Topic: Anyone else listen to crap music? (Read 24727 times)

Thrillho · « **on:** 01 Dec 2005, 09:36 »

The more I look around, the more I find that I'm the one of only two people I know of who can accept music is crap but still enjoy it. Plenty of people I know like crap music, they just think it's good music.

Does anyone else enjoy bad music?

Better yet, does anyone else like deliberately bad music/think it's funny? My band make deliberately shite 'music,' although some of the last album borderlined on melody, and have great fun of it. We've also sold over 12 albums. Anyone at all?

Luke · « **Reply #1 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 10:01 »

Most of the time, if music is truly bad, I can't really stand to listen to it. However, as you said, there is the exception of humorously horrible music; I don't come across a lot of that though.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #2 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 10:04 »

Love it. Am pretty much addicted to Bowling for Soup.

Merkava · « **Reply #3 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 12:24 »

I like Coldplay and Fallout Boy. Oh, and Motion City Soundtrack.

Thrillho · « **Reply #4 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 12:25 »

Quote from: TrueNeutral

Love it. Am pretty much addicted to Bowling for Soup.

*shamelessly plugs his own band*

Dara · « **Reply #5 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 13:20 »

I think, just in terms of marketability, truly 'bad' music is pretty rare. But mediocre music is very common.

RUMBLEMOOSE · « **Reply #6 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 13:39 »

I feel like somebody should mention the Shaggs, the most defective-sounding pop band ever.

And I listen to a lot of stuff that most people with decent musical taste hate, so I'm guessing it's actually bad music, but I have a hard time telling the difference if I like listening to it. I'm pretty bad at being objective about bands I like.

*edit: Actually, I like a lot of stuff that's poorly recorded and performed (punk rock), unoriginal (punk-pop), repetetive (a lot of noise music), boring (drone/doom metal), and so forth, but usually I can only handle one or two bad elements at a time.

Soidanae · « **Reply #7 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 13:41 »

I love listening to Breaking Benjamin. And they're horrid.
Same with Black Star Morning.

So yeah, me too. There are defintley horrible musicians I love listening to.

El Opium · « **Reply #8 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 13:47 »

I find myself agreeing with Dara's comment on this one. I think people who go around spouting that 99% of music is bad are really annoying.
I personally listen to a fair bit of music that is deliberately poorly recorded/ineptly played and happen to enjoy it for it's aesthetic, spontaneous nature and even it's difficulty. Explaining myself to others in that context is difficult. Only popular thing that some people think is bad that I have is my eighty-eight cent cassette copy of Van Halen's "1984". How is it possible to not like "Jump"?

rive gauche · « **Reply #9 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 14:07 »

I used to listen to that song "Confessions" by Usher because I thought it was soooo ridiculously ridiculous. I memorised all the words and could sing the whole thing because I wanted to do an acoustic version of it for the talent show at my school. Yeah, I know I'm awesome.

SpacemanSpiff · « **Reply #10 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 14:24 »

I enjoy listening to Die Kassierer and Eisenpimmel. They are bad, Die Kassierer just because the lyrics are beyond disgusting and idiotic, Eisenpimmel because of lyrics that fall into the same category and the fact that they can't play their instruments.
But what can I say? It makes me laugh.

Also, there's nothing like listening to some really retarded songs about getting drunk or dick infections or whatever after you've read 40 pages of uni stuff.

Patatat · « **Reply #11 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 16:56 »

Most of the british invasion.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #12 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 18:01 »

i've been listening to Fall Out Boy's cover of "Save Your Generation" by Jawbreaker a few times over the last couple days, if only to try and figure out how they possibly managed to take one of my favorite songs ever and render it damn near unlistenable.

yelley · « **Reply #13 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 18:07 »

i love listening to default, three days grace, breaking benjamin, and nickelback. i also like to listen to the top 40 pop junk. i know it's junk music, but it's so fun to sing along to. the bands that i actually love are too difficult to sing with, or the songs don't have words. i need my singing fix.

