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Jayce February 19th, 2015 4:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Chikara (Post 8623429)
Broad City >>>>>> Workaholics, though I love them both so much.

hell yeah. I don't see enough Broad City love.

Anyway:
  • I actually think Miley Cyrus is quite talented, she just performs (in my opinion) subpar songs. I was really impressed with her performance of "Jolene" (here).
  • Maybe this isn't so unpopular, but I mainly see people shit talking them (including in this thread) so I'll say it here anyway: Green Day is my favorite band.
  • I don't particularly enjoy Bradley Cooper's acting. Like I don't have anything against him and he's been in some good movies but I'm just tired of seeing him?
  • In response to the pop music discussion going on in here: 2014 was a great year for pop music. And that's not usually my thing.

That's all I got. eh.

El Héroe Oscuro February 19th, 2015 6:18 PM

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Originally Posted by maccrash (Post 8625150)
this isn't unpopular in Real Life but I think Taylor Swift is awesome

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2012/12/BooThisMan.gif

Her music is terrible lol.

Charlie Brown February 19th, 2015 7:44 PM

Clearly an unpopular opinion here but I think music taste is subjective and instead of putting so much energy into hating things (eg pop music) people should understand that different people have different tastes and that doesn't mean that anyone is superior based on their tastes. Just like with movies for example, some people prefer rom coms, others like action movies. Some like artsy movies, others prefer more standard Hollywood blockbusters. Just because something exists doesn't mean that it needs to please everyone, and just because it doesn't please you, doesn't mean that it's objectively bad.

Winter February 19th, 2015 10:37 PM

I'm pretty sure this is an unpopular opinion or way of thinking but I don't like the idea of comparing artists together regardless of them being in the same genre, generation, etc. I know that I hate to be compared to someone else and so I don't do the same. If you think Artist A is better than B in doing something like dancing for example, that's fine for having an opinion but I don't think anyone has a right to use such a comparison (that is also unfair because that's like comparing apples to oranges. Are you going to put down the orange for not being red enough?) to put down someone or use it an excuse to attack them personally. There are other better and more mature and constructive ways to go about criticizing someone than merely saying "you're bad because XYZ does it better."

Rest February 20th, 2015 1:21 AM

Music and film-related stuff.
  • A lot of people seemed to hate on the fact that The Streets' Original Pirate Material was The Guardian's choice for the greatest album of the decade ('00-'09) in their list, notably above albums like Kid A, Funeral and Untrue. Personally, I have no qualms with it. It's, frankly speaking, a stroke of lyrical genius, the beats are eccentric yet so fitting, and it's one of the best works of the UK garage genre without a doubt. If I had to make a similar best-of list, I'd put it above Radiohead's Kid A any day as well.
  • Green Day recorded one of my favorite albums of the previous decade in American Idiot.
  • Birdman and Whiplash are good films but they aren't as incredible as people tout them to be.
  • Gone Girl is incredibly underrated.
  • I loved Into the Woods.
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier > Guardians of the Galaxy any day.
  • Paul Thomas Anderson's best film thus far ain't There Will Be Blood or The Master. It's Boogie Nights.
  • The common notion is that Aphex Twin's Syro was the best electronic album of 2014. It really, really wasn't.
  • I will never vibe with Donald Glover as a rapper like most people can. I love the guy but I can't not see him as anyone else but Troy Barnes. I've listened to Because the Internet once and I kept imagining Troy the Community character rapping and it was very distracting.
  • Daft Punk's Random Access Memories may be well-made but it's bland as all shit and doesn't deserve all of its praises.
  • People seem to like it but Panda Bear's new album PBMTGR is a huge mess.
  • There were a lot of emo LPs that were lauded last year but personally, 2014 was a barebones year for emo I thought. Some of my favorite emo acts like Joyce Manor and Empire! Empire! put out really disappointing follow-ups to their previous albums, not to mention many of the debut LPs from newer acts. Only Two Knights, The Hotelier and Human Hands came close to scratching my genre itch.
  • I like Taylor Swift's music quite a bit (though looking through this thread, it's no longer an unpopular opinion lol).

