with people being fans of a certain band/artist instead of being a fan of their music. The artist/band becomes a label that must operate in a certain way. They feel like that artist must keep creating things they'll like, since they're the fans, and they feel betrayed if the artist does anything different.
Does this applies to what happened to Avril? That when he changed genre people conspires on her.
Everyone should be allowed to listen to what kind of music they want! There's garbage modern music and there's garbage music made in the past
When will we learn music and any kind of art is, in most cases, subjective? Yeah, there are really lots of examples of trash out there, but, once again, is my opinion, my taste in music.
More than a third of the listed bands/singers and/or their music are completely unknown to me. I feel so old now :(
I am still in school and I dont know these people...gaaaaaaah
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Today's music is DOODOO!!! Everybody on the radio these days sounds the same, you can't even tell the difference between them. Alessia Cara or Halsey? Khalid or Post Malone? Every singer on the radio has the same voice and it all sucks. This generation of rap-inspired doodoo music with overused topics needs to die.
yah. not everybody wants to hear about singer's breakups in an annoying fashion
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If all you sing/rap about is your riches, you're an a*****e singer and I refuse to listen to you.
Metal and many of of its sub-genres are underrated. It's difficult to find another genre that requires the technical skill of metal musicians; let alone getting upwards of 5 talented people in your act coming together perfectly.
Pop music nowadays are overly polished & not enough soul or lost its raw form!
Music was something that just gave you a feeling of contentment. Not a whole lot of true talent now and seldom write their own music. Throw in a few profanities, screw someone and take someone out and you have a "song". There is still true talent out there but if they don't have that whore or gangsta persona it is not reaching the kids in today's society. What is with the frigging tattoos on the face? How stupid is this?
My weird opinion: electro can be pretty good. Mixed with industrial metal . . . Goodness! I don’t mean light dubstep. I honestly am not a fan of rap myself. Most of it that’s popular is just . . . *oof*. But to each their own!
All of the comments saying "X is overrated" are true - even the Beatles! I say this because there are so many bands out there just as (or, occasionally, nearly as) good that never "make it" and almost nobody ever hears about them. It's like Harry Potter - good books, 4-7 are great even, I loved the series. But why did they become so beloved when there are books out there just as good or better that never went mainstream? So yeah, the Beatles are great, Harry Potter is great, but they're still over-rated because 99% of bands and books are under-rated. :)
I don’t think that make Harry Potter overrated, it just makes the better but less popular books underrated.
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I can't stand Christina Aguilera's singing voice or Ariana Grande's...Christina does annoying a*s "runs" too much and I don't like her tone, and Ariana is too breathy and mumbles too much. I can never understand what she is saying.
Christina is a very good singer. I think Ariana is as well, people conflate her annoying personality with her musical ability.
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Will totally agree with the facts of Beyonce songs being overrated and Beyonce herself.... Also cardi b songs aren't just it ... songs now are just about drugs, sex and shiity things 🤷🏾 ...thats the only reason why cardi b won the Grammy's award🤦🏾
Songs have been about drugs and sex since the 1950’s. Grow up, little girl.
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I listen to black metal but because I have lots of tattoos (someone actually once said to me "you have your fingers tattooed, you clearly don't listen to 'nice' music") and wear mostly black, people assume I'm a music snob but as I'm writing this, I'm listening to Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys and before that I was listening to Bone Machine by Tom Waits. If I like it, I like it. I know a lot of people who only listen to one genre of music and refuse to listen to anything else; it takes the joy out of music completely.
Fellow metaller here, put that b******t Beach Boys away and listen to Nattefrost now, burning churches, corpse paint etc etc.
Load More Replies... An idea: Arctic monkeys are lowkey good and people should stop grouping arctic monkeys, the neighborhood and the 1975 together. Also, pop-punk deserves better(Listen to state champs, knuckle puck, real friends, all time low, etc if you never heard of any pop-punk, which is green day,blink-182 etc)
Y'all should listen to Nico Collins. He's super talented but also super underrated. He should have a Grammy.
The trend of celebrities all coming out with music despite not being famous for singing is stupid because they can’t actually sing but fans will buy it anyways
I am still being teased 25 years later for being a Hanson fan! They've continued to make misic.
All of the people saying they don't like any current music, there are lots of artists that you might like if you don't just stick to mainstream. There are so many local/smaller artists out there. I didn't 'discover' music until in my mid 20s because all I heard was mainstream and I just tuned out (though I did like a bit of the 'golden oldies). Then I was living with my brother and he had a local station on all the time and it just clicked. I didn't dislike music, I just hadn't heard anything that was interesting.
My top fav songs: Savage Love, Watermelon Sugar, Just Let Me Adore You, Blinding Lights, Dynamite (not the popular one).
Everyone saying emo is stupid It's not okay? Get that through your pea sized brain
The only thing more annoying than mainstream music and it’s fans are people who go out of their way to make a show of not liking it. Like, your bookish gamer nerd persona and the the music that goes with it is so trite that it might as well be mainstream too. Most of the comments here are just taking the contrarian position to the mainstream standard. No actual individual thought at all. They end up just being a different kind of mainstream. Not trying to be holier than thou, I just don’t know how else to put it.
