Music Recommendations?

[Myk JL 1,731]

Some SOAD Music Videos

A music video of Serj on his own

[Sledgstone 8,672]

I remember that Weird Al video. lol. All I remember of Nirvana when they became popular was their music videos. I didn't realize that 90% of every song is unintelligible mumbling. I really don't understand why they were so popular in hind sight.

 

Pchan.. I listed to Nevermind because it had the hit songs I remember seeing videos for. I think you are right about the music being to harsh too. With a combination of me not understanding any of the songs along with the constant random guitar feedback, the music was more of a headache than enjoyable for me. Except for Lithium.. that was decent.

 

I also listened to their first album Bleach.. I thought it was better. Except one of the songs was incredibly headache inducing. I can't remember which one now.

[Pchan 5,162]

I think you mean 'distortion' when you say guitar feedback. Metal isn't for you then. Most anime openings that sound hard hitting have guitar's with distortion. Like the opening for Death Note. 

 

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[Sledgstone 8,672]

Over the past month I've been listening to a large collection of top hits from the 90s. Its 250+ songs that I've listened through a couple times now. I thought I liked the 90s, but honestly over half these songs were crap to me. Mostly because there were so many love songs and rap songs in the mix. Some love songs were ok, but after listening to so many they become annoying to me. This mix must not have been that good because it was lacking alot of rock and hit country songs from the time.

 

I've listened to some rap in the past, but I can honestly say that I can't stand the genre at all now. After listening to the hits from the 90s, almost all rap seems to follow the same patterns. First off, there is no actual singing unless its the chorus and almost every chorus is a woman singing about something that doesn't appear to have anything to do with the actual context of what the rapper is talking about. I know rapping is people stringing words together, but I realize that I want to hear actual singing in my music and not some guy talking fast.

 

Anyway, in the majority of rap songs I've listened to.. the rapper is always talking about 1) How hes better than everyone else in terms of: has more money / hoes / material possessions / drugs / best raps / etc. that are all better than everyone elses and everybody is jealous and wants to emulate them. 2) Is talking about abusing and taking in excess: sex with random women with no love involved / smoking the hell out of some weed / drinking alcohol. 3) Violence such as: Shooting people that talk shit about them / glorifying themselves in terms of killing people in their past / potentially killing more people.

 

So.. yeah.. Rap music seems pretty shitty to me. Of course, much of this can be considered gansta rap and that other rap could be more wholesome or have better context. Will Smith had some decent rap songs, I also enjoyed Tupac's "Dear Mama". Mostly because it was about the guy's past and the song was actually about something instead of just talking about being an amazing person that throws money at the cameras while wearing gold chains in music videos. There was also a song from Bone Thugs N Harmony called Crossroads that was decent. I couldn't make out half the words, but at least these people were singing and it was about their dead friend.

 

P Diddy / Puff Daddy / Sean Combs seems to be one of the worst rappers I've ever heard. He is literally talking in almost every song while sampling everyone else's songs. I listened to "I'll Be Missing You" and I can't stand the song because its a sample / remix of The Police's "Every Breath You Take". P Diddy should have never touched that song. I've also listened to some Eminem but I can't seem to enjoy it that much. I think his best song was "Stan".

 

I watched and rewatched the videos posted in this topic.. So far I really enjoyed the Hair Metal videos the best. Rob Zombie seems a bit too harsh for me but not as bad as Nirvana. I've owned an Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilot cds in my past and those are still good to me. Bloodhound Gang has some funny songs and I own one of their cds, but they don't interest me that much now.. Pantera has a couple good songs like Dragonforce, but some of their other songs are too harsh or I can't make out what they're saying. I think I'll try a few more of their songs tho. I liked that "Aint no rest for the wicked" song. I like the Vikings theme probably because I associate it with the show. System of a Down seemed a bit to broken up with political moments in the videos, but some of the lyrics and beats were good.

 

That Remind me video reminded me of Habbo and Portal because of how the characters and buildings are presented.. other than that I didn't like any of those songs Pchan. I think the main reason is because most of them had a repeating beat that gets stuck in my head. Once a beat becomes the most noticeable aspect of a song instead of lyrics or tempo changes, it starts to drive me nuts.

 

Thanks again everyone for helping me narrow down some of the songs that I now enjoy. Next, I'll try listening to some top hits of the 2000s+ and trying some more rock and hair bands. Maybe some Metallica and some older Godsmack. I remember I liked Godsmack's first CD, maybe they had a few more that were good that I missed.

[Strider Hiryu 2,704]

Godsmack was good up until their Oracle CD (the last one they released). That album (with the exception of 2 songs) was complete crap (and this is coming from a huge Godsmack fan). Skip that CD unless your interested in listening (only good news is they're in the studio recording their new album, hopefully it's much better). I won't touch Metallica (personal preference and I still hate them for taking Napster down, bastards). They had a few good songs, don't really understand why they're so big.

 

You covered every reason why I don't listen to rap. I listen to Eminem only because I actually do like his songs ("The Way I Am" being one of my all time favorite songs).

[DeathscytheX 9,732]

Down with the Hair Metal Style? I suggest Firewind whom i posted before. They replicate it pretty good.