Micolithe · « **Reply #14 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 18:23 »

Quote from: toastess

i love listening to default, three days grace, breaking benjamin, and nickelback. i also like to listen to the top 40 pop junk. i know it's junk music, but it's so fun to sing along to. the bands that i actually love are too difficult to sing with, or the songs don't have words. i need my singing fix.

You have clearly never turned on your copy of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and screamed the lyrics while driving on the interstate like I have.

theenginedriver · « **Reply #15 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 19:32 »

i listen to bad music all the time, on purpose, for mocking purposes.

girls of summer- lfo. funniest thing EVER. read the lyrics and try not to laugh.

NEW KIDS.

donny's my fave.

theenginedriver · « **Reply #16 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 19:32 »

i listen to bad music all the time, on purpose, for mocking purposes.

girls of summer- lfo. funniest thing EVER. read the lyrics and try not to laugh.

NEW KIDS.

donny's my fave.

theenginedriver · « **Reply #17 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 20:14 »

i listen to bad music all the time, on purpose, for mocking purposes.

girls of summer- lfo. funniest thing EVER. read the lyrics and try not to laugh.

NEW KIDS.

donny's my fave.

yelley · « **Reply #18 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 22:15 »

Quote from: Micolithe

You have clearly never turned on your copy of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and screamed the lyrics while driving on the interstate like I have.

yes, actually i have.

i am listening to hear where you aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeee....

Hat · « **Reply #19 on:** 01 Dec 2005, 22:28 »

I listen to some music some folks might consider "Mediocre" but in terms of appallingly bad, you cannot go past "The Hollar Dores"

They write songs about screwing underage chicks, and they have a romantic duet which has the catch line "Your love is sweet and moist and tender, like a vagina, trapped in a blender"

I like to think of them as Anal Cunt, except a bit more subtle, and if AC got bored and tried to play Pop Punk instead.

I think they broke up a while ago, and I have only seen them a few times, but I will never forget my 18th birthday, when some friends and I hit the main indie music place in my city and saw these guys belting out their stuff, like crazed madmen. Truely a great moment in my life.

Willem · « **Reply #20 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 02:11 »

Oh yeah, bad music can be enjoyable. Spice girls. But also I can enjoy listening to for instance the village people. Or awful German dance by Scooter. Zero quality, lots of fun.

StupidityKills · « **Reply #21 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 02:24 »

Quote from: Patatat

Most of the british invasion.

There was an invasion? What and nobody invited me?!
Damn.

My favourite 'bad' music = Hanson

Rizzo · « **Reply #22 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 02:41 »

Quote from: Hat

I like to think of them as Anal Cunt, except a bit more subtle, and if AC got bored and tried to play Pop Punk instead.

This sounds like a most excellent band. Do they have a website? (It's 11.40pm and I'm tired)

TheCourtJester · « **Reply #23 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 02:42 »

Freakin Chumbawamba, man. It doesn't get worse than that, and "Tubthumping" makes me want to get pissed and break things...in a happy way.

And Green Day...it was like a part of my childhood and I can't give it up.

OOH and MC Chris...it's nerd rap. Hilarious, but AWFUL for sure.

nickb285 · « **Reply #24 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 03:06 »

You know, Chumbawamba is actually underrated. Everyone talks about that one song, which does get a bit annoying (although I agree it's fun

) but their lyrics are surprisingly intelligent, and their music, while rather eclectic, isn't as bad as one might suspect.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #25 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 05:49 »

Quote from: TheCourtJester

OOH and MC Chris...it's nerd rap. Hilarious, but AWFUL for sure.

high-pitched voice aside, mc chris is by no means a bad rapper. his rhymes be pretty tight.

slinkyindieninja · « **Reply #26 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 09:55 »

Quote from: theenginedriver

girls of summer- lfo. funniest thing EVER. read the lyrics and try not to laugh.

I remember when that was out...didn't actually get what the lyrics were about, now I have followed your suggestion and read them, I still have no idea.

