Well easy answer is Taylor Swift, she’s a fine singer but not amazing, samey lyrics, like the McDonald’s of music. Is she a band? Idk. Agree with KISS.
It sounds like you don’t like pop music. 1989 is an objectively good album. I don’t know anything else about any of her other music, but that single album is DENSE with well executed main stream pop.
Having said that, should tickets to see her be as expensive as they are? Should people be as obsessed with her as they are? No on both counts.
I like a lot of pop music, mostly synth pop, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Hall and Oates, Billy Ocean, Howard Jones, Michael Jackson (yea). I listened to the album, it’s definitely well produced and catchy but I didn’t hear anything new at all, it’s very formulaic, which is fine for pop music of course but she’s definitely not doing anything new or exciting so I don’t get the hype at all. It’s good pop music sure, but filling stadiums? People flying around the world? I dunno. It’s more a cult of personality.
I think they should be upfront with people that when they go to her concert, they’re not hearing her sing live, at least most of the time, and they are not hearing the band play live.
It should be obvious that no singer could do several 3-hour shows a week for more than a year, and not have it affect her voice.
Just check out the Wings of Pegasus YouTube channel, to see where two different concerts in different countries had exactly the same music (vocal and instrumental).
I know several people who spent thousands of dollars to see her in concert. I’m not going to go out of my way to ruin the memory for them. They got the experience they wanted. But I’m also not going to pretend that it was a musical experience.
Imagine Dragons, ugh, music designed for car commercials and 8th graders, fucking rip my ear drums out.
I’d just add that I think part of their popularity comes from their “safe” image. You put on an Imagine Dragons song, you know you’re getting a pretty apolitical “pop-rock” song, not like those dumb hippies from the 70s or those indie-rock losers. Which I think sucks, to be clear.
whats wrong with imagine dragons?
Exactly my thought, Kiss is like royalty free muzak rock.
I bought this album (Meatloaf, Bat out of Hell) back when you went to record stores and flipped through albums and bought something because the cover looked cool. I was already listening to Judas Priest, Iron Maiden… I was like wtf is this. Never understood that genre. And yeah, kiss sucks too.
Meatloaf is a classically trained opera singer, and wanted to make rock ballads. I can understand people not getting it. Bat out of Hell II, Back into Hell was where he really hit his stride.
Meatloaf just had this annoying voice that made his music unbearable, the instrumentation is kinda ok if you like bloated overdramatic arena rock.
Being an anti-wax asshat, he died of COVID a couple of years ago. He was gonna do anything for love, but he wouldn’t do that.
Exactly, also if you ever seen their photos in magazines from back in the 70s, they would have Pyro and spit out fake blood. If you never heard any of their songs just based on the visuals, you would think they were some deep disturbed hard-core metal but when you listen to their songs, it sounds like something you would hear on Sesame Street.
If anyone says Rush, I will find you…oh yes, I will find you.
Rush is goddamn terrible. Every song changes tempo 12 times so the drummer can show off.
Ghost. It’s just not metal. You can be into it and I’m not going to judge you or anything, but just stop calling it metal, it’s arena rock. Sticking feathers up your ass doesn’t make you a chicken.
Same thing with Avril Lavigne when she first came out I remember a lot of people on TV as well in my personal life would call her the queen of punk no, she is not punk just because somebody wears leather arm guards and has a shitty attitude doesn’t make you punk.
You just don’t get it, man, punk isn’t about rebellion, community, individualism, and anti-authoritarianism, it’s about wearing ties with wifebeaters and singing about boys!
Now I’m gonna sing about a sk8er boy and sell t-shirts at hot topic.
That’s #punkasfuck
I’ll get stoned to death, but I’ll say Metallica.
Yes, they popularized thrash metal and metal genre as an extension.
Yes, they’re the best-selling metal band.
Yes, Ride the Lightning and …and Justice for All are great albums—they’re on my favorites list also.
No, they’re not “the best metal band of all time”. I’d even say they’re one of the weaker bands in the entire thrash metal genre. I’d rather listen to Exodus, Testament, Annihilator, Destruction, etc. than to listen Metallica, if I don’t crave one of their songs particularly.
Hating metallica is a common thing nowadays, they really fell from grace a while ago when people realized they were jerk divas.
I still remember the Napster case. They should’ve disbanded after Jason Newsted left their sorry asses.
My hot take: Metallica should be replaced in the big 4 by Suicidal Tendencies, but don’t worry, that means Rob gets to stay at least, he’s the only talent they had left anyway
ST is more crossover than thrash, that’s why I wouldn’t add them. My big four would be like this:
- Megadeth
- Exodus
- Testament
- Overkill
I also think Rob made a successful financial decision, but his musical career took a nose dive; he entered the band when the boys were done with music and became their own tribute band.
It’s also not metal to sue people for millions of dollars because they downloaded one of your shitty songs off of Napster.
They lost their cool after the Moscow concert.
Why is it always KISS? People are making the mistake of treating KISS as musicians. They are showmen and good at their job. The music is just the background. I saw them live once and it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
Also, KISS is enjoyable to listen to. I’m not putting on headphones, taking my choice of medication, and having a transcendental experience.
I’m Shouting Out Loud. I’m Lickin’ It Up. I’m Rock n’ Rolling All Nite (and Partying Every Day). I’m Detriot Rock City…ing.
Steven Patrick Morrissey. Fuck him and his whiney bitch voice. He’s also an asshole.
the rolling stones are a singles band. they dont have even one solid album
Exile on Main Street, Sticky Fingers…
listened to both multiple times. total bore to me
The Ramones. If ever a band deserved to be a 1-hit wonder, this is it.
Dream Theater back when they were a thing
To be honest? AC/DC; they’ve got plenty of good songs but plenty of duds as well. It’s pretty much become one of those bands that if you ask someone, who’s wearing their tshirt what their favourite song/album is, they either won’t be able to give you an answer, or pick a really obvious one (most likely either Highway to Hell or Hell’s Bells).
It’s the same with Metallica and, to a lesser extent, Iron Maiden.
Metallica for sure as a 42 year old I’m a fan of them or to be specific I’m a fan of 2 albums, justice for all and the black album. I never stood the long-term appeal of them. I have a friend who is the same age as me who is a diehard fan of Metallica they kind of remind me of the next generation kiss. And also on top of that, they helped destroy Napster.
I obviously never met any of them but the band itself just comes across as a bunch of douchebags, especially James Hetfield.
If any band has enough fans to have a “fandom”, they deserve it. You still never have to listen to them or buy their music and that is fine as well. Anyone who names a band they dislike, probably has one they like that others on here hate. Big deal. Everyone has their own taste. All hype is, well, hype. It is all manufactured.