I find it hilarious that even on posts meant to be open to opinions we still get so many hidden submissions
Downvotes just mean people disagree. I don't see how being open to opinions and disagreeing with them are exclusive
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I've been an Elton John fan for more than 40 years now, so none of these "unpopular" opinions are new to me, lol! In the mid-70s, this was a popular opinion. Now, not so much. And I spent WAY too much time arguing with a Swiftie on Twitter that Kate Bush was the far more talented of the two ladies, but she had no Grammys to show for it whereas Taylor has something like 10. In the end, it's all subjective anyway. Listen to whatever and whoever makes you happy, end of.
I'm shocked that TJler hasn't said something negative yet. Poor dude. Don't hate on him, he hates himself already.
Oh hot dang! He isn’t! I’ve gotten to the point where I always search for his comments. I’m always curious about what he has to say.
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Music these days...jeez. Also, if you feel like it, anytime you see a comment from me, click,on it,and tell me what you think a my post I have. Not,that great of a post, I may delete it sometime,,but just wanted to get feedback. 👍 I will be checking out your guys profiles, too!!!
Once you join a K-pop fandom, you get used to these kind of comments.
Like Bryan is the worst singer ever. He's banned from playing in my car.
What? Why are we just posting a bunch of opinions about something as subjective as music?
All religions have a tenet equivalent to treat others the way you want to be treated. That begins with respecting people's personal tastes. Whatever music you enjoy is what you enjoy. I don't need to think about it or comment on it.
I agree. They're saying that "so-and-so sucks" but then not giving a reason and it's annoying and stupid as heck
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I recommend this video, The Truth About Popular Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP0wuwJBdMI
Phil Collins blows. Kelly Rowland is better than Beyoncé. Just because you can make your lyrics rhyme doesn't make you a rapper. Auto-tune ruins every song it's used in. Playing sound effects to a rhythm is not music. Justin Timberlake did not improve when he went solo. One Direction were god-awful, and their solo stuff is as bad, or worse.
I once went to a birthday where I only really knew the birthday girl. I talked to some people about music, and told them I always switch radio stations when I hear either Coldplay or Ed Sheeran. No one wanted to talk to me after that. Talk about unpopular opinions. I was hoping at least one of these would be in this list... :P
BTW. I do understand why people would like Coldplay and Ed Sheeran. It's just that their voices annoy me... :')
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Everyone should be allowed to listen to what kind of music they want! There's garbage modern music and there's garbage music made in the past
When will we learn music and any kind of art is, in most cases, subjective? Yeah, there are really lots of examples of trash out there, but, once again, is my opinion, my taste in music.
More than a third of the listed bands/singers and/or their music are completely unknown to me. I feel so old now :(
I am still in school and I dont know these people...gaaaaaaah
Load More Replies... Today's music is DOODOO!!! Everybody on the radio these days sounds the same, you can't even tell the difference between them. Alessia Cara or Halsey? Khalid or Post Malone? Every singer on the radio has the same voice and it all sucks. This generation of rap-inspired doodoo music with overused topics needs to die.
yah. not everybody wants to hear about singer's breakups in an annoying fashion
Load More Replies... If all you sing/rap about is your riches, you're an a*****e singer and I refuse to listen to you.
Metal and many of of its sub-genres are underrated. It's difficult to find another genre that requires the technical skill of metal musicians; let alone getting upwards of 5 talented people in your act coming together perfectly.
Pop music nowadays are overly polished & not enough soul or lost its raw form!
Music was something that just gave you a feeling of contentment. Not a whole lot of true talent now and seldom write their own music. Throw in a few profanities, screw someone and take someone out and you have a "song". There is still true talent out there but if they don't have that whore or gangsta persona it is not reaching the kids in today's society. What is with the frigging tattoos on the face? How stupid is this?
My weird opinion: electro can be pretty good. Mixed with industrial metal . . . Goodness! I don’t mean light dubstep. I honestly am not a fan of rap myself. Most of it that’s popular is just . . . *oof*. But to each their own!
All of the comments saying "X is overrated" are true - even the Beatles! I say this because there are so many bands out there just as (or, occasionally, nearly as) good that never "make it" and almost nobody ever hears about them. It's like Harry Potter - good books, 4-7 are great even, I loved the series. But why did they become so beloved when there are books out there just as good or better that never went mainstream? So yeah, the Beatles are great, Harry Potter is great, but they're still over-rated because 99% of bands and books are under-rated. :)
I don’t think that make Harry Potter overrated, it just makes the better but less popular books underrated.
Load More Replies... I can't stand Christina Aguilera's singing voice or Ariana Grande's...Christina does annoying a*s "runs" too much and I don't like her tone, and Ariana is too breathy and mumbles too much. I can never understand what she is saying.
