What's the worst music in the world? - Page 2 - Cyburbia Forums

Super Amputee Cat · 2010-03-09, 10:40 PM

I view the following types of music/"artists" as cultural pollution:

(C)rap: Hyperviolent, sexist, and repetititve
New Country. White trash and proud of it.
Pop - Anything played on pop stations these days
Boy Bands: "N Suck, Back Door Boys, New Kids on the Block, etc
Hannah Montana/Britney Spears/Hilary Duff etc-
Divas Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Getting a fork stabbed in the eye is preferable to listening to this excrement.

Contemporary Christian: Amy Grant, yada yada yada. Generic, sanitized swill.

Mud Princess · 2010-03-10, 08:53 AM

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Originally posted by Super Amputee Cat

I view the following types of music/"artists" as cultural pollution:

(C)rap: Hyperviolent, sexist, and repetititve
New Country. White trash and proud of it.
Pop - Anything played on pop stations these days
Boy Bands: "N Suck, Back Door Boys, New Kids on the Block, etc
Hannah Montana/Britney Spears/Hilary Duff etc-
Divas Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Getting a fork stabbed in the eye is preferable to listening to this excrement.

Contemporary Christian: Amy Grant, yada yada yada. Generic, sanitized swill.

I try to be open-minded but... yeah, I'm with you on all of the above.

And "death metal" is akin to nails on a chalkboard.

Seabishop · 2010-03-10, 09:19 AM

I like finding strange foreign music. I like the idea that what sounds like a bizarre swirl of strings to me is the equivalient of a Phil Collins song to someone in India.

Like most people here I don't appreciate Chinese music. But I'm guessing that a country that large with that much history and ethnic diversity has a lot going on musically that we don't know about.

My worst music in the world list includes Top 40 auto-tune music and contemporary country - the kind sung by hunks in cowboy hats who brag about how "country" they are.

Super Amputee Cat · 2010-03-10, 12:04 PM

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Originally posted by Seabishop

My worst music in the world list includes Top 40 auto-tune music and contemporary country - the kind sung by hunks in cowboy hats who brag about how "country" they are.

Yeah, most probably grew up in the suburbs listening to KISS

ofos · 2010-03-10, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by Super Amputee Cat

Yeah, most probably grew up in the suburbs listening to KISS

At least their musical tastes have improved slightly.

Whoa, I'm having some kind of bad mental image of Gene Simmons, the cowboy...

kalimotxo · 2010-03-10, 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by Super Amputee Cat

(C)rap: Hyperviolent, sexist, and repetititve

I have to disagree. There have always been, and remain, many intelligent rap and hip-hop artists that are dedicated to social justice and equality. While many of them aren't quite mainstream, some have charted hits... probably most notably Digable Planets, Blackalicious, and Roots. I agree that much of mainstream rap is unnecessarily obsessed with thug machismo, but I don't think it's fair to defame an entire musical genre based on a few idiots.

Tom R · 2010-03-10, 01:21 PM

DISCO Forever!

imaplanner · 2010-03-10, 01:27 PM

Music is subjective. Dissing music that you don't like just makes you all seem like whiney old codgers.

Duke Of Dystopia · 2010-03-10, 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by imaplanner

Music is subjective. Dissing music that you don't like just makes you all seem like whiney old codgers.

Man you are GRUMPY!

Mud Princess · 2010-03-10, 03:14 PM

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Originally posted by Tom R

DISCO Forever!

Heh - I think I still have my old "DISCO SUCKS" button from that era.

Now I hear disco songs like "The Hustle" over the PA at our local grocery store. It doesn't have the same effect on me as it did in the late '70s, though...

btrage · 2010-03-10, 03:19 PM

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Originally posted by imaplanner

Music is subjective. Dissing music that you don't like just makes you all seem like whiney old codgers.

I agree. I like so much music from so many different areas, I would never declare a specific genre as the worst.

I like music from N.W.A and Johny Cash to Miley Cyrus and Radiohead. I don't rule out entire genres of music.

Tom R · 2010-03-10, 03:43 PM

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Originally posted by imaplanner

Music is subjective. Dissing music that you don't like just makes you all seem like whiney old codgers.

Hey! I resemble that remark!