Megan February 20th, 2015 2:46 AM

- Hype in every form, which also includes people who get on the hype train, only to complain afterwards, because the thing they hyped so much didn't become what they wanted it to be. Those people should really be ashamed of themselves...
- the term "Poketuber"; like reall: do you feel so special for making Pokemon related content, that you have to call yourself that? I've never heard of Zeldatubers, Minecrafttubers, Final Fantasy-tubers and whatever else is popular. You're just a Youtuber, who does Pokemon related content and nothing more.
- modern stuff is just so generic, every song's the same, every game plays like every other game from the same genre and in order to make new stuff, people recycle older things to the point where those get generic, too

Harmonie February 20th, 2015 5:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Alli (Post 8624960)
I was literally just talking about this the other day. ...To myself, but still. You know how you can tell what decade music is from for the most part? There are certain styles and trends that go on through the decade. 80's music, however, isn't just a subtle "oh it's an 80's song" kind of thing. It's like in your face here I am synthesizer cheesy lyrics high pitched childlike sounds. 80's music SCREAMS that it's from the 80's. It wants you to know and it doesn't want you to forget.

My sister loves the 80's overall and is always popping in some Cindy Lauper CDs in her car and they sound so atrocious. Not all music from the 80's is terrible, but there's a lot that stands out, shows its age (which is worse because that takes away from making it a timeless song), and just isn't good.

Yeah... The 80s had such a definitive style of pop/rock, and it's not a kind of pop I like at all. From the awful drum machines, the massive over-use of cheesy synthesizers, to that particular way they distorted the sound of the electric guitar/bass, it all just... Ew. Like how did we go from the 70s to that?

Other decades you put together for a radio station and they work just fine (like the 60s/70s), but then throw in the 80s and it sticks out like a sore thumb. Literally, because it's painful. lol. It's such an awkward decade. Usually I could forgive it and laugh at the cheesiness, but not as of late, when every Oldies station I find to listen to starts pushing the 80s into their mix, or when at work, the person who has control over the radio plays the same two 80s playlists (both including some of the same awful songs such as "We Built This City on Rock and Roll") multiple times a shift, I can no longer just laugh.

Of course, there's good music in the 80s, and there's bad music in the 60s/70s... But I generally find 60s/70s hits much less grating.

Chicago demonstrates all too perfectly the difference, too:

70s:


80s (*gags*):

Gardevoir the Dragon Slayer February 20th, 2015 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Rest (Post 8625659)
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier > Guardians of the Galaxy any day.

Yes, Actually someone who agrees with me on this. XD

Mittens95 February 20th, 2015 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Harley Quinn (Post 8625212)
modern pop music certainly is engineered towards the party scene but it gets such irrational hate at times
not to mention the alarming amount of misogyny from the 'I listen to very loud scratchy metal or a white guy playing faux-deep lyrics on a guitar therefore I am above all things fun' crowd

it's just like
chill

So listening to singers that happen to be white makes me a misogynist?

You sound like a rational person. I bet you'd be fun to be around.

Her February 20th, 2015 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Mittens95 (Post 8626093)
So listening to singers that happen to be white makes me a misogynist?

You sound like a rational person.

honey I wasn't saying that
I was making a point of how there's often a high amount of misogyny from people in the camps I was exaggerating for comedic effect. If I were to make a point with no comedic intent whatsoever, I would say that many people tend to glorify the oh-so-deep white man on a guitar while denigrating everything and anything pop girls have to offer, because they see everything they produce as vapid or insipid while lifting up the often quite average guitar guy. If I were to make a point without any personal input whatsoever, I would state that the heavy metal community is known for the high levels of misogyny from many in the community.
I wasn't saying that everyone in these camps are explicitly sexist, but simply stating that there are higher percentages of members who are sexist/misogynistic compared to other music communities.

Mittens95 February 20th, 2015 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Harley Quinn (Post 8626106)
honey I wasn't saying that
I was making a point of how there's often a high amount of misogyny from people in the camps I was exaggerating for comedic effect. If I were to make a point with no comedic intent whatsoever, I would say that many people tend to glorify the oh-so-deep white man on a guitar while denigrating everything and anything pop girls have to offer, because they see everything they produce as vapid or insipid while lifting up the often quite average guitar guy. If I were to make a point without any personal input whatsoever, I would state that the heavy metal community is known for the high levels of misogyny from many in the community.
I wasn't saying that everyone in these camps are explicitly sexist, but simply stating that there are higher percentages of members who are sexist/misogynistic compared to other music communities.

