Topic: The Least Offensive Music in the World (Read 162396 times)

KharBevNor · « **Reply #100 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 18:53 »

Quote from: Damnable Fiend on 10 Dec 2009, 18:48

also no one has vetoed Dead can Dance yet. cool.

I didn't notice that! Which one was it? If I accidentally blanket vetoed it I unveto it.

Damnable Fiend · « **Reply #101 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 18:54 »

The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove. copyright stuff meant it had to be a live video.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #102 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 18:55 »

Wouldn't have been my choice but that is

KharBevNor · « **Reply #103 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 18:56 »

So what's still in? Serge Gainsbourg and The Beatles are my current favourites.

De_El · « **Reply #104 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 18:58 »

Search and Destroy is still in. There're a few still on this page neither affirmed nor vetoed.

Christophe · « **Reply #105 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 18:58 »

Das Modell.

Johnny C · « **Reply #106 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 18:58 »

Quote from: Sam on 10 Dec 2009, 18:30

johnny go to the 1-minute mark when he ollies the fire hydrant that's totally not a real head of hair

i know it, you know it, i'm just saying that it's not infeasible someone wouldn't know it.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #107 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:00 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5iOiLX5ppA

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o129hlTQ1tQ

Scarychips · « **Reply #108 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:03 »

How can you veto Paranoid and Breakin' the Law? You know that people go to jail for less than that?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #109 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:03 »

I'm doing some quality control. Vetoing everything except The Beatles, Serge, France Gall, Dead Can Dance, Kraftwerk, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Prokofiev and Devo

These are now all that is in the race, BITCHES.

Inlander · « **Reply #110 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:04 »

Everyone in this thread is thinking inside such a tiny little box that I'm surprised any of your brains can still breathe.

Here is "Every Day I have the Blues" by Count Basie with Joe Williams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNKk6gmqhkg

Listening to it is like being taken for a cruise in a perfectly-restored vintage Jaguar or Rolls Royce. This is one of those rare occasions where if you don't like something your opinion is demonstrably and factually incorrect.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #111 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:04 »

Ok I'm putting this up for consideration: clicky

Spluff · « **Reply #112 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:05 »

Screw blanket vetos, if you ain't going to take the time to do each individually why even bother?

Little Wing

De_El · « **Reply #113 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:07 »

Man Khar I know you are from Far Away but it just takes some suspension of disbelief for me to dig that somebody doesn't like Otis Redding. Like, I saw it coming, but I didn't believe it, so I had to try it anyway.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #114 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:09 »

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 10 Dec 2009, 16:45

Quote from: michaelicious on 10 Dec 2009, 16:37
Quote from: De_El on 10 Dec 2009, 16:18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggBQC52SLis

Simple. Groovy bassline. Skronky guitars. Goofy lyrics.

This is a good suggestion.

I can dig it.

also, what the fuck does skronky mean? I like the sound of that word.

The only time I heard 'skronk' was in an interview with White Zombie's J., if that tells you anything.

Whoa hey where did those last few pages pop up haha did not SEE YOU THERE.

Damnable Fiend · « **Reply #115 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:11 »

aw, I actually quite like that Otis Redding song. oh well.

also

Underground is probably my favourite David Bowie song.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #116 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:15 »

Quote from: Spluff on 10 Dec 2009, 19:05

Screw blanket vetos, if you ain't going to take the time to do each individually why even bother?

Because I fucking CAN, dicknuts.

That Otis Redding song basically did nothing for me, sorry.

pilsner · « **Reply #117 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:15 »

Quote from: Inlander on 10 Dec 2009, 19:04

Everyone in this thread is thinking inside such a tiny little box that I'm surprised any of your brains can still breathe.

I did link Summertime.

Ballard · « **Reply #118 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:16 »

Quote from: Christophe on 10 Dec 2009, 18:48

When we can't figure out the song, you must Whip It.

jesus christ fucking veto

I love this song but I can no longer stand it.

