Topic: The Least Offensive Music in the World (Read 161718 times)

JD · « **Reply #350 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 14:37 »

That he would have preferred for it not to have happened.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #351 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 14:40 »

Well it turns out I can't type today

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #352 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 14:42 »

I'm just confused by the fact that there are two unvetoed Duke Ellington songs.

JD · « **Reply #353 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 14:46 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLhhDOUxEwU&feature=fvw

Yayniall · « **Reply #354 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 14:47 »

Bertrand Russell was here, he said he's offended by all inoffensive music.
What now, bitches?

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #355 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 14:49 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 13 Dec 2009, 14:46

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLhhDOUxEwU&feature=fvw

Vetoed

KvP · « **Reply #356 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 14:54 »

Since we've gone back to boring shit again how's about some Enon instead.

SWOON! at My Gravitas · « **Reply #357 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:02 »

Baroness?

Inlander · « **Reply #358 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:05 »

Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 13 Dec 2009, 14:25

I believe Duke Ellington was vetoed unfortunely

Only "C-Jam Blues", and I suggested "Ko-Ko" and "Cottontail" instead, both of which are still unvetoed.

Quote from: RallyMonkey on 13 Dec 2009, 14:42

I'm just confused by the fact that there are two unvetoed Duke Ellington songs.

Come on, you've got more brain-power than that! You can handle it. If you listen to them I'm sure there won't be any more confusion: they're very different from each other.

JD · « **Reply #359 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:27 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUi6UEQh00

JD · « **Reply #360 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:31 »

Observation: Adriano Celentano is a total pimp

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #361 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:32 »

Quote from: Inlander on 13 Dec 2009, 15:05

Quote from: RallyMonkey on 13 Dec 2009, 14:42
I'm just confused by the fact that there are two unvetoed Duke Ellington songs.

Come on, you've got more brain-power than that! You can handle it. If you listen to them I'm sure there won't be any more confusion: they're very different from each other.

I'm not confused by them being on the list, or I would have vetoed them. I'm confused by KickThatBathProf getting pissed that one of three Duke Ellington songs were vetoed.

Veto Baroness, I liked it until the vocals came in.

Updated list:

Beatles - Helter Skelter
Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin'
Moondog - Lament I "Bird's Lament"
Duke Ellington - Ko-Ko
Duke Ellington - Cottontail
The Zombies - I'll Call You Mine
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice It's Alright
Prisencolinensinainciusol

Joseph · « **Reply #362 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:34 »

Goddamnit you jerks no one ever vetoed Serge Gainsbourg. 'Bonnie and Clyde'!

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

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #363 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:37 »

Here you go:

Veto Bonnie and Clyde

Joseph · « **Reply #364 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:40 »

Based on the fact that you posted soon enough after my post that it would have been impossible for you to listen to the whole song I must demand that you do so as a matter of honour.

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #365 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:42 »

I don't need to listen to the whole song to know that the girl annoys the hell out of me.

JD · « **Reply #366 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:42 »

I dunno, I'm enjoying it.

Joseph · « **Reply #367 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:43 »

Quote from: RallyMonkey on 13 Dec 2009, 15:42

I don't need to listen to the whole song to know that the girl annoys the hell out of me.

If by "annoys the hell out of me" you mean "makes me hot and bothered" you are perfectly correct.

SWOON! at My Gravitas · « **Reply #368 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:44 »

I'm pretty sure Jesu- Losing Streak never got vetoed either. People just seem to have forgotten it.

Poor Jesu.

JD · « **Reply #369 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:45 »

I thought Khar blanket vetoed it.

SWOON! at My Gravitas · « **Reply #370 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 15:50 »

Oh. I didn't know we were counting that. Oopsie.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #371 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 16:01 »

Quote from: Spluff on 13 Dec 2009, 06:29

I'm also going to be an uncultured hick and veto Ride of the Valkyries, even though it's a classic, as it is massively overplayed and conjures up memories of some awful, awful advertisements for me (not to mention "kill the wabbit").