Well, people don't hate pop music because the singers are female. That being said, plenty of pop music is pretty damned sexist. Remember the blurred lines fiasco? What about pop musicians treating themselves as sex objects, and proudly proclaiming themselves "bad bitches?" Look at how many teenagers today go around flaunting how they are "bitches" and not having any real goals in life other than being skimpy girls that go around sleeping with guys, risking teen pregnancy and literally wrecking their own lives because celebrities say "it's cool". There was a point where mainstream rock was all about that, but it's much more subtle and much less prominent then what you see in today's top 40 music. Just look at that train wreck Miley Cyrus and her music videos.

Her February 20th, 2015 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Mittens95 (Post 8626115)
Well, people don't hate pop music because the singers are female. That being said, plenty of pop music is pretty damned sexist. Remember the blurred lines fiasco? What about pop musicians treating themselves as sex objects, and proudly proclaiming themselves "bad bitches?" Look at how many teenagers today go around flaunting how they are "bitches" and not having any real goals in life other than being skimpy girls that go around sleeping with guys, risking teen pregnancy and literally wrecking their own lives because celebrities say "it's cool". There was a point where mainstream rock was all about that, but it's much more subtle and much less prominent then what you see in today's top 40 music. Just look at that train wreck Miley Cyrus and her music videos.

While I love the attack on female sexuality, I think this is a discussion for another thread.

Nihilego February 20th, 2015 11:25 AM

why does everything have to be a sexist issue

unpopular opinion (although most people probably won't have an opinion on this one at all): OK Computer is nowhere near Radiohead's best album.

Mittens95 February 20th, 2015 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Harley Quinn (Post 8626121)
While I love the attack on female sexuality, I think this is a discussion for another thread.

Attack on the female sexuality? I'm not putting that exclusively to females, people should have a sense of modesty whether male or female. Fuck males that go around and treat females as good for nothing objects of sex. What the top 40 musicians are doing are giving perverted, abusive men what they want, making girls into sex slaves. Life isn't about going around and impregnating everyone you see.

Anyways, someone should make a new topic about this if they'd like.

maccrash February 20th, 2015 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rest (Post 8625659)
Music and film-related stuff.
  • Birdman and Whiplash are good films but they aren't as incredible as people tout them to be.
  • Gone Girl is incredibly underrated.
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier > Guardians of the Galaxy any day.
  • Paul Thomas Anderson's best film thus far ain't There Will Be Blood or The Master. It's Boogie Nights.
  • The common notion is that Aphex Twin's Syro was the best electronic album of 2014. It really, really wasn't.
  • There were a lot of emo LPs that were lauded last year but personally, 2014 was a barebones year for emo I thought. Some of my favorite emo acts like Joyce Manor and Empire! Empire! put out really disappointing follow-ups to their previous albums, not to mention many of the debut LPs from newer acts. Only Two Knights, The Hotelier and Human Hands came close to scratching my genre itch.

gonna comment on these opinions (good opinions btw).

1) I love Birdman but could EASILY see why someone would hate it. Whiplash's climax got a lot of praise which confused me because I thought it was by far the worst part of the film and really hammy. but everything else was great, imo.
2) Gone Girl is amazing. when people say it's just a lurid, pulpy thriller I think they're totally missing the point. it's fucking scathing. it goes off-the-rails but it doesn't do it for its own sake. so basically, yeah, it's underrated. probably my favorite of Fincher's.
3) I agree, Guardians could produce some excellent sequels but this'un was kind of exposition-y, and Winter Soldier is probably my favorite Marvel movie yet.
4) I agree to an extent: it's not There Will Be Blood or The Master (which is easily his weakest, in my opinion -- it looks incredible and the acting is incredible but it's devoid of much substance), but Magnolia, man. that one's easily my favorite. once you get past the 650 layers of mawkish sentiment, of course, but I love that kind of thing Soooooooo. imo, Magnolia > There Will Be Blood > Boogie Nights > Inherent Vice > Punch-Drunk Love > The Master. (I haven't seen Sydney)
5) agreed hard. it's GOOD but it's boilerplate Aphex stuff. give me any of his studio albums over it any day. or Windowlicker. or Come to Daddy.
6) I was with you about Never Hungover Again until very recently -- now it's coming close to my favorite Joyce Manor album (and their s/t is probably in my top 10 ever). I thought the new one was really far too poppy and lost a lot of edge, but man, check out Falling in Love Again or Catalina Fight Song or Schley (which I really hated in particular the first time around, I thought the way he yelled SCHLEEYYWYEEYYe was super cheesy but now FUCK I love it). I'm not sure what happened to me but man. I love that album now. E!E!'s was super boring, I agree. and The Hotelier was probably my AOTY of last year, seeing them live was a REligious Experience.

