Unpopular Opinions You Hold About Music

[Avaitor]

I get so much play off of that album.

The entirety of The Cult's 80's stuff is pretty strong, actually.

[No-Personality]

"She Sells Sanctuary" is the best song of the 80's.

I sure hope this isn't a minority opinion, though.

I just (re-)did my Top 300 Singles of the 80's list (last month). "Rain" made it, "Sanctuary" didn't:

http://mubi.com/lists/my-top-300-greatest-singles-of-the-1980s-full-list

-Dylan is a poser and has a terrible singing voice.

I can't stand over 90% of BD's music, so I'm inclined to agree.

--Lennon is overrated.

I'd agree if it weren't for "Instant Karma!" and "Whatever Gets You thru the Night." (Oh yeah, and I like "Happy XMas.")

[Avaitor]

Do you remember the "Shallow Boy" chick from Boy Meets World?

Tori Amos is the real-life version of her.

[Karamazova]

I absolutely loathe Amanda Palmer, though a bunch of people I know worship her.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Do you remember the "Shallow Boy" chick from Boy Meets World?

Tori Amos is the real-life version of her.

Wasn't she based on Fiona Apple, Alanis Morrisette and most of the angry girl movement?

It's actually funny how well they nailed the trend with that episode.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Too Tough To Die is End Of The Century done right.

It's also the best album they ever made and exactly what they had been trying to do sonically since their first album.

[No-Personality]

Do you remember the "Shallow Boy" chick from Boy Meets World?

Tori Amos is the real-life version of her.

Wasn't she based on Fiona Apple, Alanis Morrisette and most of the angry girl movement?

Do you really have that narrow a view on women in music?

Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, and Alanis Morissette have made incredible music. It can't be written off with 1 word.

[Avaitor]

I don't think Spark was attacking the female singer-songwriter craze with his post, and neither was I. In fact, I'm pretty sure he's a fan of some of Alanis and Fiona's stuff, and I appreciate all three myself.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Do you remember the "Shallow Boy" chick from Boy Meets World?

Tori Amos is the real-life version of her.

Wasn't she based on Fiona Apple, Alanis Morrisette and most of the angry girl movement?

Do you really have that narrow a view on women in music?

Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, and Alanis Morissette have made incredible music. It can't be written off with 1 word.

Uh, that was the era of rock music. I spoke nothing of the quality of the music.

[No-Personality]

You belittled the music by putting it in the same narrow box that people who should have taken it more seriously did, making themselves look like assholes. You... want to associate yourself with that kind of brainless sexism because other people will accept it as a familiar shorthand?

I'll say I'm sorry if I should but I really, really can't stand this kind of thing. It boils my blood when someone is a part of a discussion where praise is thrown out to artists who are no less debatable than Apple, Amos, and Morissette and yet these women's music is so quickly dismissed.

Oh, and my comment wasn't only directed at you.

[Spark Of Spirit]

It was the easiest way to describe an era in music when women wrote aggressive music and people parodied them in an archetype. I just used three quick names that came to mind to state an example It's not quite a Greaser and Soc relationship because I was just trying to make a quick distinction. If people want to know the truth, the music is right their to listen to, they can make their own distinction.

You don't have to apologize, we're just arguing semantics. 

But if I offended you, I'm sorry. Anyway, Head Over Feet is one of my favorite songs from the era.

[Commode]

I always found it funny that the "angry women of rock" title was focused on artists like those, especially in an era that also had the likes of Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, The Distillers, and Tilt(some of my favorites).  All of them were much more aggresive and/or abrasive than anything those others put out.  I mean, Alanis has "You Oughta Know", which is an aggresive song in it's own right, but her other well-known songs are fairly upbeat.

[No-Personality]

I always found it funny that the "angry women of rock" title was focused on artists like those, especially in an era that also had the likes of Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, The Distillers, and Tilt(some of my favorites).  All of them were much more aggresive and/or abrasive than anything those others put out.  I mean, Alanis has "You Oughta Know", which is an aggresive song in it's own right, but her other well-known songs are fairly upbeat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvgi7P97lu0

[Avaitor]

Adele is the British Taylor Swift

-They both dedicate entire albums to bitching about their exes...
-...aside from the token "maybe I'm the bad guy after all" track on each album, ("Somebody Like You", "Back to December")
-This trend of songwriting really only changes for movie soundtracks ("skyfall", "Safe and Sound")
-They both even sound the same in interviews.

Admittedly, this is a stupid post. But yeah, I don't get the appeal of Adele, but at least she doesn't bring womenkind back 50+ years like T Swift does.

[The Shadow Gentleman]

Adele is the British Taylor Swift

-They both dedicate entire albums to bitching about their exes...
-...aside from the token "maybe I'm the bad guy after all" track on each album, ("Somebody Like You", "Back to December")
-This trend of songwriting really only changes for movie soundtracks ("skyfall", "Safe and Sound")
-They both even sound the same in interviews.

Admittedly, this is a stupid post. But yeah, I don't get the appeal of Adele, but at least she doesn't bring womenkind back 50+ years like T Swift does.

Wow, I never thought about that. Now that I think about it, your right. Now I've finally pinpointed the reason I don't like Adele.