Tom R · 2010-03-10, 03:44 PM

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Originally posted by Mud Princess

Heh - I think I still have my old "DISCO SUCKS" button from that era.

Now I hear disco songs like "The Hustle" over the PA at our local grocery store. It doesn't have the same effect on me as it did in the late '70s, though...

Surely this will bring back memories of "Airplane!"
And don't call me Shirley!

Dave F · 2010-03-10, 05:18 PM

New Age Not only is it incredibly boring and therefore unsafe to listen to while driving, it also got huge blocks of airtime on countless public/community radio stations throughout the country at a time when all sorts of indie/alternative rock could not get on the air (i.e. before Nirvana made alternative mainstream). Bonus points for its cafeteria-like sampling of musical and religious traditions--often within the same track! Yet another thing to blame on the baby boomers.

"Acoustic" Seriously, try doing something other than singing along with one instrument all night--there's a world of possibilities out there. Also prevailed over alternative during the underground years on most noncommercial radio stations, thereby earning my ire.

As a side note, when I started working at the same place as a certain Moderator/heavy FAC poster that shall remain unnamed, our boss polled our music tastes to see if it would be possible to play music over his stereo for everyone in our 4 person office to listen to while working. The Mod replied "bagpipes," bringing the possibility of common office music to a screeching halt.

tsc · 2010-03-10, 07:59 PM

Chinese Grocery store music is the worst.

hilldweller · 2010-03-11, 10:23 AM

My vote is for all these emo bands from California with the ubiquitious whiny/depressed surfer-dude lead singer.

Dave F · 2010-03-11, 10:45 AM

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Originally posted by hilldweller

My vote is for all these emo bands from California with the ubiquitious whiny/depressed surfer-dude lead singer.

Or even worse....Emo Crunk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TH5ibABP4U

Warning: some adult language and you will be eternally ashamed if anyone catches you watching this crap

Super Amputee Cat · 2010-03-12, 03:02 PM

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Originally posted by kalimotxo

... but I don't think it's fair to defame an entire musical genre based on a few idiots.

Yeah but it's the idiots that sell 95% of the records.

Rygor · 2010-03-12, 03:31 PM

Anything by Kid Rock
Anything by NKOTB, Backstreet Boys, or their ilk
Hardcore gangsta rap that is just an attempt to be as "gangsta" as possible with no actual meaning behind it
Michael Bolton, Brian Adams, Richard Marx, et al.
Rap-reggae like Shaggy
"Divas" like Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, etc.
Most Nu-Metal and Emo crap they play these days
Pansy music on Apple commercials (Feist, etc.)
I've heard some pretty crappy local garage bands in my day, too (I'm talking ZERO talent)
Banal "spiritual" music...I might go to church more often if I didn't have to hear such bad music all the time
Most new country...most everything since Billy Ray Cyrus was popular has stunk

Bear Up North · 2010-03-13, 04:18 PM

This Bear is not gonna totally slam any single music genre. However, I don't have much love for rap. Some of Eminem's songs were kinda cool, shoved into his movie. I like Kid Rock, probably more because he is a Great Lakes area fan and he blends smash-mouth rock with rap. (He also wears a Pittsburgh Steeler t-shirt, so that makes him "OK" in my bag.

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Not much of a fan of what I call "bland pop". Odd that I would say that, because I have always been a fan of musicals. That said, you are going to seek me out and punish me for this submission for "awful".....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnk8SKD9zcA

Bear

2010-03-09, 10:40 PM	#26
Super Amputee Cat Cyburbian Registered: Mar 1999 Location: Mt. Vernon Posts: 1,521	I view the following types of music/"artists" as cultural pollution: (C)rap: Hyperviolent, sexist, and repetititve New Country. White trash and proud of it. Pop - Anything played on pop stations these days Boy Bands: "N Suck, Back Door Boys, New Kids on the Block, etc Hannah Montana/Britney Spears/Hilary Duff etc- Divas Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Getting a fork stabbed in the eye is preferable to listening to this excrement. Contemporary Christian: Amy Grant, yada yada yada. Generic, sanitized swill. __________________ Cyburbia Post Cards Cyburbia Dot Map

2010-03-10, 01:21 PM	#32
Tom R Cyburbian Registered: Jul 2002 Location: Akron Posts: 1,959	BAD Tunes DISCO Forever!