Also vetoing France Gall because I find her annoying and Edith Piaf is more talented.

Harry, I haven't even tried jazz and blues because it seems to be the first thing to go for a certain type of indie rock fans and most metalheads.

Also nobody vetoed Billie Jean yet. And fuck you Khar you can't blanket that.

Inlander · « **Reply #119 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:17 »

Quote from: pilsner on 10 Dec 2009, 19:15

I did link Summertime.

Yeah, but "Summertime" is such an over-played song. It's like the "Yesterday" of the jazz world.

pilsner · « **Reply #120 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:17 »

that's the point

Ballard · « **Reply #121 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:18 »

If you're gonna do jazz it's gotta be Ain't Misbehavin'.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #122 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:19 »

Quote from: Inlander link=topic=24255.msg891108#msg891108 date=126050064
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNKk6gmqhkg[/url]
Listening to it is like being taken for a cruise in a perfectly-restored vintage Jaguar or Rolls Royce. This is one of those rare occasions where if you don't like something your opinion is demonstrably and factually incorrect.

Boring. Veto.

We're thinking inside the box because there is only gonna be a narrow crossover box. I could start posting AMM and Sutcliffe Jugend and John Dowland and whatever but no one else would like it.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #123 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:20 »

I kind of want to say Locomotive Breath. The Jethro Tull song. Jazzy intro, early metal-ish, what's not to like?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCcwNoVSt2E

Scarychips · « **Reply #124 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:23 »

Well, if people are posting jazzy stuff, I say this.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #125 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:26 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hajBdDM2qdg

Inlander · « **Reply #126 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:26 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 10 Dec 2009, 19:19

We're thinking inside the box because there is only gonna be a narrow crossover box.

That literally makes no sense at all to me. We're limiting ourself to a tiny, tiny cross-section of human music to try to appeal to as broad a range of people as possible? Then what the fuck is even the point of this thread?

Incidentally Khar, at this stage with all your vetoing in this thread I'm starting to feel like you're the Russia or China to the music sub-forum's U.N. General Assembly.

De_El · « **Reply #127 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:28 »

If we're talking about overplayed but excellent jazz here is my contribution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiVDzTT4CbE

And I veto the Jethro Tull song.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #128 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:28 »

I don't care if Locomotive Breath gets vetoed I'm posting this too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrId8xH2gh8

KharBevNor · « **Reply #129 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:30 »

Quote from: Inlander on 10 Dec 2009, 19:26

Incidentally Khar, at this stage with all your vetoing in this thread I'm starting to feel like you're the Russia or China to the music sub-forum's U.N. General Assembly.

Not really. I only did those blanket bans because like, nobody had vetoed stuff like Cartman singing Poker Face.

Inlander · « **Reply #130 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:30 »

Also De_El if you're going to try winning people over to Otis Redding (a Good and Admirable cause) why use arguably the least soul-like of all his songs? I'd have gone for something like "You Don't Miss Your Water", except that I know people are going to Veto it as Boring because it doesn't have slammin' guitar solos or it's slow or they can only stand to listen to a song for ten seconds before passing summary judgement on it or because it's not cutting edge or whatever the hell else is going on in this increasingly pointless thread.

Spluff · « **Reply #131 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:31 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 10 Dec 2009, 19:15

Quote from: Spluff on 10 Dec 2009, 19:05
Screw blanket vetos, if you ain't going to take the time to do each individually why even bother?

Because I fucking CAN, dicknuts.

Well considering you haven't even looked at all the songs that you vetoed that is pretty stupid.

De_El · « **Reply #132 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:32 »

Harry, I picked "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" because previous to this exchange no one I know has ever professed to disliking it.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #133 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:32 »

I have to get a digital copy of Aqualung now. I need to get most of Tull's stuff on my computer, I have like 15 vinyl records but nothing on this computer. Oh man, I know what to raid next time I'm at a loss for what ot download next.