I know..I know.

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #372 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 16:02 »

The first contribution I can think to make on this (totally confounding) thread is Dave Brubeck - Take Five because it's probably one of the most easily groove-to-able songs I've ever heard and can be played at literally any gathering of people and be at least tolerated until the drum solo. It seems like "classic" is slang on this forum for "not actually cool in any way" but come on, guys.

(I admit that I'm actually just kinda confused by RallyMonkey vetoing Stevie Wonder and Funkadelic, and Jimmy vetoing Clutch, Otis Redding, and Fela Kuti.)

OK, here are some more options that I think are reasonable:
The Budos Band - TIBWF
DJ Frane - I Am Dreaming
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize???
Earth, Wind, and Fire - September
Gary Higgins - It Didn't Take Too Long
Soulsavers - Revival
Masters of Reality - Doraldina's Prophecies
Pretty Lights - The Time Has Come

For fuck's sake veto songs one at a time, guys. It implies that you have actually listened to them. Explaining yourself is recommended.

I just want to remind everyone that "most universally appealing" is not actually synonymous with "best." It just means "the most people will be OK with it if their friend puts this on when they're hanging out." What I'm getting out of this thread is that a few of you would be absolute hell to hang out with because I'd never get to play any music without pissing you off.

beat mouse · « **Reply #373 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 16:09 »

Quote

baroness

I would have gone with Rays On Pinion though the vocals would likely pull the same veto. Oddly enough when I opened youtube it recommended another Baroness song - Steel That Sleeps The Eye. All around good band thanks for mentioning.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #374 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 16:15 »

Quote from: Inlander on 13 Dec 2009, 06:13

I'm going to have to be a dick and veto that Duke Ellington song just because I've always found it pretty unexciting compared to most of his other famous compositions of the same period.

So you actually don't like it, or you think it's inferior to some of his other stuff? Because nobody is going to agree on the best, so I picked something that seemed like it would keep people's attention decently, but wouldn't annoy anyone, which by necessity usually ends up meaning it isn't the best, just okay.

For what it's worth, though, I like C jam blues better than either of the ones you linked. Not vetoing them, just saying.

Inlander · « **Reply #375 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 16:18 »

I think it's inferior to some of his other stuff, and as a consequence I don't like it all that much.

JD · « **Reply #376 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 16:20 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBYJl_p-P4E&feature=related

Nodaisho · « **Reply #377 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 16:25 »

Quote from: Inlander on 13 Dec 2009, 16:18

I think it's inferior to some of his other stuff, and as a consequence I don't like it all that much.

I think you have a higher standard of like than I do. A lot of bands, I like their worst album, because it is still good, and I would still rather listen to it than a lot of other music.

That could be why I haven't vetoed anything yet, anything I dislike gets vetoed pretty much immediately.

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #378 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 16:48 »

I know exactly what you're thinking, all the time

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #379 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 16:53 »

Sir Duke is not nearly my favorite song

Yayniall · « **Reply #380 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 17:01 »

The Chemical Plant zone isn't my favourite song but I don't see how it's offensive.

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #381 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 17:05 »

By "everyone", I, of course, do not mean everyone.

Yayniall · « **Reply #382 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 17:07 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl6kjAkVw_s

more sonic music

Damnable Fiend · « **Reply #383 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 17:12 »

Quote from: RallyMonkey on 13 Dec 2009, 16:48

I know exactly what you're thinking, all the time

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #384 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 17:19 »

Quote from: Yayniall on 13 Dec 2009, 17:07

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl6kjAkVw_s

more sonic music

Please tell me there is a album filled with jazz covers of Sonic soundtrack music.

nufan · « **Reply #385 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 17:51 »

B-e-a-utiful

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #386 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 17:56 »

That link needs fixing (for me, at least).

Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 13 Dec 2009, 14:25

Also what the hell is up with vetoing something because it's boring. I mean, doesn't that generally mean it's inoffensive?