Christina is a very good singer. I think Ariana is as well, people conflate her annoying personality with her musical ability.
Load More Replies... Will totally agree with the facts of Beyonce songs being overrated and Beyonce herself.... Also cardi b songs aren't just it ... songs now are just about drugs, sex and shiity things 🤷🏾 ...thats the only reason why cardi b won the Grammy's award🤦🏾
Songs have been about drugs and sex since the 1950’s. Grow up, little girl.
Load More Replies... I listen to black metal but because I have lots of tattoos (someone actually once said to me "you have your fingers tattooed, you clearly don't listen to 'nice' music") and wear mostly black, people assume I'm a music snob but as I'm writing this, I'm listening to Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys and before that I was listening to Bone Machine by Tom Waits. If I like it, I like it. I know a lot of people who only listen to one genre of music and refuse to listen to anything else; it takes the joy out of music completely.
Fellow metaller here, put that b******t Beach Boys away and listen to Nattefrost now, burning churches, corpse paint etc etc.
Load More Replies... An idea: Arctic monkeys are lowkey good and people should stop grouping arctic monkeys, the neighborhood and the 1975 together. Also, pop-punk deserves better(Listen to state champs, knuckle puck, real friends, all time low, etc if you never heard of any pop-punk, which is green day,blink-182 etc)
Y'all should listen to Nico Collins. He's super talented but also super underrated. He should have a Grammy.
The trend of celebrities all coming out with music despite not being famous for singing is stupid because they can’t actually sing but fans will buy it anyways
I am still being teased 25 years later for being a Hanson fan! They've continued to make misic.
All of the people saying they don't like any current music, there are lots of artists that you might like if you don't just stick to mainstream. There are so many local/smaller artists out there. I didn't 'discover' music until in my mid 20s because all I heard was mainstream and I just tuned out (though I did like a bit of the 'golden oldies). Then I was living with my brother and he had a local station on all the time and it just clicked. I didn't dislike music, I just hadn't heard anything that was interesting.
My top fav songs: Savage Love, Watermelon Sugar, Just Let Me Adore You, Blinding Lights, Dynamite (not the popular one).
Everyone saying emo is stupid It's not okay? Get that through your pea sized brain
The only thing more annoying than mainstream music and it’s fans are people who go out of their way to make a show of not liking it. Like, your bookish gamer nerd persona and the the music that goes with it is so trite that it might as well be mainstream too. Most of the comments here are just taking the contrarian position to the mainstream standard. No actual individual thought at all. They end up just being a different kind of mainstream. Not trying to be holier than thou, I just don’t know how else to put it.
I find it hilarious that even on posts meant to be open to opinions we still get so many hidden submissions
Downvotes just mean people disagree. I don't see how being open to opinions and disagreeing with them are exclusive
Load More Replies... I've been an Elton John fan for more than 40 years now, so none of these "unpopular" opinions are new to me, lol! In the mid-70s, this was a popular opinion. Now, not so much. And I spent WAY too much time arguing with a Swiftie on Twitter that Kate Bush was the far more talented of the two ladies, but she had no Grammys to show for it whereas Taylor has something like 10. In the end, it's all subjective anyway. Listen to whatever and whoever makes you happy, end of.
I'm shocked that TJler hasn't said something negative yet. Poor dude. Don't hate on him, he hates himself already.
Oh hot dang! He isn’t! I’ve gotten to the point where I always search for his comments. I’m always curious about what he has to say.
Load More Replies... Music these days...jeez. Also, if you feel like it, anytime you see a comment from me, click,on it,and tell me what you think a my post I have. Not,that great of a post, I may delete it sometime,,but just wanted to get feedback. 👍 I will be checking out your guys profiles, too!!!
Once you join a K-pop fandom, you get used to these kind of comments.
Like Bryan is the worst singer ever. He's banned from playing in my car.
What? Why are we just posting a bunch of opinions about something as subjective as music?
All religions have a tenet equivalent to treat others the way you want to be treated. That begins with respecting people's personal tastes. Whatever music you enjoy is what you enjoy. I don't need to think about it or comment on it.
I agree. They're saying that "so-and-so sucks" but then not giving a reason and it's annoying and stupid as heck
Load More Replies... I recommend this video, The Truth About Popular Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP0wuwJBdMI
Phil Collins blows. Kelly Rowland is better than Beyoncé. Just because you can make your lyrics rhyme doesn't make you a rapper. Auto-tune ruins every song it's used in. Playing sound effects to a rhythm is not music. Justin Timberlake did not improve when he went solo. One Direction were god-awful, and their solo stuff is as bad, or worse.
I once went to a birthday where I only really knew the birthday girl. I talked to some people about music, and told them I always switch radio stations when I hear either Coldplay or Ed Sheeran. No one wanted to talk to me after that. Talk about unpopular opinions. I was hoping at least one of these would be in this list... :P
BTW. I do understand why people would like Coldplay and Ed Sheeran. It's just that their voices annoy me... :')
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