What would be a good CCR song? I've never met anyone that doesn't like Creedence.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #134 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:33 »

I'm not gonna veto stuff that doesn't have guitar solos. That is a huge missaprehension as to what I like in music.

Christophe · « **Reply #135 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:34 »

Dick Dale--Misirlou

KharBevNor · « **Reply #136 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:36 »

Okay I'm being narrow am I.

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Helikopter-Streichquartett

Damnable Fiend · « **Reply #137 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:37 »

Quote from: Zingoleb on 10 Dec 2009, 19:32

I have to get a digital copy of Aqualung now. I need to get most of Tull's stuff on my computer, I have like 15 vinyl records but nothing on this computer. Oh man, I know what to raid next time I'm at a loss for what ot download next.

What would be a good CCR song? I've never met anyone that doesn't like Creedence.

I think Minstrel in the Gallery is better than Aqualung.

De_El · « **Reply #138 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:39 »

I don't know if that was actually aimed at anyone in particular so much as his frustration at his idea of other people's short attention spans.

KvP · « **Reply #139 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:41 »

Fear - New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones

Zingoleb · « **Reply #140 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:43 »

Quote from: Damnable Fiend on 10 Dec 2009, 19:37

Quote from: Zingoleb on 10 Dec 2009, 19:32
I have to get a digital copy of Aqualung now. I need to get most of Tull's stuff on my computer, I have like 15 vinyl records but nothing on this computer. Oh man, I know what to raid next time I'm at a loss for what ot download next.

What would be a good CCR song? I've never met anyone that doesn't like Creedence.

I think Minstrel in the Gallery is better than Aqualung.

Well I think my balls look better than your face so I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree

Truuuuthfully (and more seriously), I haven't listened to many Jethro Tull albums as in depth as I would have liked. Thick as a Brick is a pretty notable exception, though.

Fortunate Son?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBfjU3_XOaA

tania · « **Reply #141 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:43 »

you're so cool but you know that

i didn't try very hard to appease the people who enjoy different genres but i legitimately have never met anyone in my life who didn't like this record so now i'm posting just out of curiosity to see who ends up vetoing this and why

(i promise i won't find where you live and kill you)

(maybe)

Inlander · « **Reply #142 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:45 »

I feel like if we're actually serious about getting a result out of this thread then maybe we need to be more methodical about it. So far everyone's posting songs they like and assuming everyone else is going to like them, but frankly we're never going to get anywhere doing that because there are just too many songs. So maybe everyone who's participating in this thread should give some idea as to what they like in a piece of music, so that we know what to look for?

Here's me: I like a very large range of music, but I really don't like anything much by way of metal, post-Sabbath. I like something where I can clearly hear all the different instruments, and the interplay between them. I'm not overly keen on most dancefloor-oriented electronic music because I find the repetitiveness of it boring and pointless. If something has Real Instruments actually being played by people it's going to increase my likelihood of enjoying it exponentially. I don't care if a piece of music doesn't have a vocal component. I like fast music and slow music pretty much equally. If the piece of music does have vocals, the lyrics have to be at least as good or as interesting as the music. As has been pointed out to me elsewhere, I tend to prefer music that was made by black people who are now dead.

Speaking of which: here's "Zombie" by Fela Kuti. You probably won't listen to it because it's an edited version and it still goes for ten minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBgewcFh-cg

Damnable Fiend · « **Reply #143 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:48 »

I have a weird relationship with Sloan's music. I started off disliking them automatically because my brother, who is an ass with otherwise terrible taste in music, used to like them a few years back.

I can't honestly say that I dislike this song though, now that I actually listen to it with an open mind.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #144 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:50 »

Sex Bomb by Flipper

(and/or Bring it On Home to Me by Sam Cooke)

öde · « **Reply #145 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:51 »

1/3 of the songs in this thread I like, 1/3 are like a perfectly good car I sold to a stranger, and 1/3 I don't like.