As a musician, boring music pisses me off the most. It means they haven't had any good ideas, nor have they managed to express anything or evoke any kind of reaction. Why does that music exist? Couldn't they have done something better with their time. For that matter, like De_El said, couldn't I have done something better with mine?

Quote from: onewheelwizzard on 13 Dec 2009, 16:02

Dave Brubeck - Take Five

No. No. No. Never. I can't stand "Take Five." I don't even like Paul Desmond's sax playing. VETO.

Quote from: onewheelwizzard on 13 Dec 2009, 16:02

The Budos Band - TIBWF
DJ Frane - I Am Dreaming
Gary Higgins - It Didn't Take Too Long

YAAAAAAAAWN. If any of these songs came on, I would fall asleep. I almost did. VETO.

Quote from: onewheelwizzard on 13 Dec 2009, 16:02

Earth, Wind, and Fire - September

If this makes it after someone vetoed the far superior Tower of Power, I will be annoyed. However, I do enjoy the song to some degree so I'm not going to take it down.

Now, though I grouped some together, I listened to all of them.

Quote from: tender on 13 Dec 2009, 16:23

Aphex Twin - Film

The Bad Plus do a fantastic cover of this song on "These Are The Vistas." Aside from the fact that cover exists, I'm perfectly okay with Aphex Twin's version.

Scarychips · « **Reply #387 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 17:59 »

Quote from: nufan on 13 Dec 2009, 17:51

B-e-a-utiful

FYL

Inlander · « **Reply #388 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:05 »

I was actually going to suggest that way back on page 3 or 4 but I concluded that some phillistone would come along and veto it because they don't like his voice or because it's boring or because "it doesn't go anywhere" so I decided to save myself the distress.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #389 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:10 »

Sometimes songs are pretty enough that they don't need to go anywhere. All they need to do is be pretty.

Also, it does actually go somewhere. It builds up, and then subsides. It just doesn't have any harmonic changes.

Inlander · « **Reply #390 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:17 »

I wasn't saying it doesn't go anywhere. I was suggesting that someone else who couldn't be bothered listening to it properly might veto it because they think it doesn't go anywhere.

Basically I was saying that if this thread has taught me anything it's that a lot of people are kind of stupid and obnoxious when it comes to listening to music they haven't heard before.

nufan · « **Reply #391 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:24 »

I assume that's a veto there. Well, never mind.

If you want music that goes somewhere, how about this?

Inlander · « **Reply #392 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:27 »

Jesus people, are you not bothering to try to understand anything I'm actually saying? NOT a veto. NOT a veto. For goodness sake.

nufan · « **Reply #393 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:29 »

Quote from: Inlander on 13 Dec 2009, 18:27

Jesus people, are you not bothering to try to understand anything I'm actually saying? NOT a veto. NOT a veto. For goodness sake.

Sorry, I didn't mean you, I meant the the guy who said FYL. It was sort of pretty clear from your post that you like/love the song.

Anyhoos. FUCKING MINGUS.

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #394 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:34 »

He Fixed Your Link.

De_El · « **Reply #395 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:36 »

Yeah, also, if someone's commenting ambiguously about a song, assume they're fine with it unless the make themselves fucking clear and actually say "veto."

michaelicious · « **Reply #396 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:39 »

If people are going to continue getting so angry I think maybe this thread needs to take one in the heart.

nufan · « **Reply #397 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:40 »

Quote from: RallyMonkey on 13 Dec 2009, 18:34

He Fixed Your Link.

FML

Inlander · « **Reply #398 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:42 »

Quote from: michaelicious on 13 Dec 2009, 18:39

If people are going to continue getting so angry I think maybe this thread needs to take one in the heart.

Sorry. I just had a momentary flash of extreme frustration because it seemed like two people in a row had fundamentally misunderstood what I had thought were pretty clear sentiments on my part.

My mistake!

JD · « **Reply #399 on:** 13 Dec 2009, 18:44 »

Quote from: Jeans on 13 Dec 2009, 18:26

That Blind Willie Johnson song is in a West Wing episode!

It is also in space. Literally.

Nerd

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