and all the people dissing Taylor Swift, I don't really have a comeback to yo shit, you either love her kind of thing or you don't (and Red is her best album yet probably).

also to comment on the ages old MUSIC IS SUBJECTIVE thing. I agree, but discussing music would not be nearly as rewarding if the second anyone disagreed, they were just like O IT'S SUBJECTIVE ANYWAY YOLO LET'S NOT CONTINUE THIS. and I think there is SOME level of objectivity in art -- you can't argue that, say, The Room is a better movie than, iunno, uh, The Matrix (stupid example but idk). but I mean, it's not impossible for someone to prefer The Room to The Matrix. I don't know what I'm saying.

Nihilego February 20th, 2015 1:52 PM

@ Syro discussion I feel like, while he is genuinely very good, Aphex Twin's name is used as a buzzword for people who don't really know electronic music all that well. Definitely Syro was pretty poor - it felt more like a technical exercise in "look at my oddly arranged bleeps" than anything actually that good. There were very few moments that were actually special in it. It was technically impressive but... that's nothing new for Aphex Twin. I didn't find it very entertaining beyond the initial "oh that's cool" and it kinda feels like a Random Access Memories v2 to me (in that it's not very special but still being hailed as amazing by people who don't really know what else is out there - although I personally feel like RAM was 10x worse than Syro), although that in itself is a ~controversial opinion~.

Sir Codin February 20th, 2015 5:08 PM

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Originally Posted by shenanigans (Post 8626130)
why does everything have to be a sexist issue.

Because that's been the popular thing to do lately.

Don't like something? Claim it's misogynistic or sexist and anyone who argues otherwise is a woman-hating, sexist, cis white male scumbag who deserves to die for being a cis white male and MUH PRIVILEGES.

Shining Raichu February 21st, 2015 4:44 AM

The Big Bang Theory is HILARIOUS.

Reading through this thread that seems to be an unpopular opinion.

Also I stand by Miss Congeniality 2 being a great film.

SV February 21st, 2015 3:15 PM

I'll just say it, I thought Superman Returns was a very good movie. And yes, I thought it was better than Man of Steel. I don't think Man of Steel was bad, I just thought Superman Returns was better. Man of Steel's trailer was one of the best I've ever scene, and I guess it got hyped so much I was expecting something mindblowing... not that. It was ok, maybe good. But that's about it.

dad February 22nd, 2015 7:28 AM

here's an attack on disney:
frozen got way too much hype and tangled is wayy better.
the songs from frozen are much better sung in spanish.
the commercials for maleficent were seriously misleading.

antemortem February 22nd, 2015 8:06 AM

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Originally Posted by honey (Post 8628555)
the songs from frozen are much better sung in spanish.

i HOPE this isn't unpopular because it's really true. i didn't care for the... mongolian? malaysian? renditions of the songs on the DVD, but the Spanish versions were tons better. and by versions I mean the one of Let it Go, which was a lot better than Demi's version. but then again, a lot of things are better than Demi...

starseed galaxy auticorn February 22nd, 2015 8:11 AM

Most american/canadian pop punk bands are absolute crap. Don't hate me for this lol... just hear me out. I know back then I was one of them, but I grew out of that phase kind of late. A majority of the fans are people who think that the music by these bands has saved their lives. It can get rather annoying because it's just music. I guess if it's something they relate well to then... yeah. I'm at the stage where I could careless about whether it saves lives or not. I just don't really give a fuck about them anymore. *shrug* In all honesty, the only thing I care about is J-metal and PelleK...

maccrash February 22nd, 2015 8:14 AM

I've only ever heard one truly great pop punk band, and it's Joyce Manor

Shining Raichu February 23rd, 2015 5:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Gardevoir the Dragon Slayer (Post 8626064)
Yes, Actually someone who agrees with me on this. XD

I will +1 that as well. I don't think it's such an unpopular opinion after all :P

Livewire February 23rd, 2015 8:29 AM

Boyhood should have won Best Picture over Birdman last night at the Oscars, imo.


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