Spluff · « **Reply #146 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:52 »

Okay, so I've tried to collect all the things that weren't explicitly vetoed (there were a few ambiguous comments) and the list is surprisingly huge.

Hendrix - Little Wing
Bowie - Underground*, Starman, Space Oddity, Rock n Roll Suicide
Kraftwerk - The Model*
Devo - Whip it
Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights
Beatles - Helter Skelter, When I saw Her Standing There
Led Zeppelin - Stairway
We Are The Sleepyheads - Belle And Sebastian*
IGGY POP and the STOOGES "search and destroy"
The Fall - Last Orders
Eric Cartman Poker Face*
Summertime Billie Holiday
Jesu - Losing Streak
the kinks- you really got me
Rolling Stones- Sympathy For The Devil
Aritha Franklin- Respect
The Three Degrees - The runner
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Dead Can Dance The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove
Flight of the Conchords - You're So Beautiful
dick dale -misirlou
Helikopter Quartett, by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind
Jethro Tull- Hymn 43
Ella Fitzgerald - Good morning Heartache
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin'
Fear - New York's Alright If You Like Saxaphones
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Sloan - pen pals
Fela Kuti & Afrika 70 "Zombie"
Sex Bomb by Flipper

Out of this list I'm going to veto 'Underground', 'The Model', 'We Are The Sleepyheads' and that Cartman crap, which leaves

Hendrix - Little Wing
Bowie - Starman, Space Oddity, Rock n Roll Suicide
Devo - Whip it
Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights
Beatles - Helter Skelter, When I saw Her Standing There
Led Zeppelin - Stairway
We Are The Sleepyheads - Belle And Sebastian*
IGGY POP and the STOOGES "search and destroy"
The Fall - Last Orders
Summertime Billie Holiday
Jesu - Losing Streak
the kinks- you really got me
Rolling Stones- Sympathy For The Devil
Aritha Franklin- Respect
The Three Degrees - The runner
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Dead Can Dance The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove
Flight of the Conchords - You're So Beautiful
dick dale -misirlou
Helikopter Quartett, by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind
Jethro Tull- Hymn 43
Ella Fitzgerald - Good morning Heartache
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin'
Fear - New York's Alright If You Like Saxaphones
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Sloan - pen pals
Fela Kuti & Afrika 70 "Zombie"
Sex Bomb by Flipper

I dunno, I probably missed some posts so please correct any mistakes in the lists.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #147 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:53 »

Quote from: Inlander on 10 Dec 2009, 19:45

I feel like if we're actually serious about getting a result out of this thread then maybe we need to be more methodical about it. So far everyone's posting songs they like and assuming everyone else is going to like them, but frankly we're never going to get anywhere doing that because there are just too many songs.

If that was the case you'd all be up to your asses in mainstream industrial music already. I grabbed the two I did because I figured they'd span a pretty good range and I'm really curious who doesn't like CCR. I mean. Really.

De_El · « **Reply #148 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:54 »

At the very least, if we're going to get anywhere think we're gonna have to slow down. Or maybe not, I dunno. I've either listened to or already known whether or not I like every song posted so far...I guess I'm just saying that I would be really surprised if no one vetoed any of the songs in this latest flurry of suggestions, but we're posting songs too quickly for people to hate on them and comment on why.

Edit: Spluff, Gene vetoed Whip It and John KVP vetoed Stairway.

Edit2: and scarred vetoed Sympathy for the Devil.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #149 on:** 10 Dec 2009, 19:55 »

I mainly listen to neo-folk, chanson, deathrock, renaissance music, dream pop, black metal, psychobilly, power electronics, new wave, folk metal, calypso, crust punk, ethereal, surf rock, no wave, prog rock and dub, but sometimes I listen to death industrial, ambient, futurepop, space rock, free jazz, acid folk, goth rock, technical death metal, oi, 20th century classical, 60's instrumental rock, old school industrial, minimal wave, krautrock, darkwave and noisecore.

Sometimes I listen to other things.

Sometimes I listen to nothing.

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