Most people would consider Evanescence bad music, but I don't and like them. Shh.

I am ashamed that there are a couple of Shakira songs I like to dance to. Coz they make me feel sexy.

starkruzr · « **Reply #27 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 10:54 »

I fucking LOVE Flickerstick, and most people I know who know anything about music think they're terrible.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #28 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 11:04 »

Quote from: nickb285

You know, Chumbawamba is actually underrated. Everyone talks about that one song, which does get a bit annoying (although I agree it's fun ) but their lyrics are surprisingly intelligent, and their music, while rather eclectic, isn't as bad as one might suspect.

Ack, no. Their lyrics are cringeworthy, I could barely watch last time I saw them (I was there for Rob Newman's stand-up). Far too crude, and although I don't mind crude in a lot of bands if you're playing folk then you need to be a bit more subtle.

Skibas_clavicle · « **Reply #29 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 11:40 »

Quote from: ImRonBurgundy?

i've been listening to Fall Out Boy's cover of "Save Your Generation" by Jawbreaker a few times over the last couple days, if only to try and figure out how they possibly managed to take one of my favorite songs ever and render it damn near unlistenable.

I'm literally choking on my own rage here. When I first joined this board, there were a bajillion people who listen to Jawbreaker, now it's a rare breed. This makes me sad.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #30 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 14:38 »

I enjoy Cradle of Filth far beyond the point at which it is grim and tr00 to dismiss them as scene traitors.

Hat · « **Reply #31 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 15:12 »

Quote from: Rizzo

This sounds like a most excellent band. Do they have a website? (It's 11.40pm and I'm tired)

http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=9671

It's got a few of their MP3s and a very bizzare description of the bands history.

As for MC Chris, I love the dude, but seriously, DQ Blizzard makes me want to bang my head against a wall.

zutonna · « **Reply #32 on:** 02 Dec 2005, 16:28 »

I <3 Dragostea Din Tei by O-zone!!!!

You know, that Romanian song?

Nu ma, nu ma iei,
Nu ma, nu ma iei,
Nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei.

It reminds me of Eurovision (and therefore the legendary Terry Wogan) and is so incredibly cheesy that it's great!!!

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #33 on:** 03 Dec 2005, 03:10 »

Quote from: Hat

As for MC Chris, I love the dude, but seriously, DQ Blizzard makes me want to bang my head against a wall.

well, yeah, DQ Blizzard isn't his strongest material.

skibas: is your choking rage directed at Fall Out Boy, or at the rarity of Jawbreaker fans here?

yelley · « **Reply #34 on:** 03 Dec 2005, 10:31 »

Quote from: zutonna

I <3 Dragostea Din Tei by O-zone!!!!

me too. that song is like crack. it's really popular in japan too... even without the internet video of dancing guy. many of my students know all the words in romanian too, and they sing it all the time. i can't get them to speak english with me, but mention numa numa and they'll go off in romanian...

Willem · « **Reply #35 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 04:04 »

Quote from: starkruzr

I fucking LOVE Flickerstick, and most people I know who know anything about music think they're terrible.

well, I only know two tracks (lift and coke) but they're not bad are they? Well, you'll say they're not bad obviously, but why do those people you know say that? what's wrong with flickerstick?

salada · « **Reply #36 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 04:50 »

Quote from: DynamiteKid

Does anyone else enjoy bad music?

nope. and it's getting worse. i can't really deal with mediocre music much these days either.

it's getting towards the point where i can't enter a shopping centre or similar place without headphones at the ready, and my ability to have a good time in pubs or clubs (that aren't palying something i deem 'good', which given my tastes, is most of the time) or tag along to gigs i'm not that into with friends is kinda diminished.

IT'S REALLY ANNOYING! HOW DO I FIX IT?

