Unpopular Musical Opinions: What are Yours?

[Newfoundfreedom]

1 hour ago, SumOne said:

Lyrics are overrated*

 

 

*usually

 

I'd go with the exact opposite. 

 

Without lyrics and a good vocal, music is utterly meaningless. 

[Crusoe]

13 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

I knew a woman whose partner made a living as a Gary Glitter tribute... that career went west.

Whereas GG went East

[neepheid]

6 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

I'd go with the exact opposite. 

 

Without lyrics and a good vocal, music is utterly meaningless. 

 

Disagree - Drag Racer by Doug Wood Band means snooker.  Soul Limbo by Booker T and the M.G.'s [sic] means cricket etc.

 

EDIT - [sic] added before I get the apostrophe police come after me, it's a quote.

Edited June 1, 2022 by neepheid

[Dad3353]

18 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

I'd go with the exact opposite. 

 

Without lyrics and a good vocal, music is utterly meaningless. 

 

Unpopular indeed; I'll take Schubert's symphonies every time over his leider. 

[Dad3353]

38 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

I'd go with the exact opposite. 

 

Without lyrics and a good vocal, music is utterly meaningless. 

 

Yeah, sure  ...

 

 

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Edited June 1, 2022 by Dad3353

[Crusoe]

21 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Unpopular indeed; I'll take Schubert's symphonies every time over his leider. 

Lieder. Leider means unfortunately, so maybe you did use it correctly 😄

[Dad3353]

Just now, Crusoe said:

Lieder. Leider means unfortunately, so maybe you did use it correctly 😄

 

Touché, and thanks. 

[zbd1960]

27 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Unpopular indeed; I'll take Schubert's symphonies every time over his leider. 

I've played 1,2,3,4,6 and 8 but only performed 3 and 8 in concerts. I think we're looking at 5 next week in my Monday orchestra. I' never sung any Schubert lieder - have sung some Brahms.

[Barking Spiders]

34 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Unpopular indeed; I'll take Schubert's symphonies every time over his leider. 

Sorry but I just had to do this ...Lieder. Leider = unfortunately. 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Barking Spiders

[SumOne]

46 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

I'd go with the exact opposite. 

 

Without lyrics and a good vocal, music is utterly meaningless. 

 

Classical, Jazz, Techno, Ambient, Dub, tribal drumming, (and many more) disagree. 

 

Instrumental music communicates emotions without directly telling you in lyrics 'I am sad/happy because...'   it's applicable to every human regardless of what languages they speak, it lets you use your imagination. It's instrumental music that makes me consider the philisophical question of why people enjoy music, whereas someone singing 'yeah, yeah, I love you baby, and I don't mean maybe' sort of de-values music. 

 

 

[Barking Spiders]

Ha ha i see I'm not the only pedant☺️

[Cosmo Valdemar]

28 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Yeah, sure  ...

 

 

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I'm not usually a fan of solo bass, but this piece is just so, so beautiful... not to mention technically mind-boggling.

Lyrics could never say more than this.

[Crusoe]

33 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

Ha ha i see I'm not the only pedant☺️

😉 I did German for A-Level. only got a D, but that one I do remember. 😄

[Crusoe]

55 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Yeah, sure  ...

 

 

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Why didn't he just tune up before he started playing. 😶😆

[SteveK]

The mini series Pistol (watched 3 episodes) has confirmed my long held belief: Malcolm McLaren could have got any 4 scruffy 'erberts together, told them to be angry and obnoxious, call them The Sex Pistols, and had success and notoriety.

[Dad3353]

1 hour ago, Crusoe said:

Why didn't he just tune up before he started playing. 😶😆

[Nail Soup]

6 minutes ago, SteveK said:

The mini series Pistol (watched 3 episodes) has confirmed my long held belief: Malcolm McLaren could have got any 4 scruffy 'erberts together, told them to be angry and obnoxious, call them The Sex Pistols, and had success and notoriety.

Maybe it's just telling the same story you already heard. 

The lyrics and playing on NMTB tell a different story.

[Crusoe]

24 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

😁

[SteveXFR]

I feel sorry for the other members of Lost Prophets and Glitter Band (assuming they are innocent). Their careers were destroyed by one band member. 

[ubit]

5 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

I'd go with the exact opposite. 

 

Without lyrics and a good vocal, music is utterly meaningless. 

 

Disagree as my thread about music not having to be in English to be good exemplifies.

[Buddster]

3 hours ago, SteveK said:

The mini series Pistol (watched 3 episodes) has confirmed my long held belief: Malcolm McLaren could have got any 4 scruffy 'erberts together, told them to be angry and obnoxious, call them The Sex Pistols, and had success and notoriety.

Possibly the other 3, but haven worked with John Lydon briefly in the mid 80s he had more about him than a scruffy 'erbert. You didn't catch his eye for very long. 

[Barking Spiders]

2 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

I feel sorry for the other members of Lost Prophets and Glitter Band (assuming they are innocent). Their careers were destroyed by one band member. 

+ 1 here. Some time ago I heard the Beeb wouldn't play any GB songs because of the connection. I've got a hits comp and they had many good singles so it's pity they've been tarnished

[Barking Spiders]

6 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Yeah, sure  ...

 

 

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'Enormous room'..... tiny audience....I paused on the audience shot to do a count. They look as if they're attending a physics lecture on particle polarisation., which would've been more my thing 😲

[Dad3353]

6 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

'Enormous room'..... tiny audience....I paused on the audience shot to do a count. They look as if they're attending a physics lecture on particle polarisation., which would've been more my thing 😲

 

I hadn't noticed. I was listening to the music. 

[Stub Mandrel]

6 hours ago, Crusoe said:

Lieder. Leider means unfortunately, so maybe you did use it correctly 😄

 

As in Leiderhosen, literally "unfortunate leg-wear".