2010-03-10, 01:27 PM	#33
imaplanner Cyburbian Registered: May 2004 Location: Far away from sanity Posts: 2,607	Music is subjective. Dissing music that you don't like just makes you all seem like whiney old codgers. __________________ All this knowledge is giving me a raging brainer!

2010-03-10, 05:18 PM	#39
Dave F Cyburbian Registered: Nov 2001 Location: Hype capital of the world Posts: 71	My choices for the worst New Age Not only is it incredibly boring and therefore unsafe to listen to while driving, it also got huge blocks of airtime on countless public/community radio stations throughout the country at a time when all sorts of indie/alternative rock could not get on the air (i.e. before Nirvana made alternative mainstream). Bonus points for its cafeteria-like sampling of musical and religious traditions--often within the same track! Yet another thing to blame on the baby boomers. "Acoustic" Seriously, try doing something other than singing along with one instrument all night--there's a world of possibilities out there. Also prevailed over alternative during the underground years on most noncommercial radio stations, thereby earning my ire. As a side note, when I started working at the same place as a certain Moderator/heavy FAC poster that shall remain unnamed, our boss polled our music tastes to see if it would be possible to play music over his stereo for everyone in our 4 person office to listen to while working. The Mod replied "bagpipes," bringing the possibility of common office music to a screeching halt. Last edited by Dave F; 2010-03-10 at 05:25 PM. Reason: error, missing idea

2010-03-10, 07:59 PM	#40
tsc Cyburbian Registered: Oct 2002 Location: Under the Table Posts: 1,883 Blog entries: 6	Chinese Grocery store music is the worst. __________________ "Yeehaw!" is not a foreign policy Renovating the '62 Metzendorf http://metzendorf.blogspot.com/

2010-03-10, 09:19 AM	#28
Seabishop Cyburbian Registered: Nov 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,283	I like finding strange foreign music. I like the idea that what sounds like a bizarre swirl of strings to me is the equivalient of a Phil Collins song to someone in India. Like most people here I don't appreciate Chinese music. But I'm guessing that a country that large with that much history and ethnic diversity has a lot going on musically that we don't know about. My worst music in the world list includes Top 40 auto-tune music and contemporary country - the kind sung by hunks in cowboy hats who brag about how "country" they are.

2010-03-11, 10:23 AM	#41
hilldweller Cyburbian Plus Registered: Jan 2005 Location: graveyard of ideas Posts: 1,795	My vote is for all these emo bands from California with the ubiquitious whiny/depressed surfer-dude lead singer.

2010-03-12, 03:31 PM	#44
Rygor Cyburbian Registered: Jun 2009 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 508	Anything by Kid Rock Anything by NKOTB, Backstreet Boys, or their ilk Hardcore gangsta rap that is just an attempt to be as "gangsta" as possible with no actual meaning behind it Michael Bolton, Brian Adams, Richard Marx, et al. Rap-reggae like Shaggy "Divas" like Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, etc. Most Nu-Metal and Emo crap they play these days Pansy music on Apple commercials (Feist, etc.) I've heard some pretty crappy local garage bands in my day, too (I'm talking ZERO talent) Banal "spiritual" music...I might go to church more often if I didn't have to hear such bad music all the time Most new country...most everything since Billy Ray Cyrus was popular has stunk __________________ "When life gives you lemons, just say 'No thanks'." - Henry Rollins

2010-03-13, 04:18 PM	#45
Bear Up North Cyburbian Plus Registered: May 2003 Location: Northwestern Ohio Posts: 7,742	This Bear is not gonna totally slam any single music genre. However, I don't have much love for rap. Some of Eminem's songs were kinda cool, shoved into his movie. I like Kid Rock, probably more because he is a Great Lakes area fan and he blends smash-mouth rock with rap. (He also wears a Pittsburgh Steeler t-shirt, so that makes him "OK" in my bag. ) Not much of a fan of what I call "bland pop". Odd that I would say that, because I have always been a fan of musicals. That said, you are going to seek me out and punish me for this submission for "awful"..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnk8SKD9zcA Bear __________________ I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, um, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq and everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa and should help Iraq, Cyburbia, and the Asian countries,so we will be able to build up our future - Best sentence ever!