Thrillho · « **Reply #37 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 05:01 »

Quote from: salada

Quote from: DynamiteKid
Does anyone else enjoy bad music?

nope. and it's getting worse. i can't really deal with mediocre music much these days either.

it's getting towards the point where i can't enter a shopping centre or similar place without headphones at the ready, and my ability to have a good time in pubs or clubs (that aren't palying something i deem 'good', which given my tastes, is most of the time) or tag along to gigs i'm not that into with friends is kinda diminished.

IT'S REALLY ANNOYING! HOW DO I FIX IT?

By not being so ridiculously close minded and intolerant?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #38 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 05:40 »

Salada, ignore him. I know your pain, very much so.

Hostile · « **Reply #39 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 05:43 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

Salada, ignore him. I know your pain, very much so.

That's because you're an elitist. ¬_¬

Paper Beats Rock · « **Reply #40 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 06:24 »

I was listening to the radio sometime last year and I heard the most horrendously bad song that I had to download it right away. It was called 'I believe my heart' by Duncan and Keedie. It's so awful! The lyrics make me cry from laughter.

Every so often I would send it to one of my housemates computer over the network and set an mp3 alarm so that the song would come on repeat in the morning to wake them up.

Quote from: slinkyindieninja

Most people would consider Evanescence bad music, but I don't and like them. Shh.

What I like about them is that they called themself 'Evanescence'. I mean, I had to look it up to know what it meant (disappearing like vapour) but I wonder if they knew and did it as a joke or had some other interpretation or if they just thought that it sounded cool.

Thrillho · « **Reply #41 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 06:34 »

Quote from: Paper Beats Rock

What I like about them is that they called themself 'Evanescence'. I mean, I had to look it up to know what it meant (disappearing like vapour) but I wonder if they knew and did it as a joke or had some other interpretation or if they just thought that it sounded cool.

I'd suggest the latter.

Kai · « **Reply #42 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 08:37 »

Quote from: Willem

O But also I can enjoy listening to for instance the village people.

If You Don't Like the Village People, You're Fucking Gay - Anal Cunt

Kid Modernist · « **Reply #43 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 10:50 »

I used to like Dashboard Confessional's Swiss Army Romance, and still do though I haven't listened to it in a while.

slinkyindieninja · « **Reply #44 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 14:39 »

Quote from: Paper Beats Rock

What I like about them is that they called themself 'Evanescence'. I mean, I had to look it up to know what it meant (disappearing like vapour) but I wonder if they knew and did it as a joke or had some other interpretation or if they just thought that it sounded cool.

Apparently they looked through the dictionary and found it.

Merkava · « **Reply #45 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 19:35 »

You know, they could have easily called their band Rumatoid Arthritis.

Rizzo · « **Reply #46 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 22:40 »

Quote from: salada

nope. and it's getting worse. i can't really deal with mediocre music much these days either.

Amen. I've applied for a job at a music store... I think I may go mad if I get the job.

At least no one has admitted to liking Crazy Frog.

Hat · « **Reply #47 on:** 04 Dec 2005, 23:40 »

Quote from: salada

IT'S REALLY ANNOYING! HOW DO I FIX IT?

Drink. A lot. Whenever you go to a place that is going to play terrible music, drink an obscene amount of liquor(and also get stoned if thats your thing) and you will probably be ok. And if you don't particularly like drinking to excess and getting high, on a whim, in order to solve this problem, you are screwed and you're just gonna have to learn to deal with it.

Sorry.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #48 on:** 05 Dec 2005, 03:10 »

Quote from: Rizzo

At least no one has admitted to liking Crazy Frog.

it literally infuriates me that people actually by those CDs. Crazy Frog can suck it.

slinkyindieninja · « **Reply #49 on:** 05 Dec 2005, 08:15 »

Quote from: Rizzo

At least no one has admitted to liking Crazy Frog.

If anyone did, which I believe is an impossibility, they would never tell us, since that would mean that they failed at taste.

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Luke

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Dara

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El Opium

rive gauche

SpacemanSpiff

Patatat

Micolithe

theenginedriver

theenginedriver

theenginedriver

Willem

StupidityKills

nickb285

zutonna

Willem

Hostile

Paper Beats Rock

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